Chapter 199: Isn’t it a bit too fast?
Having finalized the issues that needed to be resolved, Sheng Qingyang still looked at the others for their opinions.
“We’ll build the food processing factory at this location. Do you have any objections?”
Originally, they did have objections, but after listening to Song Chu’s insights and suggestions, they couldn’t find any reason to refute them.
“No objections. It’s a good idea to build the factory here.”
Sheng Qingyang smiled and nodded, “Good, then it’s settled.”
He drew a large circle on this area of the map.
There were three plots of land, and the other two were in the county town. The county originally wanted to use them for other purposes and was not very willing to give them up.
Now that they had chosen the most remote one, the county would be relieved, and he could take this opportunity to negotiate other things.
He looked at everyone and said, “Tomorrow, we’ll go for an on-site inspection. After confirming, we’ll apply to build the factory. Everyone, go back and think about anything else that can be added, and we’ll plan it in advance.”
“Okay.” The others recorded the key points of today’s meeting in their notebooks.
Sheng Qingyang asked Song Chu, “Do you have anything else?”
Song Chu replied, “There are a few other things I need to discuss with you.”
Sheng Qingyang uncapped his pen and nodded, “Go ahead.”
Song Chu said, “The down jacket workshop at the clothing factory is ready, and production will start tomorrow. Also, I spoke with the comrades from the Foreign Affairs Department when I went to Guangdong Province last time. They agreed to reserve a good exhibition booth for us at the Import and Export Trade Fair in January.”
“The clothing factory will also speed up the production of a batch of down jackets to be shipped there for the exhibition.”
“I was thinking that it would be too monotonous to exhibit only down jackets. If the food processing factory can produce products before the exhibition, we can also take them to the fair.”
“Even if we can’t export them, we can promote our new food processing factory’s products to various provinces and cities participating in the exhibition, and see if we can facilitate more cooperation and transactions.”
Foreigners probably won’t be interested in fermented tofu and chili oil, and vacuum-packed cooked food is not easy to export, so she set her sights on other domestic exhibitors.
After listening to her, Sheng Qingyang and the others were stunned again.
“What? You’ve already contacted someone about the exhibition?” Sheng Qingyang was a little dumbfounded.
He was thinking of asking his family to help contact someone from the Foreign Affairs Department in Guangdong Province, and then get an exhibition opportunity for their county, focusing on showcasing down jackets. If they could really export, their county would become famous.
Who knew that before he could even act, Song Chu had already taken care of it. He didn’t know what to say.
The others were also stunned. Wasn’t Song Chu’s efficiency a bit too fast?
And her connections seemed to be quite strong. She went to Guangdong Province and even solved the exhibition issue. They felt even more complicated.
Song Chu smiled and nodded, “Yes, it’s already arranged.”
“At that time, both Gu Yue and I can go to the exhibition with our county. He has no problem with foreign communication. He helped the Foreign Affairs Department a lot when he went to Guangdong Province. I’ve also been learning foreign languages from him recently,” she added.
Sheng Qingyang knew that Gu Yue was very talented in learning, but he didn’t expect him to be so capable that he could help the Foreign Affairs Department.
“What kind of help did he provide? Is it convenient to talk about it?” he asked curiously.
Song Chu roughly explained how the interpreter from the Foreign Affairs Department fell ill, and Gu Yue not only helped with the translation and secured the production line but also managed to reduce the original price by 20%.
This was to emphasize Gu Yue’s position in the County Economic Office and highlight his abilities.
Of course, it was also to pave the way for the two of them to go to the exhibition together.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Sheng Qingyang and the others didn’t know what to say.
They felt that they had underestimated Song Chu, and now they found that they had also underestimated this technical consultant.
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Previously, they were wondering why the County Economic Office needed a technical consultant. It seemed that there was no place where Gu Yue was needed.
But now it seemed that they were too naive.
The biogas power generation project needed Gu Yue, and now even the exhibition translation was taken care of. They didn’t need to find anyone else.
At this moment, many of their previous dissatisfactions had disappeared. Instead, they felt that Vice-County Magistrate Sheng indeed had a good eye.
Sheng Qingyang couldn’t ask for more. “No problem, both you and Gu Yue will go together.”
Song Chu was the one who contacted the people here, and Gu Yue had helped the Foreign Affairs Department. He must be familiar with the people there. Who else would they take if not them?
He once again congratulated himself for his firm decision to recruit Song Chu and Gu Yue. These two were not only talents but also his lucky stars!
After discussing the factory construction, they each returned to their offices, as it was not yet time to get off work.
Song Chu took out her notebook and recorded the key points and some ideas from today’s meeting.
Song Ping organized some materials provided by the county, while Gu Yue began to draw the biogas power generation diagram.
His teacher had done research on this topic before, so he was quite familiar with it. He would draw it first, and after work, he would go to the space library with Song Chu to look at the materials in this area.
The materials in the library were much more advanced than the technology of their time. He could study and learn from them, and then do his best according to the current technological capabilities.
Seeing the three of them returning to the office and starting to work, Wei Ran suddenly felt like he had nothing to do.
He also sighed. No wonder they were not as good as Song Chu. They were far behind in terms of effort.
So he also went to get a stack of materials provided by the county office and began to look through and compile them.
The four people in the next office were also unsure of what to do on their first day of work.
Then they came over to take a look and saw that Song Chu and the others were all busy working. They were also stunned.
After going in and taking a look, they also felt guilty and each took a stack of materials back to read.
They felt that based on the current situation, let alone competing for the position of director, it seemed to be a question of whether they could stay in the County Economic Office if they didn’t work harder…
Sheng Qingyang came over later and saw that everyone was fully engaged in their work. The smile on his face grew wider.
Sure enough, enthusiasm needed someone to drive it, and Song Chu and Gu Yue were the best at this.
After work, Song Chu and the others returned to their residence.
The procedures for their transfer here were almost complete, but the grain ration transfer was not yet finished. They would have to wait another two days before they could eat in the cafeteria.
Sheng Qingyang had treated them to lunch today, so Song Chu took Gu Yue and Song Ping to the state-run restaurant.
Gu Yue had a channel to get tickets, and he also had a fixed income from publishing articles in magazines every month. He also received a salary subsidy for being a technical consultant at several factories. Song Chu could also exchange for money after going up the mountain, so they both ordered freely.
Song Ping was used to their extravagance, but she was also embarrassed to keep freeloading.
She wanted to share the cost, but Song Chu refused.
So she thought for a while and said, “Chu Chu, Educated Youth Gu, how about we buy groceries and cook for ourselves from now on? My cooking skills are not bad.”
“Okay!” Song Chu also knew that eating at the state-run restaurant all the time was not a solution. They only had meat occasionally at the cafeteria, which she couldn’t stand.
