"Thanks."
Chang Xiyun thanked him in a low voice, took the cup and took a sip of tea.
"It's true."
After saying this, he looked at Lin Yue who walked into the main room and said slowly: "Do you know the news that the printing and dyeing factory in Yiwu City is on the verge of bankruptcy?"
Chen Yulian nodded: "I heard about it."
This matter was quite a big deal. It was said that the workers were owed half a year's wages. Finally, they went to the county. County Magistrate Xie tried his best to only pay them three months' salary. He didn't know when the remaining half would be paid. The current situation is that the workers of Yiwu Printing and Dyeing Factory are panicking. Some have already found a way out for themselves, and some are still fighting with the factory director, saying that if he doesn't slap his forehead, he will build some staff dormitories and run out of money. If the funds in the factory were used to invest in new equipment and hired knowledgeable technical personnel and experienced sales personnel, the situation would not be like this.
"You should know that the degree of opening up to the outside world has been increasing in recent years. In the past, carpet factories, as export-earning enterprises, had preferential treatment in all aspects. Now the situation is different. In Jiangsu... well, do you know the southern Jiangsu model? "
Chen Yulian shook her head.
She is a rural woman, and even though she has more knowledge than the carpenter's wife, the metal-fire wife, and the metal-earth wife, her level of knowledge is limited. She doesn't know these new words in the economic field.
"I know." Lin Yue seemed to be answering the question, but he was actually explaining to Chen Yulian.
"If the Wenzhou model is based on the family as a unit, developing non-agricultural industries, continuously establishing large and small commodity markets, and professionalizing and networking them, then the Jiangsu model is based on the collective economy, led by the government, and vigorously A form of promoting the development of township enterprises.”
Seeing that Chen Yulian still didn't understand, Lin Yue sighed: "Let's put it this way, Carpenter Xiao and his son started the table, chair and bench business last year. The carpenter's wife stopped sewing carpets and followed them to do odd jobs. This is the Wenzhou model. And Buddha Tangzhen Shuangwu Meat Products Factory is a collectively owned township enterprise, more inclined to the southern Jiangsu model, I say this, do you understand?"
Chen Yulian understood, but she was not satisfied with his approach: "You are the only one who knows better! Where does this come from?"
Lin Yue said: "It appears in the newspaper."
Oops, instead of reading a book, I read a newspaper instead.
Chang Xiyun felt that if he had such a naughty and cunning son, his life would be shortened by ten years.
"He is right. The carpet factory in Suzhou that sews carpets on a village basis has squeezed the profit margin of Jingxing Carpet Factory. Affected by the reduction in orders, the factory has to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. This is also the processing fee for you. That’s why it’s getting lower year by year.”
"So that's what happened."
This time Chen Yulian has a clear understanding of the current situation. As Chang Xiyun said, in the past two years, the piece price given by the carpet factory has been adjusted every few months, getting lower and lower. Many villagers have complained to her about the lack of money. Now, because the small commodity business in Yiwu is booming day by day, some women have begun to switch to setting up stalls, which has directly caused the carpet sewing business to decline day by day. Only older women and women in more remote rural areas are still persisting.
Lin Yue said: "The market is liberalized and people are happy. Many of these things are like the saying: sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat."
"Well said." Chang Xiyun nodded very cooperatively: "That's why I want to contract the printing and dyeing factory and work alone."
"ah?"
Chen Yulian was shocked: "Contracting a printing and dyeing factory?"
"Yes, I'm a contract printing and dyeing factory. I'm here this time to ask you if you want to come together." Chang Xiyun explained: "From a carpet factory to a printing and dyeing factory, even though you are not in the same line of work, the span is not big. Just say that the embroidery threads used to sew carpets are all made by printing and dyeing factories. From that perspective, they can be regarded as upstream companies."
Chen Yulian was still in a daze, but Lin Yue had already made the decision for her: "Okay."
"It's good, but if the benefits are not good...you haven't seen the momentum of those workers to go to the county to cause trouble, and the printing and dyeing factory still owes the employees three months' wages."
It can be seen that she has many concerns. After running a carpet cooperative for several years, she still pursues stability and is unwilling to take risks.
"Are you not confident in Factory Director Chang? Or are you worried about not having enough money? If you are worried about not having enough money, I have it here."
"What money do you have! Where did you get it?"
"I earned my money by working in a car repair shop. Selling second-hand bicycles is really profitable."
"What are you talking about? Is selling second-hand bicycles the same as running a business?"
"Let's not talk about the differences. One thing I know is that the printing and dyeing industry has a huge demand for caustic soda."
Chen Yulian was stunned when she heard the word "caustic soda".
Lin Yue said: "Director Chang, it's settled. You can tell us how much we're short of."
"Okay, I'll go back and do the math and find a time to sit down and discuss it in detail. In addition, I need your uncle to help take the lead in this matter."
He stood up to leave. Chen Yulian quickly stopped the chaotic thoughts in her mind and stood up to persuade him to stay: "It will be noon soon. Let's eat before leaving."
"No, we agreed to go home for lunch." Chang Xiyun declined her kindness and walked outside. When he was approaching the courtyard gate, he pointed to the objects under the eaves of the south room and said, "I can give you what you want. Got it."
"Thank you."
Chang Xiyun nodded and quickly left the yard.
At this moment, Chen Ping came over and said, "Fifteen minutes are up."
"Okay." Lin Yue was about to make the final payment.
"That...what is it?"
"Your wife Ben."
"My wife?" Chen Ping confused him.
Chen Yulian hated the way he spoke without a tune.
"Listen to his nonsense."
…
"You little... little white-eyed wolf, stop, stop... knowing that grandma is most afraid of snakes, you, you let me drink snake soup."
A figure flashed at the door, and Lin Yue ran out of the yard holding half a piece of cake.
"Mom, Mom, stop chasing me."
Then there was Chen Yulian's voice urging the old lady to give up.
There is also Chen Ping's complaint about "Grandma, you drank three bowls in one go."
The old lady was stopped by Chen Yulian and did not chase her out. Lin Yue stuffed the half piece of cake into his mouth, chewed it quickly and swallowed it, then turned left and entered the yard of Carpenter Xiao's house.
"Uncle Xiao, Uncle Xiao."
Compared with four years ago, the yard has been tidied up much more efficiently, mainly because the workshop was moved to the entrance of the village, where the tables, chairs and benches made by Xiao Dongfeng and his son are placed, so the environment at home is naturally much better.
"Hey, Lin Yue is here. Have you eaten?"
Xiao Dongfeng came out with a bowl in hand. Through the gap in the door, he could see a dining table in the main room, and the couple were eating.
"have eaten."
Lin Yue took a look at the things that were torn into pieces in the side room, and thought to himself that he was really impatient, no wonder he had to eat so late.
"Come in, come in." The carpenter's wife let him into the house, picked up a meat pie and handed it over: "Eat another meat pie, this was your favorite when you were a child."
Xiao Dongfeng said: "When I was a kid, wasn't it only three or four years ago?"
The carpenter's wife smiled sheepishly.
"Just eat." Lin Yue said, "I just came over to take a look. I didn't expect Uncle Xiao to start so quickly. What do you think? Can you do it?"
"As long as the ingredients are in place, no problem." Carpenter Xiao finished the porridge, put the bowl down and wiped his mouth: "By the way, what do you think this is called?"
"Simmons."
"Yes, yes, yes, Simmons."
The carpenter's wife said: "Why do you have such a name?"
Xiao Dongfeng said: "What do you know? This is a foreign thing. Simmons is a foreign language. Do you understand foreign languages?"
She closed her mouth and stopped talking.
Lin Yue said: "Uncle Xiao, I won't talk in circles anymore. Let's put it this way, I want to invest money for you to expand the workshop at the entrance of the village. You can find two carpenters who are familiar with you, recruit a few apprentices, and make a Furniture factories, stop producing those tables, chairs and benches. Just the chairs I asked you to make last time and the Simmons mattress for the side room. In the next few years, we will focus on these two products."
Xiao Dongfeng remembered the design drawing that Lin Yue gave him two months ago and asked him to try it out. It was a solid wood chair that looked like a sofa. The wood was made of rubber wood, which was low-cost, but the price was lower than that made of birch and beech. The tables and chairs are much better.
"no problem."
"..."
Lin Yue thought that it would take a few words of persuasion before he would agree to expand the scale and accept his capital injection to develop the furniture factory, but he didn't expect that he would agree so simply and the prepared words would be in vain.
Xiao Dongfeng seemed to know what he was thinking. He took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it in his mouth: "When have you ever harmed us?"
Lin Yue smiled.
"By the way, Uncle Xiao, let Chen Ping work with you from now on."
In the past two years, Hu Li has become a lot more honest. At least she can get along with her mother and son on the surface. But privately, she is still hostile. However, because of Chen Jinzhu's changes, Chen Hong and Chen Ping had conflicts. The former believes that the four of them are a family, and a son must stand by his mother's side. The latter believes that everything has a cause and a result. Hu Li has suffered so much and still refuses to behave. She not only speaks ill of her aunt and cousin behind their backs, but also instigates father and son. Relationship, it would be unlucky to have a girl like this on the street.
A year ago, Hu Li asked her mother-in-law to find Chen Hong a job as a delivery boy at the post office, and gave him to Midea to show off in front of his younger brother every day. Lin Yue observed Chen Ping for a year and found that the younger brother was indeed more sensible than his elder brother. , and decided to give it a good try.
"Okay, no problem." Xiao Dongfeng agreed.
Lin Yue nodded, talked to the two of them for a while and then left.
