Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

After several days of investigation, the two chose a place in the suburbs.

"Jianjun, isn't this too big? It's even bigger than a steel rolling mill. Should we take it slow?"

Li Jianjun explained with a smile.

"Uncle, it's not big. This is the space of three factories."

Li Huaide asked curiously.

"Jianjun, are you planning to open three factories? Do you have enough funds?"

Li Jianjun gave him a reassuring look.

"No problem, there is indeed enough space, but only for now. We will find a way to move out when we expand in the future."

Li Huaide asked.

"Jianjun, which three factories?"

Li Jianjun pointed from left to right.

"The one next to it is the electrical appliance factory, the one in the middle is my food factory, and next to it is Chun Yan'er's clothing factory. All three are open together."

Li Huaide didn't expect Li Jianjun to take such big steps, and asked worriedly.

"Do you have all the technology and equipment here?"

Li Jianjun nodded and said, "Hey, I have a system."

"All of them. Don't worry. Let's go ask the district chief now."

The two men found the district chief, who was very excited about their investment in building a factory. This was definitely a great achievement.

"The piece of land you are looking at is the largest one here. Does your factory need such a large piece of land? Or should we move to another place?"

Li Jianjun shook his head.

"District Chief, we want to open three factories, and this place is barely enough."

The district chief was surprised and then a little suspicious.

"I'm not looking down on you, but are you sure you're not here to tease me?"

Li Jianjun was not angry either.

"I'm planning to open an electrical appliance factory, a food factory, and a clothing factory there. How could I possibly be joking with you?"

Although the district chief doesn't believe it 100%, it would be great if it were true.

"I don't care how many factories you open or what kind of factories you open. I just have one request: your factory must give priority to hiring people from here. Otherwise, we really don't have the final say."

Li Jianjun also put forward his own opinions.

"The workers are fine, but let's be frank. If any worker cheats or violates factory rules, I have the power to fire him. Also, I will only give him 80 percent of the quota, and I will transfer the rest from other places."

Li Jianjun was afraid that if there was a quarrel with the workers, at least he would have this 20% to support himself, so he would not be in a dilemma.

The district chief thought about it and nodded.

"Okay, let's sign a contract and complete the formalities."

After finishing the work, Li Jianjun came out and said.

"Uncle, please contact the construction team and we'll build a factory. This place will be ours from now on."

Li Huaide asked.

"Jianjun, we can rent it, why should we buy it? What will we do with the land when we need to move? Will it be sold?"

Li Jianjun said with a smile.

"Uncle, this land will only get more and more expensive in the future. We should buy it now if we can. We may not have land to buy in the future."

"Listen to you, you never miss it."

The two rode their motorcycle back to the hotel.

Xu Damao came over.

"Jianjun, Director Li, are you back?"

Li Huaide waved his hand.

"Don't call me Director Li anymore. Call me Uncle Li."

Xu Damao happily called out "Uncle Li".

"Jianjun, what did you do outside?"

Li Jianjun looked at Xu Damao and said.

"Why? Why should I report to you when I go out?"

Xu Damao waved his hands quickly.

"No, no, I just want to say that if you can use me, just let me know. I don't have anything to do anyway."

Li Jianjun stopped teasing Xu Damao.

"Brother Damao, my uncle and I have bought the land for the factory. Please come with me tomorrow to handle the paperwork. We have to go to many places tomorrow, and I will be exhausted if I run alone."

Xu Damao said happily.

"Okay, I'm good at this. I'll go with you tomorrow."

Looking at Xu Damao's excitement, Li Jianjun asked.

"Brother Damao, is it boring to stay here?"

Xu Damao no longer hid it.

"Jianjun, you know I can't sit still. I'm going to get moldy if I stay here every day."

Li Jianjun smiled.

"Okay, you come out with me tomorrow, but what about your job? Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Xu Damao said immediately.

"Yes, I have observed her for so many days, and Shen Bijun is quite suitable. She smiles every day, is pretty, speaks gently, and handles things well. She is a very good candidate."

Li Jianjun nodded.

"Okay, go call her in."

Li Huaide stood up at this time.

"I'm going out with Damao. Damao will accompany me around."

Li Huaide and Xu Damao went out and Shen Bijun came in.

Li Jianjun looked up and saw that she was indeed beautiful. Why didn’t he notice that during the training?

Shen Bijun was a little nervous, wondering if she had done something wrong.

"Boss, am I doing something wrong? Please don't fire me. My family depends on my job to support them."

As he spoke, he began to cry.

Li Jianjun's face was filled with black lines. How did you know that I wanted to fire you?

"Don't cry, when did I say I was going to fire you?"

When Shen Bijun heard that she was not fired, she immediately wiped away her tears.

"I wonder what the boss wants me to do?"

Li Jianjun didn't say anything, but asked instead.

"You just said that your family depends on you to support the family. Tell me, what's going on?"

Shen Bijun did not hide it either.

"My family used to be pretty good, a family of scholars, but my parents died early and our home was confiscated. Later, my brother broke his leg when he went to the countryside, and he still hasn't found a wife and doesn't have a job, so I can only take care of him."

Li Jianjun nodded.

"Okay, I get it. I called you here today because I want to promote you to lobby manager. Manager Xu has to go out with me to do some work, so he won't be here often in the future, so I want to promote you."

Shen Bijun said excitedly.

"Really? But I don't know if I can do it well."

Li Jianjun smiled.

"Manager Xu said you did a good job, and I believe in his judgment. Do a good job, I am optimistic about you."

Shen Bijun was even more grateful and bowed repeatedly.

"Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss. I will do my best and will not let you down."

Li Jianjun nodded.

"Go ahead and ask Manager Xu for advice on what you need to pay attention to. You will have to face this alone starting tomorrow."

Shen Bijun thanked him quickly and went out.

Return home in the evening.

Li Jianjun said.

"Wife, the three of you don't have to go on patrol tomorrow. Stay in the store for now. Let Uncle Three go on the patrol on his bike. I'm going to take Brother Damao out to do some work tomorrow. The store has a new lobby manager named Shen Bijun. You guys should keep an eye on her tomorrow and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Han Chunyaner asked.

"Uncle is old. Isn't it a bad idea to let him ride a bike everywhere?"

Li Jianjun thought about it and agreed.

"Yes, the Third Uncle is old. I'll go talk to him later."

Han Chunyan nodded.

"What are you taking Damao to do?"

Li Jianjun said.

"I went with my uncle to buy the land today. We will start building the factory tomorrow. Brother Damao and I need to go through the formalities."

Han Chunyan said happily.

"Great, I'm finally going to be the factory manager."

Li Wenbin suddenly said something.

"Then I am the factory director's son. Tomorrow I will show off to Dabao. His father is an engineer and brags to me every day."

Li Jianjun ignored his son and went directly to find Yan Bugui.

"Third Uncle, Brother Damao is going to go with me tomorrow to do some work. The store has promoted Shen Bijun to lobby manager. I'll let Chun Yan'er and the others look after the store. You can go and inspect it tomorrow."

Yan Bugui said happily when he heard it.

"Great, this way I can take care of Lao Liu and Lao Yu, hehe."

Li Jianjun said with a smile.

"Considering that you are old and riding a bike is too tiring, I plan to let Jiefang take you there by bike. When he has nothing to do, let him do something casually in the hotel first, and we will make arrangements later. What do you think?"

Yan Bugui didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise.

"Okay, that's great, Jianjun, thank you on behalf of Jiefang. You don't know, this kid couldn't find a job after he came back, he was so anxious, but now he's fine."

Li Jianjun patted Yan Bugui's shoulder without saying anything more.

"It's okay. We are all family. If Jiefang does a good job, I will use him."

After Li Jianjun left, Yan Bugui hurried home to tell Yan Jiefang the good news.