Ross drove without a driver, and Jiang Ning sat in the back seat.
With Lin Chen watching them go, the car set off to pick up Wang Meizhu.
Wang Meizhu smiled and got into the back row, where Jiang Ning handed her a steamed bun.
"I've already had breakfast," she said, taking the steamed bun and starting to eat.
Soon, the three of them finished all the steamed buns and started chatting.
It was about a two-hour drive to the porcelain factory, and Jiang Ning was unwilling to miss such a good opportunity to communicate with Ross.
The Ross family has generations of business experience and is quite sensitive to industry information.
She and Ross chatted in English, occasionally exchanging a few words in Chinese to accommodate Wang Meizhu.
Wang Meizhu thought to herself, "I enrolled in an economics class at night school yesterday. There should be English courses in it. I have to study hard, otherwise I won't understand what others are saying."
Her English level is still at the point where she knows the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
Despite this, she absorbed a lot of knowledge from listening to the two chat, which overturned her previous understanding.
Thinking about myself, being content to be a receptionist does seem a bit unambitious.
Soon, the vehicle entered a rather bumpy road and finally stopped at the entrance of a factory area with the words "Hongqi Porcelain Factory" written in large characters.
Jiang Ning got out of the car, explained his purpose to the gatekeeper, and waited a few minutes before the factory leaders came to greet him.
Xu Yan contacted one of their deputy factory directors, named Wang Shengli, who was in his thirties, young and promising. He and a few of his subordinates greeted them with smiles and invited them to his office.
The factory is quite old, and the office decoration is also average. In some places, the paint has peeled off, exposing the red bricks underneath.
However, they mainly came to see the technology; the factory being old didn't matter.
Ross extended his hand to shake hands with Wang Shengli, behaving very gentlemanly.
However, when it came to understanding the factory's situation, he was very thorough, covering almost every aspect from equipment to technical personnel.
"So, your gilding technique is still a very old method? That makes mass production impossible!"
Ross quickly identified the weak link in the factory's process.
The ceramic gilding technique he came into contact with was already much more advanced.
A thin layer of sweat had formed on Wang Shengli's forehead.
A few days ago, he heard about a large order and took it very seriously, so he specially embellished the unique features of his factory.
Thinking that Xu Yan had been fooled by his flowery praise, he said he wanted to come and investigate in person.
It's so hard to make money and life is so tough!
"Don't worry, we have many skilled technicians with strong learning abilities. We can also implement new processes on the production line. It's almost noon, let me take you to lunch first."
Wang Shengli changed the subject, preparing to take them to a restaurant for dinner.
Jiang Ning politely declined: "Director Wang, there are still workshops we haven't visited. Let's grab a bite in the canteen so we can finish our tour as soon as possible."
She didn't want to stay up too late.
"Alright then," Wang Shengli reluctantly agreed, leading them to a private room in the cafeteria.
This is a private room specifically for receiving guests.
Jiang Ning came to the cafeteria to eat, also wanting to understand the spirit of the employees here.
Around 11 a.m., there were already quite a few people lining up for food in the cafeteria. There were many employees, but most of them were older chefs in their forties or fifties, and there were very few young people.
She inquired around and found out that the main problem was the poor working conditions here, with a lot of dust, so young people preferred to work in factories with better working environments.
They're having a meal right now.
Jiang Rou bought two servings of fried noodles from a roadside vendor and returned to the KTV.
The interior was under renovation and was so messy that there wasn't even room to step.
She handed a plate of fried noodles to Lin Tao and asked him how the renovation arrangements were going.
Lin Tao seems to listen to her now, and she doesn't hold back when ordering him around.
He gestured towards Zhang Tiezhu beside him, saying, "I shouldn't have gone to him. He's lazy and greedy, and I have to keep an eye on everything. It's exhausting."
Jiang Rou gave an awkward smile and quickly shoveled rice into her mouth with her chopsticks.
“Gao Baoliang’s renovation team is very capable, but they won’t do it for us. Zhang Tiezhu is currently unemployed and is asking for lower prices, so we can save as much as we can.”
Everything costs money. After the renovation is finished, she'll need to buy bar furniture, so she has to be careful with her money.
Lin Tao finished his meal in a few bites and then went to supervise Zhang Tiezhu's work.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Rou suddenly remembered running into her older brother that morning.
Her two older brothers rarely come home now, and their relationship is becoming increasingly distant.
However, the eldest brother, Jiang Daqiang, must have heard about his sister's plan to open a karaoke bar, because he was very enthusiastic when he met her.
The two siblings chatted for a long time, and she also told him about meeting Jiang Ning.
It turns out that Wang Meizhu lived next to Jiang Daqiang in the same tenement building.
When Jiang Ning went to call Wang Meizhu, she ran into Jiang Daqiang and chatted with him for a few minutes.
Jiang Daqiang had taken good care of Jiang Ning when she was young, so she wasn't very wary of him and briefly told him about going to the ceramics factory in the suburbs.
After Jiang Ning left, he suddenly remembered that his childhood friend was the deputy director of the ceramics factory.
Upon learning of this situation, Wang Meizhu immediately said to Jiang Daqiang:
"Brother, you don't know this, Jiang Ning is now cooperating with foreigners, which means he's going to sell all our country's treasures abroad. That's treason! You'd better call and remind the factory."
Even if we have to cooperate with them, we must demand a high price and absolutely not be soft-hearted.
Of course, just saying that didn't really move Jiang Daqiang. In the end, she agreed to let him work at the KTV, promising him eighty yuan a month, and he finally agreed.
At noon, he called Wang Shengli.
Halfway through Wang Shengli's lunch, someone called him away. When he returned, the expression on his face had changed.
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