Chapter 214 Fishing boats are capable of doing anything because of them. ...Yu Zhile naturally did not ignore the feelings of these people.
She continued, "Starting today, all employees' food expenses will be waived by half. At the same time, the factory will set up a night school and invite professional teachers to teach. There will be three courses to choose from every quarter, and everyone does not need to pay any fees."
As soon as she finished speaking, the discussions completely disappeared, and those who had been feeling uncomfortable felt relieved.
"I hope that prospective college students can study wholeheartedly like they did some time ago," Yu Zhile said in the final words, "I also hope that those who stay in the factory to work can enrich themselves as much as possible and not waste their time."
After this, the atmosphere at the scene became more lively, and it had the atmosphere that a farewell party should have. After eating, drinking and playing until late at night, everyone left one after another and went back to their dormitories to rest.
The next day, everyone slept late, brunch and lunch were combined into one meal, and after a simple meal, they helped clean the workshop. In this way, the last day of the annual leave slipped away quietly in a busy and fulfilling way.
When the new employees arrived, Zhang Wenxin held a brief meeting with them as usual. This training still adopted the model of old employees guiding new employees.
The difference is that the one-on-one teaching method of the same position can shorten the adaptation time for new employees.
After the end of February, prospective college students began to complete their resignation procedures, pack their luggage and report to university.
When each group of people left, Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin would go to the train station to see them off.
In early spring, the trees were sprouting new buds. They saw off the last few students to start school and watched the train go away on the platform until it disappeared from their sight.
"It's a strange feeling." Zhang Wenxin said with emotion, "It seems like I was selling seafood noodles at the market yesterday, but today everyone is going their separate ways."
Yu Zhile joked: "Missing the past is a sign that people are getting old."
"Okay, you actually said I'm old." Zhang Wenxin pretended to be angry and wanted to tickle her.
Laughing and joking, the two walked out of the station and returned to the factory, immersing themselves in the endless flow of life.
In mid-March, they received the final payment for the Canton Fair order in advance. This large sum of money did not stay in the food factory's account for too long, and was soon remitted to the Red Star Shipyard as the final payment.
In the constant repetition of taking orders, producing and delivering goods, they welcomed April, and the ocean-going fishing boats belonging to Haiyu Village also arrived as scheduled.
In the early morning of April in Jiangxi Province, the sea breeze was cool and moist. Huge fishing boats were parked on the shore, like a beast waiting to go out to battle.
There was a long dark red table on the shore, on which were placed more than a dozen offerings, including pig heads, fish, fruits, two peach branches and a bowl of water.
The surrounding area was bustling with activity. Not only Yu Zhile, Zhang Wenxin and Yu Chuyue, but also the old branch secretary, Yu Chaochuan and members of the ocean-going team were present, and there were even college students who had rushed back from other places after taking a train for more than ten hours.
Qiao Yu and Chief Editor Qiao were not absent for such important news. They took the front row seats early and set up their cameras.
Qi Er and the crew were also on high alert, determined to capture this extremely meaningful scene and preserve it in the documentary.
At seven o'clock, the old branch secretary said in a loud voice: "The boat-washing ceremony of Haiyu Village has officially begun."
Yu Zhile looked serious as he took the water and peach branches and boarded the boat. Zhang Wenxin and Yu Chuyue followed closely behind, holding the pig's head and chicken respectively. Yu Baiwei and the team members followed them with other offerings.
"Today we are washing the new ship, praying that it will be as strong as a mountain on the sea, and hoping for less wind and rain during the long ocean journey." Yu Zhile chanted auspicious words while sprinkling water on the boat with a peach branch, "Hoping that the warehouse will be filled with countless fish and shrimps."
The team led by her was like a flexible ribbon, winding through every corner of the fishing boat.
When they returned to the shore, Yu Peilan had already prepared firecrackers and handed Yu Zhile a long incense stick, saying with a smile: "When the firecrackers go off, good luck and fortune will come rolling in."
The red firecrackers were tied to the top of the bamboo pole, swaying gently in the sea breeze.
Yu Zhile and the other two held the long incense sticks together and moved closer. The moment the flames touched, the fuse emitted sporadic sparks, followed by a crackling sound.
The smell of gunpowder dissipated with the smoke, and they worked together to pull down the red cloth hanging on the side of the ship, revealing the three big words "Haiyu".
The old branch secretary and Yu Chaochuan smiled at each other. Their smiles contained so many emotions, relief, pride, and the feeling of reminiscing about the past.
Others were in tears and hugged each other tightly because of the realization of their lofty goals.
As the first captain of Haiyu, Yu Baiwei brought Qi Er and others on board and introduced the various facilities in detail in front of the camera.
Finally, the group stayed on the deck. Yu Baiwei turned her back to the sea, and Qi Er and Qiao Yu interviewed her together.
In the past few years, Qiao Yu has been responsible for Yu Baiwei's submission work. Qiao Yu is very familiar with her personality and experience, and can guide her into the interview state with just a few questions.
Afterwards, Qiao Yu and Qi Er took turns asking her questions. The rhythm of the interview was very smooth and natural.
"Did you imagine this scene when you joined the fishing team?" Qi Er asked.
Yu Baiwei said decisively, "Yes."
"At that time, the sideline business group in Haiyu Village had just been developed. Many people thought it was just a small thing. Such a scene was a fantasy to them or you. Why were you so confident that this would come true?" Qi Er asked.
Yu Baiwei did not answer immediately, but turned and walked to the other side.
With every step she took, an unforgettable scene would emerge in her mind. She thought of the seaside where she participated in the fishing team assessment, the seaside barbecue party filled with laughter, the sideline group courtyard shrouded in steam at four in the morning and everyone's busy and orderly figures, and the scene where Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin encouraged her to submit her work boldly.
The photographer followed her movements and panned the camera, aiming at the group of people looking up at them on the shore: Yu Zhile, Zhang Wenxin, Yu Chuyue and her teammates, and Zhang Haimei and others who had worked hard for the sideline group.
Seeing her, everyone smiled and waved to her.
"Because of them, they can do anything." Yu Baiwei said the last sentence of the interview with a smile.
The excitement of the day did not stop there, as the village set up a buffet. At night, Haiyu Village was brightly lit, and everyone gathered together for a bonfire party, singing and dancing happily.
Yu Zhile and the other two stayed in the village for a few days. Only after seeing off the ocean-going fleet did they return to Beijing.
When they arrived in Beijing, it was already evening and dark. Ge Tai came to pick up Zhang Wenxin and sent Yu Zhile and Yu Chuyue home. Yu Chuyue had just been assigned a room recently and now lived very close to Yu Zhile.
Zhou Yuesheng's car stopped in front of the small western-style building almost at the same time.
"Are you hungry? Have you eaten on the train?" After getting off the train, he naturally took Yu Zhile's luggage.
Yu Zhile responded, "I ate. I'm not hungry. When did you come back? Have you been away from Beijing during this period?"
According to the original plan, Zhou Yuesheng was supposed to return to Beijing in March. However, the original military physical education teacher had to take a half-month leave due to some matters in his hometown, so Master Qu asked him to stay and take his place, and recruited some good talents at the same time.
This time, they started recruiting people not only in Ningcheng. After finishing the substitute teaching task, he and Master Qu went to other military academies.
"I left in the morning because I had to go on a mission." Zhou Yuesheng replied.
After they separated on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, they hadn't seen each other for nearly two months, and he became clingy again. Wherever Yu Zhile went, he followed her.
Yu Zhile let him do whatever he wanted and enjoy himself.
However, she had to go back to the factory the next day to deal with a pile of affairs, so Zhou Yuesheng did not act too recklessly and turned off the lights and went to bed before midnight.
The next morning, Zhou Yuesheng sent Yu Zhile to the food factory as usual before returning to the military region.
Not long after Yu Zhile returned to the office, Zhang Wenxin knocked on the door and asked, "Lele, the Foreign Trade Bureau sent us information about the Autumn Canton Fair. Do you want to bring chocolate biscuits to the exhibition this year?"
"The production capacity is too low, it's not suitable." Yu Zhile thought for a moment and continued, "Please ask the R&D team to come to my office. I want to make some new products."
What she thought of was the spicy strips that became popular all over the country in later generations. This is an untapped market with great potential, and she could test the waters through the Canton Fair.
Zhang Wenxin agreed and went to the pilot workshop to call someone. She also became interested and stayed to listen to the whole process.
The current R&D team members have all worked in state-owned restaurants before, and have rich practical experience and are very good at learning from one example to apply to other situations. They only listened to the general idea and then extended it in terms of raw materials, shape, and taste.
"Well, the ideas are all good." Yu Zhile affirmed, "This time the time is tight, and other work on hand can be put aside for the time being. We must start production by June at the latest."
Yu Feng and the others responded in unison, picked up their notebooks and left.
For more than a month, the aroma of chili and cumin wafted through the food factory even on weekends. During this period, the happiest people were the children who served as food tasters.
After repeated adjustments to the formula, the new spicy strips were put into production in mid-May and launched on the market at the end of June. With its strong taste, it quickly became the best-selling snack in Beijing and surrounding cities.
While the food factory was producing, it asked the R&D team to try out new types, and launched three new products in the following three months.
Soon, they welcomed the second Canton Fair.
Like last time, Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin brought a batch of extra samples and promoted their products to the local supply and marketing cooperatives in Guangdong Province, receiving quite a few orders.
The difference is that this time they also met many acquaintances from Haidong Town in Zhoucheng, such as Li Ruxin and Du Nanzhi.
"My father said that it was an opportunity that Secretary Liu fought for. Haidong Town was selected as a unit to select special products for the exhibition." Zhang Wenxin explained, "They also applied for a special booth, which is not far from us."
Yu Zhile understood it, and took Yu Chi to see the exhibition when the exhibition period changed, helping to solve the problem of inconsistent layout styles of different products.
Canned fruits from the canning factory, plum wine and plum wine from Xishan Village, silk cloth from Huaxi Village, and tie-dyed silk scarves made by Yu Chunqi and Yu Dongxi were very popular at the second exhibition, and everyone in Haidong Town returned home with a lot of goods.
As a popular product in the light industry category last year, Haiyu Food’s new products have received great attention and also reaped great rewards.
On the return train, Zhang Wenxin noticed that the number of people in the carriage reading new literary genre books published in the past two years had increased significantly, and he was quite moved.
She returned to the carriage and talked about this with Yu Zhile. As they talked, they both thought of the article that had sparked a heated discussion across the country in the middle of the year.
From then on, everyone's minds were greatly liberated, and they gradually began to understand and accept new economic concepts.
"There will be big moves at the end of the year." Zhang Wenxin made a bold guess and gestured twice.
Yu Zhile smiled and did not continue the topic. He asked, "Did you talk to Ge Tai on the phone last night? How was his inspection in Bincheng?"
In early autumn, the ocean-going fleet returned with a good harvest. The fishing boats docked in Haidong Town, and all the harvests were received by the Haidong Town cannery and the village processing plant. They could barely digest it, but it inevitably affected daily production activities.
Therefore, they decided to build another seafood processing factory in a city near Beijing, and Ge Tai was in charge of the project. He inspected the surrounding area for nearly a month, and Bincheng, Liaoning Province was his last stop.
"They are all fine, but he thinks Jinshi is the most suitable. With Uncle Ruan there, the project will proceed faster and more smoothly." Zhang Wenxin replied.
Yu Zhile nodded and decided to hold a management meeting as soon as possible. In addition to confirming the final location, the most important thing was to select the development team.
They returned to Beijing on the same day as Ge Tai, and the factory held a management meeting in the afternoon.
At the meeting, Ge Tai listed the pros and cons of all the candidate locations and showed them to everyone one by one. Everyone voted and selected Jinshi as the location of the branch factory.
When determining the members of the development team, they adopted the principle of voluntary registration. If the number of applicants exceeds the demand, they will determine the candidates through a simple selection; if the number is insufficient, they will formulate a supplementary plan.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ping came to sign up as soon as the news was announced.
"Xiaoyun likes to play basketball. I have asked around. There are several schools in Jinshi that attach great importance to their school basketball teams. I want to take her there to learn." She had a faint smile on her face. "After coming to Jingshi, I found that I can actually go so far, so I also want to go to more distant places to take a look."
"Okay, I'll register you first." Yu Zhile said with a smile.
In the following days, the number of applicants was not large, but it exceeded the reserved number of places. However, the number of people exceeding the limit was not large, so she and Zhang Wenxin decided to let everyone on the list join the development team.
In early November, the factory held a farewell party for them as usual. The next day, they packed their bags and headed for Jinshi, and Zhang Xiaoyun reluctantly said goodbye to her colleagues.
Soon after, the food factory conducted another small recruitment, both to find people to replace them and to prepare for the expansion of the beverage production line.
While the food factory was completing the Canton Fair orders in an orderly manner, the implementation process of the Jinshi branch was also progressing very smoothly.
December had quietly passed halfway. On December 18, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held in Beijing and lasted for five days.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the historic decision to reform and open up attracted widespread attention and response from people across the country, including Ge Tai, Fang Zhuo and Lan Yuanyuan.
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