As the Spring Festival passed, people who returned to their hometowns during the holidays began to return to the city. People who did not return to their hometowns but chose to spend the New Year in Songjiang City also resumed walking around or going to work.
This made Songjiang City, which had been dormant for two days, once again regain its vitality... The most obvious example is that some traffic arteries in the city have begun to have frequent traffic jams again...
Especially during the peak traffic hours when commuting to and from get off work, some busy traffic arteries are even more blocked and unable to move.
When the traffic jam started in Songjiang City, Sun Dawei, Sun Xu's childhood friend and roommate, also returned to Songjiang City from his hometown smoothly, and also brought Sun Xu some things and letters that his family had asked Sun Dawei to bring.
In addition to some food, there is also a pair of new leather shoes made by my father, and two sets of clothes sewn by my mother, one for home wear, and one for daily wear.
In addition, his brother also gave him something, something very special, a report card.
His younger brother won sixth place in the grade in the school exam at the end of the year...
His younger brother attended Fengxiang Mansion Senior High School. Fengxiang Mansion was just a small mansion with only one senior high school.
The strength of Fengxiangfu Senior High School is naturally far inferior to that of Xi'an Senior High School or No. 2 Middle School next door. The sixth place in their school is estimated to be dozens of places higher than Xi'an Senior High School.
But even so, it was not easy for his brother to pass the sixth grade.
To do it, you not only need talent, but also hard work!
Based on the application scores of students in their school in previous years, it is difficult to apply for a full scholarship to a four-year undergraduate university and is basically unreliable. However, a half scholarship to a four-year undergraduate university is not a big problem...
It's just that undergraduate studies are too expensive. Even if you get a half scholarship, the tuition this year will cost you almost a hundred yuan. To be honest, if your family can't afford it, it doesn't make sense to get admitted with a half scholarship.
If it is a three-year junior college, there is some hope of getting a full scholarship with this score, but not much, and there is still a long way to go. As for a half scholarship for a junior college, it is relatively safe.
The younger brother also said in the letter that he would make a final push in the first half of this year and try his best to get a good score in the joint autumn college entrance examination in the second half of this year and compete for a full scholarship to a three-year college.
Although he is just a student and cannot make money for his family now, he still wants to save money for his family!
Sun Xu could feel his brother's determination from the words in the letter... And the fact is exactly what his brother said. If he really gets a full scholarship, he will really make more money than ordinary people, at least a year. The tuition savings of more than 100 are equivalent to the annual income of ordinary workers for three years.
It's just that for students like them who come from ordinary families, whose brains are clever but not geniuses, and who have limited educational resources, if they want to compete for full scholarships with those students in big cities and developed areas, even if it is only for three years. A full scholarship to a full-year college requires real hard work.
As an ordinary person, if you don’t have the determination to hang your head, how can you compete with students from big cities and those real geniuses?
After reading his brother's letters, and then seeing the letters from his mother and father that were ghostwritten by his brother, Sun Xu didn't speak for a long time, and his eyes seemed a little moist.
Sun Dawei on the side didn't speak at first, just packing his things. After a long time, he saw that Sun Xu's expression was no longer strange, so he came over and sat down directly, talking.
“There are so many people taking trains during the New Year, and it’s extremely difficult to buy tickets. When I go back, I can’t buy direct tickets, so I have to take the transfer train!”
"You don't know how difficult it was to buy a ticket when I was transiting between Beijing and Zhengzhou. I waited in line for more than a day in Zhengzhou to buy a ticket!"
"I was delayed on the road for several days and didn't arrive home until New Year's Eve. I was almost exhausted. Moreover, because of the delay, I arrived several days late. My family thought something had happened to me on the way. , my mother cried..."
"well……"
"When I came back, I learned a lesson and bought a direct ticket in advance. This direct trip from Xi'an to Songjiang was a bit easier!"
"But it's too uncomfortable to sit on the ticket. If I have money to go home in the future, I will take the sleeper car no matter what."
"I went home for the Chinese New Year. I spent many days on the road. In total, I only stayed at home for two days. I left on the third day of the new year!"
"Oh, it's not easy to go home!"
"It's okay to say that it's not easy to go back. In the two days here, my parents didn't say anything, and they just urged me to get married... You said that I'm like this now, I don't have much money a month, and my pockets are a little empty. I don’t even have any savings, so what to do if I get married, it won’t involve other girls.”
Sun Dawei pulled Sun Xu and cried for a while, and in the end he looked like he was hopeless!
At this time, Sun Xu could continue the conversation and said: "You make a lot of money, more than seven yuan a month..."
Sun Dawei is considered a senior technical glass worker, and his monthly salary is much higher than that of ordinary workers with no skills. In fact, his income is not low among young people.
The reason why his pockets are empty all year round is purely because he spends a lot of money on weekdays... not only eating and drinking, but also going to the brothel courtyard several times every month to listen to the young ladies singing and drinking tea... Damn it if you can save this money.
Even though Sun Dawei earns more than ordinary workers, he still can't withstand the squeeze from the ladies!
However, everyone has their own way of living. They live well and happily, and they are not interested in starting a family. Sun Xu has no intention of discouraging him... There is no need.
But after a few days, Sun Dawei pulled Sun Xu and said with a mean expression: "Xuzi, what's the matter with you? Have you fallen in love with Miss Meng next door? In the past few days, she I have sent you delicious food twice.
"I didn't see it. Xuzi, your method is good. You can hook up with Miss Meng, tsk tsk..."
"I've known Ms. Meng for a while, but to be honest, I didn't even have the guts to hook up with her before... Not to mention me, there are quite a few bachelors in the apartment, but only a few of them dare to actually make a move."
"Asahi, you are so brave!"
"Tell me, do you have any secrets..."
Sun Xu was speechless when he heard this. How could this good contact and understanding be called hooking up? How unpleasant it sounds!
Besides, I don’t have any secrets. It’s just that we have more daily contact, and then we naturally get together... and now it’s just at the stage of secretly holding hands when no one else is around, so we can’t even talk about a successful hookup.
Just thinking about the scene where two people occasionally hold hands these days, Sun Xu couldn't help but smile a little.
Sun Dawei took a look and thought, another buddy is dead.
This woman is just giggling even when she's not around... It looks like she's been poisoned like this, and there's no way she can be saved.
From now on, I will eat, drink, and visit brothels alone.
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On the 26th of the first month of the thirty-sixth year of Chengshun, in the Wang family's mansion in the outer suburbs of Xicheng District.
Mrs. Wang saw that her husband did not go out in the morning, but ran wildly on the lawn and garden with his two children outside the house. She immediately asked: "Why are you going out so late today? The factory doesn't need to keep an eye on him?"
At this time, Wang Liqing picked up his little daughter with one hand and held his son with the other. He said at the same time: "It has been busy for almost two months. The first batch of equipment is almost installed and debugged. It was successfully mass-produced the day before yesterday. Although there are still follow-up things, But there’s no need to stare at it every day like before!”
"This period of time has exhausted me. I'll wait for two days!"
Mrs. Wang said: "That's good. After you are busy on weekdays, you still need to pay attention to rest and pay attention to your health. You can just leave the affairs in the factory to the general manager and the department chief below. There is no need to have to do everything personally!"
After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she added another sentence: "Look at me, if I haven't been to the restaurant even once in these ten days and a half, the restaurant isn't that good!"
After Wang Liqing heard his wife's words... he was extremely depressed, but he still managed to hold on: "There is nothing going on in your hotel on weekdays, so there is no need to go there, but my factory is engaged in technology, technical things and waiting for people. Can the things be the same!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang didn't even bother to roll her eyes: "Okay, okay, you are a technician, and I am just a waiter... You are amazing, come on, the eldest master, bring the children in quickly, I will wait for you to have breakfast!"
After hearing this, Wang Liqing laughed and took the children into the house one by one.
After breakfast, Wang Liqing handed the child over to his tutor. He originally wanted to go back to his room and close his eyes to rest for a while. It was a rare day off. He didn't plan to do anything else today. He just wanted to spend time with his family and children, and then take a nap. .
But soon the housekeeper came in with a letter: "Master, Mr. Dexingfang sent someone to deliver a letter!"
"Oh?" Wang Liqing took the letter, tore open the wax seal and took a look, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Mrs. Wang on the side saw Wang Liqing's expression and immediately asked: "Is this Lao Fang from Long'an Company? He has something to do with you."
Wang Liqing said: "Well, I said I was entrusted by someone to be a middleman and invite me to drink and discuss new cotton yarn!"
Mrs. Wang said: "You can go if you are invited. After all, you are an old comrade from back then. But don't drink too much, it will hurt your health!"
With that said, Mrs. Wang went upstairs.
Mrs. Wang has never interfered with the operation of Wang Liqing's Anhua Spinning Mill, and she doesn't know much about new cotton yarns. Although her father and husband are both in the cotton spinning industry, Mrs. Wang really doesn't know much about it. After all, she used to be a lady raised in a boudoir... She didn't know much about these things outside.
After getting married, they also look after their husbands and raise their children!
Besides, she really has no interest in these things... She worked hard for a year in that small dilapidated factory, and the money she earned was not as much as the rent she collected...
Not to mention the large investment in upgrading equipment this time, which is equivalent to throwing back the money earned in previous years...
So after working so hard for so many years and investing so much money, what are you trying to do?
It would be better to buy more land and buildings.
However, although Mrs. Wang felt that the spinning business was not very good, she would not stop it, and even supported her husband in doing this... After all, men still need a career.
I can't be like a woman like myself, who has nothing to do every day, just lying around at home collecting rent.
Although rent collection is also profitable, it is quite different from a serious business.
Although Mrs. Wang often said, why don't you just stop doing it... She is tired and can't make much money, but she actually supports her husband's career.
A factory owner with more than 800 people has far more connections and social status than a rent collector.
For a family like theirs, they are rich, but not super rich... If you only have electricity and a small amount of money, you can't even enter the real upper class...
This requires a career that is reliable and has a certain influence.
If we can make our business better and bigger, then even better.
Wang Liqing naturally didn't know his wife's many thoughts. He looked at the letter in his hand and pondered it for a while, and basically figured out what Lao Fang and the others wanted to do.
This is a medium-sized textile company that also does business in Songjiang and has taken a fancy to its own new cotton yarn.
After thinking about this clearly, Wang Liqing couldn't help but smile.
It seems that investing in upgrading equipment to make new cotton yarn is the right step. Although the investment is large and the pressure is greater... But once it is actually made, it will become a fragrant steamed bun on the market, and the cotton yarn will not worry about selling!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, we need to tap a few more stable strategic customers...
It is still not reliable to rely on Shenghua Textile Company alone. Although their purchase volume is large, it is not enough to cover all the new cotton yarn production of their own factory. Even if they could... neither of them would do this.
For Shenghua Textile Company, the supplier was too single. Placing all new cotton yarns on Anhua Textile Company was equivalent to handing over the eggs to Wang Liqing, who would not be allowed to manipulate them at will in the future.
On the other hand, if Wang Liqing relied on Shenghua Textile Company for his shipping channels, it would be equivalent to handing over his life to the other party... If the other party had any problems, they would directly kill his own factory.
Therefore, it is necessary to establish more channels and establish several more factories for strategic cooperation.
Eggs cannot be put in the same basket.
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the housekeeper: "Ask the person who delivers the letter to bring a message back, saying that I will be on time for the appointment tonight!"
Anyway, the dinner is arranged at his family's Suzhou River Hotel... When he goes to dinner, he thinks of it as contributing to his wife's performance.
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In the evening, Wang Liqing went to the appointment on time and met Lao Fang and Lu Huai, the boss of Lu Huai Textile Company whom he introduced.
This man also owned this factory, and Wang Liqing also knew that it was a medium-sized textile factory in Nancheng District. The business type was similar to that of Shenghua Textile Company. They purchased cotton yarn, produced cloth, and then printed and dyed it for sale to the outside world.
It’s just that their sales channels are not local, but overseas. I heard that their products are very popular in Fuso.
After the two parties took their seats, they got down to business after a brief chat. The conversation went quite smoothly... after all, one wanted the goods and the other had the goods, so the conversation naturally went smoothly. The only small difference was the price.
The other party has kept the price relatively low, so Wang Liqing will not give in easily...but we can continue to negotiate slowly later.
Generally speaking, both parties have a strong intention to cooperate, and the possibility of subsequent negotiations is also high. It is nothing more than some differences in price, which ultimately lead to the scale of cooperation.
Wang Liqing is not in a hurry. New cotton yarns are in short supply on the market now, and they have great advantages in quality and cost compared to old cotton yarns.
However, there are not many textile companies on the market that can produce new cotton yarns. Most of them are the own spinning mills of large comprehensive textile companies. The new cotton yarns produced by others are generally produced and sold by themselves and cannot be supplied to external parties.
In the eyes of many small and medium-sized weaving factories and textile companies, independent cotton yarn factories like Wang Liqing that can produce new types of cotton yarn have naturally become fragrant steamed buns.
In fact, this was indeed the case. After several discussions between the two parties, even though Wang Liqing was more insistent on price, the other party finally gave in and signed a long-term supply agreement.
Moreover, Wang Liqing had just signed an order. After hearing the news, several weaving factories that had originally planned to take another look became anxious. They were afraid that Anhua Textile Company's new cotton yarn production capacity would be robbed, so they rushed over. place an order.
So Wang Liqing was miserable and happy... The happy thing was that the new cotton yarn was so popular and there were so many orders.
The painful thing is that because the production has just been converted and only part of it has been converted, the production capacity of new cotton yarn is still relatively limited and cannot meet the demand of orders at all.
But there was nothing that could be done. Even if Wang Liqing wanted to increase investment and carry out rapid upgrades and conversions at this time, it would be impossible.
Because Hantian Machinery Company's new cotton yarn equipment is more popular and more popular... Especially after last year's deliberation, orders for new cotton yarn have increased significantly this year.
That is to say, Wang Liqing acted early last year, placing orders early and lining up for production. One batch was delivered every month, and it is expected that the delivery will be completed by the middle of the year...
If the equipment order is placed this year, the goods will not be available until the year after next... After all, Hantian Machinery Company's orders for new cotton yarn equipment have been scheduled for three years...
Therefore, there is no other way but to dig deeper into the production capacity of existing equipment, reduce downtime and maintenance time as much as possible, and avoid breakdowns, so that the equipment can keep running for as long as possible and produce more new cotton yarns.
And this also puts forward higher requirements for the mechanics in the mechanical maintenance department... Even Section Chief Wang, a boss who usually only talks but does not do anything, now has to do maintenance and repairs himself... Others If the technology is not good enough, letting them work alone is prone to various problems.
It didn't take long for Sun Xu to enjoy this kind of treatment, leading a team to conduct inspection and maintenance of new equipment... because he was the second mechanic besides Section Chief Wang who could be responsible for the maintenance of new equipment alone.
As a result, Sun Xu, who had just started working for a short time, became the leader of a separate machine repair team, leading two ordinary mechanics to perform inspections and maintenance. Although this so-called team leader was only in name, he did not count. A formal position, and only a temporary one.
But Sun Xu is still very excited... because if this situation continues, he has a hunch that he is not far away from a real promotion and salary increase.
(End of chapter)
