Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 404: Starting a Factory

The rich aroma instantly filled the entire lobby, and just then, a customer walked in, drawn by the scent.

"Hello, comrade, are these canned seafood for sale?"

The visitor was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties, who involuntarily swallowed as he smelled the fragrance in the air.

They seemed delicious just by looking.

Manager Zhao was delighted to have business coming in, and he had one can left. He immediately placed the can on the table, "Of course, this is our restaurant’s new product. Comrade, try it fresh first."

The young man was not shy, took a bite with chopsticks, and his eyes immediately lit up, "Comrade, give me a can. I never knew hairtail could be this delicious."

Manager Zhao took out the last octopus can, "Only one octopus can left, do you want it?"

"How much? I’ll take it."

The young man nodded without hesitation and agreed.

He paid, took the can, and left.

Manager Zhao only reacted after the person left; he might have found a way to revive their restaurant.

Hurriedly, he shouted at Xiao Liu, the waiter dozing off at the counter, "Xiao Liu, quick, chase after the two who just delivered the canned seafood."

Su Xiaoxiao wasn’t aware that her canned seafood was so popular.

She was now standing at the entrance of the town’s second state-owned restaurant with Chen Guanghai, holding cans.

Relative to the first one, this business was decent, with waiters and chefs busy and paying them no attention.

"Comrade, Can I see your manager? I have business to discuss with him. I am the village chief of Chenhe Village and have delivered seafood to your restaurant before."

Chen Guanghai tried to make a connection, but the other party didn’t even give him a glance and said, "Shoo, shoo, we’re busy, can’t call the manager. Our store doesn’t need seafood now, you better leave."

Saying this, the person waved like shooing a fly, looking impatient.

At this moment, a young man came running over, panting.

"Chen... Village chief Chen, our manager asked me to call you back. There’s something important to discuss with you."

The waiter looked at Xiao Liu disdainfully, "Hey, Xiao Liu, it’s exactly meal time, your restaurant is so idle, not like ours, look how busy I am~"

As the saying goes, competitors are enemies, indeed.

Xiao Liu rolled his eyes, ignoring her, and eagerly looked at Chen Guanghai, "It’s about the canned seafood, Village chief Chen, could you come back with me?"

Does he want to do canned seafood business with them?

Chen Guanghai immediately understood.

At this time, the nearby waiter took a break from being busy and sneaked in a sentence, "Just a can, need to specially call someone for it, really haven’t seen good stuff..."

Xiao Liu didn’t want to pay attention to that person; he was here to find someone, not mess around.

Chen Guanghai nodded, "Alright, we’ll go back with you."

Only then did Xiao Liu breathe a sigh of relief, following Xiao Liu back.

As soon as the three left, a middle-aged man walked out, hands behind his back, with a dignified gait.

He froze seeing the backs of the three leaving, "Chenhe Village’s here pushing seafood again?"

The waiter nodded, "Exactly, I said we don’t need them, yet they kept hanging around."

"Next time, just kick them out."

The manager nodded in approval.

They were in a coastal city, seafood was the least scarce.

Seafood tasted much the same, didn’t fill you up, better to have some meat.

Su Xiaoxiao and Chen Guanghai followed Xiao Liu to the state-owned restaurant entrance and were greeted by Manager Zhao at the door, who looked at them as if seeing saviors.

"Old Chen, you’re finally back, how many cans of seafood do you have on you? I’ll take them all."

When they came out, they carried only ten cans, thinking there weren’t many people in the town and planning to sell them in the city.

Originally planned to leave two or three cans per restaurant, they didn’t expect Manager Zhao’s side to directly snap them up.

"Old Chen, get this, send fifty seafood cans to me every day, what’s the price for each?"

Chen Guanghai looked to Su Xiaoxiao for help; it was Comrade Su who set the price.

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "Sixty cents each."

Manager Zhao hadn’t expected the can to be so expensive; he only sold them for sixty-five cents each, which meant he’d only earn five cents per can.

"Manager Zhao, our cans are custom-made, look at this craftsmanship, once the can is finished, it can be used to store things. This price isn’t expensive."

Manager Zhao thought it over; managing not to close the restaurant with these cans bought even for five cents profit was not small.

He promptly agreed, "Okay, let’s settle on this, you deliver them tomorrow."

Manager Zhao was direct and straightforward, took out the money.

When Chen Guanghai accepted the money, he still felt somewhat unreal; considering their cost was only thirty cents, earning thirty cents on one can was almost unimaginable.

"Young lady, do you think our pricing is too steep?"

He couldn’t help but ask aloud on the way back.

Regular seafood cans on the market were typically four to five cents, their price was indeed a bit high.

Su Xiaoxiao thought this price wasn’t steep at all, after so much effort earning thirty cents, not even faster than selling goods.

"Our cans use a lot of seasonings, taste better than regular ones, worth the price."

"We made three yuan on this trip, what if it’s fifty a day..."

By now, shock hardly described Chen Guanghai.

Because the cans were popular, the seafood cans were already snapped up by the time they left.

With the product in demand, Manager Zhao was pleased and directly paid them for the original two cans as well.

Carrying the huge sum of six yuan, happiness overpowered Chen Guanghai.

With all their hard work before, they only earned one or two yuan a day. Unexpectedly, they made so much today.

In this short time? He suddenly felt hopeful for the future.

Seeing him like this, Su Xiaoxiao seized the moment, "Brother Chen, I suggest perhaps you could set up a factory in the village, bring in villagers, solve their livelihood issues, and lead them to earn more money as well?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Set... set up a factory?"

Shocked, Chen Guanghai’s eyes widened. He thought only about starting a small workshop in the village, leading people to earn more, didn’t expect to be so formal.

"Of course, we should set up a factory. We’re in the food business, if we set up a factory, customers will have more trust in our products, we can also design a brand logo, making it instantly recognizable as from our factory."

After Su Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Chen Guanghai remained hesitant.

Setting up a factory isn’t child’s play, is it possible?

"Brother Chen, just think, even if our seafood is great, wouldn’t consumers be more assured eating products from a real factory? If we set up a factory, it sounds reliable and safe, doesn’t it?"