Chapter 166 Even his son could get preferential treatment in the rehearsal hall? ...

Considering the humid climate of the island, Fei Yan Textile Factory received special approval to add a shoe-making workshop to fulfill the shipping magnate's export sandal orders. Furthermore, the breathable sandals produced in Fei Yan Textile Factory's shoe-making workshop could also be sold at the island's supply and marketing cooperative.

Shipping magnate Luo Hansheng also stated that in order to better fulfill this order, he would help Feiyan Textile Factory introduce advanced rubber processing equipment, as well as more international shoe last design concepts and logo designs.

This allows the sandals and slippers produced by Feiyan Textile Factory to have even more "anti-slip, antibacterial, comfortable, and beautiful" characteristics.

Qin Xiangxiang was shocked after hearing this: "???"

It's one thing for a textile factory that's "not doing its proper business" to run a shoe-making workshop, but to have equipment and concepts that are more advanced than other shoe factories is just ridiculous.

Luo Hansheng is an old-fashioned businessman who was influenced by the Ningbo merchant culture. He values ​​promises and credit, and also pays attention to the spirit of merchant guilds. He is naturally close to and takes care of his fellow townsmen.

In terms of business assistance, he deeply understands the principle of "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." On Hong Kong Island, Luo Hansheng has supported many fellow villagers and is extremely experienced in this regard.

Seeing that the young female factory manager of Feiyan Textile Factory was bold, meticulous, and had ideas, he offered her a little help.

Qin Xiangxiang said, "It feels like the 'shoe-making workshop' in our textile factory has become more standardized."

Has the "bathing crab" been reinstated?

"Factory manager, our factory provides work sandals for other units and residents on the island, combining shoes with fabric and leather tailoring to provide more comfortable shoes."

"Our factory now has quotas for rubber and leather! We can also make shoes for provincial units!"

Qin Xiangxiang was speechless and choked with emotion: "..."

Things gradually developed in a way she never expected. She started by collecting scraps, but as she kept collecting, things snowballed and grew bigger and bigger.

Just like the Mawangdui incident last time.

"You damned man, you've got so many tricks up your sleeve."

Li Jianzhi and she looked at each other in surprise: "I didn't expect this either."

"Wife, I never imagined you were so capable."

Qin Xiangxiang was speechless.

After leaving the island, shipping magnate Luo Hansheng sent several Mingzhou cookbooks he had collected, specifically for Li Xiaopang, hoping he could recreate more of the flavors of his hometown.

This is the second person to send Li Xiaopang a recipe.

The Huang family gave Xiaopang their ancestral recipe book, and shipping magnate Luo Hansheng collected ancient recipe books from Mingzhou for Xiaopang, so Xiaopang now has several recipe books in his possession.

"Dad, our Li family recipes will definitely shine in my hands! I will spend my life combining the strengths of many families to write a classic recipe book that will be passed down through generations!" Seven-year-old Xiao Pang declared with great ambition.

"Li-style family recipes! To be passed down for thousands of years!"

Li Jianzhi was somewhat bewildered after hearing this. He whispered to his wife, Qin Xiangxiang, "Is our son serious?"

Qin Xiangxiang said, "This is your Li family's recipe. You can discuss it yourselves."

"Dad, Uncle Luo said that next time he comes, he wants to try my cooking again."

Li Xiaopang boasted to his father, "Even the shipping magnate of Hong Kong shed tears when he ate the food I cooked!"

Li Jianzhi: "..."

Damn, is this some kind of protagonist's halo? He can even take care of his son?

Qin Xiangxiang whispered to him, "Little Fatty put a lot of lard and sugar in the glutinous rice balls. The shipping magnate said it's like his grandma's cooking."

Li Jianzhi: "I know, your mom thinks you're cold, your grandma thinks you're cold..."

Qin Xiangxiang: "???? I think you're the one who feels cold!"

“Our son, Little Fatty, has the skills of a ‘grandma’s style’.”

Wearing long underwear when it's cold and eating more meat and sugar are the most traditional forms of care from elders, a practice that has remained unchanged throughout history.

Li Jianzhi murmured to himself, "With my protagonist's halo, will my son's 'grandma-style' cooking skills impress some celebrity or tycoon again?"

"This recipe is actually quite impressive."

The finished product was not good, but it still brought tears to the eyes of celebrities.

"Hiss—" Li Jianzhi gasped. He realized that besides shipping magnate Luo Hansheng, Huang Shuyun, the grandson of Master Huang, was also bowing down to Xiao Pang's culinary skills.

Although Huang Shuyun cannot speak, he has an exceptional talent for painting and may very well become a master in the future.

And he seemed to like Little Fatty's cooking.

Decades later, the "Lee-style Recipes" were published, which an art master loved since childhood and moved the shipping magnate of Hong Kong to tears...

Li Jianzhi told his wife Qin Xiangxiang about these ideas, and Qin Xiangxiang responded with a few sarcastic remarks: "My name is Qin Xiangxiang, but I think your name is Li Xiangxiang. You really know how to think."

Qin Xiang thought incredulously: "...An art master who loved it since childhood, and the shipping magnate of Hong Kong was moved to tears?"

"How about we have a foreign president exclaim, 'My God! This is an absolutely delicious Chinese delicacy!'"

Li Jianzhi blinked. "Oh no, I think that's very likely."

Because Li Jianzhi has eaten Chinese food overseas, and the modified Chinese food that is popular overseas and liked by foreigners might actually be "Little Fatty's style".

Qin Xiangxiang stepped on his foot: "You and your son are dreaming!"

"How is this possible?" Lin Xiuqin learned from Zhao Qiaoqiao that the middle-aged man that day was indeed Luo Hansheng, the shipping magnate of Hong Kong, many days later.

News was very scarce on the island, and there was no internet communication at that time; everything was passed down by word of mouth.

Zhao Qiaoqiao said smugly, "Lin Xiuqin, you're really lucky to have met such a big shot at the factory. I heard he's the shipping magnate of Hong Kong, owning many ships and doing ocean shipping business."

"Moreover, their shipping company delivered a batch of Nordic spruce wood to our factory. It seems that this is why the shipping magnate came to our island."

Zhao Qiaoqiao cupped her face in her hands and said dreamily, "Our factory director, Qin Xiangxiang, is really amazing. Many people call her 'the strategist in disguise'!"

"With such a capable factory manager leading the way, I believe that the equipment and benefits at our Feiyan Textile Factory will definitely get better and better."

Lin Xiuqin was dumbfounded. She couldn't come to her senses for a long time. Was that middle-aged man with the smell of cigars really the shipping magnate of Hong Kong?

She really missed out on becoming the shipping magnate of Hong Kong!

But we didn't get to say a single word, and even if we had, it wouldn't have made any difference...

Zhao Qiaoqiao: "The shipping magnate likes our factory's work sandals and has ordered tens of thousands of pairs. The province has given us special permission to open a shoe-making workshop. After we finish this batch of foreign trade orders, you can also buy sandals produced in our workshop at the island's supply and marketing cooperative next year. Isn't that good news?"

"The shipping magnate also promised to introduce rubber processing equipment to our factory, so I estimate we'll have quite a few more orders in the future..."

"How come the people at Feiyan Textile Factory are so amazing?" Although Zhao Qiaoqiao had only been working at the factory hospital for a short time, she already had a strong sense of collective honor.

During this time, Zhao Qiaoqiao has been bragging to her relatives and friends quite a bit.

"It's probably just luck."

Lin Xiuqin gave an awkward smile. Just who was this female version of the arrogant protagonist "Qin Xiangxiang"? She was definitely not the scheming Qin Xiangxiang she knew. How did she turn into a genius?

However, at this moment, Lin Xiuqin couldn't care less about Qin Xiangxiang. Her heart ached as she thought of Hong Kong shipping magnate Luo Hansheng. In 1973, she had just missed out on the "golden opportunity."

This is simply a case of being born at the wrong time!

In 1973, many people avoided overseas connections like the plague. But after the reform and opening up, Hong Kong businessmen, foreign businessmen, and overseas Chinese became highly sought-after, especially in Guangdong Province. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, at the train station, as long as someone who was suspected of being a Hong Kong businessman or other overseas investor got off, the investment promotion offices in various places would scramble to take them away.

...Lin Xiuqin was not familiar with the shipping business and could not think of any way to win over the shipping magnate of Hong Kong.

The feeling of missing out on the shipping magnate of Hong Kong was like the frustration of winning a lottery but not being able to redeem it. She felt that this was an opportunity that should have belonged to her, the female lead Lin Xiuqin. Otherwise, why would the shipping magnate appear in front of her at such an inopportune time?

But she missed it by mistake, and then she slapped her thigh in frustration.

Lin Xiuqin wondered if she was just "passing through the human world".

Qin Xiangxiang has already opened a textile factory, stirred up a storm at the Canton Fair, protected the national treasure at Mawangdui, created a new order for US dollar foreign exchange, and secured a foreign trade order from the Hong Kong shipping magnate...

Should she try to win over the "prodigal son version of Qin Xiangxiang"?

Qin Xiangxiang was currently processing the anti-corrosion spruce wood she had been longing for. It was all high-quality Nordic spruce wood, which would allow her to upgrade the parts of her domestically produced piano.

Aside from the building materials, Qin Xiangxiang plans to use anti-corrosion spruce wood to make a frame, fill it with coconut fiber and cotton yarn waste, and then wrap it with fireproof canvas to make a movable soundproof barrier to place in the noisiest part of the workshop.

This baffle can absorb and insulate sound, reducing factory noise.

"Factory manager, these soundproofing barriers are very effective! We should install one next to every telephone in the factory; the call quality will be excellent!"

"My ears feel so much better after the shield was put on, Factory Manager, this is wonderful!"

"Factory manager, you really know how to think about the workers."

...

Qin Xiangxiang also selected some timber and had several hospital beds made and placed in the factory hospital, ostensibly to "accommodate foreign patients in the future," but in reality, she planned to lie down in them herself when she was pretending to be sick.

Assistant He said longingly, "We can save more wood to make beds, and we can use poplin and other real or imitation silk fabrics to edge them... Factory director, we can save it to build a guesthouse for the factory in the future!"

"You really know how to think."

"Once our factory develops, we'll definitely build a guesthouse to facilitate visits from other leaders and learning opportunities from other factories... and maybe even stay with foreign guests!"

Besides the hospital beds, the space will also be used to decorate the rehearsal hall and music room of the arts troupe, with spruce wood for the ceiling and floor, which will provide excellent timbre, echo, and performance.

Qin Xiangxiang said, "Once the music room is renovated, we will apply to have a teacher from the factory school assigned to us so that factory workers and their children can learn musical instruments for free."

Li Jinling, Xue Haiyang, and other members of the factory's cultural troupe were overjoyed:

"Factory manager, will the children in our textile factory be able to learn musical instruments for free from now on?"

Can children learn artistic skills?

Li Jinling: "With my sister-in-law around, everyone can learn! Our factory is training a bunch of working-class artists and musicians."

"Our sister-in-law is truly amazing." Xue Haiyang was dumbfounded when he learned that Qin Xiangxiang was planning to decorate the arts rehearsal room with Nordic spruce wood.

Even in the provincial drama troupe, there are no vocal rehearsal conditions like this.

Furthermore, Qin Xiangxiang also plans to use scraps of spruce wood to have someone make a batch of musical instruments, which will be provided free of charge to employees and their children for learning.

Qin thought for a moment: "Let's find a craftsman to make a batch of factory-made violins first."

Xue Haiyang was speechless. According to Qin Xiangxiang's plan, these musical instruments, as well as the art rehearsal hall, especially the rehearsal hall, are made of spruce wood, which is a top-grade material for musical instruments. It can be used to make sound-absorbing walls and diffusers... This can rival the effect of a concert hall, and it would be perfect for testing and practicing one's voice.

Who knows, Feiyan Textile Factory might actually produce a few worker-artists.

Talented individuals are common, but discerning mentors are rare. This is also true in the arts, where many people never have the opportunity to recognize their own talents.

A good rehearsal room produces clear, resonant sounds with excellent resonance, which greatly encourages the singer.

People need positive feedback to get through the tedious learning process when practicing various arts and crafts.

When Xue Haiyang first chose to come to Feiyan Textile Factory, the drama troupe and former dance troupe members all thought he was deliberately degrading himself. But... the conditions he enjoys now... well...

Once the rehearsal hall is renovated, if the members of the drama troupe come to Feiyan Textile Factory to perform and entertain the workers, they will probably be amazed.

This is a textile factory... not a professional rehearsal hall for a song and dance troupe!