Chapter 214 We are twins
The Peninsula Hotel, where Wang Yuanchao had checked in in his previous life, has always been one of the most luxurious hotels in Asia, especially its fleet of Rolls-Royce cars, which is famous both at home and abroad.
Since the 50s, it has been known as the "Filmmakers' Tea House" because these stars like to have afternoon tea here.
Seeing him coming, the Liu family stood up happily to welcome him.
There were no private rooms. They asked for a seat in the corner.
Liu Heqing, Wang Danfeng, the two twins, and then Liu Qijin.
The seat between the father and daughter was left to Wang Yuanchao.
Liu Heqing smiled and said:
"I knew Wang Sheng wouldn't do anything without confidence. He saved our family again!"
Wang Danfeng also echoed:
"Really? I don't know what to say. But I'm still happy to meet Mr. Wang here."
The Liu family members kept picking up food for Wang Yuanchao, and simply explained how the Liu family finally escaped last year and settled down in Hong Kong.
Living in Hong Kong is not easy.
Wang Yuanchao didn't say anything. It wasn't a good idea to say that he opened a factory now. Moreover, Liu Heqing also said that Wang Danfeng still had to follow the arrangements of the trade union and go to the consolation performance, which made it even more difficult to say.
So he listens more and talks less.
The couple came here from the mainland, and their thoughts were influenced by the mainland for many years. They also invested in the Great Wall, a happy-go-lucky film company, and everything came naturally.
Liu Heqing was also very perceptive and did not ask what Wang Yuanchao was doing here.
How can one buy a building in a short time and what it is used for? It is hard to explain in a few words.
Anyway, they will be neighbors in the future, and they all came from the mainland. Their family has also received kindness from others. The eldest daughter's eyes are full of joy for Wang Yuanchao. Let's get to know each other slowly.
With Wang Yuanchao's character, he is not a heinous criminal.
After arriving in Hong Kong, their mindsets have actually become much more open.
Everyone briefly reminisced about the past. At the end, Wang Danfeng invited Wang Yuanchao to visit their home when he was free. Liu Heqing also wrote down an address and phone number.
Wang Yuanchao had no objection.
As Liu Qijin waited eagerly, Wang Yuanchao did not leave his number and address, which disappointed Xiao Liu. But she did not dare to show it.
Of course Wang Yuanchao saw it. He has no fixed place to live now. Is he calling the factory? That's not appropriate! Let's talk about it after we get to know him better.
Seeing Wang Yuanchao taking a taxi and leaving, Liu Qibing asked:
"Brother Wang is so rich, why does he still take a taxi?"
Liu Qiyu also said:
"Even if you don't have a driver, at least you drive yourself."
Liu Qijin immediately patted his two sisters and said:
"Maybe Brother Wang's car is good, but he can't drive it at this time? You have to keep a low profile now, understand?"
The three sisters remained silent for a long time. Only their parents and eldest brother Wang were chatting, and the three of them could only focus on eating and drinking.
At this moment, he finally couldn't help but chirp.
Liu Heqing said:
"Okay, go home. You should dress more modestly when you go out next time."
He didn't say that he dressed up ugly. After all, his daughter was his own and inherited his wife's beauty. He himself wasn't bad looking either, eh.
Another pair are twins!
Not to mention that it is very dangerous to encounter gang members, even at school, he is worried about them.
This is also the reason why he bought a car instead of a house. It would be much safer to have a car to pick up his daughter from school.
……
That night, Wang Yuanchao reached the beach and released the three gangsters into the sea.
Takes up space.
Who would have thought that a gangster from Tsim Sha Tsui would die on the beach of Kwun Tong? It is normal for some low-class people to die in Hong Kong these days. Otherwise, how did the four Chinese detectives rise to prominence? It was not the time when the Young and Dangerous became popular in the 1970s and 1980s!
He carefully avoided the police patrolling the streets and sneaked back to the factory.
The weather in July is hot and humid, just like a steamer. What's the use of the fan? The wind is sticky and sticky, and people who are tired of it have to take a shower several times a day.
Unfortunately, even fresh water is sometimes limited!
We have to hurry up and renovate the Longpu Villa and install air conditioners, otherwise we won’t be able to live like this.
But except Wang Yuanchao, no one else felt it was that hard.
There is a fan blowing!
What else do you want?
They had nothing to do in the evening, so they were very interested in reading newspapers, books, and listening to the radio together. There were many new things they had never seen before, all kinds of colorful magazines and pictures... and they were all young men and women, so it was so much fun.
Wang Yuanchao didn’t ask them to work overtime???
No let!
Because those small workshops have insufficient supply capacity, they can only finish the work during the day.
Shenlan's assembly capabilities far exceed the supply capabilities of small workshops.
Wang Yuanchao had to urge the small workshops to speed up production, even if it meant working on the night shift.
After midsummer, demand in North America, Europe and the Middle East drops significantly, leaving only poor tropical regions such as Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.
Maybe by then, it won’t be sold at the current price.
Therefore, those small workshops work in three or two shifts.
Shenlan requires them to work in three shifts. If they work in two shifts, they are worried about quality issues. Moreover, in the current environment, working in two shifts is too exploitative of the workers.
But the bosses and workers of small workshops like to work in two shifts. The bosses are willing to pay overtime because of the overall environment, and the workers are small and safe. Since overtime pay is given, how can the workers not be willing?
Everyone is rushing to work the night shift, knowing that summer is the time when fans are most needed. After summer, there may not be so much work.
Because of the intermittent curfews, the night shift sometimes lasts up to 14 hours, from 5 pm to 7 am, and including overtime pay, it earns half as much as the day shift!
So it’s not that Deep Blue is not running at full capacity, it’s that there are not enough raw materials and accessories.
Wang Yuanchao often instructs small workshops on how to arrange shifts reasonably to ensure maximum production efficiency, but the current scale and production capacity are like this and cannot be forced in a short period of time.
The owners of small workshops are not very willing to introduce other small workshops. Now is the peak season, so it's okay. In the off-season, there will be competition between small workshops. Who wants to have more competitors? Now I help Shenlan to process parts. Don't worry about sales. As long as you can produce with confidence, you will make money. This kind of business is really cool.
So Wang Yuanchao had to split up several small factories he had acquired.
In addition to Deep Blue, he also invited people to invest in several of his small factories. Small factories do OEM work and have average profits, so he can accept workers to invest a certain amount of shares, which is actually a disguised increase in wages, but he cannot accept free shares.
Therefore, his small factory ranked first in production efficiency and quality. Then he arranged for the original person in charge to go out and find a site and recruit workers, and Wang Yuanchao was responsible for helping to purchase machines and open a new factory. Anyway, he paid enough and was willing to give shares, so who wouldn't be busy?
Then promote old employees to be supervisors of old factories to ensure an orderly succession.
But in fact, the increase is quite limited. He himself does not dare to expand the scale of a single factory. What if someone takes it down?
The lessons learned from those big factories are all there!
Your own workers are very cooperative, but people from outside will cause trouble!
If you give workers 5 points of shares, your own workers will be satisfied, but outsiders will ask you for 10 points, 20 points, or even more. Doesn’t the union need funding? Doesn’t the scenery need subsidies? So how can factory owners compromise?
I would rather shut down than compromise.
In the end, who owns the factory? The boss is just a worker for others.
Looking at the happy nightlife of Shenlan’s employees, Wang Yuanchao thought silently, this is a benefit for you.
He usually doesn't play with everyone. Because of their different status, he can relax while others can't.
Whether they are dark-faced or bearded (well, they don't have big beards now, they've shaved them all), they all behave very proactively. Not to mention the female employees, their looks are all above average (otherwise the fat guys wouldn't be charged 5000 yuan each, because when they go to buy people, the human traffickers also have to be selective). They all came from the mainland, so they are fellow countrymen and have a common language.
However, no one wants to tease the fierce woman Shi Zhen, not because they are afraid of her fierceness, but because they have self-awareness.
However, Wang Yuanchao did not react. It was not that he did not have any needs, nor that Shi Zhen was not pretty. Instead, he felt that these girls had suffered great hardships and were rescued by him, and it was impossible for him to have a future with them.
He didn't want to hurt such a miserable girl.
It would be best if he could find a good man, start a family, and work honestly for Wang Yuanchao. That would be the best.
Especially after seeing Liu Qijin again today, Shi Zhen’s looks are no longer enough.
Even Liu Qijin's mother, Wang Danfeng, a middle-aged woman, is prettier than Shi Zhen. Oh, it's his fault. How can he compare ordinary people with big movie stars? Oh.
Wang Yuanchao tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
It's really hot and dry.
The next morning, he quickly got up, took a shower, and washed his shorts.
Last night’s dream…
Not to mention.
After inspecting the dark blue assembly line, he drove to his villa. The decoration would be suitable only if he gave on-site guidance himself.
The decoration renderings were designed by him personally. Different from the current extravagant style, Wang Yuanchao likes the simple style, which is clean and refreshing, and the decoration is also quick.
As expected, I ran into the Liu family downstairs. Oh, Wang Danfeng was not there, it was Liu Heqing and her three daughters.
After saying hello, I found out that Aunt Wang had gone to give a consolation performance.
They came to see how the new house was furnished.
Since they had met, Wang Yuanchao invited them to come and see the decoration of his house.
Wang Yuanchao did not change the layout of the house. The water and electricity were also very simple. There was only one lamp and a few sockets in each room. The water pipes were connected to the kitchen and bathroom. Not to mention waterproofing, the bathroom had even started to be tiled!
The walls and roof are covered with white putty and paint.
Once the basic work of plastering and painting is done, the door frames will be installed, the floors will be laid, the doors and furniture will be installed, and you'll be done.
Liu Heqing couldn't help but say:
"Mr. Wang, isn't this decoration a little too simple?"
The couple had carefully planned how to arrange the house, and even thought about how to arrange the rooms for their three daughters. The eldest daughter had one room, and the twins had another. After all, there were only three rooms.
Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"As long as you live comfortably, what difference does it make whether it's simple or complicated?"
Liu Qijin immediately said:
"This is a humble room, but my virtue is fragrant. The Zhuge Hut in Nanyang and the Ziyun Pavilion in Western Shu, what is humble about them?"
Liu Heqing smiled and said:
"You're still showing off your knowledge!"
Wang Yuanchao said with admiration:
"Qi Jin is right. As long as I don't think it's simple, it's fine. Hahaha."
Seeing this, one of the twins also quickly said actively:
"Brother Wang is at a high level, he is not pleased by material things."
Liu Qijin pouted immediately. Why was Qi Yu, a little kid, interrupting the adults when they were talking?
Wang Yuanchao laughed and said:
"No, no, no, I'm still a layman, and I still like a lot of things. For example, money, for example, beautiful women, hahahaha."
You can’t just create a character casually. You have to tell everyone at the first moment that he is a scumbag!
The other twin immediately whispered:
“Are beauties also things?”
When Liu Qijin heard this, he thought, yes, how can a beautiful woman be a thing?
"Beauty is not a thing, right?"
Liu Qiyu said:
"That doesn't sound right. Beauty, a thing, not a thing, it all sounds like insults."
Seeing his daughter agonizing over whether a beautiful woman was a thing, Liu Heqing interrupted her and said,
"Okay, okay, we've seen your brother Wang's house, let's go see how to decorate our own house. Don't you have a lot of ideas?"
Liu Qiyu (the more active twin) said:
"Dad, I've changed my mind now. Can I look at it for a while longer? I want to think carefully about how to decorate my room! Brother Wang, can I look at it for a while longer?"
Without waiting for Liu Heqing and Wang Yuanchao to answer, Liu Qijin corrected them:
"That's your and Qibing's room!"
Liu Qiyu took Qibing's hand and said:
"Big sister, you are not the second sister, how do you know that the second sister and I have different ideas? We are twins!"
Liu Qijin's mouth puffed up with anger and he didn't know what to say.
(End of this chapter)