Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

Jia Dongxu thought of making a wood-burning stove so that he could keep warm at home. However, if he did that, he would need one for both his own family and Sha Zhu's family, and one for his own family might not be enough, so he might need two.

The next day, Jia Dongxu arrived at the factory early, found Zhang Huaiqing, and asked him to make a few furnaces for him.

After it was finished, Zhang Huaiqing carried the furnace to Jia Dongxu's office. Jia Dongxu looked at the furnace and thought for a while, "Director Zhang, is the cost of such a furnace high? If not, let's make some for sale!"

"There should be a market for a stove like this that can be used for both heating and cooking, right?"

"Hmm? Yes, this stove is made of scraps. Apart from the chimney, it doesn't cost much. It only costs a little labor. But the chimney can also be made of rolled iron sheets, which doesn't cost much either."

Jia Dongxu listened and nodded, "Okay, we can just sell them for one or two yuan, so that everyone can afford them and there will be a market for them."

"Director Zhang, I leave this matter to you. Please produce a batch of stoves as soon as possible. The weather is cold now, and you must be careful not to get frozen to death." Jia Dongxu said.

"Assistant Jia, it is relatively easy to do this, but we don't have a way to sell it. How can we sell it?" Zhang Huaiqing asked worriedly.

Jia Dongxu thought about it and was also worried about what to do, and then suddenly slapped his head, "Oh, how could I forget about her!"

"Director Zhang, please make a few more quickly and send four to my house later. I have found a way to sell them!" Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

This is also considered as abusing public power for personal gain.

"Okay, then I'll do it. Please wait for me for a moment. This is simple and quick to make!" Zhang Huaiqing said and went down to work.

Jia Dongxu stayed in the office for a while and felt a little bored, so he went to Wang Tongming's office next door.

I saw him sleeping in the crouching position.

"Brother Wang, isn't it too much for you to come and sleep so early in the morning? Leave the children at home to me. Are you going to give birth to nephews and nieces later?"

Wang Tongming stood up and couldn't help complaining, "It's too cold at home. I can't sleep well. Let's take advantage of the sun outside the office to get some warmth."

"Uh, okay, you are like this too!" Jia Dongxu said awkwardly. It seems that heating is a problem.

"I just asked Brother Huaiqing to make a stove. I have a sample over there. How about I bring it over to you and we can try burning firewood?" Ai Dongxu said.

Wang Tongming stood up and said, "Go and move the stove over. I'll get some firewood. It's too cold!"

Jia Dongxu went to the next room and moved the stove, then waited for Wang Tongming to come over with firewood and immediately started a fire. Soon the room became warm.

Wang Tongming took off his coat, stretched his body, and pushed the documents in front of him towards Jia Dongxu.

"Old rules!"

Then he found a comfortable position, leaned back in the chair, and dozed off.

Jia Dongxu looked at the pile of documents in front of him and couldn't help shaking his head. Wang Tongming was too lazy. He didn't deal with any of the documents. It seemed like he was just waiting for him to deal with them.

"Forget it, you are destined to be treated like a slave!" Jia Dongxu said, picking up a pen and starting to write the contents of the document.

Jia Dongxu directly handled some production arrangements and waited for distribution.

Just copy out the application documents and put them aside and have Wang Tongming sign them.

It took about two hours to process most of the documents. During this time, Jia Dongxu had to read the document excerpts and take care of the fire in the stove, which made him very busy.

Wang Tongming was sleeping soundly on the back of the chair. When Jia Dongxu saw this, he couldn't help but feel furious.

Just at this time, Zhang Huaiqing came over with a stove. Seeing that no one was in Jia Dongxu's office, he went to the factory director's office next door to take a look.

Sure enough, Jia Dongxu was processing documents, and the factory director was sleeping soundly. Zhang Huaiqing saw him at the door and knocked, but he didn't wake Wang Tongming up.

"Come in, Director Zhang, is the stove ready?" Jia Dongxu said to the outside of the door, "This stove is pretty good, but the firewood is a bit useless."

“How many have you made?”

Zhang Huaiqing came in and said, "More than a dozen!"

"How much does it cost?"

Zhang Huaiqing thought about it and said, "About 2 cents."

"Okay, then I'll sell it for 1 yuan! For every furnace sold, your workshop can take 5 yuan and divide it equally."

Jia Dongxu nodded and took out 9 yuan and handed it over, "Send 4 to my house and 6 to the factory director's house."

"The money from the sale must be accounted for, and the cost must also be reported to the finance department."

"Well, okay, Assistant Jia, I'll get busy if you don't have to." Zhang Huaiqing couldn't help but get excited after hearing this. This job was not for nothing, there would be a reward for it!

Jia Dongxu suddenly thought of a problem and quickly reminded him, "By the way, you can only use scraps. You are not allowed to use good steel, and you are not allowed to deliberately scrap steel. If the scrap rate of steel increases, the reward will be gone!"

"How can that be possible, Assistant Jia, don't worry! We, Old Zhang, can't do this."

Zhang Huaiqing had to go back quickly and ask the people in the workshop to pick up the waste, but he must not let the people in the second workshop know, otherwise he would lose a lot of money.

Jia Dongxu shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang, wait a minute. Let's provide a welfare for the factory. Provide a heating stove in each office, and provide some firewood for everyone to keep warm while working."

"Okay, I'll do it right away! This way, our factory employees' families will have to buy stoves."

As Zhang Huaiqing spoke, he muttered to himself that he was hungry and wondered how to arrange the manpower so as not to delay production or the production of furnaces.

"Well, Dongxu, this arrangement is good!"

At this time, Wang Tongming sat up straight and started talking.

"Hey, I think you've been listening. I was planning to ask Director Wang to help sell it on the street." Jia Dongxu said, "This way, it will be convenient for everyone to keep warm."

"Besides, I haven't planned to give you the capital for this furnace yet. It can still make a little money for our factory. It would be nice to buy some benefits for everyone."

"Okay, you arrange this matter, as long as it doesn't delay production!" Wang Tongming said, taking the documents, signing some that could be signed, and returning those that could not be signed.

"Dongxu, what suggestions do you have for the current decline in production?" Wang Tongming suddenly asked.

"Production decline? What's going on? When did it start?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"It's been a while, and I'm not sure. Go and investigate this afternoon to see where the problem is. Although it's winter now, the living standards of our factory have not declined. Find a solution to this problem as soon as possible!"