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It took a whole morning for several young men to work together and finally clean up the courtyard.

There are enough tables, chairs and benches left behind, which can be used in future work and life. In addition, there are several bunk beds, which can be left as a temporary resting place for everyone.

This courtyard is a bit shabby and some places need to be renovated, but the good thing is that the courtyard has water supply and drainage, which not only solves the water problem, but there is also a flush toilet in the courtyard.

At that time, remote courtyards were not yet connected to the sewer system, and it was only because this small courtyard was right next to the main road that it was so convenient.

After everyone washed their hands, Chen Xiaoliang came to Yue Wenxuan and asked in a low voice:

"We will definitely have to put a lot of things in the yard in the future. Safety is a problem. We must arrange for someone to be on duty, right?"

Yue Wenxuan knew him too well, and guessed what he was thinking at once, and asked directly: "You mean you want to move in, right?"

"As you know, our family only has two rooms in the compound. My eldest brother is married and has two children. It's a bit cramped for the whole family to live in such a small place.

I think there are so many rooms in our courtyard, I might as well move in directly, on the one hand I can hide away in peace and quiet, on the other hand I can protect the property of our maintenance department, right?"

In front of Yue Wenxuan, Chen Xiaoliang did not hide his thoughts.

"If you want to live here, just move in. There are so many rooms in the yard, you can just free up one or two to use as staff dormitories." Even if Chen Xiaoliang didn't make such a request, Yue Wenxuan would definitely arrange for someone to move in.

Although the two people spoke in low voices, the other people standing nearby pricked up their ears and could hear their conversation clearly.

Mou Keyong also quickly followed suit and applied: "Brother Xuan, I also want to move in, do you think it's possible?"

"Of course you can. If you want to live here, just move in. It's a good opportunity for you to keep your brother Liang company."

After getting Yue Wenxuan's permission, Mou Keyong was so happy that he laughed out loud.

Yue Wenxuan saw that Chi Xingmao was also eager to make a move and seemed to have something to say, so he took the initiative to say:
“There are only six of us in the maintenance department, so we can just put three bunk beds in the main room so that everyone can have a bed to rest.

If you have a place to stay at home, you can use it as a temporary resting place. If you can’t find room at home, you can move directly into our courtyard in the future.”

After hearing what Yue Wenxuan said, Chi Xingmao immediately expressed his desire to move in as well. Housing in his family was also very tight, so he would make the maintenance department his home from now on.

Cai Youliang's family conditions are relatively good, and they live on the same street, so commuting is very convenient. He said that a temporary residence would be enough and he would not move into the courtyard.

Lu Songlin also had no plans to move in. He was worried about his mother and younger sister at home, so he had to go back to check on them every day to feel at ease.

After arranging the accommodation, Yue Wenxuan said, "It's almost noon, let's go to the restaurant and have a big meal first, and I'll arrange work for everyone after we come back.

Today is the first day of the opening of our Red Star Maintenance Department. I will treat you to lunch. Let's go to Dong Lai Shun to eat mutton hotpot. How about that?"

They were all young men in their twenties, and when they heard that they were going to eat mutton hotpot, everyone's eyes lit up and they naturally agreed.

Several people took the bus to Donglaishun. Yue Wenxuan knew that everyone was a little restrained, so he didn't bother to be polite with them and directly ordered six pounds of mutton and a bunch of side dishes.

After ordering the dishes, Yue Wenxuan ordered three bottles of Erguotou. "We still have to work in the afternoon, so this is all the wine we have. We can have more after the mutton is finished. You don't have to save money for me, just eat as much as you want."

Seeing Yue Wenxuan's arrogant look, everyone present was a little shocked.

Donglaishun is a high-priced restaurant. Although it does not require food coupons, the prices are high. If several people want to eat as much as they want, they feel that they will not be able to finish the meal without ten yuan.

Today was the first time everyone had dinner together. After the food and wine were served, Yue Wenxuan just invited everyone to eat and drink, and did not discuss work matters at the table.

On average, each person drank half a pound of wine. For young guys, this amount of wine was just enough to get everyone excited without getting drunk.

Among the people present, two were good friends of Yue Wenxuan, and Mou Keyong had also dealt with Yue Wenxuan before, so he was not a stranger. Only Cai Youliang and Chi Xingmao were unfamiliar with Yue Wenxuan, but after drinking half a bottle of wine, they had become familiar with him at least on the surface.

After half a day of contact, Yue Wenxuan could only roughly judge that Chi Xingmao and Cai Youliang were both down-to-earth. As for their character, he would have to wait and see.

Returning to the maintenance department, Yue Wenxuan asked everyone to sit down and said seriously:
"Our Red Star Maintenance Department has been officially established. Although it is small in scale, from today on, we, the educated youth who have returned to the city, can be considered as having a unit.

With a company, we don't have to worry about people calling us jobless when we go out. If friends and relatives ask us about our jobs, at least our jobs sound respectable.

But there is one thing I want to make clear, this maintenance department was not established with funding from the neighborhood office, but requires funding from me, the director, to operate it.

First of all, I want to make a statement here. Since I dare to take on this task, I have the confidence to pay everyone's salary on time and monthly. From now on, we will pay everyone's salary on the third of every month, and we will never delay everyone's salary for a day. "

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoliang was the first to express his opinion: "Brother Xuan, we will listen to you. The maintenance department has just been established, and there must be more difficulties in various aspects. Since I am also a member of the maintenance department, I should share the difficulties with Brother Xuan.

There are times when factories delay paying wages, let alone a small maintenance department like ours. If Brother Xuan has financial difficulties, then let him know and we can work together to find a solution."

Except for Cai Youliang and Chi Xingmao who were slightly hesitant, the other two also spoke in response.

After several people expressed their opinions, Yue Wenxuan said confidently: "Don't worry, I dare to take on this task, naturally I have a plan in mind, and I will definitely not let you be happy in vain.

Whether it is a watch, a radio, or various electrical appliances and bicycles, I can repair and assemble them, and I can teach this skill to everyone.

Repairing bicycles doesn’t make much money, but repairing electrical appliances, radios, and watches is a skill that can make a lot of money.”

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed excitement.

Even Cai Youliang, who is good at cooking, is willing to come to Yue Wenxuan's maintenance department. Why? It's for these maintenance skills that sound so high-end.

It is very difficult to learn a skill in this era. Even if you want to work in a factory, you have to work as an apprentice for three years. However, the maintenance projects mentioned by Yue Wenxuan are different. In addition to repairing bicycles, the other maintenance skills are very high-end skills in this era. Once you learn them, you can not only make money during working hours, but also take on some private work after get off work to supplement your family income. In the eyes of everyone, if you can really learn it, you will definitely have a bright future.

"But if it's just maintenance, the money you can earn is limited after all."

Yue Wenxuan changed the subject and began to paint a rosy picture for everyone, "Although we will also accept door-to-door repair business in the future, our real core business is assembling radios, watches, and bicycles.

In the future, we should find ways to purchase more discarded radios, watches and bicycles. After collecting them, we will repair those that can be repaired and disassemble those that cannot be repaired into parts for use.

Most people wouldn’t dare to do this, but I do!
You may ask why I have the courage to do this? Because if others can't fix something, as long as I have the parts, I can definitely fix it."

Chen Xiaoliang said excitedly: "It doesn't cost much to recycle discarded bicycles, watches and radios. If Brother Xuan can really fix them, then we will have a fortune. Even if we sell them second-hand, the profit will definitely be many times more than that of scraps."

"You are right. As long as it can be repaired, it is indeed a gold mine. So the core issue is the repair skills. Only with diamond drills can you take on porcelain work. If you don't have this skill, everything will be in vain. Not only can you not make money, but you will also lose money.

During this process, I will slowly teach you how to repair it. You can fix some minor problems yourself. If you can't fix it, I will do it for you."

After encouraging everyone, Yue Wenxuan continued, "Let's not rush the repairs. We have to repair this courtyard first and buy all the necessary items.

Since three people from our maintenance department will be living here permanently, we might as well set up a canteen. Cai Youliang is a chef, so we don’t have to worry about cooking.

From now on, Cai Youliang will also serve as the chef of our maintenance department, and his chef allowance will be increased by five yuan per month."

Yue Wenxuan looked at Cai Youliang, "Do you have any opinions?"

Cai Youliang liked cooking, but he was worried about not having the opportunity to practice. Now he not only had the opportunity to practice, but also received an extra five yuan subsidy every month. Naturally, he had no reason to disagree, so he quickly agreed.

Yue Wenxuan continued, "I have some channels to buy supplementary food. We will improve our meals every now and then, and we can even eat some meat occasionally.

Cai Youliang will formulate a meal system later. The various supplementary foods I brought in will be used as food subsidies for everyone. These are considered welfare and no one has to spend money on them. "

Of course, everyone became even more excited when they heard Yue Wenxuan promise to improve the food every now and then.

With the few food coupons, vegetable coupons, and non-staple food coupons issued on the streets, at best, you could barely get enough to eat, and it was absolutely impossible to eat well. If you could improve your food once in a while, and eat meat every now and then, such a life would be too happy.

For young people like them, nothing is more important than eating. If they can really live such a happy life, let alone being a qualified apprentice, even if Yue Wenxuan takes them to fight for their lives, they will never frown.

After painting a rosy picture and encouraging everyone, Yue Wenxuan began to assign tasks to each of them. What they had to do now was to get their work and life back on track.

Maintaining such a small maintenance department is certainly not a problem for Yue Wenxuan.

His current conditions are much better than the Educated Youth Teahouse that will be established in Beijing in the future.

The leader of the group borrowed a thousand yuan and led more than a hundred educated youth to sell large bowls of tea on the street. Not only did the large bowls of tea sell very well, but the business was soon expanded to small sundries. Only those who have experienced it personally know the difficulties and sorrows involved.

The only difficulty and trouble Yue Wenxuan encountered in setting up this maintenance department was the ownership of this maintenance department. It is of course collectively owned in name now, and it must be collectively owned for a long time in the future. There is no doubt about this.

If it were in the past, it would have been funded by the street, and it would have been impossible for him to start the project with personal funds. Now is the exploratory period for seeking a way out for the educated youth, so it was approved with ambiguity.

There will be many similar things in the future. In the next few years, the state will be more relaxed about small collectives founded by all educated youth. As long as Yue Wenxuan does not expand his business too much and become a model of the times, he will not have to worry about the ownership issue causing trouble for the time being.

After a few busy days, the work and life of the maintenance department gradually got back on track.

Yue Wenxuan was not in a hurry to expand the overall business. He set up this maintenance department only as a transition rather than to bury himself in busyness.

There are now two talented people in the maintenance department, one is Chi Xingmao who is proficient in bicycle repair and assembly, and the other is Lu Songlin who is proficient in radio repair and assembly.

Yue Wenxuan then assigned the bicycle and radio related businesses to these two people, and they each became project leaders.

After Yue Wenxuan gave each of them an additional five yuan in responsibility allowance, they both gladly accepted the task.

Now that the bicycle and radio projects had their respective leaders, Yue Wenxuan took on the watch project. As for the other electrical appliance repair projects, Yue Wenxuan postponed them, which made the burden on his shoulders lighter.

After the Red Star Maintenance Department was opened, nearby residents and employees began to come to the department for radio and watch repair services.

As for the repair business of TVs, refrigerators and other electrical appliances, we are not able to get any work for the time being. The reason is that there are too few people who own these high-end appliances. This is the direction of future business development and we don’t need to consider it for the time being.

As for the bicycle repair business, Yue Wenxuan had no intention of starting it, considering that it made little money and was very hard work. The Red Star Repair Department only engaged in the bicycle assembly business and then sold used bicycles to the outside.

If an individual sells any commodity to others, there is suspicion of speculation, but if it is sold in the name of a collective and is a qualified collective, this problem does not exist.

The Red Star Maintenance Department's application documents include the sale of second-hand items, and it has been approved. The maintenance department can openly sell second-hand bicycles, watches, radios and other items.

The profit from selling second-hand items is indeed very high, but it is not as exaggerated as in some film and television works. The main reason is that the discarded items are not as many as imagined.

If one wanted to assemble bicycles, watches and radios, apart from a small number of new parts purchased with collective qualifications, the main components were still the old main frames.

For example, there is nowhere to buy radio boxes and watch cases, and there are purchase restrictions on some bicycle parts. These products cannot be assembled on a large scale.

Yue Wenxuan didn't want to get rich through the maintenance department. He was already satisfied as long as he could provide the maintenance department with a relatively stable income without using any external plug-ins.

(End of this chapter)