Chapter 831 Help
"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
At one o'clock in the middle of the night, when Du Wenting got up, she found that her husband Guo Tao was leaning against the bed frame and had not yet gone to bed.
"I can't sleep..." Guo Tao sighed.
"Is it still about the loan?" Du Wenting couldn't help but ask.
Guo Tao nodded and subconsciously reached out to touch the bedside table beside the bed, but he retracted his hand as soon as he reached out.
"Go ahead and smoke if you want. I'm awake anyway."
Guo Tao thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, I won't smoke anymore. If I smoke again, I won't be able to sleep anymore."
"Lao Guo, if the credit union doesn't work, try looking for other banks."
"It's easier said than done." Guo Tao shook his head and said, "The factory is a private enterprise, not a state-owned enterprise or a collective factory. It's possible with the credit union, but it's very difficult with other banks. Who would be willing to lend to you if you don't have collateral? Even if there is collateral, the credit union won't lend you money for the time being, let alone other banks."
Du Wenting didn't know much about these things, after all, she was just a small salesperson. However, Guo Tao had run the factory for more than a year, and as the boss's wife, Du Wenting also learned some of the situation from Guo Tao. After hearing what Guo Tao said, she also felt that this matter was a bit tricky, but she couldn't help at all.
"How about we wait and see? Didn't you say that Mr. Cork's orders are very profitable? Let's get the orders first, and then buy equipment to expand production when we have money."
Guo Tao shook his head and said, "Some things are not that simple. In theory, this is possible, but in reality, if we don't purchase equipment and expand production as soon as possible, if Mr. Cork continues to place additional orders, the factory will not be able to accept them at all."
"Our factory is not big and has limited production capacity. Retro products are different from ordinary products. The process requirements are very high. In addition, there are some electroplating processes. At present, the factory can only hand them over to cooperative factories for processing. It is okay if the order volume is not large, but if the order volume is large, the process control over there cannot be guaranteed, after all, it is not our own factory."
"In addition, there are other links that are also like this. Cork has very strict requirements for products. If we fail to meet their requirements, let alone future cooperation, the next batch of orders may have problems. If the other party refuses to accept the goods, we will have to compensate for the losses according to the contract, and we will also lose the best development opportunity..."
Guo Tao explained the dilemma he was facing to his wife, and Du Wenting finally understood Guo Tao's difficulties. The most important thing for Guo Tao now is to purchase equipment and expand production, while ensuring product quality on this basis, and to do all this, the premise is that money is needed.
Although Guo Tao's factory is profitable, because most of the previous orders had low profits, the factory actually does not have much working capital available.
The purchase of raw materials and other expenses require a large amount of funds. In addition, when opening the factory, Guo Tao had already borrowed a sum of money from a credit union. The loan was originally secured by second-hand equipment purchased with his family's assets to build the factory. The money has not been repaid yet. If Guo Tao wants another loan now, what collateral does he have?
For a while, the atmosphere was silent, and Du Wenting could not think of any way to comfort her husband. After a long time, Guo Tao sighed and said to Du Wenting, "Forget it, things will work out when the time comes. There is no point in worrying now, and the New Year will be here in a few days. Let's think of a solution after the New Year. It's getting late, and you have to go to work tomorrow, so go to bed early."
When he woke up in the morning, Guo Tao had already left. His factory was in the suburbs, a long way from the city, so every time Guo Tao came back to live, he would leave home early in the morning to rush to the factory. Du Wenting's unit was close to home and she had to go to work late, so Guo Tao was very careful when he left, for fear of waking Du Wenting.
After waking up, washing and packing, I went downstairs to buy two fried dough sticks. When I came back, the rice porridge in the pot was ready.
She asked the children to have breakfast together. The most common breakfast for Shanghai people was fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce and rice. After breakfast, the children carried their schoolbags and went to school. After Du Wenting sent the children away, she tidied up the house and went to work when she saw that it was almost time.
Because of what happened last night, Du Wenting's mind was filled with the frowning face of her husband Guo Tao all day. Her husband has been much busier and more hardworking since he opened the factory. Over the past year or so, Guo Tao has lost a lot of weight for the sake of the factory. Seeing the factory gradually getting better, Du Wenting is both happy and distressed for her husband.
Now, her husband encountered such a difficult situation, but Du Wenting could not help at all, and she felt very upset. Thinking of this, Du Wenting was obviously not in good shape when she went to work today. She miscalculated the amount of money twice when serving customers. If it weren't for her partner's reminder, she would have almost made a big mistake.
"Wenting, are you not feeling well? If you are not feeling well, why not take a leave and go home to have a rest?" the colleague asked with concern. Du Wenting is usually very efficient at work and has never made a mistake in calculating the amount of money. But today, from early morning to noon, she made mistakes twice in just half a day, and seeing that she was obviously in a bad mood, she couldn't help but remind her.
"It's okay. I didn't sleep well last night. I'll just take a rest after lunch." Du Wenting forced a smile and said to her colleague.
"Don't force yourself. If you're not feeling well, go back and rest."
"I'm really fine. The New Year is coming soon and the store is busy. You won't be able to handle it alone if I leave." Du Wenting said to her colleagues.
My colleague thought about it and nodded, then said that since I didn’t sleep well, there was no need to wait until lunch to rest, why not go and rest now. It was almost noon and there were not many customers in the store, so she could handle it alone for a while.
Du Wenting thought for a moment and said thank you, then went to the back of the store. When she got there, she found her towel from the locker room, washed her face with hot water, and felt much better after washing her face. After cleaning up, she did not go back to the front for the time being, but rested in the aisle at the back, still thinking about Guo Tao in her mind.
I don't know how long , but there was a noise coming from the back door, and then I saw several men from the store carrying boxes of drinks towards the warehouse.
This situation is very common in food stores. The front door of a food store is the storefront, and the warehouse is behind it. The delivery vehicles do not park at the storefront every day, but go around from the small road at the back, and then the goods are unloaded manually and delivered to the warehouse.
Normally, the delivery vehicles are tricycles, and generally only carry a few items, or at most ten items. But today, the goods delivered seemed to be much more than usual. Watching several men carrying them in one by one, and not finishing after several rounds, Du Wenting couldn't help but ask, "Why did you get so many items in?"
"Sister Du, you don't know that the Si Te Company is having a promotion at the end of the year. This beverage is selling particularly well, so the manager bought a lot this time, a full 200 pieces. Let's talk later. I'll go move the goods first. Half of them are still in the car." A young man explained to Du Wenting, and then ran out in a hurry.
"So that's how it is..." Du Wenting thought to herself. She just turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly a thought flashed through her mind and she stopped subconsciously.
Her eyes fell on the goods being moved in. She stared at the packaging and LOGO on the outside of the beverage boxes. After a moment, she seemed to have thought of something and walked quickly towards the second floor.
After going up to the second floor, Du Wenting went straight to the manager's office and knocked on the door.
"Xiao Du, is there something wrong?" Pushing open the door, the store manager who was writing at the desk looked up and saw that it was Du Wenting, so he stopped and asked.
"Manager, can I borrow your phone?" Du Wenting stretched out her hand and said to the phone beside her.
"You can use it." The manager nodded and replied, then ignored Du Wenting and continued writing his information.
Du Wenting came to the phone and took out a half-palm-sized address book from her pocket. She opened it and searched for something, then took out the receiver and listened. After confirming that there was a dial tone, she dialed the number on the address book.
After dialing, the call was connected quickly, and the ringback tone rang three times before the phone was picked up.
"Hello, is this Song Yuanchao's home?" It was the first time that Du Wenting made this call, and she asked nervously.
"Hello, this is Song Yuanchao's home, I am his wife, and you are...?" A very pleasant female voice came from the phone.
"Hello, hello, I'm Du Wenting, Song Yuanchao's classmate. I wonder if Song Yuanchao has mentioned it to you..."
"Oh, is it Sister Du? I know you." Lin Yan said very affectionately on the other end of the phone, which made Du Wenting feel relieved.
The two chatted briefly. Lin Yan asked Du Wenting why she called today . Du Wenting asked if Song Yuanchao was at home. She wanted to discuss something with Song Yuanchao. In order to avoid Lin Yan's misunderstanding, Du Wenting explained that it was about her husband Guo Tao.
"Yuan Chao is in Jinling now, but he will be back tomorrow. Why don't you come directly to our house tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow? Is it appropriate?" Du Wenting asked carefully.
Lin Yan smiled and said, "It's appropriate. How can it not be appropriate? Yuan Chao told me that he went to your house for tea last time and kept talking about when he would have time to invite you and your brother-in-law to come to our house. Yuan Chao will be back tomorrow morning. You and your brother-in-law can come tomorrow at noon and have dinner together at home. We haven't met yet, so it's a good opportunity to meet tomorrow. I don't know many people in Shanghai, so we can go shopping together in the future."
"Okay, I'll come over tomorrow at noon. Thank you, Xiaolin. See you tomorrow?"
"Okay, see you tomorrow..."
Lin Yan told Du Wenting her home address on the phone. Du Wenting took a pen and wrote it down before they ended the call.
After hanging up the phone, Du Wenting breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed. She then said hello to her manager, asked for a day off tomorrow, and left.
The next day, after sending her children to school, Du Wenting did some housework at home. When it was almost time, Du Wenting washed up, changed her clothes, and rode her bicycle out...
