Chapter 210 Meeting Gift
"Grandma, hello, I'm Lin Yan. Yuanchao has told me about you many times. I've always wanted to meet you, but I never had the chance. Today I finally get to see you." Lin Yan knew how much Zhang's mother meant to Song Yuanchao, and she held her hand and spoke affectionately.
In addition, before coming, Lin Yan specially brought gifts for Zhang's mother and Zhang Jianguo's family. After taking out the gifts, Zhang's mother liked Lin Yan even more. It was not because of the importance of the gifts, but mainly because of the respect and politeness for herself. Looking at this generous and beautiful girl, Zhang's mother was full of satisfaction.
After talking for a while, Zhang's mother got up and went to the inner room. After a while, she came out with a red silk bag in her hand.
"Yanzi, I don't have a job and no pension, so I can't afford to buy anything nice. I have kept this gift for a long time. I specially left it for you as a gift. It's not a valuable thing, so you can keep it." Mother Zhang took Lin Yan's hand and solemnly placed the red silk bag in Lin Yan's hand.
Lin Yan was slightly stunned, and subconsciously glanced at Song Yuanchao beside her. Song Yuanchao was also very surprised, because he never thought that Zhang's mother would give Lin Yan a gift.
"Don't look at him. This was given to me by my mother. This is the custom here. If you recognize me as your grandmother, you should accept it." Zhang's mother said directly without waiting for Song Yuanchao to speak.
Lin Yan hesitated for a moment, and when she saw Song Yuanchao nod slightly, she smiled and said thank you, then opened the red silk bag in front of Zhang's mother. Inside was an old, somewhat blackened silver bracelet. The silver bracelet looked quite old, and there were auspicious patterns carved on it. Lin Yan couldn't help but be stunned when she saw this thing.
"This silver bracelet was left to me by my mother when I was a girl." Mother Zhang picked up the silver bracelet and put it on Lin Yan with a smile. The size of the bracelet was just right. Although it was only silver and not gold, it looked very beautiful on Lin Yan's wrist.
"I'm giving this bracelet to you today. I don't have any requests in my life. I just hope that you and Yuan Chao can live a good life in the future. As long as the two of you are happy and cheerful, and the couple can understand and support each other, it would be even better if you can have more children soon. By then, I will have no regrets in my life..."
Zhang's mother's words moved everyone, even Li Xiaoyun's eyes turned slightly red. She couldn't help but think of the elders who had passed away. How happy she would be if they were still alive!
After sitting at Zhang's mother's house for an hour, Song Yuanchao and his friends said goodbye and went back first. However, Zhang's mother reminded Song Yuanchao, Lin Yan and others to come for dinner in the evening. Today, Zhang's mother personally cooked delicious food for them. Song Yuanchao and Lin Yan smiled and nodded in agreement, and asked Zhang's mother to stay at home and not go out, as it was too hot outside and she should be careful of heatstroke.
Returning to No. 23 opposite, Lin Yan walked in and looked curiously at the place where Song Yuanchao grew up.
After going upstairs and opening the door with the key, the room had already been cleaned. After the air conditioner was turned on, the temperature in the room dropped quickly. Song Yuanchao asked Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun to sit down first. He greeted Li Daqi and went downstairs to buy some cold drinks.
"How's the situation in the factory now?" After going downstairs, Song Yuanchao handed Li Daqi a cigarette. Having been holding it in for a while, he couldn't wait to light it up immediately, took a deep puff and exhaled the smoke with a satisfied look on his face.
"The new factory started production last month. I have been running back and forth between the old and new factories these days. It would be inconvenient if I hadn't just bought a car. The business in the factory is still as good as before. The key is our brand advantage. Now many garment factories outside are also making similar products, but they still have great advantages compared to us."
As he spoke, Li Daqi showed a proud expression on his face. Today's school-run factory is not the same factory as it was back then. Since the initial printing of college entrance examination revival materials, the school-run factory has taken a completely different path from its previous life.
Last year, the school-run factory began to change from producing labor protection products to producing false collars. When new products such as denim, jeans, bell-bottom pants, and shirts completely replaced the original products before the Spring Festival, the school-run factory entered a stage of rapid development.
In just half a year, the school-run factory completely escaped from its previous predicament with the help of new products and was reborn.
At present, the school-run factory has been divided into two factory areas. The old factory area is naturally where the original factory was located, and the new factory area was established by Li Daqi after Labor Day in May.
The new factory is located about three kilometers south of Guangqi Park, close to Longhua. This place was considered an urban area in later times, but nowadays it is a deserted place.
Compared to the east and north of Guangqi Park, many places to the south are farmlands one after another, and at the intersections you can still see buildings such as bunkers from the war years many years ago.
In addition, there is a place that people avoid , that is the famous "Iron Plate New Village", so it looks very depressed now. But Li Daqi still chose this place, firstly, from the distance, this place is not far from the city, and it is less than four or five kilometers away from the core area of the city. At the same time, if you continue to go south or west, you will reach the national highway, and it is also very convenient to enter and exit Shanghai.
In addition, the rent there is almost free, and the water, electricity and other facilities are also very complete. After considering several places, Li Daqi finally chose to build a new factory here.
In this era, land could not be bought and sold, so there were generally only two ways to build a factory.
The first method is of course for the higher authorities to allocate land for factory construction, which is the practice of many state-owned enterprises. However, Li Daqi's factory is only semi-state-owned and semi-collective, and the higher authorities are schools and education bureaus, which are non- industrial and , so there is no land to allocate.
Li Daqi adopted the second model to build his new factory, which is leasing.
The factory borrowed a piece of land in that area and built a factory. Today's factory sites do not need to be as advanced as those in later generations. Besides, a clothing factory only needs a house and warehouse that is windproof and rainproof, with electricity and water, so it is also very convenient to build.
The location was decided around May 1st, and the construction of the factory and the purchase of equipment were carried out almost simultaneously. This time, Li Daqi directly invested more than 300,000 yuan in the new factory, and except for part of the rent and construction costs, the rest was purchased for equipment.
In addition, taking this opportunity, Li Daqi carefully considered the advice Song Yuanchao gave him last time, and discussed with Director Ma, and decided to change the nature of the factory, from the original semi-state-owned and semi-collective nature to a completely collective factory. In this way, it would be separated from the original superior part to prevent unnecessary troubles in the operation of the factory in the future.
Of course, this is conditional. The nature of the original school-run factory remains unchanged, but it is re-registered with the new factory. After the registration is completed, Li Daqi will serve as the legal person and factory director of the new factory. As for the original factory, the printing workshop will be retained, and all clothing business will be transferred to the new factory. This has led to the actual difference in the nature of the two factories, and also ensures the greatest independence from the current perspective.
Song Yuanchao knew about Li Daqi's choice, although he thought it would be better to start over and directly choose the method he had suggested to Li Daqi before. But Song Yuanchao also understood Li Daqi's purpose. If Li Daqi only considered himself, then there was no need to do this. Wouldn't it be better to set up a factory outside under an individual name and then take the orders from the old factory and resell it according to the previous suggestion? Why make it so cumbersome and complicated?
Whether it is Song Yuanchao or Li Daqi, fundamentally speaking, they are not pure businessmen. It can also be said that there is a difference between them and real businessmen.
For their generation, doing things is not only about self-improvement, but also about benefiting the world. Although the phrase "benefiting the world" seems a bit too big, it is a real feeling for the people around them, including the old factory workers.
Especially when Director Ma entrusted the factory to Li Daqi, he hoped that Li Daqi could lead the factory onto a better path, seek more benefits for the employees in the factory, and make everyone's life better day by day.
For this goal, Li Daqi finally chose to do so. Although Li Daqi's personal losses would be huge in the long run, he did not regret it. As long as the factory was prosperous and everyone's lives were getting better, he would be satisfied.
The two chatted about the factory for a while and asked about the market and other conditions in Shanghai, including Zhang Yong's situation.
Over the past six months, Zhang Yong has made a lot of money from these things. Moreover, Zhang Yong has a flexible mind and has expanded his staff by a lot. Compared with Luo Yang in Yanjing, Zhang Yong's business methods and pursuit of wealth are even better.
At present, Zhang Yong has basically controlled most of the channels in Shanghai's clothing industry in just half a year, and countless clothes, electronic watches, microphone mirrors and other items are wholesaled from him every day.
To put it in one sentence, it is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Yong is making a fortune every day. He is even known .
"By the way, Zhang Yong told me a few days ago that you must contact him when you come back. He wants to treat you to a meal and thank you very much."
"Dinner? There's no rush to eat right now. Besides, I don't have time these few days. This is Yan Zi's first time in Shanghai, so I have to take her around first. Besides, I have to go take a look at the new factory to see how you are doing. I also have to visit Principal Zhou and Master. I'll see if I have time for dinner after I finish these things." Song Yuanchao said with a smile. Although he admired Zhang Yong, they were actually not of the same kind. So Song Yuanchao would eat this meal if he had time, and it didn't matter if he didn't have time. At most, he would try to find time to meet with him and have a chat over tea.
