Chapter 68: Reborn 1987 Chapter 68: About to Step Into That Ideal City

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

Time passes swiftly, like a mountain waterfall plunging into a lake, stirring ripples named "the era."

For a full half month, after taking over the Clothing Factory, Chen Lan drew up some renovation plans; she was now preparing to raise funds and then replace all the old sewing machines in the factory. Because the workers still lacked crucial knowledge, Chen Lan did not introduce more advanced equipment — she would only consider that once everyone's knowledge level had risen.

Not only that, she decided to turn the factory's work into a two-way process of design plus production. For this she needed to study, to learn more clothing design knowledge, and finally teach it to others, continuously expanding the factory's level and standards, ultimately completing the renovation.

This step requires the accumulation of time and experience. Fortunately, before leaving, the director left Chen Lan many contacts for talents and connections in clothing design. When free, Chen Lan would use the factory's only old telephone to contact these people, communicating and learning with them.

The factory workers were also influenced by Chen Lan's work enthusiasm and became more hardworking; some even couldn't wait to see what the future factory would look like.

In half a month, although Lin Xiaomei had not yet fully emerged from her grief, she had also decided to formally engage in clothing design together with Chen Lan — this was the only place where Chen Lan could help Lin Xiaomei.

Chema City bustled with people coming and going in an endless stream; this city, already on the starting line of development, was finally advancing toward grander goals.

The once dilapidated factory buildings finally began renovation, expected to take several months to complete. Wu Miaomiao, relying on her knowledge and social skills, raised the startup capital for building the school, and even received assistance from the Chema City Government. During construction, to save funds, the city government dispatched most of the Police Bureau's officers to help, leaving Wu Miaomiao with a large sum of money saved.

The reason it drew the city government's attention was that the entire Chema City did not have a single decent school; Wu Miaomiao's forward-thinking ideas let everyone see a brand-new future for the children.

Meanwhile, Jiang Wenyu and Li Chen's Appliance Company had not experienced any major upheavals in this half month; business was very stable. However, because their reputation kept expanding, business grew better and better. Coupled with their reasonable prices, many people were willing to sell them broken appliances, and even more came to them for repairs.

Precisely because of this, Jiang Wenyu gradually felt a bit overwhelmed and finally made a suggestion to Li Chen.

"I've decided — we're hiring." At lunch, Jiang Wenyu said seriously.

Li Chen immediately replied: "Hire? Hire repair technicians like you?"

Jiang Wenyu nodded, saying seriously: "Hiring is definitely necessary; it was in our initial plan. If the company wants to grow big and strong, we must expand personnel. There's a factory building right next to our office building — we can renovate it as a workplace. This office building will mainly be used for meetings, handling affairs, and receiving visitors."

Li Chen nodded, then looked puzzled

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and asked: "Hiring is fine, but what about the technical side? I don't believe everyone has your skill. You saw those people Wang Tao found last time — not only was their technique no good, they were irresponsible."

Jiang Wenyu nodded in agreement: "Right. So we must both vet the hiring, but we have to operate separately."

Li Chen asked, confused: "Operate separately? What do you mean?"

Jiang Wenyu smiled; he seemed to have already had an idea in mind. "Meaning: you handle recruiting in Chema City — hire as many as you can, but prioritize sense of responsibility above all."

Li Chen immediately said: "Got it. Then what about you? You're going to Huadeng City?"

Jiang Wenyu shook his head: "No, I'm going to Jianghai City."

"……"

Li Chen froze slightly, then widened his eyes and shouted: "Jianghai City!? Damn, are we marching into Jianghai City this fast?"

As he spoke, Li Chen still seemed a bit eager. Jiang Wenyu hurriedly cut in: "What are you thinking? I'm going to recruit workers. Jianghai City is a big city — it has who knows how many more technical workers than here. This trip should bring back some people."

Even so, Li Chen still felt some yearning. He then said: "Fine, it's settled. You're going alone?"

Jiang Wenyu took a deep breath and answered: "No, Xiao Lan and I are going together."

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These past few days, although the Clothing Factory was proceeding smoothly and Chen Lan was happy, she also felt worried from time to time.

Just a week ago, Chen Lan's father fell ill.

The cause was lovesickness — needless to say, it was because of her younger sister Chen Na, who had gone to Jianghai City and vanished without a trace.

Because of this, she often felt anxious, and also wanted to go search for Chen Na. If Chen Na did not return soon, Chen Fu's condition would only worsen.