“Why not! I basically knew about this when Teacher Cheng called me. But there’s one condition: all materials must come from our factory. We’ll offer you the lowest market price,” Factory Director Lu said.
Xing Baohua shook hands with him again to express her gratitude.
"Our factory also manufactures floppy disks; we can sell them together. Oh, and we also have VCRs! Where do you buy your cassette tapes? We also have blank tapes. Want some?"
"Yes!" Xing Baohua said decisively.
"I'll take anything you say, as long as I can get it on credit. Once the funds are back, I'll bring two bottles of wine to thank you in person," Xing Baohua thought to himself.
Factory Director Lu is practically a god of wealth! He's giving away loads of cash!
Although it's on credit, how many people would dare to extend credit to a stranger?
This involves not only Teacher Cheng's influence, but also orders for learning machines.
As for Factory Manager Zhang, he also gave good news: the boards will be delivered this month, and payment can be delayed for three months. This is the maximum of his authority.
Xing Baohua ran into the field and laughed heartily, thoroughly enjoying his happiness.
Today is a double blessing! Not counting the band, anyone with even a modicum of talent would be considered auspicious.
What an auspicious day! We still need to hire a teacher. This is expensive. Isn't a fifteen-year contract a bit too little?
Forget it, a fifteen-year contract is bad enough.
The group chatted and drank tea in the workshop. Secretary Huang even brought some fruit for them, and during a break, he asked Xing Baohua, "What are those things in the field?"
"It's nothing special. It's a band I hired, practicing in the fields. I was worried about it affecting things if they practiced in the factory," Xing Baohua explained.
"I thought he had escaped from a mental hospital, and I was preparing to organize the militia to arrest him."
"No, I went to great lengths to invite them. They'll stop causing such a ruckus in a few days," Xing Baohua quickly said.
No matter how bad their skills are, you can't just send the militia to a mental hospital on their first day.
Lu Chuan's Fifth Academy is the famous Jingwei Academy!
Secretary Huang then asked, "And what are these other guests doing here, and what are they buying?"
"They weren't here to buy anything, just one person. The other two companies came to sell us equipment. We need equipment to produce products. Did you see that cadre? He's here to buy our products. When he saw we didn't have any production equipment, he called over the production equipment. He's offering it to us on credit!" Xing Baohua said.
"That's a great deal! That cadre is quite nice. How about we roast a whole sheep tonight? I estimate it'll cost around 170 or 180 yuan?" Secretary Huang said.
"Okay, I'll have Xiaojuan give you the money. Go and get it done. Also, bring the cook over. We'll eat here tonight. I'll have someone light up the lights later so we can have a lively celebration." Xing Baohua was also happy, and wanted to enjoy a nice meal.
They asked someone to ride a bicycle to the machinery factory's supply and marketing cooperative to buy some pork offal, alcohol, cigarettes, and the like.
Why not go to the supply and marketing cooperative in town? This place doesn't have everything. The machinery factory's supply and marketing cooperative is like a big department store; it has a wide variety of goods, and it's under Xing Baohua's name.
Fortunately, the factory still retained his employee position, and given the other arrangements, no one knew what kind of cadre he would become next.
Therefore, the machinery factory's supply and marketing cooperative still owes him money on credit; otherwise, they would have gone to his house to ask for the money long ago.
Secretary Huang instantly became the logistics director; his organizational skills are, needless to say, quite strong. His years of experience as a secretary were also flexibly demonstrated here.
They organized people to catch chickens and sheep. They also called on a few women to pick vegetables in the garden; whose vegetables it was, they would settle accounts with the factory later.
Fortunately, the stove was already built, so there was no need to set it up temporarily or call someone to bring firewood.
Secretary Huang is all talk and no action; he manages to keep dozens of people running around in circles.
"Xiao Xing! What are you doing?" Teacher Cheng asked Xing Baohua, seeing so many people busy at work.
"Isn't this factory a village-run enterprise? That was the village secretary. He's treating you as honored guests and will be hosting a banquet for you tonight," Xing Baohua said with a smile.
"This isn't appropriate; it violates the rules," Teacher Cheng said worriedly.
As for the other two factories, it doesn't matter; they're used to being treated to banquets and meals.
Xing Baohua quickly waved his hand and said in a moment of inspiration, "Today is the auspicious day for the factory workshop to be finalized. According to the village custom, we should have a feast and set off firecrackers. It's too late to set off firecrackers today, so we can only have the feast. You've all come at the right time, so please each contribute one yuan as a gift."
They are people of status and have a set of rules; they can't just break the rule of four dishes and one soup!
So, according to local customs, it's understandable. But what if Teacher Cheng doesn't eat? We've already gone to so much trouble; we can't just tell everyone to leave.
There are two other factory managers here!
Factory Director Lu and Factory Director Zhang smiled and nodded at Xing Baohua, saying, "That's clever, very good."
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