Chapter 258: Too much money

Two billion!

Liu Yuyan sat there listening, slightly shocked; with annual sales of two billion, the profit would be around 700 million.

Earning 700 million a year?

That's more than the annual revenue of the orchestra pit.

Before, Liu Yuyan knew that Fule Liquor was doing big business, but she didn't have a clue.

All I could see was that the factory was huge and that it was busy every day.

But what I can see now is more intuitive than those figures.

Xu Lu: 'Boss, you're being a bit conservative! Ever since we won the bid, our sales of white wine have been rising.'

'A bit conservative is good! Right now, we should start being a bit conservative.'

In the past, Han Songlin felt that being conservative was a derogatory term.

To be conservative meant to lag behind!

But gradually, Han Songlin felt that this was not the case.

When a business is in its pioneering stage, it must be radical and do everything possible to develop the business quickly.

But when the business enters a stable period, radical strategies are likely to run into problems.

There is no negative or positive connotation in itself for being conservative or radical; a business should be somewhere in between, constantly changing according to the needs of the situation.

'If our baijiu sales were good in 1995, I think we could try to win the bid for 1996.'

Han Songlin: 'The price for the 1996 bid will be very expensive!'

It will cost at least 100 million yuan.

Moreover, considering that everyone can see the amplification effect of the bid on Fule's sales, more companies will inevitably compete for it.

With more competitors, there will only be one bid winner, and the price will definitely soar.

It may not even reach 100 million yuan.

To be on the safe side, the bid should be at least 200 million.

Han Songlin suddenly fell silent. Before the economic crisis in 1997, the Chinese liquor industry had been quite good.

Therefore, in 1996, it was really possible to compete.

'Let's talk about this next year. We still have to try to compete; whether we can win is anyone's guess.'

Afterwards, Han Songlin took a tour of the factory. The newly built workshop is now fully operational.

Xu Lu also told Han Songlin about purchasing wine from other wineries.

It is already an open secret in the liquor industry that white wine is blended with wine purchased from other wineries.

Basically, many wine companies across the country purchase wine from Shuchuan.

'How is the hotel coming along?'

Xu Lu: 'The land is being levelled, but the construction is not expected to start until after the New Year.'

The design plans for the hotel have not yet been released.

'After the New Year? In that case, won't the construction period be much tighter?' Han Songlin could prepare to see the hotel completed in 1996.

'Don't worry about the construction period, there's definitely enough time.' Xu Lu wasn't worried about the construction period at all.

Just take the construction of the factory building, for example, the construction period was also tight, but it was still completed ahead of schedule.

As long as the money is in place, they will work overtime for you.

'On the contrary, there is one thing that I don't know how to decide!'

'What is it?'

Xu Lu: 'Do we want to continue expanding the winery!'

In other words, do we want to continue building new production workshops.

Han Songlin: 'The second factory can't be expanded anymore, the amount of water in the Longdong is just that big.'

'If we continue to expand, it will only be the first factory.'

The amount of water in Leshui River is only a small stream compared to the big rivers in Huaguo.

The Le Shu River is a bit better in that the water volume is stable and there has never been a shortage.

Rivers in the southern region rarely run dry.

Unless, of course, the river is diverted.

Han Songlin thought for a moment and said, 'First, build 1,000 cellars on the side of the First Factory. After that, we'll see if we continue to expand depending on the situation.'

Xu Lu thought about what Han Songlin had told him before about the domestic economic situation.

In the next few years, the domestic economy will face some difficulties.

After this difficult period, things will naturally get better.

'Boss, actually, I think that since we are going to build, we should go all out and build a lot! We should directly increase the number of cellars to 20,000!'

Han Songlin almost tripped over his feet and fell!

Han Songlin had always felt that he had a hold on information about the future and had been quite aggressive in doing many things.

But he never expected Xu Lu to be more aggressive than he was!

'In other words, we need to build almost 10,000 new cellars!'

Xu Lu: 'The longer the cellars last, the better! The future of the Chinese economy will definitely get better and better, and people's consumption of white wine will also increase. After a few years of use, the newly built cellars will become old cellars, and the quality of the white wine produced will improve a lot. It will just catch up with the next wave of white wine dividends.'

Han Songlin was momentarily at a loss for words.

The reasoning was indeed sound.

'How long is the fermentation time in the new cellar now?'

'Ninety days!'

Ninety days!

Compared to the fermentation time in the old cellar, it is much longer.

The main reason is that the microbial colonies in the new cellar are not mature enough, and a long fermentation time is needed to ensure the quality of the wine.

'Repair it! It is definitely better to repair it sooner than later.'

Liquor factories are definitely heavy asset enterprises. Once the vat is repaired, Han Songlin will want to get money from Fule Liquor, and that will definitely not work.

I hope that next year, we can sell more liquor.

Han Songlin is quite torn about the future development of Fule Liquor.

'By the way, how's the new ad coming along?'

'Don't worry, it's all been done according to your requirements,' Xu Lu laughed when she mentioned this.

According to Han Songlin's request, the new advertisement for Fule Liquor will insert some of the historical heritage of Fule Liquor.

It will tell consumers that Fule Liquor is not a winery that suddenly appeared for no reason, but a winery with a long history and heritage.

Liquor itself has to emphasise its historical heritage; Han Songlin doesn't know why other wineries haven't done it, but the ones that have all have a historical heritage.

Since they all have it, Fule Liquor must have it too.

Moreover, Fule Liquor has a history.

Those centuries-old cellars cannot be faked.

In the next few days, Han Songlin stayed at the brewery all the time.

He also asked Zhou Youwei to go to the second factory with them, taking advantage of the good weather to go fishing and chat together.

Zhou Youwei mentioned the fishing rod, but of course no fish took the bait.

It is now the middle of winter, and to be honest, this is not a good time to go fishing.

It's cold, and people don't want to move much, and the same goes for the fish!

Today is also a nice day, a sunny day, the sun is shining, warm and quite comfortable.

'This year has been the most comfortable year since I started working!'

Han Songlin naturally understood what Zhou Youwei meant by this. This year, the income of the music pool was directly supported by Fule Wine.

Fang Datong laughed and said, 'Next year, your life will be even more comfortable!'

'Ouch, I also have my own problems with happiness now! Now that I have money, I don't know what to do with it.'

This sounds really cheap!