I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

At the suggestion of the finance director Xu Zhaomin, Yan Jiefang rented several offices in the Nanyou Building, a few kilometers away, as a temporary office location for the company.

Because the distance was quite far, about 6 or 7 kilometers, Yan Jiefang specially provided them with two BJ212 vehicles as their commuting tools.

They even hired a full-time driver for them.

The company can handle other clerical or receptionist positions as they see fit.

Half a month later, Comrade Zhao Weiguo and others finally completed the procedures for taking leave without pay and all returned to their posts to officially start working.

Because the construction site is still undergoing the process of leveling and connecting the infrastructure, their work is relatively relaxed at the moment.

But Comrade Zhao and the others were all retired soldiers. They received such high salaries and felt guilty for not working.

After discussing it, the group decided that Comrade Zhao would go and find Yan Jiefang, who had finally appeared near the construction site.

"Mr. Yan, this construction site only needs one or two people to keep an eye on things like drainage pipes and cable pre-installation locations; the rest of us are just sitting around doing nothing."

Do you have any other tasks for us to do?

For example, the various building materials needed for constructing factories, technology buildings, and sewage treatment plants will require contacting material manufacturers as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang also thought about how all kinds of resources were scarce in this era, unlike in later years when you could just put up a sign and manufacturers would come to sell their products.

Having subordinates makes all the difference.

There are things you haven't thought of that you'll be reminded of or helped find solutions by others.

Yan Jiefang nodded happily to Zhao Weiguo:

"Old Zhao, what you said really helped me a lot. In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."

By the way, does any of you know how to drive?

Zhao Weiguo nodded and then shook his head:

"When Xiao Liu was in the army, he learned a few skills and could drive the army trucks."

But now you need a driver's license to drive. He was too busy with work to get a license before, so even if he has a car, he can't drive without a license.

Yan Jiefang was secretly delighted and said directly:

"As long as he can drive! Go and call him over, I want to see his driving skills."

"good!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Weiguo immediately turned around and ran to the construction site to call Xiao Liu over.

"Mr. Yan, you wanted to see me?"

Xiao Liu is not young anymore, almost 35 this year. Because he spends a lot of time on construction sites, he looks very old. I don't think anyone would disagree if you said he was 45.

"Xiao Liu, I heard from Lao Zhao that you can drive a car?"

"I do know a little bit, but I haven't driven a car for over ten years, so I don't know if I can still drive."

"If you can drive, that's fine. My car's over there, let's go give it a try."

After the three got into the car, Lao Zhao sat in the back seat, Xiao Liu sat in the driver's seat, and Yan Jiefang sat in the passenger seat.

He briefly introduced the car to Xiao Liu and then let him try it out on his own.

Xiao Liu spoke modestly, but when he drove, he was anything but hesitant.

I easily started the 212, drove it around the neighborhood for a bit, and then returned to the same spot to park and turn it off.

After he finished, he kept praising it:

"Mr. Yan, your car is really great! It's much more comfortable to drive than those old, rickety trucks in the army!"

Yan Jiefang nodded:

"Good. Study all the traffic regulations carefully these next few days, and I'll arrange for you to take the driving test in a few days."

From now on, this car will be used by you few for commuting. You can get your gas reimbursed through the finance department at the Nanyou Building.

Upon hearing that he could drive such a nice jeep, Xiao Liu was immediately overjoyed and kept circling around the vehicle.

"Mr. Yan, if we're using this car, what will you do with it?"

Comrade Zhao asked a question with some hesitation.

Yan Jiefang waved his hand:

"Don't worry about that. Our company may not have much else, but we have plenty of cars. If we don't have enough, we can buy more."

"By the way, you guys aren't too busy right now, so you've all gone to learn to drive recently. It'll be easier to get in and out if anything comes up in the future."

With him personally handling the matter, Xiao Liu received his driver's license in just five days.

Yan Jiefang kept his word and took the others to the Municipal Driving School to register, telling them to come and learn to drive whenever they had free time.

You can also use the company's 212 car for practice at other times.

Having my own car should make practicing much faster.

Seeing that things were gradually getting back on track, Yan Jiefang finally began to have some free time.

He then called Xu Zhaomin and asked him to find a piece of land that could be used to build a residential complex for the company's employees.

His requirements were that the location should be as large as possible, with the best view, and not too far from the company's factory.

Xu Zhaomin was originally a mid-level cadre in the government department who was on leave without pay, and he was very skilled at dealing with government officials.

This shouldn't be too difficult for him.

In fact, if Li Huaide hadn't been so treacherous, Yan Jiefang would have been willing to bring him into the company.

After all, this guy's abilities are undeniable.

Moreover, he has some powerful connections behind him.

Although Yan Jiefang didn't need this kind of relationship, there was still a big difference between having it and not having it.

With these relationships in place, things will definitely go much more smoothly.

In addition, he has been here for quite some time and has seen quite a few decent modes of transportation.

After driving the 212 for so long, he was getting a little tired of it.