Chapter 470: Say it earlier
The young clerk pushed through the crowd of onlookers at the factory gate and saw what was happening inside.
The yard is full of people, with a...what is that next to each person? A machine as big as a table with four small wheels underneath?
When Cheng Hui designed it, the cotton candy machine had wheels and handles, so it could be fixed on the back seat of a bicycle and towed away while riding.
Now everyone wears a big red flower on their chest and has a happy look on their face. If you don’t know, you might think they are all grooms.
Guo Dajun's speech was brief. He gave a few words of encouragement and then waved his hand: "Everyone, do you remember where you will work? Go ahead and create value for yourself and the country!"
Everyone applauded enthusiastically, then pushed their bicycles over, hung the machine assigned to them on it, and lined up to leave.
The onlookers then dispersed.
The young clerk found Guo Dajun, introduced himself first, and then asked curiously: "Director Guo, what are they doing?"
"I went to work." Guo Dajun asked, "Why didn't your director come?"
"Hehe, the director is in a meeting..."
"That's really unfortunate." Guo Dajun said.
The young clerk continued, "Although our director didn't come, he was actually very concerned about the food factory, and specifically asked me to come and take a look. Can you tell me what they did? I will go back later to report to you."
Guo Dajun looked him up and down and said, "It's not easy for the young man either. I'll tell you, they went to sell cotton candy."
The young clerk's eyes widened immediately: "What are you selling? Marshmallows? The big, white, sweet marshmallows?"
He excitedly stretched out his hand and gestured, so boss.
He had eaten it once as a child and never again. It became the white moonlight of his childhood and he would occasionally dream about it.
Guo Dajun closed his open arms and said, "It's not that big. If you're curious, just follow me and take a look."
The young clerk didn't ask any questions, just got on his bicycle and chased after him.
If it's really a marshmallow, he wants to buy one! No, buy a lot! Eat enough!
Guo Dajun and Cheng Hui discussed the sales locations, which were all crowded places in Beijing, such as park entrances, tourist attractions entrances, shopping mall entrances, cinema entrances, etc.
He quickly caught up with the marshmallow team and stopped in front of a shopping mall.
It was around eight o'clock in the morning and the mall had just opened, so there were not many customers.
The workers at the sugar factory started making marshmallows themselves, one by one, sticking them on bamboo sticks and hanging them in front of cars, which immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
"Huh? What is this? Cotton? Is this how cotton comes about?" asked a girl in her teens.
Don't laugh. She has lived in the city all her life and has never left the Third Ring Road. The farthest she has been is Xiangshan. She can't tell the difference between leeks and wheat, and has never seen cotton seedlings.
Not to mention her, a little girl, even many adult city dwellers had never seen cotton seedlings, but at least they knew that this was definitely not cotton.
Some older people recognized it: "Is this cotton candy? I've eaten it before! I didn't expect someone is making it again now."
A man in his 50s came over immediately and asked, "How much are you selling it for?"
He wants to buy one to take home and entertain his grandson. His eldest grandson will definitely be very happy!
"10 cents each," said the candy seller.
"What? Only 10 cents each? It was 20 cents each back then!" The man already had 50 cents in his hand, ready to ask for a huge sum.
Cotton candy was really expensive back then, because the machines were rare and most of them were imported. They were extremely expensive at first, but the price came down as more machines were produced.
I didn't expect it's only 1 cent each now.
He immediately handed over 50 cents and said, "Give me five! Let our whole family have a try!"
He also recalled the taste of his childhood.
"Okay!" The candy seller was very happy. He was the first one among his colleagues to open a shop, right?
And it actually sold out, and it sold so well, so he felt relieved.
The five marshmallows he had just made were sold out instantly, and he continued making them.
The young clerk also walked over and said, "Let me try one first to see if it tastes like the one I ate when I was a kid."
"OK."
The young clerk got a marshmallow and licked it under the gaze of everyone. It melted in his mouth without any residue and had a sweet taste.
"Huh? It's much better than what I ate when I was a kid! What's going on?" he asked puzzledly.
When he was a kid, he ate that kind of food. After a long time, it would melt on its own and form small lumps. The hard ones would not taste good and would not have the same texture.
But this one really made him feel like cotton and clouds, melting in his mouth, leaving only sweetness.
The staff of the sugar factory said proudly: "Look at the machine I use. It's not an antique. It's designed by our factory director himself! Our factory director is the one who can design world-class advanced machines! Making this little thing is just an overkill!"
How did he know this before? He heard Guo Dajun bragging about it these days, but he believes it firmly.
Director Cheng gave him a way to survive! And it is a completely unimaginable way to survive!
Director Cheng said that medical care for employees' families is also free and the factory will reimburse the bill. Now that someone is treating his mother's illness, he doesn't have to think about committing suicide anymore! The mountain pressing down on him disappeared in an instant.
He was so excited that he wanted to share it with others, so while he was making marshmallows, he told everyone about his good factory manager.
When everyone listened to this, they instantly felt that this marshmallow was special and had a story!
"Let me try it too."
"Give me one."
1 cent is not a big deal for city dwellers, just a matter of eating one less egg.
Besides, you can’t eat eggs whenever you want, and you can’t buy them even if you have money. It’s better to buy some marshmallows, a fashionable new thing.
As a result, everyone who bought one was very surprised and felt that the money was well spent. They either bought a few more or took the ones they bought home to look for their children.
Anyone who has children at home would be reluctant to eat it themselves.
The young clerk had no children, so he stood by and ate one after another. Finally, he stopped because he felt his throat was uncomfortable.
Then I bought some marshmallows and went back to report to my leader.
"Director! Look what good stuff I brought back for you?"
Director Sun's heart skipped a beat when he heard his voice. He came back? Wasn't he sent to the hospital? How did those crazy employees let him go?
Before I could finish my thought, I saw the young clerk walk in with a bunch of cotton in his hand.
"Director, eat quickly. It has melted a bit on the way!" He quickly stuffed one into Director Sun's hand and then went to another office.
The young man is very capable of doing things, but he is the leader of a group of people who are not good enough.
The director chased after him and said, "I asked you to go to the Weifeng Food Factory, but you didn't go? You went to buy this thing instead? This thing won't please me! Go now!"
"We've finished. This is the new product of Weifeng Food Factory, cotton candy. The 100 or so workers in the sugar factory have been assigned by their factory director to sell cotton candy all over the city." The young clerk said:
"I met several of them along the way, and they are all doing great business! Director, not only are those workers settled, I think this factory can also make a lot of money!
"Thank you, Director! I'll go write the report now!" The young clerk smiled and ran away.
He witnessed the opening of the food factory with his own eyes, so he had to write the report! And he has said it in front of so many leaders, they also ate the marshmallows, and they all know that he went there~
Director...are you still going to play like this? You should have said it earlier!
He had heard before that Cheng Hui didn't reserve any workshops or offices for the people in the sugar factory, and thought that she didn't want them at all. He didn't expect that she had actually sent everyone out!
Who could have thought of this?
The district leader also felt very regretful. If he had not listened to Director Sun’s nagging, he would have gone to cut the ribbon today! Is it still too late to go now?
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