Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1045 is not about building a school.

Xiao Wei looked around and asked, "Where's the house's?"

Chen Hui said, "Isn't that Xiao Hong's? I have to give it to her, right? We still need to settle accounts."

Xiao Wei waved and asked, "How much?"

Chen Hui then took out a brown paper bag from his bag and said, "One million two hundred thousand, a four-courtyard house, isn't that amazing? It was originally a five-courtyard house, but the first courtyard was destroyed, and there's no space left."

Xiao Wei took it and looked at it, then asked Chen Hui, "Where is the place?"

Chen Hui pointed to the file bag and said, "Look at the diagram, it's turned into a road. It's convenient, all kinds of vehicles can get in."

Xiao Wei took out the red line map and looked at it. The location was good, right by the lake in front of Qianhai. Actually, the first courtyard of the house was still there, but the Yanhu Highway cut off the outer courtyard, so there was really no possibility of buying it back.

After packing everything up, Xiaowei said, "Okay, it's better than I originally expected. The location is also good; the view should be nice. Should we do a major overhaul?"

Chen Hui said, "Definitely. The unit used to use it, and it was also used as a large tenement. I saw it inside, and there were many haphazard additions and damaged parts. It will take time to clean it up. I have already found people to start dismantling it, to remove the excess items first, and then we will see how to repair it."

Xiao Wei said, "Since we're buying an old house, we'll definitely renovate it the way it was. The main house in the second courtyard is right on the street, so we can just turn it into a garage. It's big enough. Then we can build a gatehouse and turn this side into the main gate to the courtyard."

Chen Hui said, "It's feasible, but a bit extravagant. Do you know how much it costs to rent this street-facing side?"

Xiao Wei glanced at Chen Hui: "You're still planning to rent it out?"

Chen Hui thought for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense. If the garage isn't in the front, it can only be in the back, and your house is on both the front and back of the street."

Xiao Wei said, "Let's put it in the front; it'll look awkward in the back. We live in the back, facing south with our backs to the north."

Sister Jin, Li Na, and Qin Xuemei walked in. Chen Hui had called them over to collect their gifts when he came up earlier, and the group had shared the bags with a lot of laughter.

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The first annual New Year's Goods Festival successfully concluded on January 15th.

In one month, the total sales amounted to over 286 million, failing to break through 300 million, which was a bit of a disappointment.

However, this is already an astonishing figure. Many shopping malls don't even reach this number in a year. After deducting expenses and taxes and settling accounts with individual stalls, the company made a profit of more than 50 million.

This was a seller's market, and even so, the price was reduced.

Each individual stall was charged a management fee of 10,000 yuan, and everyone paid it happily. After a month, everyone had made tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan in profit, so paying 10,000 yuan was a willing gesture.

The remaining fruits, vegetables, and seafood were distributed directly to the police and military personnel, while other goods were returned to the warehouse as inventory for the shopping mall.

Including the settlement fees with the public security and military, the total cost was less than 700,000 yuan. They hadn't even used up all the stall fees they collected; they had collected over 3 million yuan. Xiaowei, Chen Hui, and Xia Maosheng discussed it and decided to simply distribute the 2 million yuan or so as year-end bonuses.

The basic bonus is one month's salary, and then the difference is calculated based on the contribution of the position and the level. The relevant personnel and the finance department receive double the bonus during the Spring Festival shopping festival. When you add the cost of meeting venues and other expenses, it's about the same.

The staff meeting is scheduled for the 20th, and we plan to rent either the city stadium or the workers' stadium. These days, there aren't many places that can accommodate a thousand or so people, and with the end of the year approaching, state-owned enterprises are holding all sorts of events, making it even harder to find places to rent.

Schools started their holiday on the 14th, and Wang Xiaohong was finally free.

These celebrities weren't having a good time. When she went out to solicit sponsorships for the New Year's Eve party, she wore out a pair of leather shoes (according to her own words) and only managed to bring back 5,500 yuan. In the end, Xiao Wei contributed 4,500 yuan to make it 10,000 yuan.

This incident had a significant impact on Wang Xiaohong, and she has been reflecting on it (and doubting herself) ever since.

These past few days, Xiaowei and Chen Hui have been quite busy, visiting and extending their regards to some elders and related units, including Vice Governor Li, the military region, the city, several districts, two advisors, the Public Security Bureau, the artillery division, and Director Cheng of the design institute.

On the 14th, Chen Hui stayed at the company, while Xiao Wei's family and Aunt Wang drove back to the county town.

After settling in at the county guesthouse, Xiaowei's mother and Aunt Wang took Zhang Bing out for a stroll (to find acquaintances and show off), while Xiaowei's father also went out for a walk by himself (showing off +1). Xiaowei and Xiaohong went to the county committee to visit Secretary Li.

Secretary Li looked noticeably older, but his eyes were still sharp. His eyebrows were distinctive, thick and long, with the ends curving downwards.

Seeing Xiaowei and Xiaohong enter, Secretary Li put down his reading glasses, stood up, and said with a smile, "Oh my, these are rare guests. When did the big boss return?"

Xiao Wei smiled and said, "I just arrived. My parents came back to visit; they were homesick. So we came back with them for a bit. How are you feeling?"

Secretary Li came out from behind his desk, led the two men to chairs, and said, "I'm getting old. My back and legs give out in winter. I don't have many years left; I'll be retiring soon. How's Xiao Wang? He's a big leader now."

Xiao Hong said, "It's still the same, just busier than before. My dad was saying the other day that he'd like to have a drink with you when you come to Fengtian."

Secretary Li smoothed his short, gray hair and exclaimed, "Wow, things have changed so much! It's all so unexpected. Did you drive back?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, it'll be more convenient if we drive. Grandpa, we're thinking of building a boarding primary school in the county, specifically for the children from the villages below. What do you think?"

Secretary Li looked up at Xiao Wei: "Build a primary school? There are already quite a few primary schools in the county." He thought for a moment, then added, "Shouldn't our county have enough primary schools?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's not like this now. In many villages under our county, there are no schools. If there are, it's just three grades mixed together. Older children have to walk ten miles or more to get to school. The teaching facilities are also inadequate."

I want to build a boarding school, a big one, with the most advanced teaching facilities available, so that children from the surrounding villages can come out to study, eat and live here for free. Each family can simply bring a symbolic amount of grain or wild vegetables per semester.

We've installed a running track in the courtyard, heating in the buildings, and electronic computers, along with a library, sports facilities, and teaching equipment—all the subjects are covered. The key issue now is the teachers, which is something I can't solve.

The school still needs to be handed over to the county. I can't control the teachers' benefits and salaries, but I can take care of the students. I can make up for their living expenses and meals at school.

Secretary Li thought for a moment and said, "If we include all the school-age children in the remote villages under our county, that would be several thousand people. How big would that be? How many people would that be? Besides, it would be difficult to gather them all together."

Xiao Wei said, "I didn't say I'd build just one. For example, one in Pianling, one in Caohezhang, and one in Qinghecheng. Three schools would be enough. I've calculated that three schools could cover almost the entire county."

Xiaohong said, "Once this is all set up, the village school can be closed down, and the teachers can come work here, right?"

(End of this chapter)