Chapter 168 Disgust for Ugliness

Gu Yihan and Hu Shan ate quite a lot and then took a walk around the factory.

Walking to the newly built factory, I saw that there were still many people busy installing the production line at noon.

The two lingered for a while.

Hu Shan glanced at it, then turned to Gu Yihan and complained, "So many people are just waiting for our factory to recruit workers."

"Mmm." Gu Yihan nodded and responded with a smile.

Not only are the factory workers' families waiting, but many military spouses from the Kunming military units will also be coming.

After all, each of the three workshops—the front spinning workshop, the back spinning workshop, and the weaving workshop—would need to increase the number of workers.

This doesn't even include the other auxiliary workshops.

On the way back to the office, Hu Shan asked with a puzzled look, "Xiao Han, what do you think we should do if our factory has an overproduction problem that we can't sell?"

Gu Yihan looked at Hu Shan with a puzzled expression: "How could it not sell?"

Hu Shan pouted: "You don't know, the market is only so big. If the fabrics we produce can't be sold locally, they'll just pile up."

Gu Yihan knew, of course, that most of the fabrics had to be sold locally.

People from other provinces who own textile factories in the area will definitely prioritize selling local products.

"It's okay, we can sell the stockpiled goods to foreigners and earn foreign exchange," Gu Yihan said nonchalantly.

Since the factory leaders are adding a new production line, they must have their own reasons.

Hu Shan paused, holding Gu Yihan's arm, then burst into laughter.

"Xiao Han, have you ever been to the Friendship Store? Their products are much better looking than ours."

Secretary Jiang, who was out looking for Hu Shan, saw Hu Shan from afar with her mouth wide open, smiling so broadly that her eyes were almost closed.

He quickly walked to her side: "What's so funny? Hurry up and go back, I need you to type up a document."

Hu Shan suppressed a laugh and said to Secretary Jiang with a smile, "Xiao Han actually said that our factory's fabric can be sold to foreigners. Isn't that funny, brother?"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Jiang glanced at Gu Yihan, but he didn't find it funny.

He simply said, "The colors produced in the factory are only suitable for the domestic market."

The implication is that people from abroad look down on it.

Gu Yihan looked Secretary Jiang up and down, not expecting him to think that way.

He feigned doubt and asked, "China has a plant dyeing technique that has been passed down for thousands of years. Secretary Jiang actually said that foreigners don't appreciate it?"

Secretary Jiang looked at Gu Yihan thoughtfully, then her eyes gradually lit up. The current fabric was definitely not suitable.

If the dyeing workshop can create an antique-style pattern based on plant dyes, it's worth a try.

If feasible, production could be divided into two phases: one for domestic use and the other for sale to foreigners.

Gu Yihan didn't even look at Secretary Jiang's reaction, and quickly pulled Hu Shan towards the office.

Inwardly, however, he was furious, thinking, "How dare they be so shameless!"

When our ancestors had fine clothes and delicious food, Western countries were dirt poor and still eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Office

Min glanced at Gu Yihan's location: "Sister Su, did you see Xiaohan in the cafeteria at lunchtime?"

Su Yonghong glanced at Hu Shan, who was also not back in the corner, and said sarcastically, "She probably went to curry favor with someone with connections."

"Crunch."

Gu Yihan and Hu Shan pushed open the office door.

He glanced at Su Yonghong and said, "It's better than sour grapes."

Minjie was incredibly embarrassed. Su Yonghong just never learns his lesson; doesn't he know the saying, "Pedestrians talking on the road, turtles in the grass"?

A moment later, Secretary Jiang also pushed open the door and entered, walking to Hu Shan's desk.

Pointing to the documents on the table: "You need to organize and summarize them yourself, and print them out before five o'clock."

Hu Shan picked up the book on the table and her mind went blank. The writing was so flamboyant that she had to decipher it carefully.

"Secretary Jiang, could you please write it more neatly next time before giving it to me?"

Secretary Jiang glared at Hu Shan, said nothing, and turned to leave.

After noticing the tone of Hu Shan's conversation with Secretary Jiang, Su Yonghong smiled and asked, "Little Hu, do you have a boyfriend?"

Gu Yihan looked up at Su Yonghong, feeling that she had ulterior motives.

Hu Shan was busy refining the documents and replied without looking up, "No."

Su Yonghong's eyes lit up, and she said softly, "Xiao Hu, would you like me to introduce you to a great young man?"

Hu Shan didn't think too much about it. Blind dates had become a regular occurrence for her, with her parents arranging one every few days.

He casually replied, "Sure."

Su Yonghong was so excited that she quickly said, "Sister Su's family has a nephew who is exceptionally handsome, you..."

"Pfft."

Min couldn't help but laugh.

Su Yonggang was about to speak when she was interrupted, and she looked at Sister Min with a livid face.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Min Erhua, don't go too far."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan quickly adjusted her posture and stared intently at the two of them.

Hu Shan was completely bewildered. What was going on? When she looked at Gu Yihan, she saw her carefully eating sunflower seeds while watching the commotion.

Sister Min smiled at Hu Shan and said, "Little Hu, it's quite a coincidence, I've met Sister Su's nephew before."

Hu Shan shifted her gaze from Gu Yihan to Sister Min, looking at her curiously.

Worried that Sister Min wouldn't say anything nice, Su Yonghong quickly interjected, "My nephew works as a purchasing agent at a soy sauce factory. He earns a high salary, it's respectable, and he's good-looking too."

Minjie glanced at Su Yonghong and snorted coldly.

He said sarcastically, "How dare you say that about your nephew who has puffy eyes and can't even jump as high as Xiao Hu?"

Gu Yihan: "..."

Su Yonghong was so angry that he was trembling all over, wishing he could go up and scratch Hua Min's smug face.

Hu Shan glanced at Su Yonghong and Sister Min, who were on the verge of exchanging blows.

Although she knew that discrimination based on appearance was wrong, she, like Cheng Bo, only looked at faces and liked handsome men.

He chuckled and said, "I'm still young, and my family wants me to get married in a few years."

After saying that, he quickly got back to his work.

Su Yonghong glared at Min Jie and sneered, "Looking good can put food on the table, just like your man, he doesn't even earn as much as you."

Minjie glanced at Gu Yihan and saw that she was leisurely eating sunflower seeds, unaware of what was happening.

With a smile, she asked, "Xiao Han, are men good-looking and pleasing to the eye?"

She had met Gu Yihan's lover before; he was exceptionally good-looking.

Putting aside everything else, that physique must have taken a considerable amount of time.

Gu Yihan rolled her eyes. Wasn't that obvious? Who doesn't like handsome guys?

"I hate ugliness. Being too ugly will make me eat two fewer bowls of rice."

After saying that, he immediately looked down at the newspaper.

No one noticed that Su Yonghong's expression darkened further because of her words.

Minjie glanced at Su Yonghong with schadenfreude, because in the entire office, only her lover was middle-aged, overweight, and balding.