Lu Yuan decorated his house in the minimalist style that was popular after 2000. The kitchen and bathroom were tiled, the lighting was bright, and the furniture was beautiful. The whole house looked very high-end.
Dozens of rural villas remained unsold, with everyone openly and secretly expressing a desire to own a small villa.
Some people are even secretly giving gifts to Lu Yuan, Lu Guoqing, or Zhang Yong'an, hoping to secure the villa in advance.
Lu Guoan and Zhang Yongan were angry, and Lu Yuan was very helpless. He couldn't understand what everyone was thinking. When did villas become less appealing than small Western-style houses?
"It's not time to allocate rooms yet, so no one can show favoritism; everyone must strictly follow the procedures."
Seeing that the people were determined, everyone gave up the idea of using connections.
They don't even consider that we're all from the same village, how can they show favoritism?
Lu Yuan handed over the housing allocation to Lu Guoan and other brigade cadres, as he needed to prepare for the factory's opening.
The houses were allocated according to population and household registration. Because of this, every household in Changhe Brigade was divided up, increasing from the original 206 households to the current 489 households.
Lu Yuan and Lu Guoan didn't say anything. It's a good thing that the family has split up as the tree grows bigger. Anyway, the village has money to build houses, so they're not afraid of the family splitting up.
Villagers say that as long as the parents are alive, the family should not separate. In some families, even though the elderly are still alive, the brothers who have married and had children still live together. With more people, there are more conflicts, and each family has its own little schemes.
This is fundamentally detrimental to family harmony and, in the long run, also to the development and construction of the village.
After the family separates, they can go to the brigade to get housing with their new household registration book.
Families with more than four members or those living with elderly people are allocated a large 178-square-meter unit, while families with four or fewer members are allocated a 140-square-meter unit.
As for the specific room number, it's all drawn by lot.
There were two boxes; one contained the room number of a six-story Western-style house, and the other contained the room number of a country villa.
After choosing which house you want, you draw lots.
As a result, after two days, everyone chose the Western-style houses.
Xu Dong, Mo Ziyang, He Shenghua, Lu Jiefang, and Lu Yuanchao, all of whom were close to Lu Yuan, came to ask him questions.
"Brother Yuan, do you want an apartment or a villa?"
"Of course, I want a villa."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
“Nobody wants the villas,” Lu Yuanchao said.
"That's why I want a villa. If I wanted an apartment, what if there aren't enough to go around?"
They spoke with great righteousness, but in their hearts they were thinking, "Only a fool would choose an apartment building over a villa."
Those villas are so nice, either two or three stories high, much bigger than apartment buildings.
Crucially, it also has a courtyard of over 100 square meters. Enclosed by a wall, it's a detached house with its own entrance, providing ample space for children to play.
In a few years, this villa will be at least twice as expensive as the Western-style house.
"Then I want a villa too."
"Me too."
Everyone unanimously followed Lu Yuan's lead and chose the villa.
Lu Yuan chuckled inwardly, thinking, "You loyal lads will all thank me later."
It took several days for everyone except Lu Yuan and his group to be assigned houses.
Since no one wanted the villa, Lu Yuan and his group didn't draw lots; they could choose directly.
After Lu Yuan made his choice, Mo Ziyang, Xu Dong, He Shenghua, Lu Yuanchao, Lu Jiefang, Sun Maodou, and others all chose houses near their homes.
Lu Yuan chose a villa for Lu Xiaojun, and Lu Guoan also chose one next to their eldest son, Lu Qianjin. Zhang Yong'an and several other village cadres also chose villas instead of apartment buildings.
They actually liked the building too, but they trusted Lu Yuan and believed that following Lu Yuan in everything was the right thing to do.
In the end, about thirty households chose villas.
By the time everyone had moved into their new homes, more than half a year had passed.
At this time, the food processing plant was also ready and waiting to open for business.
All the machinery and equipment needed by the factory were sent over from Gangcheng by Cheng Yanqiu, and they all used the most advanced processing equipment available at the time.
Lu Yuan handed over all the factory's paperwork to Mo Ziyang, and with the cooperation of all departments, the paperwork was completed smoothly.
Currently, Lu Yuan has appointed Mo Ziyang as the deputy director of the food processing plant.
Xu Dong, Lu Yuanchao, and Lu Jiefang were all transport drivers for the factory.
Lu Yuan approached Zhong Zhiping and asked her to be the sales manager.
Zhong Zhiping has a high degree of market sensitivity and is good at dealing with people. Lu Yuan felt that she was very suitable for this position.
Such a large factory can't be run with just a few leaders and employees, so Lu Yuan started looking for suitable people and recruiting workers a long time ago.
Lu Yuan invited his wife, Jia Liqin, and Yan Yuting to work in the factory. His wife, of course, was very capable, and the other two were educated and could handle many positions with a little training.
The factory's most important financial matters were entrusted to three people.
Lu Yuan recruited many more people to the factory. The first batch of recruits included more than 500 people, most of whom were from his own village, as well as people from the commune and surrounding villages.
The wages of ordinary workers are not high, only about 20 yuan at the beginning, but the overall benefits are very good, with a canteen and dormitory.
Although employees have to buy their own meal tickets to eat in the canteen, the factory provides a meal allowance, so it doesn't cost them much.
This kind of treatment is already quite good for these rural people who make a living by farming.
The biggest problem before starting work was hygiene. The factory processes food, so the requirements for hygiene and safety are very high. Accordingly, the employees we hire also need to pay special attention to personal hygiene.
However, the factory was mostly staffed by women from the village, who were not particularly particular about their daily habits.
A little dirt won't hurt you.
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