Wang Yiyuan then went to find Boss Xie, the carton factory, to find out the situation. Boss Xie was not surprised by Wang Yiyuan's idea at all. He said, "I happened to be free today, so I will go and see your venue first. During this period, I only know that your factory is being renovated, so I will visit it."

After seeing the open space on the second floor of the factory, Boss Xie sighed, "Xiao Wang, you young people have ideas and courage." If I were you, you might not be able to do it in such a short time. But if you want to use it as a carton, you may still be smaller."

Wang Yiyuan explained with a smile, saying that we just wanted to make a small carton assembly line, mainly to make some boxes of general specifications and more conventional ones.

Boss Xie nodded and said, "Well, if that's the case, it's not impossible."

I looked at it roughly. After saying that, Boss Xie walked around the length and width of the base of the wall. He said that this area should be able to accommodate the next set of small carton assembly lines.

But, you plan to buy a brand new one for your machine and equipment? Boss Xie asked again.

Haha. Where can we get so much money? Wang Yiyuan smiled and said, "We are just thinking about saving and planning to buy a set of second-hand equipment."

Oh? Boss Xie said in surprise, of course, you actually have this idea, which is correct. Carton machinery is not as good as your paper printing. As for machines, second-hand ones may be better than new ones, and of course they are more cost-effective.

Wang Yiyuan said, I just looked for you, just to ask you for advice and inquire about the second-hand market.

Boss Xie thought about it and said, if you are lucky, you can get one or two percent of the original price.

Boss Xie continued, to say, to be simple, a corrugated carton production line has a semi-automatic ink printing machine, a groove machine, a box yarding machine, and two or three people can produce it. As for other machinery and equipment, such as rolling trucks, pasting, etc., just use your existing ones.

Wang Yiyuan took the opportunity to ask Boss Xie, where to get these second-hand equipment? Boss Xie, do you have any channels to introduce it?

Well, let me think about it. Some time ago, it seemed that a fellow villager had mentioned this. Boss Xie used his hand to comb his hair back a few times, and then he thought for a while before saying, I'll call and ask first.

Boss Xie went to the corner by the window to make a phone call. Wang Yiyuan and Xiao Yunhua looked at each other and said softly, "Old Xiao, you should also mobilize your resources, hurry up and ask about the price." Xiao Yunhua understood it and said softly, don't worry, we will definitely not be the sucker."

Wang Liping brought a thick stack of sample albums upstairs, and she said, "You two happened to be there too." This is the information we got back when we went to the Quanyin Exhibition to listen to the lecture. There are parts about carton machinery in it. They are all here, so you can refer to it.

After a while, Boss Xie called and came over to Wang Yiyuan and the others and said, "Are you free in the afternoon? If you can, we will drive you to see the machine together. It's just a little further away, and it's on the other side of Baoshan."

In the afternoon, Wang Yiyuan and the other two, together with Hu Jianguo, happened to be full of a small car, and the group went to Baoshan to see the machines.

The machine is also a carton factory run by Jiangxi people, located near the outer ring of Gucun. However, it seems that the business of this carton factory is obviously not very good. It is working hours, and there are only a few people working slowly.

The factory owner is obviously very familiar with Boss Xie, and he looks about the same age as Boss Xie, who is in his fifties and surnamed Yang. He greeted Boss Xie and others enthusiastically and explained that, that's right, the factory business is now in a downturn, so there are not many workers, all of whom are doing the finishing work.

He said, Boss Xie called in the morning, and the small machine he mentioned was there. Let's go over and take a look?

The group walked over to the northwest corner of the factory and saw machines neatly placed there, but it seemed that they had been stored for a long time, and there was a thick layer of dust on it.

Xiao Yunhua and Hu Jianguo walked in, took the rag handed over by Boss Yang, and rubbed it hard on the machine, so that the trademark nameplate on it was finally revealed clearly. Wang Yiyuan also came over and saw that it was a groove machine from the Wuxi factory in Beiren. It was only a few years ago. The factory date shown on the steel stamp on it was November 1999.

The next few equipment, except for the different manufacturers, were roughly the same date. Boss Yang said that this production line was configured at the same time, and later due to business adjustments, it was actually not used for a long time and it was idle.

Xiao Yunhua and Hu Jianguo were still rubbing and wiping, and the two of them whispered each other from time to time to discuss. After a while, Xiao Yunhua came out first and pulled Wang Yiyuan aside. Seeing this, Wang Liping followed him.

Xiao Yunhua said in a low voice, if you just look at the machine, it should be pretty good. We also specially checked the gears and transmission chains of these machines and equipment. They looked relatively new and didn't wear much. Some of them even had the gear oil in their original equipment and had not been replaced. They should not have been used for a long time.

Wang Yiyuan nodded and said, OK, I know what I know.

What's beyond Wang Yiyuan was that Boss Yang's offer was much higher than the expectations of their own people. Xiao Yunhua couldn't help it on the spot and said, Boss Yang, you can add a little more to this price, and now you can buy a brand new set.

Boss Yang defended that my assembly line was the best configuration at that time, and the purchase price was relatively high. I have documents for you to show.

Xiao Yunhua said, Boss Yang, what you said may be the truth. But you should also know that the price of this machine has been greatly adjusted in recent years. For the same machine, the price alone is not easy to compare with the present, and it has little practical significance.

He continued, and this second-hand one is not much comparable to the new machine. Can the price of the new product be the same as the price of the disposal?

Boss Yang's lips moved, as if there was still a lot to say.

At this time, Wang Yiyuan interrupted at the right time and said, "Everyone is in business, don't be hurt by the harmony." This way, Boss Yang, let's discuss it again when we go back. Then we will send Boss Xie a clear letter and ask him to reply to you, okay?"

When I returned to the Wujing car, Boss Xie was also very moved and said to Wang Yiyuan and the others, this cousin, Boss Yang, was the same village as me, and also came out to Shanghai to make a living. They are all fellow villagers in the country. To be honest, my brother was also very glorious, but now, seeing his situation, I didn’t expect to fall into selling machines.

It can only be said that it was thirty years from Hedong and thirty years from Hexi. Boss Xie suddenly seemed to be full of memories and regrets. He said affectionately, "Oh, people are really hard to say, many times, maybe they are the fate we often call them, right?" Sometimes, thinking about it, people can't accept their fate.

Wang Yiyuan and a few others heard what Boss Xie said, but they had nothing to say for a while, but they were also sighing in their hearts.
Chapter completed!