Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Seeing Chen Changan's aggrieved look, Director Wang said helplessly, "This is because the street is having some troubles. It's actually related to you."

Chen Changan was speechless. He did nothing, but this disaster came from the sky. Why did such a big street office blame him for everything?

So he asked, "What does this have to do with me? I only go between home and the factory every day. Don't say everything has something to do with me. I'm not that capable."

Director Wang looked at Chen Changan who was trying to distance himself from the matter and smiled, "Didn't you suggest that we find some unwanted machines from textile factories, repair them and improve them, and then set up a small textile factory on our own. Wouldn't that also give some poor families more jobs and more income?"

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After hearing this, Chen Changan was speechless. This idea was indeed his.

Seeing Chen Changan silent, Director Wang continued, "Now Sijiu City is preparing to integrate many textile factories at once to establish the first, second, and third large textile factories in Sijiu City. Introduce new equipment to improve the shortage of fabrics in one fell swoop.

The subdistrict office is going to take over these obsolete machines. This is because there is a funding gap. The district will provide some support, and the subdistrict office will provide some. I will think of a way, and if you can provide some support, you can also provide some support.”

After listening to this, Chen Changan felt that the money should be given. In the future, every enterprise will have to pay taxes.

It is enough to keep the necessary working capital for my factory. Even if I want to repair the house, I can't start it in this cold winter.

At least we have to wait until next year when the weather is warmer and we are not so busy before we can repair it.

So Chen Changan said, "Please leave me some working capital. I can support the street office with 5,000 yuan. Do you think it's okay?"

Hearing this, Director Wang said happily, "That's enough, Changan. I didn't expect that your factory has only been open for a short time, but you have made a lot of money."

Looking at Director Wang's gloomy face just now and his smiling face like a flower now, Chen Changan really didn't want to talk.

I am being taken advantage of by these people every day. I can't help it, because I am a kind person.

In the days that followed, Chen Changan became even busier because it snowed non-stop this winter.

Honeycomb briquettes cannot be dried outdoors and can only be done in a few warehouses, so many honeycomb briquettes are wet when they leave the factory.

The user response was not very good. It’s not that it cannot be used, but that wet coal will produce a lot of smoke when it is first used.

What Chen Changan originally used was not anthracite, but coal produced locally in Sijiu City, which was of poor quality.

The quantity and quality of coal from processing plants are not guaranteed, which makes the sales of honeycomb coal in many coal briquette shops very good.

If you don't think ahead, you'll have immediate worries. Chen Changan thought he couldn't just sit there and wait for death. There was no way to improve the quality of the coal itself, so he could only think of ways to improve the quantity.

We found several of the original maintenance workers who had been merged into the factory.

After careful questioning, I found that these people were not bad. At least they could pass the third, fourth, or fourth or fifth level worker exams at the steel rolling mill.

It would be a bit of a waste to keep it in his processing plant. In order not to waste talent, Chen Changan told a few people his idea, drew a simple sketch, and asked them to start the experiment in the workshop.

Buy whatever you need. If you can’t buy it, try to make it yourself and see if you can make a machine for making honeycomb briquettes.

Even if it is a simple machine, it is faster than manual work if it has a conveyor belt, right?

Time passed and it was 1958 while Chen Changan was busy.

Since the Spring Festival was in January, after discussing with Wu Haiyan and Director Wang of the Street Office, Chen Changan decided to give the factory a five-day holiday.

As the year draws to a close, Chen Changan has more and more things to do.

First of all, we have to check the factory's receivables and expenses for the year, and check the goods in the warehouse.

Secondly, Chen Changan felt that the wages paid to the workers were too low. However, he was powerless to change this, so he thought about giving the workers in the factory some benefits during the Chinese New Year.

It can be considered a disguised form of compensation within the scope of one's ability.

Just for these supplies, Chen Changan almost ran himself crazy.

The first thing he did was to find Director Wang. Chen Changan also knew that many factories would provide benefits at the end of the year.

Chen Changan has nothing to do with the so-called big cotton mill. They have heavy tasks and there are definitely unexpected things, but they are not something a small character like Chen Changan can get.

As for the defective products and poorly dyed cloth, Chen Changan could not get them.

As a second best option, I could only find Director Wang a little earlier and ask her to get some cloth from the textile factory run by the street office.

After all, firstly, we have a relationship, and secondly, it was me who came up with the idea and paid for it, so I can't just not give him any benefits.

Chen Changan thought it would be an easy task, but he almost failed when it came to Director Wang.

Chen Changan didn't expect that the shortage of fabrics was so big during this period that even the textile factories in the subdistrict office were assigned tasks. It was the end of the year, which was just enough to complete the task. Director Wang had received many people in the past few days, all of whom wanted to get fabrics from him.

Chen Changan, who really wanted to get the cloth, couldn't help but come up with a bad idea.

Voluntary overtime and three shifts. Unfortunately, after Director Wang's introduction, Chen Changan learned that there was no overtime pay for overtime work in this era.

Chen Changan originally thought that if he took out the killer trick of overtime pay in the future, the workers would definitely respond positively. It turned out that in this era, overtime work was not paid and was considered voluntary.

With three shifts, there are not enough skilled workers, and even if we hire people temporarily, the output cannot be increased.

Chen Changan was stunned. Chen Changan, who had once boasted in front of Master Xiao that he knew about the past 2,000 years and the future 50 years, was now helpless.

The specialties of later generations are useless in this era.

Finally, under Chen Changan's insistence, Director Wang allowed voluntary overtime and provided a dinner. Chen Changan served hairtail fish, and adding an extra dish was better than nothing. Hopefully, it would work.

Helpless, Chen Changan went to Sijiucheng Aquatic Products Supply Company without stopping. Relying on his reputation, he successfully got a lot of hairtail from Director Huang. When he learned that Director Huang was still the deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Changan extorted a lot of Cuban sugar and some peanuts and melon seeds. Chen Changan breathed a sigh of relief, finally making some progress.

After a few days of no harvest, Chen Changan thought about it and realized that he really couldn't get cotton cloth. No, he would just give each person 100 pieces of coal.

Meanwhile, Yan Jiecheng had a good time. Since he started dealing in honeycomb coal with Ni Laoer, he smoked Mudan or Daqianmen every day. His extravagant appearance attracted many people's attention.

Sometimes he doesn't go home for dinner. Someone saw Yan Jiecheng and Ni Laoer eating out frequently recently and told Yan Jiefang.

However, as a younger brother, I have no control over how my eldest brother wants to live his life.