Chapter 6: Layoff Crisis

 

Going to work on Monday, the master frowned.

"Master, what's wrong?" In this month's contact, Wang Licheng has treated the original’s master as his own master sincerely.

"It's nothing; you don't just mess around all day. You have time to learn more."

At noon, they heard a lot of people in the cafeteria talking about the refund of the fabric they ordered last time.

"Master, I heard that the batch of fabrics we ordered last time has been refunded. Is it true?"

"It's true; the fabrics are not up to standard. The machines in our factory can't weave the fabrics they requested at all."

"Then what should be done, since they can't weave, take this order in the first place." The

Master said before that the factory didn't have the money to replace the new machine, but now that this happened again, it would be more difficult for the factory and I don't know if it would affect them.

"This is because the planned economy killed people. Don't worry, the other party will ask for the fabric. This is a loss for sure." But it's not a total loss.

They are treating people like fools. Why! This kind of incident has happened in the factory before, but in the end, the other party swallowed it. Those orders were indeed profitable at the time, and afterward people were deceived and would not place orders from you again.

Planned economy, how could he forget such an important thing?

In 1992, the 14th National Congress of the Party was held, and the reform of the economic system was proposed to establish a socialist market economic system.

Their economics teacher focused on this big event. After the reform of the economic system, the country's development was particularly rapid.

With the development of the market economy, workers go to sea to do business, and civil servants go to sea to do business. Many large enterprises in the previous life were established after the reform of the economic system.

And the factory like his now will be the first batch of factories to close down after the market economy. Like their factory's practice, there will be no business at all in the future.

He was about to lose his job in two years, but fortunately remembered it in advance. He can't do nothing anymore, he has to prepare in advance for being laid off. In any case, he was a top student in the economics and management department of a famous university. Although he has not graduated, he still has theoretical knowledge.

He didn't go out after dinner, but sat on the balcony to cool off, thinking about what to do. He didn't understand many things in this era, and the original body had never paid attention to this aspect before.

It's mid-June now, and not only is it hot, but there are many mosquitoes. Fortunately, there is an electric fan in his room, which is incomparable with the air conditioners of later generations. It is better than nothing!

He didn't think of anything that night, thinking that he couldn't build a car behind closed doors, but he still wanted to go out and have a look.

After a week's inspection, he found that there are very few shops with storefronts for business, and there are more stalls for business. Drag the goods out in the morning and put them on sale, and put them away before dark. When it was windy, rainy and cold, they couldn't set up a stall to do business.

Are you renting a storefront to sell something? He remembered that there was a department called the city management department, which was very cruel and specialized in dealing with the chaos of stalls everywhere. Because of violent law enforcement, the exposure rate on the Internet is very high.

And with the development of the times, opening a shop to do business has gradually replaced the establishment of a stall to do business. This is an opportunity.

He spent another half a month inquiring about the prices of FMCG commodities in Pucheng. It was my mother's job to inquire about the price.

He goes to a relatively large non-staple food store every three days and hides outside to count sales. Fortunately, plastic bags have not been popularized yet, and non-staple food stores still use plastic net bags, so you can see clearly what you bought.

Pucheng is not big, and there are not many large non-staple food stores. Most of the small shops are pushing wooden cabinets with glass on one side to set up stalls.

Half a month's statistics, the sales of cigarettes are the highest. Ordinary families in this era generally do not go to non-staple food stores, and most of what they really need to buy is salt, soy sauce and sugar. If you need oil and rice, you need to go to the grain station to buy the oil ticket and food ticket.

When it comes to cigarettes, it is not a good thing, but if you are addicted to it, you cannot do without it. Even if you don't eat, you have to save money to buy it and smoke it.

In his previous life, he learned to smoke and drink in high school. Thinking back now, she was so stupid at that time, thinking that smoking and drinking were protests? Don't let them know. As a man, Wang Licheng does not smoke, and his alcohol intake is very small.

Cigarettes are sold everywhere, in store and in stands that push them. Cigarettes can also be packed in boxes and sold at the entrance of the cinema. Sales are high and competition is high.

In his previous life, he attended a university in Jiangcheng, and Pucheng was very close to Jiangcheng, even closer than his home in his previous life.

That's right; Pucheng where he is now and Jincheng where he was in his previous life are county-level cities in different prefecture-level; cities in the same province. In his impression, Pucheng is not very far from Jincheng.

He already knew the news but never thought of going back to Jincheng to see.

He had no expectations for his relatives in that city for a long time, not to mention that he is now Wang Licheng, Wang Licheng who is older than his father.

There is a cigarette factory in Jiangcheng. I heard that the factory has been established for many years, and Jiangcheng has a large wholesale market in later generations. He wanted to go to Jiangcheng to see.

The next day he told his mother about the idea of ​​going to Jiangcheng.

"Licheng, you have never been out of Pucheng alone. I heard that Jiangcheng is very big. Mom is worried. Why don't you ask your brother-in-law to accompany you."

Before graduating from high school, Wang Licheng had never been out of Pucheng. After entering the knitting factory, he as the master has been on business trips; he has been to big cities. Every time I go out of town, there are at least three or five people.

"Don't bother my brothers-in-law, I'm so old, you can ask if you don't understand, it's alright, don't worry about me."

Jiang Cheng is very familiar with him. When she was in college, she also had the title of Know-It-All. She knows everything about transportation in Jiangcheng.

"When you going pay attention to safety outside. Wait for Mom to sew a purse in your little trousers, the money is safe inside."

"No hurry, I'll go next week after I have a rest."

He still needs to put this organize the data collected over time. There is also the matter of renting the facade that needs to be paid attention to.

"Mom, do you know where there is a house for rent? It's a house facing the street, suitable for selling non-staple food and opening a store."

Mom has nothing to do every day, and she may know some news if she is short of parents outside.

"Licheng, are you selling non-staple food? Isn't your job well done?" Before her son asked her to inquire about the price of non-staple food, she didn't care, and now she wants to inquire about the house that can do non-staple food business. Doesn't my son want to sell things after working in a knitting factory?

"I have this idea. The efficiency of the factory is getting worse and worse. I want to rent a house and sell non-staple food while going to work. It is a way to find a way out first." She has nothing to do all day, and she is willing to help her son.

"Well, Mom helps me to see it during the day and I will see it at night."

"Licheng, how much does it cost to open a non-staple food store?"

"First buy a few things to sell, it won't cost much but more money is needed for inventory."

When my father died, the factory lost 2,000 Yuan. His salary rose to 100 Yuan last year, and he saved it for more than a year, almost 800 Yuan. He didn't plan to use the savings from Mom's now. It was for Wang Licheng to marry his wife.

"I'll give you the 2,000 Yuan that your dad paid for, is it enough?"

"Enough, Mom first help me inquire about the house, try to find a better location on the street, preferably upstairs and downstairs; the most important thing is it’s cheap."

"Mom knows all that, and mom will go to help you find out tomorrow."

The mother and son spent the week watching the house.

Good location is expensive, cheap location is not good. There is a good one, which is also close to his home. It's just that people only sell and not rent.

"Licheng, what if we don't have a suitable storefront?"

He taught his mother the word storefront. Her mother's ability to accept is not bad, but unfortunately she doesn't know how to read.

"Look at it again! Don't be in a hurry." He first went to Jiangcheng to take a good look at the goods. If the profit was high, it would be fine for the store to be more expensive.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the end of July, and he had been here for more than two months. This Saturday was the day he set to go to Jiangcheng.

He had inquired about the time of the shuttle bus before. The earliest shuttle bus departed at 4:30 and ended at Jiangcheng Wholesale Market. The fare was 3.5 Yuan and the journey took 2 hours.

Liu Fengzhen got up at three o'clock, and she didn't dare to fall asleep that night, for fear that she would have slept over time. She got up to heat up the leftovers from last night, and boiled 5 more eggs for her son to eat on the road. Mother is going to take him to the bus station.

"Mom, you go to sleep a little longer, I'll do it alone." He said deliberately with a stern face.

"Then I'll see you off at the door."

It's dark outside, but fortunately, the weather has been good these few days, and the semi-circular moon is shining, so you can see the road clearly.

"Wait a minute, I'll find a flashlight."

"Mom, go in! I can see it, and it's just a few steps to the road." There were dimly lit street lights on the road, only slightly brighter than the moon.

Wang Licheng fell asleep as soon as he got in the car. The lights in the car were turned off, and it was pitch black outside. Someone was faster than him, snoring as soon as he sat down.

When he slept until dawn, he was woken up by the conductor, and everyone in the car had disappeared.

He was dumbfounded when he got out of the car. How could he forget that this was Jiangcheng in the 1990s?

When she was in college, she went to the wholesale market several times. Every time there was an activity in the class and department that needed to be purchased, a group of them came to the wholesale market to make a big purchase.

The place in front of me was nothing like the one I remembered. The roads in Jiangcheng are still relatively rough asphalt roads, especially the wholesale market, which is full of potholes and water.

The water may have just been poured, and now it is hot, even at night, there is no possibility of stagnant water left.

There are storefronts on both sides of the street, which is as lively as the impression.

The sound of barking, the sound of bargaining. Every store was full of people.

Wang Licheng came to the non-staple food area and mixed in with the crowd to listen to their bargaining.

He doesn't buy anything today, just came over to find out the price.

For people who don't buy things, the store will not tell you the actual price.

Wang Licheng listened to the corner for two hours, and finally listened to the price.

When packing up last night, he brought a pen and a notebook on purpose. He notes the price while listening to the corner.

The price discussed here is the price of the whole box, and he still needs to wait for the individual price to take a pen and paper to calculate the price.

After coming out of the wholesale market, he ate a bowl of rice noodles at a roadside shop for one dollar. He ate one of the eggs that his mother boiled for him. Then go to the bus stop and take a bus.

Jiangcheng Cigarette Factory was located in Yangcheng District, which he knew for a long time, but the current bus routes and station names are different from those of later generations. He asked several local people but couldn't make it clear, so he had to go to Yangcheng District first and then find the cigarette factory.

He later took another bus, asked five people, and walked two kilometers before he found Jiangcheng Cigarette Factory.

Previous

Next