Chapter 99: I have tried my best to recommend you, so I will add another 1,000 words first...
As they talked, they walked to Xu Heye's rental house.
Dong Xinghua put on an apron and started cooking, while Xu Heye took the schoolbag containing the money out of the box and counted it. There were actually 2,134 yuan.
After deducting the two hundred and sixty-four left as change, we actually made a total of one thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars in this short time yesterday afternoon.
She took out 1,500 yuan and put the rest back into her schoolbag. Then she handed the 1,500 yuan to Dong Xinghua and said, "Aunt, this money is for everyone's wages. Go to the old church tomorrow and distribute it to everyone."
Dong Xinghua wiped her hands on her apron, took the money, and counted it. "Fifteen hundred! How come it's so much? Lu Jun and the other four worked twelve days, and your Aunt Lian came in a day late. Ten yuan per person per day, that's only five hundred and ninety yuan for the five of us."
Xu Heye smiled and said, "Aunt, here's your and uncle's wages! Don't refuse. You're my family and have helped me so much, so I can't let you work for nothing."
Dong Xinghua rolled her eyes at her, moved. "That doesn't need to be so much."
Xu Heye continued, "Of course, this isn't all your wages. After deducting the wages, there's only 670 yuan left. Auntie, this money I'm giving you will be useful."
"You're meeting with the factory managers tomorrow, right? When you're dealing with those experienced people, you're bound to buy them a drink, a cigarette, or a meal. All of that costs money. Of the 570 yuan I'm giving you, 70 is for your activities, and the remaining 500 is a down payment for the fabric."
Dong Xinghua nodded and put the money in her pocket: "Okay, Auntie got it. Let's eat."
Xu Heye nodded, picked up a piece of tofu, and ate while saying, "Aunt, although we have earned a little money these two days, we still have to buy fabrics and pay the aunts we hired today, so this money cannot be touched.
When you pay Uncle Lu and the others tomorrow, please tell everyone that although I can only pay you a basic salary for now, I will definitely give you a huge red envelope when I make more money later. I won't let your hard work go to waste."
Dong Xinghua nodded: "Auntie understands. Don't worry, Auntie will help you take care of it."
She was also a veteran who had worked in the factory for over a decade and understood the mentality of workers. Although everyone initially worked with the intention of helping Xu Heye, they didn't ask for anything in return.
But when everyone found out that this business was so profitable, Xu Heye still took everyone's hard work for granted. He ate the meat himself and was reluctant to give everyone some soup. Everyone must have been dissatisfied.
Xu Heye picked up a piece of meat for Dong Xinghua and said, "Auntie, you too, I'll give you a super big red envelope too."
Seriously speaking, her aunt played a huge role in her business. She found the cheap but high-quality fabrics, and she also arranged for the aunts working in the old church. Tomorrow she will go and help her negotiate new fabrics...
If it weren't for her aunt, no matter how many ideas and suggestions she had, she wouldn't be able to run this stall.
"Okay, then I'll be waiting for your big red envelope," Dong Xinghua said with a smile. She didn't care about the money Xu Heye earned, but she was happy that her niece remembered her kindness.
"By the way, auntie, how many aunties did you find to help us with work today?"
Dong Xinghua said, "Besides Sister Lian, I've hired eleven new people today. Four for cutting, three for sewing, three for buttoning, and one for ironing."
"With so many people, how much can be produced?"
Dong Xinghua thought for a moment and said, "Everyone just arrived today and isn't very skilled yet. We've only made 273 pieces in total, 100 of which were made by Sister Lian. I also worked on over 30 pieces after I came back this afternoon."
"That means the three new seamstresses only made less than 150 pieces in total in one day, an average of less than 50 pieces per person."
Xu Heye shook her head: "Aunt, it's not enough. This output is totally insufficient."
"We need to finish the goods we have as quickly as possible. You can hire a few more people, two more cutters, a few more sewers, and more button stylists. After all, we're all paid by the piece, so the more we do, the more we'll get. We won't lose out."
"Okay, then I'll go find Sister Lian later and ask her to recommend more people. She has lived here for a long time and knows who are hygienic and who are skillful." With what Xu Heye said before, Dong Xinghua also knew the urgency of time.
They only have half a month, no, not even half a month, before their competitors' products are about to come out. They must rush to produce as much goods as possible before others enter the market and make money.
After the aunt and nephew finished their meal, Dong Xinghua prepared to go to the next door house to find Mrs. Lian and ask her to help find someone.
Xu Heye thought of the routine operation of electronics factories in the future when they were short of workers, and hurriedly called out to Dong Xinghua, "Auntie, tell Aunt Lian that if she can help find a skilled worker who knows how to cut or sew, she'll give her a two-yuan referral fee."
"Referral fee?"
"Yes." Xu Heye nodded. "Aunt, we are racing against time and money. We must recruit the right people as quickly as possible. Finding people to help us depends entirely on their enthusiasm. But paying them is different. People will pay more attention if there are benefits.
But you must make it clear that our referral fees are not free. They only work for experienced people, not for novices."
She wanted more than just people, but people who could get started, do the work, and produce output. Their time was limited, and it was impossible for them to be guided by a master like in the old state-owned factories, leaving them time to learn slowly.
"It's the same for everyone else. As long as they can recruit experienced people, they will also be given a referral fee."
"By the way, to prevent those experienced recruits from getting upset, tell them that as long as they can earn 50 yuan here, they can also get a 2 yuan referral fee."
"Okay, auntie got it." Dong Xinghua looked at Xu Heye and couldn't help but sigh. Her niece was really smart. She was worthy of being her eldest sister's daughter and was as smart as her eldest sister.
Dong Xing went out and walked towards Lian's house.
Xu Heye washed dishes and boiled water at home. After all, she was young. Just because her aunt and uncle were willing to believe her didn't mean other adults were willing to believe her as well.
Letting people know that she is the one in charge will only affect others' trust in their small stall.
Another thing is that she didn’t take a shower yesterday, so her body is still sticky. She can’t wait to boil some more hot water and take a nice bath.
Just as Xu Heye boiled some water, took off her cotton clothes and prepared to take a bath, Lu Jun and Liu Tong came over and handed Xu Heye a passbook.
When Xu Heye opened it, she saw that her name was written on the note, and there was almost three thousand yuan in it.
"How come there are so many?"
Lu Jun said, "This is the sales revenue from last night and today. We've saved it here. He Ye, hide the paper."
Xu Heye looked at the bankbook with both small and large amounts of money, and was deeply moved. Uncle Lu and his friends had deposited all the money they had earned from the sales, leaving nothing for themselves.
"Did you save all the money from the sales?"
Lu Jun nodded and said, "It's too much money. We are out and about every day. It's not safe to carry it with us, and we're worried about keeping it at home." He simply opened a passbook in Xu Heye's name and deposited the money.
After the two finished their business and were about to leave, Xu Heye quickly stopped them.
"Uncle Lu, Uncle Liu, wait a moment." She took out two hundred yuan from her backpack and handed them to the two of them. "You should keep some money. When you're out and about, eating, drinking, and so on, everything costs money."
Lu Jun refused: "We have money."
It was Xu Heye's insistence that made him accept it. "Don't worry, Heye, we won't waste it."
After leaving the rental house, Liu Tong couldn't help but sigh: "This fake collar really makes money. It's only been one day, and I've made nearly 3,000 yuan. You know, I've never made so much money in my life."
Lu Jun glanced at Liu Tong, patted his shoulder, and comforted him: "Tongzi, broaden your horizons and don't be fooled by the small benefits in front of you."
The fake collar business was lucrative, but Lu Jun wasn't jealous. Just because Xu Heye had warned his mother against being scammed, Lu Jun would be forever grateful to her.
Besides, Lu Jun had an inexplicable premonition that following this girl might enable him to earn money that he could hardly imagine in the future.
Liu Tong was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, I'm not that careless. Besides, He Ye is Fu Zi's niece. I believe that if she gets something good, she will definitely not forget us uncles."
Almost not long after the two left, uncle Dong Fuyun and Cheng Zijun came over and also gave Xu Heye a passbook.
The passbook was in Xu Heye's name, and it contained all the money they had earned from selling goods over the past two days, a total of 4,300 yuan.
The two of them only kept a small amount of change for change.
Xu Heye was very touched. How could she be so lucky to meet such a group of nice people?
The next day, Dong Xinghua got up early, cooked a meal and brought it to Old Dong. After returning, she immediately went to the grocery store, borrowed a landline to call Wang Anwen, and asked him to help arrange an appointment with the managers of other textile factories for lunch.
After the call, Dong Xinghua went to the old church to interview new people.
There were surprisingly many people coming this time, more than thirty in total, but only twelve of them had real experience in cutting and sewing, and the others were just there to join in the fun.
But Dong Xinghua didn't let these people off the hook either. Even if they couldn't cut or sew, they could still sew buttons. Even if they were too clumsy to sew buttons, they could still iron and trim the threads. The only difference was that the labor costs for the latter two steps weren't as high as the first three.
After agreeing on the finished product standards, scrap rate and labor costs with everyone, Dong Xinghua took out twenty-four yuan, which was the recommendation fee for the twelve experienced people.
Among these twelve experienced workers, six were recommended by the same elder sister, so she alone received twelve dollars.
It is equivalent to a worker's one-day salary.
The eldest sister was grinning from ear to ear, she was so happy.
The others looked at the eldest sister with envy and jealousy in their eyes. Dong Xinghua struck while the iron was hot and said, "It's the same for everyone. If you know relatives or friends who can cut or sew, you can recommend them to us. The standard is still the same. We will give a two-yuan referral fee for each person you recommend."
After saying this, she looked at the experienced workers again and said, "We pay by piecework here, according to work, and the more you do, the more you earn. As long as the tailors and sewists who are recommended to us can work here and successfully earn 50 yuan in wages, they can also receive the 2 yuan referral fee."
These skilled workers didn't expect such a pleasant surprise and all laughed.
"Okay, thank you, boss."
They were already unemployed and had to rely on their savings to make a living. Although they came here to do odd jobs, the wages were not low.
They can earn ten cents for sewing a fake collar. The fake collar is not big and requires little sewing. If they are quick, they can sew hundreds of them a day, which makes them about ten yuan, which is not much different from working in the factory before.
I can earn a hundred yuan after working for ten days, which is enough to take care of my family's food, clothing, housing and transportation for a month. It's pretty good.
After recruiting people and dividing the work tasks, everyone got busy.
With so many people, Huang Wangcheng alone would not be able to handle the subsequent processes of color matching. He picked two young girls who were sensitive to color matching from the workers and paid them ten yuan per day to help with color matching.
Dong Xinghua was pleased to see that everything was running smoothly. She checked her watch and saw it was almost ten o'clock. She quickly straightened her clothes, left the old church, and took a taxi to the factory where she worked.
When she arrived, Wang Anwen had already taken leave and was waiting for her at the factory gate.
Wang Anwen said, "I've booked a table at Laobanzhai. You can also buy two bottles of Shenxian wine and each of you can bring a pack of cigarettes. They don't have to be too good, but not too bad either. I think what you're thinking of will be almost done."
Shenxian Liquor is their local specialty liquor, a strong-flavored liquor.
It is made from high-quality sorghum and traditional Daqu, and is brewed using processes such as continued mixed steaming of the mash and solid-state fermentation in cellars. The wine has a clear and transparent body, rich cellar aroma, mellow and sweet taste, and a long aftertaste.
The locals all approve of this wine, so it's not embarrassing to buy two bottles of it to treat guests.
"Okay." Dong Xinghua also knew that it was impossible to ask for help without giving some benefits. "Old Wang, thank you for arranging it."
"Why be so polite to your brother Wang?" In Wang Anwen's heart, Dong Xinghua was no different from his sister.
The two of them got in a taxi and headed for Laobanzhai. After arriving at the hotel, Dong Xinghua went to the nearby store and bought two bottles of Shenxian wine and six packs of cigarettes. Four of them were gifts, and the remaining two were for Wang Anwen. This old man didn't like drinking, but he was always smoking.
Dong Xinghua stuffed the two extra packs of cigarettes she had bought into Wang Anwen's pocket, and Wang Anwen took them without refusing. He then led Dong Xinghua upstairs.
As he walked up the stairs, he explained, "After all, we have to discuss business, and it's not good to be seen in the lobby, so I booked a private room."
"I understand, Old Wang, you're very thoughtful." The two entered the private room, and a waiter soon arrived with tea and menus. Dong Xinghua ordered a few more long-lasting dishes and had them prepared in the kitchen. She would wait for customers to arrive before ordering the other quick-cooking dishes.
It was almost half past eleven when the two arrived at the hotel. After waiting for about ten minutes, other people gradually arrived.
Of course, these people are not big shots like factory directors or deputy factory directors, but warehouse managers like Wang Anwen.
As the old saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. The warehouse manager does not have much power, but he still has the right to deal with these scattered scraps of cloth and some very small quantities of leftover goods that no one wants.
Basically, as long as someone wants it, you can negotiate a price with them, go to the finance department to pay the money and get the order, and then you can take the things away.
But that's all I need. If you need more, you'll have to consult the factory manager.
Without connections, you really can't meet those people. Even if you do meet them, they can't be appeased with just a meal, a pack of cigarettes, or a bottle or two of good wine.
But now they are still fighting on a small scale and have not considered the level.
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