Chapter 50 Expansion

The sound coming from the side was obviously very light, but when Ji Duo looked over, he saw determination in his nephew's eyes.

Compared with the conversation in this study room on Xu Li's birthday night, he seemed more than just firm.

What supported him to say those words at that time was the long-term pressure, the vision for the future and the desire to change everything.

What supports him now is the experience and confidence that he has gained from taking one step at a time over the past three months.

This made him less impetuous and more down-to-earth. When Ji Duo looked at him, he even smiled. "Do I worry you a lot? When I was little, I always wanted to follow you around. Now that I've grown up, I just throw the mess to you and ask you to clean it up for me."

The last time he mentioned the rotten stall was in Ji Duo's room, after he almost let it slip and was stopped by Ji Duo.

Although Ji Duo agreed to the marriage, he was unhappy in his heart and wanted to use this incident to teach his nephew a lesson.

When he heard his nephew mention this description again, he somehow felt it was a bit harsh, "She is not a loser."

These words were spoken suddenly, and there was even some heaviness in them. Ji Ze was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "

Yes, my aunt is so amazing, how could she be a loser? "

There were some things he had always avoided admitting, but he had to admit that Lin Qiao was much better than he thought.

Even though he had spent less time in the barracks since he took his annual leave, he would occasionally meet people who would say to him, "Lin Qiao is your aunt, right? She's such a great teacher." When they mentioned what Lin Qiao had done at school, they would even try to arrange for their children to study in Lin Qiao's class through him.

Not to mention that the reason why his business was able to succeed was thanks to Lin Qiao's recipe.

Even the last time he stole the recipe, he was able to get through it safely because Lin Qiao was cautious enough and had a plan in reserve from the beginning.

This girl is obviously a pearl. As long as someone gives her a hand and helps her out of the quagmire, she will shine brightly. How can she be a rubbish?

Ji Ze lowered his head and continued to clean the floor. "Uncle, you are right. I am too arrogant and self-righteous."

Strangely enough, Ji Duo was unhappy when Ji Ze tried desperately to avoid this marriage; now that he admitted that he was self-righteous, Ji Duo was not very happy either.

Too lazy to listen to that nonsense, he interrupted his nephew's self-reproach and said, "Get to the point."

Ji Ze choked, his emotions becoming a little inconsistent.

But that's how his uncle is. He does things in a swift and decisive manner and hates nonsense the most, so he just said it directly.

"I've thought about it carefully these past two days. It's better to do something familiar than to start something new. I already have experience in liquid soap. Instead of borrowing so much money to start a completely unfamiliar business, I might as well continue to make this business bigger and stronger. I don't even need to invest too much in this. I just need to stabilize the market in Yandu first."

He talked to Ji Duo about his next plan. "There's no need to rush to build a factory. It's enough to rent a few large yards in the countryside, mainly for the warehouse. In addition, I plan to buy a few bicycles, modify the back seats and weld them to the carts. This way, each bike can carry at least 400 to 500 kilograms, which is convenient for delivery."

Reform and opening up had just begun, and there were no ready-made tricycles for sale. If one wanted to carry more goods, one could only find a way to connect a cart and a bicycle together.

However, the cost of the car is not low. This car of 400 to 500 kilograms of liquid soap costs 400 to 500 yuan. I also have to be careful that my salesmen may become greedy.

Ji Ze was clearly well prepared. "I plan to select a few of these old employees with clean backgrounds and good conduct to be managers. I will also take out half of the profits and share them with all the old employees who have worked for me for more than half a year according to their level and position."

How can you be more motivated by doing it for others than by doing it for yourself?

Compared with the profits that can be obtained from dividends in the future, this hammer transaction is indeed not worth anything now. He has really grown a lot.

And the time is also very well-determined. After working for more than half a year, a person has become accustomed to his or her working environment and is unwilling to leave his or her comfort zone easily.

Those unstable factors will most likely leave on their own or make mistakes and be fired before half a year.

But why did he tell me so much and in so much detail, as if he was afraid that I would disagree and was trying every means to convince me?

Ji Duo glanced out the window towards the living room, then turned back to look at his nephew, "You still don't plan to tell your aunt?"

Ji Ze immediately felt as if his secrets were revealed, and showed a bit of embarrassment, "Don't I feel that I can't show it off? At least wait a little longer until I can achieve scale."

He had complicated feelings towards Lin Qiao. The more ashamed he felt, the more he couldn't face it. The more he thought Lin Qiao was good, the more he didn't want Lin Qiao to see his imperfect side.

It would have been fine if he hadn't kept it a secret before, but now that he had kept it a secret, he couldn't say anything, especially now that nothing had been done. It seemed that only when the factory was built and he had a firm foothold in Yandu, or even pushed forward further, would he have the confidence to stand in front of Lin Qiao and say that he had lived up to Lin Qiao's formula.

He didn't know how to tell his uncle about this subtle feeling. He also had another consideration, which was his mother.

"My mother couldn't achieve any results, and I didn't dare let her know." Between a small workshop and a large factory, the latter is obviously more convincing.

Although his mother may not be willing to do so, he has already made a name for himself outside, which will help his mother save face and perhaps reduce the trouble she has to go through.

Ji Duo remained silent, just looking at him and listening to him finish his words.

This made Ji Ze very unsure. His uncle usually kept his emotions to himself, and now he was silent all of a sudden. Who knew if he was angry or not?

But the words had already been spoken, and he was indeed very concerned, so he could only show a bit of flattery and pleading, "It will be very quick, just wait a little longer."

He even stretched out his hand and gestured a little. Both his expression and eyes were exactly the same as when he was a child and leaned on Ji Duo to lead him.

"Whatever you want." Ji Duo turned around and was about to leave, but stopped at the door. "How much money do you need to expand the production scale this time?"

"It'll be at least 20,000 or 30,000 yuan." Ji Ze said, "It's mainly for building a warehouse, buying tanks and cars. I have a little money now, and I'll go to the bank to borrow a little more. That's it. All the money I make from now on will have to be invested, and I have to pay back the loan. I'm afraid I won't be able to share it with my aunt in the short term."

Since he decided not to buy production lines abroad, he has been saving all his money in business. He tries not to spend as much as possible and spends it wisely.

Ji Duo paused for a moment after hearing this, "Your aunt should have more than 10,000 yuan. I'll go back and ask her."

Before the wedding, he gave Lin Qiao a passbook with more than 8,000 yuan in it, which was his savings over the years. The change of name money given by the old couple at the wedding, and the gifts from others, they did not touch. Add his salary in the past few months and Lin Qiao's share from selling soap, there should be at least 13,000 or 14,000 yuan.

"Then I don't need to take out a loan." Ji Ze did not ask for a loan, "Just consider it as my aunt's investment, and I'll give her half of the commission."

As long as nothing goes wrong, the money invested will pay off in less than half a year. With just that half, Lin Qiao can make it back in a year.

Ji Duo didn't say anything else. The two of them packed up and returned to the living room. Ji Ling was staring at a glass on the coffee table and exclaimed, "She can really dance!"

The large glass was half filled with water, and a few grape stems were swimming happily up and down inside. From the outside of the glass, they really looked like they were dancing.

The little girl stared at Lin Qiao with wide eyes, "How did you do that?"

Lin Qiao pointed to the glass and said, "There's baking soda and vinegar in it. When these two things react, they produce a gas called carbon dioxide, which adheres to the surface of the grape stems and pushes them up. When they float to the surface, the gas sublimates into the air and they sink again."

Ji Ling seemed to understand what was said, but that didn't stop her from exclaiming, "Chemistry is so interesting! Auntie is so amazing, she knows everything!"

"Your sister Song Jing also understands this. She also studies chemistry." Ye Minshu couldn't help but say from the side.

"Then why didn't she do it when she was tutoring me?" Ji Ling didn't want to hear it. Seeing that there were no bubbles in the cup, she hurriedly asked Lin Qiao: "Can I give it a try?"

Lin Qiao took the little girl to the kitchen to do an experiment. When they went out, they ran into the uncle and nephew. Ji Ze immediately thought of what he had just said in the study, and his eyes flashed with consciousness.

Lin Qiao didn't notice it at first, but when he came back from the kitchen after finishing his work, his eyes accidentally met the other person's. The other person dodged again and then looked back as if nothing had happened.

Why does this look so much like a guilty conscience? This guilty conscience is probably related to her.

Lin Qiao couldn't help but look towards Ji Duo and found that the man was playing chess with his old man. His expression was calm and composed, and nothing could be seen.

But if Lin Qiao didn't notice it twice in a row, she would be a fool. Moreover, when she looked away, her nephew stole a glance at her again.

Lin Qiao was a little curious. When she went back to her room to take a nap after dinner, she couldn't help but ask the man, "Did you say bad things about me to Xiaoze behind my back?"

This half-smile was more like a tease than a question.

Ji Duo was just bringing back the blanket that Xu Li had left outside to dry. Hearing this, he didn't even raise his eyelids. "No."

"Why doesn't Xiaoze dare to look at me?" Lin Qiao sat on the bed and looked up. "I met his eyes several times, but he avoided me."

This time the man actually raised his eyes, but his brows were furrowed. "Why do you always look at him?"

"Don't tell me he hid because he was embarrassed when I looked at him." Lin Qiao raised her eyebrows, thinking that this man was playing the game of "offense is the best defense" with her.

Ji Duo didn't mean to say that, but he didn't have any better explanation, so he simply said, "It's not the right time yet. I'll tell you later."

He originally thought that the sooner he told Lin Qiao about the business, the better. After all, the factory would be built for a long time and Lin Qiao would know it sooner or later. But Xiaoze was too good at keeping secrets, which made Lin Qiao realize that something was wrong. If he spent more time with Lin Qiao, the matter of changing people would be exposed sooner or later.

Rather than getting into trouble later, it would be better to keep it a secret and let him gain more experience in the business world.

I just don’t know if Lin Qiao would be dissatisfied with what I said. Ji Duo waited for Lin Qiao to ask the next question, but Lin Qiao just said "Oh" and didn't mention it again.

This makes him

Feeling a little uncomfortable, he couldn't help but look at Lin Qiao again, "Do you have anything else to ask?"

The man's eyes were calm and his handsome face was cold, as if he was asking his subordinate who came to him to report on work, "Do you have anything else to do?" Not to mention that Lin Qiao didn't want to ask further, even if he did, seeing him like this, he didn't want to ask, "No more." He lay down on the bed and prepared to take a nap.

Ji Duo felt even more uncomfortable. He looked at her closed eyes and explained, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that now is not the right time."

Normally, he was too lazy to explain his own affairs, but when it came to his eldest nephew, he was afraid that she would misunderstand him.

Lin Qiao opened his eyes and comforted the other party, "It's okay. If it has nothing to do with me, you don't have to tell me."

He was so reasonable, so sensible and considerate, so considerate that Ji Duo felt like he was choked by something, unable to move forward or backward.

"Lin Qiao." He called Lin Qiao in a deep voice.

You don't want her to sleep, right?

Lin Qiao felt a little sorry for asking that question, so he simply sat up on his elbows and said, "Yes, it's your order, Chief."

In order to take a nap, her hair was already loose, half hanging on her shoulders. When she looked up at people, her eyes were lazy and a little sleepy. Ji Duo looked down at her for a long time, but couldn't think of what to say. He couldn't just say, "Why don't you ask me a few more questions?"

This is really fucked up. He was too lazy to explain before, and now even if he wanted to explain, he doesn't know how to explain it.

Ji Duo stared at Lin Qiao for a long time, and finally said, "It's okay, go to sleep." He turned and left the room, frowning as he took a cigarette from the cigarette box.

Just as he was about to leave, Ji Ze, who was about to sneak away, saw him and greeted him, "Uncle, you are not asleep~"

Perhaps because he had a direction to move forward, the boy looked very energetic. Ji Duo stared at him for a long time and said, "You should handle your own affairs in the future."

Ji Ze: “…”

Ji Ze was really in high spirits. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he immediately went to discuss cooperation with the stores in the area where he was familiar with.

The wholesale price was set at 90 cents, and the store sold it for one dollar. In this way, he only had to deliver the goods to the store on time, and all the staff in charge of sales here could be withdrawn.

What are you doing with it?

Of course, we will go to the remaining places to crack down on counterfeiting and block the way for the father and son.

Ji Ze also put in a lot of effort. He marked all the places where the Qin father and son had sold goods on the map, deduced the approximate pattern, and sent people to sell goods in the places where they might go next.

These people were all wearing red vests, with a cart hanging behind their bicycles. The neatly arranged plastic oil drums on the cart were enough to attract attention without shouting.

Ji Ze also wrote "Muzi Liquid Soap" on his vest and oil barrel, taking half of his and Lin Qiao's surnames respectively, as a logo.

Just ride this cart around for a while, shout a few words, and explain a few words about how to distinguish the real from the fake. Who would still buy those fake goods sold on a shoulder pole?

The Qin family father and son came out and tried to sell their wares, but no one bought anything.

I went to another place and continued to shout until my voice was almost broken, but still no one bought anything and I even received several cold stares.

Just as they were about to ask someone, a bicycle with a cart hanging on it appeared in front of them. When they saw them, they immediately turned back and soon brought two people over. "Are they the ones selling fake goods?"

“Yes, that’s them.”

Two old ladies rushed up with bottles in their hands, "You have no conscience! You even cheated an old man out of his money! Pay me back now!"

The Qin father and son were still carrying a shoulder pole, and they were not as nimble as they were. When they turned around and ran, the bucket spilled and they fell down.

The next day, I went to another place and still no one was buying. Now everyone knows to look for the red vests and plastic buckets, and they also know that anything thin is a fake and not easy to use.

Ji Ze finally vented his anger and found the soap factory where Qin Chuan worked. He sent a letter of accusation that Qin Chuan secretly made soap at home using the formula from the factory. Qin Chuan ruined his reputation, so he ruined Qin Chuan's foundation. Everyone should be polite and reciprocate, so no one should blame anyone else.

When Muzi Liquid Soap was in the red vest fever in Yandu, Lin Qiao's Class 4 took the first exam of the second year of high school.

Ji Duo found time to tell her about the additional investment. This man obviously wanted to expand the scale, so she gave it to him. After all, he even gave her an extra 50% share.

Because he gave up dropping out of school to join the army early, the soldier was a little nervous this time, and kept asking Qi Huaiwen: "Do you think I can pass the exam this time?"

Qi Huaiwen was asked several times by him, and finally said: "Do you think you can do well in the exam?"

Soldier: “…”

Wang Guoqiang, who was sitting across the aisle from him, comforted him when he heard this: "It's okay if you don't do well on the test. According to what Teacher Lin said, you don't have much room to fall back."

Soldier: “…”

But after hearing these two truths, he really wasn't nervous anymore. He did what he could do, and he didn't have time to make up answers for what he couldn't do.

When Lin Qiao saw the paper with handwriting that looked like dog crawling, he raised an eyebrow and even peeled off the top of the paper. Sure enough, "Liang Jun" was written on it.

The brat did well, he passed the test again. Although his score was about the same as last time, he didn't get any of the big questions right like Li Xiaoqiu did this time.

Just as he was about to turn over the next paper, the physics teacher from the next two classes exclaimed, opened the paper and took a look, then called to Vice Principal Qi, "Qi Huaiwen's paper."

"He handed in a blank paper again?" It became a conditioned reflex for Vice Principal Qi, and he immediately frowned when he heard it.

"No." The physics teacher had a complicated look in his eyes, and he didn't know how to describe it. He simply handed the paper to him and said, "Look for yourself."

Lin Qiao suddenly thought of something and went over according to the reputation. Sure enough, he saw Vice President Qi. The more he looked, the more surprised he became. In the end, he was completely replaced by Complexity.

"How did you do on the test?" Team leader Gao saw that they were all puzzled and couldn't help but look over. "Didn't you get all the answers right?" He flipped over the back of the paper and said, "Only two points were deducted."

Only two points were deducted, which means that Qi Huaiwen scored 98 points in physics in this month-end exam.

He has failed physics for three years, since he started studying it in the second year of junior high school. Unexpectedly, he scored 98 points this time.

If he didn't take the test himself, Li Xiaoqiu, who was in the same class with him, only scored 96 this time, and the scores of other classes were even lower...

This turned out to be the highest score in the physics exam for their grade.

It was obvious that this kid had never given up studying physics. Everyone looked at Vice-Principal Qi, wondering what his mood was at the moment.

In the end, only Team Leader Gao patted Vice Principal Qi on the shoulder and said nothing more. He just told Lin Qiao, "Pay attention to his chemistry paper. He might do well."

Qi Huaiwen's beautiful handwriting was easy to recognize, and soon they both finished grading it, scoring 91 points, which was 4 points higher than last time.

These two subjects were my best scores. Although the scores in other subjects were a little worse, they were all above 75 points. Only English was a bit of a letdown, with a score of less than 70.

However, students of this generation are not good at foreign languages, and passing the exam is considered a high score. After all, before the college entrance examination was resumed, no one paid attention to it. Even in the same school and the same grade, some classes taught English, some taught Japanese, and some taught Russian.

"With this score, we can get into the top 60 in the grade, right?" Team Leader Gao couldn't believe his eyes.

Even if Qi Huaiwen was not in the bottom 60 of his grade before, he would have been in the bottom 70 or 80. In this monthly exam, he moved up nearly 100 places.

This is because he was delayed for more than half a month at the beginning of the school year because Wu Haiyang and Vice Principal Qi were hospitalized. If he had been attending classes properly, wouldn't his ranking have been higher?

The teachers in the science office didn't know what to say. Vice Principal Qi remained silent for a long time and put the report card into his lesson plan.

The next day, the overall grade ranking came out, and Qi Huaiwen actually made it into the top 60, ranking 58th, just at the tail end.

Li Xiaoqiu's grades are much better than his, ranking sixth in the grade. If it weren't for the poor performance in Chinese and English, he could have ranked even higher.

What frustrated Team Leader Gao the most was that Class 1, which he taught, was outperformed by Class 4, which was taught by Lin Qiao. The class dropped from second to third in the grade average score, only 0.1 point more than Class 3, which was ranked fourth. If any student had answered one more big question correctly with this 0.1 point, Class 1 would probably have been at the bottom of the list.

He used to complain about a sense of crisis every day, but he never expected to be overtaken so quickly, especially by Class 4, which had been at the bottom.

Lin Qiao's actions are simply destroying the learning ecology of the entire grade.

The big red list was posted downstairs in the teaching building. Many people were surprised. Lin Qiao passed by and took a look. He also saw the same

Principal Zeng came to see the results.

"You teach well." Principal Zeng praised her and then asked her, "Are you busy? If not, accompany me to see the newly built laboratory."

The experimental building was completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival. During this period, the walls were painted, plumbing and electricity were laid, and decoration was carried out inside.

Lin Qiao didn't have any classes, so she didn't refuse. The two of them waited for Vice President Qi downstairs for a while, and then went to the experimental building next to the teaching building together.

Due to the times, the laboratory was certainly not as well built as when Lin Qiao was in school, but it still had everything it should have, including a laboratory table and a sink between the tables. There was also a row of cabinets with small glass doors at the back of the laboratory, which were used to store experimental equipment and reagents.

Now we just have to wait for the logistics department to purchase the supplies so that this newly built chemical laboratory can be put into use.

The three of them checked from the front to the back, and even turned on the taps of each pool to test it out. Principal Zeng stood at the end with his hands behind his back, and suddenly said to Lin Qiao, "When the laboratory is officially put into use, the Ministry of Education will send someone to review it. You should get ready and give a public class."

"Give a public class?" Lin Qiao really didn't expect him to say that.

Principal Zeng nodded. "It was you who suggested this. It's because of you that the school became a pilot school. No one else is more suitable to teach this first class than you."

Vice Principal Qi obviously knew about this, and asked Lin Qiao with a smile: "Why? Are you worried that there will be too many leaders coming and you won't be able to explain it properly?"

"That's not the case. It was just a little unexpected."

"I don't think so. When you came to the high school for a trial class, Xiao Gao, Lao Qu and I were all sitting downstairs, and you didn't seem nervous at all."

Vice Principal Qi already admired this young teacher who he had promoted to high school. Moreover, Lin Qiao had found Qi Huaiwen, so he said something deeper: "Speak well, and leave a good impression on the leaders above. It will only benefit you in the future."

This is the truth that only close people would tell you. Lin Qiao nodded earnestly to express his gratitude and accepted the other party's kindness.

But no one expected that just a few days after these words were spoken, and before the equipment purchased by the logistics department arrived, someone sent a letter of complaint to the Municipal Education Bureau.