Chapter 188 Good things stimulate customers' desire to consume
"Are they here for a tryout? How dare they?"
"Their thighs are not as thick as my arms. When we go out to sea, any gust of wind can blow them away."
Discussions were accompanied by sneers, and the situation even tended to escalate.
Yu Baiwei and her group ignored the noise around them and walked towards the tryout location with determined eyes.
When they arrived at the designated location, they found that more than half of the fishing teams participating in the trial had arrived, and each team was standing in a zone with clear boundaries.
Some of the leaders who had been on ocean voyages with Yu Chaochuan hurried forward to greet him. However, they also expressed their disapproval of the women's ocean voyage team behind him.
"Captains, please come to me first to register your basic information, and then we will draw lots to determine the order." The speaker was a young man, and his voice attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone's eyes turned to the entrance and saw several serious-looking people walking towards them. Everyone couldn't help but straighten their backs for fear of losing points in the impression.
There were twenty teams in total. The secretary quickly completed the registration and began to announce the selection process and details.
The whole process is not complicated. First, the physical fitness test is conducted, then the professional knowledge is assessed, and finally the psychological quality test.
"Teams that fail to reach the passing score in any stage will be eliminated." The secretary continued, "After all the assessments are completed, the team with the highest total score will be employed by the Red Star Shipyard for a period of one year."
After that, he began to organize the lottery and divided the students into groups according to the order of the lottery, with four groups being tested each time.
Haiyu Village was assigned to the third group. Due to differences in physiological structure, their scores in the first round reached the passing level, but they ranked last.
In an instant, harsh and derogatory words rang out again, and Yu Baiwei and the others' ears were filled with laughter, but they still did not take it seriously.
The situation changed dramatically at the beginning of the second round. The Haiyu Village Women's Ocean-going Team relied on solid professional knowledge, keen reaction ability and strong psychological quality to win the first place in the second and third rounds with extremely high scores.
"The tryouts are over, and the team that finally stands out is the Haiyu Village Ocean Going Team." The secretary announced the final result.
The whole audience was silent, but the others had no choice but to leave.
Yu Chuyue read the employment contract carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, she smiled and stamped the Haiyu Village seal at the end of the contract.
"It is tentatively scheduled to go out to sea on March 8." The secretary opened the notebook, "Before departure, we need to get in touch with other staff members, so the team members will go to the provincial capital for training on February 20."
Yu Chuyue nodded, asked for details, and recorded them one by one in the notebook.
When the group walked out of the shipyard, the sky was dark and the streets were sparsely populated.
At this moment, the commendation meeting of the provincial cannery had just begun. All the staff stood up and sang the national anthem, setting a solemn and serious atmosphere for the meeting.
Then, the host read out the commendation decision, leaders presented certificates and prizes, advanced representatives spoke, artistic performances were held, and the factory director delivered a speech. The meeting proceeded smoothly according to the established process.
The commendation meeting ended with the passionate chorus of the factory song. Everyone's eyes were shining with enthusiasm, and they were eager to get back to work and show their talents.
Yu Zhile breathed a sigh of relief as he watched everyone leave the stage with high morale, but his solar plexus ached slightly from concentrating for so long.
"How does it feel?" Wang Sumei asked.
Yu Zhile joked: "My head is like paste now, but I think the future of Haiyu Non-staple Food Processing Factory is bright."
Wang Sumei, who was always serious, relaxed her brows and became warm and friendly after hearing these intimate words.
The two walked side by side and separated at the door of the cannery.
Yu Peilan was looking at Zhile, and seeing her tired face, she smiled and said, "It looks like you have gained a lot today."
Yu Zhile smiled, walked forward, took her arm, tilted his head and lightly leaned it on her shoulder, sorting out the new management knowledge he had learned today.
Yu Peilan supplemented from time to time, and the aunt and niece talked as they walked, and soon they reached home.
As soon as she entered the room, Yu Chuyue excitedly announced the good news: "Le Le, we passed the trial training successfully!"
"We still won by a large margin." He Youan joked, "It's been less than half an hour since the assessment ended, and the whole factory knows the name of the Haiyu Village Women's Ocean Going Team, and everyone is looking forward to meeting them."
He and Director Xia helped Haiyu Village to secure a trial training quota. In order to avoid suspicion, they did not participate in the assessment and scoring. The news that they passed was heard from their colleagues.
"I told you they can do it." Yu Zhile said with a smile.
The women's ocean-going team has taken the first step towards its revival. The village's processing plant is about to use machines and begin factory management. Everything in the sideline group is developing in a positive direction.
At night, Yu Zhile and Yu Chuyue whispered to each other for half the night and fell into a drowsy sleep in the second half of the night.
At noon the next day, Yu Chuyue returned to the village with the ocean-going team.
Yu Zhile continued to stay in the provincial capital, she still had to work in the canning factory. There was not much finishing work, and she spent the last three days in a relaxed and happy manner.
On the day she returned to the village, she was saying goodbye to her aunt and uncle, but unexpectedly Ge Tai and Fang Zhuo brought good news.
"Luckily we made it in time, otherwise we would have to send the information and deposit back." The two men looked tired, and it was obvious that they had just finished a long journey. They didn't even have time to rest and rushed to the cannery's staff quarters.
Yu Zhile took the purchase contract, read it carefully, and confirmed the total quantity and delivery time.
The five supply and marketing cooperatives ordered a total of 120 kilograms of dried shrimp, requiring each portion to be packaged in half a kilogram, and the delivery time limit was half a month. With the efficiency of their food processing team, this was not a problem at all.
"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Zhile said.
They both said in unison: "They are all trivial matters."
Finally, Ge Tai took out a small cloth bag, handed it to her, and asked her to take it back to Zhang Wenxin.
Yu Zhile nodded in agreement, said goodbye to the two, and got on the only bus back to Hai County.
After changing buses twice, she finally returned to Haiyu Village. It was already eight o'clock in the evening.
As soon as he got home, Yu Zhile saw Lan Yuanyuan looking at clothing labels under the dim oil lamp. There were already more than a dozen piles of clothes in front of her.
"What are you doing?" she asked, leaning closer.
"Le Le, you're back!" Lan Yuanyuan hugged her and blinked her dry eyes before answering, "I suddenly remembered the method he taught me, so I asked everyone to go back to work in the afternoon and added a few more details."
Yu Zhile took a closer look and discovered that there was an additional line of numbers on the thumb-sized label - 0001 (1/10).
"0001 is the first model of Haixi brand clothing, and the number behind it means it is limited to ten sets." Lan Yuanyuan explained, "He said this will help stimulate customers' desire to consume."
Yu Zhile knew this marketing strategy, but this string of numbers gave her another inspiration.
Since non-staple food processing plants have to implement factory management, in order to facilitate subsequent production management and quality control, they need to print the production batch number on the canned packaging label.
She planned to implement the plan starting with this batch of dried shrimps. When she went to find Yu Chuyue the next day, she specifically emphasized this point and discussed a unified identification system with her and Zhang Wenxin.
"The printing factory has requirements for the minimum print run, so it is impossible to have different batch numbers for each label." Yu Chuyue pointed out the limitations.
Zhang Wenxin suggested: "Then we can use the simplest year, month and date to treat each day's output as the same batch."
Her suggestion was agreed by Yu Zhile and others.
Yu Zhile thought of the string of numbers in front of the clothing expression and said, "We can add two more marks before the date, using numbers to represent which canned food, and then using pinyin abbreviations to indicate which supply and marketing cooperative it is supplied to."
"That's a good idea." Yu Chuyue quickly wrote down her words, "001HX19710207, which means that the pickled pepper sauce produced today is the one ordered by Hai County Supply and Marketing Cooperative."
Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin responded in unison, and the small meeting ended.
"Here, this is something Getai asked me to bring you." Yu Zhile handed over the small cloth bag.
Zhang Wenxin opened it with great joy, and found two beautiful hairpins inside. She tried them on and asked if they looked good.
The bronze-gold butterfly hairpin, with two-color beads inlaid on both wings, added a few touches of bright color to her black hair, complementing her temperament.
The other is a fan-shaped plexiglass hairpin with a hairpin piercing through it. It is brightly colored and has a fine, shiny texture. [1]
"It suits you very well. Ge Tai has good taste." Yu Zhile responded with a smile.
Yu Chuyue looked at it carefully and nodded in agreement.
"It really looks good." Zhang Wenxin took off the butterfly hairpin and carefully put it back into the cloth bag. "I'll use the fan for the next few days."
Yu Zhile and Yu Chuyue teased her for a few words before leaving to attend to their own affairs.
A few days later, Zhang Wenxin changed her butterfly hairpins. She received a package from Ge Tai sent back from the provincial capital, which also contained several beautiful hairpins.
As the styles of the hairpins on her head changed, time quickly came to the day when the women's ocean-going team set off for training in the provincial capital.
During this period, the weather was fine and the non-staple food team completed the dried shrimp production plan as scheduled, so they asked them to help take the finished products to the provincial capital transportation team.
In mid-to-late February, the small seafood farmed in the surrounding villages gradually matured. Yu Zhile and Yu Chuyue went to every village and collected a batch for tasting.
At the same time, the garment-making team managed by Lan Yuanyuan and Zhang Haiyan sewed spring and summer clothes and sent the samples to Beijing department stores, bringing in another batch of orders.
The new dregs vinegar noodles at the food stall were very popular, so Zhang Haizhu applied for two more stoves and temporarily added a few more staff.
"Captain Du personally sent a batch of flower seedlings over, and the Party Secretary said that all villagers should go out to plant flowers tomorrow." Zhang Xiaoyun ran into the sideline group's yard and shouted, "Go to the warehouse to get the seedlings in the morning, and everyone will be responsible for the path in front of their own house."
Now, she and her friends have become the mouthpiece of the brigade, running around the village to help spread the news.
"Oh, I see." The voices of response came one after another.
The next second, Zhang Xiaoyun rushed out the door like a gust of wind and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.
"Xiao Yun has Hot Wheels on his legs? He ran away so quickly?" Chen Zhao showed a surprised expression. "I also wanted her to help ask what the rules are in the bullpen."
Zhang Wenxin sighed and said, "Look at how much rounder your face has become since the Chinese New Year. It's just a short distance, why don't you run it yourself?"
"It's better to be fatter, it's a blessing." The lady from the fish paste group said with a smile, "Chen Zhiqing is more handsome than when he first went to the countryside."
Hearing this, Chen Zhao happily walked out of the door and headed towards the brigade headquarters.
Yu Zhile couldn't help laughing, and said loudly to his back, "If you don't need to plant them, help me get the seedlings. I have to go to the provincial capital to send the ocean-going team out to sea tomorrow."
"Don't worry, sister. I will help you get it."
Chen Zhao ran away, and his voice floated back word by word.
At noon that day, Yu Zhile and Lan Yuanyuan packed their clothes and took a bus to the provincial capital with Hu Laosan.
The next morning, they and Yu Peilan and his wife arrived at the port at dawn.
At this time, the shore was already full of friends and relatives who had come to see their family off.
The sea breeze blew, making the clothes rustle. Hu Shuang stood in the women's ocean-going team and waved to Yu Zhile and the other two. Jiang Rong and Yu Chaochuan stood beside her with their hands behind their backs.
"Oh, my daughter has really grown up." Hu Laosan's eyes were slightly red, and his voice was a little choked up, "We have never been apart for a month before."
Hu Shuang smiled cheerfully: "Dad, raising a son is to provide talents for the country. You should be happy that your daughter has a promising future."
"Yes, yes." Hu Laosan wiped away the tears from his eyes and handed her a heavy package. "This is the food that Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma made for you. You must eat on time."
Hu Shuang nodded in agreement, and then comforted Lan Yuanyuan, who looked reluctant.
The two became friends at the age of five and have never been apart for such a long time.
On the other side, Yu Zhile gave Yu Baiwei a bottle of blue ink and said, "This is a gift from your friends in the sideline group. I wish you a smooth sailing."
"Well, I won't give up writing." Yu Baiwei took the gift solemnly.
There was a flash of strong light, followed by the sound of a camera door closing.
Yu Zhile and the other person looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that the people taking the photo were Qiao Yu and Editor-in-Chief Qiao.
Qiao Yu smiled and said, "The first women's ocean-going team of the new era is setting sail for the first time. We certainly can't miss such exciting news."
After a few pleasantries, Qiao Yu switched to work mode and asked Yu Baiwei about her thoughts on becoming the captain and her mental journey along the way.
Yu Baiwei shared her ideas frankly, and Editor-in-Chief Qiao began to write furiously.
After interviewing her, Qiao Yu went on to interview other people.
Soon, it was time to board the ship. All the crew members said their final goodbyes to their family and friends, and then boarded the ship one after another.
With a roar, the big ship slowly sailed away from the dock, and everyone waved their arms vigorously until it merged into the end where the sea and the sky met.
Yu Zhile and the other two did not stay in the provincial capital for too long and immediately rushed back to Hai County, just in time for dinner in the evening.
Hu Laosan turned his sadness of separation into motivation for work, wielding the spatula vigorously to cook for Yu Zhile and Lan Yuanyuan.
After Yu Zhile and his companion finished their meal, they waited for Zhang Hailan and the others to get off work and then returned to the village with them.
On the way, Zhang Hailan and others looked worried and sighed from time to time.
"Is the state-owned hotel having troubles again?" Yu Zhile asked.
Several people looked at each other, and finally Zhang Hailan spoke as a representative.
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