Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 884 Getting Back on His Feet

Xiao Wei said, "This building is about to be renovated. The company will be talking to the district in the next few days to rent or borrow a place to work temporarily for two years. When the building across the street is built, the shopping mall will move there. At that time, Andong Dalian Xidu Bingcheng Xingcheng will all be built. Shopping malls, supermarkets and cars will move in at the same time. You have to be prepared in the next two years."

Xiao Wei looked at Deputy Manager Liu: "And your side too, the goods need to keep up. There's a human resources department here, right? Let's merge them into the company's HR department."

Deputy Manager Chen glanced at Manager Zhang and Deputy Manager Liu, then asked Xiao Wei, "So, regarding personnel matters here, the head office won't make any changes, right?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "I was just saying, why aren't you guys going home after work? What are you worrying about here? Why would I bother with this? Let me tell you, as long as you have the ability and can do your job conscientiously, there will only be promotions, no demotions, and certainly no replacements. We'll let the data speak for itself."

Manager Zhang asked, "Then who am I responsible to for this stall?"

Xiao Wei pointed to Sister Jin: "President Jin. She's the company's vice president, in charge of the general affairs department and the hotel and department store. There's another vice president outside, President Li, who's in charge of office personnel and the hotel."

Manager Li asked, "What about my side? If it becomes a separate company, where will it belong?"

Xiao Wei said, "All the sales companies, car fuel suppliers, and even your building materials and furniture suppliers, all go to General Manager Chen. He's the company's general manager." Xiao Wei pointed at Chen Hui. Chen Hui was stunned, blinked, and said, "What the hell? I'm the general manager now? Can I quit?"

Xia Maosheng slapped him, and Xiao Wei said, "Get lost if you're not into this."

Manager Zhang laughed and said, "You guys get along really well. Is this company a joint venture between the three of you? Are there any others?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's just the three of us. Lao Xia isn't with the company; he works for the government. His wife is our company's finance manager. That's all. The managers of the other branches either get paid or have shares. There's nothing special about it; everyone is treated equally. If the business develops in the future, you can have some shares if you want."

Deputy Manager Liu said, "That's fine then. I feel much better now. Okay, let's go home. My kids are probably going to scold me for what time it is. You bunch of grown men can just go home and eat, but we still have to cook."

The head of the clothing department, Ms. Chen, who is also a woman, said, "Of course! I told her I didn't want to stay here, but she insisted on dragging me along. I'll just get blamed when I get back."

Xiao Wei said, "Manager Liu, you should take your people to headquarters tomorrow to set up the materials procurement center. Minister Li, you can stay here for now, but we need to get the company registration and staffing done as soon as possible. When you have time, go to Jiuma Road and find a suitable location for us. We don't mind if it's big or expensive, as long as it's functional. I'll talk to Tiexi about the specifics later."

Minister Li nodded in agreement, and Deputy Manager Liu asked, "Where is the headquarters?"

Xiao Wei said, "The zoo, you can see it when you get there, it's the tallest building."

Chen Hui said, "Our headquarters building is easy to find; it's the tallest in all of Fengtian."

Manager Zhang was taken aback: "Taller than the power company building?"

Chen Hui said, "It's getting higher, ours has exceeded 110."

Deputy Manager Liu said, "Isn't that the tallest in Northeast China?"

Chen Hui shook his head and said, "No, the ones we built in Dalian Xidu Ice City are all taller than this. I don't know exactly which one will be the tallest in the end. Xiaowei, which one is the tallest?"

Xiao Wei said, "Ice City, right? That one has six floors below. What's the use of being tall? Alright, let's go. Tell them to hurry home and have dinner. It's a bit late today. We just happened to run into you, so I won't treat you to dinner. We'll have a good meal together after the handover is done here. Our restaurant is pretty good in Fengtian."

Everyone got up and started to leave. Deputy Manager Liu asked, "Chairman, where are we having dinner again? Which restaurant?"

Sister Jin said, "Have you ever been to Anji Old Restaurant? There's one in Huangcheng, right across from the police station. Our houses are right behind the police station."

Deputy Manager Chen said, "It's quite close by, very convenient."

Chen Hui said, "High-rise buildings are not allowed here. This is not an elevator building. You should think it over carefully."

Deputy Manager Chen said, "Ask around and see which buildings have elevators? We all have to climb stairs. The only building with an elevator is the one at the Provincial Party Committee. Can we even dream of that? There's a lot of noise about it over there by the river. How many people are willing to spend that much money? Four or five thousand per square meter, my goodness."

Chen Hui said, "If we don't care about this, we have a lot of houses. Xiaowei has six houses near Bayi Park, three of which have large bathrooms and showers. They're not far from here, less than three kilometers away."

Minister He of the warehouse management department had been silent until now, when he said, "August 1st? Is that the area around the Construction Department? My family lives in that area. I heard that they built houses there but didn't distribute them, and the leaders took several."

Xiao Wei said, "Then why don't they go and sue? Can't they find the provincial party committee office?"

Chen Hui laughed and put his arm around Minister He's shoulder, saying, "Let me tell you, the leader you mentioned is his father-in-law, but that building isn't occupied by his father-in-law, it's occupied by his wife. Building Six."

Manager Zhang, carrying his briefcase, walked behind and said, "It's obviously bullshit, pure nonsense. I might believe it if they occupied one or two households, but six buildings? Has the entire Construction Department gone mad? This is unbelievable; do they think the Provincial Party Committee is blind?"

Xiao Wei said, "My father-in-law is the director of the urban construction department. At that time, the department was raising funds, but they couldn't raise enough money after the land was acquired. If construction didn't start, the province would take back the land. Director Wang was quite anxious at the time, so my wife gave her private savings to my father-in-law to help the department raise the construction funds."

The back hall received six buildings; we definitely got a good deal, but saying we broke the law is nonsense. Those people...you can't argue with them. The capital was raised to benefit everyone, and it wasn't expensive. Nobody wants to pay anything for nothing; they just want to get something for nothing. Where do you find such a good deal these days?

Minister He said, "There are no welfare houses left now. The best ones are the cooperative housing, and even then, approval is not guaranteed. Some people feel cheated if they can't get a good deal; they're just jealous."

There is a separate staircase on the side of the building leading down to the small courtyard at the back.

There were two cars parked in the yard, a Chevrolet Bluebird and a Santana. The Bluebird was assigned to Manager Zhang and was now considered company property. The Santana was used as an office vehicle in the trade city and was usually driven by Deputy Manager Liu, who was in charge of procurement and needed it for work.

Chen Hui said, "Leave this car here. Sister Liu, you can go and drive my old Corsica. Minister Li, if you're going to Tiexi, you can take the 100. By the way, Xiaowei, Hongliang is driving your car now, what about the 100?"

Xiao Wei said, "You've never opened the garage door in your yard, have you?"

Chen Hui said, "I only use one storage unit. Why would I open the storage door to play around? I didn't even know that, damn it."

Xiao Wei said, "Let Manager Chen drive this Santana. We can bring another car over for office use later. Actually, one of those two Hiace cars can be placed here, and the food factory doesn't need them anymore."

Chen Hui said, "I think it's a good idea. Let's get those imported bread trucks serviced and bring them all in. From now on, we'll just have enough for Dafabet."

(End of this chapter)