Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 444: Always Thinking About You
Yu Li stopped walking and said, "Brother, I don't know, my sister-in-law doesn't have a job. She is thinking of going out to ask around and find a temporary job to help support the family."

"Oh, so, you just got married, so you should clean up your home first and take a few days off. It's hard to find a job outside now. You just came here and don't know many people. I think it's better to let Brother Jie Cheng ask more for you."

"Brother, what you said makes sense. I'll ask my wife to help me ask around. Really, I'm just a woman, and I can't find the way out even if I want to go out and ask around."

"What was he saying at the door just now? I saw you came out and chatted with you for a while."

"Mom, it's nothing. He asked me why I wasn't at work, and I said I was looking for a class."

"Oh, I see. Xiao Zhu is a warm-hearted person. He asked this question because he might want to help you. You should be more careful when you see him."

Yu Li was very curious. Most mothers-in-law would restrict their daughters-in-law from interacting with other men, but her mother-in-law was really open-minded.

"I didn't hear that he wanted to help me find a job. He even asked Jie Cheng to help ask around. He didn't seem very enthusiastic."

"Silly child, do these people actively come forward to ask for a job? It was he who helped Jie Cheng get the job, it was he who helped your father-in-law get the quota for an electric car, it was he who helped Qin Huairu in the Intermediate Court get a job, Qin Huairu has a younger sister, you know, she works as a nanny, it was he who introduced her."

"Also, I heard from Jie Cheng that the idea of ​​that idiot Zhu in the middle courtyard to make pre-prepared meals in the cafeteria was also his. Just tell me, is he enthusiastic in helping these people? They don't want anything and don't want any gifts. And let's talk about your new house. If it's placed in someone else's house, can they give it to you?"

"Yes, you mean, if we really have no other options, we should go and try him?"

Yu Li was also very distressed. After getting married, she realized that the financial power of the family was in the hands of her mother-in-law, and she could not even see her husband's salary. Yan Jiecheng was still thinking about starting their own business. What the hell? Could they start their own business just with food quotas and tickets?
There was no other way, the two could only go back to the third uncle's house for dinner. In order to change this situation, Yu Li prepared to find a job. She could no longer count on the man's salary. As a new daughter-in-law, she did not have the courage to compete with her mother-in-law, even though the mother-in-law seemed very considerate and kind.

"Well, it's better to try than to do it in the dark. He is very familiar with Director Wang of the street. The establishment of the two factories in the street is related to him. If you want to find a job, I think it's most reliable to ask him for help. Jie Cheng is too useless. None of the people he knows can help. I think it's a tough call."

Zhu Xuefeng didn't know that his casual question had made the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law across the street worry about him. He fetched some water to wash up, and lay on the bed, planning for June and summer vacation.

Needless to say, the steel rolling mill is the first choice for summer internship. There is no one to manage the time for internship here. The two girls still need to encourage Professor Lin to complete the internship. They don’t know if it will be successful. There are some variables involved.

My younger sister is going to take the high school entrance exam soon, so I have to help her organize some knowledge points. I don’t need to worry about the second child, but I still have to think about whether to send her to Hong Kong for a visit when the time comes.

It’s time to send Erya, Sanya and Tailor Jin away. The garment factory over there can have another product line. Antique clothing still has a large market in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and they are all high-end markets.

There is still summer vacation..., I fell asleep involuntarily thinking about it. The intensity of training this month is much higher than military training. It’s only because the food is good, otherwise I really can’t hold on.

When I woke up and looked at the time, it was more than an hour later. I got up quickly, ran to the cellar, and started to pack potatoes and beans. These beans should have been bought by the second brother to save. My younger brother has really grown up.

"Brother, why are you back again? Didn't you say there would be several days left?"

"The training ended early, let's eat quickly and see how the potatoes that big brother stewed today are. The beans are stir-fried with some chili peppers, so they're a bit spicy."

"Mm, delicious. You can eat beans this way. Did you learn this? The cook in the army taught me."

"If it tastes good, eat more. This won't stop you from eating. By the way, how are you reviewing? If you have any questions, just ask. I've been reviewing with you every night these days."

The little sister bit her chopsticks, her face full of cunning, "Well, let me think about it..."

"Brother, don't believe her lies. I study with her every day, but I don't know her. She already knows all those things, but she's still pretending. It's obvious that she has no good intentions."

"Zhu Xuesong, you..."

"Okay, stop it. You two will fight when I get home. Tell me what happened when the couple next door did something in the yard..."

"Uncle San spent a lot of money this time. He directly opened six tables in our front yard and lent out our table..."

"Table seven, second brother is wrong."

"The kids' table doesn't count. It's a mess. There are so many kids around the small table. It doesn't count."

The second brother argued with reason, and it turned out that the third uncle had really spent a lot of money. Almost every household in the compound had people coming to the table, and they formed three tables. There was one table with his mother's family, and two tables with his coworkers from the unit and the third uncle's colleagues. There were really a lot of people. Sha Zhu directly moved in the back kitchen of the canteen. It was said that the third uncle bought three pounds of meat, three chickens, a few fish, and eggs and so on. Anyway, each table had four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes, and four cold dishes. It seemed that there were really a lot of dishes.

It's not bad. Four meat dishes are rare. It's hard for the third uncle to get the meat coupons from somewhere. This meal used up the meat quota of his family for three months, which is only two taels per person per month.

"You didn't say anything?"

"No, no one asked me to say it. In the end, when the couple came over, I gave them my blessing. Otherwise, all my words would have been in vain."

"Hahaha, you can do it. Little sister, did you return your watch?"

"Well, but I see that Sister Yu is reluctant to leave..."

...

Li Huaide in Hong Kong felt that he might have oversimplified things. After Lao Sun went back, he was very dissatisfied with the news from the steel rolling mill. The steel rolling mill refused to reduce the production of Dongsheng motorcycles, refused to switch to the Red Star trademark, and used the name of the head office to remind Li Huaide not to change the stable source of foreign exchange that the country had negotiated so hard because of personal ideas.

"These ignorant bumpkins are not worth cooperating with."

Only Li Huaide of Dongsheng Motorcycle Parts was not discouraged. In May, he delivered 500 less motorcycles to Dongsheng Trading Company due to incomplete parts. These 500 motorcycles were Li Huaide's test.

According to the report from the handover personnel, the people from Dongsheng Trading were not very satisfied, but they did not express too much. Li Huaide was very satisfied, as the capitalists had the final say on this three-acre piece of land.

Hong Kong is the right place to come to. It has everything. Li Huaide, who has been abroad and visited Russia and Czechoslovakia, firmly believes that the things in those two countries are not as rich as here. There is everything to eat, drink and play, but it's a pity for his pocket.

"Xiao Li, go call Ren over here."

After a while, Ah Ren came in, wearing a well-tailored suit, looking very capable, his eyes moving around. "General Manager, are you looking for me?"

"Well, as I told you last time, starting from this month, you have to get your people moving. I'll give you 50 Hong Kong dollars for every car you sell. I don't care what price you sell it for, and I don't care how much you give them."

Xiaoli was promoted to secretary to the general manager this month, along with a girl named A Xing. Li Huaide also appointed an assistant to the general manager and a sales manager.

This promotion gave more than 200 workers hope of advancement. They originally thought they were just getting a job, but unexpectedly they had the hope of advancement. Li Huaide received the support of local workers in Hong Kong. As for the employees from Beijing, Li Huaide said that as long as the results were good, the opinions of these people could be ignored.

Ah Ren is the sales manager, and he has six salespeople assigned to him.

"Don't worry, General Manager. This car is very popular in Hong Kong. Everyone is suffering from the shortage of goods. Five hundred cars are not a lot. You can take a good look. We guarantee that we will sell them out in half a month."

"Okay, if you can complete 500 vehicles this month, I will allocate 1,000 vehicles to you next month. Go ahead, I'm waiting for your good news."

Li Huaide was very satisfied. Ah Ren was a local and was very familiar with the area. He was well aware of how popular Dongsheng motorcycles were, especially among the wealthy and those in community groups. They were all staring at the limited number of sales outlets. Selling one motorcycle would cost fifty yuan, and three motorcycles would be more than one month's salary. Ah Ren seemed to see countless bills.

Li Huaide also seemed to see countless Hong Kong dollars. He knew very well that the price delivered to Dongsheng Company was three or four hundred Hong Kong dollars lower than the market price, and all of them were earned by the hateful capitalists. Now they were all his. No, no, no, he was taking them back for the steel mill.

On the streets of Hong Kong, Ah Ren, dressed in elite attire, greeted flatteringly, "Brother Hu, I heard that you wanted Dongsheng's motorcycle, do you still need it now?"

"Ah Ren, where are you from? You're wearing such high-end clothes. From what you said, you can get the Dongsheng Company's motorcycle too?"

Brother Hu lives on the same street as Ah Ren and he takes good care of Ah Ren. Ah Ren always thinks of him first.

"Well, there is a way. If you want it, I'll give it to you at the original price. If other brothers want it, hehe."

Brother Hu became interested. Dongsheng's motorcycles are good. Even the police officers in Hong Kong use them. It would be very cool if he could get one. It is said that there are large-displacement ones, which are quite popular on the streets.

"Of course I'm interested. You're good, brother loves you well. You got it from Dongsheng Company, right? You're really capable. Even our boss couldn't get it."

"Of course I have to think of Brother Hu first when I have something good, right? It's fine if your boss wants it. No matter how much you want, I'll only add fifty yuan for each one for Brother Hu's sake, as a fee for running errands."

Brother Hu grinned. If he could help the boss solve this problem, he would be very proud. Maybe this street would obey him from now on. He patted Ah Ren's shoulder excitedly.

"Come on, follow me to see our boss."

Under the cover of night, a truck drove out of the assembly plant. Everything went smoothly. Ah Ren was holding a thick stack of banknotes and grinning.

"Brother Hu, how about twelve cars? Come to me if you need anything in the future. I can't say anything else. I'll take care of the cars. How about this? You send the cars back and I'll wait for you at Chaoweilou."

Li Huaide was very satisfied. In less than three days, he sold more than 80 motorcycles. Now, apart from the money to be handed over to the finance department, he had nearly 30,000 Hong Kong dollars in hand. The unattainable bar didn't seem to be a big deal.

My salary here is also settled in Hong Kong dollars, which is less than 500 Hong Kong dollars. I don’t have the confidence to take Xiaoli and Axing shopping. One afternoon tea almost spent one third of my salary. Now, these are just drizzle.

"Boss, will these cars have any problems? I heard this company is quite powerful. The Hong Kong government even gets cars from them."

"Nothing can happen. This car was shipped from Dongsheng Company's factory. I paid a lot of money. I also paid fifty dollars for the expedited delivery. What's the problem?"

"Boss, I still think there is something wrong. Dongsheng Company's cars are only sold at a few sales outlets. Each car has a unique certificate, which serves as the basis for repair and maintenance, and is also the basis for the Hong Kong police to register the car. But there is none of that here. There is only a set of factory certificates."

"You mean, these cars can't be maintained or repaired at Dongsheng Trading Company, and they can't be licensed?"

"I think it might be possible. Let's take a car and try it tomorrow..."

"I'm sorry, your car was not sold through our formal channels. We are not responsible for after-sales service. We suggest you find the person who sold you the car to complete the relevant information."

The sales and after-sales service store was very friendly, but their words were very clear. The group of dwarf mules felt aggrieved, but they dared not act recklessly. This was Kowloon, and any small gang that dared to cause trouble had its boss replaced.

"Go get a license plate first and try. At worst, you can maintain it yourself or find someone to repair it. It doesn't cost much, and it's not easy to buy one."

As expected, the few people who hit a wall again could no longer remain calm.

"Damn it, go find Xiaohu. He's charging fifty for expedited delivery. This loser dares to cheat even the boss."

"Ms. Chen, we've received news from the Mong Kok motorcycle sales outlet that someone brought a motorcycle to the store without our vehicle identification information. What should we do?"

"He really is here. What the boss said is true. Don't worry about him. We just need to watch him and report back when there is news."

The female employee who reported the news looked at Miss Chen with envy. The company's boss was very mysterious. It was said that only a handful of people had ever been received by the boss. Miss Chen was one of them. It was said that she had even accompanied the boss on business trips.

"What are you thinking? Let them handle it according to the regulations issued last time and report similar news in a timely manner."

In Miss Wu's absence, Miss Chen is temporarily in charge of the company. For the first time, Miss Chen felt how powerful Miss Wu was. She was only in charge of a part of the company, and in just one month, she was already in a mess and almost made mistakes several times.

"Ms. Wu, please come back soon. I'm so busy every day. If I keep going like this, I'll die of exhaustion in the office. Secretary Li even said that I have dark circles under my eyes now."

Wu Qianqian, who Miss Chen has been thinking about, is about to leave from Vancouver. She has flown enough this month, flying back and forth in North America. Fortunately, things are basically settled.

Boeing has agreed to deliver two Boeing 707-120s early next year. The deposit has been paid, and the payment will be paid when the goods are delivered. Although it is a little late, it is not easy. Thanks to Pan American World Airways for the coordination, otherwise it would definitely be much later.

The patent lawsuit did take a turn for the better after it was reported in Vancouver newspapers and on television and radio. DuPont, which was embarrassed by public opinion, expressed its willingness to settle out of court.

(End of this chapter)