Chapter 160 Chapter 160 Two Updates Combined into One (Revised)

On the weekend, Chen Moer and Fu Mingze took their daughter to Yongning Hutong. It was a rare occasion that Fu Zhiyuan and Yin Xiuwen did not work overtime, and Fu Mingzhuo was also at home, so the family had a reunion dinner together.

Xiao Liangliang was dressed like a ball, very round and plump. After dinner, she ran around the living room and played hide-and-seek with Fu Mingzhuo.

Fu Mingzhuo has grown a lot taller, from a mature little brat to a young boy with delicate features. His temperament is becoming more mature, and only when he is playing with his little niece can you see some childishness in him.

The people that Xiao Liangliang likes the most now are, first, her grandpa Shen Shaoyuan, second, Zhou Pingan who usually takes care of her more, and third, this little uncle who plays with her.

Shen Moer and Fu Mingze didn't know where they were in the queue.

After all, this pair of unqualified parents are so busy all day long that they spend too little time with their children.

For a while, Fu Mingze went out early and came back late for half a month in a row, and basically had no contact with his children. When he had some free time, he finally slept in at home, but was woken up by his own daughter's little hand early in the morning.

The little guy hadn't seen him for a long time, and when he saw a "stranger" on the bed early in the morning, he was so gentle when he was patted.

If Fu Mingze hadn’t woken up in time, the little guy would have been bitten by his baby teeth!

Chen Moer watched her daughter sticking her chubby little butt up and crawling under the coffee table. Her little head was well hidden, but her whole body was hanging out. It was hard for Fu Mingzhuo to ignore such an obvious "target". He exaggeratedly searched for her and shouted, "Oh, where is Xiao Liangliang hiding? Why can't I find her?"

The little guy covered his mouth and giggled.

Fu Zhiyuan, who was sitting on a sofa nearby, looked at his granddaughter with a smile and reminded his youngest son: "Watch out, don't let the child hit his head."

Although Shen Moer put her woolen hat back on the little one when she saw her trying to crawl under the coffee table, children don’t remember things, and if she hits her head when she comes out, the woolen hat will be useless.

Of course, there were a group of adults watching in the living room, so nothing would happen. Fu Zhiyuan just felt uneasy looking at his soft and cuddly granddaughter.

He didn't feel relieved until his granddaughter slowly crawled out from under the coffee table without hitting her head or herself. He suddenly felt extremely proud: Look, how smart his granddaughter is.

Fu Zhiyuan took a sip of tea, turned his head and asked Shen Moer: "Has Gao Yong from the Fifth Garment Factory caused you any trouble recently?"

At his level, he didn't know every factory and enterprise under him. He just knew that his eldest daughter-in-law ran a garment factory, so he paid more attention to the garment industry, especially several garment factories in the capital, of which Fu Zhiyuan had some impression.

It is said that Gao Yong is a person with a narrow mind and a vindictive nature.

The performance of the Fifth Garment Factory has been declining year by year in the past two years. There are so many state-owned factories in the capital, some with good performance and some with poor performance, but theirs is not obvious.

However, this year's reform to expand the autonomy of major enterprises in the capital has been carried out vigorously, and the efficiency of enterprises has improved to varying degrees. As a result, the Fifth Garment Factory has become somewhat conspicuous.

What is unexpected is that instead of seeking breakthroughs in internal management, they resorted to some crooked means and tried to copy the clothing styles of Huacai Garment Factory.

Fu Zhiyuan had some understanding of his eldest daughter-in-law. In his opinion, the "strange clothes" incident at the Fifth Garment Factory was probably a trick played by Shen Moer.

Although the rumor was that the people at the Fifth Garment Factory were unlucky as they happened to encounter the Huacai Garment Factory which was making two new styles at once, they ended up learning the wrong designs.

——How the Fifth Garment Factory “learned” the styles has already spread outside.

But Fu Zhiyuan still felt that this incident was not accidental. Huacai Garment Factory had been plagiarized so many times, it was impossible for Shen Moer not to fight back.

This counterattack was fought very beautifully and the Fifth Garment Factory suffered heavy losses, but it could only swallow its anger.

No one would say that Huacai Garment Factory did anything wrong; they just produced two new styles of clothing normally.

However, it is hard to say what the people at the Fifth Garment Factory will think.

Shen Moer smiled and said, “There was a problem when coordinating the next batch of fabrics with the woolen mill, but it was resolved later.”

After all, Gao Yong had a strong foundation in the capital. After the two coats became popular, Huacai Garment Factory wanted to purchase another batch of fabrics from the woolen mill, but they were blocked and the other party refused to sell to them.

Of course, they also made excuses, saying that it was the end of the year and they had to ensure the supply of local state-owned factories in the capital first.

The problem was later solved with the help of Wang Liya who went to Jinshi to transfer a batch of goods.

Fu Zhiyuan nodded, tapped his fingers twice on the armrest of the sofa, and said, "The batch of goods from the Fifth Garment Factory is useless?"

Shen Moer glanced at her father-in-law with amusement. She must have been thinking in her mind that it would be a shame to throw away the goods like that, after all, they were state assets. But she didn't say it directly, and asked her indirectly.

She said: “It is still useful.”

Fu Mingze stood up and caught his daughter who was having fun and fed her a few sips of water. Then he sat back next to Shen Moer and said, "Let them make use of the waste and give us a price."

Fu Zhiyuan: “…”

This boy looks like he's afraid that his wife will suffer.

Could he still side with the Fifth Garment Factory and let his daughter-in-law suffer?

He waved his hands helplessly: "Okay, I'll let the people from the Capital Commerce Bureau go to negotiate, you don't have to show up."

Shen Moer smiled: "Okay, thank you Dad."

The people at the Capital Commerce Bureau were very efficient and within a few days they had reached an agreement with the Fifth Garment Factory.

The Capital Fifth Garment Factory produced a total of more than 10,000 pieces of this batch of goods. The dozens of pieces sold sporadically can be basically ignored. The cost of the fabric alone is more than 800,000. In the end, the Commerce Bureau negotiated a package deal of 500,000, but they were afraid that Shen Moer would not agree.

Shen Moer asked the finance department to transfer the money without saying a word.

After the things were brought back, the street was asked to find dozens of temporary seam-removing workers to tear the clothes apart. After the pieces of cloth were torn into pieces, they were sorted according to type.

It just so happened that they were short of cloth, and the cloth transferred from Jinshi had been basically finished. When the workers heard that another batch of cloth had arrived, their enthusiasm for work was very high. After a day's rest, they plunged into overtime production activities again.

The bonus I received from working overtime during this period is already three times my salary.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner. If you work a little harder before the New Year and earn a little more money, you can have an enviable prosperous new year.

By the time Chen Moer finished her exams and went on holiday, the garment factory was still producing in full swing. By the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, about 70% of the fabric bought from the Fifth Garment Factory had been produced, so Chen Moer simply asked everyone to stop work and go on holiday.

The workers still don’t understand. Every factory works until New Year’s Eve, so why are they having a holiday so early?!

There are still several days left, so we can still produce at least a thousand more pieces of clothing!

After the workshop announced that it would be a holiday the next day, Shen Moer was surrounded by workers in the open space of the factory. Everyone asked her why she was going to have a holiday so early.

Chen Moer said confidently: "Other factories work until New Year's Eve, that's because they are state-owned factories and have to follow the statutory holidays, and their workers are all from the capital, so it doesn't matter if they work one day more or one day less. We are a social enterprise and can make our own decisions. Comrades from the southern province have to travel thousands of miles back home to celebrate the New Year!"

"Besides, after working all year round, wouldn't it be nice to have a few more days off before the New Year? Wouldn't it be nice to buy more New Year goods to make relatives and friends envious? If you want to make money, there will be plenty of opportunities next year."

Of course, in reality, Shen Moli had wanted to take a vacation earlier, but the situation had been changing over the past two years, so she had resisted the urge to do so. This year, the situation was much different from before, as the higher-ups had "expanded power" for state-owned enterprises, so social enterprises like theirs could make their own decisions.

The workers didn't know what Shen Moli was thinking, but after hearing what she said and thinking about it carefully, they suddenly felt that what the factory manager said made sense!

What is the purpose of working all year round? Just to have a good life! This year they earn more than in previous years. With this money, they should buy more New Year goods, have a good New Year, and show off in front of relatives and friends.

It would be perfect to take a few more days off and buy some New Year's goods!

"Oh, my aunt's village is slaughtering pigs tomorrow. They raised a lot of pigs this year, and there will be a lot left after completing the task. I can just go buy some more."

"What? There's such a good thing. Wang, take me with you!"

"And me, my family also wants to buy a pig's head. My mother-in-law said that our family is well off this year, so we can buy a pig's head and eat the meat together!"

"I want to go to the grocery store. I heard that they received a batch of fruits and snacks from the south a few days ago. I'm so busy that I haven't had time to go yet!"

"I want to go to the department store and buy two sets of clothes for my parents back home and send them over."

…

Soon, everyone started chattering and discussing.

Zhao Zhenghui stood on the steps and shouted loudly: "Okay, after lunch, everyone go back to your workshops and offices to clean up and take precautions against fire and theft! At 3 pm, the logistics department will distribute New Year benefits in the open space next to the gate. Everyone, tell each other!"

When they heard about the New Year benefits, the crowd cheered again.

The New Year benefits at Huacai Garment Factory have always been generous, but this year they were particularly generous. Each person received a piece of pork, two carps, a small basket of hairtail, two chickens, a small basket of eggs, two boxes of apples, a pot of soybean oil and a box of cakes. In addition, each person also received a shopping voucher for the department store worth fifty yuan.

The purchase vouchers were from the Wanquan Road Department Store. Wang Liya helped get the fabric, so Shen Moer asked the purchasing department to go to the department store to buy purchase vouchers to boost their sales, as a small way of repaying a favor.

The cadres and employees of Huacai Garment Factory were all so happy!

Although there is more work this year than in previous years and the end of the year is particularly hard, not only is the income higher this year, the year-end benefits are more generous than they could have imagined!

This is several times more than in previous years!

After receiving the benefits, everyone couldn’t move back all of a sudden!

At this time, everyone had to use their own unique skills. Those who were quick-witted immediately borrowed a tricycle from the logistics department. Those who lived in the same area loaded their belongings onto the tricycle and pushed it back together.

Those who were a little slow to react and failed to borrow a tricycle divided the work and cooperated. Some people stayed behind to watch the things, while some went home to call people, and when their family members came over, they moved the things back together.

Huacai Garment Factory has always distributed a lot of New Year's goods, and it was not the first time that the workers' families had been called back to the factory to move things, but when they saw this year's New Year's goods, many people were still stunned.

"Is this your factory's New Year's goods?!"

"This is all yours. Are you kidding me? You must be lying to me. This is all yours together, right?!"

"Really from one person?! Oh my god, your factory sent out so many New Year's goods this year?!"

The family members were shocked, and then immediately smiled with joy.

The New Year's goods distributed by this one person are enough for the whole family to eat. For example, the few couples who work in the factory must be worried about how to finish all the New Year's goods.

This is great!

Some family members worked in state-owned factories and couldn't help but complain: "How come you, a social enterprise, have higher wages than us, bigger bonuses than us, earlier holidays than us, and more New Year's gifts than us?"

The female workers at Huacai Garment Factory immediately put their hands on their hips and said, "What's wrong with a social enterprise? We are simply better than you in every way!"

That evening, comrades from the sales department delivered the last batch of goods to major department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives, and then returned to the factory to collect the last batch of New Year goods.

That night, the factory's newly purchased large truck carried the workers from Southern Province back home.

The Shen family courtyard.

Not to mention that the workers' families were dumbfounded when they saw so many New Year's goods, even Shen Shaoyuan was a little surprised: "The logistics people in your factory are quite good. I heard from the ladies in the alley that it's hard to buy things during the New Year."

"If it were a few years ago, it would have been difficult. But now the situation is getting easier every year. There are more people raising chickens, ducks and pigs in the countryside, so it's not that difficult to buy them."

Shen Moer smiled at her daughter lying on the apple box and explained, "Besides, we usually deal with department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives, so we always have some ties to them."

Zhou Wenhua squatted behind Xiao Liangliang and looked up at Shen Moer: “It’s mainly because you are so powerful, Master.”

Zhou Ping'an took the car from Huacai Garment Factory back to Southern Province to go home for the New Year. Zhou Wenhua had been studying in the capital and had never been back to Southern Province. He spent all the holidays with the Shen family.

After entering university, she became fascinated with photography and bought a camera with the money she saved from odd jobs. During holidays, she would go to major scenic spots in the capital to take photos for people and earn money. At the same time, she also took some news photos and photos of people and landscapes for newspapers and magazines, and earned a good income.

When it comes to painting, Shen Moer no longer has anything to teach her, but this does not prevent Zhou Wenhua from still firmly believing that her master is the most powerful person in the world.

Xiao Liangliang finally took out a bright red apple from the box with his butt sticking out. He turned around and ran to Shen Shaoyuan with the apple in his arms: "Dear father, eat some fruit!"

Shen Shaoyuan was immediately moved: “It’s still us Liangliang who remember our grandfather.”

The factory was given a holiday before the New Year, and Shen Moer finally had some free time and joined the army of people buying New Year's goods.

On the first day, the family took Xiao Liangliang with them to Dawang Village in the suburbs of the capital, which is the village where the aunt of the female worker in the factory lives. They spent some money, had an authentic pig-killing meal in the village, and bought a large bag of pork.

The next day, the family divided three quarters of the pork and sent them to Yongning Hutong so that Aunt Hu could make sausages with it. Then they took Xiao Liangliang to go shopping in the department store.

The department store was packed with people before the New Year, and no one dared to let Xiao Liangliang walk by herself. Fu Mingze held the child in his arms the whole time, letting the child say what he wanted to buy, and the whole family just squeezed through the crowd, buying whatever they saw, whether it was candy, snacks, melon seeds or peanuts.

I squeezed all the way to the clothing area and bought a flowery cotton jacket for Xiao Liangliang.

Zhou Wenhua pointed to the other side and asked, "What are they selling over there? There are so many people there?"

A large group of young girls and wives were crowded in front of the counter, and many older women were also squeezing forward behind them. They all seemed to be saying "buy quickly, or they will be out of stock later".

Shen Moer turned her head and glanced at him, then said calmly, “Selling clothes.”

Shen Shaoyuan was not surprised: "The new woolen coat from Huacai Garment Factory is a must-have for visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival."

Zhou Wenhua: “…”

Out of curiosity, she sent it over to take a look, and sure enough, it was the tweed coat that her master had given her!

Zhou Wenhua also thought that the clothes made by her master's factory were good-looking, and she also knew that the factory was profitable. However, she didn't usually go to department stores, so she never knew that the clothes of Huacai Garment Factory were so popular!

This business must be so good, no wonder the factory distributes so many New Year goods!

Sure enough, her master is the most powerful!

What Zhou Wenhua didn't know was that the batch of goods now being sold in the department store was actually the batch that Shen Moer had taken back from the Fifth Garment Factory.

After the clothes from the Fifth Garment Factory were disassembled into pieces of cloth, Shen Moer had someone cut a few more pieces of cloth. When combined with those from the Fifth Garment Factory, they made two styles of woolen coats, long and short, that were very different from the original styles.

The cost of this batch of goods is much lower than the previous batch they made themselves, but the selling price is the same, so Huacai Garment Factory can make a lot of money just from this batch of goods.

Shen Moer and the others watched for a while and then left, not noticing that on the other side of the counter, Gao Yong was looking at the crowded counter with a gloomy face.

“Is this the batch of goods?”

The middle-aged man standing next to Gao Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "Yes, the goods were just delivered the day before yesterday. I heard that they were rushing to deliver this batch of goods before the New Year."

Gao Yong's face darkened: "Didn't they say it couldn't be changed? How come they could change it?"

Middle-aged man: "At first we talked about cutting the long pieces of fabric shorter, but that only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. The whole design is still weird."

To put it bluntly, it's still a fixed mindset. When the factory first discovered that this style was not selling well, they thought about how to change the style to recover the losses, but everyone was thinking about how to make changes based on the original design. As a result, they found that no matter how they changed it, it seemed impossible to save this strange-looking piece of clothing.

In fact, some people have thought of taking the pieces of cloth apart and reassembling them, but this plan is time-consuming and labor-intensive and may not work, so it was rejected as soon as it was proposed.

The middle-aged man was secretly thinking, this is the result of a group of laymen leading the professionals.

The truly useful suggestions never even had a chance of being adopted. When the leaders heard that a batch of fabric had to be invested, they were too lazy to even listen.

Later I heard that Huacai Garment Factory was willing to spend 500,000 to buy this batch of fabrics. Some people in the factory even laughed at Huacai Garment Factory, saying that it was a petty social enterprise that even regarded such waste fabrics as treasures and couldn't move when they saw the bargains.

What's the result?

People sell waste materials at the price of high-end garments.

Just do a simple calculation and you will know how much Huacai Garment Factory earned from this batch of goods!

Hearing that the Huacai Garment Factory had already closed for the holiday and everyone had received a truckload of New Year's goods, the middle-aged man couldn't help but think, why would such a capable person like Chen Moer be the director of a social enterprise? It would be great if she could be the director of their fifth garment factory.

Of course, this is just thought.

Their factory's performance was already poor, and they lost a huge amount of money on this batch of goods. They don't even know if they will have enough money to distribute New Year's goods by the end of the year.

In the few days after the New Year, apart from the general cleaning, I am still busy shopping.

On New Year's Eve, after Chen Moer and her family had breakfast, they went to Yongning Hutong together.

They spent New Year's Eve in Yongning Hutong, where there was a TV. On New Year's Eve, the TV station would broadcast parties or operas from various places. The whole family would sit together, watching TV and eating melon seeds, having a great time.

At twelve o'clock in the night, the sound of firecrackers exploded in the alley. Fu Mingzhuo also ran to the door to light the firecrackers. The others stood in the yard, looking at the fireworks that were set off from somewhere outside.

Shen Moer covered her daughter's ears with her cloak. The little girl had taken a nap before and woke up at this time. She hid in her father's arms and looked at the stars exploding in the sky. She said softly, "It's beautiful."

Fu Mingze bent down and kissed her.

This little rascal is particularly well-behaved only when he is half awake.

The little guy turned his head and said, "There's also mommy."

This means that mom wants to kiss you too.

Shen Moer came over and kissed the little guy on the cheek: "Baby, Happy New Year!"

Her eyes darkened, and a cold kiss fell on her cheek. Fu Mingze whispered in her ear, "Baby, Happy New Year to you too."

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Shen Moer heard a low scream from behind her: “Ah!”

When I turned around, I saw Zhou Wenhua running a few steps to the side in an attempt to cover up his mistake.

Shen Moer couldn't help laughing.

The new year has arrived.

The last year of college passed peacefully, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of 1981, and the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination faced graduation assignments.

Although all walks of life are eager to recruit talents, it is impossible for the country to keep all university graduates in the capital. For the overall considerations, this group of talents trained by higher education still have to return to all parts of the country.

There are very few places available for staying in the capital, but many people want to stay. During this period, the campus is undercurrented with anxiety over graduation assignments.

"Where are you going? I heard that many departments want you, including some ministries and commissions?" Yuan Lan broke an apple in half with her bare hands and handed one half to Shen Moer.

Shen Moer took it and took a bite. The apple was crispy, sweet and quite delicious.

As she ate, she said, "I plan to find a job on my own."

"What?!" Yuan Lan exclaimed, staring at her in shock, "Are you planning to continue being the director of your social enterprise? No, isn't that just something you do for fun when you have nothing to do?"

This time it was Shen Moer's turn to be surprised: "When did I say I was just having fun in my spare time?"

Besides, she has nothing to do.

She is so busy every day that she is exhausted.