"Uncle, you misunderstood. I'm not heartless at all! I'll pay you every penny that's due. It's just that when the factory had financial difficulties, the construction team could help cover some of the costs. Once the factory's finances improved a bit, we'd have to pay them back. This money can't be owed!" Xing Baohua quickly explained.
Secretary Huang's expression softened slightly as he said, "Whether it's a construction team or a company, the workers are all farmers. Besides earning a living from the fields, they rely on doing some manual labor during the off-season to supplement their income. If you don't pay them, their whole families will go hungry."
“I know, I really know, we can’t afford to owe you anything, and we dare not owe you anything. It’s just that the factory has a lot of capital tied up in it, and you suddenly brought in a piece of land. I’m both happy and worried. I’m happy that we can expand the scale. I’m worried about the funds. To be honest, the contracts we signed today are all large ones, and we won’t see the money until around November. During this period, we can’t touch the factory’s money recklessly,” Xing Baohua said.
"It's your own factory, you figure it out yourself. Like I said, don't be overly ambitious. Do as much as you can. The straw rope factory was more successful than yours back then, but it failed because it was too ambitious. Alright, I'll go back and prepare the paperwork. As for the construction team, I'll have him come here personally. You talk to him; I'm too ashamed to say anything more." Secretary Huang finished speaking and left.
Xing Baohua watched the old man's retreating figure, unsure what to say. He'd been so helpful; there were so many good people in this era!
He always puts others first.
Back at her desk, Teacher Cheng said with a smile, "We're waiting for you to get started! You can't get away from work!"
"There are too many miscellaneous things to do! We've also taken on more projects, and we're all pressed for time. I need to go to the Canton Fair to secure orders while the goods and samples are ready."
As Xing Baohua sat down, Xiao Bomei asked if it was time to eat.
They ate and chatted at the same time.
Teacher Cheng somehow brought up the topic of the phone call. Xing Baohua knew he was trying to get information out of her.
I've spoken to the top leader about the phone call; they're all in the same system, so they definitely know about this place!
When talking about the digital transmission signal of cordless phones, Xing Baohua told them that they would definitely switch to digital in the future, but for the sake of cost, they would stick with 27MHz for now. In an open area, the range is only about twenty meters; if there's a wall, ten meters is considered good.
To penetrate more walls, you need to add a bridging module. Once bridging is added, all talk of anti-interference and confidentiality becomes meaningless; it's easy for others to overhear.
Hang an amplifier on the wall, find the right frequency, and you can hear anything.
Bridging is also key to cracking the code.
So when Xing Baohua talked about these things, both Teacher Cheng and Teacher Ren were interested.
He asked, "If this phone number were sold domestically, would it be overheard like this?"
“Currently, all technologies can be used to intercept phone calls, even satellite phones. Using a computer as a decoder, the frequency can be detected, and the processing speed depends on the CPU. It can take minutes if it's fast, or months if it's slow,” Xing Baohua said slyly, not wanting to cause himself any more trouble.
They were afraid that the other party would ask them to design a decoding device.
That would require a wireless expert. The only thing he could do was to fix the decoding chip or borrow a computer to design decoding software.
Actually, I don't want to do either of those things. Do you think someone with such a big system wouldn't know how to do it? They have all sorts of people in there! Why would I expect this little kid to do it?
Teacher Ren asked, "Is there a dedicated encryption hardware that, whether for electronic decryption or other decryption methods, only displays garbled text or static?"
Xing Baohua shook his head and said, "This is a huge system, I don't know where to start?"
Teacher Ren didn't ask any more questions, but nodded slightly.
Without mentioning it again, Xing Baohua breathed a sigh of relief, wanting to quickly finish the hardware program for them and send these two experts away.
I have a whole host of things to deal with myself.
I promised to spend time with my girlfriend, but I've already stood her up for two days.
It seems there's another singer I haven't seen in a long time. I wonder how his singing is going. I should go check him out.
The machine factory hasn't gone back either; they can't just abandon it like that! They don't know anything about the situation at the factory, and no one has told them yet. Who's the foreman of Workshop 5 now?
In fact, the position of workshop director has been vacant since Xing Baohua left. This has fueled the anxieties of those who wanted to become workshop director.
In particular, Hong Mingliang not only actively lobbied the leaders, but also took the lead on the production line in the workshop.
Old Zhao's squad leader was pushed aside, and Hong Mingliang took charge of production.
The quality requirements are extremely strict; even Hou Liwei's quality control team isn't as strict as him.
With Xing Baohua gone, both quality and production capacity improved, to say the least. Hong Mingliang was also very pleased and proud.
After the National Day holiday, the watch production line will be up and running. By then, Workshop 5 will be considered a large workshop, and with more people in charge, won't the power of management become more apparent?
Xing Baohua had just finished lunch when the foreman of the town's construction team came to the factory and offered cigarettes as soon as he entered the office.
The contractor's surname was Zhao, and he told everyone to just call him Old Zhao.
After handing the cigarette to Xing Baohua, Old Zhao said, "Director Xing, I heard from Secretary Huang that you think we're not strong enough to build the building?"
"Can you accept a 30% upfront payment?" Xing Baohua asked, hoping to discourage him by offering to make up for the shortfall.
"I can take on 50% of the work, whether it's labor and materials included or just labor. Let me put it this way! If it's labor and materials included, we can both buy materials on credit. As for labor costs, they're not paid monthly; they're paid after the work is finished. The workers I work with are all from the same town, and I pay them in three installments: wheat harvest, autumn harvest, and Chinese New Year." Old Zhao explained that he could take on factory projects.
Xing Baohua thought to himself: 50% is a bit too much! Who would dare to do that!
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