“I signed a contract with them. They mean that they can deliver the goods before Christmas, and the focus is on quality.” Shen Mingzhi’s confidence comes from her own experience and the fact that she can offer suggestions. She didn’t just agree without knowing anything about the situation.
"Christmas? That's still a long way off," Factory Director Sun muttered to himself.
“Yes, we still have time to develop before their New Year,” Shen Mingzhi replied, but in reality, the time is not long. It may take one or two months to ship by sea… so they need to ship before October.
It's almost May now.
“Speaking of which, it’s almost May Day, and we need to start planning our factory’s activities,” Shen Mingzhi said to him.
Upon hearing this, Director Sun picked up his teacup and left, saying, "You plan this carefully, I'll go to the production line and see if they're slacking off."
Shen Mingzhi's face immediately fell. He ran away as soon as the topic of planning the event came up!
"After we clear out our inventory, I want to buy a German-made production line, estimated at 500,000. Can you help me mention this to the mayor or someone else and ask them to talk to the bank?" Shen Mingzhi shouted loudly from behind him.
Upon hearing this, Factory Director Sun stopped abruptly, almost jumping up, "Are you crazy?! Five hundred thousand?!"
"I'm not crazy. You need to quickly pull some strings to get this done. When the new production line comes back, we'll need to invite people from there to come and teach us. We also need to start preparing to recruit workers. By the way... how's the new dormitory going?" She had been busy and hadn't gone to the construction site of the factory's new dormitory.
“It’s still under renovation. I’m not saying this out loud, but this 500,000… we still owe the bank more than 100,000. Aren’t you afraid that something will go wrong and the money will still be there?!” It wasn’t that Director Sun was unwilling to lend the money, but doing business also has risks.
I can lend 50,000 or 100,000, but what if the factory runs into problems and the cash flow breaks down? Everyone in the factory will starve.
“If we want to grow bigger and stronger, we have to be able to take risks. Will you lend it to us or not?” Shen Mingzhi asked.
Factory Director Sun frowned and after a long while said, "If the factory has problems, I will immediately go to Comrade Jiang. Think it through yourself."
“That’s for sure,” Shen Mingzhi said immediately.
Factory Director Sun couldn't help but sigh, "Living on borrowed money is no easy feat!"
After he left, Shen Mingzhi began to sort out the contracts, separating the contracts for ordering spot goods and putting the pre-ordered contracts aside.
After Lin Xiaoyu arrived, she said to Lin Xiaoyu, "Can you turn all these contracts into production orders?"
"No..." Lin Xiaoyu said awkwardly.
Shen Mingzhi took out the production order she had made earlier, and then called her over to her side. "This production order isn't difficult. Just make sure your handwriting is neat. Compare it to what I made and the contract. If you don't understand anything, ask me."
The reason Lin Xiaoyu was assigned to handle this production order was because many of them were in English.
At the time, in order for foreign businessmen to understand, it was all written in English, just to make it look high-end and to make the other party think that their factory was professional.
Lin Xiaoyu held the production order she had made and began to look at it with a blank expression.
"I'll give you two days," Shen Mingzhi said. "Once you're done, give them to me for inspection. After I've checked them, you can then distribute them to the factories below. Oh, and this time, find our new designer, Shen Xiuzhu, for the design drawings. When he arrives, urge him to complete a draft within two days and show it to me then."
Lin Xiaoyu, her mind still a bit fuzzy, quickly jotted down notes in her notebook.
After Shen Mingzhi left to attend to her work, Lin Xiaoyu stared at the stack of contracts in front of her, feeling both bewildered and delighted.
Actually, this wasn't the first time she had met Shen Mingzhi. Last year, when it was getting hot, Shen Mingzhi was selling her homemade medicine at a stall. She was enthusiastic and cheerful when promoting her products, which gave people a very good impression.
This was the first time Lin Xiaoyu had ever encountered such a bold woman.
Unexpectedly, she went from being a small street vendor to becoming the deputy director of Baoli Factory.
This was simply unbelievable to a college student like her.
But Shen Mingzhi miraculously did it.
After thinking for a while, she patted her face and started working.
Shen Mingzhi didn't stay at the factory for long before going home.
She has a driving lesson scheduled for today, so there's nothing for her to do at the factory for the time being.
Back home, the two toddlers who were learning to walk in the yard saw her and immediately exclaimed with delight, "Mommy!"
Before Shen Mingzhi could walk over, Niannian, in her haste, took a step and instantly fell to the ground.
"Oh my goodness!" Sister Wang rushed to help her up.
Niannian fell and cried loudly.
Shen Mingzhi quickly stepped forward, and after Wang Sao picked her up, she quickly patted her pants and clothes, then picked her up, sat her on a chair next to her, and rolled up her pant legs.
Wang's wife helped check her elbow.
Fortunately, there was no broken skin. Shen Mingzhi rubbed it for Niannian and then reached out her other hand to stroke Zhouzhou's head as he slowly walked over. "Have you been a good boy?"
"Good boy!" Zhouzhou raised his little face. "It didn't fall...it didn't fall!"
He should have said that he didn't fall.
Shen Mingzhi pinched his cheek. "So good, my darling is so good!"
Zhouzhou huffed and puffed as he climbed up the chair, holding onto it.
Shen Mingzhi lifted his little arm with one hand to prevent him from falling.
He finally climbed onto the chair, sat down, and boasted to Shen Mingzhi, "Good boy!"
"My darling is so amazing!" Shen Mingzhi was happy to see them.
Niannian sobbed and whimpered, burying her face in her arms.
“Niannian is such a good girl. She forgot there was a stone under her feet when she saw her mother. She tripped over it. The stone is broken!” Shen Mingzhi coaxed her.
Hearing her say that, Nian Nian, being the clever little devil she is, immediately looked up, frowned, stared at the ground, pointed her finger, and shouted, "Stone...bad!"
Wang's wife listened from the side and laughed heartily.
Shen Mingzhi held Niannian in her arms and said to them, "Mommy is going to learn to drive later. I'll drive you out to play often in the future, okay?"
"Mommy... are you leaving?" Niannian looked disappointed.
"I'll be back for lunch. I'll only study for two hours, and then I'll play with you guys in the afternoon, okay?" Shen Mingzhi said.
Springtime was perfect, and she planned to take the children on a picnic in the afternoon and then take some photos of them.
She'll be one year old soon... it's time to take some photos to commemorate the occasion.
"Okay..." Niannian's enthusiasm waned, and the joy she had felt earlier vanished.
"You just got back and you're already out again," said Aunt Wang helplessly. "The child loves you and wants to be with you all the time."
“There’s no other way, you have to learn to drive, otherwise you can’t do a lot of things,” Shen Mingzhi told her.
Mrs. Wang said she could understand.
He's still the deputy factory director now; who knows how busy he'll be when he becomes the factory director.
"But you really don't plan to have any more children? Your wife really hopes you two can have a couple more. She lost one of her children, and her daughter is not good enough... She's counting on you two, but she's worried that you'll be too busy to take care of them in the future." Wang Sao couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
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