Chapter 87: Snowstorm
The initial investment promotion work was not going well,
and merchants were unwilling to settle in. They felt that people were used to
shopping in the old commercial district, and the new commercial district could
not attract people, which would affect business.
Local merchants refused to settle in, so Wang Licheng
approached Liang Lixue and asked her to open all directly-operated stores of
brands that the company did not have in Jincheng to the Jincheng business
district, and also asked her to contact several high-end brands to settle in.
After a week of advertising with great fanfare, it attracted a few merchants,
and then more and more merchants were willing to settle in.
The rent in the first year of the new business district is
very cheap, mainly to attract businesses, and the rent will only increase after
the business district is formed. Therefore, the initial investment in opening a
store in a new business district is not very high, and only the cost of
distribution and decoration is needed. Merchants are willing to settle in when
they see the prospect. Moreover, the tone of the re-planning of the old
commercial district has already been revealed.
On December 12, 2007, Area A of Jincheng Commercial District
opened. This date was decided by Xiao Hongyan because it was Wang Licheng's
42nd birthday.
Not even a month after the opening of the business district,
an incident happened, which hasd been forgotten by Wang Licheng. The south was
hit by a heavy snowstorm.
He called Wu Li'an and asked him to work overtime to produce
biscuits. Because he not only forgot the snow disaster in 2008 but also forgot
the big earthquake that year.
These were natural disasters, and he couldn't prevent them
from happening, and he didn't dare to prevent them from happening.
From January 3rd, there will be some big snowflakes falling
from the sky from time to time. Wang Xi had never seen such heavy snow, which
made her very happy. She said that her classmates would go to the playground to
play in the snow after class, and there were many snowmen on the playground.
He was only ten years old when the snow disaster happened in
his previous life, and he was deeply impressed because of the incident. At that
time, he was still in elementary school, and his grandma would pick him up
every day, even when it was snowing heavily.
There was a lot of snow in those days, and the temperature
should also be very low. The snow that fell on the ground did not melt, and a
thick layer had accumulated. He was wearing rain boots and he would fall almost
after walking a few steps. Grandma felt sorry for him and carried him on her
back. After walking a few steps, the two of them also fell. He was fine, but
grandma broke her leg.
That time was the only day in memory when Mao Lijuan sent
her to school. He took her home at noon, bought two boxed lunches for their
grandparents and grandchildren, came back to send her to school when she was
about to go to school and continued to eat boxed lunches for dinner.
At that time, she thought the box lunch was delicious, and
she also wanted to eat the box lunch outside every day. She never thought that
when she was in high school, she ate all three meals a day outside, and the two
meals in the morning and evening were box lunches. She can no longer want to
eat the meals made by my grandma.
The snow on the ground does not melt, and traffic is prone
to problems. There are frequent traffic accidents caused by car skidding, and
there are many elderly people who slipped, fell, and fracture bones like
grandma. The hospital has to treat many patients who fall and fracture in the
snow every day, which has caused a shortage of hospital beds.
Xiao Hongyan asked the TV station to advise the old people
not to go out if they had nothing to do in the snow after the local news was
over. The advertising banner on the side of the TV also keeps scrolling
reminders such as driving slowly in the snow, paying attention to safety, and
so on.
Warning banners were put up on both sides of the road to
remind drivers and friends to drive slowly, and the traffic police took turns
on duty on the road.
During these times, she was busy outside every day, and the
frequent traffic accidents gave her a headache. The officers, soldiers, and
policemen couldn't shovel the snow at all. As soon as they shoveled a little,
the snow fell again immediately. The temperature is too low, the effect of
salting is not great, the snow never melts, and the snow on the road is as
thick as five centimeters.
He and Xiao Hongyan were both busy a while ago, and his
daughter went to and from school alone, but now the road was slippery in the
snow, Wang Licheng was worried that she would be alone, accompanying his
daughter to and from school every day, and not letting his mother go out, he
did all the grocery shopping and going out.
Such a heavy snowfall just after opening did have some
impact on the commercial area, but it was also because of the heavy snowfall
and low temperature that Jincheng's down jacket sales were very hot, which
attracted a lot of people to the new commercial area.
The canopy of the Chengxi vegetable market was crushed by
heavy snow yesterday, but luckily no one was injured. A small part of the
canopy collapsed, and there were signs of collapse in other places. To ensure
the safety of personnel, the Chengxi vegetable market stopped operating. This
is bad news for vegetable vendors and nearby residents.
Because of the heavy snowfall, the prices of all vegetables
have risen, and the variety has decreased a lot. Now that the vegetable market
is closed, the vegetable vendors have suffered losses due to the collapse of
the canopy, but they cannot sell vegetables to make money. For grocery
shopping, the road is not easy to walk on snowy days, and there is no place to
buy vegetables nearby. If these problems are not resolved, it is easy to cause public
anger.
After discussion and negotiation, the city decided to clear
a place at the entrance of the Chengxi community as a temporary vegetable
market, and the problem of the Chengxi vegetable market was temporarily
resolved.
Xiao Hongyan dealt with many various problems every day and
was so busy that she even canceled her weekend break.
The weather was bad and the roads were difficult to walk, so
Wang Licheng didn't let Xiao Hongyan go home for lunch, but he delivered the
meal to Xiao Hongyan's office after eating.
"Licheng, when do you think the snow will stop
falling?" The snow on the ground has not yet melted, and the snow has not
stopped, and the farmers have suffered a lot.
"I don't know; it should still fall." It's only mid-January
now, and he remembers that the snowstorm lasted until the Chinese New Year.
"The affected area and economic losses of crops are
still being counted. If the snow continues to fall, farmers will suffer heavy
losses." This year is not going to be good.
The snow disaster had a great impact on the countryside, not
only the crops were damaged, but even the houses collapsed.
"Natural disasters and man-made disasters are
unavoidable. Just do what you can."
On the second day of Xiao Hongyan's birthday on the 21st,
the provincial road in Jincheng was blocked due to snow, and people and
vehicles were stranded on the road. down. At this time, Wang Licheng asked Wu
Li'an to make biscuits that came in handy.
In the name of Xinglong Food Company, Wang Licheng donated
biscuits worth 5 million yuan to the Jincheng Municipal Government. Xiao
Hongyan immediately organized people to deliver food to the people stranded on
the provincial road and reassured them to wait patiently for the road to be cleared.
With Wang Licheng's assistance and his biscuit donation,
Xiao Hongyan quickly formulated an emergency plan. Because the stranded people
had food, there was no major disturbance.
Wang Li had imagined all these things for her, thinking that
this would be a good deal, but what he didn't expect, Xiao Hongyan ran to the
provincial highway, saying that he would personally ask the stranded drivers
and passengers.
She just doesn't reassure him. Because the snowy road was
slippery, he didn't dare to let Xiao Hongyan take a car after the snow
accumulated, and he tried to walk as far as possible. She is going to take the
provincial highway, it's too far away and she can only take a car.
He hadn't driven for half a month. When it first snowed, he
always skidded, and he didn't feel comfortable sitting in the car, so he
stopped driving.
It was Xiao Hongyan's driver who worried him the most. He
usually drove a little fast, and he was afraid that he would mess around in the
snow. What if something happened to Xiao Hongyan while driving him?
Said that he was afraid that something would happen, and
something happened. On the way back, to avoid pedestrians who appeared
suddenly, the driver drove the car onto the roadbed. Xiao Hongyan was
frightened, and asked the driver to stop the car, immediately called Wang
Licheng, and sat in the car waiting for him.
The driver was also scared to death. He has been driving
very steadily, otherwise, he would not be allowed to drive for the secretary of
the municipal party committee. The pedestrian came out too suddenly just now,
the snowy road surface was a little slippery, he stepped on the accelerator
harder than usual, and the car rushed onto the roadbed. The speed was so fast
that it was too late for him to turn the steering wheel.
If something happened to the secretary of the municipal
party committe, he will be finished too. After hearing the secretary's call, he
became even more nervous.
Every time the secretary and her husband look at his nose,
nose, and eyes are not eyes, anyway, they just look at him in various ways. If
he came and saw him driving the car like this, his job would probably be lost.
In the past, the secretary's husband often robbed him of his
job when he was not busy. He sometimes sat in the office for a whole day, and
nothing happened to him. Wherever the secretary goes, he asks his husband to
pick him up.
After finally waiting for her husband to be busy, he also
came in handy. Later, it snowed again, and the secretary didn't take the car.
Today, he was finally used again, and something happened.
Xiao Hongyan only said to let him pick them up, but didn't
say that something happened to their car. When Wang Licheng drove over and saw
their car. He got out of the car and asked about Xiao Hongyan's situation, and
after making sure she was fine, he walked around the front of the car to the
other side and picked up the driver.
"I told you to drive slowly in the urban area. If you
didn't listen, you have to wait for an accident, right?" Seeing that the
right front wheel was on the roadbed, he became furious.
Xiao Hongyan always takes the co-pilot in his car, she got
used to it, and now she likes to take the co-pilot in the car. With this car
driving like this, the first person to suffer in an accident would be Xiao
Hongyan who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"I'm sorry, I must drive more slowly next time."
He didn't drive fast at all. It was the secretary's husband who drove too
slowly that made him think he was driving fast.
He didn't dare to refute, so he could only apologize humbly.
The secretary and her husband have a good relationship, if he blows the pillow,
he will be the unlucky one.
Wang Licheng saw Xiao Hongyan get into his passenger seat
habitually again and immediately pulled her to talk to her. "Hongyan,
don't take the co-pilot, look at how dangerous it is today."
"You just taught the driver enough, and you're starting
to teach me again?"
She saw Wang Licheng holding the driver's collar just now, and
thought he would start punching.
They have lived together for more than ten years, except for
the time when Chen Derong heard about it, she has never seen Wang Licheng look
fierce, and today he was so angry but he didn't beat anyone.
He has always had a good temper, and he doesn't quarrel with
her when he gets angry, but he likes to walk away every time. Sometimes she
would rather quarrel with him and let him vent, instead of keeping it all in
her heart.
"I'm not preaching. If you know you have made a
mistake, you have to correct your bad habits. You said how dangerous you are
today. What if it's not a roadbed but a cliff?" He has learned his lesson
this time, and he should drive more slowly next time.
The driver who drove Xiao Hongyan didn't drive slowly in the
urban area. It was the same as the previous ones. He also thought about asking
Xiao Hongyan to change drivers. The new driver may not be better than the
current one, and it will also affect the future of others. That's why he often
came over to act as a driver and drive her.
"Why don't I change this driver?" He usually
stopped driving steadily, and it was because of the slippery snowy road.
In a city that has never had snow, the roads are suddenly
covered with snow, and driving is not used to it, so traffic accidents occur
frequently.
"No, you changed him. How can he stay in your unit?
Call me if you need anything, and I'll come over to be your driver."
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