After breakfast, Yan Aidang, along with Ye Chen'er, and Xinan, along with Yan Xiaonan, rode their bicycles to the furniture factory.
The furniture factory manager's surname is Yi. He is usually impartial and stubborn, and everyone respectfully calls him Manager Yi to his face, but behind his back they call him Yi Genjin (meaning "stubborn Yi"). Yi Genjin made an appointment with Yan Aidang by phone to visit the factory today. Today is the weekend, and there is no one in the factory, so it is convenient to visit.
The furniture factory has decent facilities. There is a two-story office building, and behind the office building is a spacious work area. On the ground floor, there are simple workshops made of iron frames and plastic, which are quite practical for sheltering from the wind and rain.
The makeshift workshop was divided into many sections, which Yan Xiaonan could tell at a glance was based on the furniture making process. Although it was done very scientifically, it had too many drawbacks. Workers would accidentally take the wrong things, which would lead to mismatched items, followed by violent demolition and reinstallation, resulting in a huge waste of raw materials.
Behind the makeshift workshop was a bare factory building. This factory building was not small, at least a hundred square meters. In the center of the room was a machine that had not even been unpacked and was just quietly wasting its space in the furniture factory.
Southwest went up and opened a corner of the packaging. He was a little excited. He had seen this machine in a book. It was a CNC cutting machine imported from Germany. With this machine, furniture factories could save costs to the maximum extent. It could complete the three major processes of drilling, grooving and cutting, and could even make arc-shaped processing.
However, this machine is very expensive, costing at least tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Southwest was astonished, wondering how such a well-equipped furniture factory could be ruined.
Yan Aidang pointed at the machine and asked Yi Genjin, "Why don't you use this?"
Yi Genjin said with a wry smile, "The packaging and instruction manual for this machine are all in German. We found someone who understands German to translate it, but when they saw the densely packed little tadpoles, they turned around and left. So to this day, no one knows how to install and use it."
Yan Xiaonan was frustrated. It was so frustrating to be able to look at such a wonderful thing but not touch it.
"Nan Nan, my older brother speaks German. Let him handle it after the contract is signed," Ye Chen'er whispered to Yan Xiaonan, pulling her aside.
Yan Xiaonan asked in surprise, "Do you know how?"
Ye Chen'er shook her head and quietly explained, "My grandfather took my older brother to live in Germany for a while, and my older brother even attended primary school in Germany for a period of time."
I'm not going to talk about it anymore. It's all just jealousy. In my past life, I had such good conditions, but I could only go on a ten-day trip to Europe. I spent all the New Year's money I had saved for more than ten years, bought a bunch of useless colorful things, and felt bad about it for more than half a year. But others can go to primary school in Germany. I can't compare. I can't compare.
After leaving Maopeifang, we arrived at the left side of the factory building, where the canteen was located. It was a large building made of bricks and tiles. When we entered the canteen, the environment was bright and clean, indicating that the canteen staff were quite dedicated.
Yan Xiaonan, with her sharp eyes, noticed a door on one side of the cafeteria and pointed to it, asking, "Where is that?"
Igenjin ran over and opened the door: "This is the warehouse."
"What!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Yan Xiaonan understood. No wonder there were canteen staff among the rats. He couldn't figure it out. Canteen staff already had enough to eat, why would they need to steal a few more pieces of wood? But the warehouse door was right there. Could you expect a cat to look at a fish and not eat it?
Yan Aidang frowned: "The warehouse door is so small, how are we going to get big things in?"
"This is the side entrance. Go around the cafeteria and you'll find the main entrance, which is a wide-open door, big enough for a large truck to fit through," Yi Genjin said proudly.
Yan Xiaonan rolled her eyes. "Idiot, what's there to be smug about after being outmaneuvered? I'll give you a big surprise later."
Ye Chen'er pointed to an empty space on the right side of the office building and asked, "Is that also the furniture factory's land? What are they planning to do there?"
Looking at the empty plot of land, Yi Genjin said with heartache, "We originally planned to build some staff dormitories, but we don't have the money to build them. The staff can see them but can't wait for them."
In this era, everyone can enjoy welfare housing allocation. As long as you are a formal employee of the factory and meet the requirements, you can always get a place in line for housing allocation. However, the furniture factory has indeed disappointed its employees.
Yan Xiaonan's eyes lit up when he saw this large expanse of land. If it were all built into high-rise buildings, then each of the two hundred employees in the small factory would have a house. However, it seemed that the current conditions were not suitable for building high-rise buildings.
Ye Chen'er and Yan Aidang also had their eyes on this land. They were both civil engineering majors, so how could they not be tempted by civil engineering?
Southwest attaches great importance to warehouses. He led the way into the warehouse, looked around, and frowned deeply. The environment was not only dirty and messy, but they didn't even do sorting. This place didn't look like a warehouse at all; it looked more like a junkyard.
Yan Xiaonan sneered. How could he steal things without being discovered if he didn't pile them all together? He was quite adept at misleading people. This warehouse manager was the first person they should target. It's not that they're afraid of a thug being arrogant, but rather that they're afraid of a thug with education.
Yi Genjin was shocked by what he saw. Southwest looked at him and asked with ill intent, "Is this the first time Factory Director Yi has entered this warehouse?"
Yi Genjin blushed. He could count the number of times he had entered the warehouse since the factory opened on one hand. It was indeed a bit too much.
Yan Xiaonan didn't care at all. In her previous life, the school librarian didn't even know how many books were in the library, let alone what types of books they were.
Why would a high and mighty factory director casually enter a place like a warehouse where people work? His office is much better; a newspaper and a cup of tea every day—it's perfect for retirement.
"Let's go to the office and take a look," Yan Aidang suggested, trying to smooth things over.
Factory Director Yi quickly made a gesture of invitation; it was the young master of the Yan family who knew how to proceed.
The second-floor offices were neat and spacious, and the staircases were spotless. In the center of the first floor was a large entrance, with a smaller door next to it; clearly, the smaller door was used normally. Next to the smaller door was a gatekeeper's booth—the same old gatekeeper I spoke with Yan Aidang about last time.
There are six offices on both sides of the door. Yi Genjin introduced them one by one: This is the factory manager's office, this is the logistics director's office, this is the union office, and this is the factory office.
Upon reaching the second floor, there were four offices in total. Yi Genjin occupied one office, the finance and accounting departments occupied two offices, and the third office was the factory party secretary's office. However, the factory party secretary had suddenly gone on official business, and it was unknown when he would return.
Yan Aidang checked the time and said politely to Yi Genjin, "Thank you for your company, Director Yi. Please prepare the factory's reports, data, and other materials. Our accountant will arrive in a couple of days to settle accounts, and then we will sign the contract."
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