Before the New Year, besides preparing for the holiday, Li Long had several other things to do.
Mainly, he had to make New Year's visits and collect payments.
Factory Director Du had called several times, urging Li Long to visit the factory when he had time and collect his share of the holiday benefits while he was there-yes, as far as Factory Director Du was concerned, Li Long counted as a member of the factory too.
The beef and mutton Li Long supplied to the Farm Machinery Factory had been hauled away by a truck Factory Director Du sent over on its return from delivering snow-clearing machines to Wu City. Every so often, Factory Director Du would call Li Long to report the accounts, telling him how many machines they had shipped and how many orders they had received.
Although the Spring Festival was approaching and February was almost here, leaving at most another month of snowfall, unusually, light snow kept falling over the next few days. Some workplaces found clearing it troublesome and finally ordered snow-clearing machines.
So the Farm Machinery Factory's orders kept increasing. By Factory Director Du's optimistic estimate, this winter alone had practically seen them exceed their production target for the entire year-they were almost at their tax and profit targets too.
These snow-clearing machines were far more profitable than harvesters.
It had to be said that although the snow disaster had caused enormous losses for pastoralists, it had been a tremendous opportunity for Li Long and the Farm Machinery Factory.
Factory Director Du's actions made Li Long feel he had found an excellent partner. At least when it came to finances, the man had no intention of deceiving him.
He also planned to go to Beiting to pay Director Qian a New Year's visit and