Chapter 4040【VIP】
Liu Qingqing stopped thinking about the past. She just wanted to escape the Ge family quagmire as soon as possible. The cotton mill's closure wasn't a big deal; after all, several mills in nearby cities had closed due to the impact of factories further south. But she never imagined her father-in-law and her husband would profit from it. And since she worked within the government, she knew the higher-ups were investigating.
If the case is discovered, all the assets of the Ge family will be nationalized. If the case is more serious, he may have to stay in prison for two years.
Liu Qingqing didn't want to be mired in the Ge family's mess, nor did she want her daughter to be affected. She and Fang Yuan hadn't seen each other for years, and she hadn't expected Fang Yuan to still be thinking of her. Honestly, listening to Fang Yuan's sweet words, Liu Qingqing felt proud, complacent, and confident.
It's a shame Fang Yuan is such a loser. After two years of studying at home, he couldn't even get into a technical secondary school. When asked, he found out he didn't even have a proper job. He said he was writing novels at home, but it was just for his own amusement. Not a single one of his novels had been published.
As he reached middle age, Fang Yuan became increasingly mediocre and incompetent.
Because of all this, Liu Qingqing didn't take Fang Yuan seriously. It wasn't until she learned from her daughter that Zhu Zhu created the hottest ceramic doll on the market that she became interested.
She has not been happy working in the system these years, and with her colleagues starting to go into business one after another, she also started to have some ideas.
She had researched the market and realized there was a lot of room for growth in Zhu Zhu's dolls. With people's living conditions improving, they were more willing to spend money on their children.
She planned to focus on the children's toy market, of which Fangyuan's dolls were just one branch. Because her doll business had a complete supply chain, from suppliers to workers to customers, everything was well-established, she was tempted.
Things were going too smoothly; Fang Yuan offered it to Liu Qingqing with just a few words. Thinking of this, the anger that Liu Qingqing had provoked by Zhu Zhu and her daughter instantly subsided.
He's just a poor guy.
Zhu Zhu held her daughter in her arms and asked coldly, "If you have nothing to do, please leave my house."
Liu Qingqing smiled gently, but when she opened her mouth it was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue. She boasted about how good Fang Yuan was to her and also told him about the doll.
"Zhu Zhu, let Fang Yuan go, and let yourself go. Your marriage was a mistake from the beginning. Why are you forcing it?"
Zhu Zhu's years in business had tempered her personality. She naturally loved Fang Yuan, but after years of indifference, that love had long since faded. But no matter what, she had to give Qiqi a complete home.
"Liu Qingqing, come on. You are already old and still in love? I don't believe you really love Fang Yuan. You want me to divorce you and let Fang Yuan come to talk to me. Who do you think you are?" Zhu Zhu picked up the broom by the wall and started sweeping the floor. Dust swept all over Liu Qingqing, but she was not angry. Instead, she told her about the doll slowly and calmly.
This time Zhu Zhu was completely stunned.
She developed the doll business bit by bit on her own. She couldn't possibly tell anyone about the many detours she took and the hardships she endured.
And Fang Yuan, he, he actually gave it to Liu Qingqing like this.
Liu Qingqing turned around and tried to leave. Zhu Zhu was so angry that she picked up the spittoon in the corner and dumped it on Liu Qingqing's head. Now it was Liu Qingqing who was furious. She looked at the urine stains on her body and vomited directly in disgust.
Zhu Zhu didn't want to let her go, and soon the two of them started pulling and fighting.
Liu Qingqing dared to come to my house today. Did she think that a country girl like me would just swallow her anger? She was wrong!
Meanwhile, on the other side, Fang Yuan was pinned to the ground and beaten by his parents. Fang Jinghe slapped him in the face and said, "No one in our Fang family has divorced for generations. You want a divorce? Fine, get out of here."
"You're really capable of using your wife's things to coax those shameless guys. If you were really capable, you would have married her when you went to the countryside with her."
However, Fang Yuan's long-cherished wish had come true, and he was unwilling to miss it. He fell to the ground and sobbed, "Dad, Mom, it's been half my life, I really don't want to miss it."
"Dad, I promise to live a good life with Qingqing in the future."
Everyone tried to persuade him, but Fang Yuan refused to change his mind. Zhu Zhu and Qiqi saw his determination.
It turned out that after the mother and daughter had taken care of Liu Qingqing, they went to the west gate to look for Fang Yuan. Seeing that the house was dark, they guessed that he had come to his uncle's house.
Looking at the people in the room, Zhu Zhu thought to herself, "Look, they're really a family, and they're all hiding this from me."
Xu Shanshan was the first to see Zhu Zhu. She saw that both her and Qiqi's clothes had rips of varying sizes, and there were scratches on their arms. She quickly asked what happened. Zhu Zhu remained silent, but Qiqi burst into tears. Sun Yuemei cursed, "You bitch! How dare you come to my house?"
Fang Yuan glanced at his wife and daughter, and he was too embarrassed to look up.
Zhu Zhu was crying and she was exhausted. She thought that even a piece of stone should be warmed up after all these years.
She was filled with resentment and started beating Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan continued to ask, "Zhu Zhu, what do you want in exchange for a divorce?"
"You want a divorce? Okay. Give me the house in the Grain Bureau, all the savings in the family, my daughter, and the doll business. If you agree, I will go with you to get the marriage certificate tomorrow." Zhu Zhu thought Fang Yuan would not be happy, but she didn't expect that he agreed without even thinking about it.
Fang Yuan agreed, it was her and Fang Jinghe's, what right did Fang Yuan have to deal with it?
Liu Cui'e pulled Zhu Zhu over and tried to persuade them to continue living together.
Fang Jue, but the couple looked down on Fang Yuan, and neither of them was willing to speak.
Due to the interference of the elders in the family, Fang Yuan's idea of divorce was put on hold. The next day, Zhu Zhu discussed with Xu Shanshan that she also quit her job at the TV factory and continued to work on her doll business.
It was a pity that she had been too kind to Fang Yuan before, telling him all the relationships and procedures. During her time working, Liu Qingqing and Fang Yuan had almost taken away all her channels.
Zhu Zhu tried her hand at self-employment again, but problems arose everywhere. Sourcing raw materials alone was a major challenge. Even the handicraft women she'd previously collaborated with refused to help Zhu Zhu due to Liu Qingqing's high prices.
Zhu Zhu was suddenly transported back to the pre-liberation era, having to do everything herself. However, Liu Qingqing's products were well-packaged and inexpensive, and Zhu Zhu was no match for her.
At this moment, Zhu Zhu felt that she was about to be defeated.
Her eyes were filled with fatigue and numbness, and she lived day after day in a daze.
Xu Shanshan couldn't bear to see this. It happened that the dolls on display in the office were favored by foreign customers, so she acted as a matchmaker and helped Zhu Zhu get a batch of small foreign exchange orders.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xu Shanshan's kindness was like a drop of rain after a long drought, allowing Zhu Zhu, who was almost unable to bear it, to breathe a sigh of relief. She squatted on the ground and cried loudly, venting the frustration and depression she had been feeling for a long time.
Xu Shanshan sat aside and watched over Zhu Zhu silently. After she calmed down, she slowly said, "Sister-in-law, I've seen the dolls made by Liu Qingqing. The price is cheap and the packaging is good, but the overall quality has declined."
"It's just a moment of pride, don't be too depressed."
Zhu Zhu said in a hoarse voice, "Shanshan, Liu Qingqing is divorced, and Fang Yuan has moved out. This business is the only thing I can hold on to now, and I must be stronger than Liu Qingqing."
"Shanshan, do you know anyone at the newspaper?"
Zhu Zhu's topic was a bit off topic, and Xu Shanshan was a little stunned for a moment. After she recovered, she said, "Yes, I know him. I met him when we established the import and export foreign trade company."
"Can you introduce her to me?"
Xu Shanshan naturally agreed. The next day, Zhu Zhu went to see Zeng Qiong, the newspaper editor, hoping that they would mention her Kiki toys when writing about self-employed individuals or foreign trade orders. Of course, Zhu Zhu paid for it.
Zeng Qiong did not reply immediately. After Zhu Zhu's foreign trade orders were all exported, she published a newspaper article on how self-employed individuals can develop foreign exchange.
The article wasn't long, but it took up the front page, with the words "Qiqi Toys" appearing right at the beginning. While many companies sell toys on the market these days, this is the only one that exports them abroad.
Someone asked around and asked, "Hey, hasn't Kiki Toys been around for many years? It's a long-established brand in the city."
When Liu Qingqing went to sell toys from her own factory again, she was told that they had already been purchased.
Nowadays, people have a consensus that foreign products are better than domestic products, and exported products are better than domestic products.
In addition, Liu Qingqing’s toys have had several quality problems and are completely unable to compete with Qiqi Toys.
However, she had a wide network of contacts and soon found out that it was Xu Shanshan who had helped Zhu Zhu. This made her very angry and she turned around and scolded Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan had no choice but to go to his cousin Fang Zhiwen and ask them not to interfere in his family's affairs.
"Brother, I think you really need to go to the hospital and get some brain-dead medicine. My wife is doing business honestly and making money. What does that have to do with your family?"
"If that's the case, you should also sell Qingqing toys abroad."
"Come on, if you really sell your junk abroad, you'll lose a lot of money. It's just that people in our country don't have a strong sense of rights protection, allowing you to make dirty money. Those dolls' clothes are made of tattered material, and they smell like a child's toy. Aren't you careful?"
"Zhiwen, what are you talking about?"
"Even if you didn't come to me, I would have warned you. Come back and exchange it for some good materials, or else expect my report."
"Zhiwen!"
"Okay, I know my name. By the way, remember to tell Liu Qingqing what I said. Remember, I will report it."
Fang Yuan returned empty-handed and was threatened by his own brother to report him, which made him extremely angry.
He didn't understand, which side was Fang Zhiwen on? Why did he help Zhu Zhu all day long?
Did he marry a village girl and hope that his second brother would be the same as him?
Zhu Zhu is good, but they just have nothing to say.
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