"Wow..." everyone exclaid.
"Chuan, how much money is that?" Zhou Kai asked, puzzled.
"Cheap, 800,000." Lin Chuan gestured.
Zhou Kai and the others suddenly widened their eyes; although the price wasn't high, having to pay 800,000 all at once was nothing short of a fantasy. Even if everyone pooled all their money together, they couldn't gather 800,000. Zhou Kai awkwardly said: "Brother Chuan, although the price is cheap, where can we get 800,000?"
"Don't worry about it." Lin Chuan took a drag of his cigarette and said, "We can negotiate with him, pay in installnts, give him 300,000 first, and the remaining 500,000 within half a year, calculated at loan interest rate. How could he not be satisfied?"
"That could work!" Lu Dapao nodded.
After a long thought, Zhou Kai said with a wry smile: "The two tri-axle trailers in our warehouse are still unused. Driving a few more trucks ans just a bit more expenses, but we can't find the business."
"Don't worry." Lin Chuan revealed a grin, "I have already found it for you. We can expand our business. Nowadays, new houses are booming in Jiangbei City. Selling sand is definitely a good trade. We can connect with renovation companies, or put up ads to sell sand!"
"That's great." Hearing this, Zhou Kai was imdiately overjoyed, "Keeping the earthmoving business while adding sand transportation really is good. Plus, the profit from sand is extrely high. It's said that sand from the sand yard costs just over thirty per cubic ter, but once it goes through a transport company, the price imdiately shoots up to seventy or eighty, even over a hundred. That's several tis the original!"
"Exactly." Lin Chuan nodded, "As long as we're willing to work hard, we won't have to worry about not making money."
The eyes of Zhou Kai and the others sparkled with excitent.
The youth of Changlin Community, who were mostly high school or technical school graduates, idled at ho, unable to find jobs outside. Even if they did, it was only ssy and dirty work. Now, with a money-making opportunity in front of them, how could they not cherish it? The group of kids showed high spirits, looking at Lin Chuan with utter devotion, excitent, and pride.
"Brother Chuan, as long as it makes money, there's nothing I'm not willing to do," Lu Dapao said, excited.
"Right right, as long as it makes money," Huang Bo also appeared extrely excited.
Lin Chuan, with a cigarette in his mouth, sat on an old machine, looking like a life ntor leading a group of kids who had strayed into darkness towards the light. Lin Chuan laughed, "According to current market prices, a cubic ter of sand is a hundred yuan, five trucks can sell over a hundred cubic ters of sand easily in one day, and in the latter half of the year, so sand dealers selling several hundred cubic ters a day is also possible. That easily translates to tens of thousands a day, and hundreds of thousands a month..."
Lin Chuan's words injected these young people with a dose of excitent.
Wow...
The scene suddenly beca a buzz, these youths had never dread such beautiful dreams before — hundreds of thousands a month, which even divided among everyone, was still tens of thousands per person a month. Their expressions suddenly lit excitedly, soaring high. Their hearts filled with wild fantasies. My goodness, tens of thousands a month, what kind of inco level would that be? It even surpasses white-collar workers, nearing golden-collar!
"Brother Chuan, we're all with you," Lu Dapao said, slapping the table joyfully, "You tell us to go east, we definitely won't go west."
"Yeah, we're all with you." This ti, the gathered crowd was large. Ever since learning that Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao had made tens of thousands, many idle youths from Changlin Community had gathered around, often mingling with Zhou Kai and his crew. This ti, they finally seized the chance.
Just as the crowd responded enthusiastically, Zhou Kai threw cold water on them: "But where do we find this 800,000 if the other party refuses our installnt paynt thod? What then?"
In an instant, that sentence brought everyone's visions crashing back to reality. Suddenly, the factory beca quiet. Everyone looked eagerly at Lin Chuan, who smiled and said, "Don't worry, he will definitely agree."
"Why?" Zhou Kai asked.
"Right now, he's urgently wanting to transfer that transport company. Every day he doesn't, he's losing money," Lin Chuan said with a smile.
"I see," Zhou Kai nodded.
"Alright, think it over," Lin Chuan stood up and said, "Those willing to join us, co to the factory tomorrow morning to gather. Those who don't want to join, I won't force you."
Having said that, Lin Chuan turned and left.
Everyone stood up, watching Lin Chuan leave. Each person was exceedingly excited. Who wouldn't want to join? Nowadays, sitting idle at ho anyway, why not follow Lin Chuan and try sothing big, even if the venture fails, at least they are still young.
"Kai, do you think Lin Chuan is reliable?" a short fellow asked.
"Reliable," Zhou Kai said firmly, watching Lin Chuan's departing figure with such determination, such perseverance. Zhou Kai had a feeling, he felt that following Lin Chuan was definitely the right choice. This consciousness, or perhaps this feeling, had been guiding Zhou Kai all along.
The short fellow nodded, "Then I'll listen to you, I'll also mix with you."
"Not following ," Zhou Kai patted his shoulder, "It's following Brother Chuan."
"Hmm, following Brother Chuan," the short fellow nodded.
.........
The next day, as soon as dawn broke, Zhou Kai and his group had already arrived at the factory entrance. By eight in the morning, there were over twenty people gathered in front of the factory. In the chilly wind, these guys appeared spirited, each smoking cigarettes and quietly discussing among themselves.
Passersby were surprised, wondering why those youngsters, who usually were busy setting up stages, suddenly stopped working. Why were they gathering and discussing here so solemnly, looking so sacred as if they were involved in so covert operation?
At that mont, a man wearing a white shirt and a gray jacket, with a cigarette in his mouth, was walking slowly towards the factory.
"Brother Chuan is here," soone shouted at this point.
Instantly, the murmuring stopped, and so even couldn't help but walk toward Lin Chuan.
"Brother Chuan!" they shouted in unison.
"Did all my brothers make it?" Lin Chuan smiled and asked.
"Brother Chuan, have you had breakfast?" Zhou Kai asked.
"Brother Chuan, did you sleep well last night?" Lu Dapao asked with a grin.
"Big brother, are we, are we going over there now?" Huang Bo stuttered.
"Is everyone here?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Everyone who should be here has arrived," Zhou Kai nodded and said, "Those who aren't, probably won't co even if we wait till tomorrow."
"Good," Lin Chuan nodded, "Zhou Kai, is the money ready?"
"Yeah," Zhou Kai nodded. He was carrying a bag, carefully protecting it, patting the bag and saying, "Everything is here."
"That's good." Lin Chuan nodded.
Then, the group headed towards the transportation market. In the market, there were various types of enterprises involved in transport. Sand, cent, steel bars... anywhere trucks, lorries, and heavy vehicles are used, there were transport companies. This place was a lting pot, with mbers from various gangs involved. Nowadays, the most profitable industry is construction and within it, materials are extrely lucrative.
A group of over twenty people headed to the transportation market.
At this mont, outside the entrance of the transportation market, the man who had verbally agreed with Lin Chuan the previous night stood anxiously, wishing he could see Lin Chuan sooner to transfer the transport company and get rid of this hot potato. Today, so people ca to his transport company and pressured him to close up and leave imdiately; otherwise, they would destroy his vehicles and send him to the hospital.
This was the local gang coercing him. Initially, he tried to resist, but as ti passed, the opposing party used various tactics, sches. He was forced to reluctantly leave the market. To bla, bla the fact that no matter how strong a dragon is, it can't suppress the local snake.
Therefore, the man was eager to finalize the agreent with Lin Chuan and offload the transportation company as soon as possible.
The man looked anxious; from a distance, he saw Lin Chuan coming with a group of people.
"My God, you're finally here." The man was overjoyed, hurrying over with a quick jog.
Lin Chuan spotted him imdiately; this scene made Lin Chuan's hanging heart settle, as the man's eagerness to see him ant that he genuinely wanted to transfer the transportation company. Lin Chuan couldn't help but slightly smile, affirming his thoughts even more.
"I'm here," Lin Chuan signaled from afar, as if seeing an old friend.
"Oh man, you're finally here," the man eagerly said to Lin Chuan, "You didn't leave a phone number when you left yesterday, I thought you stood up."
"After thinking it over when I got ho, the market is good now, but it's not easy to get a share of the pie, so I don't really want your transport company," Lin Chuan awkwardly smiled.
"What?" The man was obviously stunned, and hastily said, "Brother, you have to keep your word. To fulfill yesterday's promise, I didn't even let my workers drive my vehicles away today; they are all stored in the warehouse, waiting for you to inspect."
"Ah…" Lin Chuan pretended to hesitate, very reluctantly said, "Alright then... let's go check on the vehicles first."
Zhou Kai and others always followed behind Lin Chuan without making a sound, just silently tagging along. The middle-aged man led them to the warehouse, which was large enough, costing thousands in rent each month just to park these vehicles. It's a market regulation that vehicles must pay a certain overnight parking fee and managent fee, which is also a hefty burden.
The five vehicles had been cleaned; they looked very good from the outside.
"Zhou Kai, you guys go check them out," Lin Chuan waved.
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