The Great Era of Siheyuan

At noon, Li Wenqiang was woken up by Chen Xueru.

"Hurry up and get up. You've made me all sticky and uncomfortable. I shouldn't have let you in last night. You're asking for trouble."

Chen Xueru glared at him fiercely with a red face, then took his hand away from her.

Before she could get up, a strong force pulled her back into a warm embrace. The sunny masculine scent and the touch of her skin against hers made her couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Stay with me for a while and I'll help you wash it later!"

After saying that, Li Wenqiang closed his eyes and hugged her tightly in his arms. The smell of her alluring body fragrance made him very intoxicated.

Every woman has her own unique scent, and this feeling makes him unable to stop.

"You can sleep if you want. I don't have time to accompany you any longer. I have to go to the train station to pick up some goods. There will be a batch of silk delivered from Jiangsu. I have to check the goods carefully. If there is any problem, the loss will be huge!"

After Chen Xueru finished speaking, she immediately took away the hand that was playing tricks on her. This guy was like a bull. It wasn't enough that his waist was almost broken last night. Sooner or later, he would kill her!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glare at him fiercely, but this look was no different from acting coquettishly. It only made Li Wenqiang excited again and had no deterrent effect.

After another round of sex, Li Wenqiang finally walked into the bathroom contentedly, washed up, and left. Chen Xueru was left lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. It took a long time for her to regain her strength, and then she started to curse, and then she started to laugh.

After leaving Chen Xueru's house, Li Wenqiang felt refreshed and very comfortable.

Last night, I learned from Chen Xueru that Elena had gone to the customs in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia to ship the goods. If I had known this, I should have come to her earlier and asked her to take the wine I had prepared to explore the market. Now I really have to wait until the end of the month.

I rode a motorcycle to Liulichang, found the three porcelain shops that had ordered my custom squat toilets, and started receiving the goods one by one in order.

There are many porcelain shops of all sizes here, and there is also an office of the Jingdezhen Porcelain Factory here, which is specifically responsible for selling goods.

Li Wenqiang didn't want to go to them right away. Jingdezhen was a bit far away. He decided to spend a few dozen dollars to test the waters first and then slowly negotiate the price.

The first one, with a deposit of 6 yuan, made 3 pieces and of them turned out well. The glaze color was good, but the shape was slightly deformed. Although the ceramic pipe was a little uneven, the joint fit was good.

Because it was a temporary mold of a sample and there were drawings, the price was ten yuan. Li Wenqiang could barely accept it, and left after taking the drawings back.

The second one paid a deposit of ten yuan and also made six pieces, but they only got four. Two of them were slightly deformed, two were not smooth enough, the glaze color looked a bit uncomfortable, and the gap at the ceramic pipe joint was huge. They asked for another two yuan to take it away.

Li Wenqiang did not argue. He paid extra for the sample, and although the price was much higher, he still paid and took back the drawing. If the technology was not good enough, his family's business would basically have nothing to do with him in the future, so there was no need to argue.

With a sigh, Li Wenqiang came to the last one, a porcelain shop. What can I say about the first two? There is no need to consider the second one. The first one is okay, but it is still a little disappointing.

Now we can only hope for the last shop called Jianguo Porcelain Factory. Shops with such names are generally not bad and you can tell at first glance that they are the signs of regular state-owned factories.

"Shopkeeper, are my things ready?"

Li Wenqiang walked into the store and asked politely, "You have to be polite. If you have a bad attitude, people will just ignore you."

"You're here! The stuff is ready. I just brought it over early this morning. Take a look at the workmanship. Is it to your liking?"

The shopkeeper took him to the side, where five smooth, reflective white porcelain toilets were leaning against the wall, with a few ceramic pipes beside them. The appearance of the toilets was not deformed, and there was no difference from the later ceramic toilets. Our ancestors were still good at playing with porcelain.

Li Wenqiang squatted down and touched the inside first to test the feel. The glaze was white and smooth without any bumps, which was very good. Seeing this, Li Wenqiang nodded. The most important thing about a squat toilet is its smoothness. Otherwise, what if it can't flush?

After touching the glaze, he looked at the interface and tried it with the pipe. The threaded interface just fit in. When he saw this, Li Wenqiang had already decided what to do.

"You did a great job, I'm very satisfied! I wonder how you calculated the price of this thing?"

Li Wenqiang asked while holding the things in his hand.

"Two dollars each, take them!"

The old shopkeeper waved his hand, took out the blueprint from the counter and gave it to him, motioning him to take it away.

Li Wenqiang put the things away and asked the shopkeeper again.

"Boss, I don't know where your porcelain factory is. I think your products are good. I will go to your factory to discuss business later."

"If you want to talk, just tell me, and I'll tell the factory later."

The old shopkeeper adjusted his reading glasses and said calmly that he didn't think a young man like Li Wenqiang could bring him much business.

"That won't do. I have to discuss this business with your factory manager. Please give me your contact information!"

Li Wenqiang smiled and said.

"Okay, I'll write you a note. If you want to run, go ahead. It's Phoenix Mountain in the eastern suburbs. It's not close to here."

The shopkeeper glanced at him, reminded him and said nothing.

Li Wenqiang smiled, took all the squat toilets into the car, and walked towards the steel rolling mill.

After collecting his bills today, he decided to take a day off to relax and look around to see if he could find a few people to help him research photovoltaic panels and solve his electricity problem.

Although he has the technology and finished products, he has no production equipment, which is really worrying.

The Beimo factory was in chaos at this moment. When the people in the cafeteria came to work early in the morning, they found that the vegetables that were supposed to be in the kitchen were now gone without a single leaf. What were they supposed to do?

When the Security Department reported the incident to the leadership, the factory director Liu Qinghua was also shocked.

"You said Li Wenqiang didn't deliver the food last night? What's going on?"

Liu Qinghua asked the head of the security department with a serious face.

"Director, we don't know this either! How about we go ask him?"

"Not for now, let's see tonight. It's not like we'll starve to death without him, so it's fine as long as we can keep it the same as before."

Liu Qinghua knew that it was probably because he had rejected Li Wenqiang yesterday that he did not deliver the goods to their factory.

It seems that Li Wenqiang has a very narrow vision and it is difficult for him to achieve great things, so my opinion of him has become much lower.

Holding two briefcases of cash in his hands, Li Wenqiang felt nothing in his heart. This was business. How could it be called business to deliver goods personally every day?

However, such a high price can only be achieved this year at most. As conditions improve next year, the price will definitely not be so high. If he does not transform in advance, he will only be a raw material provider in the future, which is not what he wants to do.

There were several squat toilets in the car. Li Wenqiang didn't dare to drive too fast along the way, for fear of bumps and collisions.

Sitting in Li Huaide's office, he drank a cup of tea comfortably and sat on the sofa like a big boss.

"You must have made a lot of money this time, right? If I didn't know the situation in the grain station, with so many things, sometimes I would doubt whether you emptied the grain station."

Li Huaide was very happy sitting in the front. The more things Li Wenqiang traded, the more he earned. The security department pulled two trips yesterday, and there were too many places to operate.

"No, I just earned some hard-earned money. I can't compare with you. You know, I have set up a construction team now. Leader, shouldn't you support me? Give me a project to work on?"

Li Wenqiang said bluntly that this guy made so much money from him, so he should give back.

"I would like to support you, but the factory has no plans to expand the project right now. Please wait a little longer. I will notify you when there is any action in the future."

Li Huaide simply laughed it off and evasively rejected his question.

Li Wenqiang didn't say anything more, but said with a smile.

"Boss, I recently came up with something good, I'm sure you're interested?"

Li Wenqiang said with a smile.

"Oh, good stuff? If you can say that, it's obviously something good. What is it that made you come to me to sell it? Tell me about it."

Li Wenqiang's words made him curious.

"Of course, look at this, guess what this is?"

Li Wenqiang smiled and took out the toilet he had prepared and showed it to Li Huaide.

"What is this?" Li Huaide asked curiously, looking at the white object in front of him.

"Guess it!"

Li Wenqiang smiled and said nothing.

Li Huaide looked left and right, but had no idea what it was. Then, seeing that there was a pipe opening inside this thing, he suddenly had an idea and spurted out.

“Is this for food?”

This sentence almost made Li Wenqiang laugh to death. After calming himself down, he started to explain it to him. It took him a long time to understand what this thing was.

"You said this is a toilet?"

Li Huaide was a little bit unbelievable. Isn't it a bit of a waste to put such a beautiful thing in the toilet?

"Of course, leader, think about it. If you suddenly want to go to the toilet, but those toilets are dirty and smelly, would you be willing to go? But after installing this thing, you can just flush the toilet after going to the toilet, and it will be clean without any dirt. Don't you think it's great? When the leaders of other factories who come to the steel rolling mill for cooperation and exchange come and see it, won't our factory be very prestigious?"

Li Wenqiang's words made Li Huaide very excited, and he asked tentatively.

"How much do you want for this?"

"Not expensive, one hundred each, labor and construction costs are extra."

Li Wenqiang said with a smile.

"Isn't one hundred a bit too much? Can you give me less?"

Li Huaide asked with a frown. He really wanted to change the toilet. He was fed up with the public toilet every day.

"It's not expensive. How can it be expensive? This is a ceramic squat toilet made with the latest special technology. I'm the only one in the world that has it. You can't buy it anywhere else. Just imagine, if some leaders or other units come here and want to use the toilet, and they see that your toilets are so high-end, that would be a big deal. Wow! Wouldn't it be so classy?"

Li Wenqiang boasted a lot and looked at him with a simple and amiable expression.

"How about this, you come to my house and build me the toilet you mentioned, and then I'll try it out first. If it works, I'll consider this place. How about that?"

Li Huaide smiled and did not agree directly. Instead, he made a new suggestion.

Li Wenqiang cursed inwardly after hearing this, thinking that he was being taken advantage of again. However, he was very happy to be taken advantage of in this way.

"No problem, boss. I'll take care of it. How about this, I'll find a few people to help you out?"

Li Wenqiang agreed with a smile, not at all unhappy that he was taken advantage of.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. I'll give you the price later!"

Li Huaide said very hypocritically.

"What's the money? We just need to be friends. It's only a few hundred dollars! I'll waive the money for you. Just recommend me more jobs later!"

Li Wenqiang said very generously.

"How can this be so embarrassing? How about this, you just give me the cost price!"

Li Huaide was very satisfied with his reaction. He was not short of money, but he would be happier if others respected him.

"What's the cost? This is the sample for you to check. Try it first. If the leader is satisfied with it, he can safely hand over the sanitation project of the steel mill to us. This will avoid economic losses to the steel mill. Don't you agree?"

How could Li Wenqiang agree to take his money? This little money would be useless and he might even give him the impression that he is immature. It would not be worth it.

"Okay, in that case I accept it reluctantly."

After saying this, both of them smiled knowingly, completing an exchange of interests.