Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Comrade Liu Mianmian, stick to the bottom line
Liu Mianmian was awakened by a series of banging sounds. She checked the time and saw it wasn't even eight o'clock yet. She lay in bed for a while, then got up yawning.
After washing up and going out, I saw Wang Zhiqiang's wife Xie Hong squatting by the well, hammering clothes. Xie Hong smiled and greeted her. Liu Mianmian also smiled and responded, going into the kitchen to bring out breakfast.
After returning to the courtyard with Wang Zhiqiang and the others last night, she and Yu Wan didn't interrupt their conversation, and they all went back to their rooms early. She only knew that Xie Hong and Wang Zhiqiang had gotten married, and that Wang Zhiqiang had transferred to the fertilizer factory, and Xie Hong had followed him.
I just don't understand. They had said they wanted to break up because of his discharge from the army, so how did they end up getting married and getting a marriage certificate?
But no matter what, Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang were very happy that the girl was willing to follow them back to South City from afar. Aunt Liu held Xie Hong's hand and said "good boy" several times.
Yu Guodong came over when we were halfway through breakfast.
He and a few others have been wandering around the South City for so long. In the beginning, he encountered many rejections, but later he slowly found some tricks. Recently, he is said to have made great achievements and has reached supply agreements with many company canteens and private restaurants. In addition, with the vegetable market channels opened up by Aunt Liu and her old sisters, the cannery’s first batch of goods will no longer have to worry about sales.
Yu Guodong came here to say goodbye. He planned to take those people to visit the neighboring province again.
Liu Mianmian scooped him a bowl of soy milk and stuffed a meat bun into his hand before asking, "Can the few people you brought with you go to the neighboring province on their own?"
Yu Guodong had actually already eaten breakfast, but since he was out and about, he always wanted to save some, so he just had a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun. Since his sister had stuffed it into his hand, he didn't refuse. He drank a sip of soy milk first, then took a big bite of the bun, nodding as he ate: "Sure, why not."
Then he reacted: "Do you have any work to assign to me?"
Liu Mianmian smiled and said, "I'm planning to go to the south and then to the northwest. Are you interested in going with me?"
Yu Guodong put half of the bun to his mouth and forgot to take a bite. He knew that the youngest daughter had partnered with others to set up several wholesale stalls in the south and was planning to open a clothing factory. He also knew that her brother-in-law had gone to the northwest. She was probably planning to go to the south first to check out the business, and then go to the northwest to see her brother-in-law?
Want to go?
Of course I want to go!
He used to be a farmer who had rarely even been to the countryside. It was only during this year that he went to the county town, the city, and even to the south city.
I had never seen the outside world before, and I only heard about it from others. I had no idea how big the outside world was. It was not until I actually went out and saw it myself that I realized that the outside world is bigger and more exciting than I could have imagined.
I have been staying in South City for a while, and this feeling has become even more obvious. The world in the city is really different from the countryside.
Of course, as they traveled around, they naturally heard more and more things outside, such as the South, where everyone yearned to go and where they could pan for gold. He had thought before that when he made more money, he would go to the South to see how people there did business.
Who would have thought that happiness would come so quickly?
Moreover, not to mention that he really wanted to go and see, he was also worried about his youngest son running so far alone. If he, as the older brother, didn't accompany him at a time like this, who else could he count on?
Yu Guodong frowned, but the problem was that they had been out for quite a long time. If they went to the south and then to the northwest, he might not be able to go home for several months.
Liu Mianmian glanced at him and without waiting for him to speak, she said directly: "You can go home for a week or so to rest up before we set off again."
Hearing her say this, Yu Guodong suddenly smiled so hard that his teeth showed and his eyes did not: "Okay, then let's go again next week."
After this matter was settled, the brother and sister talked about the cannery.
In fact, more raw materials can be added, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, green beans, water chestnuts, pickled mustard greens... Anyway, in her previous life, Liu Mianmian had seen many strange canned foods on the Internet, and they can all be tried as auxiliary products besides the main products.
Yu Guodong scratched his head, feeling that their cannery seemed to be developing in a strange direction.
"In addition to canned food, you can also consider sauces. I remember that the fermented broad bean paste made by my aunt is particularly fragrant. You can remind my eldest brother to pay attention to it."
Think about the national hot sauce brands and national pickled mustard greens brands in the past. Which one of them could not support a large enterprise with just one or two products?
Yu Guodong has been doing a lot of marketing lately, so he's pretty much on top of it. "Sauces are definitely a promising area. Take soy sauce, for example. It looks inconspicuous, and the price isn't high, but it actually sells in huge volumes, and the profits are quite impressive if you calculate it."
He said happily, "I'll discuss it with the boss when I get back."
The plan changed, and he had to go back and make new arrangements. In addition, he could not stay at home for a few days this time, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back after leaving. Yu Guodong suddenly wanted to go home, and left in a hurry after breakfast.
After breakfast, Liu Mianmian took the newspaper and sat under the pomegranate tree to read. She found that the Nancheng Evening News had opened a special column specifically discussing new problems and contradictions arising from economic development.
The most controversial "new contradiction" recently is, of course, the vicious competition between the Metropolitan Museum and the Celebrity Video Hall.
Liu Mianmian read several articles today and found that the wording was very harsh. She immediately felt very satisfied. With these articles, the punishments of Sun Zhou and Hu Dandan would probably be heavier.
Those two guys, one stupid and the other vicious, do whatever it takes to do anything. In Liu Mianmian's opinion, if they stay in jail for a few more years, it will benefit the citizens of Nancheng.
"Comrade Liu, you opened a cannery?" After hanging up the clothes, Xie Hong took a small stool and sat next to Liu Mianmian, asking curiously.
Liu Mianmian put down the newspaper and smiled: "It was organized by the township, and my brother and others contributed a little money."
Xie Hong's eyes flickered slightly, not quite believing what he said.
She had just been dawdling around hanging clothes near the restaurant just to hear more clearly. It was clear that the male comrade listened to her, and it seemed that she was the one who made the decisions on matters in the factory.
Wang Zhiqiang agreed and promised to find her a job in a state-owned factory. However, during their trip, she heard a lot of news from people traveling on the train. For example, many state-owned factories were declining, and some couldn't even pay wages. For example, many private factories in the south were doing very well and offering much higher wages than the state-owned factories.
After listening to this, Xie Hong felt that state-owned factories were not that good after all.
What's more, even if she got a job in a state-owned factory, she would only be able to do odd jobs as she had no education or skills.
If you can be a manager in a private factory, wouldn't that be better than doing odd jobs in a state-owned factory?
Xie Hong wanted to ask more, but Aunt Liu came back and saw Liu Mianmian sitting there. She was stunned at first: "Oh, Mianmian, you got up so early?"
Seeing Xie Hong again, he hurriedly said, "Mianmian is reading the newspaper. Xie Hong, please don't disturb her. Come and help me pluck the chicken feathers. I didn't meet Xiao He, the one who plucks the feathers very cleanly, today. The other young man was too rough at his job."
Xie Hong was not very happy, but she still stood up and followed him into the kitchen.
Aunt Liu put everything else away, took out the killed chicken and put it in an enamel basin, then found a pair of tweezers from the cupboard: "You do it, my eyesight isn't very good." She sat on the other side and started shelling beans.
Xie Hong looked at the tweezers in her hand: "This is really exquisite."
Aunt Liu laughed and said, "That was made by Weizhou for me. This child is very smart. Oh, I don't know if he can get used to it after going to the Northwest, and whether he can eat well."
Xie Hong curled her lips, thinking that the old lady was really clueless. Who was her son? However, she knew that it was okay to complain about this in her heart, but she definitely couldn't say it out loud. After all, they were still living in someone else's house, such a big house.
She wasn't afraid of work, plucking the hair quickly and briskly, then casually asked, "Mom, did Comrade Liu open a cannery? I heard her and her brother say she's going to open a garment factory in the south. Oh, by the way, her brother came here before and ate soy milk and buns before leaving."
The girl who is younger than her keeps talking about a factory. Xie Hong is really envious of her, but she doesn't think Liu Mianmian relies on herself. She must rely on the Shen family. I heard that the old man of the Shen family was a high-ranking officer in the army before he retired.
If she hadn't accidentally heard her comrades teasing Wang Zhiqiang, she wouldn't have known that Wang Zhiqiang's family had such connections, and she wouldn't have immediately changed her mind and agreed to get a marriage certificate with him.
She is really afraid of being poor.
I just hope to live a good life, a life that everyone envies.
However, Xie Hong originally thought that marrying a battalion commander would be a good life, but now she realizes that a truly good life is simply beyond her imagination.
Aunt Liu wanted to say that Mianmian not only runs a cannery and a garment factory, but also a fried chicken shop and a video parlor that were both featured in the newspapers. However, she glanced at Xie Hong and said, "Qiangzi asked us to help you find a job. It's hard to find a job these days. I went to the educated youth vegetable market this morning, and a sister I know said they need someone to sell vegetables there. Do you want to give it a try?"
Xie Hong's expression suddenly changed: "Mom, Zhiqiang said he would find me a job as a regular worker in a state-owned factory."
Although she had just been complaining about the poor performance of state-owned factories, it was still a thousand times better than selling vegetables.
"It's hard to arrange it right away. Let's find a job first and then look for a suitable one later." Aunt Liu explained.
In fact, she didn't think that working in the vegetable market was bad at all. The work was easy and the income was good. When the goods from the cannery came out, she could also sell the canned goods. No one would care about this, so it was a net profit. In the end, her monthly income was much higher than that of workers in state-owned factories.
But the young people had different ideas. They might think selling vegetables was not a good idea. Aunt Liu did not force them, so she said, "It's okay if you don't like it. Qiangzi's salary is high, so you can take a break for a while."
Aunt Liu gathered up the bean shells and said, "It's better if you don't work for now. It's just right for us to renovate the house on Chunhui Road together. Since Qiangzi said he wanted to quit his job, I had the house vacated. Now it's just the right place for you to live."
"It turns out the tenants are a young couple. They're both clean people and they've taken good care of the house. If we just spruce it up a bit and buy some new furniture, it should be just fine."
Xie Hong was stunned: "Mom, isn't it spacious here? We don't need to move out, right?"
Aunt Liu glanced at her calmly and said, "This isn't our home. It's okay to stay here occasionally for a few nights, but it's definitely not okay to stay here all the time."
She didn't want to have a falling out with her daughter-in-law right after arriving, so she calmed down and softened her tone, saying, "Chunhui Road is close to Qiangzi's workplace, so it's convenient for him to go to work. You two can live there on your own, and you don't have to worry about us old folks disturbing you."
Xie Hong pursed her lips and said nothing.
Liu Mianmian took a nap under the pomegranate tree and woke up only when her body was sunburned. She went back to her room, washed her face, changed her clothes, said something to Aunt Liu, and pushed her bicycle out.
The male and female protagonists of the movie have finally arrived. Li Yaoming is hosting a dinner today, inviting several investors and the main creative team to dinner, and also introducing everyone to each other.
As for the meal, they could actually have arranged to have it in a Western restaurant, but it felt weird to have a table of people sitting together eating Western food in this kind of situation, so Liu Mianmian recommended a time-honored restaurant to Li Yaoming.
The male and female protagonists are still the two who played "Liu Niang and the Scholar" in the original book. However, because there are some differences between the world in the book and the world of Liu Mianmian's previous life, Liu Mianmian, who is said to be a little famous in Hong Kong, does not know these two stars.
Although I don’t know them, I still feel very happy when I see handsome men and beautiful women.
Liu Mianmian and the male lead Qin Feng clinked glasses a few times, and Wu Heng couldn't help but come over to remind her: "Shen Weizhou is going to contribute to the country. Don't make mistakes while he's not at home."
Liu Mianmian was almost amused by him and lowered her voice: "Didn't you realize that he was the one toasting me?"
Wu Heng: "Even if you invested a little more than me, I am still an investor after all. Why doesn't he respect me? It's clear that he has ulterior motives. Comrade Liu Mianmian, stick to the bottom line."
Liu Mianmian almost died of laughter.
She said, although Wu Heng looks cool and impressive on the outside, he is actually very traditional and old-fashioned at heart.
However, it is a good thing for a partner to have integrity.
Liu Mianmian raised three fingers, indicating that she would firmly resist the sugar-coated bullets from Hong Kong City in the future.
So when Qin Feng toasted her again, she smiled and refused: "Mr. Qin, please don't just toast me."
Qin Feng has a gentle appearance, which fits the image of a "scholar". He looked at Liu Mianmian with a gentle smile and said, "I am honored and excited to sit next to Miss Liu. I can't help but toast Miss Liu. Miss Liu, you can do whatever you want."
Liu Mianmian smiled and said, "It's our first meeting, Mr. Qin is too polite. But I have to shoot a movie tomorrow, so I'd better take it easy and don't delay it."
Qin Feng smiled and said, "Miss Liu is right. It's just that I have long heard of Miss Liu's name, so I couldn't help but drink a few more glasses."
Liu Mianmian was really surprised: "Mr. Qin has heard of me before?"
Qin Feng glanced at the others present, his gaze pausing on Li Yaoming and the female lead, Lin Shuyao, before he said, "Miss Lin Er and I have a good personal relationship. Miss Lin Er admires Miss Liu very much. She said that Miss Liu's investment vision is one of the best among the people she knows."
Liu Mianmian suddenly understood.
She always felt that Qin Feng's attitude was weird. He was very attentive, but he didn't seem to be really interested in her.
Qin Feng raised his glass and said, "Miss Liu, if you have the chance, can you help me trade stocks?"
Liu Mianmian: “…”
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