Chapter 56 Bad News
Compared to the first monthly exam, everyone's eyes were filled with a touch of indifference. After the test, everyone was still comparing their answers. Those who got the answers right couldn't help but rejoice, while those who got them wrong wailed in solitude. This was probably the scene that played out after every exam. Jiang Lili remained unfazed. Her mind was focused on the new toys, the items that Factory Two had packed for Cheng Yuntian, and how they could modify them to make them marketable.
The three-day exam finally ended. Jiang Lili didn't forget to ask Jiang Yulan, "Mom, have you contacted the lawyer yet?"
"Well, I've already made an appointment." Jiang Yulan assured her.
"Okay, let's go there together later." To make it more formal, the place they agreed on was inside the factory.
The lawyer Jiang Yulan found was a colleague of her classmate. Her colleague was good at divorce cases and was currently working on the divorce case for Ji Yumo and Yao Yan.
Arriving at the second factory, Jiang Lili noticed they had a new sign. She repeated the name "Childlike Player" twice, thinking it was quite good. Jiang Yulan, also looking at the new sign, whispered to Jiang Lili, "At least this name sounds better than the previous one."
"I think so too. By the way, Mom, how are you doing with the information I asked you to find out?" Jiang Yulan was a native of Yuncheng, so it wasn't difficult for her to find information related to Cheng Yuntian. In her opinion, Cheng Yuntian's accurate identification of the cotton mill proved that she had researched her in advance, and she was just returning the favor.
"I only know that her father is Cheng Dabiao, one of the first people to go into business a few years ago. Now her family is the richest in Yuncheng." The information Jiang Yulan got was actually very useful, but it was enough for them now.
"No wonder they were so wealthy that they could just buy the second factory." Jiang Lili nodded in understanding.
Soon, the lawyer arrived. She extended her hand to the mother and daughter and said, "I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road. I'm late. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Yun."
"Hello, Lawyer Wang, do you understand our basic needs?" When she looked at Jiang Lili, Jiang Lili was also looking at her.
"I understand everything, please rest assured." Wang Yun nodded at her.
"It's almost time, let's go in." Jiang Lili said as she walked towards the door.
"Is Mr. Cheng here now?" Jiang Yulan asked.
"The interior of the workshop has been simplified recently. She has been here all the time, and we can also take a look at the changes in the factory." The last time she entered here, it was still Yuncheng Toy Factory No. 2. However, in just one month, the owner of this place changed directly and it became Tongmeng Player. Jiang Lili rarely felt a little emotional.
"She does all these things herself?" Jiang Yulan was a little surprised.
"I think so." Jiang Lili was not too sure.
The three of them entered through the main gate and heard the noise coming from inside from a distance. Jiang Yulan frowned and asked, "Do we have to search each workshop one by one?"
"I shouldn't need to." Jiang Lili said as she glanced at the time on her wrist. It was only two minutes until twelve forty, so she should be coming out soon. Sure enough, as soon as she looked up, she saw Cheng Yuntian coming out of the workshop on the right.
Seeing the three of them, Cheng Yuntian said apologetically, "Sorry, I was busy inside and didn't pay attention to the time."
"It's okay, we just arrived. I wonder if you brought the contract, Mr. Cheng?" Jiang Lili couldn't help but say.
"In my office, this should be the lawyer you hired, right?" Cheng Yuntian's eyes fell on Wang Yun beside her.
"Yes, Mr. Cheng shouldn't mind, right?" Jiang Lili said and looked at her.
"Of course, my lawyer and the contract are in the office. Let's go to the office to discuss this matter." Cheng Yuntian nodded to show his understanding, and the four of them went directly to his or her office.
The contract is prepared in advance, and today's meeting is mainly to confirm the contract. If there are no problems, the contract can be signed directly.
"Do we need to install everything here again?" Jiang Lili couldn't help asking on the way to the meeting room.
"Not really. Right now, we're only reinstalling the areas that are particularly severely damaged. I'd like to reinstall everything, but the funding gap is quite large right now, so I'll focus on the areas that are most severely damaged first." Cheng Yuntian shook her head. The funds her father gave her were also limited.
Jiang Lili nodded to show her understanding. When they arrived at the meeting room, Wang Yun took the contract handed over to her and began to read it carefully to ensure the interests of Jiang Lili and the others.
"The job you mentioned before was requested on behalf of your mother?" Cheng Yuntian glanced at Jiang Yulan as he spoke.
"Yes, my mother is attending night school now, studying computer. She can be employed in related positions when the time comes." Jiang Lili prefers working as a keyboardist in the office.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye out for suitable positions." As Cheng Yuntian spoke, several positions flashed through his mind.
About an hour later, Wang Yun came over with the contract, and nodded to the two of them, indicating that there was no problem with the contract and it could be signed. The next things would be easy to handle. With the presence of lawyers from both sides, the equity transfer was handled at the same time.
After finishing all this, Jiang Lili asked, "Sister Cheng, where are the toys that the Second Factory packed together for you?"
"They are piled in the warehouse. Do you want to go and take a look?" Cheng Yuntian asked.
"Well, let's go and take a look." Jiang Lili nodded. It would be a good thing if these things could be dealt with.
When she arrived at the warehouse, Jiang Lili took a quick look and saw only pull-back cars and even tin frogs, which were indeed toys that no one would choose nowadays.
Cheng Yuntian also smiled bitterly: "Actually, it's just the inventory of the second factory. It's probably difficult to handle."
"Let's make it into a blind box." Jiang Lili stared at the Huili bicycle lanes.
"What?" Cheng Yuntian was a little confused.
"Re-package it, put it in groups of three. If you draw a certain shape or color, you can get a free meal or another set." Jiang Lili explained.
"That's a good idea!" Surprise flashed in Cheng Yuntian's eyes.
"Just redesign the packaging. They probably did too much before and the market is saturated." The reason why the second factory went bankrupt was that they did not open up new markets.
"Well, leave the rest to me. You can just think about new toys." Cheng Yuntian's tone was anxious. In the past two days, there were news about cross-dressing dolls everywhere. She couldn't help but want to come up with a new toy that could replace the cross-dressing dolls.
"Okay, I have an idea in my mind for now. I'll think about it when I get back. But before that, I want to know what age group the factory is targeting for its toys?" Jiang Lili asked.
Seeing her say this, Cheng Yuntian guessed that she must have some thoughts in her mind, so he asked: "What do you think?"
"I prefer younger children and educational games, which is probably what I'm good at." She may not be able to meet the needs of older children.
"Then let's focus on the younger age group first." Cheng Yuntian nodded quickly. Trust the people you employ, and don't employ them if you don't trust them. Ten percent of the shares were in her mother's name, and she probably didn't want to affect their interests.
"Okay, then I'll think about it carefully when I get back." Jiang Lili nodded.
After leaving the factory, the mother and daughter parted ways with Wang Yun. Jiang Yulan still held the contract she had just signed. She was still a little dazed and said, "Lili, is this done?"
"Yes, from now on you will be a shareholder of Tongqu Players. The work in the cotton mill is dispensable, and you don't have to make yourself so tired." This was also Jiang Lili's original intention to reach an agreement quickly.
"It's yours, right? I'm just keeping it for you temporarily. This won't affect your studies, right?" Jiang Yulan hesitated.
"You still don't believe me? Don't worry, take the monthly exam as an example. It won't be too late for you to stop me when my grades drop."
"I believe you. Let's go. There's still some time. You can even sleep for a while when you go back." Jiang Yulan said as she pulled her to quicken their pace. At this moment, she regretted not riding a bike here. The bike at home was taken away by Ji Yushu. She began to consider whether to buy another bike, which would at least be more convenient.
"Mom, buy me a bicycle. You can't walk every day when you come to work." This commute will be much longer than now.
"I'm thinking about that, too."
"Don't think about it, just buy it. Director Yang said that I made an indispensable contribution to the big order from Jincheng this time, and he is going to give me another red envelope." Jiang Lili signaled her not to worry about the money.
"Come with me to pick some during the holidays." Jiang Yulan had already had this idea in mind, and her words of persuasion instantly made her determined.
After returning home, Jiang Lili glanced at the time. She could still sleep for twenty minutes. She yawned, quickly lay down on the bed, and fell asleep almost in seconds. When the alarm clock rang, she only felt a headache. She rubbed her temples and waited until she was fully awake before getting out of bed.
When they arrived at school, the classroom was already noisy. Everyone was discussing topics related to the monthly exam. Jiang Lili yawned again, and tears burst out of her eyes. She stretched out her fingers to wipe them away.
This time, the individual subject scores were not leaked in advance, and everyone waited eagerly but still could not wait for the subject teachers to announce the scores in advance.
With the experience from last time, Ji Mingyue did not hand in the paper early this time, but she was even more uncertain about her grades. There were many questions for which she was actually not sure whether her solution ideas were correct. She reviewed them carefully and realized that this month, in addition to focusing on the strategy, she had spent more time on matters at home. Thinking of this, she could not help but clench her fists.
Jiang Lili was not affected. She thought of two plans. One was the doll with recording that she had thought of last time, which could accompany the child and help practice speaking. The other was a teether, which was suitable for babies in the oral stage. Or they could use both together. At this time, most people did not seem to have a correct view of the child's oral stage. She planned to go to Xinhua Bookstore on the weekend to see if there were any books on parenting.
Neither of these is actually new; she just got there first.
After thinking about this, Jiang Lili did not tell Cheng Yuntian about her idea immediately, but planned to discuss it after she went to Xinhua Bookstore.
The teachers of each subject were very efficient. All the results came out the next day after the exam. Not only the scores of individual subjects, grade rankings, but also various average scores were all released. Thinking of the teacher's recent irritability, everyone became nervous.
"Lili, aren't you nervous?" Ke Sisi was a little curious.
"It's okay. Being nervous won't change the outcome anyway." Jiang Lili tried to persuade her not to be nervous.
"I understand the logic, but I just can't help it." Ke Sisi couldn't help shaking her head. Then the bell rang and the head teacher Jian Hongmei appeared with the test paper.
Her expression was serious, and no one could glean any information from it. Jian Hongmei glanced at the students on the podium, then withdrew her gaze with satisfaction. She then began distributing the test papers according to their scores. The first person called was Jiang Lili, which proved that she had the highest score in the class.
Ji Mingyue clenched her fists so tightly that the veins on the back of her hands bulged out. She lowered her eyes and continued to wait for the second name. She originally thought that she would be the second, but she didn't expect that the second place would be Lu Jiaze.
The others were the same as Ji Mingyue. It was not until Lu Jiaze went to the podium to get the test paper and returned to his seat that everyone realized that he was so capable. It seemed that the transfer students who could come to their class were all quite capable.
Even the other students, like Ji Mingyue, thought she would be third. However, she wasn't. Ji Mingyue clenched her fists tighter and tighter until her name was called out to ninth place, and there was someone tied for ninth place. She looked down at her score: 138. Jiang Lili, the first place finisher, had only missed the full mark by one point, meaning there was a gap of eleven points between them in just this one subject. Remembering the last time their total score difference was only twelve points, Ji Mingyue's face turned pale.
"Everyone's test results this time weren't very satisfactory. Take a good look at the questions you got wrong. Which one didn't I explain?" Jian Hongmei's tone was filled with anger. As the homeroom teacher and math teacher of Class 7, the average score of Class 7 was actually lower than that of the next-door Class 5. The key point was that she also taught math to Class 5. How could she not be angry? Even if the difference was only 0.5 points, she had given them special treatment before.
The students below the podium all hung their heads like quails. Jian Hongmei attacked everyone indiscriminately, including Jiang Lili: "You were capable of getting full marks, but you lost one point. Think for yourself whether you should have lost that point or not."
Jiang Lili was momentarily speechless, but luckily she quickly changed the subject and attacked the next person. Lu Jiaze had scored 145 points in math, which was considered the highlight of all his exams so far, but Jian Hongmei clearly didn't see it that way. Thus, in this class, everyone equally and impartially felt the warm "care" from their boss. The bell rang, and Jian Hongmei clutched her water cup in one hand and the next class's test paper in the other. She then tucked her lesson plan under her arm and left the classroom. Only after she was gone did the others breathe a sigh of relief.
There were three full marks in math in this monthly exam, all from other classes. It was sad that she would be angry. Ke Sisi glanced at Jiang Lili's score and said with some regret, "What a pity! She was only one point away from a full mark."
"It's my own fault for being careless." Jiang Lili shook her head. If she had been more careful, she wouldn't have made the mistake in the step of the last question.
"But it doesn't matter. It's still the highest score in our class. Seeing Teacher Pu like this, I have a feeling that our class's total average score this time will be weird." Ke Sisi's tone was filled with worry. If this was the case, they would have to feel the low pressure of their teacher before the third monthly exam.
"I just found out the results of the first subject. Don't worry, the English test will probably be distributed soon." Jiang Lili said and guessed her English score in her mind.
The second class was English. Ji Mingyue tried to make a comeback in this, but she was surprised that she was not one of the two students who got a perfect score in English. She didn't understand why Lu Jiaze got a perfect score, but Jiang Lili also got one, even though she was clearly better at English.
"Student Jiang Lili performed very well this time. She has improved compared to last time. I hope she can keep it up." Tang Yan looked at her with a smile in her eyes. Jiang Lili was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that she could get full marks in English.
Lu Jiaze's results were within everyone's expectations. What no one expected was Ji Mingyue. She didn't get the same full marks in the subject she was best at as last time. Currently, Lu Jiaze's scores in both subjects were better than hers, and she was afraid that she would lose her second place.
Ji Mingyue could feel the glances of her classmates. Even with her head bowed, she could still imagine the surprise on their faces. She chalked it up to a drop in her Strategy Points, completely forgetting that she'd been distracted in class several times this month and hadn't even looked up afterward. These glances were like a tormenting torture to Ji Mingyue. With the combined scores for the two subjects, she knew she still wouldn't be able to beat Jiang Lili this time. But she never expected her overall score to be ranked twelfth. She looked up at the top-ranked student, and at that moment, Jiang Lili's name stood out.
The honor of being the first in the grade was maintained by Jiang Lili in Class 7, and the second place was also maintained, except that Ji Mingyue changed to Lu Jiaze. This made no difference to other students. In their opinion, as long as the honor could continue to remain in the class, it would be fine.
Jiang Lili was also a little surprised by Lu Jiaze's grades. Before he went to Jincheng, his grades were just average in the class. It was true that one should be impressed by others after three days of absence.
In addition to the fact that the first and second place were both in the class, what made everyone even happier was that their class's total average score retained the first place with a slight advantage of 0.5 points. Now everyone was completely relieved. The class teacher should not be too angry, at least the first place was retained.
After school in the afternoon, Lu Jiaze extended his hand to her and said jokingly, "Congratulations to Jiang Lili for continuing to be number one in the grade."
"You're not bad either. Tell me the truth. Did you find someone to give you special treatment in Jincheng?" Jiang Lili also teased.
Who knew Lu Jiaze nodded and said, "Yes, I found someone to make up for the lessons in the second semester of the third year of junior high school."
Jiang Lili raised an eyebrow, not expecting her to be right, so she continued, "Not everyone can make up to second place in the grade. Master Lu, don't deny your own talent."
Hearing her mention talent, Lu Jiaze couldn't help but chuckle: "Talking about talent in front of you is like showing off your skills in front of Guan Gong, isn't it?"
"There's no need to be so modest." Jiang Lili said.
"Although I came in second, the difference in our total scores was almost twenty points." Lu Jiaze couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if he had always been chasing after her since he was a child.
"Then let's keep working hard next time." Jiang Lili thought, as long as you work hard, you will always see the rewards.
"Okay, let's work together." Lu Jiaze nodded with a smile, and suddenly felt like he was fighting side by side.
When they got home, Jiang Qitong was the first to ask the two, "Sister Lili, Brother Lu, are your monthly exam results out yet?"
Jiang Lili looked at her in surprise: "How did you know?"
"I just heard it on my way back. I also heard them say that Sister Lili is the first place again this time. Is that true?" The little girl couldn't wait to confirm with her.
"Yes, Jiang Qitong, do you have any questions?" Jiang Lili said as she rubbed her hair.
"Can we go to KFC to celebrate this time?" Jiang Qitong asked in a low voice.
Jiang Lili was a little amused. No wonder he cared so much about her grades. It turned out he was waiting for her here. She shook her head at him and said, "It probably won't work here, but it should be possible at your brother Lu's place."
In just two seconds, Jiang Qitong showed them a rapid change of expression. She looked at Lu Jiaze happily, with anticipation in her tone: "Brother Lu, are you also the first?" She remembered that there was a case of two people in their class who tied for first place.
"No, I came in second." This result was enough for him to explain to his parents.
"It's okay, second place is also great. Can we go to KFC to celebrate?" Jiang Qitong looked at him with sincerity.
"Of course." The pocket money in Lu Jiaze's hand was more than the two sisters' money combined.
"Really?" Jiang Qitong quickly confirmed.
"Of course it's true." Lu Jiaze nodded.
"Tongtong, what are you pestering your brother Lu about again?" Zhou Qingfen asked as she came out of the kitchen.
"It's nothing, Mom." Jiang Qitong quickly shook her head, then looked at Lu Jiaze, hoping that he would cooperate with her. Lu Jiaze curled his lips. Seeing Jiang Qitong like this, he suddenly remembered Jiang Lili when they were little. Back then, she would always let him take the blame every time she did something bad, so he nodded: "Yeah, it's nothing."
Zhou Qingfen felt relieved and continued to work in the kitchen. Jiang Qitong patted her chest and glanced at the two of them and said, "Then this is our secret, okay?"
"Okay, this is our secret. Let's go. It's time to wash hands and eat." As they were talking, the door was pushed open from the outside again. This time it was Jiang Yulan who came back. She looked at them with a smile: "I have submitted my resignation." Finally, she didn't have to worry about appearing on the lay-off list one day.
"It just so happens that I have good news to share with you all. I am still the first in this monthly exam." After saying that, the eyes of the mother and daughter met in the air, and then the mother and daughter smiled at each other.
"Lili got first place again, that's amazing." As an elementary school teacher, Zhou Qingfen naturally understood how difficult it was for a high school student to continue to be ranked first in the grade.
"It's okay." Jiang Lili forced herself to be modest. Just when everyone was happy about the two's achievements, Jiang Jianyi, who went out for a walk, brought back bad news. Other cross-dressing dolls appeared on the market.
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