Chapter 529: The Lazy, Fair-skinned Youth and the Hardworking, Strong Laborer (52)
The lazy, fair-skinned educated youth and the hardworking, strong laborer (Fifty-two)
This year, the Brilliant Factory No. 1 had a good year.
The factory registered a list of names before the New Year.
Because there are too many orders this year, the factory has already distributed registration forms during the Chinese New Year. If you are willing to come back and work overtime during the Chinese New Year, you will be paid five times the daily wage.
Many people were immediately interested and gave their names.
Cao Fang is one of them.
"My boyfriend has run away anyway, so I might as well work hard and earn more money this year. At worst, I can find myself another one when I have money in the future."
She has come to terms with it now. Doesn't that thing like to run back home? Then don't come back. The factory is doing well now, and she has earned quite a bit of money in the past few months.
"Besides, our factory director is not a stingy person. Look at what he gave us this year, year-end bonuses, yes. If we work harder and do better, we will get extra bonuses. Where can we find such a good factory director? Anyway, I have to cherish this good time. I can't rest anytime. I have to make money while it's good."
She spoke with great confidence, and some of the workers who had come to watch the fun thought that it made sense, and those who had not originally planned to work overtime actually came to sign up.
Lance was not very surprised after hearing Li Dazhuang's retelling. After all, humans are like this. Some humans just want to cheat, but some humans seize every opportunity.
"Then register everything as originally agreed. Record the wages for the New Year holidays. Then we will pay you five times the agreed salary."
"Good."
Li Dazhuang was cheerful as expected. He turned around and looked at Lance with a chuckle.
Lance: "What's going on?"
Li Dazhuang rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed. "So Director Lan, will I also get five times the salary during the New Year holidays?"
It’s not that he is short of money, but he just likes the feeling of staying in the factory.
Lance: “…”
"You five times as much."
"Good Le!"
Li Dazhuang straightened his back in response to this, and with a happy look on his face, he was ready to go out.
"and many more."
Lance stopped the man and handed Li Dazhuang a cigarette while he looked puzzled.
“A special reward for outstanding employees.”
When Li Dazhuang saw the two big words "Specially Supply" on the cigarette case, his eyes widened.
"Isn't this a bad thing, Director Lan?"
"Don't want cigarettes? We have wine and tea, too, or would you like some snacks?"
Lance's question made Li Dazhuang frightened, but he was also happy in his heart - this was because Director Lan took a liking to him, and it must be a recognition of him because he assisted Director Lan in doing a good job!
After hesitating for a long time, Li Dazhuang finally chose cigarettes.
After all, a pack of cigarettes is quite a lot, he can open it and give it away as a gift, and it is also very face-saving to take out one or two sticks and light them up occasionally!
Other ordinary employees of Cuican Factory No. 1 also received a considerable amount of benefits. When visiting relatives, they couldn't help but brag about it, which immediately attracted the surprise and envy of their relatives.
"Wow, you're paying me so much money? The money you're making at this Brilliant Factory is at least half as much as what you made at Red Star, right?"
"Of course not. Don't you see how well the Fertilizer No. 1 is selling at our Brilliant Factory? Our Director Lan even said that if you are willing to stay and work overtime during the New Year, you can get five times the salary."
"Oh my god, why don't you stay in the factory and work there? We can just have a New Year's dinner together. That's five times the salary."
"Look at what you said. Five times the salary is a lot, but I have earned a lot for my family this year, so I don't care that much about these few days' salary. Besides, isn't it that we work hard all year just to have a few days of comfort during the New Year?"
"You are a little bit exaggerated now. That's five times the salary. I have never heard of such a good thing. But your Feidi No. 1 is really good. My mother's family has used it and they all say it is good. After the New Year, I will ask my head of the family to buy some."
Similar conversations kept popping up everywhere throughout the year. Before the New Year was over, Li Dazhuang, who stayed behind at the Cuican Factory, discovered that they had set a new sales record during the New Year.
He looked curious and happy, and didn't try to figure out what was going on. As long as the factory sold well, it would be fine for him!
At the same time, the names of Brilliant Factory No. 1 and Lans gradually spread, ushering in the spring of the new year.
Song Ning had a good year. He gained three kilograms in one year.
Don't underestimate these three pounds. During the New Year period, he and Lance did not hire anyone else. They cleaned the entire courtyard inside and out by themselves.
Even though they were two strong laborers, it took them three full days to complete the work.
During the three days, Lance also found time to cook a lot of delicious food. For example, the cat ears, fried dough sticks, and fried meatballs that Song Ning wanted to eat were basically all available. During the Chinese New Year, neither of them controlled their diet, and Song Ning had snacks every day. In addition, Lance always felt that he was working too hard, so he used a lot of spices in the cooking, wishing he could have more food with every meal.
Fortunately, there was indeed a lot of work to do, and Song Ning also had to find time to finish reading the book that Mr. Mo asked him to do, and occasionally exercise with Lance, so he only gained three pounds.
Even so, it was only the seventh day of the New Year, and for the first time, Song Ning felt that life was not too good!
But just as he was thinking this, he noticed that Lance was gradually returning to his previous healthy diet.
Song Ning looked at the food, which was delicious but obviously much healthier, and felt inexplicably comfortable.
After just one year, he became more interested in machines that could reduce housework.
After the Chinese New Year, Director Chang came to the Cuican Second Factory to discuss new promotional methods for fertilizers with Lans.
"What the higher-ups mean is that these good fertilizers are good things, but we can't just say that good wine needs no bush. If the bush is too deep, no matter how good it smells, it will be useless. We still need to promote it."
In particular, the effect of this fertilizer is quite targeted. If it is not properly promoted, some remote areas may not know about it.
Lance agreed with this. He had plenty of information in his database about how important advertising effects were.
However, he rejected Director Chang's suggestion to seek funding from higher authorities. Director Chang had good intentions, and the higher-ups were willing to support him. If Lance wanted, he would definitely be able to apply for funding.
But Lance thought it was unnecessary. "It's not easy for the country to develop at this time, and we don't lack the money now. We can just pay for it ourselves."
Director Chang misunderstood the meaning of "we". It was not until he found out that Lance went home to discuss with Song Ning about paying for the publicity together that he suddenly realized it.
This is how we feel about ourselves!
No wonder the superiors also instructed that when visiting Director Lan, Comrade Song must not be neglected. Director Lan and Comrade Song are truly brothers in heart.