Half an hour later, Liu Handong drove Fukang back to the warehouse, turned off the engine but did not get out of the car for a long time. At this time, he felt like a knight who had tamed a fierce horse.
"This car is so domineering." He was full of praise.
"That's necessary. It cost hundreds of thousands to modify this car." Ma Chao rubbed the body of the car, "The car also has spirituality. He was also excited to meet you today. You come here to keep him company when you have nothing to do. Anyway, this car needs to be used at least once a week.
Go for a walk, a car is like a dog, you can't do it without walking."
"Okay, I'll drive it again when I have the chance." Liu Handong reluctantly got out of the car and followed Ma Chao back to the auto repair shop. His Fukang had been replaced with a new starter. They had dinner together at noon, and then Liu Handong went home to say goodbye to his grandfather.
He and his mother, Uncle He, drove back to Omi.
In fact, Liu Handong has already thought about the location of the repair shop. There is an iron art factory on Tiezha Street. The business has grown and he plans to change the location. The place is vacant, but the lease has not expired yet. It happened to be that he was accidentally occupied last time.
The Du brothers, whose fingers were cut off by a machine, hit it off immediately, and Liu Handong continued to rent the place to open the factory. The rent remained unchanged at 6,000 yuan per month.
After the wrought iron factory was moved, Liu Handong took Ma Ling in for a walk around, giving advice and planning and design. Both of them were very excited and had the lofty ambitions of entrepreneurs.
After cleaning the house inside and out, Ma Ling felt worried: "We don't have enough manpower. We need to hire at least two workers."
Liu Handong said: "I have already thought about it. I can ask Zhu Xiaoqiang, my neighbor downstairs, to help. This guy has not finished his meal. He sits in the house and surfs the Internet all day long. He is almost useless. Why not come to our factory to learn how to do it?"
Some craftsmanship.”
Ma Ling curled his lips and said, "Others may not appreciate your good intentions."
Taking advantage of the opportunity to go back to eat, Liu Handong went back to No. 108, went up to the second floor and pushed the door open. He was almost smoked out by the strong smell of smelly feet, sour sweat, rancid instant noodle soup, etc.
, Zhu Xiaoqiang looked back and panicked and quickly minimized the video window.
"Brother Dong, is something wrong?"
"Come out and speak." Liu Handong turned away and left. He really couldn't stand the smell. It was more poisonous than tear gas.
Zhu Xiaoqiang put on his pants and came out, carefully saying: "The four hundred yuan..."
"Don't pay back the four hundred. Now I have a job to introduce to you. I opened an auto repair shop. Didn't you graduate from the Transportation Vocational and Technical College? You are just the right person. Come work in my factory and I will give you a monthly salary.
One thousand and five."
"Um..." Zhu Xiaoqiang looked embarrassed, "Brother Dong, I'm studying international trade, so I don't know what I'm talking about."
"You can learn something if you don't know what you're talking about. Learning a skill is no better than fooling around online all day long."
Zhu Xiaoqiang scratched his head and scratched his head, feeling very uncomfortable, and hesitantly said: "Brother Dong, I really can't spare the time. Don't look at me staying in the house all day long. In fact, I have a lot of business and I am too busy. My monthly income is also quite a lot...
…”
This meant a polite rejection, and Liu Handong was not angry: "It's up to you, come over anytime you want." After saying that, he hurried downstairs.
Zhu Xiaoqiang returned to the room, opened the forum page, and continued to curse people. A strong sense of professional honor filled his chest. He reached out and touched the cigarette case. It was empty. He picked out a cigarette butt from the trash can and lit it.
He took a sip, spit it out slowly, and smiled lightly. He was a young worker in an auto repair shop. He couldn't stand this humiliation. Even if he was hungry, he wouldn't be able to eat.
During lunch, Liu Handong suddenly thought of Shanpao asking for help, so he went to the Transportation Vocational and Technical College in the afternoon and went directly to the Academic Affairs Office in charge of admissions to inquire about the information.
It is now August, and students have not yet started school, but the college's enrollment is already in operation. Someone warmly received Liu Handong, showed him the college's promotional page, and said with excitement: "Our college has international trade, finance and accounting,
Logistics and transportation, information technology, business management, computer development and many other majors are available as long as your college entrance examination score is no less than 200."
Liu Handong said it’s not me, it’s my two little brothers, but they didn’t take the college entrance examination, can they pass it?
The man looked embarrassed and said to ask the director for instructions.
After a while, the director came out of the inner office. He was a very elegant middle-aged man. When he saw Liu Handong, he was stunned. Liu Handong was also stunned, and then he came to his senses and said with a smile: "Old Chen."
"Come in quickly, let's talk in the room." Director Chen invited Liu Handong into his office, sent his men to pour water, and chatted with Liu Handong. It turned out that he was the inmate Chen Yada whom Liu Handong met when he entered the detention center for the first time last year. At that time, Liu Handong said to
He took good care of me, and my life in prison was pretty good.
"If you have anything to do, just ask. I have always wanted to contact you, but I lost my phone again." Chen Yada said. This sounded false at first sight, but Liu Handong didn't care. This kind of white-collar college worker has his own life circle, and being arrested for drunk driving is just a matter of time.
A small episode in life, and he will definitely not maintain close contact with the inmates after he is released.
"It's like this. I have two little brothers who want to go to college..." Liu Handong explained his intention, and Chen Yada immediately agreed, "It's easy to handle. You can go directly to adult education without taking the college entrance examination. You can enroll first and then take the exam. The tuition is a little more expensive. Look.
Your face is 12,000 yuan a year, including food, accommodation and job recommendations."
"Twelve thousand is a bit expensive." Liu Handong said, Shanpao is two brothers-in-law, one person is twelve thousand, and the two of them are twenty-four thousand. In the past three years, plus the mess, the price is not more than seventy or eighty thousand.
Chen Yada observed his words and said: "You can get a discount. It depends on your face. I'll give you a 15% discount and a partial reduction in miscellaneous expenses. Ten thousand and ten thousand will be enough."
Liu Handong said that I would go back and think about it. There is another thing: Do our college have graduates majoring in automobile maintenance? I want to recruit a few people.
Chen Yada's eyes lit up: "Do you have a company?"
"Yes, I have opened a repair shop and I am planning to recruit workers."
"Okay, we can form a strategic partnership. Our school will provide the students, you will provide the internship site, and the students will pay for the internship. We will pay 50/50. What do you think?"
"So are there any auto repair majors in your school?"
"Yes, but it's the last class. Today's students are very ambitious. Auto repair is not popular. The college stopped this major two years ago. There is still one class, and I am worried about not being able to find a job."
Liu Handong was very happy. He and Chen Yada left each other's numbers and joked that they would not lose them this time. Chen Yada also laughed and accompanied him out, shaking hands and saying goodbye.
When I went back and mentioned the tuition fees, Shanpao was really furious: "Fuck, the school is crazy about money. It cost more than 10,000 yuan a year to go to school. Isn't this a rip-off? You can't go to this school, and it's all for nothing."
, If you all learn like Zhu Xiaoqiang, it will be useless. I think I might as well learn to repair cars from you. You don’t need a salary, you don’t have to worry about the food, and you can just learn the skills.”
Liu Handong also thought it was appropriate, "Okay, come work with me in the afternoon."
Shanpao said: "Don't worry, you can't break the rules. Become a disciple first."
Sun Jiatao and Sun Jikai, two young men, have been helping in their brother-in-law's restaurant. They chop bones, cut meat, clean, carry dishes and wash dishes every day. They have long been frustrated. When they heard that they could go to learn auto repair, they were so excited that they wanted to go there immediately.
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Shanpao called Kan Wanlin and called Huo Lianhe from the card table. As a witness to the apprenticeship, he moved a Taishi chair and placed it in the shop. He asked Liu Handong to take a seat. The two apprentices came to kowtow and serve tea. The procedure.
After they left, the two brothers-in-law were considered Liu Handong's disciples.
"Your master is a technical expert from the army and has received military medals. Follow him and learn the craft well. When you master it in the future, your brother-in-law will pay for you two to open a car repair shop back home. We can make a living by relying on our craftsmanship.
You can marry a wife and build a house in a few years." Tu Hongbin
The two brothers-in-law had serious faces. They had always ignored their brother-in-law's words, but this time they truly believed them.
Ma Chao called and said that the equipment had been dismantled and the transport truck was ready. Liu Handong immediately rushed back to Jiangbei with his two apprentices and transported the equipment back overnight. It happened that the truck driver Cheng Ming was an old acquaintance. Last year, Liu Handong was desperate and planned to run a sports car.
When I was there, I just planned to do it with him.
For this business, Cheng Ming only charged gas and tolls, which was lower than the cost price negotiated by Ma Chao.
The next day, Liu Handong and his two apprentices were sweating profusely in the factory. The equipment they brought needed to be installed. They bought antifreeze, brake fluid, lubricating oil, glass water, putty, various wrenches, screwdrivers, and sets.
Everything needs to be put in place, and the aging power lines in the factory also need to be rewired, replaced with high-power meters and new cables.
On the third day, the custom-made stainless steel sign arrived, wrapped in bright red silk, and Liu Handong hung it at the door of the factory. Firecrackers blasted and drums played loudly. Handong Auto Repair Factory officially opened. At least a few banquet tables were set up in the Beef Village.
Ma Wei and Zhu Lingling were also invited, and everyone gathered together to celebrate the grand opening.
On the first day of business, business was still booming. Kan Wanlin brought a few black taxis for maintenance, changed the oil and filters, and inflated the tires. Just as Ma Chao predicted, he was just busy and couldn't make any money.
Two days later, there were no more cars coming for maintenance, and the three of them sat in the factory all day with their eyes wide open.
Huaijiang taxis have regulations that require maintenance by an internally designated manufacturer, so you can't count on this aspect.
Helpless, Liu Handong had no choice but to use his Fukang as a teaching tool, teaching his two apprentices to remove the tires, change the third filter and the entire vehicle's oil and water, clean the valves, and check the circuit, which made the broken Fukang even worse.
Under the scorching sun, the three masters and apprentices were bored and drowsy. Suddenly, a group of orioles and swallows came outside, wearing denim shorts, big white legs and small slippers, which made people dizzy. The leader turned out to be Huo Ying.
"Manager Liu, we are interns at the Transportation Vocational and Technical College. This is our letter of introduction." Huo Ying handed over a letter with an official seal with a playful smile.
Liu Handong had an even bigger headache and regretted agreeing to Chen Yada to accept these intern students.
Brothers Sun Jiatao and Sun Jikai were as excited as if they had been given blood.