In the afternoon, Wang Tianyu came to the residential compound.
During this time, with Wang Tianyu’s support, Lin Chuxia indeed felt much more at ease, able to understand the operational situation of various companies and timely solve some issues.
Wang Tianyu’s capabilities also surprised Lin Chuxia; she secretly told Wang Tianxue that finding an assistant like Wang Tianyu was truly a stroke of luck.
Only on that day did she learn that Wang Tianyu was the president of the student council during university, demonstrating competence in handling matters.
Otherwise, Wang Tianxue would have been embarrassed to let Wang Tianyu attach himself to Lin Chuxia.
This time Wang Tianyu came because of the issues over at Qin Family Village.
The weather was getting colder, and transportation vehicles at the Qin Family Village Vegetable Market were decreasing day by day.
Wang Cheng discussed with the village the idea of forming their own fleet to facilitate transportation.
But this proposal encountered some hurdles over there in the village.
Not that the village chief didn’t trust their judgment, it’s just that the village spent a lot these years on road construction and building an elementary school.
Although the village has many industries, each was established by tightening the belt.
For greater profit, the year’s gains rolled back into expanding production.
The money actually on hand is not much.
Building a fleet isn’t cheap; even if the village chief grits his teeth, he couldn’t gather enough for even one vehicle.
Lin Chuxia only briefly thought before saying, "You go back and tell Wang Cheng that we will build the fleet ourselves, let him first discuss with Su Wensong regarding vehicle type, quantity, and funding, and then report back to me, but make sure to tell them the fleet will be under Xiyang."
Under Xiyang, it wouldn’t be owned by the market, thus Qin Family Village would have no say in the fleet’s arrangements or profits.
After all, the initial purpose of building the fleet was to solve the market’s transportation issue, Wang Cheng had negotiated with the village chief on this.
If not clarified beforehand, it would be troublesome if Village Chief Qin misunderstood.
Wang Tianyu nodded, "Okay, I will make it clear to Manager Wang. Actually, Manager Wang has mentioned this too; some industries in Xiyang overlap with Qin Family Village, Village Chief Qin tends to mix personal and official matters when handling these things."
During this time, to familiarize himself with business operations, Wang Tianyu has been spending a lot of time in Ancheng County, making frequent trips to Qin Family Village.
Wang Cheng is an honest person, aware of Wang Tianyu’s relationship with Lin Chuxia, concerned that the young man might lack insight in certain matters, he speaks quite frankly.
Additionally, he wanted to use Wang Tianyu’s connection to convey some real situations to Lin Chuxia.
After all, Lin Chuxia is now in Yan City, has let go of family matters.
As a villager of Qin Family Village, she has always had a good relationship with the village chief, who helped her significantly in her early entrepreneurial days.
But business is business, no matter how good the relationship is, nobody wants to be taken for a fool.
She actually understood these matters without Wang Cheng’s reminder.
As for the village chief, how should one describe this person?
Indeed, he is a good leader, genuinely wanting to lead the villagers to prosperity.
However, cultural levels and vision are limited, sometimes resulting in a tendency to take small advantages when dealing with problems.
Previously, Su Wensong mentioned this to her.
Luckily, the chicken farm and pig farm in Qin Family Village are not directly managed by Village Chief Qin.
The business transactions between the chicken and pig farms with Xiyang Food Factory are contractually bound, preventing major issues.
Nonetheless, Wang Cheng faces difficulties.
Qin Family Village Vegetable Market has half its shares held by the village.
Some matters inevitably need dealing with the village chief.
While they were talking, the phone rang again.
Although there’s a phone in the house, it rings maybe twice a week.
Everyone knows Lin Chuxia is taking care of her child at home; they avoid disturbing her with work matters if possible. If really unsolvable, Wang Tianyu assists in passing messages.
Lin Chuxia knew Qi Qi was asleep in the bedroom, didn’t dare to delay, quickly answered the phone.
The moment the call connected, Sun Bingnan’s voice came through.
"Chuxia, there’s a problem at the chicken farm..."
He had not finished speaking when a rustling sound interrupted, followed by another man’s voice.
Clearly, the phone was snatched from Sun Bingnan.
Inside was the voice of the Eldest Son of Sun Family, "Chuxia, elder brother apologizes to you, entrusting such a large chicken farm to elder and second brother signifies your trust in us. Truly didn’t expect such a problem, damn the weather, in what month is this that it’s snowing..."
"Don’t worry, elder brother, let’s discuss the issue slowly."
Listening to the incoherent sentence, Lin Chuxia interrupted his words.
The Eldest Son of Sun Family’s voice was almost crying, "Discussing slowly doesn’t solve this, the chicks are all frozen to death, in such icy weather, where can I find so many chicks? Chuxia sister, I’m really sorry..."
The noise came again from the phone, this time it returned to Sun Bingnan’s voice.
"Chuxia, Mr. Lin, let me explain."
Lin Chuxia calmly spoke, "Alright, you explain."
Turns out the chicken farm at Daqing Mountain Village was expecting a batch of chicks in the last couple of days.
After forming a scale, Daqing Mountain Village’s chicken farm mainly raises two types of chickens.
Egg hens lay eggs; broilers supply Xiyang Food Factory.
Egg hens are easy, replaced every 2-3 years.
Broilers are a new variety on the offline market, characterized by a short growth period and tender meat texture.
After two years of exploration, the farm’s broilers are typically ready in about two months.
This requires continuous supplementation of chicks.
The chicken farm there signed a contract with a hatchery center in a nearby city, which would deliver chicks on time.
Originally, this batch was due yesterday, but heavy rain hit, the road was difficult to travel, the driver took a break on the road, then unexpectedly snow fell overnight.
The temperature dropped sharply, and the insulation in the carriage was insufficient, the chicks couldn’t stay long in the vehicle.
The driver gritted his teeth, hit the road early in the morning.
Unexpectedly, on slippery snowy roads, the vehicle overturned halfway, and all the chicks in the load froze to death.
Although both parties had a contract, the chicks not being delivered on time would incur penalties from the other side.
Yet, lack of chicks directly affects subsequent production at Xiyang Food Factory.
Even if the hatchery center quickly arranges a new batch, it would take at least half a month.
The Eldest Son of Sun Family thought about the impact on Xiyang Food Factory’s production, worriedly clearing his throat.
"Have you contacted Su Wensong’s side? What’s the food factory’s response?"
"We’ve already informed them, Manager Su said he’ll contact other chicken farms to check their situation, and also asked us to think of ways to quickly resume supply."
Sun Bingnan thought for a moment, still lowered his voice to remind, "This batch of chicks was supposed to supply around the Spring Festival."
Based on experience over recent years, the food factory sees a surge in orders before and after the Spring Festival.
Ironically, this batch of chicks encountered issues.