Siheyuan: Cooking journey

Everything must be considered for the sake of profit, with operations being the main focus. If the joint venture is not managed well and suffers losses, the investor has the right to request a change of manager.

No matter what, mutual restraint and balanced development are the laws of survival in nature.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the person in charge of the joint venture having too much power and finding excuses to ask investors for cars or to travel abroad.

With collective leadership, there is no need to worry about investors and management colluding to give gifts and cars and take the opportunity to swallow up collective property.

For the sake of profit, capitalists do not want to lose money, so they will supervise carefully.

Since operations are the main focus, managers don’t want to be unemployed throughout the year, so they will naturally work hard.

Of course, some investors have ulterior motives and want to exchange resources, and would rather lose money than lose supervisory rights.

At this time, the relevant departments will take action.

The one who really cares about the interests is the collective. The joint venture has been making losses, and it is the collective that most wants to change the manager.

The ultimate supervisory power still lies in the hands of the collective.

Once the plan is written, the ideas are also laid out.

He Yuzhu didn't take this matter too seriously.

How to implement it will be decided based on the insights of our predecessors.

Now, we have land and autonomy.

What He Yuzhu wanted to do most was to start a joint venture and build an instant noodle factory.

In the cafeteria office.

He Yuzhu sipped tea leisurely.

Yu Li was standing aside, dressed in a professional suit, looking like an urban white-collar worker.

At this moment, her eyes were gentle but also nervous and uneasy, and she seemed to be unsure.

"Forget it. I don't have a high level of education, I'm dumb, and I'm not smart. I can't be the vice president of a food company."

Stupid? Not smart?

He Yuzhu glanced at her indifferently and didn't intend to respond.

“I’m serious…”

Yu Li blushed when he looked at her, pursed her lips, gently sat in his arms, and hugged him tightly: "I don't want to be a vice president, it's too far away, I just want to stay in the steel rolling mill, be your assistant, listen to your orders, I will listen to whatever you say, and I will do whatever you ask me to do."

He Yuzhu raised his hand and gently stroked her hair.

After a while, he said gently:

"In the past, I was the general manager and you were the deputy general manager, my assistant. What you did was similar to what you do in the steel mill. I decided the general direction and you took care of the nitty-gritty details.

"I can mix the ingredients and sauces. You are a good cook, so you can be responsible for supervision and ensure product quality. We will build a laboratory and test each batch of products first. You will be directly responsible for this.

“Instant noodles, besides the noodles, the most important thing is the sauce. I can trust you to do it.

"You are not going alone. Bring Liu Lan with you to be your secretary, and also bring some of the women's inspection team with you.

"They are workers at the steel mill. They have high ideological awareness and are easy to manage."

Yu Li hugged him tighter, full of expectation:

"After I leave, can I come back to see you every day and report on my work?"

He Yuzhu helped her tidy up her clothes, his tone still gentle:

“You can come anytime you want;

"You will be given a car when the time comes. You'd better learn to drive so it will be more convenient. After the food factory is built, the steel rolling mill will also move in.

"By then, I can work in the food factory or come to the steel mill. Where do you want me to be?"

Yu Li's face flushed with excitement and excitement:

“I wish you were in the food factory.”

"it is good."

He Yuzhu thought about it and nodded solemnly:

"We have to go there. As an investor, Lou Xiao'e will also work there."

Yu Li felt so wronged that she was about to cry.

Since Lou Xiao'e was there, I had no chance to report on my work alone.

"Okay, let's go out now, we have other things to do..."

He Yuzhu helped her straighten her clothes and patted her.

"What's going on?"

Yu Li's eyes moved around, full of reluctance, and she was unwilling to let go.

"I haven't reported today's work yet."

"I just happen to be free, I'll teach you how to drive..."

He Yuzhu inexplicably felt that the weather was a bit hot.

I want to find a small forest to cool down.

For several consecutive days, apart from squeezing out time to teach Yu Li how to drive, He Yuzhu spent the rest of his time on the preparations for building the factory.

He appointed Yu Li as deputy manager to be in charge of the affairs on that side, but at present this is just a management structure setting. In fact, that piece of land is still blank and there is nothing on it.

Therefore, He Yuzhu first drew an overall plan.

This food company plans to produce more than just instant noodles.

After the predecessors finalize the rules of the joint venture, the Gaolego milk powder factory will officially go into operation.

They plan to start with a joint venture with a steel mill, using this as a starting point, standard and demonstration, and then expand the cooperation model to major cities. As an investor, Gao Lego will provide technology and funds, and the cities will be responsible for actual management.

These are all matters for the future, so there is no need to think too far ahead for now.

The most critical task at the moment is to build the instant noodle factory first, get it up and running, set an example and set a model for joint ventures.

So, He Yuzhu carefully drew the design drawings of the instant noodle factory so that the workers could build it according to the drawings.

As for the selection of the construction team, He Yuzhu plans to ask the Guo family to be responsible.

As a major real estate developer in Hong Kong, the Guo family had more than 100,000 employees during its heyday, and the most abundant thing was the construction team. There was not enough land and space in Hong Kong, but the vast mainland provided them with an opportunity to show their talents. He Yuzhu felt that this was also a kind reminder for Lao Guo not to forget his old business.

Oh, by the way, the main business seems to be shipping, but that is not important. What is important is that we can bring in the Guo family to be the construction party because they have experience, equipment, and technology, and more importantly, they have ships, so it is convenient to transport equipment to the mainland.

Of course, the Guo family is a good choice as the construction party, but He Yuzhu does not intend to leave all matters related to the factory construction to the Guo family. The Guo family is mainly responsible for providing technical support and equipment, as well as overall guidance.

As for the workers who actually do the work, not all of them will be transferred from Hong Kong Island. Naturally, the benefits will be reserved for their own people.

He Yuzhu plans to recruit migrant workers from communes outside the city and take the opportunity to boost local economic development.

The instant noodle factory is just the beginning. There are also steel mills, milk powder factories, etc. that require a large amount of labor, and what the mainland lacks the least is human resources.

After solving the problem of the construction team, the next thing is the building materials. This is relatively simple. As long as there are purchasing targets and funds, the relevant factories will also be happy to make money.

The only problem is transportation.

Although there are specialized transportation companies in the city, as the most popular company at the moment, they never worry about their business volume. They only worry about having too many indicators and not being able to finish the work.

There isn't much else in the city, but there are a lot of cadres, and they are talking to each other all the time, so it's difficult for the transportation company to carry out its work smoothly.

In view of this situation, the transportation company can only deploy the transportation team according to the regulations and the order of application.

It is not as simple as shipping billets or steel. Contacting the transport team and then waiting is obviously not enough.

Building a factory requires a transportation team that can respond quickly and be on standby at all times, but it is difficult for a transportation company to allocate a transportation team specifically for this purpose.

He Yuzhu instinctively wanted to ask his aunt for help in getting a quota, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up. It would be a bit of an overreaction to ask Dongfeng Bidada for such a small matter.

He had previously assured that apart from the land, no additional support was needed.

After a little thought, He Yuzhu decided to ask Director Yang. He had many comrades, and perhaps some of them worked in the transportation company.

Coincidentally, when I called, Director Yang was not there.

As soon as I hung up the phone, Director Yang came.

He Yuzhu didn't ask him why he came, but first talked about the difficulties of the transportation company.

"This is a bit difficult. I don't have any comrades over there..."

Director Yang shook his head and said seriously, "You also know the nature of the work of the transportation company. It's useless even if you have acquaintances. There are only so many trucks. If you give them to others instead of others, wouldn't that offend people? That department doesn't want to be impartial, but it can only act according to the rules."

He Yuzhu frowned slightly. It seemed that the Guo family would have to send a transport team from Hong Kong by boat.

"I say, aren't you usually very smart?"

Director Yang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why look for a transportation company? It's like wearing a hat and holding an umbrella, which is redundant! Look for Lao Zhou. The army has a special transportation team..."

He Yuzhu was stunned for a moment and sighed inwardly. It's not that he didn't think of it, but he didn't want to find it.

When I think of Lao Zhou, I seem to see those eyes sparkling with tears, which are a tangled mess.

The key is that he feels a little insecure and doesn't want to deal with people with guns.

"Okay, I'll go ask Lao Zhou. What do you want?"

He Yuzhu changed the subject.

What Lao Zhou? He would rather go through some trouble and ask Lao Guo to send a transport team from Hong Kong Island.

"It's a bother to you."

Director Yang rubbed his hands and smiled very kindly.

"I have a comrade coming from the south, and I want to treat him to a drink. The chefs at the steel plant are average, and I want my comrade to taste what real food is. Please prepare a table yourself."

"Okay, it's just a small matter."

He Yuzhu agreed. When he heard that he was from the south, he was moved and asked, "What does your comrade do?"

"My comrade is incredible, he really is..."

Director Yang began to tell the story with a proud look on his face.

He Yuzhu felt helpless when listening to this. He asked your comrade what he did, but he started telling stories as soon as he opened his mouth. What a bad habit.

However, the story sounded pretty good, so He Yuzhu gave it a listen.

Director Yang spoke for more than half an hour, and finally summarized it with just one sentence - Director of Longkou Investment Promotion Bureau.

So that's how it is. No wonder the director who I had never met at my aunt's house last time knew Director Yang, the guard. This is normal. The advantage of a guard is that although the position is not high, everyone knows that in addition to the direct troops, the situation of other troops is also clearly understood. No wonder Director Yang has many comrades.

Originally, he wanted to arrange for Ma Hua to prepare a table, but after hearing what his senior said, He Yuzhu decided to cook himself.

It's not because of anything else, but just for the half-hour story, it's worth it.

After entering the kitchen, He Yuzhu asked Ma Hua to prepare the ingredients.

"okay!"

Ma Hua immediately got busy. He Yuzhu looked at him, thought for a moment and asked, "Ma Hua, the steel mill is going to build a food factory. Are you interested in going there? It's stable here, but it might be busier over there."

After all, Ma Hua is also the eldest disciple and has been working diligently over the years.

There were not many opportunities before, but now the opportunity is so good. Yu Li and Liu Lan have both gone there. It would naturally be best if Ma Hua could go too.

Although there are opportunities for promotion if you stay in the steel mill, such as becoming a canteen director, going to the food factory obviously has better development prospects.

Ma Hua’s cooking skills are not bad, so there will be no problem for him to go there to be responsible for production and ensure quality.

"I listen to the master."

Ma Hua did not hesitate and answered directly.

"I will do whatever the master says. The master won't cheat me."

Ok.

He Yuzhu said slowly: "Then put aside the kitchen work at hand, and go over there to dig a hole and lay the foundation tomorrow."

...Ma Hua stood there in a daze.

Who would have thought that going there was not to cook, but to dig holes!

The dish is finally ready.

Director Yang cordially invited everyone to have a drink together.

He Yuzhu suddenly felt itchy and wanted to have a few drinks, so he obediently accepted the invitation.

After they clinked glasses,

I also gradually became familiar with Director Yang's comrades.

This comrade is called Ouyang Yuan, he is in his fifties and is a veteran who has experienced the flames of war.

His personality is as straightforward as an unsharpened sword.

"Oh, don't mention anything else. I feel very satisfied to have this meal in the capital this time."

Ouyang Yuan took a deep breath and sighed, then turned to He Yuzhu,

"The dishes you cook are so good. There are only a few restaurants in Beijing that have such cooking skills. The sumptuous meal on the table last time must have been prepared by you, too?"

"Yeah, I did the right thing."

He Yuzhu smiled slightly and did not hide anything.

"I happened to have some business to deal with there at that time, and you happened to be my guest, so I helped prepare a meal."

Ouyang Yuan said seriously: "Why are you being polite to me? Just call me brother if you think I'm a good person. If you don't think highly of me, just call me by my name."

After hearing this,

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes in his heart.

Director Yang laughed, "Haha, don't be so restrained, Xiao He, since Brother Ouyang said so, just follow his call..."

After saying that, he poured himself a glass of Moutai. After all, it was a good wine that didn't cost any money.

However, He Yuzhu ignored him and asked:

"I heard Auntie mention your purpose when I was in the kitchen before. May I ask how the matter was resolved?"

These words made Ouyang Yuan frown, and he couldn't help but look up and down at the young man in front of him.

It wasn't because he used the wrong way of addressing him, but because he found that there was something indescribably unusual about He Yuzhu. You have to know that the purpose of his trip was not simple.

"Hey, hey, hey! Brother Yuan! We are all family."

Director Yang interrupted with a smile, pouring himself another full glass of wine.

"Xiao He is one of them, of course."

Hearing this, Ouyang Yuan relaxed his brows, raised his head and drank the mellow wine in his hand.

"Since they are family, I won't hide it."

He sighed and said, "This is a very difficult matter to handle. If nothing works out, I plan to settle down in Beijing and never leave my hometown again. There is really nothing I miss about that place. I envy other people's feasting and revelry every day... I wonder when we can become as rich and prosperous as them?"