Xu Fei covered his head and tried to sleep, but his mind was filled with thoughts of whether the caterpillar tracks could be sold or not, so he couldn't fall asleep even when it was already dawn.

After a while, the sound of a rooster crowing came from the neighbor's house.

Old Xu got up to go for a run. Maybe he slept too late last night, as he was not very agile when he got up, and he was a bit slow.

Creak...

The door opened and closed, and the house became completely quiet.

Xu Fei pulled back the bedding to let in some morning light and looked around.

Old Xu's bed was neat and tidy.

Our bed, on the other hand, was messy, filled with books and toys, like a dog's nest.

As he turned over, a cartridge for a small game console fell to the ground.

After Grandpa got sick, he sold everything in the house, including the black and white TV, game console, and radio that Old Xu bought from the county's Armed Forces Department...

Xu Fei picked up the cartridge and saw a message indicating a lack of technology.

He looked around the room again and took out his phone.

"Da Ma, have the electronics store deliver a TV to my house, along with wireless antennas. No, bring twenty of them, install cable connections in the canteen, workshop, office, and meeting room."

"Should we also install them in the production workshop?"

"Folding paper boxes is boring. There are no dangerous operations in our workshop. We can install toys and watch TV at the same time. It might even improve work enthusiasm."

"That's a good idea. And the TV can be connected to a DVD player, so we can play some corporate promotions in the future."

"That's right. My ideas are always right. Remember to buy a large-screen color TV."

"Got it."

An hour later...

"Boss, do we want an LCD TV or a regular color TV?"

"What's the difference?"

"The LCD TV is ultra-thin, but the largest size is 18 inches, and it costs 35,000 yuan. The regular one is the same as our computer monitor, with a maximum size of 36 inches, and it costs 12,000 yuan."

"The LCD is only 18 inches, but it's so expensive?"

"It's fashionable, and the color display is better."

"I'll touch it before deciding. Let's buy the 36-inch one for now."

"Okay."

Xu Fei hung up the phone and realized that even though he had spent a lot of money, he still couldn't fall asleep.

This is strange.

In the past, when he had something on his mind, he could sleep with just spending a few yuan.

Now, after spending over two hundred thousand in one go, he didn't feel much.

"Having money is also a kind of trouble!"

Xu Fei sighed and emptied his mind, lying in bed for a while longer.

"Forget it, let's go to work and make money!"

After washing up, he dragged the sleeping dog out from under the bed and left the old Xu family's house.

October 20th, 10 o'clock in the morning.

Although it was winter, the temperature was slightly rising. The ice on the street began to melt, and people passing by either had mud splashed on their backs by bicycle wheels or wet pant legs from stepping in puddles.

Xu Fei led the dog and hopped around, looking for a clean place to rest. It took him half an hour to reach the north gate.

He bought five meat buns and stuffed them into the dog's mouth.

Then he went to the east gate and bought three fried dough sticks and a bowl of spicy soup for himself.

After eating and drinking his fill, he walked into the toy factory.

"Factory Director, good morning!"

"Morning!"

Xu Fei nodded slightly, indicating for Lou Xiaohu to follow.

"What's up, brother-in-law?"

"Hmm? Don't call me that."

"No problem, my sister likes you."

"How come I didn't notice?"

"She's subtle."

"Don't talk nonsense. She pursued her dream of dancing and caught the attention of the martial arts teacher. If it weren't for her persistence, she might have joined the national team by now."

"Is that so?" Lou Xiaohu was surprised.

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"It seems like you don't get beaten much at home."

"Not much. Every time, I end up with a bruised face. The whip kicks, I've never been able to dodge them."

"That's enough." Xu Fei put his arm around Lou Xiaohu's shoulder and whispered, "Let me give you a tip. When there's a problem at the entrance, don't rush to the front. Learn to observe and hide."

"Then quietly approach and strike, hit with a brick?"

"No, wait for Da Ma."

"Then what's the point of me being the team leader?"

"It's better than being stabbed by someone else, right?"

"..."

At Yellow Mud Hillock, not to mention being stabbed, the militia company even fired a barrage of firecrackers last night. It is said that they directly buried the two bandits by the river embankment without even asking the security office.

"Remember what I said. I never deceive my own people."

"Our own people?"

Lou Xiaohu suddenly understood something and secretly glanced at the five uncles and eight hooligans at the entrance. He swallowed his saliva, "Brother-in-law, are they not our own people?"

"You are in the enemy's camp but your heart is with us. I believe in you."

"..."

Lou Xiaohu stood still for a while, took a look at Xu Fei's back, and turned back to the entrance. "Hey, you, you, you, and you, come to the communication room."

"Lou Xiaohu, just because you're a team leader doesn't mean we'll listen to you. Do you believe that we'll drag you into a small alley and beat you up after work?"

"Do you know who just passed by?"

"The Factory Director, you idiot!"

"That's my brother-in-law!"

"???"

Lou Xiaohu calculated the time and picked up the phone in the communication room, dialing the Factory Director's office phone and putting it on speakerphone. "Brother-in-law, my sister will come over later."

"Let her come to the office to find me."

"Okay, brother-in-law."

The four hooligans were dumbfounded.

Lou Xiaohu leaned back in his chair, hands behind his head, shaking his shoulders. "Ouch, I woke up early this morning. My shoulders are a bit sore."

"Brother Tiger, let me massage you."

"Call me Captain from now on... My legs are a bit numb."

"Captain, let me massage you."

"I'm thirsty."

"Captain, have some tea."

"It's a bit cold today."

"Captain, let me fan you..."

"Give me a break. You're calling me cold and fanning me."The remaining three thugs, looking at their former boss, gritted their teeth and rushed forward.

Lou Xiaohu, on the other hand, picked up the phone with satisfaction and dialed the landline of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, "Sis, my brother-in-law misses you. He wants you to come to his office."

"???"

"Really, we don't lie to our own people."

"Lou Xiaohu, are you tired of living?!"

"……"

…………

Xu Fei arrived at the office and looked up at the Mechanical Three Kingdoms plan on the wall.

The production workshop was currently operating at full capacity.

150 workers, divided into three shifts, were preparing goods day and night.

The old electricians also set up an office to ensure stable power supply for the production line and maintain the severely aging lighting facilities.

The sales department, with Yellow Mud Hillock as the starting point, divided its forces into three routes.

One route went straight to the north side of Liaoshi and Decheng, aiming to conquer East Mountain Prefecture.

Another route headed straight to the northeast side, Jishi and Taishi, before turning to fight in the Yimeng region.

The last route took a train directly to Yan and Wei, two cities, and then set up a base in Qinggang.

In addition, Old Huang went to Qingzhou and set up an office and rented a warehouse in Weishi to handle the logistics problems in the Jiaodong Peninsula.

Strictly speaking, it was far from enough for 21 people to run more than 900 operating Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and 1000 idle ones in a week, considering the inconvenient transportation, scattered destinations, and the need to recruit workers and set up counters.

But as the village chief said, not all Supply and Marketing Cooperatives are the same.

After several reforms, the county-level and above Supply and Marketing Cooperatives became public institutions, and most of the township-level Supply and Marketing Cooperatives became contract-based.

The contract-based system is similar to private enterprises. They seem to have a lot of power, but due to the general trend, such as losing 'franchise stores' and gaining competitors like small shops and convenience stores, they eventually lose a lot and have to give up their operations and hand them over to the local village courts.

The village courts are also very poor. They can't afford to pay the county finance, and the county finance can't pay the salaries. The village courts dare not increase staff and mess with these Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, so they let them idle.

Like Lou Nannan and her classmates, they are just a few examples, and those with official positions will not stay in the grassroots Supply and Marketing Cooperatives. After they become regular employees, they will soon be transferred to the county Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

But the current environment has caused many people to have positions but no jobs.

For example, those who have returned from military service have arrangements, but they are not notified to go to work.

For example, some institutions have been reformed, and people have been laid off inexplicably.

Now that so many people can't find jobs, if the Supply and Marketing Cooperative cooperates with foreign enterprises to reopen and recruit salespersons, will those with positions but no jobs come?

I'm afraid that as soon as the salary of 600 is offered, the old man of the sales department will be surrounded by laid-off workers from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative who have received internal news every time he arrives in a township.

After signing the TEP labor agreement, completing the entry registration, and receiving the money to build the counter, the other party will not only not run away, but will also do their job more diligently.

They might even enthusiastically find a motorcycle to send the old man to his next destination.

And those workers with positions but no jobs have personal files in the county's human resources department. It's much simpler to transfer them out under the name of 'reemployment of laid-off workers' than to recruit new people and verify their identities.

So, in a week's time, the sales department can cover the entire East Mountain map.

"It's a pity I didn't bring a dog."

Xu Fei looked at the map in his field of vision, which only showed Yellow Mud Hillock and Small Lake Town, and regretted it.

But on second thought, it seemed that he was not willing to spend hundreds of thousands of energy to train a dog.

After finishing his work, it was already noon.

Xu Fei sat at his desk in deep thought for a moment, and finally felt sleepy.

But thinking of Lou Nannan coming over, he forced himself to stay awake for another half an hour.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and called the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, "Nannan, are you still coming?"

"Don't listen to Lou Xiaohu's nonsense."

"What did he say?"

"……"

"By the way, how's the purchase of the member shares?"

"I spent twenty thousand, plus the collective shares you have, which is equivalent to the book assets of the Yellow Mud Hillock Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The remaining fifty thousand, I plan to invest in other Supply and Marketing Cooperatives."

After finishing speaking, Lou Nannan hesitated and said, "Xu Fei, TEP Company is cooperating with the Supply and Marketing Cooperative's board of directors. I suddenly feel that investing in grassroots Supply and Marketing Cooperatives doesn't seem to make much sense to you."

"It's different. A contract is just a piece of paper. Maybe one day they will cancel it with a document. If we invest and get a say, we can counter them at that time."

"That's true. Then I'll try to buy the member shares of other township Supply and Marketing Cooperatives."

"I'll have finance prepare another 200,000 for you. Once the first batch of goods is sold and the funds are sufficient, we'll try to take over all the Supply and Marketing Cooperatives in Gucheng County by the end of the year."

"Aren't you afraid I'll run away with the money? Or mess it up?"

"I know where your home is, where your land is, where your ancestral home is, what's there to be afraid of? Even if you really mess it up, at worst we can use you to pay off the debt."

"Tui… Jerk!"

"???"

Why are you cursing when we're just joking?

Xu Fei was very confused. He put on a military coat, sat in the rocking chair next to the office stove, and closed his eyes.

Just as he entered dreamland.

The noise of Big Ma and the young security guards came from outside the office building, "The big color TV is here!"

"Can't you let people sleep?"

"Why are you sleeping in broad daylight? Get up and watch TV!"

"……"