Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 157 Canton Fair

Wen Qing bought 20 kilograms of sorghum in the village, which is basically enough for the winery's production this year. The new factory building will not be completed until the second half of next year.

Wen Qing wrote a letter to a large farm in the north. She met the head of the farm at the Sugar and Wine Fair and asked if she could reserve sorghum for next year.

Ten days later, the other party replied, saying that he was willing to sell her 20 kilograms of sorghum, and she could use the letter to buy it.

Wen Qing took out another 10 kilograms of grain from the space and placed it in the warehouse in the backyard. Later, the crops in her space matured one after another, and there was no problem with making grain for brewing wine for the time being.

After three months of hard work, the Industrial Bureau's investigation and survey work has come to an end. In short, the technology of industrial enterprises under Sifeng's jurisdiction is relatively backward, but the factories' demand for technological transformation is not urgent.

However, it is understandable that each factory produces and allocates products according to plan. No matter whether the product is advanced or not, there will always be a market.

Moreover, even if the goods are sold, it takes a long time to collect the payment. Without technological transformation arranged by superiors, the factory itself lacks the motivation to carry out technological transformation.

Director Ye asked the Heavy Industry Department to write an investigation report and sent it to the director. The director took a preliminary look at it, accepted it, and said, "Director Ye, your report is very well done. I will propose at the next office meeting to speed up the technological transformation of enterprises in the district, and you will also participate at that time."

Director Ye was a college student in the 1960s. When he was young, he also had the ideal of catching up with Britain and the United States. He was very happy to see that the leader recognized his ideas.

After completing this work, Director Li led three people to start establishing a new technology catalog to prepare for the next step of comprehensive technological transformation.

They classified the enterprises in the district according to industry and asked Dong Yali, Wu Yi and Wen Qing to be in charge of an industry respectively. Wen Qing majored in mechanics, so he was in charge of the machinery industry.

There are 23 large and medium-sized enterprises related to the machinery industry in the district, mainly engaged in lathes, processing, wire cutting, casting, forging and the like.

Wen Qing looked everywhere for technical information, but after much thought, she decided that the university had more information. She went back to school to find Director Xu and asked him to approve a library card for her.

Director Xu said: "Your leaders of the Industrial Bureau have an idea that economic development must improve production efficiency. Technological progress represents improved efficiency. It is obvious that production technology will develop rapidly in the future."

He wrote a note and asked the library to issue a library card to Wen Qing.

Wen Qing went to the library and borrowed the latest domestic and foreign related books and magazines, and began to build a mechanical technology atlas. This process was very time-consuming. She not only had to translate these articles, but also describe the uses of related technologies.

It took Wen Qing four months to complete the data collection. After the National Day, Wen Qing handed the report to Director Li.

Director Li was dumbfounded when he looked at the thick stack of reports and related materials. Wen Qing's report was richer than that of Dong and Wu combined.

Seeing the dark circles under Wen Qing's eyes, Director Li said, "Xiao Wen, you don't have to be so anxious. You are all working overtime during the National Day holiday, right? I'll give you two days off. Go back and have a rest. We will digest your report first."

After submitting the report, Wen Qing did not go home, but went to Erxia Village.

Changxia Winery now has more than 70 employees. Wen Qing is the factory director, Liu Quan is the deputy factory director, Wang Jianguo is the deputy factory director and chief winemaker, Tan Yuanfang is the chief financial officer, Liu Quan's wife Wu Aimei is the office and personnel officer, Wang Jianguo's apprentice Jin Zicong is the workshop director, Li Xinguo is the warehouse director, and Wang Jianguo's blending master Wang Guozhang is a technician, responsible for blending and bottling.

Six of the security guards are retired military personnel, and Hu Qingshan, who was awarded the second-class merit, is the chief of the security section.

Now the monthly output of the winery has reached 10 tons, of which the new wine shop can produce 12 tons of liquor per month, and the liquor that can be sold externally has also increased to 8 tons per month, including 3 tons of light-fragrance liquor and 5 tons of strong-fragrance liquor. The sales pressure is high, and the sales department of Liuquan has also increased to 4 people, who mainly go to the central plains to sell.

Wen Qing planned to use the row of storefronts in the backyard of No. 48 Majia Lane to sell liquor, and asked Master Xiao Hu to do the renovation.

Master Xiao Hu designed the drawings based on Wen Qing's ideas. It was just a simple shop decoration and did not take too long.

The decoration materials she used this time were those she bought from Hong Kong City, and the decoration effect was also good.

Wen Qing took Liu Quan to Majia Lane. Liu Quan looked at the three connected doors and said, "Sister Wen, is this our store? It's about 100 square meters, right?"

Wen Qing nodded and said, “Well, we opened a specialty store mainly to establish a brand image and take into account retail.

The quality of our Changxia liquor varies. You should be careful to distinguish them in the specialty store so as not to affect our brand."

Liuquan nodded, "We should hire shop assistants, right? Four people?"

"This store is not big. We will hire three people first. One is the store manager, who will work full-time, and two are clerks, who will work half-time."

After the National Day, Zhuang Xian went to Jizhong City. He and Wen Qing had agreed to attend the Canton Fair in mid-October.

He first went to the Schindler Bicycle Factory and organized a team to go to Dongyue to set up the venue, and Changxia Winery would also participate later.

However, Wen Qing couldn't go because she had no leave, so she asked Liu Quan to take people to Dongyue to attend the Canton Fair.

In fact, Wen Qing did not hold out much hope. According to her understanding, only people in Southeast Asia or overseas Chinese drink strong liquor. Fruit wines such as cider and hawthorn wine may have a wider customer base.

But it is different with bicycles. Chinese bicycles have markets in Southeast Asia, Africa and even Eastern Europe. The mountain bikes and city bikes produced by Schindler Bicycle Factory are at the leading level in China, so there is hope to expand overseas markets.

After Zhuang Xien left, Wen Qing devoted most of her energy to her own business. She first went to Erxia Village to pick apples and pears, and then purchased hawthorns from Erxia Village. She sold all the fruits that could be sold, and used the rest to make wine.

I started to pay attention to the affairs of the grain company again. The grain company was called Changxia Grain Company. Its main business scope was grain trading, warehousing and processing.

Wen Qing is the legal representative, and he recruited three other people, Zou Jie, Li Zhonghua and Shen Lin. Zou Jie is in charge of the warehouse and cashier, Li Zhonghua is in charge of purchasing, and Shen Lin is in charge of finance. The office is located at No. 48 Majia Lane.

The house at No. 48 Majia Lane is relatively large, and there are only three of them, so they only used two offices in the west wing, and the east wing is now used as a warehouse.

The grain company now only supplies grain to the winery, so there is no sales problem. The core of its business is grain procurement, mainly purchasing sorghum and corn suitable for winemaking.

At the Canton Fair, the Schindler Bicycle Factory led by Zhuang Xien received orders for 20 bicycles, and these orders alone could bring the factory a profit of 600 million yuan.

Wen Qing's Changxia Winery also received an order for 18 bottles of Changxia cider, which was signed by a businessman from the United States. He was fascinated by the pure fruity aroma of Changxia cider, and because of its low price, he planned to sell it in supermarkets.

In addition, 9 bottles of Changxia Liquor were sold, most of which were signed by a businessman from Gangcheng, and some were also bought by businessmen from Southeast Asia.

These orders can bring a profit of 70 yuan, which is a very good start for Changxia Winery.

The Schindler Bicycle Factory emerged out of nowhere at the Canton Fair and not only received overseas orders, but also attracted attention from the Ministry of Light Industry. Zhuang Xien was very happy to establish a relationship with a leader of the Ministry of Light Industry.

On the way back to Pingjing, he separated from Fang Yuan and took the opportunity to return to his hometown.