Wu Shaojun's business grew bigger and bigger, and he gradually started doing business with his former employer, Yongning City Leather Factory.
He doesn't plan to ask for the month's wages he was owed anymore, since he earns more in a day now than that little bit of money.
I drove my car to the factory and arranged to meet with the factory manager to discuss the recycling of leather scraps.
Because he used to be the factory manager's driver, they had a very good personal relationship.
Even after resigning to start his own business, Wu Shaojun never forgot his former boss.
During holidays and festivals, he would buy nice things to visit him, which made the factory manager very happy.
At least in the factory director's mind, Wu Shaojun was not an ungrateful person.
So when he later asked the factory manager if he wanted to recycle leather scraps, the manager naturally agreed.
Yongning Leather Factory suffers from outdated technology and low utilization rate of raw hides, which is why it has been declining in recent years.
Every time leather products are produced, a large amount of scrap material is left over that cannot be used, and it is eventually thrown into the incinerator to burn.
Wu Shaojun recently went to the south for research and discovered that the scraps he used to discard at home were highly sought after in private factories there.
They reprocessed these small pieces of leather into handicrafts, such as ornaments, leather keychains, leather belts, and leather decorations on clothing.
As he gained more experience and knowledge, he gradually understood why Xia Enruo had told him long ago that state-owned factories were bound to decline.
This alone shows that the waste you throw into the incinerator can make a lot of money for others.
Wu Shaojun signed a contract with a factory in the south to buy back leather waste at a high price.
It was originally a useless item, but now that it's being sold to Wu Shaojun's factory, they can make some money, so the factory manager is naturally happy to do so.
Besides, Wu Shaojun had been driving for me for so many years, and we had a deep friendship, so I naturally had to help him with this.
The business deal went extremely smoothly, and Wu Shaojun drove away.
Qin Meili had seen Wu Shaojun arrive at the factory in his car long ago and had been waiting for him to leave through the window.
Wu Shaojun's business has grown tremendously in the past two years, and everyone in the factory knows it.
The old workers all said that they had seen his potential since he was a child, and they never expected that he would actually succeed in quitting his job to start a business.
Gradually, many of the young people in the factory wanted to imitate him and go into business, but quite a few of them lost everything.
There were also several newlywed couples who got divorced because their businesses failed and they lost their jobs, making life unbearable.
Hearing this, my colleagues sighed with regret. Gradually, the enthusiasm for going into business faded away, and everyone, as always, still held onto the myth that state-owned enterprises would never go bankrupt.
Qin Meili had long wanted to find opportunities to bump into Wu Shaojun, but the two of them could never meet.
I've run into her today, so I should make the most of this opportunity.
She saw Wu Shaojun get into the car and hurriedly ran out with her handbag.
Completely ignoring the fact that he had just been sweating profusely.
Lin Chaoyang ran out of the office looking completely bewildered.
He was overjoyed today; it was like the sun had risen in the west—Qin Meili had actually come to his office from the factory to find him.
He wiped his sweat and called out to Qin Meili's retreating figure:
"Beautiful, why are you running? I'll take you home in a bit!"
Qin Meili disappeared at the stairwell without looking back. Lin Chaoyang was puzzled but also smirked with satisfaction.
Wu Shaojun exchanged a few pleasantries with his two former colleagues and then drove off to leave the factory.
Just as he was about to rev the engine, Qin Meili lunged at the windshield and banged on it several times.
He rolled down the window.
Qin Meili said, panting heavily:
"Shaojun, it's been so long! I've missed you terribly! You haven't even come back to visit me at the unit."
Wu Shaojun saw that Qin Meili's face was flushed and knew that she must have run over.
He knew what she meant, and replied nonchalantly:
"Oh. I was too busy with work to come back! It was nice to see you again. I have to go now!"
After Wu Shaojun finished speaking, he looked ahead, gripped the steering wheel, and left, but Qin Meili grabbed the car door.
"Shaojun, I need your help. Could you please do me a favor?"
Qin Meili feigned a sob, her voice trembling like a wildcat in a flowerbed.
Wu Shaojun gave a cold laugh.
"Get out of the way, I'm busy. Go find someone else."
"Shaojun. My mother is sick; she had an asthma attack. My family called and asked me to pick up her medicine and bring it home quickly."
I was in a hurry and only asked you for help when I saw you driving over. The place where I can get the medicine is quite far from our factory.
I've been riding my bike for ages, please help me out because my mom's having an attack!
Qin Meili's eyes were brimming with tears, her face flushed slightly, and she seemed about to collapse.
Wu Shaojun was already annoyed when he saw her, but his heart softened when he heard that her mother had fallen ill and needed emergency medication.
He wouldn't care about anything else, but human life is at stake, and no one would stand by and watch someone die.
"Alright. Come on up!"
"Thank you, Shaojun. You're such a good person!"
Qin Meili hurriedly got into the car and sat in the passenger seat.
Wu Shaojun wanted to stop her from sitting in the back, but Qin Meili nimbly jumped up and closed the door.
Considering that her mother urgently needed the medicine, he didn't want to waste any more time.
Where can I get the medicine?
“There is a traditional Chinese medicine clinic behind the woodland north of the medical university. My mother always gets her medicine from there.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Shaojun revved the engine and sped off, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The gatekeeper took a puff of his pipe, watched the departing taillights, and sighed.
"They really are rich and powerful; they drive this car much more aggressively than when they were driving for the boss!"
Wu Shaojun didn't bother to look at Qin Meili at all along the way. Now, apart from Gu Shaoying, he had no interest in looking at any other woman.
After graduating, Gu Shaoying grew her hair long; she was already quite beautiful.
Now she has long, flowing hair and dresses fashionably, which confuses me every time I see her. Sometimes I really can't help but lose control.
In a crowd, Gu Shaoying always stands out, even her clothing style is decades ahead of its time.
It makes sense, though. How could an ordinary person wear Diwei brand clothes all the time? Xia Enru gave her eldest sister three outfits, and her sister was so happy that she couldn't sleep all night.
I put it on early in the morning and kept looking at myself in the mirror, my mouth practically stretched to the back of my head.
Seeing that Wu Shaojun was silent and didn't say a word, Qin Meili started to get restless sitting to the side.
"Shaojun, your car is really nice. It's so hot outside, but it's so cool inside. The cold air feels so comfortable."
You're really talented. Everyone in the factory envies you now, saying you're the most outstanding young person there.
As Qin Meili spoke, she deliberately moved her hand closer to Wu Shaojun, and kept leaning her head towards him.
"Thank you for the compliment, but it was just a lucky break."
"It doesn't matter what kind of cat it is, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat. Some people want to be blind cats but can't even get the job."
Those few prominent figures from our factory, after you resigned, also resigned to start their own businesses, and now I hear they've lost so much money their wives have run away.
Qin Meili curled her red lips into a seductive smile, her eyes lingering on Wu Shaojun.
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