Chapter 290 Is it not good for me to be a light bulb?
After dinner, Song Yicheng offered to take Xu Jingdan and the others home, but Xu Jingdan declined: "We drove here ourselves."
That being said, when Xu Jingdan drove on the road, she discovered that Song Yicheng's car had been following him. When he was approaching home, the other party did not stop and stop to say hello, but turned a corner and left.
The man looked very restrained. Li Rong didn't know whether an older man would be so considerate when chasing someone. She glanced at the back of the other person's car and disappeared, then entered the house and asked casually:
"Why does Deputy Director Song feel different?"
Xu Jingdan has been living in Yangcheng for so many years and has met as many as eight thousand people. Looking at Li Rong, she knew what the other person wanted to ask. She looked at Li Rong helplessly: "Don't gossip, there is something wrong."
Hurry up and go practice driving, and don’t let me drive alone next time.”
Li Rong smiled: "I can drive, but I should get a driver's license."
Xu Jingdan was not surprised when she heard her say that she could drive. After all, Li Rong's eldest brother had a car at home.
Li Rong quickly arranged the driver's license matter and spent almost a thousand yuan to get the driver's license.
Xu Jingdan didn't have a phone at home, so Li Rong installed a phone when she came over.
After the phone was installed, it was still early, so Li Rong immediately called her home in Siheyuan.
The person who answered the phone was Zhao's mother. After asking about An An's daily life, the phone was switched to An An.
Li Rong's heart softened when she heard grandma's "Mama" call coming from the phone. The two talked for a while before reluctantly hanging up the phone.
After hanging up here, Li Rong called back to the canteen in Dajiang Village to find Zhao Qingsong.
Zhao Qingsong knew it was her call, so when he answered it, he was bombarded: "Mom said you have been to Yangcheng for more than half a month, why did you call back at this time? I am worried to death, and I can't contact you."
This was Li Rong's fault. As soon as she arrived in Yangcheng, she was busy inspecting the market and working with Xu Jingdan. In addition, she was in a familiar but unfamiliar Yangcheng, and her mood was very complicated.
So much so that she kept forgetting to call Zhao Qingsong. Instead, she called back to Siheyuan from a store outside. At that time, she thought that Zhao Qingsong might be busy in broad daylight. After all, it was not as convenient as having a phone at home in Siheyuan.
beat.
"I know it's wrong. I will call you as soon as possible next time to tell you everything is safe." Li Rong coaxed Zhao Qingsong along her hair. Even though the man had been doting on her, sometimes the man's awkwardness came over and she refused to coax her.
It's not possible.
Li Rong was so relieved, but subconsciously she still knew that Zhao's mother would tell Zhao Qingsong about her arrival in Yangcheng. The other party had no way to contact Li Rong and could only call the courtyard.
She was right, Zhao Qingsong was a little unhappy. He knew that Li Rong had called back to the courtyard several times but never called him.
But at this moment, he was also coaxed by Li Rong's soft words. Zhao Qingsong, who was across the screen, curled his lips: "It's not cold in Yangcheng now, right? Do you still have enough money? You said before that you don't need to leave any money for me.
I still have 20,000 yuan left, and I will remit it to you tomorrow. I am poor and rich, so you must not wrong yourself outside, otherwise the money I make will be meaningless."
Li Rong listened to his ramble. When he mentioned money, he said: "It's enough for now. It's just to build the factory. I also spent money to buy machines before. I still have...
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The two talked for a while and then hung up. Before hanging up, Zhao Qingsong asked Li Rong to call him more often if nothing happened: "I can't see anyone in the first place, and I didn't even hear a sound. How tormenting."
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Li Rong couldn't help but laugh twice: "I know, but I pretended to be the one calling you now, please remember..."
Zhao Qingsong wrote down the phone number, but he also knew that Li Rong would not be at home to answer the phone all the time.
The matter of building the factory was handed over to Boss Shen. In order to start the garment factory as soon as possible, the bricks were laid and the roof of the factory was covered with iron sheets.
The machine hasn't arrived yet, so Li Rong and Xu Jingdan are busy looking for workers.
As early as the early days of reform, Guangdong relied on its superior geographical location to seize opportunities for cooperative development between China and the West.
In 1978, Shenzhen and Zhuhai were upgraded to absorb overseas funds, introduce technology and equipment, and become import and export bases.
Later, under the reforms carried out by the Prime Minister, a special economic zone, Shenzhen City, was established.
Large-scale economic construction began, and the "Shenzhen Speed" - one floor per building in three days - was passed down to later generations.
Not only are there many opportunities in the special economic zones in Guangdong, Guangzhou has also shown signs of its rise. Thinking people from home and abroad are coming here after hearing the news.
Factories were built one after another in Guangdong, and many people from all over the country came to Guangdong, which provided the basis for the labor force in Guangdong.
So Li Rong and the others quickly recruited the needed labor force, mainly because there were many female workers, but also male workers. After all, it was not easy for women to carry the cargo when loading and unloading.
There are even children aged thirteen or fourteen who are still looking for jobs.
Li Rong was a little sad. She didn't know what the boundaries were for child labor at this time, but as a person who had experienced the baptism of education for later generations, she would never accept these children.
Not even if you are not eighteen years old.
I'm afraid something will go wrong one day.
Many garment factories in Yangcheng started by processing raw materials, that is, others provide sample clothes and raw materials, and the factory processes them and sends them out again.
But Li Rong and others are different. They first targeted the domestic clothing market.
Moreover, Li Rong has the idea that she will design her own clothes and does not need to undertake the processing of supplied materials. Another reason is that they have just started and have nothing. No one has heard of "Blue Ocean Fashion".
So when purchasing machines, Li Rong and Xu Jingdan decided to spend a lot of money to import large-scale automatic textile machines in addition to sewing machines.
With the factory buildings, labor force, and machines now available, Li Rong and the others began to think about what clothes to make.
It is now late March in Yangcheng, and summer will soon begin.
The temperature in Yangcheng is high in summer, so Li Rong is thinking about making some short-sleeved or breathable and comfortable clothes first.
In terms of clothing design, Xu Jingdan planned to leave it all to Li Rong. She had the ability to buy and sell clothing, but Xu Jingdan really didn't understand the design aspect.
Xu Jingdan saw Li Rong grabbing a pen and drawing on the paper and made a suggestion: "How about we go to the market? Maybe we will get inspiration."
Li Rong used an eraser to erase the newly painted area. After hearing this, she looked up at Xu Jingdan. Just as she was about to speak, the phone rang.
Xu Jingdan went to answer the call. The call was from Song Yicheng.
Li Rong obviously saw some hesitation on Xu Jingdan's face. She glanced at Li Rong and didn't know what was said. Xu Jingdan said: "Wait a moment, I will give you an answer later."
Xu Jingdan looked at Li Rong: "Deputy Director Song asked us if we wanted to go see a movie?"
"Us?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows, "I just want to date you, right? It's not good for me to be the light bulb, right?"