Vol. 1 - Ch. 13 - Really good physical strength

They went to the cafeteria of the guesthouse. It was just after dinner time. There were not many people at this time. The four of them found a seat by the window under the guidance of the waiter."What do you want to eat? Order first."

Shu Jun handed the menu to Shu Ping.

"Then I won't be polite." Shu Ping smiled and opened the menu. She found that there were not many dishes but they were all classics. She directly ordered a few meat dishes, spicy beef, small stewed mushrooms, pan-fried hairtail, and green pepper shredded pork.

Then he handed the menu to Huo Feng and Ye Wei who were sitting opposite him, "You guys take care of the rest."

Huo Feng understood when he saw the few dishes Shu Ping had ordered. She was afraid that they would be too restrained to order meat dishes.

"There are only four of us. We can't eat more if we order too much. I think we should just have one more vegetarian dish and one soup."

Ye Wei agreed after realizing it belatedly, "Ah, yes, then we should have one more vegetarian dish and one soup. Which one should we choose?"

In the end, Huo Feng picked stir-fried lettuce and tomato egg soup, and handed the menu to Shu Jun, the only one who hadn't ordered yet.

"That's it for now. We'll order more if it's not enough."

With so many dishes, it was likely that they didn't need to order more.

Another waiter brought them hot tea, and even poured them cup after cup before they left. Ye Wei had never seen such good service before. He felt that his eyes were not enough to see everything after coming to the provincial capital. Looking at others, they were all very calm. He was the only one looking like a clown.

"Where is your schedule? Take it out and show it to me. If there is no problem, I will go to see Master Ni in the afternoon."

Master Ni is already sixty years old. He studied in the Soviet Union when he was young and was rated as a senior engineer at the age of twenty-five. He can tell if there is a problem with the machine in the factory without even disassembling it. He can tell by just listening to the sound. Even though he has reached retirement age, the factory leaders are still unwilling to let him go.

Shu Ping took out the written plan from her bag and gave it to him. "This is just my rough idea. You must be more professional than me in how to operate it, including the purchase of equipment. If I go by myself, I will definitely be taken advantage of."

Every profession has its own expertise. Professional matters should be handed over to professionals. The art of being a leader is to use people. Doing everything by yourself will only tire yourself to death.

"Okay, you're quite self-aware."

Shu Jun teased a few times and then started to read it seriously. He cared about the food factory as much as Shu Ping did. He said that if his cousin couldn't manage it, he would go home to take over completely from the bottom of his heart.

"The dough mixer, fermentation machine, oven, and sealing machine are all useful. If you add the conveyor belt, it will cost at least 170,000 or 180,000 yuan. "

The expensive part is the conveyor belt.

"If you consider semi-manual labor, the cost can be reduced by half."

Ping also thought of what he said, but labor also costs money, and the most important thing is that it is inefficient. She actually prefers automation.

"Brother, I understand what you mean. You think that under the immature conditions, controlling the cost within a reasonable range can minimize the risk. In fact, you are also afraid that I am just daydreaming and no one will buy it after I buy it back. But I have this money now. As I said before, with the current social development speed, the result of seeking stability is to be eliminated. I believe that Dad took a lot of risks when he built this factory, including spending almost all of his family's assets to add production lines. Now I am willing to take a gamble, even if the final result is wrong."

This sudden remark not only convinced Shu Jun, but also touched Huo Feng.

He had previously studied how to train in the army and didn't know much about the economy, but every time he had a meeting to study, the political commissar would explain the current social situation in connection with various new national policies, among which he mentioned the issue of economic development trends, which would be more industrialized, intelligent, and large-scale, which was consistent with what Shu Ping said.

"If you say so... let's take a gamble. After dinner, you can take a rest first, or go out for a walk. We'll discuss the details tonight."

Shu Ping nodded, and when she saw the waiter delivering the first dish, she looked at Huo Feng and Ye Wei and asked, "Do you drink? Do you want me to order two bottles of beer for you?"

"No."

"Okay."

The two different answers overlapped, and the one who said "Okay" was naturally Ye Wei.

Shu Ping laughed, feeling like she was taking a primary school student out for an outing.

She said to the waiter, "Hello, can you get us a bottle of beer?"

The waiter put the dishes away in a well-trained manner and nodded with a smile, "Sure, please wait a moment." The fitted uniform set off her graceful figure. Shu Ping saw Ye Wei chasing after her back and kept looking at her, and waved her hand in front of him with disdain, "Pay attention to your image, you're drooling while you keep looking at her."

Ye Wei laughed and retracted his gaze, "I just think their clothes are pretty. I've never seen anyone wear them like this at home."

"Are you looking at the clothes with that look? You're obviously looking at the person wearing the clothes. There are so many beautiful girls on TV, why do you look like you've never seen the world when you come out? If you continue to be like this, I won't take you next time. Learn from your brother Huo." Huo Feng raised his eyebrows when his name was mentioned, and inexplicably felt that the two words "Brother Huo" sounded much better than before.

"Brother, do you know where to sell vegetables nearby? In addition to the goods from the factory, we also brought a lot of vegetables to the village to sell. I'm afraid that if I don't sell the green leaves today, they will be stale and difficult to sell overnight."

"There really is a market two hundred meters to the east. Usually, the families of the staff compound go there to buy vegetables. There are morning and evening markets. You can try it after four o'clock." There must be a lot of people in the family area. The machinery factory has more than a thousand employees. Shu Ping thinks it's worth a try.

Shu Jun still has to go to work in the factory in the afternoon. After a quick meal, he took Shu Ping's schedule and left first. The three people who stayed behind, Shu Ping only ate a small bowl of rice and was full. The rest of the dishes were all solved by Huo Feng and Ye Wei.

Ye Wei's face was red from eating. Shu Ping don't know if it was because of the beer or the spiciness. He pointed to his neck and said, "I didn't expect that one day I would be unable to swallow meat. I feel like I'm here now."

Shu Ping smiled with her face propped up, "If you can eat, eat it. If you can't eat it, don't eat it. Don't eat too much and have to go to the hospital."

On the other side, Huo Feng hadn't stopped eating yet, and Shu Ping also told him not to eat.

"You feel like I'm such an unkind boss. It doesn't matter if there are leftovers. Blame me for ordering too much and blame my brother for running away without eating much."

Huo Feng mixed the remaining beef into the rice, looked at Shu Ping and said, "It's okay. I have a big appetite. I've eaten ten steamed buns in one meal when I was in the army." Seeing that he didn't look reluctant, Shu Ping poured a bowl of soup and placed it next to him, "If you're not full, keep eating. Don't force yourself. Drink some soup if it's too dry."

Huo Feng smiled and nodded. In the end, the rice was finished, and only the soup was left from the dishes. He also drank up the small bowl of egg soup that Shu Ping had served him. Even Ye Wei was so shocked that he gave him a thumbs up.

"Brother, you are awesome. This is how a man should be!"

Shu Ping, who was about to sign the bill with a pen, knocked him on the head, wondering if it was a mistake to bring him out to train him. "Have some sense. You can't eat well and you can't work well. Hurry up and move the luggage to the front desk in the car."

Ye Wei asked Huo Feng for the car key and ran out. After Shu Ping signed the bill, she went to the front desk with Huo Feng to wait for him.

Shu Jun booked two rooms for them, Shu Ping's single room and Huo Feng and Ye Wei's double room. The meal fee was included in the room fee. Shu Jun had paid the deposit for them, and they would settle it together when they left.

When Ye Wei brought the luggage bag over, Shu Ping proposed her own arrangement, "Let's go back to the room to rest first, and meet downstairs at 3:30 to go to the market. Do you think it's okay?"

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The two had no objection. After taking the key, they went back to the room to rest. Ye Wei drank a little at noon and felt a little sleepy, so he lay down directly. Huo Feng was not sleepy. He saw from the window that there was a small sports field downstairs with single and double bars, ping-pong tables, etc., and he went downstairs because he was eager to play.

In the army, after a day of training, comrades often come to the training ground after dinner to "compete". The events are various sports, such as pull-ups, push-ups, frog jumps, etc. Huo Feng has good physical fitness, so he can win the first prize as long as he participates. The prizes are a lot of things, such as a new bar of soap, a week's worth of socks, and local specialties from his hometown. It's still interesting to think about it now. 　　When he arrived at the sports field, Huo Feng reached out and patted the horizontal bar, which was very strong. Then he held the bar tightly with both hands and started to pull up, one, two, three... When he did the twentieth, he slowed down and switched to the parallel bar push-ups, doing another twenty before stopping.

The exercise that would make others exhausted seemed just an appetizer to him. After getting tired of the single and double bars, he turned around and supported himself on the ping-pong table to do push-ups. Shu Ping accidentally saw her m outside the window and roughly counted for him. It was at least more than a hundred.

"This physical strength is really not to be underestimated." 　　Shu Ping sighed, drew the curtains and started a lunch break. 　　This was the first time in her life that she had taken a truck for a long distance. Although she was not the driver, she was very focused and did not dare to relax. She secretly decided that she would not take a truck next time she came to the provincial capital.

She slept until three o'clock, and when she woke up, she was a little confused. After washing her face, she put on her coat, put on her bag and left the room. She went to the front desk on the first floor as agreed. She found that Huo Feng had arrived earlier than her. He wore an ordinary black coat like a big star on a runway.

This was because he was born in the wrong era. If he were in the 21st century with a developed entertainment industry, with Huo Feng's conditions, even if he didn't enter the entertainment industry as a tough guy, he could be a fashion model and would definitely be famous.

"So early? Didn't you take a break at noon?"

"It was good. I just went out for a walk and found that there are many residents nearby. It will definitely not be a problem to sell the things we brought."

Shu Ping remembered that he was sweating profusely while exercising downstairs before. Looking carefully, he changed his shirt. So, he had arranged a lot of things in less than three hours. He was worthy of being born in the army.

With such an employee, one is worth three.

In comparison, the other one was much shabby. Ye Wei hurried downstairs at 3:15, with his hair sticking up, obviously just waking up.

Shu Ping half-jokingly teased, "Ye Wei, what are you going to do in the future? Before Huo Feng came, I thought you were quite smart and capable. As soon as Huo Feng came, you were compared to the sky. You have to perform well in the next two days. If you don't perform well, you will not be allowed to go out with your sister Ling to do business."

Ye Wei, who was panicking, said a lot of good things, and wanted to point to the sky and swear that he would do a good job before she let him go.

Huo Feng watched with a smile on his face. He didn't expect that the factory director usually looked calm and composed, as if any difficult problem could be easily solved by her. In private, she also had such a childish side, and the whole person became more lively.