"Hey, this kid, he doesn't even recognize his father after not seeing him for a few days."
Jiang Che slapped Jiang Yuanlang's butt angrily. Wei Xuan smiled and said, "All children are like this."
Jiang Yuanlang turned around angrily and said a lot of gibberish to Jiang Che. Although I didn't understand what he said, judging from his expression, he seemed to be blaming Jiang Che for slapping him on the butt just now.
Although he was young, he had a strong temper. Because of this incident, Jiang Che was unable to take his son from Wei Xuan until dinner.
It was not until Jiang Che finally said he wanted to feed him that Yuan Lang reluctantly became familiar with him.
Jiang Che muttered in dissatisfaction: "As expected, whoever gives you milk is your mother. I, as a father, am worse than a bowl of rice."
Yuanyuan immediately raised her hand when she heard that: "Dad, I want to kiss you."
These words really touched the heart of Jiang Che, the old father. He immediately broke into a big smile: "My daughter is still the best."
Wei Xuan was no longer surprised by their clingy behavior. Most fathers were more lenient with their daughters.
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As for his son...
To paraphrase Jiang Che, one has to suffer many setbacks before he can become successful.
Wei Xuan also agreed with this statement. It doesn't mean that boys must be raised in a rough way or that they don't have to be particularly demanding in terms of material things. She just hopes that he can experience more things so that he can face every difficulty in life calmly.
But no matter how hard Jiang Che said, he definitely still loved his son. When Wei Xuan came back to the house after taking a bath at night, she saw him holding his son, rocking him around the house and coaxing him to sleep.
"Are you asleep?" Wei Xuan asked in a low voice, walking lightly.
Jiang Che tilted his head back slightly to take a look, then turned back to Wei Xuan and shook his head: "Almost there."
Wei Xuan didn't say anything. She tried her best to climb onto the bed without making any sound. After about five minutes, Jiang Che put the child in his private little bed, covered him with a quilt, and then tiptoed to lie down next to Wei Xuan.
He twisted his neck and slightly sore arms: "This kid is in such good spirits."
Wei Xuan chuckled: "You just found out." So most of the time Wei Xuan would not go out of her way to coax him to sleep. Basically, she would put him on the bed when the time came, ignore him and let him play by himself for a while. He would fall asleep while playing.
This is also the most convenient way.
"I saw him yawning, so I thought he must be sleepy. I coaxed him for a long time, but when I turned around, his eyes were still wide open, showing no signs of falling asleep." After saying that, Jiang Che asked Wei Xuan, "What did you say you wanted to tell me this afternoon?"
"It's about the food factory. The products in the factory have been produced, so I'm thinking about how to sell them." Then Wei Xuan told Jiang Che about her plan to cooperate with Cheng Shao.
"Do you think this is okay?"
"Okay," Jiang Che said without thinking, "What a coincidence. A few days ago, I was chatting with Cheng Shao and we talked about his business. Since my transportation company started, he has come to see me several times and asked me to give him some ideas and ask me to think of a proper business for him. What good ideas can I have? I think what you said is quite suitable for him. He should not refuse."
Wei Xuan didn't expect that it would be such a coincidence, and said in surprise: "Then help me talk to him tomorrow."
"Okay." Jiang Che agreed promptly.
After finishing the serious business, Wei Xuan began to feel like asking him about the trip to Shanghai.
"Everything went smoothly on the way. Nothing happened, right?"
Jiang Che paused, suddenly feeling a little guilty.
"What's wrong? Is there really something wrong?" Wei Xuan asked casually at first, but turned to look at him when she realized something was wrong.
"Yes, there is something." Jiang Che didn't want to say it and make Wei Xuan worry, but then he thought that if he didn't say it and Wei Xuan knew about it from other people, he would definitely be in trouble, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth.
"We encountered a group of highway robbers on the road, and one driver's arm was scratched by a knife."
Wei Xuan was horrified: "Is it so serious that they even used a knife?" She thought it was just a matter of stealing some things, but she didn't expect that they would actually use a knife and see blood.
Seeing that she was frightened, Jiang Che quickly put his arm around her shoulders and said, "It's okay. It's just a small knife. No one will die. At most, you will get hurt. Besides, Brother Xue is here. In the end, we all came back safely."
Wei Xuan was not a three-year-old child who would believe whatever he said. Although Jiang Che spoke lightly now, she could imagine that the scene at that time must have been very dangerous.
Thinking of this, she said to Jiang Che, "Don't take long-distance transport anymore."
Jiang Che didn't say anything. It was impossible for him not to accept the offer. He had already taken this step and if he wanted to go back now, it would cause great harm to the transportation company.
But Wei Xuan was very tough this time, "Did you hear that?" Compared to life, money and career seemed less important. Especially since their family was not short of money.
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Jiang Che was helpless: "Wife, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
"How did I embarrass you?" Wei Xuan got angry: "Do you want Yuanyuan and Yuanlang to be without a father at such a young age?"
"How can it be so serious? This kind of thing only happens with a low probability." Jiang Che was almost laughing at her words.
"How can it not be that serious! A small probability means it will happen. What if you are unlucky? Anyway, if anything happens to you, I will remarry immediately and let your child call someone else dad, believe it or not."
Jiang Che was so irritated by her words that his veins jumped. He turned over and blocked her mouth.
The next day, Wei Xuan still didn't treat Jiang Che well. Even Liu Ying could sense that something was wrong between them.
With Jiang Che at home, Wei Xuan naturally didn't have to worry about sending Yuanyuan to school. She went out after breakfast and didn't even give Jiang Che a glance the whole time.
Wei Xuan was indeed very angry, but she was not only angry at Jiang Che, and she didn't know what she was angry about.
It was not until she arrived at the factory and took a walk around the production room that the anger in her heart slowly dissipated. Well, she admitted that she was being a little unreasonable. Jiang Che's transportation company had just got on track, but she asked him to turn the car around. This was a bit unreasonable.
Now if someone asked her to close any of the food factories, grain stores or clothing stores, she would not give that person a good look.
The same goes for Jiang Che's transportation company.
But she was indeed worried. If something happened to Jiang Che, she would not be able to bear the thought.
That’s not right. No matter how many food factories and clothing stores she opens, there will be no danger, so it’s different from his transportation company.
Wei Xuan rubbed her forehead. Regardless of whether he agreed or not, she still had to discuss this matter with Jiang Che again.
As for Jiang Che, he went to see Cheng Shao after sending his daughter to school in the morning. Although Wei Xuan was angry with him, he still had to complete the tasks assigned by his wife.
Cheng Shao is not as busy as before. He only goes there in person when he gets news that there is rare and valuable stuff.
When Jiang Che came to find him, he had just gotten up and was squatting in the yard brushing his teeth.
Seeing Jiang Che, he spat out the foam in his mouth: "Brother Jiang, do you want to see me for something?"
"Something's up. Are you busy today?"
"I'm not busy. Wait for me." He rinsed his mouth clean and wrung out a towel to wipe his face. "Let's go. Let's talk inside."
Jiang Che followed him into the main room and sat down. Just as he was about to speak, Bian Qianqian walked in.
"Hey, Jiang Che is here. Do you have anything to talk about?" She saw Jiang Che pause for a moment before putting the breakfast in his hand on the table.
"You haven't eaten yet?"
"Hehe," Cheng Shao said with a smile, "I got up late. Brother Jiang, have you eaten yet? If not, sit down and eat something with me."
"I have eaten."
"Then I won't care about you and will eat first." With the current familiarity between the two, Cheng Shao didn't hesitate to take a sip of porridge from the bowl and asked, "Brother Jiang, what do you want from me?"
"You know about Wei Xuan's contract for the sugar factory, right?"
"I know. I know it very well. My sister-in-law is like this." Cheng Shao raised his thumb with the hand holding the chopsticks: "This matter has been spread for some time. It's hard not to know."
Jiang Che didn't discuss the matter in depth, and got straight to business: "Aren't you looking for a job in industry? Your sister-in-law's factory is looking for agents for the products it produces. Do you want to give it a try?"
"Agent?" Cheng Shao was confused and didn't quite understand what this was for.
Jiang Che explained to him: "To put it bluntly, it means acting as an agent for a local sales channel and selling the products produced by their factories. You know a lot of retailers and have these connections, so isn't this just right for you?"
Cheng Shao frowned and thought for a long time before he figured out what Jiang Che meant. Being an agent is actually almost the same as his current business. The difference is that he doesn't need to spend money to buy the products and then wholesale or sell them. He can sell the products directly from the manufacturers to customers or retailers. He makes money from the difference and acts as a bridge.
This is a good idea, but he needs to go to his sister-in-law's food factory to make a decision. Whether this business can be done depends on whether the goods produced by the food factory are good.
If the product is not good, no matter how good the idea is, it will be useless if you can't sell it.
Jiang Che could understand his request: "Let's go together after you finish your meal." He had never been to his wife's factory since he bought it, so he could take this opportunity to go and take a look.
"Okay." Cheng Shao agreed and quickened his eating pace.
Bian Qianqian sat on the side and listened to them finalize a deal in just a few words. She couldn't describe the feeling in her heart. Wei Xuan had already opened a factory, is she so capable?
When Jiang Che and Cheng Shao arrived, Wei Xuan had just come out of the production room. When she saw Cheng Shao, she knew why they came, so she quickly asked Zhang Yao to call Jian Xiangliang.
Sales matters won’t work if the sales manager is not around.
Cheng Shao looked around Wei Xuan's office and said, "Sister-in-law, your office is quite big."
"It's OK. There aren't many people in the factory, so I took the largest room by myself." Wei Xuan poured them some water: "Would you like some tea?"
"No, plain water will do."
Jiang Che went to help Wei Xuan, but Wei Xuan still ignored him and poured a glass of water and handed it to Cheng Shao. Jiang Che was completely ignored and touched his nose a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Cheng Shao didn't notice this and didn't realize his embarrassment.
Cheng Shao stood up and took the water Wei Xuan handed him: "Thank you for your help, sister-in-law."
"You're welcome," Wei Xuan sat down opposite him, "Are you here to talk to me about the agency?"
"Yes," Cheng Shao said bluntly, "To be honest, sister-in-law, I am quite tempted by what Brother Jiang said, but I still want to take a look at your factory's products before making a decision."
"Of course," Wei Xuan smiled naturally, "I'll take you to the production workshop later, but we just opened, and you know we may not have many product varieties."
“It doesn’t matter.” Cheng Shao didn’t care about these things. Besides, he could understand that small factories are all like this. As long as the product quality is good and there is follow-up capacity, everyone develops step by step from small to large.
As they were talking, Zheng Yi and Jian Xiangliang came over together.
Wei Xuan stood up and said, "Let me introduce them to you. These two are the factory director and the sales manager." She pointed at Cheng Shao and said, "This is my friend, Cheng Shao. He is here to visit our factory today. If everything goes well, I plan to give him the agency rights for some of the areas around Beijing."
"Hello, I'm Cheng Shao."
"Hello."
After the two sides shook hands and introduced themselves, Wei Xuan introduced Jiang Che to them: "This is my husband."
It was the first time for both Zheng Yi and Jian Xiangliang to meet Jiang Che. After listening to Wei Xuan's introduction, they looked at Jiang Che with a bit of curiosity. Fortunately, they were very restrained and only took a quick look before returning to normal.
Jiang Che coughed lightly: "Just call me Jiang Che."
After the friendly exchange, Wei Xuan said to Zheng Yi: "Take Cheng Shao to the production workshop for a look." Wei Xuan originally wanted to accompany him personally, but after thinking about it, she decided it would be more appropriate to let Zheng Yi take him there.
"Okay, Boss Cheng, follow me."
After they left the house, Wei Xuan said to Jian Xiangliang, "If he is interested in taking over our agency, you can communicate with him about the rest, just follow what we agreed on last time."
"Okay, I know." After saying that, Jian Xiangliang probably realized that it would be inconvenient for him to stay here any longer, so he found an excuse to go out.
Seeing that there were finally no outsiders in the room, Jiang Che let out a sigh of relief and said to Wei Xuan flatteringly, "Wife, are you still angry?"
Wei Xuan ignored him. She hadn't figured out how to start the conversation yet.
But her silence made Jiang Che misunderstand that Wei Xuan was still angry with him.
After a long while, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Okay, I promise you, I won't take any long-distance orders for the time being."
Hearing this, Wei Xuan looked at him in surprise: "Really?" How come the man who refused to give in yesterday suddenly came to his senses today?
"Heh..." Jiang Che chuckled, walked up to her and asked, "If I don't agree to your request, are you going to ignore me forever?"
"This is an office, don't get so close to me." Wei Xuan pushed his head away, her tone still filled with annoyance as if he had hit the nail on the head. "I'm not that childish."
In fact, after Jiang Che agreed, she did not feel relieved, but even more depressed. Logically, her goal had been achieved and Jiang Che's safety was guaranteed, so she should be happy, but she was not.
Seeing that she was silent again, Jiang Che put his hands on the desk and looked at her: "What's wrong with you?"
Wei Xuan glanced at him, leaned back in her chair dejectedly, and sighed, "I don't know either. I don't want you to drive long distances for your safety, but I don't feel very happy that you agreed to it. It's as if I have prevented the development of the transportation company. Don't you feel sorry? I'm afraid you will regret it later. But what I said doesn't mean that I agree with you to continue driving long distances. It's very dangerous. Now I feel scared whenever I think of the dangers you may encounter, but...ah, I can't explain it well. I don't know if you understand what I mean."
Wei Xuan became more and more excited. Jiang Che listened to her quietly and handed her the cup of water: "Would you like a drink of water to calm down?"
Wei Xuan rolled her eyes at him but still didn't reject his kindness.
Jiang Che waited for her to finish drinking the water before continuing what she had just said: "I understand your entanglement, but I agreed to you not only because you objected. I have thought about it carefully, and what you said makes sense. It is indeed too dangerous to travel long distances now. If an accident occurs, it will not only lose money but also people's lives. We cannot afford this consequence. Although not traveling long distances will make us lose some large orders in the short term and hinder the development of the transportation company, it will not hinder the company's foundation. After all, the short-distance orders in Beijing and the surrounding areas are enough for us. In the long run, we can regard these years as a time for us to accumulate strength. When the company is stronger, it will be a safe way to start long-distance orders at that time."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at Wei Xuan again: "Also, this way I can also focus more on the family. The food factory has just opened, and you will have to be busy for at least a year or two before it can gain a firm foothold. But the growth of two children is only once, so one of you and I must take a step back temporarily. Now this is the best of both worlds."
Jiang Che's words touched Wei Xuan: "Actually, you don't have to be like this. No matter how busy we are, at least we have flexible schedules. We don't have to work on time, and the children won't be neglected."
Jiang Che shook his head: "But the fact is that we have less time to spend with our children. You don't have to feel guilty about me. We are a family. No matter which of us has a bigger business, doesn't the money we earn belong to the family? Or do you despise me because you make money?"
As he was talking, he became frivolous and Wei Xuan glared at him.
"Okay, I'll continue." Jiang Che retracted the teasing on his face, "I'm not saying to take a step back. Things have naturally developed to this point. Now for me, this is the best choice, isn't it? It's just slowing down the growth of the transportation company, but it doesn't mean giving up my career."
Wei Xuan was convinced by him that the time for the transportation company to make great strides had not yet arrived. The rapid development of logistics would not come until the late 1990s.
"Just don't regret it."
"No." In fact, Jiang Che's decision would not have much impact on the transportation company. If it was a little later, even half a year later, it would be difficult for him to turn back. Now, he has just started to get involved in long-distance business, and the loss of orders is still within the range he can bear.
The couple finally talked things out, and Zheng Yi returned with Cheng Shao, who had just visited the production workshop.
As soon as he entered the door, Cheng Shao praised: "Sister-in-law, your production workshop is well managed. You can't tell it's a newly opened small factory. It's very standardized."
Jiang Che teased him: "Don't be afraid of flattery."
"How can that be considered flattery? I'm just telling the truth." Cheng Shao was indeed shocked. Compared with those factories in the south, the discipline here was much better.
Wei Xuan interrupted their conversation with a smile: "So are you satisfied with our products after seeing them?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Since Cheng Shao went to see it, he must have tried it. Of course, it's not that he was impressed by the taste of the food itself, but the taste plus the price introduced by Zheng Yi made him feel that it was worth a try.
"Does this mean that we can continue discussing our cooperation?"
"Of course." Cheng Shao was now more anxious than Wei Xuan: "I wonder if sister-in-law has any specific details of the cooperation?"
As for the details of the cooperation, there must be some. But Wei Xuan had never thought of discussing it with Cheng Shao in person. Talking about money hurts feelings, and talking about feelings hurts money. Although there are no friends in the business world, bargaining with acquaintances still makes people feel a little awkward, so Wei Xuan called Jian Xiangliang over.
"He is the sales manager. He is in charge of all matters related to the sales department. You two can just discuss how to cooperate."
Cheng Shao breathed a sigh of relief when Wei Xuan handled the situation this way. Although he was still essentially cooperating with Wei Xuan's factory, having a middleman to ease the situation made him feel more comfortable without having to face Wei Xuan directly. Just now, he had been thinking about what tone to use when talking to his sister-in-law so as not to hurt the relationship. Now that the negotiation partner has changed to Jian Xiangliang, he doesn't need to worry so much anymore. Of course, he will do whatever is beneficial to him.
Cheng Shao is smart and Jian Xiangliang is not stupid either. Not to mention that he and Wei Xuan had already discussed the matter in advance and had a low price in mind, in terms of experience, Cheng Shao still lacks something compared to him.
Anyway, after Wei Xuan handed the matter over to Jian Xiangliang, she had no intention of intervening in it anymore. She believed that with Jian Xiangliang's ability, he would not let her suffer any loss. The most she would have to do was show up when the contract was signed in the end.
Cheng Shao and Jian Xiangliang left. Wei Xuan looked at Jiang Che and asked, "Are you going back first or are you going to wait for me to leave together?"
"Waiting for you." Jiang Che said leisurely while sitting on a chair.
"You just came back yesterday. Isn't the transportation company busy?"
Jiang Che smiled and said, "Fortunately, I dealt with everything that needed to be dealt with yesterday afternoon, so I don't really have anything to do now."
When Wei Xuan heard him say this, she instantly became unhappy. Why was she always so troublesome?
Then it was useless to be angry, what had to be done had to be done, Wei Xuan curled her lips: "Then you wait for me, I still have one last thing."
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"No hurry, take your time to look around, I'll go out for a walk." He was just busy talking to his wife about business and hadn't had time to visit the food factory.
Wei Xuan didn't care about him. He wouldn't get lost in the factory anyway. She was looking at the list provided by the purchasing department. Since the official start of production, Wei Xuan has been paying attention to the daily consumption and production volume of the factory.
After all, she was the one who hired the purchasing manager, and Wei Xuan was not familiar with him enough. In order to prevent him from overreaching, Wei Xuan had to control him more strictly.
She can accept kickbacks within a normal range. For example, the normal price of flour is 35 cents per pound. If the factory purchases a lot of goods, the flour mill will definitely give certain discounts, and the maximum discount can be negotiated to 32 cents.
On this basis, if the purchasing department can find a way to get a lower price, Wei Xuan doesn't mind her making some money, but if she dares to damage the interests of the factory, Wei Xuan will never allow it.
At present, the daily loss and consumption are still normal and no problems are found.
Wei Xuan put the list away, picked up her bag, locked the office door, stood in the corridor and looked in the direction of the factory. She soon saw Jiang Che strolling in the open space.
Jiang Che obviously saw her as well. When Wei Xuan went downstairs, Jiang Che was already waiting for her at the stairs.
"Are you done with your work?"
"Well, let's go."
Jiang Che followed Wei Xuan and asked, "Should we go ask Cheng Shao?"
"That's right. It's not good to leave him here alone." Wei Xuan turned around and took Jiang Che towards the office.
Cheng Shao and Jian Xiangliang had not yet reached an agreement on the matter. As soon as they reached the door, they heard a slightly louder conversation inside.
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