"What's wrong?" Xu Heping gently nudged Xu An and asked suspiciously, "I've seen you staring at this questionnaire for a full half hour without even blinking."
"Ah," Xu An looked at Xu Heping in confusion, and it took him a while to finally come to his senses. He shook his head and replied, "Nothing, nothing, I was just thinking too much."
Seeing that Xu An had regained consciousness, Xu Heping stopped talking and turned back to his work.
The orders sent out today haven't been entered into the system yet, and the orders that need to be packed and shipped tomorrow haven't been sorted out. After sorting out the orders, I still need to assign specific tasks to the temporary workers. There's so much to do!
After working diligently for almost half an hour, Xu Heping's body stiffened from maintaining the same posture for too long. He released the mouse, raised his hands, and prepared to stretch. However, his peripheral vision caught sight of Xu An beside him, still staring blankly at the computer screen, which still displayed that familiar questionnaire.
"Hey," Xu Heping turned to Xu An and said directly, "You've run into a problem that you can't solve? Can't figure it out?"
This time, Xu An didn't deny it, nodding directly and saying, "Yes, it feels like I'm trapped in a vicious cycle, unable to find the right way out."
"Tell me about it," Xu Heping put down his work and earnestly advised, "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. Although there are only the two of us here, maybe I can give you some different ideas!"
"Hmm," Xu An hesitated for a second, then decisively chose to speak up about what was bothering him: "Didn't we say yesterday that we were planning to launch those grape products made in Hua'an Village to the market to try them out?"
"Yes, that's what you said yesterday."
"But to launch these foods on the market, we first need to know how well consumers will accept them. This requires producing the food before consumers can taste it. To produce it, we need the relevant production licenses. And to have production licenses, we need factories, equipment, and personnel."
Before building a factory, we need to know how well consumers accept the product and what their willingness to buy is. But if consumers haven't tried it, they can't give us an answer. And if consumers can't give us an answer, how can we build a factory?
After listening to Xu An's convoluted explanation, Xu Heping finally understood what Xu An was struggling with, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Anzi!" Xu Heping patted Xu An's shoulder heavily, letting out a merciless laugh: "You're getting stuck on a rut!"
"A dead end?" Xu An repeated, puzzled.
“That’s right!” Xu Heping nodded and explained, “The snacks and juices we had last night, why would we need a factory to produce them? You can just open a small shop, right? Aren’t those things common in bakeries? Just open a bakery and that’s it.”
"A bakery?" Xu An muttered to himself, then suddenly understood, and the confusion in his eyes vanished.
That's right! This isn't mass production. At most, we'll produce two or three hundred portions for consumers to taste, rate, and give feedback. Any bakery could easily meet that demand!
Compared to building a factory, opening a bakery is much easier!
Rent a plot of land in Hezibao, build a small bungalow of 30 to 40 square meters, install an oven and other equipment, and you can apply for the relevant business licenses.
No, building one would take ten to fifteen days, and only after it's built can you apply for the relevant production qualification certificate. That's too long. It would be better to rent a room here, do some minor repairs, and put it into use immediately, which would save more time and effort.
Um.
However, apart from the village office and the primary school, the houses here are mostly made of stone and wood, which would not pass fire safety standards if used for production.
Forget it, let's ask Li Sixin. Heping is right, three heads are better than one. There's no point in me thinking about it alone.
Like a large cellar, perhaps Li Sixin knows of some abandoned buildings nearby that could be repaired and put into use.
"Do you need a cement or brick house of about 30 square meters?"
After seeing Xu An nod, Li Sixin rested his chin on his right hand and began to ponder. After a long while, he suddenly smiled and said slyly, "Boss Xu, I actually know a house that can meet your needs!"
"Where is it, and what kind of house is it?" Xu An's eyes lit up when he heard this. He hadn't expected that Li Sixin could actually find a suitable house.
"The village office in Hua'an Village is just like the village branch office in Hezibao. It's made of brick walls, so there's definitely no problem with fire safety!" Li Sixin said with certainty.
Upon hearing Li Sixin's words, both Xu An and Xu Heping's lips twitched simultaneously.
The village branch office in Hezibao was a two-story bungalow with a total of six rooms. The two downstairs rooms were used as offices, one as a storage room, and the three upstairs rooms were for living. It was quite a spacious setup.
However, the village office in Hua'an Village is just a small bungalow of 60 square meters. A small room of 10 square meters is partitioned off as the village chief's office, and the remaining 50 square meters is a large open space where all the village cadres of Hua'an Village work.
Ten square meters is definitely not enough, and fifty square meters is too much to ask.
"Forget it." Xu An sighed and waved his hand, "Then let's just find a place to build one. It won't make a difference if it takes another ten days or half a month. Anyway, we have a cellar to store them."
Li Siwen didn't try to persuade him any further, nodded, and left. Xu An and the other man returned to their room and continued working.
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