"Why did you find out the cost and also analyze the Factory Director's preferences, personality, where he lives, where his hometown is, and the route he takes to work?"

Xu Fei held the cost table of the Small Lake Town Toy Factory, finished reading the first half, and saw the paragraph at the end, feeling frustrated.

As a serious manager of a foreign enterprise, why does it feel like I'm in a gang?

This reminds him of his cousin who peels garlic in the squatting toilet. Every time he helps his friends, it's the same.

Half Blind Huang smiled awkwardly, "I'm used to fortune-telling. Besides, we make toys, and they also make toys. Competitors are enemies. We will fight sooner or later. Isn't this preparing in advance?"

"Then you might as well check their annual production."

"Huh? Makes sense. I'll go again later."

"If you do this, they probably have already realized it. They might not have even infiltrated yet and they'll be beaten by security."

"That's true."

Half Blind Huang also worried about being beaten to death and secretly reminded himself to stay away from the Small Lake Town Toy Factory. Then he took out a suit that had been resized. "Manager, try it on?"

Half Blind Huang is a well-traveled person.

He spent all his recent commission on buying a set of clothes in the county town, and even had to pay extra.

Tailored suit, shiny black leather shoes, long woolen coat, several shirts and corresponding ties, and a delicate... plastic watch?!

"Manager, don't look down on this plastic watch. The salesperson almost praised it to the sky. The brand is the famous Casio, and the model is the best-selling F-91w worldwide. It can last for seven years with normal use, and it has a built-in timer, alarm clock, and backlight."

"According to the salesperson, most of us Chinese people focus more on appearance and less on details and connotations, which has gradually led to its withdrawal from the domestic market, leaving only five commemorative editions. But overseas, many important figures love it."

Xu Fei dressed neatly, looked in the mirror, and listened to Huang's words. He then turned his wrist and instantly felt that this plastic watch looked much better, and he also secretly praised his nephew's good taste.

Especially his control of the size.

He even knew to buy him larger underwear.

However, a set of clothes costs at least three thousand, plus a brand-name watch...

Xu Fei thought about the money in his pocket, it seemed that he only had two thousand six.

If I give too little, it seems stingy.

If I give too much, I can't afford it.

If I don't give, it's embarrassing.

Xu Fei thought about applying for a loan, which requires providing job positions and expanding the sales market in the future, which also requires someone to manage it.

He immediately decided to promote Half Blind Huang.

If he's promoted, will he get a raise?

If you mention money again, I won't be willing.

"Cough cough, Huang, the company has decided to build a branch in our Yellow Mud Hillock."

"That's great!"

"It's not a large scale, only ten production lines."

There are currently ten conveyor belts on the basic production line, and each conveyor belt represents a type of tin toy.

In this way, it can also be claimed that there are ten production lines.

After hearing this, Half Blind Huang pondered slightly, "It's indeed few. Even a small toy factory has hundreds of production lines. But it's better than nothing. With this good start, as long as we increase sales, there will definitely be more production lines in the future."

"You see through it." Xu Fei nodded, "These ten production lines are mainly used to supply your large orders. And in order to reward you, the company has also agreed to my request to promote you to sales manager."

"Really?!"

"Really, and I will be the Factory Director and Product Manager in the future, in charge of production."

"Congratulations, Uncle, no, Factory Director Xu!"

"Congratulations, same to you, Manager Huang."

"Factory Director Xu!"

"Manager Huang!"

The uncle and nephew, one after another, shouted happily, unable to help but shout a few more times.

In one's lifetime, isn't it just for the sake of face?

I used to live too suffocatingly, but now things are turning around...

Half Blind Huang looked at the sky and saw that it was snowing outside.

Then let's go for a stroll tomorrow!

...............

Intermittent small snowflakes continued for most of the night.

Although there was no snow left the next day, the small dirt roads leading to various villages and alleys became muddy.

Early in the morning.

There were many people gathered at the north gate of Yellow Mud Hillock.

And next to the entrance of the "Yutang Pickled Vegetables" store, there was a small blackboard smeared with asphalt on the red brick wall, with a notice of the reopening of the night school.

The Yellow Mud Hillock state-owned enterprise "Xiao Ya Electric Fan Factory" went bankrupt, and many related industries disappeared one after another. The night school was suspended.

And now it suddenly reopened...

"What are they training for?"

"Workshop regulations, electricity usage regulations, hygiene standards, and the requirements for guarding the factory area. Quite a lot."

"Oh, is there a new enterprise coming?"

"Don't think so, who would come to our poor place?"

"Makes sense."

"I guess the township is planning to do some labor dispatch again. Didn't they gather the old employees of the electric fan factory last year and send them to a certain electronic factory in the south for a while?"

"Don't mention it. They were sent back because they were considered too old."

"Are you going to the night school tonight?"

"No, I have to water the two plots of land in the north of my house. They're a bit dry."

Amidst the discussions, Half Blind Huang, who was secretly observing in the corner, felt that enough people had gathered and made a dazzling appearance.

"Oh, I thought it was something big. It's just a foreign enterprise recruiting workers."Yesterday, he heard from Manager Xu that the company had just come to China for development, but the funds were not in place and they needed a loan. The village also required them to provide job opportunities.

Reopening the night school and looking at the training program, isn't it just for the toy factory?

Let the locals learn some skills so that when foreign companies recruit workers, they can be ahead of the people from surrounding towns.

Why let the fertile water flow into someone else's field?

"Foreign company?"

The crowd instantly quieted down and turned around collectively.

They saw a big-haired man who seemed to have popped out of nowhere...

No, why does he look a bit familiar?

Tying up his hair, adding a goatee, and wearing sunglasses...

"Half Blind Huang?"

"Call me Manager Huang from now on!"

"???"

"Let me tell you all, the night school in the village is for you to learn more skills. When the foreign company sets up a branch, we can be one step ahead."

"What foreign company?"

"TEP Company, 'T-E-P'."

"???"

"This is my factory director. He applied for it with great difficulty for the development of our hometown."

"Who is your factory director?"

"Xu Fei!"

"Xu Fei? Isn't he crazy?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I am the sales manager of a foreign company. I am the top talent under Director Xu. If any of you dare to mention these things again, don't even think about entering a foreign company in the future!"

"..."

The village posted a notice about the night school. Looking at Half Blind Huang, this unreliable old guy, dressed like this, although some people questioned it in their hearts, considering the consequences, no one dared to say anything.

"Old Huang, let's go, the lamb soup restaurant next door just peeled a lamb. Let's have two bowls."

"Old Huang, don't listen to him, let's go to the donkey meat restaurant..."

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"Uncle Huang~"

"Hey!"

Hearing the long-lost address, Half Blind Huang felt his bones go soft.

At the same time, his determination grew stronger as he followed in his nephew's footsteps!

...............

The old Xu family residence.

Xu Fei never expected that the village would act so quickly.

At ten-thirty in the morning, the village secretary, accompanied by the village head, came to his door with a bunch of printed papers, looking exhausted.

Especially the village secretary, his eye sockets were a bit dark, as if he hadn't slept all night, and his hair was messy, as if he had ridden a motorcycle to the county town.

The village head was not much better, with mud all over his pants and wet shoulders, as if he had been in the snow all night.

At this moment.

In front of the three of them was a planning map of Yellow Mud Hillock.

The village head lit a cigarette. "Xiao Fei, we are not outsiders, and we won't say anything false. Last time I told you that the province plans to build a highway passing through the west side. Considering transportation issues, the village selected a 200-acre plot of land in the west side Large Swamps for the construction of the toy factory."

Large Swamps was originally called Leixia Swamps.

In ancient times, the ancestors Yao and Shun used to cultivate here, but later Chiyou was buried here, turning it into an evil swamp.

When the evil swamp disappeared, nothing could grow there. Influenced by superstition, people renamed it Large Swamps.

In other words, it was a large area of barren saline-alkali land.

Xu Fei didn't want to choose this place because it was too remote. Who knows, one day a group of ruthless people might appear and cause trouble...

But the village secretary took out another set of drawings and said something that made him change his mind.

"Xiao Fei, it will take time to build the factory. At least half a year, plus the time for electricity, building a substation, installing equipment, and debugging the equipment, it may not be enough in a year."

"The village is in urgent need of solving the employment problem. Therefore, after overnight discussions, we have decided to temporarily lease the old site of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory to you for free. Whenever the new factory is built, you can move there."

"As for the old site of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory, although the factory building is a bit old, with some repairs and cleaning, it can be used directly."

"Especially the electrical circuit. At that time, our electric fan factory was quite large and had a dedicated industrial power supply, dual power sources, and three-phase five-wire. Later, when the factory went bankrupt, it should have been dismantled. But when the Xiaohu Town Toy Factory was established and needed industrial power, we connected it conveniently, so we didn't dismantle it."

"And, the old employees of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory are still here. They are very familiar with workshop operations and power management, so there is no need for training. With a little strengthening of regulations, we can solve the problem of recruitment."

"In addition, last night I went to the county town and found familiar leaders to stamp the documents needed for setting up the factory. You just need to sign them, and you will get the loan this afternoon. Tomorrow, the procedures for our factory can be completed."

The village head finished speaking, and the village secretary echoed, "How about it, shall we go and take a look at the old site of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory?"

...............

The old site of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory was located at the east gate of Yellow Mud Hillock.

Entering Yellow Mud Hillock from the provincial road, you could see it.

When the fan factory was prosperous, Xiaoya electric fans not only sold well nationwide but also went into foreign trade, almost supporting half of Yellow Mud Hillock.

It can be said that in other places, there were coal cities and steel cities, while the superior unit of Yellow Mud Hillock, Nanwa, was known as the Electric Fan City in the surrounding area.

Unfortunately, the wind of reform blew in the south, with various tax rebates, preferential policies, and technology introductions, causing the Xiaoya electric fans in the north to instantly lose their market competitiveness.

Unable to sell their products and unable to obtain funds, they were unable to develop new technologies and were quickly eliminated.

When Old Xu was alive, he served as the factory director of the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory. In order to improve the situation, he couldn't sleep and smoked one cigarette after another. In the end, he developed lung cancer and died with grievances.

As Xu Fei walked through the Xiaoya Electric Fan Factory, his thoughts went back to his childhood.

When Old Xu was not at home, he relied on his grandfather. His grandfather was busy with work, so he ate and slept here.His familiarity with this place even surpassed that of the old Xu family house.

In other words, this was his childhood.

The cement-built gate, the marble-cut welcoming wall, the incredibly wide inner and outer squares, and the factory buildings formed by dozens of rows of red brick and tile houses.

Worker dormitories, comprehensive canteens, male and female bathhouses...

Security department, Armed Forces warehouse...

Yes, the Armed Forces warehouse!

In the past, the factory had not only machine guns, but even a few anti-aircraft guns.

On the other side.

The village head and the village secretary stood together.

The village secretary looked at the distant figure and wondered, "I always feel that this kid has a maturity that doesn't match his age."

The village head shook his head, "That's because you don't know him."

"How so?"

"He lost his mother when he was young, his father went to join the army, and his grandfather was busy with work. Do you think such a child would be bullied?"

"Yes!"

"But Xu Fei wasn't. Not only that, all the children of his age in the village were willing to follow him. They would fight together, and if they lost, they would catch the stragglers together."

"..."

"Later, Old Master Xu got lung cancer. Old Xu couldn't come back from the battlefield. This kid sold everything he had to treat his grandfather. If it weren't for Old Master Xu pulling out his own oxygen tube, this kid would have sold the ancestral house. This incident, this blow, this experience, what kind of psychological change do you think it would bring to a ten-year-old child?"

"I can't imagine."

"Later on, when the news of Old Xu's return to the village came, this kid was excited for half a year. He even ran back from school to Yellow Mud Hillock, rushed into the village compound and beat up the family planning director. However, Old Xu was squeezed out. This kid, who was always the top student in elementary school and always ranked among the top in junior high school, was about to take the college entrance examination, but was expelled as a mental patient and was slandered as having rabies... For an ordinary person, it could almost be said that his life was over."

"..."

"So, this is not maturity, it's strength, it's stubbornness, it's relentless struggle!"

"How do you know so much?"

"I used to be a salesperson here, like a passerby, witnessing everything." The village head said, leaning on the rusty iron gate, "This is also my home."

"No wonder you suggested renting the old site of the Electric Fan Factory to him first."

"Is there something wrong with that?"