Eighties Sweetheart Wife-Chapter 613: Determined to Win

Song Yunuan and Shu Xiang stood to one side, naturally not speaking.

The workshop was noisy and bustling. Under the deputy director’s scolding, those who came to watch the excitement finally left with giggles.

Song Yunuan looked at the rows of factory buildings outside the window, determined to get her hands on this piece of land.

Besides, it was bound to be sold sooner or later.

After the onlookers had left, the deputy director had already gone too.

It was so hot today, he didn’t want to stay in the workshop. He wanted to return to his cool office.

Only then did Sister-in-law Shu find her sister-in-law with a pretty girl standing aside, who had clearly been there for a while.

Sister-in-law Shu secretly glared at her co-workers who had come for the spectacle. It was really exhausting. You want to do well, everyone should work together to find ways to make the factory better. Even though it’s difficult now, wasn’t it even more challenging when it was first established? Didn’t the founders overcome it?

Now, it’s just become a habit.

They think of the iron rice bowl as unbreakable, but Mother-in-law said, her classmate in Nan City has seen many state-owned factories unable to compete with privately-established ones, failing to pay wages, and then subcontracting the factories, supposed to take on the original workers entirely, and the workers set many conditions.

Of course, they were all agreed to.

But the contractors had conditions too; if you worked like before, it definitely wouldn’t work, and since the office didn’t need those people, most of the former office staff would have to go down to the workshop to work.

How could those who worked in offices accept that?

Not a single one agreed.

Those with the skills found connections to move to other units, and those with less ability had no choice but to go to the workshop in the end.

But there were few good workers in the workshop, most had gotten used to a lackadaisical working pattern, and couldn’t handle being suddenly busy.

Those who stayed were competent; the incompetent could only be let go to the Labor Bureau.

Nan City is a benchmark.

Eventually, it might all turn out this way step by step.

This factory might not be able to hold on.

Subconsciously aware she was almost forty, yet retirement was still ten years away.

She might have to do something about it.

Thinking this, she went to look at her sister-in-law and then led the two out to a cooler place outside.

She also found out that the other party was Song Yunuan.

This enthusiasm.

Seeing it made Shu Xiang’s heart feel uneasy.

Sister-in-law was too enthusiastic. Song Yunuan hadn’t even graduated yet, was said to be pursuing her master’s, and her company was a high-class firm, which sister-in-law couldn’t even enter. Why fawn over her?

Sister-in-law Shu helplessly glanced at her sister-in-law.

This child, beyond words.

After talking with Song Yunuan for a while, she found that the other party asked about the factory.

So, she took the initiative to introduce it.

Song Yunuan was also surprised.

No matter the reason, many things were needed by her.

She made a mental note of this favor.

Unfortunately, Shu Xiang was there; this person tended to complicate matters, and besides, Sister-in-law Shu was also a regular worker in a state-owned enterprise, Song Yunuan just thought about it and then dismissed the thought.

Shu Xiang asked Song Yunuan, "Why listen to all this? Do you want to work at this factory? That can’t be right?"

Sister-in-law Shu glared at her sister-in-law and reprimanded her, "You child, I’m just sharing some interesting stories from the factory with Little Nuan. You’ve heard some of them too, haven’t you? And you never talked about working at this factory. Alright, alright, I’ll take you out to eat..."

Sister-in-law Shu was very enthusiastic, saying that the pancakes made by the newly opened restaurant across from the factory were delicious.

The meatball soup of that restaurant was also exceptional.

With such sincere invetation, Song Yunuan also wanted to know some things about the factory that couldn’t be found in an investigation.

Some were useful, some not, but it was better to know.

Afterward, Song Yunuan spoke to Song Liang about the situation of the factory.

Song Liang, knowing his daughter’s plan, agreed. Nowadays, the children were all in Beidu, and he and his wife would have to come to Beidu sooner or later.

They wanted to establish a factory here, and it was also an expansion. The factory had been so busy with orders because of Little Nuan’s efforts, that they could hardly keep up.

Currently, Nanshan County Town was very open, seeming even more trendy than the provincial city.

Moreover, there were many traders.

Some people even called Nanshan County Town "Little Nan City."

The garment factory definitely needed to be established, but it was not possible to stay in Erdao River forever without venturing out.

He asked Song Yunuan, "Little Nuan, about that place you showed me, it’s not heavily populated now, will it be easy to recruit workers?"

Song Yunuan replied, "Next year, that area will undergo reconstruction and will gradually become a development zone, just wait and see."

Song Liang was relieved.

This was reliable information, so he didn’t inquire further.

Song Yunuan could tell from her father’s expression that he had misunderstood.

Actually, there was no insider information or secret tip.

The area was already planned for development after 1985.

But for now, it didn’t belong to the urban area; at best, it was considered the outskirts.

Song Yunuan successfully leased a plot of barren land for ten years, with the right of first refusal.

Meaning, if the land were to be sold in the future, they must first ask Song Liang. Only if Song Liang didn’t want to buy it could they sell it to someone else.

With the contract signed, Song Liang felt at ease.

The old accountant, following along, also broadened his horizons.

He didn’t expect the Song family’s garment factory to advance into Beidu.

Since they had leased the land, the procedures were handled quickly.

Gu Huai’an was busy analyzing the so-called system but let Xiao Wu handle the affairs.

The resourceful Secretary Xiao Wu first reported to Gu Huai’an the movements of the Qian family.

Mr. Fang from Country X, who got on well with Old Man Qian, hadn’t been in touch for years, but now that they had reconnected, he had already arranged a university spot for Qian Anna, purportedly for both master’s and doctoral studies together.

It was unclear what her major was, but a substantial scholarship had been secured for her.

There was no issue with Qian Anna herself; they couldn’t bar her from going.

Although the craze for going abroad hadn’t yet taken off, and Dragon Kingdom still had Dongfang Hong,

Many people still longed for life abroad.

Now, going abroad was no longer restricted.

More and more people were studying abroad on government scholarships.

Gu Huai’an himself had once gone abroad for a year of study.

On Song Yunuan’s side, there were indeed people asking for her opinion.

Song Yunuan was not in a hurry.

She needed to stabilize her current affairs before going abroad to explore.

Hence, as long as Qian Anna received a school offer, she would be free to go abroad.

Even her original workplace had to reserve a position for such a talented person.

Old Master Qian moved back to the old house and continued to keep a low profile in his dealings with these people.

That was how the Qian family remained.

They had no intention of pushing forward.

The crimes committed by the Qian family could only limit the advancement of direct relatives, but they had no control over others setting up stalls and doing business.

Of course, Old Man Qian wouldn’t be the one setting up a stall.

After so many years, he still had connections.

But for the time being, there were no actions taken, other than sending Qian Anna abroad.

Qian Anna went abroad.

The procedures were standard, legitimate and lawful.

After knowing about it, Song Yunuan just took note.

It wasn’t uncommon; more unusual things were bound to happen in the future.

After reporting this, Secretary Xiao Wu, accompanied by Song Liang, took just one day to complete all the necessary formalities.

Afterward, Song Yunuan contacted Mr. Ming, who was responsible for the construction of the West Mountain Villa District, and successfully negotiated a deal. Thus, Zhilan Garment Factory also started construction.