In August, Baisha was like a stove, and Hu Youmin rode a broken bicycle every day, braving the scorching sun and scorching heat, running around furniture markets, units, and residential areas, handing out leaflets and handing out business cards. Last month's output value was more than 200,000 yuan, of which the factory received more than 80,000 orders, and the others were orders that Hu Youmin ran outside.

This order is far from enough for employees to do, and Hu Youmin is a little anxious. He expanded the scope of his run to the furniture market in Xitang, and residential areas.

I don't know if it was Hu Youmin's good luck, or his sincerity moved a boss Wu in the Xitang furniture market, and he signed a contract for the processing of office furniture, with a processing volume of about 150,000 yuan per month, plus the previous three bosses, the processing volume of each month in the future is nearly 500,000.

Now the number of orders in the factory is also on the rise, the carpentry is still relatively easy, and the painters are a little tight. Hu Youmin went to the labor market and picked three people, two grinders and one delivery worker.

I also asked someone to build a paint booth in the back, so that the production capacity of the factory came up, and the staffing was reasonable, and it could produce 700,000 or 800,000 pieces of furniture every month, and if it worked overtime, one million could be made.

One day when Hu Youmin passed by Baisha Railway College, he suddenly wanted to take a look, and the security guard at the gate looked at him like a student and didn't stop him. School hadn't opened yet, and there was no one on campus. Hu Youmin rode his bicycle around and sat on a stone bench by the playground to rest.

It was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was a row of buildings on the west side of the playground that blocked the sun from setting in the west, so it was relatively cool. There was an old man in his fifties walking in the playground, and a little girl of five or six years old was running around him, giggling from time to time.

Hu Youmin leaned on the stone bench and pretended to sleep, now he has no pressure, there are already 600,000 orders this month. Another 1 or 200,000 is enough, no matter how many factories can't produce, the place is only so big, there is no way to expand production capacity. At this moment, a child's cry broke his reverie, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out that the little girl had put her foot into the railing and could not take it out.

The old man was struggling to break the iron railing, and Hu Youmin hurriedly ran over. He asked the old man to get out of the way, grabbed an iron railing with one hand and pulled it out, and in a low roar, the three-centimeter-thick square iron railing was pulled away by him, and the child took out his foot. The old man didn't bother to thank Hu Youmin, and was busy checking whether her foot was injured? Seeing that there was no bruises, the old man was relieved, and the little girl jumped up and down to play again.

The old man turned around and thanked him, and Hu Youmin said that it was a trivial matter, and the child was not injured. The old man looked at him and asked, "What do you do, why do you have so much strength?" Hu Youmin couldn't understand that he had so much energy, because of the practice of that set of boxing?

He has been insisting on practicing this set of boxing, even when the furniture factory is busiest, he has never pulled it down. But this is also indistinguishable from others, so I have to say that I may be young and have a brute force.

"It's not brute force that can pull away, are you a practitioner?" The old man didn't believe his words, and Hu Youmin had to vaguely say that he had practiced boxing for a few years. When the old man saw that he didn't want to say anything, he didn't ask him what kind of work he was doing now, and why he was here? Hu Youmin said that he opened a furniture factory because he regretted that he had not gone to a regular university, and he wanted to come in and feel it.

After chatting for a while, the old man told Hu Youmin that his name was Fang Leshan, but he didn't say what he did, and gave him a phone call, saying that he could come to him if he had any difficulties in the future, and maybe he could help him a little. Hu Youmin was stunned when he heard this, he remembered that the third grandfather said that one of the two comrades-in-arms in southern Hunan was named Fang Leshan, because this surname was very rare, he was deeply impressed, and when he heard his phone number again, wasn't it the number given to him by the third grandfather?

Seeing Hu Youmin stunned, Fang Leshan asked him what was wrong? Hu Youmin asked cautiously: "Do you know Hu Xingwen?" from the Tanglin Military Region. Fang Leshan said this name in his mouth, and then asked eagerly: "Hu Xingwen, nicknamed Hu Laosan, do you know him? You are the Hu Youmin he called me last time?" Hu Youmin also knew the nickname of the third grandfather, and this confirmed that Fang Leshan in front of him was the third grandfather's comrade-in-arms.

Hu Youmin nodded, and then said humbly: "Grandpa Fang, I should have gone to see you a long time ago, as soon as I opened the furniture factory, I delayed this matter, I'm really sorry!" Fang Leshan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this Hu Laosan, he hasn't been back to Xiangnan for several years, is he okay?" and then told the story between them.

Fang Leshan joined the army a few years later than Hu Xingwen, and met Hu Xingwen after returning from North Korea. At that time, Hu Xingwen was the company commander, he was the platoon deputy, and the instructor was Cheng Yongan.

The three have worked in one unit for more than 20 years and have formed a deep friendship. After Hu Xingwen was transferred to the Tanglin Military Region, he returned to southern Hunan not long after, and became the vice president of the Baisha Railway College, and is now the secretary of the party committee. Cheng Yongan was also transferred to the South Hunan Military Region as director of the Political Department, and now he has taken a back seat.

Unexpectedly, the third grandfather's comrades-in-arms were all in high positions, and the third grandfather only gave them their contact information, and did not say what they did, Hu Youmin was going to visit them at the end of the year. He never wanted to take some personal gain from them, but he was able to lend a hand when he was in trouble. Now it seems that we can't wait until the end of the year, so I have to take some time to visit the two of them.

Fang Leshan wanted to stay with Hu Youmin for dinner, but Hu Youmin excused himself and said that there was something in the factory and he would come to visit him tomorrow night. Back in the factory, while having dinner, Luo Juan asked him to wash his hands, and she brought out the food left for Hu Youmin. Now the furniture factory is basically on the right track, and everything has begun to be standardized, which makes Hu Youmin feel a lot more worried.

Li Tao is conscientious and responsible, has great organizational management skills, and manages the factory in an orderly manner. Li Tao is 1.7 meters tall, has a sturdy figure, likes to take care of his head, and looks very stylish, like a workplace elite.

But he has no pioneering spirit, basically revolves around Hu Youmin's ideas, and has good execution, such a person is not suitable for marketing, just doing production management. Hu Youmin signed a labor contract with him and raised his salary to 1,000 yuan a month, which made Li Tao very motivated.

Luo Juan is now bookkeeping in the factory, running down to the bank and taxation, taking some door-to-door orders, purchasing office and daily necessities, and taking care of Hu Youmin's daily life like a little wife.

Once Hu Youmin saw her struggling to wash her clothes, he felt sorry for her, so he bought a washing machine and came back and didn't let her wash it by hand.

Hu Youmin took the time to go out and buy two gifts, ready to visit Fang Leshan and Cheng Yongan. He didn't know what to buy, so he ended up buying two boxes of high-end *, some fruit.

Go to Fangleshan's house at night, this is a four-bedroom and two-hall house, but the decoration is average. Fang Leshan introduced his family to him, his wife's surname is Liu, she works in the Baisha Women's Federation, she is kind and kind, Hu Youmin hurriedly said: "Grandma Liu is good!"

Fang Leshan lives with his son and daughter-in-law, and the family has three generations in the same house. His son is a director of the provincial government, wearing a pair of glasses, very gentle, when he introduced him, he stretched out his hand and shook Hu Youmin, and said lightly: "Xiaohu, please take a seat." After chatting for a while, Hu Youmin got up to say goodbye, Fang Leshan and his wife left him for dinner before leaving, Hu Youmin excused himself.

When sending Hu Youmin to the door, Fang Leshan said to him: "You go to the logistics management office of the college tomorrow, I will say hello to them, you will check all the desks and chairs of the college, repair what can be repaired, make up new ones if you can't repair them, do a good job before the start of school, and the fee cannot be higher than the market price." Hu Youmin repeatedly promised: "Grandpa Fang, don't worry, I will do a good job if I don't make a penny, and I won't lose your face!"

On the way back, Hu Youmin was a little worried, this is a thankless job, but it must be done well, and Fang Leshan's face must not be lost. The college has more than 20,000 sets of desks and chairs, and even if the repair rate is 10%, there are more than 2,000 sets. Now there are at most two carpenters in the factory to do it, and it will definitely not be done before the start of school.

Hu Youmin went to the logistics management office of this hospital early the next morning, and after explaining his intentions, the people from the management office received him very warmly. The repaired desks and chairs are priced at 20 yuan a set, and the newly made ones are priced at 100 yuan, and this price is reported by Hu Youmin, and there is only a profit of five points.

He had a visceral respect for intellectuals and didn't want to make money from the school. The people in the management office listened and said: "Boss Hu, you can't be busy in vain, how can we pay to Secretary Fang when the time comes?" Hu Youmin smiled and said: "Even if it is to support the cause of teaching." ”

After signing the contract, he went to the labor market to pick three carpenters, called Wang Hao to bring tools to the college, and asked him to take three carpenters to repair on the spot, and the new statistical quantity to be produced in the factory. I estimated the materials and accessories on the spot, and called the building materials store to send them to the college.

With an order, Hu Youmin spends more time at home. One day, he was sorting things out in the business room, and a very energetic middle-aged man came in, not tall, about 1.65 meters, with a sturdy figure.

Hu Youmin put down what he was doing, gave him cigarettes and tea, and asked him what was the matter? He said that he had ordered a set of furniture here, and he would see how it was done? Hu Youmin accompanied him to the back to watch, and Li Tao looked at the order and said that his furniture was being polished and would be ready in two days.

During the chat, Hu Youmin learned that the middle-aged man's name was Zhu Yinghua, a deputy director of the Baisha City Industrial and Commercial Bureau, who had just transferred from the army and regimental service. A house was assigned to him in the unit, and he was going to decorate it and add a set of furniture, because he lived nearby, and he and his lover came here to order a set, which was an order received by Luo Juan.

Director Zhu is very satisfied with the furniture, saying that the quality is cheap, and lamenting that there are fewer and fewer real bosses like him, and his business will definitely get bigger and bigger.

Hu Youmin saw that there were no bookcases and desks in his furniture, so he asked him why he didn't do it? Director Zhu said with some embarrassment: "The ones at home can still be used, so use them first." Hu Youmin said: "The home is beautifully decorated, and it is not good to put two pieces of old furniture, and the color is not the same." ”

Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Hu Youmin took him to the business room and picked an antique bookcase and a large desk on the album. Director Zhu looked a little moved, but said not to be so good. Hu Youmin said that as soon as he saw him, he felt that he was very close to him, and wanted to make him a friend, and these two pieces of furniture were given to him, and the director Zhu was busy saying no, Hu Youmin had to symbolically accept him 300 yuan.

Zhu Yinghua is also an understanding person, so he didn't say much, left a mobile phone number for Hu Youmin, and said that he would go to him if he had something to do in the future. Seeing Director Zhu away, Luo Juan teased him: "I don't know what kind of head you have, you can also insert a needle on the iron plate! ”

Hu Youmin said angrily: "Can't you have some positive energy? Brother is so unbearable in your eyes? Brother is like a heinous and treacherous villain?"

"In front of my sister, do you dare to call your brother, are you fat?" Luo Juan came over to pinch him, and Hu Youmin avoided her invincible divine fat and ran to the workshop behind. Now the factory is a busy scene, the roar of the machine, like a beautiful music, makes people passionate and excited!