The big iron door in front of the factory was closed, and a wolf dog with yellow and black stripes was tethered to the door.

The wolf dog stretched out his long tongue, his white teeth were exposed on the upper jaw, and he looked at Zhu Xiaohua with a fierce look.

The middle-aged man Wu Zhi stepped forward and grabbed the iron chain of the wolf dog, left the passage behind him to Zhu Xiaohua, and said, "Please enter the factory." ”

Zhu Xiaohua passed behind him and went straight into the Hongshan Paper Mill.

In the middle of the paper mill, there is a wide cement road, and the left and right sides are fifty meters away, respectively, the factory building.

The left and right sides of the factory building are connected to the front of the factory building in front of it, forming a "back" shaped structure.

In the factory building on the right, there is the sound of snoring machines.

The whole factory is not large, and it can accommodate twenty or thirty people at most.

After Wu Zhi's fight with the wolf dog was over, he let go of the chain. The wolf dog chirped, then turned around and barked at Zhu Xiaohua.

Zhu Xiaohua ignored the barking of the wolf dog and walked into the factory on the right.

In the factory, the workers are busy nervously, the machine is repeated, "creaking" sound, under the machine, streams of white pulp flow into the groove of dozens of square meters, slowly stretching out.

Wu Zhi pointed to the pulp that had not yet been formed, and said: "To tell you the truth, the photo paper we produce uses the most advanced technology of Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper, and the photo paper produced can not crack or fade for decades. It is definitely the leading technology in the country. ”

Zhu Xiaohua glanced around among the workers and found that at the end of the north side, there were several children in their teens who were busy.

They skillfully chopped up the bark and fresh grass and threw them into a large iron furnace, where someone was adding firewood and fanning vigorously, and thick steam came out of the iron furnace.

Obviously, this is still a very backward mode of production, and the degree of mechanization is very low. It basically maintains the oldest method of paper production.

Zhu Xiaohua was a little puzzled by this primitive production method, how they realized the imitation of the photo paper of Los Angeles No. 1, until he saw the white plastic fiber filaments stacked in the corner of the wall.

Every time the pot boiled, the children skillfully added a bundle of plastic fiber filaments to the pot.

Zhu Xiaohua looked at the crowd and asked, "What is the white fiber over there for?" ”

He had vaguely guessed the principle of this counterfeit photographic paper.

Wu Zhi said: "This is the key material to change the performance of the paper, add them to the pulp to boil, and mix with the pulp boiling, can change the elasticity, toughness, and brightness of the paper." ”

Zhu Xiaohua asked, looking among the children.

Zhu Xiaohua pretended to appreciate it as if he didn't understand, and said: "It seems that these children are very critical, and they master the key processes of production." ”

Wu Zhi nodded: "These children don't understand anything, they just operate according to the requirements of the technical master." ”

Zhu Xiaohua pretended to be casual and said: "These children are amazing, they have been exposed to such advanced technology at such a young age, and they will have it when they grow up." Are all the kids here? ”

Wu Zhi suddenly stared at Zhu Xiaohua vigilantly, and when he saw that Zhu Xiaohua did not have any abnormality, he relieved his heart.

Wu Zhi opened his mouth and said, "It's almost all here." A couple of kids have been sent elsewhere today. ”

Zhu Xiaohua was excited in his heart, but his face was still as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

He said in his heart, the children sent to other places are probably my younger brother and sister.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "There is no problem with the production process of photo paper. Is your boss here, I'd like to talk to your boss. After the studio opened, 500 was just the beginning, and when my studio business expanded, I might need more. ”

Zhu Xiaohua thought of the special needs of Yang's Dumpling Restaurant, and immediately added: "And it also needs to be customized, twelve-inch photo paper." ”

Twelve-inch photo paper is used by fewer people, and usually only six-inch photo paper is needed to take pictures of tourists. Therefore, ordinary factories basically do not deliberately produce 12-inch photo paper.

Most of the paper produced by the Hongshan Paper Mill is six-inch photographic paper.

Zhu Xiaohua's special customization needs are reasonable.

Wu Zhi was a little embarrassed, he pointed to his nose and said, "This factory, I have the final say." We don't have to see our boss. I'm the boss. I would venture to ask, what are your 12-inch photo papers used for? ”

Obviously, Wu Zhi was very interested in Zhu Xiaohua's special needs, or rather, he was a little skeptical in the middle of the interest.

Zhu Xiaohua was also skeptical of Wu Zhi's words.

However, he didn't see his younger brother Zhu Xiaoming here, and it was inconvenient for him to expose the other party. He also needs to use the other party to find out the whereabouts of his younger brother Zhu Xiaoming as soon as possible.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "The 12-inch photo paper is mainly used for the customer's store promotion. One of my clients, Yang Zhongfu of Yang's Dumpling Restaurant, asked me to make a 12-inch photo and hang it in his shop. ”

After a pause, Zhu Xiaohua continued: "Since you are the boss, it is easy to say." At that time, our cooperation will definitely be smooth. ”

Zhu Xiaohua agreed while quickly thinking about how to make him tell his brother's whereabouts.

Wu Zhi smiled flatteringly and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." By the way, the 100 pieces of photo paper, the remaining half of the money, shouldn't I be paid? ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "You don't have to worry about this. But before I give the money, I still have one more thing to confirm. ”

Wu Zhi saw that Zhu Xiaohua agreed to pay, and immediately smiled.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "In order to ensure that you will not suddenly run out of stock and will not suddenly stop producing photo paper, can I meet all your production personnel." You know, if you cooperate with both sides, you have to ensure stable production and stable supply of photo paper. Otherwise, I wouldn't be at ease to hand over such a large amount of business to you. ”

500 pieces of photographic paper, about 300 yuan, are worth a year's and a half's wages of the workers in the Hongshan Paper Mill.

Wu Zhi smiled slightly: "Of course this is no problem. ”

He immediately clapped his hands and beckoned the workers to stop what they were doing and assemble in the open space in the middle of the factory.

In a short time, sixteen workers gathered neatly in the open space in the factory.

Zhu Xiaohua glanced around, including five children, eleven women and the elderly.

In the entire factory, except for Wu Zhi, there are basically no young adults between the ages of 18 and 50.

Zhu Xiaohua asked, "Are these workers the only ones?" ”

A child in the crowd suddenly said: "There are also Zhu Xiaoming and Zhu Xiaoyan, the two of them were sent away today." ”

Wu Zhi glared at the kid fiercely and said, "Just your mouth!" ”

When he heard "Zhu Xiaoming, Zhu Xiaoyan", Zhu Xiaohua's heart pounded, and everything this time confirmed that his younger brother and sister had worked in this factory, and it was already a certainty.

It's just that they're not here at the moment.