Seeing that Meng Zhiyun didn't react much, Wang Hu felt relieved. However, Wang Hu was very excited; in his previous life, he was still a bachelor in his thirties. His heart was pounding!

Wang Hu strolled over to the front of the production line, glanced at the machines, and found nothing wrong with them. Then he picked up a plastic crate, found a spot out of the camera's view, and plopped down on it.

Wang Hu was still savoring the sweet moments they had just shared. He thought to himself, judging from Meng Zhiyun's reaction, she must like him. If she didn't, why didn't she slap him earlier? But she has a boyfriend, and that's a hurdle he's not going to get over.

Wang Hu recalled a popular blogger from his past life who said while watching short videos, "Relationships between men and women need to be broken through little by little. As long as she doesn't object, you can keep breaking through!"

Wang Hu thought this made perfect sense. He now wanted to gradually improve his relationship with Meng Zhiyun until she became his woman.

The printing machine beeped, and Wang Hu rushed over. He checked and found the solder paste was too dry; some solder joints hadn't been printed with solder paste. He stopped the machine, scraped out the solder paste, put it in a container, added some flux, stirred it, and then added it back into the machine. After printing another board and finding no problems, he switched to automatic mode!

I went to pick up materials for Li Keshui a few more times! After checking that everything was alright, I went back to sitting down.

Wang Hu was pondering what kind of business to start. After all, he was just an ordinary citizen in his previous life, and he was over 30 and still unmarried! Although he knew about Douyin, Kuaishou, Moutai, and Bitcoin, these things had nothing to do with him now.

I can't get into Douyin or Kuaishou; I don't know programming and I don't have the capital. My only option is to start a small business to accumulate some capital!

Not to mention Bitcoin, the money you have now is only enough to buy a few hundred. I heard you can mine them even with just a laptop, so having too many is pointless. After all, it's a financial product, and if you have too much, people will stop speculating on it. Who wants to ride the coattails of your scheme?

Wang Hu originally thought of borrowing money to complete his capital accumulation, but then he realized that most of them were just laborers, so who would lend him a large sum of money?

There are now two directions.

The first option is to become a micro-business owner, since the barrier to entry is low; all you need is a mobile phone.

The second option is to open a dropshipping store on Taobao. You can use 1688 for shipping, and all you need to do is post ads online to sell your products! However, this requires a laptop.

Wang Hu probably only has about 1,000 yuan in total. In 2011, the basic salary in Ningbo was 850 yuan! With overtime pay, he probably only gets a little over 2,000 yuan a month! He used to be a spendthrift, spending everything he earned and having nothing left.

Wang Hu took out his phone and searched for the prices of laptops and phones. The laptop cost about 3,000 yuan.

There aren't many smartphone manufacturers around right now! A Meizu phone would probably cost over 2,000 yuan! A Bird phone is 1,000 yuan, but I don't know if it will even work! I'll just buy a Meizu!

Wang Hu calculated that he would receive a salary of over 2,300 yuan on the 10th of next month, which, combined with the 1,000 yuan he already had, would be enough to buy a laptop!

His old candybar phone can't do anything but make calls. After searching for ages, it only showed text; it couldn't even display a picture. "Damn, going back to the 2G era from the 5G era is so hard to adjust to!"

I checked the time, it was 11 o'clock, time to eat. The factory's lunch break is from 11:30 to 12:30, a total of one hour. Breakfast is also from 5:30 to 6:30. Then we work overtime for two hours and get off at 8:30.

Wang Hu glanced at the pre-printed image on the pick-and-place machine, then turned off the automatic mode. He greeted Li Keshui, "Lunch is ready, I'm off!"

“Fine, go ahead!” Li Keshui replied.

When it was time to eat, you had to walk to the back of the line, which meant passing by Meng Zhiyun's place. After walking behind Meng Zhiyun, Wang Hu looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to him.

Wang Hu put an arm around Meng Zhiyun's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "It's almost 11:30, time for dinner. Do you want me to wait for you?"

Meng Zhiyun blushed slightly and said softly to him, "You don't need to wait for me, you can go ahead."

Seeing that Meng Zhiyun didn't resist his physical contact, Wang Hu knew he was in the right place. He then cupped her head in his hands, turned her around, and kissed her passionately! Then he said, "Darling, I'm leaving now."

Meng Zhiyun shoved him away, and retorted angrily, "Get lost!"

She reached out to hit Wang Hu. Wang Hu grabbed her hand, kissed it, and ran off with a grin.

I ran all the way to the turnstile and jumped over it. No one watches the turnstiles during the night shift, so you can come out early for meals. As long as you don't disrupt production, no one will bother you.

After changing his clothes in the changing area, Wang Hu had just reached the entrance of the men's changing area and was about to leave when he looked up and saw Chen Linlin coming out from the opposite side. She had probably also sneaked out beforehand.

The two exchanged a smile, Chen Linlin still holding Wang Hu's coat. She was about to return it to him, but before she could say anything, Wang Hu said, "It'll probably be even colder tonight, you can use it for now. I'm strong, I can withstand the wind!"

Hearing this, Chen Linlin decided not to return it to him, after all, she was only wearing a short skirt. She was going out to eat soon, and the wind on the way to the cafeteria would probably be quite strong.

The two walked out side by side, and just as they reached the door, a gust of cold wind blew in their faces. Although it's not very cold during the day in Ningbo in November, the temperature drops to around ten degrees Celsius at night. Plus, Ningbo is a coastal city, so the wind is always damp, making it truly bone-chillingly cold.

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