Chapter 392 Why didn’t you go to the Canton Fair this year?
"Yes! There is an empty house behind the office. I have already led people to clean it up and use it as a dormitory. However, the conditions are limited and difficult, and each room is for eight people." Duan Li said.
Cheng Hui nodded with satisfaction. An eight-person room was pretty good, and the office also had extra rooms to be used as dormitories, which meant the place was not small.
She just heard the location, which is within the Second Ring Road and next to Chang'an Avenue, so it's a pretty good location.
"Let's go and take a look," she said.
The group got in the car again and went to the office, which was not far away and only took about ten minutes to arrive.
As the car turned into this area, Cheng Hui discovered something different. This place used to be like a high-end residential area. The houses were all European-style buildings of various styles. Most of them were villas with their own gates and courtyards, and occasionally there were a few three- or four-story apartment buildings.
The capital city is too big. She went to school every day and had no time to wander around, so she had never been to this area.
But she knew that these houses would no longer exist in a few decades and would become commercial areas where every inch of land would be worth a lot of money! The kind that offices charge by the hour.
The car turned into a small road and stopped in front of a large dark iron gate. The courtyard wall was also made of iron railings, so one could see clearly what was going on inside from outside.
In the yard is a three-story red brick villa. It is very large, with more than a dozen large windows on each floor.
The style is also somewhat formal, not like a home, but more like an old office building.
Duan Li got out of the car, took out a bunch of keys, opened the big iron gate, turned around and asked Cheng Hui: "Director Cheng, do you know this place?"
Cheng Hui was stunned: "Is this a famous place? Sorry, I am a little ignorant."
Duan Li's eyes immediately became complicated as he said, "This is the former Meng's Chamber of Commerce, and behind it is the Meng Mansion."
"Hmm?" Cheng Hui was confused for a moment, and then her eyes widened the next second: "Meng's Chamber of Commerce? My maternal grandfather's Meng's Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes." Duan Li said.
Cheng Hui... "The leader is thoughtful."
It is said that her maternal ancestors were very powerful. Several hundred years ago, they produced a second-rank official, and later generations served as officials. Later, they started doing business.
In the end, he had a very sharp vision and predicted that the situation would be unfavorable ten years in advance. The whole family immigrated overseas, leaving only some side branches and their brothers and sisters.
Of course the houses were left behind, but they were definitely not empty, as they were all requisitioned.
She looked at the gate. There were still traces of a sign hanging on it, but the sign was gone.
"This used to be a Revolutionary Committee office. Now they have moved away. From now on, it's yours to use." Duan Li said.
"Oh." Cheng Hui asked, "Did it go to the electrical appliance factory or the furniture factory?"
"You have the final say on this. I'll go with you to handle the formalities when I'm free."
"Then let's put it under the name of the furniture factory." Cheng Hui said.
There are few people in the furniture factory... She doesn't plan to hire more people in the future and will continue to run this shell factory model.
There are fewer things to do when there are fewer people, and she can have the final say.
She walked in and found that the red brick office building was quite old. Some of the bricks had fallen off, and even the tiles were incomplete. The walls were covered with ivy, and there was a sense of desolation.
When I walked inside and took a look, I found that it had been renovated. It no longer had the architectural style when it was first built decades or even more than a hundred years ago. Instead, it was modified according to current aesthetics.
There is a large corridor in the middle, with ordinary rooms on both sides.
"Once our factory has enough money, can we tear it down and rebuild it?" Cheng Hui asked.
Now that it has come to this, there is really no need to preserve the ancient buildings.
Besides, if we really keep it, we don’t know who will benefit from it.
After the opening up in the 1980s, various things began to be returned.
Many of the houses that were once confiscated or rented out have been returned to their original owners, as long as the owners are still there.
The Meng family also came back later, and her uncles came with a large number of land deeds and house deeds, trying to take back the ancestral property.
She had heard once that they were regretting that they could not take back the Meng Chamber of Commerce and the Meng Mansion.
At that time, the land had already been demolished, so naturally there was no way to return it.
As for other places, some people want to come back and some don’t.
"This house is quite old. If you want to renovate it...I'll ask the leader." Duan Li said.
Cheng Hui looked at him and smiled. What a classic secretary's way of answering. He never makes decisions on important matters!
She went out of the Meng's Chamber of Commerce directly from the back door. Behind her was a medium-sized garden and the Meng's Mansion.
It used to be where the Meng family lived, and her mother was born and married here.
Now this place has also been renovated. The single-family three-story building, which was much smaller than the Chamber of Commerce’s house, has become a large tenement building.
Except for the floor and ceiling of the large living room at the entrance, which still show their former glory, the other rooms have been divided.
Now they are all empty.
"Have they all moved away? Have they dealt with it? They won't come back, right?" Cheng Hui asked.
"No, they were given a new house and they are very happy." Duan Li said.
This made Cheng Hui feel relieved.
Moreover, the house was big enough to accommodate the 50 "own people" she had originally planned to bring from Harbin.
"Go to the front yard and prepare a meeting room for people to arrive for the meeting later." Cheng Hui said.
Now, the dozen or so people working in the furniture factory have become quite capable of doing odd jobs and can do all kinds of work.
And smart.
A few people stayed in the backyard and, without Cheng Hui's instructions, cleaned out the largest room for her to rest.
Duan Li had already led people to clean up this house. Except for a few rooms that were converted into dormitories, all the other rooms had also been cleaned up.
Some were converted into reception rooms, and some were converted into lounges.
Now that the room had been cleaned and swept again, and the windows and desks were spotless, Cheng Hui could rest assured.
Duan Li saw Cheng Hui and several women playing with the children in the house, so he immediately made an excuse to go to the front yard to busy himself.
Notify the directors and deputy directors of the four furniture factories in Beijing one by one to come to the meeting.
Cheng Hui just took the time to feed her child and change her clothes.
It's still a bit cold in Beijing in April.
After more than half an hour, managers from the furniture factories came over one after another.
Some came by car, and some came by bicycle.
After waiting for an hour, not all the people had arrived yet. Only two furniture factories and six directors and deputy directors had arrived.
Cheng Hui brought Sun Biao into the conference room. Six pairs of eyes looked over and immediately found the real culprit.
This is the woman who caused such a big mess but asked them to fix it!
It’s not accurate to say that she is a woman, she should be a girl.
Younger than their daughter and older than their granddaughter!
No wonder he could accomplish such a big thing!
Ignorance is fearless!
Cheng Hui could guess what they were thinking just by looking at their angry expressions.
After all, the foreign exchange was earned by her and the Weifeng Furniture Factory, and all the credit goes to her, but they have to do the work.
If they can't do it, it's their fault!
She would be angry too!
Cheng Hui greeted several people with a smile and shook hands with them one by one, being very polite and courteous.
It made a slightly better impression on everyone.
But the next second, Cheng Hui asked, "Why didn't you go to the Canton Fair this year?"
With a "click", all six faces drooped!
You're bringing up something that's not related to the topic. Is it like poking someone's lungs? You are the only one who can do it, right?
If they can go to the Canton Fair, what's your place!
No, even if they went, it wouldn't have anything to do with them...so they didn't go at all.
There's no need. It's a waste of time going there.
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