When Huang Qinqin and the others saw that Director Lu remained silent after reading the documents, they felt a little uneasy. In fact, Huang Qinqin wasn't very confident that the food factory would agree.
But she still had to try, otherwise all her efforts would be in vain. If she couldn't even get past the food factory, then all her subsequent ideas would be difficult to realize.
Huang Qinqin tentatively asked, "Director Lu, what do you think of our idea?"
Factory Director Lu silently organized his thoughts before saying, "Well, I think your department store's idea is particularly good."
"but!"
"As you know, there are only so many production workshops in a food factory. If we give you a separate production workshop as you're thinking, it will affect the normal supply to other places."
"So, if the department store needs our goods, we can provide them. But we can't meet the requirements in this form."
Although Huang Qinqin had anticipated being rejected, she still felt quite upset when she was actually rejected.
Director Lu returned the documents to Huang Qinqin, but she didn't take them. Instead, she chose to continue persuading him: "Director Lu, please don't be in such a hurry to reject us."
"Actually, we don't necessarily need to occupy an entire production workshop. You see, we only have additional requirements for product packaging."
"We could easily divide the work into smaller, dedicated packages specifically for the department store's merchandise during the final packaging stage."
Factory Director Lu felt that young people these days were too unrealistic: "Yes, indeed, all we need to do is have some workers pack the goods separately at the end."
"But have you considered that if the food factory agrees to your request for special packaging, where will they find that packaging? And who will bear the additional costs?"
If this is the reason why Director Lu refused, then Huang Qinqin felt that things should be settled.
"Director Lu, don't worry, we've already considered this. Please look at the last page of this document."
"The department store will be responsible for finding a team to provide the outer packaging. Then, the cost of the packaging purchased by the food factory can be directly added to the cost, and even a processing fee can be added appropriately."
"Moreover, if the department store's sales pick up, they will definitely place additional orders, and then the food factory will be able to expand its operations. At that time, everyone will praise you for your excellent management and service to the people."
"If we can add one more workshop, it will solve the employment problem for some people and help even more people, wouldn't you say?"
Director Lu only looked at the top page and didn't see the last page.
Now that we've seen it, he's not embarrassed at all. He's experienced all sorts of situations. As long as he's not embarrassed, he won't be the one who's embarrassed.
After taking a sip of water to ease the awkwardness, Director Lu calmly asked, "That's true, but are you young people capable of making this decision?"
"Of course, as you can see, these two are colleagues from the department store's finance team. Manager Gao specifically asked them to come with us."
"If you agree, we will draft the agreement and then come over with Manager Gao to formally sign it with you. It's all written down in black and white; the department store would never renege on its promise."
Huang Qinqin wasn't afraid that Director Lu would have any questions; she was afraid that he wouldn't have any questions at all.
Factory Director Lu nodded: "Alright, since you've come this far, then come back to me once you've written the agreement."
"Okay, thank you so much! Director Lu, what time will you be at the factory tomorrow?"
"Come at this time tomorrow as well, you're usually at the factory at this time."
"Okay, okay. Then we won't bother you any longer."
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Chenjia Village, Sixth Brigade, Hongqi Commune
The village chief reported the case to the commune a few days ago, but no one came to investigate. When he went to ask again yesterday, the commune told him to stop worrying about it.
The village chief felt a tightness in his chest. It was obvious that something was wrong. Chen Ming's family's house had been destroyed, and now the commune wasn't helping to investigate who set the fire.
What will they do in the future?!
When Chen Ming and his group returned to the village, everyone was still at work. They went directly to the brigade office to get the necessary documents sorted out.
"Chen Ming, you found a job in the city?!"
When the brigade secretary saw Chen Ming coming over, he originally thought that Chen Ming had come to apply for the reconstruction of his house, but it turned out that he had come to transfer his household registration.
Generally speaking, a person's household registration will remain in the same place from birth to death. There are only three situations in which household registration will be transferred: one is when a woman marries and her household registration is transferred to her husband's household registration.
One option is to find a job in the city, which allows you to transfer your household registration from the countryside to the city.
The last one is the current situation where educated youth from the city are sent to the countryside, and they also need to directly transfer their household registration to the rural areas where they are sent.
Chen Ming nodded: "Yeah, I was lucky. I found a temporary job in the city, so I came back to get the documents right away."
Then, he handed over the gifts that Zhang Yumei had prepared for them in advance to the brigade secretary and said, "Thank you for your care over the years, Secretary. These are some pastries we bought in the city. They're not worth much. Please take them back and let your children at home try them."
The brigade secretary took the pastries, his smile widening: "Alright, then I'll shamelessly accept them."
"Your workplace should only accept your household registration, right? Why do your wife and child also need to transfer their household registration?"
Chen Ming explained, "Because the houses in the village were burned down, Afang and the others have nowhere to stay when they come back. We don't have the money to build new houses for the time being."
"So we had no choice but to transfer Afang's household registration to Afang's older brother's place first, so that at least they could stay in the city and not become vagrants."
The brigade secretary's expression remained unchanged, but he was inwardly quite surprised. It seemed that Chen Ming's wife's elder brother was no ordinary person.
While the procedure itself is technically sound—in rural areas, it only requires the village committee's approval—transferring a rural household registration to the city requires connections and influence.
However, this has nothing to do with him. He is not familiar with Chen Ming's family and has never helped them before. Even if Chen Ming and his family become successful in the future, it will have nothing to do with him.
The brigade secretary signed and stamped all the documents: "Alright, all the documents have been stamped. If you need to submit any additional documents later, just come back to me."
"Okay, thank you, Secretary. I'll be going now. I need to get back to the city later. I'll treat you to a meal another time."
Xu Weiguo didn't go in; he stayed outside to keep an eye on Chen Mai and Chen Liang to prevent them from wandering off. Seeing him come out, he immediately asked, "Did you get all the documents?"
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