Chapter 211 Mission: This guy's super-energetic attitude made her feel a little...
The sky was clear and blue, the sea and sky blended into one, and the soft sunlight spilled onto the four pillars and three gates of the camp. The central gate was six meters wide and could accommodate two trucks. There was a small gate on each side, and sentries were on both sides.
The main gate on the family compound side is one of the three exits of the base camp, and it is the back gate. Family members go out, soldiers ask for leave, and ambulances come and go frequently through this exit.
Female military family members like Qin Xiangxiang have relatively easy access; they can basically just scan their faces without needing to register. However, officers and soldiers like Zhou Zhenbang face much stricter restrictions on their entry and exit, requiring a reason or a leave slip.
Qin Xiangxiang led Yin Pingping through the left-hand door and bumped into Zhou Zhenbang and Lin Xiuqin.
Qin Xiangxiang didn't know Zhou Zhenbang, but she knew Lin Xiuqin.
"Director Qin, what a coincidence, we've run into you!" Lin Xiuqin greeted Qin Xiangxiang, glancing at Zhou Zhenbang walking beside her out of the corner of her eye, a hint of smugness creeping onto her face.
She felt that Zhou Zhenbang was more masculine than Li Jianzhi.
If she were to marry Zhou Zhenbang in the future, Zhou Zhenbang would be the son of a military officer. Although she didn't know how high-ranking his father was, he was certainly extraordinary and would have a much higher starting point than others.
Qin Xiangxiang: "Lin Xiuqin? And who is this?"
"This is Comrade Zhou Zhenbang. I met him at Sister Xiuxiu's house earlier."
Qin Xiangxiang smiled slightly and said sincerely, "I hope to drink a glass of wedding wine soon."
If Lin Xiuqin marries Zhou Zhenbang, then this family compound is going to be quite a show. While being pricked by needles, she'll be silently watching the drama unfold—good heavens, it's too tragic for her to be a lazy bum.
This week, Zhenbang comes from a wealthy family and is highly sought after. Will the original female lead, Lin Xiuqin, be able to win him over? Qin Xiangxiang is waiting to see how Lin Xiuqin overcomes all obstacles… and…
Gao Rong thought Lin Xiuqin had liked her, He Xiuxiu thought Lin Xiuqin had a crush on her, and even Zhao Yangyang misunderstood that Lin Xiuqin had fallen in love with Qin Xiangxiang at first sight. This chaotic scene is truly exciting!
Zhou Zhenbang: "You must be Director Qin, the director of Feiyan Textile Factory. You're truly remarkable."
Qin Xiangxiang exchanged a few polite words with the two, but in reality, she didn't take these two new male and female leads seriously. She was just waiting to watch the drama unfold.
At this moment, Yin Pingping, who was standing next to Qin Xiangxiang, looked at Qin Xiangxiang with an admiring gaze.
Ever since arriving at the family compound and seeing the heavily armed soldiers and the upright camphor trees at the foot of the wall, Yin Pingping had been extremely nervous. However, seeing Qin Xiangxiang's composed demeanor, even her somewhat lazy air, at this moment, in Yin Pingping's eyes—
That's the style of a true boss!
Qin Xiangxiang's appearance is strikingly bright, like a thorny rose, even somewhat arrogant. However, her languidness is like a spear lying on the throne of power, with rose vines entwined around it.
Yes, in Yin Pingping's eyes, the beautiful and charming woman beside her was like a gun entwined with roses, calm and composed, with the demeanor of a queen.
Yin Pingping secretly made up her mind that she would become like Qin Xiangxiang and strive to be like her!
For Yin Pingping, Qin Xiangxiang was like a fire in the dead of winter, a lifeline for someone drowning in water.
When Qin Xiangxiang was in Shanghai, many people said that she was able to achieve her current success mostly because of her mother's help, and that she herself had no ability.
Furthermore, Qin Xiangxiang bought a large number of stockpiled embroidery pieces, which is typical of Pighead Brother's spoiled and dissolute lifestyle...
But Yin Pingping didn't believe it.
Yin Pingping knew she had a bad reputation and was tainted by the fact that she had seduced men. Some people even speculated that she would seduce Qin Xiangxiang's husband. Yin Pingping cried out in her heart that she was wronged.
She was afraid that Qin Xiangxiang would worry about this and be suspicious of her, but Qin Xiangxiang's behavior was completely different from those of the other women.
Yin Pingping sensed the powerful confidence emanating from "her"!
Zhou Zhenbang: "Director Qin, my cousin admires you very much. If you have the chance, I hope you can chat with her. She praises you as a heroine."
"Like me, her parents are both soldiers. She said that after meeting you, she would definitely be the first military family member she had ever met."
Qin Xiangxiang's lips twitched inwardly: "?" What the hell is this?
Lin Xiuqin stared at Qin Xiangxiang from all angles. Although her appearance was still that of the "beautiful fool" Qin Xiangxiang from the real world, her inner self had changed, and she had become a career-driven "Qin Xiangxiang" with a strong sense of ambition.
The Qin Xiangxiang of the past was always calm and collected, even when things were urgent. For example, if she missed handing in her final assignment, she didn't care.
She didn't care that she had forgotten about the CET-6 exam.
She was never in a hurry to do anything; she just let each day pass by.
Although she lacks ambition, what's infuriating is that Qin Xiangxiang is living a pretty good life.
Qin Xiangxiang led Yin Pingping upstairs. Once inside, Qin Xiangxiang closed the door and whispered to Yin Pingping, "Pingping, I have an important mission for you!"
Yin Pingping immediately stood up straight: "Don't worry, factory manager, I guarantee I'll complete the task."
"From now on, you will learn embroidery from Master Lu Suxin. You need to find a way to please Master Lu and get her to take you as her apprentice."
Yin Pingping: "Factory manager, but I don't have a talent for embroidery."
Qin Xiangxiang: "Who said that? Where there's a will, there's a way!"
Yin Pingping: "That's what Master Lu said. When she was sweeping the floor in the production group in the alley, she said I wasn't suitable for this job and that I didn't have the talent."
“She said my embroidery was stiff and rigid, that I was inflexible and that my work was too conventional and lacked spirit.”
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Why the hell didn't you say so sooner?
The hopes for a great savior were dashed.
Qin Xiangxiang was furious: "What is spiritual energy? Is it embroidering bamboo leaves into sea cucumbers?"
Yin Pingping said worriedly, "Factory manager, you won't abandon me, will you? I can work as a textile worker."
Qin Xiangxiang said with a dark expression, "Go to the garment workshop, Pingping. You need to believe in your abilities. You are very useful."
"Really?" Yin Pingping asked anxiously.
Qin Xiangxiang: "I'm about to give you a very important task. I think you are extremely good at communication and you understand Shanghainese. Our factory has now produced a batch of geometric patchwork embroidered shirts using embroidered patches. You are responsible for contacting Friendship Store, Overseas Chinese Store, etc., and persuading them to buy our factory's shirts."
"If they don't agree, just ask them to let us put the factory's goods on the counter for consignment sale, and sell as many as we can."
Yin Pingping swallowed hard: "...Factory manager, I can't do it! These embroidery pieces were just leftover stock. We tried to sell them before, but they wouldn't buy them!"
Now you're making shirts out of them and selling them back to someone else? Isn't that a double whammy? You think you can sell them again? That's just wishful thinking.
Qin Xiangxiang: "So your goal is to get them to agree to set aside a small space for us to consign shirts."
Yin Pingping bit her lip and nodded. She was already starting to regret coming to Feiyan Textile Factory.
This task is too difficult!
This is harder than climbing to heaven!
It's better to stay in Shanghai and endure people's cold words, or to resist my parents' pressure to get married.
Yin Pingping's face turned several shades pale: "Factory Director, you've entrusted me with such an important task?"
Yin Pingping was terrified. From childhood to adulthood, she had only ever performed on stage in a variety show. Her grades were never great, and she would occasionally encounter some minor problems in her life. In order to escape an arranged marriage, she went to work in the production team. She was just an ordinary... cough, a member of the team with a somewhat chaotic and bad reputation, doing the simplest work.
Those were stockpiled embroidery pieces! Those were items from dealing with overseas remittance shops! Apart from interacting with those elders when drinking, Yin Pingping had never met any important figures.
The factory manager entrusted her with such an important task so easily?
This showed that her abilities were highly valued and trusted. Now, Yin Pingping felt that the task was too difficult, but she was also grateful for the other party's high regard, and she was extremely conflicted.
Qin Xiangxiang: "I believe you can do it."
"What if... we can't do it? What if the embroidery pieces don't sell?"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "This is not something you should worry about, Yin Pingping. You just need to focus on your own task. The task I'm giving you is to persuade the Friendship Store to agree to consign our factory's embroidered shirts and give us a chance."
"You just need to complete this basic task, keep your eyes fixed on this one goal, and leverage your strengths."
Yin Pingping: "But we can't sell them..."
Qin Xiangxiang: "I told you, that's not something you should be concerned about!"
"I'm asking you this: are you confident that Friendship Store will agree to let us consign our embroidered shirts?"
Yin Pingping paused for a few seconds, then said confidently, "Factory Manager, I can definitely complete this task!"
"Okay, okay." Qin Xiangxiang finally realized that she wasn't at a complete loss.
Qin Xiangxiang stared at Yin Pingping for a while, thinking that selling just an embroidered shirt wasn't enough. "I'll make it a little more difficult for you."
Yin Pingping: "???"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Our factory also has some side products, such as sausages, salted duck eggs, preserved duck, and dried fish... Please take these with you. It would be even better if you could exchange them for some foreign exchange certificates."
Yin Pingping: "Huh?!"
“Or—” A light flashed in Qin Xiangxiang’s mind, “You can use the agricultural products from our factory to barter with the Friendship Store for some imported goods to improve the lives of our factory’s employees. As long as they are imported, we can exchange them for anything.”
Workers, farmers, merchants, students, and soldiers.
Their factory has completed the "industry," "agriculture," "education," and "military" functions, but it is still missing the "commerce" function, which is to set up an internal employee welfare store, that is, a supply and marketing cooperative within the factory.
Since we're going to open a store, how can we just sell ordinary goods?
Qin Xiangxiang felt that one should be open-minded and barter. Anything could be exchanged, such as imported candy, chocolate, malted milk powder, imported milk powder, MSG, and some imported cigarettes and alcohol.
Even imported watches and transistor radios...
"Okay, Factory Manager, I've got all that in mind!" Yin Pingping gradually calmed down. She was touched by Qin Xiangxiang's unwavering trust, as if the other person was saying: Go ahead and do it! I'll take care of everything!
Qin Xiangxiang said shrewdly, "If you can get along well with the clerks at the foreign exchange store, and help our factory get some tin boxes for imported chocolates, as well as some cardboard boxes and packaging materials, we'll take them all."
"good."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Starting today, you will also learn English by listening to the radio, so that you can represent our factory in communicating with foreign guests in the future."
Yin Pingping said excitedly, "Factory Director, I will definitely not let you down!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
This energetic, adrenaline-fueled look filled her with a slight sense of dread.
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