In the past, these small fishing villages by the sea relied on fishing for a living. Many people felt that life was too difficult and they couldn't make a living, so they secretly went to the port city.

Currently, each of the nearby villages has about a hundred people working in the port city.

After the establishment of the special economic zone, many villagers found ways to cross the border to visit relatives in Hong Kong, get married, or find jobs there, and then never returned.

Shen Yu is the only person who found a wealthy mother, but instead of settling in Hong Kong, she brought her mother back to invest.

The mother and daughter opened several factories here, which not only solved the employment problem for several villages around them, but also led several villages to develop together.

Many villagers in the nearby villages owe their jobs to them and are very grateful to them.

The village party secretary chatted with them for a while, then quickly said he had other things to do and took his leave.

Shen Yu sat in the old house for a while, told her parents-in-law about the household registration she had arranged in the port city for the children, left the gifts she had bought for them, her elder brother and sister-in-law, and her nephews, and then went home.

Liang Sanmei quickly asked her, "Xiaoyu'er, should I go over and keep an eye on Xiaoshu and the others?"

Shen Yu didn't stand on ceremony with her. "Mom, if you have time, you can come over and keep an eye on them for me, so they don't misbehave. I'll make lunch. You, Dad, and Xiao Rong can eat at my house for lunch. I'll go to the company in the afternoon."

Liang Sanmei immediately said, "Then I'll go with you now. Old man, you pack these things away first, I'll organize them when I get back."

Grandpa Shi replied, "I understand. You can go with Xiaoyu."

Shen Yu also reminded Grandpa Shi, "Dad, bring Xiao Rong and the others over for dinner later."

Grandpa Shi replied with a smile, "I know."

When Shen Yu and Liang Sanmei returned home, they saw the eldest son studying obediently inside, while the two younger ones were watching TV.

When Xiao Kang Kang and Xiao Shu saw Chen Yu return, they immediately smiled and called out, "Mommy..."

Seeing Liang Sanmei come in, the two little ones immediately stood up, happily rushed towards her, hugged her legs, and said in a spoiled tone, "Grandma, we missed you so much..."

The two children still have a strong affection for Liang Sanmei, who has been taking care of them recently.

Liang Sanmei also opened her arms and hugged them, smiling and kissing them, "Oh my, my little darlings, you're back from Hong Kong. Was Hong Kong fun?"

The two children eagerly replied, "It's fun, it's so much fun! There are so many, many, very tall buildings..."

"And there are so many big fish..."

The two children talked and gestured with their hands and feet, making Liang Sanmei laugh out loud.

Shen Yu went to the kitchen alone and took out some delicacies from the farm warehouse, preparing to cook a sumptuous lunch for everyone.

Now that she has her wealthy mother from the port city as an excuse, Shen Yu dares to take out and eat all the good things from the farm's warehouse without having to be afraid of anything anymore.

Braised sea cucumber with scallions, braised prawns, beef stew with potatoes, stir-fried squid with celery, pan-fried matsutake mushrooms with butter, cold cucumber salad, stir-fried bok choy with pork cracklings, and a pot of fresh and fragrant monkey head mushroom, fish maw and abalone soup.

After Shen Yu finished cooking, Grandpa Shi arrived with his two nephews who had just finished school.

The brothers Shi Zixuan and Shi Zirong hadn't seen Shi Zichen for several days and missed him quite a bit. The three boys hugged each other, laughing and joking, and were very happy.

When they saw how many delicious dishes Shen Yu had prepared, they exclaimed excitedly, quickly washed their hands, and sat down to eat.

The lunch was so plentiful and delicious that everyone ate until their mouths were greasy and they couldn't stop.

Shen Yu cooked a lot of dishes, but fortunately, the boys were all growing and had good appetites, so they finished all the food in the end.

Shen Yu told Shi Zichen to go to school with his two older cousins ​​in the afternoon.

He had only asked for Monday off, but something came up and he called back to ask Shi Zixuan to help him ask for two more days off.

Shi Zichen agreed and obediently went to school with his two older cousins ​​in the afternoon.

Shen Yu asked her mother-in-law to take Xiao Shu with her, while she went to the factory to see if there was anything going on there that needed her to handle when she returned.

Xiang Hong, the secretary who was hired last week, immediately reported on her work as soon as she saw Shen Yu return.

"Chairman Shen, warehouse manager Zhang Bing said that the warehouse's beverage inventory is almost full. Shouldn't we try to sell more? Otherwise, we won't have room to store them."

Shen Yu nodded. "Okay, I understand. Please inform the management of the beverage factory and the food factory to come for a meeting at 3:30."

Xiang Hong accepted the order, "Okay, I'll go and inform them right away."

It's not even 3 p.m. yet, she needs to quickly make an internal call to notify all the management teams and tell them to come over for a meeting.

Mr. Shen doesn't like people who are late.

At 3:30, all the management team members sat together in the conference room, waiting for Shen Yu to start a meeting for them.

Shen Yu also entered the conference room five minutes early, just in time.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shen Yu was very satisfied.

The management and employees of beverage and food factories are mostly veterans.

Their execution and work efficiency are top-notch.

Shen Yu has always liked them.

Some of the employees who joined the factory later were villagers from the surrounding area. They were hired to address local employment issues.

Otherwise, Shen Yu really wanted to hire all veterans as employees; they were so self-disciplined that she hardly had to worry about them.

Shen Yu had already learned about the problems of the two factories from Xiang Hong.

The main problem is that production efficiency is too high, leading to untimely sales and some overcapacity.

Encouraged by Shen Yu, everyone shared their opinions.

In the end, it was Shen Yu who made the final decision: "In addition to quickly opening up sales channels in various department stores, we also cannot ignore the increasing number of small shops."

"In addition, I will immediately contact newspapers and TV stations to prepare for advertising and promote our happiness beverage."

"Once the advertisements start, sales will definitely pick up, and the production department will probably be very busy again."

The workshop supervisors in the production department were all amused. "Chairman Shen, we're not afraid of being busy, we're afraid of having nothing to do."

The factory pays high overtime wages, and many of them come from poor families, so whenever there is overtime, they all vie to work overtime.

People in this era all want to work hard to make money and quickly improve their lives and those of their families through their own efforts. They don't have the same thoughts as people in later generations who want to retire at a young age.

After the meeting, Shen Yu started making phone calls to see if anyone knew anyone at the provincial TV station.

The first person she wanted to find was Yan Pengfei, the head of the China Chamber of Commerce.

He has the most powerful network of connections; if you need help, you can't go wrong by asking him!

Shen Yu called the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, but couldn't reach Yan Pengfei.

Ming Yannian told her that President Yan had gone to Beijing!