Chapter 143 Chapter 143 Generous

Jiang Xi now has enough money to repay the loan in advance, but Jiang Xi does not plan to repay it in advance. The brine factory has not been built yet, the trucks have not been bought, and even the store at the train station is still under negotiation. There are many places where money is needed.

After Jiang Xi finished her work in Shanghai, she took Xiufen back to Changfeng County. There were still many things waiting for her to deal with in Changfeng County.

Wu Yaqin stayed in Shanghai. There was currently no one in the store who could take over the making of the braised pork, so she was indispensable to the business.

As for Qi Yu'an, he had already gone back on his own. He had originally sent Jiang Xi to Shanghai and had been delayed there for a long time. After all, he was still an educated youth and did not have that much freedom, so Jiang Xi asked him to go back early.

"Be careful when you get back. Don't get separated from Xiufen. Go straight back to the shop after you get off the train. Don't run around the train station."

Wu Yaqin gave a worried reminder. The last incident not only left a shadow on Qi Yuan, but also on Wu Yaqin. She was afraid that Jiang Xi would have another accident.

Jiang Xi took her hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Mom. Last time was just an accident. The culprit is gone. Nothing will happen to me again."

When Jiang Xi returned to Changfeng County this time, his mood was very different. Although he could not be said to have returned home in glory, he had finally made a name for himself in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Xie Xiaoju was so happy to see Jiang Xi that she almost jumped up. "Jiang Xi, you're finally back! I missed you so much. How's things going in Shanghai? I heard they've opened their store there. Is business good?"

Xie Xiaoju is now the manager of the Wuji Zaolu store in Changfeng County. She is usually very dignified, and has become much more stable after becoming the manager. However, when she saw Jiang Xi, she couldn't help showing the joy of a young girl.

Kunzi watched silently from the side, his dark face expressionless, but his eyes were gentle. He and Xie Xiaoju had already expressed their feelings. Although Xie Xiaoju did not agree to him directly, she said that she would give him a chance.

Kunzi cherishes this opportunity very much. In his heart, Xie Xiaoju is good in every way. Of course, he must try his best to win over such a good girl.

Liu Hongxia's eyes almost turned red. In her heart, Jiang Xi was her role model, and it was Jiang Xi who helped her out of such a dark situation. To a certain extent, Liu Hongxia regarded Jiang Xi as the pillar of her life. Only when she saw Jiang Xi would she feel at ease.

Jiang Xi knew what Liu Hongxia was thinking. This girl was timid and shy and had suffered a lot. Jiang Xi deliberately joked, "Why do you have such a stern face? Are you not happy that I'm back?"

Liu Hongxia quickly said, "I'm happy. I'm so happy."

The shy girl is now bolder and can speak her mind directly.

Jiang Xi said, "Don't be too happy, I brought you something."

The Shanghai market has a wide variety of products, and it is much more convenient to buy anything than in Changfeng County. Jiang Xi specially bought gifts for everyone to celebrate the growing business of Wu Ji Zao Lu, and also to thank everyone for their hard work during this period.

Jiang Xi has more and more things to do, and it is impossible for him to take care of everything. It is precisely because of the support and hard work of these reliable friends that Wu Ji Zao Lu will develop better and better.

Jiang Xi has always adhered to the idea that everyone should make money together. Although she takes the lion's share, she doesn't want to treat those who do business with her unfairly.

It is impossible for a person to make all the money. Jiang Xi will never do anything to kill the chicken to get the eggs. What she wants is a steady stream of income and a good reputation and profit.

Jiang Xi bought a watch for each female comrade and a pair of cowhide shoes for each male comrade, both of which were practical.

These things are not cheap, and everyone was overjoyed. Xie Xiaoju put on the watch cherishingly: "It's really beautiful, Jiang Xi, I never thought that I could have a watch." A watch is not cheap, costing more than one hundred yuan. According to Xie Xiaoju's previous living standard, it was impossible for her to afford a watch.

Liu Hongxia was also very excited. What Xie Xiaoju said was exactly what she was thinking. In those days when she couldn't even afford to eat, how could Liu Hongxia dare to hope to have a watch?

After taking the watch from Jiang Xi, Liu Hongxia was reluctant to wear it. She held the watch in her hands, fearing that she would break it.

Jiang Xi didn't have time to rest after he came back. After a brief greeting, he and Xie Xiaoju checked the recent store accounts.

The business of the store has been very good recently. Wu Ji Zao Lu's business is divided into three major parts. Not only does it sell in its own store, but it also wholesales things to other small vendors. These vendors are distributed in various districts and counties near Changfeng County. Each time they take goods in hundreds of kilograms, which adds up to a considerable profit.

In addition, there are some people who help with sales, such as Zhou Jiangang. He found some other people to help with sales, and the sales area expanded from Changfeng County to surrounding areas, which added up to a considerable profit.

Jiang Xi asked Xiufen, "How's the chicken farm going now? What's the current progress on the expansion?"

Xiufen: "The expansion is almost complete now, just waiting for you to come and see it."

The chicken farm is currently undergoing a second expansion. Due to the increasing demand, the previous scale can no longer accommodate it, so Jiang Xi specifically notified Xiufen and Liu Daqiang to expand the chicken farm, and of course, they also need to recruit a new group of people at the same time.

This group of people will be selected first from those who registered last time. If there are not enough candidates, we will recruit people from outside.

This time, Jiang Xi gave full authority to Xiufen and Liu Daqiang to be responsible for recruiting people. Jiang Xi has too many things to do now, and she must learn to delegate power. Otherwise, if she does everything herself, she will be exhausted.

Xiufen and Liu Daqiang did not disappoint Jiang Xi's expectations and carefully selected a group of people.

Xiufen said, "Why don't you go to the chicken farm? Everyone wants to see you."

Jiang Xi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go with you to the chicken farm." Jiang Xi hadn't met this group of new employees yet. Besides, Jiang Xi also wanted to see how far the chicken farm had expanded. This was a business closely related to Wu Ji Zao Lu, so he couldn't be careless.

The chicken farm has changed a lot. A new gate has been built, making it look more imposing. The factory buildings have been expanded from one row to three rows, and several more chicken coops have been built.

Liu Daqiang was following a group of workers to drive the chickens into the chicken coop. Because Jiang Xi insisted on using the traditional free-range chicken breeding model, the task of the chicken farm workers every day was to let the chickens out of the chicken coop and drive them back to the chicken coop at night. Although it was troublesome, the result was good. The chicken was firm and of good quality.

Seeing Jiang Xi and Xiufen coming back, Liu Daqiang was overjoyed. He clapped his hands and came out of the grazing area: "Boss Jiang, you're back."

As management becomes more and more standardized, Liu Daqiang, Xiufen and other employees will call Jiang Xi "Mr. Jiang" in the workplace, instead of calling him by his name casually as before.

Jiang Xi didn't care about these titles, as long as he could get the job done, but since others insisted, Jiang Xi had no choice but to let them do as they pleased.

Jiang Xi nodded and said, "I'm back. Thank you for your hard work."

Liu Daqiang said honestly: "It's not hard. I have food and drink, and I can make money. How can it be called hard work?" And the most important thing is that Liu Daqiang is now the deputy factory director. As more and more people come to the chicken farm, his subordinates have to deal with more and more things, and he is the one who has the final say in the chicken farm.

Everyone has vanity, and Liu Daqiang is no exception. Being called "Deputy Factory Director" every day, Liu Daqiang's vanity is satisfied and he is naturally in a good mood.

Liu Daqiang stared at Xiufen. Xiufen was on a business trip, and he couldn't sleep well these days at home alone. But he couldn't stop his wife from making progress, and he had a lot of things to do at the chicken farm.

Because of the noble people they met, their family had such a good opportunity to make progress together and live better and better. Liu Daqiang is not dissatisfied with his current life at all.

Jiang Xi was thinking about the chicken farm expansion: "What stage has the expansion progressed to now?"

Liu Daqiang replied: "We have built several additional factory buildings and chicken coops, and the number of chickens has increased significantly. We now have about 5,000 chickens in the factory."

Five thousand, Jiang Xi frowned, thinking it was too few: "Add a few more, set a goal, and raise ten thousand in this phase."

Ten thousand chickens? That's a fivefold increase compared to the 2,000 chickens at the beginning of the factory. The chicken farm has only been open for a few days, is it going to expand so quickly?

Liu Daqiang: "Will you be unable to digest all this?"

Jiang Xi shook his head. "No, the Shanghai market is huge, and we've already established in-depth cooperation with several factories. As long as their orders come in, it won't be a problem to process thousands of chickens. Besides, we also have the business from the Shiquan Hotel and our shop."

This time the big order mainly sells braised chicken gift boxes, so the quantity of braised chicken is relatively small. The chickens currently raised in the chicken farm can barely meet the supply, but when the sales of braised chicken open up in the future, the number of chickens raised in the chicken farm will not be enough.

Liu Daqiang had never been to Shanghai, but he had heard that people there were very rich, and now he finally believed it.

Most people in Changfeng County are not well-off and only buy meat occasionally to satisfy their hunger. He heard from Xiufen that people in Shanghai are rich enough to eat meat every meal, and those with good family conditions even make chicken soup every day during the confinement period.

It seems that business still needs to go global. Liu Daqiang believes that his vision and judgment are far inferior to Jiang Xi's, so he did not refute: "Okay, let's build a few more chicken coops and strive to raise 10,000 chickens."

Jiang Xi: "Although the expansion is relatively fast, we also need to be steady and ultimately ensure the quality of the chicken."

Liu Daqiang nodded: "Yes, okay."

Jiang Xi asked again: "How are the new employees?"

Liu Daqiang: "These employees are quite honest and work hard. They're doing OK so far. Do you want to talk to them?"

This was also another reason why Jiang Xi came to the chicken farm: "Okay, call them over and I'll have a few words with them."

Liu Daqiang gathered everyone together: "Attention everyone, Director Jiang is back, everyone gather together! Director Jiang wants to say a few words! Everyone, give him a warm welcome!"

Jiang Xi...

The first batch of employees at the chicken farm had naturally met Jiang Xi. After all, they were all recruited by Jiang Xi, so they were relatively calm.

However, the new employees had never seen Jiang Xi before. Some were surprised, some were nervous, and they all lowered their heads and dared not breathe heavily. They only dared to glance at Jiang Xi out of the corner of their eyes. They had heard that their factory director was a young girl, but they didn't expect her to be so young.

The chicken farm has recruited 15 more employees. Now there are about thirty employees in the entire chicken farm. According to the current employment needs of the chicken farm, thirty people are enough.

Jiang Xi glanced at the workers standing in rows. "Hello everyone, I'm Jiang Xi, the director of the chicken farm. It doesn't matter if we've met before or not. Even if I'm not here, as long as you abide by the factory's rules and regulations and work according to the factory's standards, the factory will not treat you unfairly. Since you've joined the chicken farm, you're a part of it. I won't say any empty words. If you do well, everyone will make money. If you don't do well, then sorry, I will also quickly arrange for that person to leave."

Jiang Xi was telling the truth. The old employees had already received their first bonus, and their welfare benefits were the same as what the factory had promised at the beginning.

Although the new employees have not received their bonuses yet, they have heard from the old employees about Jiang Xi's style: if the work is done well, he will not be stingy with money, but if the work is not done well, he should not be complacent, because Director Jiang will let people go immediately.

A total of 15 employees were recruited in the first batch. However, during the trial period, two people thought that Jiang Xi was young, thin-skinned and easy to fool. They also relied on the fact that he had raised chickens before, so they did not listen to the factory's arrangements or abide by the rules and regulations, and continued to do things according to their previous habits.

After Jiang Xi knew about it, he immediately asked the two people to leave. The two people cried and begged for a long time, but Jiang Xi's attitude did not change.

She had informed the workers of the factory's system in detail. The established rules cannot be abolished, otherwise everyone will treat them as empty talk. How can the factory operate smoothly then? In the end, Jiang Xi did not give in. The two men could only leave in disgrace. They regretted it when they left. If they had abided by the factory's regulations, they would still have a job now.

The first batch of employees knew all these things, and they also told the new employees when chatting with them. So when everyone had nothing to do, the most they did was to learn the factory rules and regulations, for fear that they would make a wrong step and lose their job. They had worked hard to get this job, and the benefits were so good, only a fool would not cherish it.

Zhao Xiaofen was also in the crowd. She was now the leader of the breeding group, in charge of more than a dozen people. But even so, she still felt that Jiang Xi was too impressive and she was no match for him.

Chen Xiaojuan was also standing in the crowd, staring at Jiang Xi without blinking.

Chen Xiaojuan was married to an old widower by her parents. The old widower loved drinking and would beat her when he was drunk. Chen Xiaojuan had no choice but to escape. Because Jiang Xi gave her a chance, Chen Xiaojuan now has a place to settle down. She is very grateful to Jiang Xi. When she sees Jiang Xi again, Chen Xiaojuan suppresses her excitement.

Jiang Xi saw Chen Xiaojuan in the crowd and nodded at her. Chen Xiaojuan's face suddenly showed joy. Jiang Xi still remembered her!

Jiang Xi ended the short meeting with a few simple words, but it left an indelible impression on the workers.

Communicating with people is an art, and of course talking to leaders is even more of a science.

After Jiang Xi finished dealing with her business matters, she went to find Zhao Guoqiang. The longer she did business, the more Jiang Xi understood the truth that having more friends means having more paths. Besides, Zhao Guoqiang was a leader, and it would only benefit her to have a good relationship with him. Moreover, Zhao Guoqiang had helped her so much. Jiang Xi returned to Changfeng County, and she had to squeeze out time to visit Zhao Guoqiang.

Zhao Guoqiang has been very busy recently. He has cleaned up his subordinates through a series of measures. Now the entire county leadership team obeys his orders, and the reforms he wants to carry out can proceed smoothly.

Zhao Guoqiang is a very ambitious leader who is determined to achieve results in Changfeng County. To achieve results, one must devote time and energy. During this period, the entire leadership team of Changfeng County has been very busy.

Zhao Guoqiang was not surprised to see Jiang Xi. Jiang Xi always did things prudently and thoroughly. As long as he returned to Changfeng County, he would definitely come to see him.

"You're back so soon. How was your time in Shanghai?" Zhao Guoqiang's tone was casual, but Jiang Xi's answer was not casual.

Jiang Xi simply told Zhao Guoqiang what had happened in the Shanghai Stock Exchange during this period, as if he was reporting to his superior. Of course, he only picked out good things that could prove his ability.

"Wu Ji Zao Lu is already open in Shanghai and has received very good feedback. We also cooperated with a Shanghai pastry factory to jointly produce a gift box, which is also selling well. In addition, Wu Ji Zao Lu has also started selling it in the Shiquan Hotel, and the response from all aspects has been very good."

Zhao Guoqiang was very happy: "Is that so? It seems that Jiang Xi's business is doing well. It can be said that it is flourishing everywhere. However, since it is developing so well in Shanghai, will it affect the business in Changfeng County?"

There is no nonsense in what the leader says. Jiang Xi knew what Zhao Guoqiang meant and was afraid that she would directly set up her stall in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. By then, no matter whether the company performed well or not, Changfeng County would have no chance of survival.

How could Zhao Guoqiang allow this to happen? He originally supported Jiang Xi in order to establish Jiang Xi as a role model. Jiang Xi was part of his achievements. Jiang Xi knew Zhao Guoqiang's thoughts very well.

Jiang Xi said with a look of grievance, "How is that possible? Changfeng County is my root, and it's where I started. The chicken farm is still here, and it's already being expanded. I also want to open a brine factory later. There are so many things to do in Changfeng County in the future. Besides, it's only with your support that I can develop so smoothly in Changfeng County. I'm not someone who forgets my roots."

Zhao Guoqiang smiled: "I just mentioned a few things casually, why are you feeling wronged?" Although he said so, Zhao Guoqiang was very satisfied with Jiang Xi's answer and brought up another matter.

"Did you know that the store at the train station is up for tender?"

Jiang Xi had heard Liu Weiqiang mention this before, but now that Zhao Guoqiang brought it up, Jiang Xi pretended not to know: "Really? That's great! I've wanted to open another Wu Ji Zao Lu restaurant near the train station. Boss, do you think I have a chance to apply to rent a shop?"

Zhao Guoqiang: "That's what I meant to tell you. You meet the store's bidding requirements. You can submit an application."

Jiang Xi immediately said, "Thank you, leader. You always think of me when you have good things. I am so lucky to have met such a good leader like you."

Zhao Guoqiang laughed: "You are exaggerating a bit. You did a good job and it met the standards. Otherwise, I would not have mentioned this to you."

"The leader is right. I am so happy, and everything I said just now was from the heart."

Jiang Xi showed the braised stew gift box he had brought back to Zhao Guoqiang: "This is the gift box I launched in collaboration with the Shanghai Pastry Factory. It's no longer for sale. I thought you hadn't seen it yet, so I wanted to bring it back for you to take a look."

Zhao Guoqiang stared at the gift box on the table and smiled: “No wonder it sells so well, this gift box is quite beautiful.”

Zhao Guoqiang paused and said, "Xiao Jiang, although you have achieved some results, you still have to keep working hard. Remember, there are always people who are better than you."

These words were said with great earnestness. Even though Zhao Guoqiang had his own purpose in helping Jiang Xi, he also provided a lot of support on Jiang Xi's path to growth.

Jiang Xi said cautiously, "Don't worry, leader. I've remembered everything you said to me. I will definitely work hard to make Wu Ji Zao Lu a success and let the whole world know about our Changfeng County Wu Ji Zao Lu."

After leaving the county government, Jiang Xi went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau again. Although Zhao Guoqiang had guaranteed that Jiang Xi could rent a shop at the train station, Liu Weiqiang was the first to tell her about this. It was reasonable for Jiang Xi to go to Liu Weiqiang.

Besides, the more connections the better, and Jiang Xi won't just cut off existing relationships that can be maintained.

Liu Weiqiang was also very happy to see Jiang Xi. Jiang Xi took the initiative to greet him: "Director Liu, long time no see. How have you been recently?"

Liu Weiqiang: "It's the same as always. You're such a busy man, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Jiang Xi's eyes curved, "I just came back from Shanghai yesterday. I haven't seen Director Zhao for a long time, so I came to see you and bring you something."

Liu Weiqiang had already noticed the gift box in Jiang Xi's hand and pretended to be angry, "We will never take a single needle or thread from the people. What are you doing? Take it back now. We don't tolerate this."

Jiang Xi: "Director Zhao, you misunderstood me. This is a holiday gift box jointly launched by me and the Shanghai Pastry Factory. The response is quite good, so I wanted to show it to you."

Liu Weiqiang had a similar reaction to Zhao Guoqiang after seeing the gift box: "The gift box is very beautiful, it should be able to sell for a lot of money."

Jiang Xi didn't answer directly, but said: "It's all luck."

Liu Weiqiang shook his head and smiled: "You, my little comrade, are becoming more and more talkative."

Liu Weiqiang took the initiative to bring up the matter of the shops at the train station: "What I told you last time is basically ready to be implemented. Did you propose to rent two shops at that time?"

Jiang Xi immediately said: "Yes, if we can rent two rooms, that would definitely be better. Of course, I wouldn't mind if there are more. It depends on whether there is such an opportunity."

Liu Weiqiang said, "You're dreaming. That shop has a lot of people looking at it, but it's no problem for you to rent one."