Chen Xiang decided to sell the equipment, but no one cared, and finally someone asked, asked the price, cut the price, cut the price, and disappeared silently.

There is no work in the factory these days, Wang Yan asked Chen Xiang to go to the store with him, maybe he can take a few orders. Their shop is located in the custom furniture area, next to the north head, the European-style decoration of the door, flanked by Roman columns, the appearance looks magnificent, and when you enter the store, you can see a large European-style bookcase and office desk next to the door.

Against the wall is a European-style red wine cabinet, and further inside, you can see a white European-style wardrobe and a European-style hall cabinet. A white movable shutter separates the wardrobe from the foyer cabinet.

Judging from the decoration of the store, no one would have imagined that this luxurious store would be withdrawn from here due to the recession of business.

Wang Yan sat in front of the computer and checked the order information for a year, "Hey, this year's store only sold more than 800,000 yuan, and the cost is not enough." Wang Yan said.

"Hey, this store can't be opened." Chen Xiang sighed and said: "Brother Li called me yesterday and asked me when I could give him the 200,000 yuan, in fact, I also think about it, I plan to pay back Brother Li's money this year no matter what." Two years ago, Chen Xiang was in urgent need of money, so he borrowed 200,000 yuan from Brother Li, but he didn't say a word and remitted it directly to his account, without even asking for an IOU. This move moved Chen Xiang and Wang Yan a lot, and when they met in Pingshui, they really had to remember it when they met each other with such trust.

"What did you tell Brother Li?" Wang Yan asked.

"I promised Brother Li to give it to him before the end of the year. People still have interest in the bank, and they have been used for us for two years, which is very good, and he himself is in a hurry, otherwise he will not ask. Chen Xiang said, "So, no matter what, this year, I have to find a way to repay Brother Li's money, but I can't do it, and I sold my car when I dumped it." ”

"Just your broken car? It's been used for more than 10 years, what money can it be sold. Wang Yan said in a disdainful tone with a worried look.

"Hey, you don't know, the car is not worth much, but now just one Beijing blue plate can sell for tens of thousands. License plates are more expensive than cars, what kind of society do you say this is? Chen Xiang looked at Wang Yan and said: "The car can't be sold, and it's not worth much if it is sold." Or, wife, you say, I'm worth a few dollars, sell me. ”

"Haha......." Wang Yan still couldn't help laughing, "No one wants to sell you, if anyone buys you home, they have to give you food, they are old and hard, and they are not a little white face." Hey hey ......"

"I'm so worthless?" Chen Xiang glanced at Wang Yan and pretended to be unconvinced.

"It's not that you're worthless, it's that people can't afford it, so you can only take it back for nothing."

"Why can't I afford it, I'm so valuable?"

"You are priceless! Who can afford it. ”

"I'm so valuable, why haven't I been able to make any money. These days are mixed, and I can't eat enough. ”

"It's not time for the time, it's a late bloomer." Wang Yan comforted in a witty tone.

"It's forty people, it's still early?" Chen Xiang continued to bask in his apprehension.

"The founder of KFC, Harland. Sandoz only started to succeed at the age of 88, Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei at the age of 43, and you are not yet 43 years old. Wang Yan gave an example to comfort Chen Xiang, as if he was comforting himself.

"I don't know if I'll live to be 88 years old!" Chen Xiang sighed.

"Yes! You are old and immortal. Hehe......" Wang Yan still grinned.

At this time, Chen Xiang's mobile phone rang with the ringtone of Peking Opera singing music - "Foreigners call that Peking Opera bei-jing o-pe-ra, I have never seen the five-color oil paint painted on the face, and the appearance of the 'four blows on the head' is very beautiful, wonderful, and it is simply OK ...... top quack."

"Hey, hello, Mr. Pan." Chen Xiang saw that the number was called by Mr. Pan, a dealer in Hebei, and Chen Xiang answered the phone and greeted Mr. Pan on the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Chen, hello. I'll discuss something with you. The voice of a middle-aged man came from the other end of the phone.

"What's the matter, Mr. Pan?" Q&A with Chen Xiang.

"I took over a project here, more than 3 million. Can you do it there? Mr. Pan's voice was inquiring.

"Yes, no problem. Has the project been negotiated? Chen Xiang's voice was hearty and crisp.

"I'm talking, and I'm 40 percent sure now. I want to make some preparations first, if you can do that, and the project is completed, we can cooperate. Mr. Pan's voice sounded powerful.

"Well, okay, no problem, Mr. Pan."

"By the way, I'll go to Beijing next week, you're not there, I'll go to your factory, let's talk."

"Yes, Mr. Pan is welcome to come over at any time." Chen Xiang smiled and said in a sincere tone.

"Okay, call us then."

"Well, bye-bye."

"Bye-bye."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiang said to Wang Yan: "Hey, this Pan always has a play." “

"What's wrong?" Wang Yan asked curiously.

"He used to take goods from here and place orders directly. This time there may be a 3 million project, the order is large, he wants to come to see our factory. This is also understandable, if there is such a big project, he will not be at ease if he does not look at the factory. Chen Xiang explained.

"Really?" Wang Yan asked.

"Who knows, I heard him say that he is 40% sure. Come on, let's come, we have no loss, he looked at the factory, and he was relieved. Chen Xiang said.

"How can people take on such a big project, why can't we take it."

"Who knows, he has a relationship. I have been in the furniture sales industry for more than 10 years. Chen Xiang said.

"Then what if he comes late and our store is withdrawn?" Wang Yan asked thoughtfully.

"When will the store be removed?" Chen Xiang asked.

"It seems to be next Thursday, I can't remember clearly, go back and see the notice of the next store."

"Hmm. It's okay, there's no need to take him to the storefront, he came mainly to see the factory. Chen Xiang said.

"If this project can be continued, we will really do it here. There is no need to withdraw the storefront. Wang Yan muttered.

"Don't know where and where? Now I can't get the rent out of the store, and I can't withdraw if I want to. Chen Xiang said.

"Hmm. It's okay to withdraw, so you don't have to keep throwing money into it. Wang Yan said, mentioning that he didn't make money, but also posted money, Wang Yan was irritable.

However, if God has already set up a trap for people and wants to exercise people's willpower because of this, how can they easily get through this hurdle?

Chen Xiang and Wang Yan decided that since they couldn't run the factory and store well with the ability of the two of them, they would simply "retreat as advance" and withdraw first. As long as they are withdrawn, they will no longer pay factory rent, shop rent, and no more workers' wages, and as for income, at least they can still work, big deal, find a job, and start again from 10 to 6 in the morning

Life, another 10,000 steps back, it's a big deal to go back to your hometown and do what you can.

Yes, "stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood", don't you still have two daughters? That was their family's hope for the future. Wang Yan said: "As long as we earn money to support our children and receive normal school education, we can't let the children live a superior life, so we can work hard for the middle class." “

Some things are really unexpected, and you have to admire the invisible magic hand that gives people a challenge and a blow, and gives people one turn after another.

Mr. Pan did what he said and came to Beijing. Chen Xiang took him to see the factory, the newly moved factory is not as big as the original, but, because several furniture factories together, some make sofas, some make doors, some make stairs, some make cabinets, the outsiders come in, they think it is a whole, plus each family has a few cars parked in the factory, the overall look is very large.

Chen Xiang took Mr. Pan for a walk in the factory area, and then took Mr. Pan to the production workshop he rented. The workshop is very long, from left to right, with more than 1,500 square meters. Materials are placed in the workshop, and a small warehouse is carved out separately, and next to the right, is the paint room. A few workers are assembling a European-style wine cabinet, and there are still a few drawings to be unloaded on the sliding table saw, and everything looks like it is still busy.

"Is the factory busy?" Mr. Pan asked.

"It's okay, the furniture industry has declined as a whole this year, but I have always had work here." Chen Xiang said unhurriedly.

"I'm going to open a factory in Hebei, what do you think?" Mr. Pan asked.

Chen Xiang suddenly understood the purpose of Mr. Pan's visit to his factory, and he said: "It depends on what you do, it's not that you can't do it, the key is that there must be someone." You can't do it without a knowledgeable master. ”

"Why don't we go over and do it together? Isn't the state now saying that it wants to clean up Beijing's environment, and furniture factories will demand to withdraw from Beijing? Mr. Pan said.

"You've heard that, too?" Chen Xiang asked.

"Relevant documents transferred by friends in WeChat." Mr. Pan said.

The same WeChat tool, some people use it to advertise, some people use it to pay attention to the market, some people use it to vent their emotions, and some people use it to contact their feelings, etc. It's a different thing, in the hands of different people, and it is used differently.

Chen Xiang was ready to withdraw from the factory, but he didn't expect that Mr. Pan would come to Beijing and propose this plan to himself. smiled and said, "You can consider it." Chen Xiang took Mr. Pan to a nearby roast duck restaurant for dinner, and talked about some topics about cooperation in opening a factory.

Regarding cooperation, Na Pan always came prepared, and he had already thought of some cooperation models in his mind, only to hear Mr. Pan say: "If you cooperate, I will invest 1 million, and you will invest in technology and trademark licensing." Regarding the equipment and materials, you can count them and see how much they are in total. At that time, the company was acquired. ”

Chen Xiang said: "Yes, I'll sort it out here, and then go back and discuss some details." ”

After Chen Xiang came back, he relayed the content of the conversation with Mr. Pan to Wang Yan in more detail. Wang Yan said: "Isn't that good? We just want to turn the equipment around! ”

"How can there be such a good thing, it is estimated that he will also get a discount when the equipment is sorted out." Chen Xiang looked thoughtful.

"Then you deliberately write the price high."

"That's insincere, we need to provide the original bill, I'll go back and let them sort it out, and you can print it out."

In the next week, I received calls from Mr. Pan almost every day, talking about matters related to the cooperation and opening of the factory. Mr. Pan said that he had found a good factory, which was in Shijiazhuang, and asked Chen Xiang to go over and have a look. After Chen Xiang went, the factory was really big.

Mr. Pan has a good sales volume in the local area, and his ambition to open a furniture factory is very urgent, what he values is not Chen Xiang's old equipment, he actually wants to buy Chen Xiang's equipment, so that Chen Xiang can cooperate with him in a down-to-earth manner. After all, Chen Xiang has worked hard for so many years, whether it is the process or the technical requirements of the master, he is more familiar than him, and these are not something that can be learned in a while.

Chen Xiang agreed to cooperate with Mr. Pan, and he also had his own plans. He realized that the era of win-win cooperation had arrived, and he couldn't just work his own, which was also an opportunity, and it happened that he was also eager to repay his debts.

Each has its own ideas, and the cooperation is quickly negotiated. Chen Xiang handed over the statistical list of materials and equipment to Mr. Pan, a total of more than 300,000, Mr. Pan said that the equipment was discounted by 20%, and the materials were at the original price, so Chen Xiang got 270,000.

The two sides signed and negotiated cooperation, and the equipment was delivered through logistics one month later, with Mr. Pan accounting for 70% of the shares of the subsidiary and Chen Xiang accounting for 30% of the shares. Mr. Pan transferred the money to Chen Xiang's account, and Chen Xiang immediately called Brother Li, asked for Brother Li's account number, and asked Wang Yan to go to the bank to handle the repayment.

When these are done, some of the factory's odds and orders enter the tense rush processing. A month later, the work was done and the equipment was sent to Shijiazhuang. Chen Xiang went to the new factory for guidance.

What was originally a thorny problem was solved. After the salary was paid, there was not a penny left, and I used my credit card, and I suddenly returned to the original point, strictly speaking, it is not as good as the original point. As if something had been taken away, Chen Xiang felt empty for a while. Wang Yan, on the other hand, felt relieved.

"After so many years, I've been busy in vain." At night, the children all slept, Chen Xiang leaned on the bed and sighed.

"Yes, it's this bed, or you bought it when we got married." Wang Yan said, "But I only feel that I have hope for life now." ”

"Why?" Chen Xiang was surprised.

"You don't know how anxious I have been for so many years, you yourself have been made by this factory in a worse health condition than before, and your hair is more than half white." Wang Yan continued, "No matter what, whoever calls me my aunt and grandmother in the future, I will no longer start a business. ”

"That's not the case, the timing of the industry we chose is not right. If I want to do something else, if the project is good, I'd like to do it. Chen Xiang said.

"Don't, don't, but don't, I'm tired." Wang Yan said two 'don't' words in a row, which made Chen Xiang grin, "It's not enough, it scares you like this!" ”

Wang Yan also laughed, hey, I can't wait to go to an ordinary class now, earn enough money, and take care of two children. I really want to have three meals a day, have time to take care of the children, and have enough money to spend.

"Well, I don't even know if it's the right decision. After so many years of hard work, I immediately said that I would withdraw. Chen Xiang said.

"I think it's right that you can't go in if you don't retreat. When some things can't be weighed on your own, you should change directions, or the whole family will suffer. Wang Yan said.

"No, that's all. Anyway, after returning Brother Li's money, I feel a lot more comfortable. Otherwise, I really feel sorry for Brother Li. When I paid him back, Brother Li also asked if the film would not affect my normal operation. Chen Xiang said.

"Yes, he and Sister Li are rare good people." Wang Yan said.

"It's fate, I believe in Brother Li, Sister Li can't be like this to everyone." Chen Xiang said.

"Yes, we have a chance, and we must repay this kindness." Wang Yan said.

"Hmm. There's nothing for you to worry about now, so you can settle down to read and get ready for the exam. I didn't pass the exam this time, not to mention that I didn't give you time to review. Chen Xiang said.

"Well, if you don't pass the exam, you don't have laundry and cooking." Wang Yan made a rare naughty look and said, it seems that the withdrawal of the store and the factory did make her feel more relaxed than ever.

"You're here again, anyway, the opportunity is this one, if you can't pass the exam, you will go to work in a down-to-earth manner in the future and take care of your children." Chen Xiang said.

"You'll be able to arrange it for me, it's not like this when I want a day." Wang Yan said with a smile.

"What do you want to live?"

"I won't tell you!"

"What kind of life do you want to live?" Wang Yan asked rhetorically.

"I don't want anything, and I feel good to be able to raise two children." Chen Xiang sighed.

"Your requirements are too low, I can help you achieve this!" When Wang Yan said this, she was like a chivalrous woman.

Chen Xiang smiled. Once they were busy in the night, and could not sleep at night; Once they didn't eat for a day, just to rush out the customer's drawings in a hurry; Once they ran from place to place, just for them to believe that hard work and prosperity became rich. Now, they can finally sleep peacefully. It doesn't matter what tomorrow will look like. Isn't it? After nightfall, the sun always rises, and they can watch it rise over the horizon this time.