In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 181 Repair Cost Schedule

At seven o'clock the next morning, as the sun was just beginning to set above the horizon with a few colorful clouds, a red Fiat car came down the steep slope from the side of the road, passed through the machinery rental market, and stopped directly in front of Fanfan's repair shop.

"Axe, wake up the boss, we're here." Ji Youde opened the car door from the driver's seat, got out, stretched, and glanced at Yao Jinfu, who was stretching his arms as he got out of the passenger seat.

"If you're going to call him, it's all your fault for giving him wrong directions last night. Otherwise, would he have thrown such a tantrum?" Yao Jinfu rolled his eyes at Lao Ji and then fell silent.

"I drank too much last night, and besides, my boss scolded me terribly last night, so I didn't dare wake him up again," Old Ji explained with an embarrassed smile.

"You two don't need to call me anymore." Yu Dawei got out of the car, yawned, and his exhaled breath formed a mist that swirled in the air and quickly dissipated.

Yu Dawei closed the car door, took the car keys from Lao Ji's hand, and then walked to the front of the repair shop, unlocked the three-ring lock, and pushed open the door.

"You two drive the car in. If there's work, then work. If not, take a rest for the morning. I'm going to take a nap too." Yu Dawei said, tossing the key in his hand to Lao Ji. He dragged his tired body to the door of the small house, found a yellow key under the bricks next to him, opened the door, and went into the small brick house.

Old Ji and Yao Jinfu exchanged a glance, then Old Ji drove the car into the north wall of the yard and parked it against the wall.

However, before the two could even enter the house, shouts came from outside.

"Is Master Yu here? You're running a business, why are you never home?" The man, wearing a thick cotton-padded coat and a worn-out military green overcoat, was visibly startled when he saw Ji Youde and Yao Jinfu in the yard. "Where's Master Yu?"

"Hello, brother, I'm a repairman from Fanfan Repair Shop, from the oil city. What can I do for you?" Old Ji heard that the other party was looking for the boss and guessed that there might be work, so he hurriedly went to meet him.

"You're from the oil city, huh? Your skills are amazing." The thin-faced man first complimented him, then pointed outside the yard, "I'm a driver for excavators in the rental market. My boss came by a few days ago and saw a repair shop here, so he asked me to inquire if they could replace a set of hydraulic hoses for the vehicle. They have all the parts."

Old Ji turned to look at Axe. He knew his position in the repair shop. Even though the boss said that Axe and he were both employees, Ji Youde was forty years old. Could he not tell the difference between close and distant relationships?

This axe is definitely the person Yu Dawei trusts the most, like his right and left hands. If he can't make up his mind about something, he can see what Yao Jinfu means. After all, if he makes the wrong decision, he will have someone to help him, right?

“Let’s do it!” Yao Jinfu nodded. Brother Dawei invited Lao Ji over to do the work, so why not do it?

Old Ji nodded, then turned to the man and replied affirmatively, "Then leave it to us. Drive the excavator into the yard, and we'll get it done for you in two or three days if things go smoothly. As for the price, we'll discuss it after our boss, Mr. Yu, wakes up."

"Alright, the price is negotiable. My boss takes care of the car, do you think he'd be short of a few bucks?" The man was also the type to boast, and after bragging about his boss, he turned around and went to get his car.

Old Ji glanced at the yard, a large yard of more than four acres. The excavator could just drive in and park anywhere. Looking towards the north wall, he felt that it was more suitable there, as it wouldn't affect vehicles coming in for repairs.

Not long after, a Hitachi excavator drove in. It was much newer than the old Hitachi parked in Yu Dawei's yard, but the hydraulic hoses still needed to be replaced.

Old Ji directed the excavator to stop at a certain spot, while Yao Jinfu moved the old Hitachi truck in the yard back to a corner.

All of this was clearly visible to Yu Dawei inside the house through the plastic sheeting on the glass window. In winter, wrapping the window with a plastic sheeting makes the room warmer. Although the view outside is somewhat blurry, it is still generally clear.

"Not bad." Yu Dawei smiled with satisfaction, feeling that he could finally get a good night's sleep.

After relighting the cold stove and slightly warming the kang (heated brick bed), Yu Dawei finally snuggled comfortably into bed for a nap.

When Yao Jinfu and Lao Ji entered the house to get tools and change clothes, they were very quiet, probably still shaken by Dawei's outburst last night.

After the two went out, they didn't go to deal with the Hitachi excavator first. There were still two cars in the yard that needed repair, so they decided to take care of those two first.

According to Yao Jinfu, the owners of the two machines weren't in a hurry and that they could be repaired in about a week. That's why Yu Dawei and his companion had time to go to the oil city equipment factory to have the two Ackerman excavators inspected and repaired, and they also had time to visit Master Ji.

Having repaired large trucks, Ji Youde found repairing small cars to be as easy as fixing toys. In less than two hours, he had finished both cars, which was also thanks to the help of the axe in the repair and disassembly.

It was freezing outside, so the two of them would go inside to warm up after working for a while. Yu Dawei had already boiled a kettle of water in the stove, so they could have hot water to drink as soon as they entered the room. There was even tea that Boss Yu had placed on the cabinet on the north wall.

Fuding white tea – you'll know once you taste it!

Around nine o'clock in the morning, Ji Youde felt there wasn't much work left. He sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and was about to talk to Yao Jinfu when a minivan drove in through the gate. The two put down their teacups and hurriedly got up to go out. What happened next completely shattered Ji Youde's understanding: as soon as the repair shop's door opened, one car after another appeared.

The equipment included dump trucks, sedans, vans, SUVs... and even buses going to the villages.

Some of these vehicles are for tire changes, and some are for tire inflation. Although we don't have the tools to fix them right now, it shows that the customer flow is very good!

His own old-fashioned repair shop is nothing compared to this!
This time, Ji Youde truly believed what Boss Yu said. This repair shop was simply located in a feng shui treasure land. Even after removing those tire patching and inflation repairs, there were still several vehicles that genuinely needed repair.

Business was good, and Ji Youde was happy. After all, he depended on the boss for his livelihood. If the boss made money, he could make money too. Perhaps in the future, as the factory grew bigger and bigger, his salary would also increase.

He didn't refute the reason why his grandfather came over, because he trusted his grandfather's judgment. People who could be chosen by his grandfather were generally capable.

He used to have some doubts, like about Director Bai, but now he really doesn't have any more doubts.

As Ji Youde worked with the wrench, he became more and more excited. His long-dormant repair spirit gradually awakened, and the large volume of repairs made his blood boil.

As he released his sweat and battled against the cold air around him, he gradually rediscovered the feeling he had when he first entered the repair industry in his youth.

Especially with the efficient Yao Jinfu by his side, his own little thoughts of comparison began to surface, and the two quickly got into work mode.

When Yu Dawei woke up, it was already noon. He saw the two of them busy through the window, so he didn't disturb them. He prepared to cook for them first. He put the small iron pot on the stove, took out the lard jar from the dish rack next to him, and put some lard in it.

Then the cabbage and potatoes were all cut into strips. There was also some pork in the iron box by the door, but it was frozen solid and couldn't be thawed for a while, so we could only make do with this for the time being.

Besides the meat, the metal box also contained sticky rice cakes that his mother had given him, as well as steamed buns he had bought in town. He could just put them in the metal cabinet outside; in temperatures below minus thirty degrees Celsius, nothing would freeze solid.

Take some steamed buns and mantou, place them on top of the pot, and soon the aroma of stew will fill the house.

Most of the people who came to get their cars repaired were from the town. They would park their cars in the yard and walk home. Some of them came down from the national highway for emergency repairs, and Yu Dawei would invite them into his house to warm up.

The car was fixed, and I felt warm again. I paid the money and left satisfied, not forgetting to praise the two repairmen outside for their efficient work before I left.

After the three of them had lunch, Yao Jinfu and Ji Youde continued repairing the car. The two seemed to be competing with each other. Even though Old Ji was already forty years old, he still had the competitive spirit of a young man when it came to disassembling parts.

Although there was a lot of work outside, Yu Dawei was in no hurry to go out and help. Instead, he sat on the kang table, took out paper and pen, and calculated the repair prices of various types of cars and construction machinery. He planned to make a repair price list as soon as possible.

He had wanted to get it before, but the repair shop only had him and Axe. He knew exactly what to repair and what the price should be.

It's like if you learned a system of two linear equations in middle school, and you were reborn and went back to middle school, learning a system of two linear equations in two variables would be a piece of cake.

But not now. Lao Ji's joining will allow me to occasionally take a break and create a price list, mainly so that Lao Ji knows the prices and so that when other employees join later, they will know the repair costs for each car model.

The value of tire repair is definitely different from that of engine repair. Once the price list for each repair item is published, a unified standard will be formed, which will also facilitate subsequent management.

This is also one of the reasons why Yu Dawei took the least important thing in his past life, which led to the company being in such a mess.

Only the boss knows the repair prices and standards; it's not transparent, and he doesn't dare to be.

They are particularly afraid that their employees will find out how much money they make, which will make them feel unbalanced.

Looking back on his past actions from today's perspective, Yu Dawei's behavior was simply idiotic.

The disclosure of prices can only have a positive impact on employees. What the other party repaired and how much they repaired directly determines the amount of their year-end bonus. This is clearly a good thing, but it was ruined by Yu Dawei's decision to offer fixed salaries back then.

(End of this chapter)