At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Shujie took Mengmeng to the kindergarten.
At the door, I handed Mengmeng to Li Qiuling who was waiting, and she said some words of thanks.
"Sister Qiuling, it's all a trivial matter, don't think too much about it." Cao Shujie watched Mengmeng run towards the classroom by herself, and he felt relieved to go home.
Unexpectedly, Mengmeng adapted to kindergarten life in just half a day.
Cao Shujie thinks his daughter is a genius.
When he was about to go home, someone called him from behind: "Shujie, where are you going?"
"Uncle Long, I just sent Mengmeng to the kindergarten. Where are you going?" Cao Shujie turned around and saw Cao Jianlong riding an electric bicycle. He didn't know what he was going to do.
"Where else could I go? I came here specifically to find you." Cao Jianlong said.
"Uncle Long, do you have a problem with me?" Cao Shujie asked.
Cao Jianlong nodded: "I will take you to the village committee office and chat there."
Cao Shujie looked at Cao Jianlong's electric car and doubted whether it could drive the two of them.
As soon as Cao Shujie sat on it, Cao Jianlong twisted back and forth on the electric bicycle for a while, and then calmed down: "Shujie, how heavy are you?"
"Uncle Long, I'm less than 160 pounds."
"That's impossible. You must have gained some weight, otherwise it would be easy for me to take care of you."
The two of them chatted and came to the Caojiazhuang Village Committee Office. There were only two of them. Cao Jianlong made a pot of tea and said: "Shujie, it's March soon. The weather is getting warmer, so some projects must be prepared in advance.
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"Uncle Long, what projects are you talking about?" Cao Shujie didn't understand yet.
Then I heard Cao Jianlong say: "Are your strawberries almost ripe?"
Cao Shujie nodded and said, "If nothing else happens, it will be almost the end of next month."
"According to last year's pattern, after the strawberries over there ripen, more people come. However, many construction projects in our village are irregular. I'm thinking that we can use this time to get started."
"Uncle Long, tell me how to do it? I'll listen to you." Cao Shujie was very happy.
"The parking lot needs to be formalized. The two parking lots are still not enough."
"In addition, I plan to build a row of small houses at the foot of your mountain and rent them to the village. If you want to do business, we can charge a little rent. In addition, we will make them more formal so as not to let those foreign tourists see. We are here.
Setting up stalls on the move affects the mood of the game and does not show our strength." Cao Jianlong said.
When Cao Shujie heard what he said, he thought that this was indeed a source of income, but it could easily backfire if not done right.
He asked: "Uncle Long, how much rent do you think is good?"
"It's not much, 30 yuan a day, I can definitely make this money." Cao Jianlong said.
As Cao Jianlong said, last year many people who did well in setting up stalls could earn hundreds or even thousands of yuan a day.
If that place can really be built into a unified stall, what is the 30 yuan a day stall management fee?
"Is there any more?" Cao Shujie asked.
Cao Jianlong hesitated for a moment and said: "I am also planning to set up a fishing stall by the Yellow River, but I am afraid that there will be safety problems by the Yellow River. Can you help me with this idea?"
After listening to what Cao Jianlong said, Cao Shujie was also impressed by his unconstrained ideas.
He said: "Uncle Long, if you want to set up a fishing stall by the Yellow River, we might as well dig a hole and build a fish pond elsewhere."
"By the way, isn't there a big natural pit in the west? What's the idea of pumping water directly into it, spreading some fish over it, and surrounding it?" Cao Shujie gave him an idea.
He told Cao Jianlong: "If we do this, it will cost a lot of money."
"Uncle Long, if you want to make money, you have to invest. There are so many unfunded businesses in the world." Cao Shujie reminded.
Indeed, Cao Jianlong nodded: "I will write this down."
After Cao Jianlong finished writing in his notebook, he asked him: "Shujie, do you have any other ideas?"
Cao Shujie shook his head: "Let's do these things well first, and then we can do the other things slowly when we have money later. You won't become fat with one bite."
"Oh, you kid is educating me in turn, but you are right, let's do these things first." Cao Jianlong said emphatically: "Especially for the parking lot, we need to designate another area. There is a traffic jam like last year.
Without a place to stop, some people won’t want to come.”
What he said is right, Cao Shujie also attaches great importance to this aspect.
After the two people discussed it, they called the three village committee members Gao Changyin, Cao Zhengcun and Lu Ping over and went through the process.
A pure tool man.
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At the same time, in Qingshi Town, after Liu Furong sent Cao Shujie away, he went back to find Xia Zhenjiang and was also studying and discussing Qingshi Town's development plan for this year.
Liu Furong mentioned at the meeting that Cao Shujie wanted to buy the factory he was currently renting.
"Comrades, what do you think?"
"Mayor Liu, I think this is a good thing. Our town originally had little investment and only a few large-scale enterprises. However, due to various reasons, the operating conditions are not good and the local employment situation is very severe." The person who spoke was the person in charge of industrial development.
Deputy Mayor Luo Ningyou.
After he finished speaking, Liu Wanxi, the deputy mayor in charge of agricultural development, said: "I think Comrade Ning You is right. Our Qingshi Town needs new investment and inject new blood and vitality."
He also dragged out words.
"Besides, those factories are bankrupt and insolvent. They are kept for rent. It's not a big deal if they have dates or not. It's better to use them as waste." Luo Ningyou continued.
This was very crucial. Liu Furong also knew that those broken factories were worthless in his hands. He said: "Then this matter is settled."
He looked at Luo Ningyou, the deputy mayor in charge of industry, and said: "Comrade Ningyou, I will leave this matter to you. You will be responsible for communicating with Cao Shujie later on to complete this matter as soon as possible."
"Yes." Luo Ningyou happily accepted the job.
There are some details later. Luo Ningyou and Cao Shujie will contact each other separately, but they were not brought up again in this meeting.
This matter was just one of the items in today's meeting, and they continued the meeting.
Xia Zhenjiang's relocation is a foregone conclusion, and he mentioned this issue at this meeting.
At the same time, I also told everyone that I will support Liu Furong's work in the next step. This statement only confirms the accuracy of the gossip.
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At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after Cao Shujie finished the village committee meeting, he ran towards the kindergarten. He had to pick up Mengmeng from school.
Arriving at the entrance of the kindergarten, Cao Shujie found many parents waiting to pick them up.
Some people saw him coming and called him "Shujie", "Director Cao", "Brother Shujie" and other different titles.
While chatting together, someone asked him when the factory in the town would open so they could go there and work.
"Guys, wait a minute, I'm talking to the town about buying that factory." Cao Shujie said this.
Because of his words, many people joined the discussion.
Everyone asked him what he would do after buying it?
Are you still a second-rate dealer selling apples like before?
Or do something else?
How many people will the factory recruit in the future? Will we also recruit older people like them?
These issues are the focus of their attention.
"Everyone, please be patient. I will send out the specific job status after everything is finalized and publish it on the display board at the entrance of the village committee." Cao Shujie said this.
"In addition, Secretary Jianlong and I will hold a village committee meeting this afternoon, and there will be several other matters. We will announce them one by one. If you are interested, you can participate," Cao Shujie said.
This is considered first-hand information, but Cao Shujie didn't explain clearly what it was about, and everyone was confused.
Someone asked him, but Cao Shujie said no more.
When he took Mengmeng out of the kindergarten, Cao Shujie looked very happy at his daughter.
Holding her hand and preparing to go home, Mengmeng turned around and waved to the other friends: "You all wait, I will bring it to you tomorrow."
Cao Shujie was puzzled, lowered his head and asked his daughter: "Mengmeng, what are you bringing?"
"Get something delicious." Mengmeng said jumping up and down.
She said: "Dad, I can't finish all the snacks at home, can I give some to the children?"
"No problem, but will your kindergarten let me take it?" Cao Shujie wondered.
Many kindergartens do not allow food to be brought in for fear of causing food problems.
Mengmeng said: "Our teacher didn't say anything."
What she meant was that she didn't say it, just that she could take it.
"Okay." Cao Shujie took her home.
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Time quietly entered March. On the second day after Mengmeng entered kindergarten, Caojiazhuang officially announced the launch ceremony of several new projects.
These include the construction of a new parking lot and the unified construction of stalls at the orchard at the foot of Cao Shujie Mountain. Private stalls are no longer allowed to set up stalls there.
I hesitated over and over again about fishing on the Yellow River but still didn’t take up the project.
If someone really falls in accidentally, it will be very detrimental to Caojiazhuang.
Places like the Yellow River are, to put it harshly, difficult to save.
It was a coincidence that on the same day, Luo Ningyou called Cao Shujie and wanted to have a private chat with him about the sale of the factory in the town.
As soon as Cao Shujie heard this, he went to the town to settle the matter first.
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At the same time, at the Five-Star Department Store in Yiling City, after Cao Zhen prepared the preliminary work for decoration, the store named "Xinjiang Hotel" also started decoration work.
This place mainly serves Xinjiang cuisine, and the decoration style also has strong Xinjiang characteristics.
The main tone is blue and white, and other places are matched with local accessories from the Xinjiang area, making people feel like they are entering an exotic style.
In addition, Cao Zhen also made a clear post-positioning for this side.
After the decoration of the store started, Cao Zhen also typed out the renderings and gave them to Cao Fei, preparing to incorporate them into the overall promotional renderings of the five-star department store after the decoration.
In this way, the five-star department store not only promotes itself, but also brings a certain degree of popularity to the 'Xinjiang Hotel'.
Cao Zhen knew that Cao Fei wanted to help him, and he kept this feeling in his heart silently.
"Everyone, hurry up and work safely." Cao Zhen shouted loudly.
When he saw someone working recklessly and not wearing a safety belt when climbing high, he went over and asked the person to stop. He also told the decoration contractor that if he found such an unsafe situation again, he would rather stop and find another person.
This is the fifth floor. Although you may not fall down in the store, who can guarantee that no accident will occur?
Once something uncontrollable like that happens and his store dies before it even opens, that's really nonsense.
In addition to the decoration work, Cao Zhen also contacted suppliers during this time to customize the tables, chairs and benches in the store and purchase corresponding kitchen equipment according to his wife's requirements.
Recruitment work has also begun.
Unlike the recruitment of other restaurants, they mainly recruit people from Xinjiang. They truly restore Xinjiang cuisine in detail and bring a different dining experience to the local citizens of Yiling City.
It is very difficult to recruit locally.
But several of the staff members who worked at his wife's previous restaurant in Changji agreed to come, and they would bring their families and some relatives with them.
In this way, the manpower problem will not be so difficult.
Cao Zhen crossed out the projects in his notebook one by one that could ensure they were completed as planned. He focused on the remaining difficult plans and racked his brains to find ways to complete them.
According to the budget and current construction progress, the hotel decoration will not be completed until the end of March or early April.
Cao Zhen was very anxious, but he also knew that slow work yields careful work.
It is most taboo to work in a hurry at this time.
"You can ask Shujie to buy some strawberries then." Cao Zhen thought to himself.
He regretted that Cao Shujie's cattle had been sold out before the Spring Festival. If there were still some left, he would definitely buy a few as the store's main specialty.
However, when he thought that Cao Shujie now raised nearly 600 cows, and the entire Caojiazhuang also raised more than 100 cows, he felt that there was no need to consider the issue of beef supply in the future.
"Everyone, please work harder and do it faster." Cao Zhen shouted again.
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In the office building of Qingshi Town, deputy mayor Luo Ningyou was chatting with Cao Shujie.
Tell Cao Shujie about the town’s treatment of the factory he wants to buy.
"Director Cao, the factory you are renting now has a total area of 170,000 square meters and an area of 255 acres. If you really want to buy it, the total price will be 4.3393 million yuan. What do you think?"
Cao Shujie was stunned. To be honest, the price exceeded his expectation.
It's not too expensive, it's too cheap.
Even in a remote place like Qingshi Town, logically speaking, it shouldn't be so cheap.
Moreover, Liu Furong told him before that the price might be higher than he expected.
That's it?
Seeing that Cao Shujie didn't say anything, Luo Ningyou thought that he thought the price was high, and then said: "Director Cao, to be honest, this price is really not high. We mainly consider that after your factory starts construction, it can help solve part of the employment problem in the town."
Luo Ningyou didn't say anything. For example, after Cao Shujie's factory is opened, if the investment scale is large and the production scale is large, it can also help Qingshi Town increase tax revenue, etc.
