President Li led the guests to visit the other stores of Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and then arrived at Yangliufang's hardware store. Because the entire hardware store is now owned by Yang Liufang, it can be planned in a unified manner and has a consistent style. It feels very enlightened as soon as you enter the door. With the renovation of the canteen, their newly painted walls have a completely new look.
Now the leaders are walking through the various sales areas of the hardware department. Both the hardware hall and the building materials hall are all well-organized with clear windows, especially the furniture hall. Everything from home furniture to office furniture adopts situational design, as well as the sofa and bed area. Yang Liufang deliberately turned on the lights. The office furniture scene was bright and modern, and the home furniture looked warm and high-end under the warm light.
Several leaders unconsciously walked to the bedding area. Two Simmons beds were placed in two partitioned bedrooms without roofs. They were arranged according to scenes. One was covered with a white mattress and the other was a bare bed. The general manager of Wolongshan Hotel also personally experienced it. After trying it while sitting or lying down, he was very happy.
"Haha, Lao Li, I didn't expect that you would get something out of asking me to come here this time. I'll make a report when I get back and see if I can replace all the beds in the Wolong Mountain Hotel with this kind of high-end spring bed."
"Oh my Mr. Wang, it's a great honor for you to come and cut the ribbon for our subordinate units. If you have any orders, I'll ask their person in charge to come." He asked the new president of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative who was following him to call Yang Liu Fanghe. Li Tongfu comes over.
"Xiao Yang, Xiao Li, Mr. Wang wants you to replace the rooms in our Wolongshan Hotel with high-end spring beds like yours. Is there any problem?"
"Ah..." Yang Liufang was stunned. He already knew the background of Wolongshan Hotel through Director Li's introduction, but he didn't expect that a dignified provincial and state hotel would take his turn to be a bed-server, let alone that Director Li had unintentionally given him such a big gift. It’s a gift, so it’s a bit surprising at first.
Then he asked innocently: "Boss, how many rooms do we have? How many standard rooms? How many double beds?"
"There are 298 guest rooms in the five buildings of the hotel, with a total of 500 beds. What, are you having any difficulties?"
"No, boss, we can calculate the project quantities after we understand it." Yang Liufang stuttered a little when he was nervous when he spoke.
"Well, that's good. The bedside should not be so complicated, and there is no need for such a storage cabinet below. It should be simple, practical, and beautiful."
"Understood, leader, we will design several styles and take photos to make a brochure. Please choose between you and the leader." Yang Liufang had an idea and remembered some of the exhibits he saw when he went to the exhibition. He also took photos and will All the hotel scenes are grouped together, and some can even be used to make small samples directly. At worst, they will be dismantled and used for other sales, which is nothing more than a waste of some man-hours. At that time, please ask a professional organization to prepare a booklet, which will also facilitate the leadership's decision-making.
"This is the best." said Mr. Wang of Wolongshan Hotel.
"Okay, let's go to the opening ceremony." Director Li saw that it was almost time and invited all the leaders to the opening ceremony.
The ribbon-cutting was held in front of the stairs facing the street. The willows were decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and a red carpet was laid on the 1-meter-high platform. First, the leaders of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Department of Commerce took the stage to speak, and then President Li gave a speech of thanks to leaders at all levels for their care. The leaders of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Commerce Bureau applauded below. The media came even more uninvited. Because Yang Liufang had the experience of receiving the media when he donated wells and buckets last time, he treated these reporters better this time because he knew that these "mouthpieces" were on their TV stations, radios and newspapers. Any small article can bring him fame and fortune, so he thoughtfully prepared souvenirs for reporters and photographers.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, it was time for lunch. Whether it was provincial leaders, city leaders, or media reporters, everyone took their own plates and lined up to order. This was the first time in Xizhou. Under the lens of the media, the leaders behaved very close to the people. . Because of the discount on the opening day, many passing citizens and customers purchasing from the supply and marketing cooperative came in to experience this new canteen. Some citizens who had seen relevant leaders on TV saw that the leaders were there, recognized them, and led their families to greet the leaders, and some even took photos with them. The leader was also very casual and cooperative, and later even started chatting with the citizens who came in to eat while eating. Media reporters seized the opportunity to record this heartwarming scene with their own cameras.
The leaders went deep into the masses and really solved some practical problems. During the communication, some people reported that a certain home appliance company in Xizhou had increased the price of electrical appliances indiscriminately. After hearing this, the leaders took it to heart. Soon the province issued the "Decision of the People's Government of Northwest Province on Strictly Controlling Prices and Stabilizing the Market", which decided to require relevant chaos. Units that increase prices must return to consumers the portion of sales that have been maliciously increased within a specified period of time. For example, Xizhou Xinlong Home Appliances Company was forced to refund customers under the supervision of the media due to arbitrary price increases. The people who received the money were full of praise for the leaders' deeds of serving the people, doing practical things for the masses, and doing good things.
People who came to the supply and marketing cooperatives to purchase building materials reported that the decoration industry was in chaos, with only migrant workers and no professional talents... After listening to the opinions of the people, the leaders of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission specially held a joint meeting with the Provincial Department of Education after returning home. , on September 20 of the same year, the "Architecture and Interior and Exterior Decoration Design Major" college class jointly organized by the Northwest Provincial Committee and Northwest Nationalities College officially started. The actions of these leaders are still talked about by the masses many years later.
After the opening ceremony was over and the relevant leaders were sent away, Yang Liufang asked Yanhua to immediately contact the advertising company that made his business card and produce three picture albums of Simmons beds in the shortest possible time. After the album came out, he sent it to the Wang General Office of Wolongshan Hotel through President Li. He arranged for special personnel to contact him. Yang Liufang originally wanted to contact him in person, but was shy about his own cultural level, so he asked Wang Xinye from the supply and marketing cooperative to deal with it specifically. Wolongshan Hotel docking.
Soon the leader decided on two Simmons beds, both white and relatively simple, one with a leather sponge backrest and the other with an ordinary European-style carved headboard. Yang Liufang personally started making samples and watched four porters as they assembled the steel structure of the Simmons mattress with tension springs, then tested each spring one by one, and then tested different parts per square meter. After two weeks of production, after the samples came out, they were sent to Wolongshan Hotel as soon as possible. Leaders were asked to see the actual effect and experience it for themselves. After the experience, the leader made some small suggestions, and Yang Liufang made improvements as required, and the bed was quickly settled. After signing the contract, Wolongshan Hotel immediately paid the deposit to the factory so that Yang Liufang could speed up production and go all out to ensure supply.
Since there is no lathe, in order to keep the spring force balanced in all parts of the mattress bed, Yang Liufang personally participated in the design. He led a welder and two apprentices to build a "tension spring device" using a portable scale to ensure that every spring The combined spring strength is the same. In order to prevent the sponge and the fabric on the mattress from wearing out over time, Yang Liufang asked a plastics factory to process 3cm of encrypted sponge for himself, which not only improves the comfort of the mattress, but also weakens the sound of the spring.
For 500 sets of beds, Yang Liufang even equipped them with bedside stools as he saw at the Simmons exhibition, which took the whole factory three months to complete. Since Yang Liufang was personally involved, everyone worked even harder, working from dawn to dusk every day. He has to personally check every finished product when it comes out, and only after confirming that it is correct will it be packaged and put into storage. Yang Liufang led four apprentices and four porters to work from beginning to end for three months. During these three months, they sold more than a thousand sets of office furniture, and the factory and supply and marketing cooperatives made a lot of money. .
Since all the technical staff on the site have devoted themselves to the production of this project, the furniture in the supply and marketing cooperative has also been ordered, and the orders have been placed until the end of the year. During this period, Yang Liufang received a call from his hometown. It was from his junior sister Liu Xia. Liu Xia's crisp voice on the other end of the phone told him that she had been admitted to the School of Finance and Economics of Zhejiang University, the highest institution in the province. She chose the more popular one. Economic management major.
"Is economic management considered finance? Come and work for me as an accountant after you finish your studies. My brother's place is developing very well, and there are three companies." Yang Liufang said half jokingly and half boasting.
"Brother, you are looking down upon me. Who wants to be your accountant? Besides, finance is only a part of economic management." Junior sister said coquettishly.
No matter how the brothers and sisters quarrel, the junior sister admitted to Zhejiang University is like a breeze blowing in this season of anger, so refreshing. Yang Liufang happily and sincerely congratulated his junior sister on the phone, as if he had been admitted to university. He also asked Li Tongfu to remit 20,000 yuan to his master through the post office, and told him not to let his junior sister suffer for him. He would pay for school tuition and living expenses in the future. He has it all covered. The current Yang Liufang office furniture and Simmons mattresses are like two money printing machines, constantly spitting out money for himself. It is difficult for him to be short of money, so he has the confidence to say this.
Li Tongfu received the news of the remittance. As the eldest brother in the family, he added another 10,000 yuan, and a total of 30,000 yuan was returned to Yang Liufang's master Yang Liugen. In the late 1980s, even in the 1990s, for a college student, this was definitely a huge amount of money.
While they were producing Simmons for Wolongshan Hotel and selling office furniture in large quantities, the sales of sanitary ware were also going on quietly. According to the original plan of Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu, Wang Shan was specially transferred to be the sales director. Li Tongfu boldly delegated power and asked Wang Shan to recruit two sales personnel himself. Except for Xizhou, the market in other cities was developed at will.
At the end of the 1980s, reform and opening up entered a critical period, and the lives of people across the country had just improved. Dry toilets were still used in many places in the northwest, and tap water was not widely available. Flush toilets and washbasins were only used by the bourgeoisie for ordinary families. As a result, Wang Shan led his two subordinates to work hard for three months. In addition to two cities in northwest province that opened sales outlets, supply and marketing cooperatives in two cities also started selling their furniture and sanitary ware because of President Li's greetings. In other cities, no progress. And except for furniture, which sells relatively well, almost no one cares about sanitary ware.
