Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 981 The Big Crab

Li Na said, "This guy, he sent everyone else, leaving me all alone at home."

Chen Hui said, "Who said that? Isn't Chen Xiao at home with you?"

Xiao Wei said, "Xiao Hong isn't going either. Besides, you'll go there many times after it's built, so what's the rush?"

Li Na took Wang Dawei downstairs, and Xiao Wei asked Chen Hui, "Do you think this guy can handle it?"

Chen Hui had a mysterious reverence and trust in his mother, and nodded, saying, "It will definitely work."

Xiao Wei said, "I don't know how many people he can bring, or if they're all usable. Sigh, we're short-handed. We'll just have to wait and see. Are you free today?"

Chen Hui said, "What's wrong? You don't need to worry about the construction site. Everyone here is doing a good job. You don't need to go to Tiexi these next few days, right? Besides, don't you even look at the time?"

Xiao Wei glanced at the time and said, "Wow, time flies! It's already this early. I'm going to make a phone call today."

Chen Hui said, "That's normal. We'll be talking on the phone a lot more often in the future, probably all day long. I'll need a secretary too, it'll save me a lot of trouble."

Xiao Wei said, "We'll find a suitable assistant. Li Na, Jin Jie, and Geng Hui all need one. Let's hire a whole batch when they come back."

Xiao Wei packed his things, and the two of them left the office and went downstairs.

Chen Hui said, "We're finally going to leave Liaodong. I'm a little excited about it. When we really open companies all over the three provinces, we must have a celebration ceremony. Seriously, that will probably be the most glorious moment of my life."

Xiao Wei put his arm around Chen Hui's shoulder and said, "It's still early. We still have to cross the border and open the company in Kyoto. Let's take it slow and steady. Things will only get better."

Chen Hui said, "I know. But the bigger it gets, the more uncertain I feel. I'm really afraid that one day we'll have a fight over money."

Xiao Wei said, "It's okay, the three of us agreed that whoever causes trouble, the other two will beat him up, beat him to death."

Chen Hui chuckled and said, "That's all nonsense. If things really escalate, what's the point of cutting anything? Sometimes I think, if we can grow old together, my son and his family won't let him join the company, to avoid any trouble. We'll find an outsider to run it, and they'll take the shares."

We need to establish a rule: from now on, all shareholders will be prohibited from participating in actual operations and will only be allowed to hire professional managers.

Xiao Wei thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I agree. It's a good idea, it really works. I think we can sign an agreement and put it there."

Chen Hui said, "We're still so young, isn't it too early to sign this?"

Xiao Wei said, "What's the rush? Let's set the rules first. When we reach a certain point, we can step down and let professional managers handle things. Then we can travel around and have fun. The world is so big, let's go see it all."

Chen Hui said, "I'm sure I can do it. I doubt you and Lao Xia can. He and Xiao Hong are at work, they can't possibly go. Are you going by yourself?"

Downstairs, employees were leaving get off work one after another, and the factory was also changing shifts. The aroma of food from the canteen filled the air.

Director Liu, carrying a small bag, stood by the roadside with Sister Jin. Seeing Xiao Wei and Chen Hui, he waved and said, "General Manager Zhang, General Manager Chen."

Xiao Wei and Chen Hui walked over, and Xiao Wei asked, "Sister Liu, why aren't you leaving after get off work? What are you doing here?"

Director Liu said, "I had someone bring some things over, but I'm late, so I'm waiting here. You two wait a bit."

Xiao Wei glanced at Sister Jin beside him and asked, "Everyone gets some, right?"

Director Liu said, "Yes, it's a Mid-Autumn Festival benefit."

Chen Hui stared wide-eyed and said, "Mid-Autumn Festival benefits? Mid-Autumn Festival was almost a month ago, wasn't it?"

Sister Jin laughed, and Director Liu laughed too, saying, "We only gave out some mooncakes and fruit for the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can you be so shameless?"

Xiao Wei asked, "What are you doing?"

Director Liu said, "The crabs are from Yangcheng. They're famous for their crabs, so they're a novelty for us. They're at their fattest this season. Actually, they were supposed to be brought back last month, but it was delayed, and they only arrived today."

Chen Hui said, "The crabs over there are really good. But Sister Liu, won't they go bad if we bring them back from so far away?"

Director Liu said, "How could that be? The supply and marketing cooperative's trucks transported the goods themselves, bringing them directly back from there. We've done this before; we put ice in them, and they were still alive when they arrived. Here they come, here they come."

A van drove up.

Director Liu waved, and the van pulled up right next to the group. A bespectacled man in his forties jumped out, looked up at the building, and said, "You work here now? Not bad. This place is a bit remote, how do you manage the transportation?"

Director Liu said, "We have a car. What's going on? You're coming out so late, almost half a month later."

The man gave a wry smile and said, "Nobody wants this. I got a real dressing down from above, who can I reason with? There were too many orders this year, we arrived a bit late, and then the truck was out of service. It's a miracle we even got it back. I'm not doing this job next year. Let whoever wants to go, go. I can easily make some apples and scallions in eastern Shandong."

The driver got out to open the back of the truck, and Director Liu said, "You think going to eastern Shandong will be easy? There are even more people there. These days, even sharing a little something is like fighting over it."

Chen Hui said to Xiao Wei, "I feel like we should also get some scallions, cabbage, potatoes, and the like. What are we going to do with all our employees in the winter? We have to buy everything from the farmers' market, right? And the canteen needs it too, and the quantity is huge."

Director Liu said to the man, "Old Wu, did you get the scallions, cabbage, and potatoes I ordered? We just arrived this year and things aren't quite settled yet, so we haven't had time to get them for me."

Old Wu nodded and said, "It's all set. It's in the warehouse over there. I just got back. I'll get a car and bring it over to you tomorrow, okay?"

Director Liu said, "Okay, thank you very much. We don't even have our own trucks."

Old Wu was taken aback for a moment, then leaned closer to Liu Ren and said, "No trucks at all? What kind of company is this? Don't they usually haul things?"

Director Liu said, "It's different. We use bread trucks to transport goods here, dozens of them. Trucks aren't used much normally."

Old Wu said, "So now that you're here, what's next? You can't use vehicles for procurement? There's no space here to even set up a fleet of vehicles. What's that over there? Is it yours?"

Director Liu said, "We won't build a fleet of vehicles. From now on, we'll outsource all procurement and transportation to the military for safety reasons. That's an expansion of the food factory over there, mainly producing cakes, bread, instant noodles, and the like."

Several young men from the company helped the driver unload the car.

(End of this chapter)