Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 215 The beauty trap must be implemented!
By the time we reached Dongfang Street, it was already completely dark.

Small colored lights were lit on the small Western-style buildings on both sides of the street, and small ice lanterns in the shape of small animals were placed every few steps in the middle of the road.

Shiny and icy.

It was time for dinner after get off work, and many Western restaurants and hotels had opened their windows, from which steam and fragrance wafted out from time to time.

There are also carts selling candied haws and popsicles on the roadside, the ringing of bicycle bells, and passers-by passing by, making the whole road full of fireworks.

Chen Luyang ate a lot in the cafeteria at noon, and in the afternoon he ate some pastries brought by the workshop workers, so he was not hungry at all.

When I rode my bike to the riverside, I saw a dozen people holding chisels and tools, hammering on the ice bricks in front of them.

Next to him, there was a master standing on a large ice brick, constantly chiseling and carving, looking like he was carving a large nesting doll.

In the open space in front of the memorial tower, just as Chen Jinyue said, beautiful and majestic archways were built on both sides with ice bricks.

Standing in front of the archway, you can frame the entire view of the river.

"Comrade, this ice lantern you carved is so beautiful!"

Chen Luyang walked up to an ice brick and started chatting enthusiastically.

"Hurry! This little rabbit can be chiseled in a day or two!"

Maybe it was because the wind was too strong, or maybe it was because Chen Luyang loved Chen's father's shoe soles so deeply.

In a moment, he inexplicably heard it as "This little bastard can finish it in a day or two."

"If we want to carve an ice lantern and ice sculpture of a car, how long will it take?" Chen Luyang asked.

"Car? What kind of car?" The ice lantern master stopped what he was doing and asked curiously.

"It's a small van made by the machinery factory."

"Well... that size would take five or six days."

"What if it's a little smaller?"

"A slightly smaller one will take four or five days. If there are a lot of people, it will take even faster."

Chen Luyang looked around.

At present, many ice sculptures under the memorial tower have not yet been carved.

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to add a few ice lanterns and ice sculptures of cars, it will definitely look lively and appropriate during the exhibition.

"Comrade, are the ice sculptures you carve every year arranged in a unified manner or can we carve them according to our own ideas?" Chen Luyang asked.

"It depends, but no matter what you need to carve, you have to tell the captain."

The ice-cutter pointed at the person standing on the nesting dolls and said, "That's our captain."

After finding out who was in charge, Chen Luyang began to chat with the ice-cutting master, but his eyes never left the direction of the "nesting dolls".

When the "nesting doll" came down from the ice bricks, Chen Luyang walked over enthusiastically and introduced himself:

"Hello, comrade. I'm Chen Luyang from the Machinery Factory."

The "nesting doll" was caught off guard by a figure rushing towards it, and was startled.

"What's wrong with you?"

Chen Luyang took out his work ID and showed it to "Matryoshka", then said:
"Comrade, I just heard from another craftsman that you're the captain of the ice sculpture team. So, our factory is planning to hold a small car production and sales fair here in a few days. Could you make us a few ice sculptures of cars?"

Hearing that the other party was also here to make ice sculptures, "Matryoshka" shook his head and said, "Then you've got the wrong person. I'm afraid this won't work."

Chen Luyang hurriedly said, "Comrade, aren't you the captain?"

"I am indeed the captain of the ice sculpture team." said "Matryoshka".

"There are many people like you who come to us to make ice sculptures and lanterns, but we are also following orders. If your machinery factory wants to carve ice lanterns, it must get permission from the Cultural Bureau."

"Cultural Bureau?" Chen Luyang didn't expect that this stick could lead to the Cultural Bureau. He quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to "Matryoshka" and lit it for him.

"Matryoshka" took Chen Luyang's cigarette and pointed to the shops in front of Dongfang Street and said:

"As soon as our ice bricks arrived this year, several shops and restaurants rushed to us to make ice sculptures. But our boss said that anyone who wants to make ice sculptures this year needs his approval. We have no choice."

Chen Luyang: ...

Originally, he thought he was extremely clever, having figured out how to have the ice sculpture team carve out car-shaped ice lanterns.

But before he succeeded, many of his predecessors had already left him far behind on the track of failure.

But then again, if he were the head of the Cultural Bureau, he wouldn't let the ice sculpture team agree to the requests of those shops and restaurants.

Today, Dongfang Street is dominated by various lifelike ice lanterns of small animals and people. If you walk carefully along the street, you can even read the ice lanterns on the street as a comic strip.

But if we follow the requirements of those shops and restaurants, we will build a meatball ice lantern in this place, a popsicle ice lantern there, a candied haws ice lantern next to it, and a small house ice lantern in the front. Although it looks good, it will look a bit messy as a whole.

"Isn't your machinery factory pretty impressive? If you really want to make an ice sculpture, have your boss call our boss. As long as they approve, I'll carve it for you!"

The tone of "Matryoshka" is extremely relaxed.

Those small restaurants and factories have no say over the Cultural Bureau, but the machinery factory is the leading enterprise in the province.

Who did Director Wang call but it didn’t work?
Chen Luyang understood the whole story and now he felt more at ease.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau…

Chen Luyang smiled coolly!
Isn't Chen Jinyue's father the director of the Provincial Cultural Bureau?
No wonder Chen Jinyue made such a boast that as long as the exhibitors stayed at Songting Hotel, the ice lantern team would suspend construction and make room for them.

With her father around, nothing can go wrong!
On the way back, Chen Luyang took a look at the hotel entrance as if he was curious.

Sure enough, at the entrance of Songting Hotel, there were ice sculptures with the two cursive characters "Songting" placed on each side.

Coupled with the lights from the hotel, it looks dazzling.

Here, Chen Luyang was thinking about Chen Jinyue's father, and Chen Jinyue was also thinking about Chen Luyang at home.

Although she went to see Chen Luyang and suggested the mung bean cake and ice lantern exhibition, in fact these two aspects were completely irrelevant.

She didn't mention a word about money-related matters such as accommodation costs and meal expenses for guests.

After all, feelings are feelings and work is work.

She was negotiating business on behalf of Songting Hotel, so she had to stand on the side of Songting Hotel in everything and do her best to safeguard the interests of the hotel.

Besides, the machinery factory has plenty of money, and renting a hotel to host the production and sales association meeting will not cause any trouble to the machinery factory at all.

"He's still too young... He was fooled by a piece of mung bean cake."

Chen Jinyue thought of Chen Luyang's blushing and nervous look during the day. His eyes curved, and he fell on the bed with the quilt in his arms, rolling himself up into a spring pancake.

lovely!

And he is still a senior technician and workshop director!

You can tell at a glance that his head is full of knowledge, but he didn’t even ask the most crucial question, the price. How stupid!
Just as Chen Jinyue was lying on the bed thinking about Chen Luyang, the bedroom door was pushed open and Chen's mother walked in with a bowl of freshly fried lard.

"Yueyue, try it! It's freshly fried and so crispy!"

Chen Jinyue's eyes lit up!
Her favorite thing to eat is lard!
She was just about to get up to eat, but the quilt wrapped her whole body tightly. She tried to twist it for a long time but couldn't get it out. Instead, the quilt became tighter.

"You say you're a grown-up girl, but you still act like a child."

Mother Chen smiled and picked up a piece of lard residue and fed it to Chen Jinyue, who ate it with relish.

After feeding him two pieces, Mother Chen sat on the bed and asked:
"Have you considered what your uncle Cao from next door said last time?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinyue, who was originally happily eating lard residue, suddenly lost interest and said:
"What are you thinking about?"

Mother Chen was anxious: "I'm just thinking about dating the Cao family's kid!"

"Look, you're old enough to find a partner. It just so happens that your Uncle Cao's son is about the same age as you, has a good job, is young and energetic, and is a good height for you. Our two families live so close, it's a perfect match!"

"I have discussed this matter with your father, and your father also thinks it is a good idea." Chen Jinyue really didn't know what to say to Chen's mother.

indeed!

Cao Qinghang is really good!

Family situation, personal conditions, height, appearance, and work unit are all very good!
But I have a partner now!
I... finally have a partner!
As Chen Jinyue thought about what she had said to the old man in the mail room during the day, her face turned redder layer by layer as if she had applied rouge.

Chen Jinyue's mother, who had been observing her, saw her daughter blushing and thought that she was blushing because of Cao Qinghang, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

This child is too reserved!

She said she didn't consider it and didn't like it, but her face turned redder than an apple.

"Mom knows you're embarrassed, don't worry, I'm here!"

Mother Chen happily picked up the lard residue and walked out of the bedroom door happily.

Only Chen Jinyue was left, wrapped in the quilt in a daze.

Chen Jinyue yawned and wrapped himself in the warm quilt, and the cricket pupae slowly fell onto the pillow.

"Mom, help me turn off the light. I don't want to go out!"

……

the next morning.

The motorcycle slowly stopped on Dongfang Street. As Chen Jinyue got off the car, he heard a whistle sounded beside him.

She subconsciously turned around and saw Chen Luyang wearing a coat and gloves, with one of his long legs straddling the bicycle and touching the ground.

Seeing that Chen Jinyue saw him, Chen Luyang raised his chin proudly.

"Get in the car! I'll take you to work!"

Chen Jinyue looked at his attentive and pretentious appearance and couldn't help laughing:

"If you whistle in the street, be careful and they'll mistake you for a hooligan and arrest you!"

Chen Luyang said frankly: "I am picking up my partner, how can it be considered as hooliganism."

"Nonsense~" The more Chen Jin thought about "mung bean cake", the more the corners of his mouth curled up.

"Why did you think of picking me up for work today?"

Chen Luyang said sincerely: "I'm going to try my hand at using my beauty to see if I can bribe Manager Chen to give us a bit of a break and give us a cheaper rate for our factory accommodation~"

"I'm not that easy to fall into the trap!" Chen Jinyue twisted her slender waist and walked towards Chen Luyang step by step.

Normally she had to look up to see Chen Luyang.

Finally, Chen Luyang was sitting in the car today, and she could finally look him in the eye.

His eyelashes are so long!

Chen Luyang was stared at by Chen Jinyue. She blinked her long eyelashes and said with a wicked smile, "Do you want to get in the car and take a closer look?"

Chen Jinyue raised an eyebrow: "How do you see it when you get in the car?"

Chen Luyang thought about it and realized that it was indeed impossible to watch.

You can't let the girl look at your back!

"Then you can sit on my beam and I'll watch you!" Chen Luyang did not suffer any loss and opened his arms to welcome Chen Jinyue to sit down.

"Nonsense!" Chen Jinyue was a little annoyed.

"What's the big deal? You've already told the guy in the mail room that you're my girlfriend. Isn't it normal for a girlfriend to be on the main beam?"

Chen Luyang had just returned to the factory last night when he was stopped by Uncle Tian and beaten up.

They scolded him, saying, "You dishonest boy. The girl has clearly admitted that she is his girlfriend, but he still stares at her and refuses to admit it."

Chen Luyang was scolded for no reason, but he was in an extremely good mood.

After confirming again and again that it was Chen Jinyue who admitted it personally, Chen Luyang happily rode his bike here early in the morning to wait.

Chen Jinyue was exposed unexpectedly, and he froze on the spot for several seconds.

it's over...

How come these words reached Chen Luyang's ears so quickly?

Fortunately, Chen Jinyue remained calm. She pretended not to care and said, "Things have their own importance. You didn't see anyone at the factory yesterday, so I can only say this to see you."

"Are you really just talking?" Chen Luyang's tone was a little disappointed.

Chen Jinyue's heart softened, and he softly comforted her, "It's really just talk."

The air freezes.

Chen Luyang's eyes drooped slightly, and he seemed to sigh softly.

Just when Chen Jinyue was worried that Chen Luyang would be shocked, Chen Luyang spoke softly:
"Looks like the beauty trap is going to work...get in the car!"

Although Chen Luyang was talking about the beauty trap,
But when they arrived at an intersection in front of the hotel, Chen Luyang secretly put Chen Jinyue down first, let her walk to the hotel, parked his car in the carport, and then happened to meet her at the door of the hotel.

There’s no way, I know too many people, it would be bad if I got discovered!

After entering the restaurant, Chen Luyang used the excuse of going to the restroom to run to the restaurant and take a look around.

In order to avoid waste, the hotel prepares meals according to the number of guests staying in the hotel every morning.

Glancing at the food on the plate, Chen Luyang had some thoughts in mind.

After entering Chen Jinyue's office, Chen Luyang habitually closed the office door with his backhand and sat down on the stool in front of the desk in one go.

"Manager Chen, I reported your situation to the factory leader yesterday. He wasn't very supportive of holding the production and marketing association on Dongfang Street."

As soon as he sat down, Chen Luyang dropped a bombshell without any hesitation.

In an instant, the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them disappeared.

Chen Jinyue raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is the beauty trap starting now?"

Chen Luyang lowered his throat and said seriously:

"Comrade Jinyue, please correct your attitude!"

"Although the Southern Xinjiang exhibition area is remote and the surrounding restaurants are far inferior to hotels, the prices are cheap."

"It's the end of the year and the factory is short on funds. We need money for everything, and we've invested a lot in hosting this production and marketing association. If the hotel can offer a lower price, our factory leaders might consider it."

Chen Jinyue followed his lead and asked with a smile, "So what price do your factory leaders think is appropriate?"

Chen Luyang bared his white teeth and said, "It's about half price."

Chen Jinyue refused without thinking: "This price is too low, the hotel can't accept it."

Chen Luyang had obviously anticipated the other party's rejection.

But since he came today, it means he is ready for a protracted war.

“Actually, the half-price discount is not a small amount~~~”

Unable to get him hard enough, Chen Luyang began to use her beauty trick, with a hint of temptation in her voice.

"Although it's a 50% discount, this is a large-scale production and marketing association hosted by our factory. In addition to our machinery factory, the engine factory will also be exhibiting at the association. The hotel accommodation for the association staff and exhibitors will be quite a large expense."

"Besides, there aren't many people coming to the provincial capital in winter. When I first entered the hotel, there were less than 20 guests inside."

"Instead of leaving the hotel rooms empty, why not give us some benefits? I can go back and have a little chat with the factory leaders."

(End of this chapter)