Chapter 277: Opening a Factory is Not Just Playing House

Sun Biao also thinks that it would be great to be the director of an export furniture factory if it is really possible to export.

But is it possible?

He had no confidence at all, even after seeing the complete set of design drawings drawn by Cheng Hui.

It looks good, but foreigners are so rich, what good things haven’t they seen? Do you like it? He doesn't believe it.

"There's no rush for this. Let's digest the cloth from the garment factory first." Cheng Hui said.

"How do we digest it?" Wang Song asked immediately, "If the furniture factory doesn't want it, who should we sell it to?"

"I'll think of a way to solve this. You guys go back first." Cheng Hui said.

The two returned with heavy hearts.

Cheng Hui took a bus to the Red Star Paper Box Factory.

Several female workers sat in the workshop, looking gloomy and depressed.

No life again.

Before, they were so busy folding paper bags that their fingers cramped. They earned dozens of yuan a month, and those who worked harder could earn 100 yuan.

They thought good days were coming.

As a result, they came and went in a hurry. After the New Year, there was no work and they were on the verge of unemployment again.

This time of unemployment is more painful than the previous times!

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

"Director Jiang, Happy New Year." Cheng Hui said standing at the door.

The New Year begins every year.

Aunt Jiang looked up at Cheng Hui, stunned for a few seconds, then jumped up as if on springs: "Oh my god! Director Cheng! Why are you here? Do you have any more work for us to do? We can do any job!"

Other female workers also stood up and said that they would do any job and that they should not be treated as human beings but just as donkeys.

Cheng Hui didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Director Jiang, I want to ask, is our factory only capable of doing work like pasting paper boxes? Can we do other things? For example, cutting, assembling, and sewing? Will the higher-ups allow it?"

Aunt Jiang slapped her thigh and said, "Okay, okay! This factory was originally called the Paper Box Factory. I just came up with it without thinking. Actually, we can do whatever we want, and no one will bother us!"

The main purpose of their small factory run by the street is to provide assistance to people in need.

Cheng Hui is still worried, because she now has a business license and a specified business scope.

"You should apply for a new business license, and we will sell furniture from now on." Cheng Hui said.

Aunt Jiang... "I want to do that, but we don't know how to do carpentry..."

"You don't need to do the carpentry work. I'll find someone else to do it. You just need to be responsible for splicing, assembling and selling." Cheng Hui said.

This sounds simple, but Aunt Jiang is still unsure: "What kind of furniture should I make? Will it sell well?"

She knew that furniture was easy to sell, but it had to be good stuff produced by a reputable furniture factory. Furniture made by just any carpenter would not be popular.

What kind of cool stuff can she lead these female workers to make? She has no confidence.

"You don't have to worry about this. Once the product is made, people will come to you naturally." Cheng Hui said.

Aunt Jiang's eyes sparkled as she said, "Okay, then we'll just charge you for the labor..."

She only wants wages, she is not responsible for the profit or loss!

This was exactly what Cheng Hui wanted. She could give money as a gift, but the majority of the money would always be in her own hands.

“Actually, the welfare housing for the two factories under my control was about to be completed, and I promised the workers that I would help them equip them with all the furniture.

"Buying furniture is too expensive, so I thought of asking someone to make a batch myself, which can save a lot of costs." Cheng Hui said:

"When the time comes and the product is done well, if others want it, we'll give some to them. That's what I mean. So you guys are really just processing for them."

All the profits are hers!

Of course, with the current economic rules, it is impossible for it to be hers personally. We will have to decide whether it belongs to the electrical appliance factory or the food factory at that time. Anyway, the money must be earned by her first.

"But don't worry, we will still pay by piecework. We'll see how the situation develops. In any case, everyone's monthly salary will not be less than 50," said Cheng Hui.

"Long live!"

"Director Cheng is so nice!"

Several female workers applauded and cheered enthusiastically. There was more work to do!

The children at home no longer have to go hungry, the elderly have money to see a doctor, and they no longer have to go home to look at their husband’s mood...and so on.

"When can you get a job?" Aunt Jiang asked eagerly, holding Cheng Hui's hand.

"Within three days, I'll find someone to build the framework." Cheng Hui said.

"Okay, okay!" Aunt Jiang kept seeing her off to the car and only went back after seeing the car drive out of the alley.

He immediately said to the female workers, "Go, go, call everyone over to work! Clean up and tidy up the house!"

Cheng Hui returned to the food factory.

Today is only the tenth day of the first lunar month, and it is not yet the sixteenth day that she had planned to start work, but Guo Dajun and Lao Xie have been working all the time.

Cheng Hui asked them if they knew where Aunt Qiao's house was. She just asked Jiang Quan, but he had never been there so he didn't know.

Guo Dajun and Aunt Qiao have been colleagues for a lifetime, and he knew it.

"What's the matter?" he asked curiously.

"Well, I heard that her husband Uncle Ge works in a furniture factory in the county town, and he hasn't come to the city to change jobs yet?" Cheng Hui asked.

Not all the people from the original food factory came to the provincial capital. Aunt Qiao’s eldest daughter and her husband did not come.

They all can’t bear to leave their current working environment.

Guo Dajun nodded: "You are talking about Lao Ge. He said that he has been a carpenter all his life and does not want to change jobs. He still has two apprentices who have not yet completed their apprenticeships and cannot leave."

Before, Cheng Hui didn’t know anyone in the furniture factory, so she couldn’t find a suitable job for Uncle Ge.

"Call the man over, I want to talk to him." Cheng Hui said.

"I'll find him for you right away." Guo Dajun asked curiously while putting on his clothes: "What do you want to do with him?"

"I want to open a furniture factory." Cheng Hui said.

The clothes that Guo Dajun picked up fell to the ground with a "pop".

"Of course, it's just a thought now. Let's make the furniture first, sell it, and then seek fame." Cheng Hui said.

If she told her superiors now that she wanted to set up a new furniture factory and make her the deputy director, they would not agree.

Opening a factory is not like playing house. You need a house and land, jobs, wages for workers, means of production, and production tasks. All of these must be arranged by the government.

It costs money and energy.

If Cheng Hui hadn’t said she didn’t want anything, the electrical appliance factory might not have been able to open now.

It is the same now, even if she speaks, it is not effective.

When she makes money, people will be anxious...

Guo Dajun was stunned for a few seconds and didn't ask her why she suddenly wanted to open a furniture factory again. He didn't understand the world of geniuses, he just wanted to do his job.

Two hours later, Ge Shitou and Aunt Qiao came together.

As soon as Aunt Qiao came in, she praised: "You've gained weight! That's good. I've been worried about you these days. I was worried that you wouldn't eat well or sleep well, and you'd get tired again."

“Now I’m finally relieved, but you’re really growing up, other people’s bodies become ugly when they’re pregnant, but you’re getting prettier and prettier!

"Look at your little face, look at your complexion, you look much better than when I first saw you!"

Cheng Hui and the people at the food factory don't just have a superior-subordinate relationship; they're in the same boat...so their relationship is particularly close.

Cheng Hui smiled and exchanged a few words with the couple, and then found that Ge Shitou was just as his name suggested, a very silent and taciturn old man.

I heard that he is 59 years old and will retire next year. This is one of the reasons why he doesn't want to change jobs.

"Uncle Ge, how is the performance of your furniture factory?" Cheng Hui asked.

Ge Shitou said: "That's it."

Aunt Qiao immediately kicked him and said, "Speak nicely, what does that mean?"

Ge Shitou's face turned red, but he was not angry. Instead, he said, "I can't tell you. You know what it is like, so tell me."

Aunt Qiao thought for a moment and said, "Just like that... half dead."