Chapter 433 Renting a Factory

A week later, Su Jiaojiao received a call from Li Nuo, who said that he had found two factories for her and asked her to go over and see if there was one she was satisfied with.

These days, Su Jiaojiao has been busy designing new models at home and has not gone out. She rushed over after receiving Li Nuo's call.

She was not a fashion designer, but simply drew these new styles based on her memories from her past life.

If she wants to develop in the long run, she has to hire a professional fashion designer. Professional matters should be left to professionals.

The first factory that Li Nuo took her to see was in a village in the city. It was originally a leather garment factory, but it went bankrupt due to the poor market conditions in the past two years.

There are six large bungalows in a row, with a yard and a canteen. It is a half-hour drive from Jinyuan and just behind Nanshan Park. It is not far away and the rent is not expensive, only six thousand yuan a year.

Su Jiaojiao instantly thought of the theft at Miaomiao Garment Factory and immediately rejected the idea. The Miaomiao Garment Factory was set up like that, and it wouldn't work if there was no one on duty at night.

"This belongs to a friend of my sister's. It used to be his own factory, but he's now opened a restaurant." Li Nuo thought Su Jiaojiao would choose this place, so he brought her over to look at it. Seeing that Su Jiaojiao was worried about safety, Li Nuo said, "Don't worry about it. Just find an old man in the village to help keep an eye on it."

"Let's take a look at the next one!" Su Jiaojiao was not satisfied.

Although the thieves from Miaomiao Garment Factory have been caught, not all of the stolen fabrics have been recovered. The main reason is that the process was too nightmarish and it is terrifying to think about it.

The second factory is located in the old city, farther away from Wudaokou, at least an hour's drive away.

It was originally a state-owned cotton mill, but it was reorganized and rebuilt and moved away two years ago, leaving this place empty. There is also a row of storefronts facing the street, but the glass on the windows has fallen off, and it looks like it has been idle for a long time.

"Sister Nuo, I really admire you for being able to contact a factory like this." Su Jiaojiao fell in love with this place at first sight. This is the old city area with a dense population and a prosperous surrounding area. Perhaps this textile factory seemed a bit out of place, so they moved away.

"The reason I didn't recommend this place is because they're planning on demolishing it. Maybe it'll be demolished next year, and then you'll have to move." Li Nuo had been here two days ago. He greeted the security guard and took Su Jiaojiao inside for a look. "The cotton mill's building is too big for you to use. If you want to use it, you can use their warehouse. I asked the neighborhood office, and if you only rent the warehouse, the rent is 8,000 yuan, and you'll have to pay for utilities yourself."

The cotton mill's buildings were made of the old-fashioned large stones, and there were four rows of them, which she really couldn't use.

The warehouse is right at the gate, located at a higher position. It is obviously built later. It is made of red bricks and is quite spacious. It can hold forty or fifty sewing machines, which is enough.

There is also a small garden in the factory yard. Because no one takes care of it, weeds are rampant, and blue morning glories are entwined among them, blooming brightly.

"Then let's settle here!" Su Jiaojiao was attracted by the location in the old city. Although it was a bit far from Jinyuan, life here was more convenient. There was a vegetable market and snack street just outside the door, which was even more lively than Jinyuan.

The state-owned cotton mill is under the jurisdiction of the street office, and because it involves demolition issues, it can only sign a one-year contract.

The office said that there is an intention to demolish the house, but no formal demolition documents have been issued. They don’t know exactly when the demolition will take place, but it will definitely not be done this year.

If the house is not demolished after one year and Su Jiaojiao wants to continue renting it, she can renew the contract.

Su Jiaojiao readily agreed, signed the contract, paid the rent, and immediately got the key.

"Look, I told you this place is too unstable. What if it gets demolished this year?" Li Nuo was a little worried, but Su Jiaojiao said dismissively, "It's okay. We'll find a place when the time comes!"

When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.

There's no need to worry about something that hasn't happened.

To express her gratitude, Su Jiaojiao treated Li Nuo to a meal. Li Nuo chuckled, "Actually, the person you should really thank is Lu Jingyou, not me. He was the one who found this factory."

"Even if you didn't find it, I should have treated you to a meal since you accompanied me for most of the day to look at houses." Su Jiaojiao didn't expect that Li Nuo actually told Lu Jingyou about this. She didn't intend to hide it from him, but she felt that he was so busy that he didn't need to do such a small thing.

If she had known earlier, she would have gone straight to him instead of going through so much trouble.

"Okay, don't think too much about it. I was on a blind date that day, so I just casually asked Lu Jiahe. When Lu Jiahe heard that you were looking for a factory, he asked for help and then called Lu Jingyou to get the phone number of the street office. Lu Jingyou then helped to contact you." Li Nuo smiled. "So, you should thank Lu Jingyou!"

"I see." Su Jiaojiao didn't expect that the factory search had alarmed so many people. Lu Jingyou hadn't mentioned it to her, so he asked her, "How's your blind date going?"

"We're still talking. Once things settle down, I'll introduce you two to each other." Li Nuo said lightly, "Just consider it a chance for yourself!"

"That's right." Su Jiaojiao had no better advice for her on this matter.

When the two came out of the meal, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Lu Jingyou called Su Jiaojiao and said that he was on the way and asked her if she wanted to go see the monkeys today.

Su Jiaojiao said she would go and made an appointment to meet him at Nanshan Park.

Li Nuo teased her, "Speak of the devil, go on a date, and I won't be a light bulb."

When Su Jiaojiao arrived at Nanshan Park, Lu Jingyou had already arrived and was waiting for her in the car.

Upon learning that she had rented the cotton mill, Lu Jingyou looked at her gravely and said, "As long as you like it."

"I was originally planning to go out and look for it myself, but then I realized that Li Nuo was more informed than I was, so I mentioned it. I didn't mean to hide it from you." Su Jiaojiao explained to him. She put on a sun hat and found an umbrella from the car and gave it to him. Lu Jingyou took it and naturally embraced her under the umbrella. "I know you just don't want to trouble me, but this also shows that I'm not doing well enough."

Su Jiaojiao looked at him and remained silent.

It would be pointless if he got angry about it.

There are still many tourists on Cherry Blossom Avenue.

There was not a breath of cool breeze, it was stuffy and hot.

The two walked through the dense crowd for about ten minutes before entering the zoo.

The weather is too hot.

The monkeys on the Monkey Mountain all hid in their caves and refused to come out. Occasionally, one or two of them would run out and lie in front of the pool to drink water and play.

After watching the monkeys for a while, the two sat down on a wooden chair under the shade of a tree. Lu Jingyou asked her, "When do you plan to open your new factory? What do you need me to do?"

"I'll go check out the equipment tomorrow and have them deliver it directly. I'll have Cai Ting and Wang Xiaoyu go over there to debug it for two days. I don't need your help for now." Su Jiaojiao picked up a leaf from the ground and examined it carefully. "I'll definitely call you when I need you."