Chapter 463: To the Factory

"Liu Meijie, how is the State-run Restaurant performing now?" An Yinan had other ideas in mind this time she returned, besides picking up the two elders.

The former Textile Factory had already been purchased by the three elders with their own money, and it had now become a private enterprise.

Moreover, she also had plans to open a clothing store here in the Northeast.

With Liu Meijie watching over it, she could feel even more at ease.

"It's not very good. There are too many small restaurants outside, and everyone has grown tired of the State-run Restaurant; I don't know when it will just close down." There were not a few state-run enterprises that had closed their doors.

Even if they didn't close, it was difficult for them to pay wages now.

"I came here this time to ask if you have any plans to strike out on your own," An Yinan asked directly.

"Strike out on my own?" Liu Mei did not understand.

Her current job was easy, and although she didn't know how long she could keep doing it, having a salary was always a good thing!

"I have opened several clothing stores in Beijing. These are photos of my clothing stores, and I also want to open one here."

Before leaving, An Yinan had taken photos of every shop and stored them in an album for future archiving.

This time, it was perfect to show them to Liu Meijie.

Liu Mei flipped through them one by one, "So many? Did you open all of these?"

She really couldn't imagine, how many years had it been since Nan Nan went to Beijing?

She already had such a large operation.

"Not exactly, the four of us sisters opened them together," An Yinan smiled and said truthfully.

"What do you want me to do?" Liu Mei thought for a moment, then looked at An Yinan.

She might not have any ideas for other shops, but a clothing store!

In the County, there wasn't a single clothing store yet.

And she had always trusted Nan Nan's aesthetic; the clothes she had brought before still didn't look outdated when worn now.

"I will supply the shop and find people for the renovation; you will recruit girls aged eighteen to twenty-five, and I will send people over to train them."

"During this period, your salary will be a fixed wage. After the opening, your salary will change to a model of base salary plus commission."

After An Yinan finished speaking, she took a piece of paper from her backpack and handed it to Liu Mei.

This was a simplified version of the commission calculation, making it clear at a glance.

After Liu Mei looked at it, her heart felt warm; the last time it was like this was when she was organizing the sisters to sell clothes together!

"Why choose the County? You could go to the City, or even the Province," Liu Mei was puzzled.

An Yinan tilted her head, but her gaze was fixed on Liu Mei.

"For you!"

The reason she chose this place was her trust in Liu Meijie.

"For me!" Liu Mei was between laughter and tears; she hadn't expected such a reason.

"Actually, there is another way to cooperate," An Yinan thought for a moment and brought out the alternative cooperation method.

"This is an agency contract. I will purchase the shop, I will pay for the renovation, and I can train the staff for free, but I will not be responsible for future wages."

"However, the shop can only sell our brand. You pay to stock all the clothes and sell them at the specified unified price; the money you earn belongs to you."

Two different methods: one was working for a salary, the other was being her own boss.

How to choose, she needed to see what Liu Meijie decided herself.

Liu Mei pondered for a long time, then looked at An Yinan, "Can I start with the salary form and switch to the second form later?"

It wasn't that she didn't trust her younger sister, but that she didn't have that much capital!

All these years, she had never been the type to save money, and later she had a daughter, so she would buy everything good for her daughter, which led to her spending almost everything every month.

An Yinan thought for a moment, "That's also possible."

For her, there was no problem with that.

After all, she had actually prepared to hand over this entire Northeast region to Liu Meijie.

There was Wu Xia in Beijing, Liu Meijie here in the Northeast, and she would arrange for retired soldiers in other places.

Now that they had reached a stage of rapid economic development, they had enough capital and needed to promote quickly.

Spread out the shops before others could react.

"Alright, then it's settled," Liu Mei made the decision directly.

An Yinan smiled; she was still that same fiery, impulsive personality. Even after having a daughter, she hadn't seen her change at all.

"No rush, go back and discuss it with your husband. I'm leaving tomorrow, but I will have someone else come over," An Yinan said helplessly.

"Once you've discussed it, just give me a call."

She now had a fixed phone number, which was the phone in Guo Ge's courtyard; the phone number she gave out was always this one.

"By the way, I need to go to the Textile Factory first." An Yinan had her own plans; the three textile giants had bought the Textile Factory together, but the business hadn't shown any improvement.

The older aunt and the others were similar to Sun Jun; they bought the factory mostly out of sentiment.

But the higher-ups weren't assigning work anymore, and now the factory was half-dead; she didn't know what it would look like in the future.

There were some clothing fabrics that she needed to have specially produced; the fabrics on the market couldn't match them.

"Go to the Textile Factory?" Liu Mei was a bit surprised.

An Yinan nodded, "To talk about the factory's issues, and if that doesn't work, then talk about cooperation?"

She smiled. Before leaving Beijing, she had taken a bank draft from Guo Ge and had a rough idea of the Textile Factory's situation; furthermore, she knew a bit about the personnel at the Textile Factory.

This place was considered her hometown, and she always had deep memories of the people and events here.

"I'll go with you," Liu Mei stood up, took off her apron, and handed it directly to Xiaomei.

"Won't it be opening soon?" An Yinan pointed to the door; at this time, could Liu Meijie get away?

Liu Mei smiled, "It doesn't matter. You don't still think there are as many people as before, do you?"

"Right now, Ershu makes meals for about ten people every noon; if there's any more, it won't get eaten and will just go bad."

There are hardly any people eating here now; even with half the staff on break, the restaurant can still handle the workload.

However, this group of theirs is just doing the bare minimum to get by.

After all, since they are drawing a salary, they are all at their work posts.

The receptionist Xiaomei also said, "Liu Meijie, you can go ahead with peace of mind. I'll watch things here; nothing will go wrong."

"Let's go." Liu Mei had already grabbed her coat and led the two of them through several alleys.

"My mother-in-law really likes you and keeps talking about you, but guess who would want you to go to the factory the most?" Liu Mei asked with a grin.

"That must be Deputy Factory Director Feng!" An Yinan said without a doubt.

If Deputy Factory Director Feng and Sun Jun were to meet, they would surely have many topics in common.

Both of these people treat the factory as their home.

It is said that Sun Jun has already been neglecting his sleep and meals, staying directly at the factory four or five days a week.

And Deputy Factory Director Feng is much the same; from her attitude when seeing the new patterns last time, she could already guess as much.