Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 23 Cooperation

Yang Jianlong went back to prepare, and of course Lu Shaohua also needed to prepare. The lychees in Shenzhen still had to be sold. Although the price was a dozen yuan less, the supply to Hong Kong was limited after all, and it was impossible to ship all the lychees there. Besides, Lu Shaohua did not plan to sell only lychees. In addition to lychees, there were also longans, peaches, bayberries, etc., and many varieties matured around this season.

At night, Lu Chang went to the station to pick up lychees, and asked the driver to take a message home, asking his family to prepare to buy a large number of lychees and ship them to Shenzhen. Everything was being prepared in an orderly manner, but Lu Shaohua was thinking about exporting a large number of fruits through Yang Jianlong's line. After all, the meaning of the word "export" was very different. Some fruits were not valuable in China, but they were different after being exported. Maybe the value was not only doubled or tripled, but also ten times. The most headache now was the funding issue. If you want to buy a large number of lychees, you must have a lot of money, but where does the money come from?

Lu Shaohua was thinking hard, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. If this idea was implemented successfully, he would not need any funds to purchase a large amount of fruit. Of course, before he could buy a large amount of fruit, he had to get through to Yang Jianlong. "Oh, let's wait for Yang Jianlong to come and talk to him."

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The next day, the shop was as busy as usual, but now with Lu Chang, the situation was much better. Lu Shaohua left the job of collecting money to Lu Chang, and sat on a chair to enjoy the sweetness of lychees. At ten o'clock, Yang Jianlong came over, greeted everyone as soon as he entered the door, and then sat with Lu Shaohua. He didn't dare to treat Lu Shaohua as a child now, and said as soon as he sat down: "I have everything ready, the only thing left is to get the lychees to Shenzhen so that they can pass the customs and be shipped to Hong Kong."

"We don't have any problems here. We've already sent word home that a large amount of lychees will be shipped to Shenzhen in less than two days." Lu Shaohua said complacently. He paused, sat up straight, and asked Yang Jianlong, "I wonder if Mr. Yang is interested in making a little more money?"

"Oh!" Yang Jianlong suddenly became sensitive when he heard the word 'get rich'. The look he gave Lu Shaohua also changed. His eyes lit up. He shook Lu Shaohua's hand and said nervously, "Tell me, tell me."

Lu Shaohua was shaken so hard that he felt uncomfortable all over and felt depressed. "Okay, okay, if you shake it again, it will fall apart."

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Yang Jianlong stopped, sat up straight, and waited attentively for Lu Shaohua to speak.

Seeing that Yang Jianlong had become serious, Lu Shaohua stopped teasing him and said directly, "Mr. Yang, you have connections at the customs and can export. We can get a lot of fruit. In addition to lychees, we also have many varieties that are not available in Hong Kong. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Oh! What are the varieties?"

"Longan, bayberry, peach..." Lu Shaohua immediately listed several fruits that were available in their hometown.

"Well, it's really not available in Hong Kong." Yang Jianlong muttered to himself after listening to it. Then, he looked at Lu Shaohua and grabbed his hand and asked nervously: "How much can you buy?"

"As long as you have the funds, you can have as much as you want." Lu Shaohua knew that Yang Jianlong had already seen the business opportunities in these fruit varieties, and the next step was to discuss how to cooperate.

"Haha, funds are not a problem. I, Yang, can easily get one or two million." Yang Jianlong said with some boasting. In fact, what he said was not false. He did have one or two million in funds, but if he took out one or two million, there would be little left.

In his previous life, Lu Shaohua had some understanding of Hong Kong people. Most of them did not know what "humility" meant, so when Yang Jianlong mentioned one or two million, he knew that two million was his limit. But then again, one or two million was enough.

"Haha, it's good to have funds. Then, Mr. Yang, how do you think we should cooperate?" Lu Shaohua ignored Yang Jianlong's bragging and asked directly how to cooperate.

"I don't know the prices of those varieties yet. If you trust me, I'll send someone to investigate, and then we can take a middle price like we did with lychees. What do you think? We can all make money together." Yang Jianlong knew that he couldn't cheat Lu Shaohua, so he could only compromise and take a middle price.

"Okay, nice to work with."

"Pleasant to work with."

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After the cooperation was agreed, Yang Jianlong happily said hello to Lu Chang and the others, and hurried back to inquire about the price. According to the agreement, Yang Jianlong had to come back in the afternoon to tell Lu Shaohua the price, so that he could rush home in the evening.

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After Lu Shaohua had agreed on the cooperation, he sat in a chair and thought for a while before walking to Lu Chang and saying, "Uncle, I'm going to take a bus home tonight."

"What? You want to go home?" Lu Chang thought he had heard it wrong and asked again uncertainly.

"Well, take the bus back tonight."

"Why are you going back?" After getting Lu Shaohua's affirmation, Lu Chang asked curiously.

Lu Shaohua also knew that it would be difficult to get Lu Chang's consent without explaining things clearly to him, so he told Lu Chang everything he had just talked about with Yang Jianlong.

"Oh, why didn't you discuss this big thing with me? Purchasing such a large amount of fruit requires funds. Where can our family get so much money?" Although Lu Chang was a little bit angry with Lu Shaohua, his tone couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

"I have a way to deal with the funding issue, so don't worry about it. The question now is whether you agree with me going back tonight?" Lu Shaohua rolled his eyes at him and asked again. The reason why he wanted to go home was because he had something important to do. If Lu Chang didn't agree to let him go back, there was nothing he could do.

"Oh, it's not impossible for you to go back, but someone must accompany you. Otherwise, I won't feel comfortable letting you go back alone." Lu Chang thought for a while before speaking. He knew that Lu Shaohua must have a reason to go back, otherwise he could have just asked the driver to take the message home. However, Lu Shaohua was only a child after all, and he was a little worried about letting him sit in the car for more than ten hours alone.

"Oh, okay then, let's ask Brother Guobang to go back with me." Although Lu Shaohua was not afraid of any accidents, he still felt it would be more reassuring to take Chen Guobang with him, so he made this suggestion.

"Hmm!" Well, uncle will talk to Guobang later. "Since Lu Chang saw Chen Guobang, he also felt that he was unusual. Later, when he learned that he was a soldier, he felt more at ease. After all, it is normal for people from the army to be a little unusual.

"Oh, uncle, Shaohua, what were you talking about just now? What's wrong with you going back?" Just when Lu Chang had just agreed to let Lu Shaohua go back, Weng Wende, who had been standing there for who knows how long, suddenly spoke.

"Oh, Brother Wende, you're really scaring me to death! You keep talking without saying anything. Sooner or later you'll have a heart attack." Lu Shaohua patted his chest and said exaggeratedly. He was indeed scared by Weng Wende.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that the 'child prodigy' would be timid sometimes." Weng Wende teased with some pride. After spending so many days with Lu Shaohua, he already knew that Lu Shaohua was not simple. On the surface, he looked a little mature, but the longer they spent together, the more he discovered the mystery of Lu Shaohua.

"Okay, Wende, stop talking. It's already so late and you're busy over there. Go back and take care of the restaurant business and don't meddle in other people's business here." Just as Lu Shaohua was about to retort, Lu Chang interrupted.

"Hey, uncle, I didn't come here willingly today." Weng Wende said, turning his body to one side and pointing at a person behind him, "She wanted to come, and there's nothing I can do about it."

When Weng Wende turned sideways, he saw a person standing behind him. This person was none other than the person he had knocked down in the bathroom that day - Zeng Yuling.

"Who is this?" Lu Chang asked with some confusion.

"Haha, uncle, just ask him and you'll know." Weng Wende did not answer Lu Chang directly, but pointed at Lu Shaohua and said.

"Oh, let me introduce you. This is my uncle, Zeng Yuling, the daughter of a close friend of Brother Wende's family." Lu Shaohua looked at the innocent 'little girl' and introduced her to Lu Chang.

"Hello, uncle!" Zeng Yuling called out obediently when she heard that the person standing next to Lu Shaohua was actually his uncle.

"Haha, you're so good. Here, eat this." Lu Chang said as he took out a bunch of lychees from the box next to him and handed it to Zeng Yuling.

However, Zeng Yuling did not take the lychee that Lu Chang handed over. Her face was red and she was obviously embarrassed.

"Take it and eat it, haha, don't be embarrassed." Lu Shaohua found it a little funny. He didn't expect that Zeng Yuling would feel embarrassed sometimes. He had never seen him feel embarrassed when he offered to treat her to a meal in the restaurant.

"Hahaha, don't be embarrassed, come quickly. I don't know who said he wanted to eat lychees just now, hahaha." Weng Wende also joined in.

"Thank you, uncle, haha..."

"Hahaha……"