Zhao Shanhai was planning to set up a stall and sell his wares himself, but before he could, he heard about this, making him too embarrassed to go out and sell, lest he be pointed at and gossiped about.

Left with no other option, I went to the Machinery Bureau to find Director Hou. The result was predictable: he had nothing I asked for.

Director Hou's only solution for him was to move.

After thinking about it for two days, Zhao Shanhai picked up the phone and called the purchasing agent from the south, asking him to come over and discuss the price again.

Finally, they sold them for 18 yuan a set. After all that work, they only made a little over 200 yuan. Not even enough to pay off their debts, just enough to pay salaries.

He didn't know that these speakers had already been sent to the machine factory and temporarily sealed up.

Zhao Shanhai had no other choice but to agree to Director Hou's and the machinery factory's conditions: relocation! The machinery factory would acquire all the factory's equipment and land.

This is equivalent to the entire No. 4 Factory being swallowed up by the Machinery Factory, leaving Zhao Shanhai with only the signboard hanging at the entrance.

The machinery factory then resold the production line of Factory No. 4 to a village-run primary school enterprise at the price of scrap iron. The village-run enterprise then upgraded the old equipment and handed it over to the machinery factory for modification and processing.

All the procedures were followed in a proper and orderly manner, without any violations.

Sun Changjie received a call from his family in the provincial capital, informing him that his goods were ready.

Call Liu Haibo over to pick up the goods first. Send Zhang Taoming to the south to purchase more goods; they've already been waiting there for over half a month.

When the two arrived at the repair shop in their three-wheeled motorcycle, Xing Baohua was not there, and the repair shop had been replaced.

When inquiring about Xing Baohua, tell them that Director Xing is in charge of the factory's operations.

Liu Haibo asked, "Director Xing? When did you become a director?"

Then the repair shop staff started talking about Xing Baohua's recent success.

The repair department was still under Xing Baohua's management, but after Xing Baohua transferred Liu Quan and Xu Shuai to the workshop, there was no one left in his repair department.

So he called over one of his night school classmates and gave an apprenticeship to a relative. In this way, the two temporary workers kept the repair shop afloat.

Liu Haibo was also a little surprised. Xing Baohua's promotion was too fast. He had heard that Xing Baohua was a temporary worker who had just been promoted to a permanent position. In just over ten days, he had become a director.

This is way too far-fetched. Only a company would do something so outrageous. If this happened at the local level, they'd be facing an investigation.

The two chatted casually while waiting for Xing Baohua to return. Meanwhile, a relative of Xing Baohua called the gatekeeper to inform him that guests had arrived.

Liu Haibo finally understood why Xing Baohua had upgraded so quickly; it turned out that it was because he had seen the calculator sketches that Xing Baohua had drawn that day.

And production is already underway. Primarily targeting the export market, aiming to generate foreign exchange earnings.

This made Liu Haibo a little envious. As a secondhand dealer, he knew which items were profitable.

Electronic products and home appliances are all the rage right now. From large items like cars to smaller items like smartwatches, these all cost money!

Therefore, Sun Changjie and his two friends gritted their teeth and pooled their money to buy a complete set of computer parts, which they could then assemble and sell for a high price. These were all hot commodities.

Xing Baohua waited for more than half an hour before this guy returned.

This guy's really busy. He's currently debugging the chip programming equipment when he was told that someone surnamed Liu is waiting in the shop.

He dropped what he was doing and ran back.

"I haven't congratulated Director Xing on his promotion yet." Liu Haibo reached out his hand to Xing Baohua, adopting a slightly humble posture, since the two were roughly equal in rank.

If we're being precise, Xing Baohua is half a rank higher than him. Of course, a corporate position doesn't mean much to local government officials; their politeness is just a matter of face.

"I'm so sorry you two are here! The food was ready a long time ago, but I've been very busy lately and haven't had time to let you know. I'm so sorry," Xing Baohua said.

"It's nothing, everyone's busy after a promotion. By the way, I heard you got promoted today, so I thought I'd celebrate with you. Let's have a drink together tonight," Liu Haibo said with a smile.

"You're too kind." Xing Baohua originally wanted him to try out the device and take it away. He would go back to his work and find time to talk to Liu Haibo and the others later.

But to my surprise, they didn't mention the audition at all; they just tried to get close to him. It didn't seem like they wanted to talk to him about something; it seemed like they were trying to curry favor with him.

This suited Xing Baohua perfectly. There was no better time than today, so let's talk about it. Maybe we can find some deeper cooperation ideas.

Liu Haibo said a car would arrive soon, and he could ask them to load the stereos into the car. He would find a place to sit and chat first.

Xing Baohua felt the need to get a three-wheeled vehicle after getting on it. Unfortunately, his current position didn't allow him to own a car, not even a motorcycle. He was already in a precarious situation; any further recklessness would be fatal.

Liu Haibo led him to his base, where a girl came out to greet him. She had long hair, a slender figure, a delicate face, and fashionable clothes.

Liu Haibo said to the girl, "Quickly boil water and make tea. We have a distinguished guest."

After saying that, he led Xing Baohua into the house, and the girl who came in after him closed the door and drew the curtains.

Xing Baohua looked around and thought that if it was renovated, it could at least be used as a private club.

He then invited two more girls to sit by the door, and after they came in, he closed the door and drew the curtains. Xing Baohua felt a sense of déjà vu when she thought about this scene.

There are so many places around train stations and long-distance bus stations!