Chapter Sixty-Five
The two sisters happily discussed the preparations for their trip, which would begin three days later.
Luo Chunyan also said that she had secretly saved forty or fifty yuan over the years, and that she could buy her own train tickets without Ji Wanmei having to pay for them.
Ji Wanmei said, "When you're traveling, you'll need money everywhere. Just keep your own savings on you as emergency funds. I'll buy the train tickets anyway, so don't be shy with me! This is a perk and benefit I'm giving you as your boss. This is called a business trip on company pay."
Luo Chunyan smiled and said, "Alright, I can't argue with you. I promise I'll work like a slave for you."
That's settled then.
When she got home that evening, Ji Wanmei told Ji Xingguo about it.
“Dad, I’m planning to go south with Chunyan in a few days to get some trendy goods from the market in Zhejiang. Once the supply channels are stable, we can just have the hottest and best-selling styles that they recommend be packaged and sent over. We won’t have to go back and forth by ourselves anymore.”
Ji Wanmei's idea is the future model for online logistics delivery, which she sees as quite normal.
As long as the person on the other end of the supply chain is someone you trust.
But Ji Xingguo disagreed: "No, it's too dangerous for just the two of you girls to go out alone!"
"You don't know, the world outside is quite chaotic right now. There are so many official documents issued from above, calling for a crackdown on crime. This shows the prevalence of crime in society; the crime rate is still very high."
“I don’t trust you to leave, and I don’t agree to it,” Ji Xingguo said, sitting on the sofa and refusing outright.
He added, “Besides, if you want to open a general store, what kind of daily necessities don’t we have in our factory? Just follow the proper wholesale process and come to our factory to get the goods. Whatever you want, Dad will buy it for you! Why bother traveling all the way to Zhejiang?”
Ji Xingguo agreed to let Ji Wanmei open this store because he thought that since the factory had a source of goods, his daughter wanted to try doing business. In Pingquan County, she could be completely self-sufficient and satisfy her needs. He thought it would be a good opportunity for her to gain experience.
That's why Ji Xingguo agreed.
If Ji Xingguo had known earlier that she was so ambitious and planned to go to Zhejiang to purchase goods, he would never have agreed to it.
"Oh, Dad, Chunyan and I can take care of each other. We're adults, not little kids. We're not afraid of being kidnapped if we go out. Besides, we're only going for two days. I've already bought our return tickets in advance. No matter if we don't find a satisfactory source of goods, we'll be back on time."
"This isn't about being on time!" Ji Xingguo's expression was unusually serious and unyielding; he refused to agree no matter what.
Ji Wanmei was extremely helpless.
That's the problem with her father; once he's made up his mind about something, he's stubborn to the end, and nothing can change his mind.
No matter what she said, how she pleaded, how she analyzed the pros and cons, or how she stated the key points, Ji Xingguo kept a straight face and simply disagreed.
In the end, Ji Wanmei had no choice but to say, "Dad, whether you agree or not, I will go."
After saying that, she went back to her room and slammed the door shut with a loud bang to show that she was angry.
"You little brat!" Ji Xingguo turned around, looking at Ji Wanmei's tightly closed door, both angry and anxious.
In any case, Ji Wanmei had already made up her mind. Having lived two lives, she had a mature mind and her own way of dealing with things. She wouldn't panic and be at a loss like a real little girl.
She didn't open this grocery store as a hobby; she genuinely wanted to start her own business.
She will enter the industry now, and when the 1990s pass and the entrepreneurial wave begins, she will be among the first batch of individual business owners with experience and capital. At that time, whether she switches to other industries or continues to work in the department store industry, she is confident that she can make a name for herself.
Besides, she plans to put her fashion design skills, which she studied in her previous life, to use in this one.
How could I give up halfway just because my father objected?
Absolutely not!
Only when you earn money, gain status and a voice, can you truly make decisions about many things.
A few years later, Dongfang Factory will also follow the path of transforming from a state-owned factory to a private factory.
Ji Wanmei originally wanted her father to prepare himself mentally in advance, or to earn more money in the next few years so that he could take over the factory with her family.
That's right. Don't let Ji Wanmei's gentle and mild-mannered appearance fool you; deep down, she is a very resilient and ambitious woman.
She would never succumb to or be satisfied with the status quo. Since she had access to twenty years more advanced information than people of this era, she would make full use of her advantages.
Opening this general store was the first step in Ji Wanmei's plan.
She only allows herself to succeed, not to fail.
Lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, Ji Wanmei finally forced herself to close her eyes and decided to get up early the next morning and go to the train ticket counter to buy a ticket.
Since her father had already given her the money beforehand, she had the right to dispose of it as she pleased.
Outside the living room, Ji Xingguo also had a furrowed brow and looked preoccupied.
I haven't smoked in a long time, so I took out one and lit it.
My daughter has grown up overnight; she's become opinionated and has her own ideas.
This is a good thing, but for Ji Xingguo, a father who has been a doting father to his daughter for more than ten years, how can he suddenly adapt?
Sigh, what can you do when they're your own flesh and blood? You can only spoil them no matter what.
Ji Xingguo knew that his daughter was determined this time, and he was afraid he couldn't stop her.
He feared that if he forcibly stopped her, his daughter would secretly buy a ticket and leave to avoid him, and then Ji Xingguo would regret it too late.
After thinking it over, to avoid his daughter's youthful impulsiveness, Ji Xingguo got up, walked to the door of Ji Wanmei's room, knocked on the door, and said, "Meimei, how about this, Dad will go to the factory tomorrow and find an outside agent to take you there. After he finishes his business there, he will take you back. Is that alright?"
Hearing this, Ji Wanmei, who was curled up on the bed, smiled silently.
She knew that since her father doted on her so much, he would never stop her from doing what she wanted to do.
He said that finding an overseas clerk was probably just an excuse to find someone he trusted to safely send the two of them to Zhejiang under the pretext of a business trip, and then safely send them back.
Ji Wanmei sat up in bed, opened the door, looked at her father outside, and smiled: "Okay, then I'll do as Dad says."
"You silly girl, when will you ever make your father worry less?" Ji Xingguo tapped his daughter's forehead with a stern face, but his eyes were full of affection.
Since an agent appointed by Ji Xingguo will accompany us to Zhejiang, the tickets will be purchased there together.
Three people, three tickets.
The time was set for 9:30 a.m. on the third day of the seventh lunar month.
Lei Tingjun learned about this from Xiao Qiang the next day.
"Brother Lei, Miss Ji and her team are going to Zhejiang to buy goods on the 3rd. She told me to keep an eye on the shop for the next few days."
Lei Tingjun suddenly looked up, his deep black eyes shooting straight at him: "What? She's going to Zhejiang?"
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