As the new year began, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Xin visited the Bai family to offer her New Year's greetings. After exchanging greetings with the other members of the Bai family, she went upstairs with Lin Xiazhu for a private chat.
"I recently went shopping at the mall a few times and bought some clothes, shoes, and toys for my godson and daughter. I didn't know what kind of things the little ones would like, so I bought a little bit of everything. Take a look and see if they look good. I think they're pretty nice." Yan Xin had two large boxes of things brought up.
Lin Xiazhu sighed and said, "Why don't you just become the child's grandmother? You're such a worrywart. You've bought so many clothes. There's not enough for everyone to wear a different outfit every day. Children grow up so fast."
“I know, last time I bought clothes for Cha Cha’s twin sons, they were just the right size. This time I’m even more experienced, I bought more than a dozen sets for each month. Look, these are for January to March, and these are for six months later…” Yan Xin directly provided clothes for the children for three years.
"Take it easy, don't spend money recklessly. It's such a waste to buy too many clothes that we can't wear them all. You should also leave some room for the child's great-grandfather and father to show off, otherwise they won't be able to express themselves." Lin Xiazhu was both amused and exasperated. The old man had previously asked someone to prepare clothes for the little guy.
"Besides clothes, we can also buy baby bottles and other things. It's just a small amount of money. Even if they can't wear them, it won't matter." Yan Xin waved her hand dismissively. She enjoyed the process of buying things for the little one.
After looking at the clothes, Yan Xin got down to business, "The factory has had exceptionally good business from last year to this year, with orders more than doubling. Zhang Chaoyang, Zhou Ming, and Zhou Bing are really capable; they're the ones who brought in those orders."
"We've kept half of our staff at the factory working overtime during the Spring Festival to keep up with production. Once we start work in a couple of days, we'll need to hire more people and increase the production lines. We'll probably have to work on the fourth and fifth floors as well."
Previously, the fourth and fifth floors were empty and used to store miscellaneous items. Only the second and third floors had production lines, and the first floor was a warehouse. Originally, Lin Xiazhu and Yan Xin were rather laid-back and had no intention of vigorously developing the factory. Now, Zhang Chaoyang and the others are more motivated and want to expand production, which Lin Xiazhu and Yan Xin support.
“At the end of the year, Zhang Chaoyang and I talked for a long time. He, Zhou Ming, and Zhou Bing wanted to invest in ‘Five Star Electronics Factory.’ According to his vision, in three to five years, the factory will expand from the current 300-plus employees to over 1,000. When the funds are sufficient, they plan to buy the adjacent factory buildings as well,” Yan Xin said.
"Just keep an eye on things. It's a good thing they're willing to do it. It saves us a lot of trouble. We can just wait for our dividends. But how much are they planning to invest? Do they have that much money to invest?" Lin Xiazhu remembered that Zhang Chaoyang's family was just a middle-class family. Rural people could save up to 100,000 yuan in their entire lives. It was really a lot if they really invested.
“Zhang Chaoyang can come up with 500,000, Zhou Ming can come up with 600,000, and Zhou Bing can come up with 300,000. That’s pretty good. It’s said that their parents supported them. Do you know how their family made their fortune?” Yan Xin blinked, her words carrying a hidden meaning.
Lin Xiazhu thought about it. In this era, the only ways for rural people to make big money are raising pigs or cutting wood. The former is to seize the opportunity of the times, while the latter is to live off the land. If you have a brain, you can make a lot of money by leasing a mountain to cut down trees and selling the wood.
In her past life, she knew that some people in Shanhe Town had become rich by contracting mountain areas.
Sure enough, just as she was thinking this, Yan Xin said directly, "Zhang Chaoyang's parents raise several hundred pigs and have built a fairly large pig farm. It is said that they are only one or two years behind Chacha and Song Cheng, but they are still doing very well. He is from the county town, and the pig farm is located in the mountains near the county town."
"Zhou Ming and Zhou Bing's families are quite successful, making a living in the timber business, especially Zhou Ming's family, whose mountains are naturally planted with a lot of timber..." In short, these three seem to be doing quite well even if they were to develop their businesses in their hometown.
However, the timber business won't last long. After that, regulations will be stricter, and all the timber will be cut down. It will take many years for the second batch to grow up. For a long time, all the big trees on the mountain will be cut down, and only small trees will be planted by humans.
In another ten years or so, there will be too many people raising pigs, causing serious environmental pollution. Some small pig farms, especially those with inadequate sewage treatment measures, will all be required to be demolished. Those families who made their fortunes by raising pigs will have to find new ways to make money, which won't be so easy to find.
So when Lin Chacha said she wanted to develop her career in Beijing, she quickly agreed. Raising pigs is actually quite tiring. Although she hired people to help, there was still a lot to worry about. Lin Chacha and Song Cheng also ran a chicken and duck farm and sold pig feed. There were many things involved, so there were definitely many things to worry about.
They are still young and have the energy to take care of each other now. In a few years, when they have more children and are older, it will be more difficult. The main reason is that Lin Xiazhu hopes that her three younger sisters can live closer to her. Right now, only Lin Chacha is not yet in Beijing.
If she doesn't want to develop her career in Beijing, then so be it, Lin Xiazhu won't force her. But if she does want to come, Lin Xiazhu will definitely lend a hand.
“You said ‘Five Star Electronics’ is doing so well, can I let Chacha and Song Cheng invest as well? We can all make money together, but it’s just investing, we don’t have to do anything.” She knew that Chacha didn’t like being tied down and would definitely have to find something else to do, she couldn’t just sit obediently in the factory.
“Sure, we’ll need to buy a new factory later, and Zhang Chaoyang and the others definitely won’t have enough money. I originally wanted to buy the new factory with the two of us, but now we can let Cha Cha buy it.” Anyway, with the Bai and Yan families backing them up, the factory doesn’t need to worry about not having orders.
“You pay half, and Cha Cha pays half, and the two of you buy the new factory.” Lin Xiazhu was thinking that if Lin Cha Cha didn’t have enough money, she would lend it to her first.
Then it will be divided into Factory One and Factory Two. There was an umbrella factory next door that was going to relocate. It was said that it was going to move back to the main factory. The main factory of the umbrella factory is in the south and will not be coming here in the future. The umbrella factory did not buy the factory building directly, but rented it.
"How are their workers arranged?" Lin Xiazhu asked.
"Those who want to continue can go to the main factory in the south with us. Those who don't want to go can't be helped. As for subsidies, there probably won't be any. Many factories do this, and the workers can't do anything about it."
Go to the labor bureau? It's useless. The staff there will just give you the runaround, and some with bad tempers will even curse at you. Workers have no background or connections, and once they're yelled at, they don't dare to ask anything, and the matter is just left unresolved.
"The factory said they wouldn't fire them and would let them go with them, but most of the workers are used to staying here and don't want to go. Only a small number of workers are willing to relocate together. It's hard to say, and we can't control it."
Yan Xin sighed. In any case, their factory wouldn't move. Even if that day came, she believed they would do it in a more humane way.
At that time, the construction industry was still booming, mainly because the real estate sector was developing rapidly. Both the Bai family and the Yan family were involved in the real estate field and had quite a large presence. Lin Xiazhu was thinking that she could have Lin Chacha and Song Cheng open a building materials store sometime.
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