Chapter 612

Tan Mingcheng and Su Xingyun looked at each other. He shook his head without hesitation and said, "Mom, Xinghui, no, we cannot accept this. Last time, the family gave us more than 10,000 yuan to buy a storefront, and we have already benefited too much from the family. We cannot accept this storefront no matter what."

Su Xinghui said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, just consider this 30,000 yuan as me lending it to you. You can pay me back when you have money in the future."

Tan Mingcheng still shook his head and refused.

Guo Suhua said, "Mingcheng, don't refuse. Xinghui wants you to buy another storefront because he hopes you can have a stable source of income in the future, so you at least won't have to worry about food and clothing."

Tan Mingcheng hesitated. He looked at Su Xingyun, and Su Xingyun said, "Mingcheng, Xinghui has good intentions. Let's go buy another storefront. We can pay Xinghui back when we have money in the future."

Tan Mingcheng pondered for a long time before nodding and saying, "Xinghui, then let's consider this 30,000 yuan as me borrowing from you. When we have money in the future, we will pay you back immediately. Thank you, Xinghui!"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, then let's go buy the storefront this afternoon."

Seeing that his son-in-law had agreed, Guo Suhua said happily to Su Xingyun, "Xingyun, let's go cook."

Su Xingyun said, "Mom, you don't need to cook today. Let me do it alone. You cook every day, and now that you are working again, you are quite tired. You should rest for a while today."

Su Xingyun took an apron without further ado, tied it on, and went into the kitchen. Guo Suhua then sat happily on the sofa in the living room.

Su Xinghui said, "Mom, are you working again?"

Guo Suhua nodded and said, "Yes, our factory replaced the entire leadership team. We have been inspecting equipment these past few days, and it is said that we will restart production after the New Year."

Su Xinghui thought to himself, it seems Zhang Kaishan has already started taking action. He asked, "Mom, what kind of people have replaced the leaders in your factory?"

Guo Suhua said, "The county government supervised all the employees in our factory to conduct a democratic appraisal of the leadership team. Those who passed the scoring could remain in their posts, and those who failed were dismissed. The original factory director, secretary, and several deputy directors all failed the scoring, so they were removed from their positions. The new factory director is Yin Zuogang, the former deputy section chief of our factory's technical section."

"Yin Zuogang?" Su Xinghui recalled this name in his heart.

Su Xinghui still had an impression of this name. He was the deputy section chief of the technical section of the Shangjun County Machinery Factory, a college student who graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Jiangcheng University of Technology, and he should be in his early thirties this year.

When Su Xinghui was still in middle school, the machinery factory was at its most prosperous. Su Xinghui often went to the machinery factory to play, and he had met Yin Zuogang at that time. Yin Zuogang was then a college student in his twenties who had just graduated. Later, Su Xinghui went to high school and college, and his studies were busy, so he had no intersection with Yin Zuogang, and his impression was not very deep.

Guo Suhua nodded and said, "Yes, that's Yin Zuogang. When you went to the factory to play in middle school, he used scrap steel bars to make an iron hoop for you."

Su Xinghui still remembered this incident. He nodded and said, "Oh, it's him. He has become the factory director?"

Guo Suhua said, "When the county government asked all the factory employees to recommend candidates for factory director, he had the highest number of votes. But that's normal; he has good technical skills, a flexible mind, and is upright. I even voted for him."

Su Xinghui said, "Then he should be a good candidate for factory director."

Guo Suhua said, "He is definitely better than the former Director Chen and the others. However, Yin Zuogang had originally gone through the procedures for unpaid leave and went to Jiangcheng when the factory was in a downturn, working in the Jiangcheng office of a foreign-funded company, with a monthly salary of two or three thousand. This time he was elected factory director, and he was originally unwilling to return."

Tan Mingcheng was listening intently, and he couldn't help but ask, "Then did he return?"

Guo Suhua said, "He returned. I heard that it seems County Head Zhang heard about Yin Zuogang's situation and felt that he was a talent. He specifically drove to Jiangcheng to persuade Yin Zuogang. This moved Yin Zuogang, and that was how he was persuaded to return and become this factory director."

Su Xinghui understood Yin Zuogang's thoughts very well. College students in this era still had some idealism in their hearts. A county head could specifically go to Jiangcheng to invite him back to serve as this factory director; how could he not be moved? A scholar dies for one who appreciates him, after all.

Moreover, Zhang Kaishan must have told Yin Zuogang about the agricultural machinery Su Xinghui mentioned, which gave him hope of saving the factory. The county government dismissed multiple incompetent factory leaders in one go, which also showed the determination of the county government. What reason did Yin Zuogang have not to return?

Tan Mingcheng said, "Then he is not simple. He gave up a job in Jiangcheng with a monthly salary of two or three thousand to come back and be this factory director. The machinery factory is now a hot potato. It is not easy to be a good factory director!"

Guo Suhua said, "Who says it isn't? I know the problems in our factory better than anyone. Now the factory is burdened with 20 or 30 million in debt, there is not a cent of savings in the bank, the technology is backward, the equipment is backward, and there are so many retired workers, and the burden is heavy. This factory is not easy to handle!"

Su Xinghui said, "Mom, has the factory paid the wages they owe you?"

Guo Suhua shook her head and said, "Where would they get the money? They still owe us two months' wages. The New Year is coming soon, and I don't know what to do. A month's wages is more than 300,000."

Su Xinghui said, "It's fine, Mom. Since the county government has made such a great determination, the machinery factory should slowly get better."

Guo Suhua sighed long.

Su Xinghui added, "Mom, don't worry. Even if the wages can't be paid now, it's fine. Didn't Dad's salary increase? My salary is also not low now. If you need money, just tell me."

Guo Suhua nodded.

At noon, Su Wenjun returned home. He was on duty today. When he returned home, Su Xinghui told him about earning money by selling paintings and also said that he would go buy a storefront in the afternoon.

Su Wenjun had always been insensitive to money matters. Hearing that his son had earned money, he was not surprised, and he did not interfere with his son going to buy a storefront.

After lunch, Su Xinghui went with his mother, sister, and brother-in-law to the Hongtu Real Estate Development Company. The Hongtu Company was still pre-selling the storefronts on the commercial street. Now, about half of these storefronts remained. Su Xinghui and Su Xingyun each picked a relatively large storefront, then opened a ticket at a 10% discount and paid the money.