Far away, Lu Jianzhong, the doorman outside the entrance of Dongdaogou Village, saw the Mercedes-Benz sedan that was driving in his direction.

In recent years, due to the booming steel market, many people in Xingchuan County have become rich because of steelmaking and coking. In addition to building houses and buying gold, the group of people who got rich first also had another hobby of buying high-end cars. In Xingchuan County, there are one or two hundred high-end cars of various brands, and even children in the village can accurately recognize the signage of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi.

Lu Jianzhong is also a person who has seen a little of the world, he has been to the provincial capital several times, and by chance sat in a boss's Mercedes-Benz car, and was rewarded with a Cuban cigar by a boss who came to the village to buy steel, and later he heard that the price of this cigar is enough for his monthly salary, which has made him proud to this day. As an insightful person, he has some research on the grade of the car, so as soon as he saw the Mercedes-Benz 600 sedan that Qin Hai and Xin Jinlong were sitting in at this moment, he knew that this must be a super boss, because the car of the richest business owner in Xingchuan County is not as luxurious as this car.

"Boss, where are you from?"

Seeing the car driving in front of him, Lu Jianzhong stepped forward with a smile and accosted the man who looked like a bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat.

"What do you do?" Ge Dongyan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and asked Lu Jianzhong with a dark face.

"I'm the doorman of Dongdaogou Village...... Well, because there was a little trouble in our village, we didn't let outsiders enter casually. Where did the boss come from and what happened to our village? Lu Jianzhong asked.

Ge Dongyan turned his head and seemed to ask Xin Jinlong for something, then turned back and said to Lu Jianzhong: "Behind is our Boss Xin, and we are from Yunjiang." When you come to your village, what else can you do besides buying steel? ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the boss who came to buy steel." Lu Jianzhong's face was a little more flattering, in the past two years, there have been many foreign bosses who have come to Dongdaogou Village to purchase steel. These people are all the gods of wealth in Dongdaogou Village, and they need to be waited. Dongdaogou Village started by engaging in small steel, and there are many small bosses, but compared with the big bosses from outside, it is a small thing. Because of this, everyone is full of awe of foreign bosses.

"I don't know which factory the bosses are making an appointment with, do you want me to show you the way?" Lu Jianzhong asked diligently.

Xin Jinlong, who was sitting in the back row, also rolled down the window, revealing his fat face with nouveau riche elements, and said, "We heard that there is steel in Dongdaogou." I made a special trip. As for which factory, we don't know, if you can show it down, that's the best. …… This is for you, save it and buy a few packs of cigarettes to smoke. ”

As he spoke, Xin Jinlong threw two banknotes at Lu Jianzhong like a waste of paper, and Lu Jianzhong caught them quickly and looked at them fixedly. Both of them are 100 yuan bills, and I can't help but feel overjoyed. The wrinkles on his face were stretched out one by one when he smiled.

"Thank you boss, thank you boss, come with me, I'll take you to Tongxin Steel Mill, the largest in our village, first." Lu Jianzhong lifted the crossbar at the entrance of the village, let Qin Hai's car into the village, and then trotted all the way in front to lead the way. Lead them to a steel mill at the east end of the village.

"Xiaomei, Xiaomei, Dashuang is not here, there is a big boss in Yunjiang who wants to buy steel. Quickly call Dashuang to come out to pick up customers. ”

Outside the factory gate with the words "Tongxin Steel Plant", Lu Jianzhong stopped and shouted out of breath to a girl who was chatting with people at the door. The boss of Tongxin Steel Mill is named Lu Dashuang, who is Lu Jianzhong's distant nephew, this Xiaomei is Lu Dashuang's cousin, who works as an accountant in the factory, and is also very familiar with Lu Jianzhong.

"Uncle Jianzhong, look at the sweat you are running, what did you just say, asking our boss to come out to pick up customers? You're not afraid that our boss will tear your mouth? Xiaomei grinned and joked to Lu Jianzhong.

Lu Jianzhong was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm his uncle, he dares to tear my mouth?" Xiaomei, don't make trouble, go and call Dashuang out, I'm bringing a big boss, just look at their car. ”

Xiaomei also noticed the big run that was slowly driving behind Lu Jianzhong at this time, she stuck out her tongue and ran into the factory to call someone.

The Mercedes-Benz stopped in the open space at the entrance of the factory, and Ge Dongyan got out of the car first and opened the door in the back. Xin Jinlong and Qin Hai walked down one after the other, Xin Jinlong had his hands behind his back, with the temperament of a boss. Qin Hai followed him half a step, carrying a briefcase in his hand, like a follower. Ge Dongyan waited for the two of them to get out of the car, closed the car door, and then stood on the other side behind Xin Jinlong, his eyes scanning everything around him like an eagle falcon.

"Boss Xin, wait a minute, I've already asked someone to call Boss Dashuang, and he will come out immediately." Lu Jianzhong approached Xin Jinlong and said respectfully.

"Well, okay." Xin Jinlong snorted, and then asked, "What did you just say about the big double boss, what is the surname of this boss?" ”

"The surname is Lu, everyone in our village is surnamed Lu, and he calls me uncle." Lu Jianzhong explained.

A hint of displeasure flashed across Xin Jinlong's face: "I said...... You rushed to show us the way, just to bring us to your nephew, you are deliberately tricking us, right? ”

Hearing Xin Jinlong's words, Ge Dongyan suddenly withdrew his gaze that was patrolling around and stared at Lu Jianzhong's face. Lu Jianzhong was stared at by him, and involuntarily shuddered, and hurriedly waved his hand to justify: "No, no, Boss Xin, don't get me wrong, the people in our village are relatives, and the bosses of other factories also call me uncle, and some call me grandpa." This Tongxin steel mill is the largest factory in our village, and even the county magistrate Gao ......"

"Lu Jianzhong, you're chewing your tongue again!" Before Lu Jianzhong could finish speaking, he heard a stern voice coming from behind, interrupting him. Qin Hai turned his head to look and saw a man in his 30s striding out of the factory gate and glaring at Lu Jianzhong viciously.

"Uh-uh...... Dashuang, I didn't say anything. Lu Jianzhong was obviously very afraid of this distant nephew, and in order to prove to Xin Jinlong that he was not favoritism, he almost told the county magistrate Gao Xuejian's secret of owning shares in Tongxin Steel Plant. This kind of thing is indeed not a secret in Dongdaogou Village, but when it comes to outsiders, it is a big taboo. Lu Jianzhong said the wrong thing and was caught by Lu Dashuang, how could he not feel afraid.

"You're here to buy steel?" Lu Dashuang didn't bother with Lu Jianzhong anymore, but turned his attention to Xin Jinlong and his party. He looked at all three of them before asking Xin Jinlong.

"You're the owner of this factory?" Xin Jinlong did not directly answer Lu Dashuang's words, but snorted at the factory and asked arrogantly.

Lu Dashuang was not angry at Xin Jinlong's unreasonableness, on the contrary, he felt that Xin Jinlong's style was like a real big boss. As a boss who came in a Mercedes-Benz 600, how could he be led by others to talk down, at any time, he should be the one who dominates the topic. Xin Jinlong did not answer Lu Dashuang's question, but asked Lu Dashuang's identity in an anti-guest manner, which matched his identity.

"Yes, I own this factory." Lu Dashuang replied.

"Can you roll rebar?" Xin Jinlong asked again.

"All kinds of steel can be rolled." Lu Da Shuangdao.

"12 rebar, what's the price?" Cinnkinlong Road.

"Or ...... Let's talk inside? Through this conversation, Lu Dashuang already basically believed in Xin Jinlong's identity, and he made an inviting gesture to Xin Jinlong, with a smile on his face at the same time.

Qin Hai, Xin Jinlong, Ge Dongyan and his entourage followed Lu Dashuang into the factory gate. Qin Hai saw that the factory area of the factory was not large, that is, five or six acres of land. Half of the area of the factory is a simple workshop, and there are several simple rooms next to it, which should be Lu Dashuang's own office and administrative users such as the accounting room. The other half of the area is the stockyard of the factory, which is stacked with scrap steel and finished steel covered with felt cloth, as well as some equipment accessories and other things.

There is no on-site management at all in the whole factory, the stacking of things is disorderly, and the workshop does not meet the requirements of ventilation and fire protection. The perennial smoke and fire make the factory look dirty everywhere, and the workers who occasionally come in and out also look like they are hanging, which makes people lack confidence in the products of this factory at a glance.

"Let's go directly to the workshop and talk while watching to save time." Seeing that Lu Dashuang was about to take his group to his office, Xin Jinlong stopped him, raised his hand and pointed to the workshop, and suggested in an indistinguishable tone.

"Well, okay." Lu Dashuang didn't care, he knew what kind of virtue his workshop was, but at the same time, he also knew that the people who could go to Dongdaogou Village to buy steel were profiteers who did not have high requirements for the quality of steel. It is impossible for a regular construction team or real estate company to accept this kind of steel smelted in the village, but anyone with a little experience knows that what is produced here is bound to be inferior strip steel.

Everyone followed Lu Dashuang into the workshop. The situation in the workshop is even more chilling, with an intermediate frequency electric furnace standing in one corner of the workshop, an old rolling mill next to it, and some ugly casting molds. Because it was daytime, the electric furnace was not working, and some workers were using the cutting machine to break down the scrap steel, which was to do the preparation work before smelting.

This is also the characteristics of this kind of small steel mills, in order to save costs, but also to avoid excessive power load impact on the power grid, so these small steel mills generally choose to smelt scrap steel at night, at this time belongs to the trough of the grid load, the general power supply department will also give preferential treatment of ladder electricity prices.

Seeing such a humble production site, Ge Dongyan couldn't help grinning, but Xin Jinlong and Qin Hai both looked indifferent, because this kind of scene was something they had expected. (To be continued......)