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

Chapter 263 Year-end holiday, salary and bonus payout

"And what about you, Master? How many friends like that do you have?" Little Agui asked curiously.

Haha, isn't one enough? Do you want a few more?
Yu Dawei sighed: "Anyway, remember what Master said today, it will benefit you. At the very least, you should say what you should say in front of your friends, and never say what you shouldn't say."

As they talked, the two arrived at the small house. Yu Dawei took out the blade series wrench and handed it to Xiao Agui, while he took a set of ordinary wrenches for himself.

Fanfan Repair Shop has a rule that all tools must be thoroughly cleaned after each day's repairs, including the toolbox itself.

The main problem is that Yu Dawei was too lazy when repairing cars in his previous life, and this is a bad habit he has left behind. After using the wrench, he would just pick it up and put it in the plastic bucket because he was tired, without separating it or caring about it.

Yu Dawei must get rid of this bad habit in his life and learn from the old man. Except when repairing cars, his tools are always clean.

We do dirty and tiring work, but we weren't born dirty.

Yu Dawei set a good example, and the people at Fanfan Repair Shop followed suit. After repairing the car, they would take the used exhaust oil, throw in all the wrenches used that day to clean them, and finally wipe them clean with a rag.

Gasoline evaporates easily and has a strong ability to wash away oil stains. The only downside might be that wrenches always have a gasoline smell, but for repairmen, this is a minor issue.

The group worked shortly after sunset to repair the gearbox and reassemble it into the car. After starting the engine, there were no problems, so they started packing up their tools.

Old Ji was the happiest of the group, since today was his last day at work, and if everything went smoothly, he could go home tomorrow.

I wonder how my mother is doing lately, and whether she's been taking the medicine I bought. Before the end of the year, I was thinking of taking her to see Yu Dawei's fourth uncle for a checkup. If it's convenient, it would be best if the fourth uncle could go to his hometown.

Yu Dawei had told Lao Ji about the medical skills of Uncle Yu Huai, the fourth uncle in their village, but he also said that Uncle Yu Huai was not a god and that there were some diseases that he could not cure. Moreover, he had seen many patients and there were quite a few difficult and complicated diseases that he really had no way to cure.

Fourth Uncle was a kind-hearted man, and he couldn't bear to see patients suffer from incurable diseases. So when he couldn't cure them himself, he would always come back and look through the medical books passed down from his ancestors. Unfortunately, he really didn't have as much experience as Yu Dawei, who repaired machinery, with difficult and complicated diseases.

Although they are not the same thing, Yu Dawei feels they are very similar, except that the human body is more complex.

In the evening, Yu Dawei didn't cook in the small house. Instead, he treated everyone to a meal at Shadapan Restaurant and found a private room to settle the bill.

The reason he didn't go to the newly opened Chen's Family Banquet in town wasn't because their food was bad, but because he was afraid of seeing his sister-in-law. Yu Dawei really disliked the way she looked at him, with that intensely jealous gaze.

Can't stand it.

In the private room, while waiting for the food, Yu Dawei took out his notebook and calculated all of Fanfan Repair Shop's monthly income. Today was also the 31st.

Excluding the income from field rescues, the repair shop's income from adding equipment totals 18,000 yuan. After accounting for days when the repair shop is delayed due to other matters, Fanfan Repair Shop's average daily turnover can reach more than 600 yuan.

Currently, the repair shop has a stable revenue stream. It may increase after next spring, but it will definitely not drop.

Yu Da was a little dumbfounded. In his previous life, he ran a repair shop and never earned so much money in a month.

In conclusion, it really is true what the old man often said: "Details determine success or failure."

The repair price list is clear and easy for customers to understand at a glance.

When settling accounts, a prepayment system is adopted, with half of the payment being a deposit and the remaining half being the final payment upon completion of the repairs.

Tools are cleaned daily, and grease and oil stains in the yard are cleaned up as soon as possible to ensure the factory is tidy.

Of course, aside from the details, the location is the most important factor.

Brother Duan's former scrap metal recycling station was practically the perfect location for him and Yu Dawei to make their fortune. It was right next to the national highway to the north and a rental market in front of the door. Could there be a better repair location?

Yu Dawei was thinking that if things didn't work out next year, he would buy Brother Duan's old courtyard. The national highway had only been repaired in the last two years, and with more and more private cars going to be built, if he could control this area, even if his repair shop lost money, it wouldn't be too bad.

This 18,000 yuan is just the cost of the repair shop's naturally flowing customers. Yu Dawei also went on a wilderness rescue trip with Xiao Agui this month.

Although the rescue time is relatively short, and the number of rescues has decreased significantly after the winter solstice, the income from field rescues is not much less than that from repairing machinery in the factory over the entire month.

It cost a total of over 15,000 yuan. However, Yu Dawei felt that this should be the best month for wilderness rescue. In the summer, when a vehicle breaks down on the road, there are actually many ways to tow it to a nearby repair shop.

Because there are fewer cars on the roads in winter, coupled with the freezing weather, environmental factors have increased the value of wilderness rescue in Northeast China.

Yu Dawei planned to continue this wilderness rescue line if he had free time, but if something came up or he got busy, he would reopen it when the factory had more staff, though that would likely be very difficult for customers. The factory's total income for January was 15,000 plus 18,000, a total of 33,000 yuan. This was just the cash flow; it included the parts, oil, gears, and other supplies that Yu Dawei purchased for the factory.

There are also expenses for fuel consumed during field rescues, daily expenses in the factory, and maintenance supplies in the factory, and so on.

All these miscellaneous items added together must amount to at least 2,500 yuan.

The modification of the Daihatsu van cost 1,500 yuan. In total, the factory spent 4,000 yuan this month, leaving 29,000 yuan on hand.

We previously agreed that if I repaired cars at the factory, it would cost 500 yuan a month, with the price gradually increasing later.

The December payment has already been given, but the 500 for this month hasn't been paid yet.

Old Ji earns 1,000 a month and has not worked for more than two months. Last month, around the winter solstice, Yu Dawei gave him an advance on one month's salary. He plans to give him the remaining salary along with his year-end bonus later.

After calculating, Lao Ji would receive 800 yuan as a 5% commission on the net profit from various car repairs. Adding this to his previous unsettled wages, he would have a total of 1,500 yuan.

Yu Dawei only offered Ji Youde this 5% commission on net profit, because he wanted to train Ji Youde to be the factory's maintenance manager. The commissions for the maintenance personnel who joined later would not be higher.

If Lao Ji's commission remains stable, it's equivalent to paying him an extra month's salary each month. His average monthly income should reach around two thousand yuan.

This was back in 1994. This salary level was many times higher than that of other professionals in the same industry. Of course, from the perspective of a future manager, Yu Dawei felt that the other party's salary level was just within his acceptable range.

The greater one's ability, the more one earns. On the one hand, Lao Ji's family needs money, and on the other hand, he deserves this level of salary.

Finally, there's Little A-Gui.

Xiao Agui has been with me for over a month now. When he became my apprentice, I, as his master, gave him a 500 yuan red envelope. Afterwards, I reminded him that he could buy some snacks, but he shouldn't spend them recklessly.

Xiao Agui was a very sensible child. He only took out one hundred yuan and hid the rest in a place that only he knew about.

Then he broke the hundred-yuan bill into ten ten-yuan bills, and exchanged one ten-yuan bill for twenty fifty-cent bills.

Lao Ji, Yu Dawei, and Yao Jinfu could see him every day, clutching a pile of small change as he crawled into bed to sleep.

This child doesn't buy anything else, but he always likes to sneak out during market days to buy those hard candies that cost one cent each, and then he'll share a few with everyone when he comes back.

That would be enough.

Now that it's the end of the year, Yu Dawei has made things clear to Xiao Agui that he will be paid 300 yuan a month, and there's a reason for that.

Regardless of whether he works in the factory or not, Yu Dawei will keep the 300 yuan a month as his salary and deposit it into a savings account.

Yu Dawei's idea was that his child would still need to study in the future, so he wouldn't be working in the factory anymore. During winter and summer vacations, the child could come to the factory to help out. Including pocket money, about 300 yuan a month would be just right.

This can be understood as Xiao Agui receiving a fixed monthly income of 300 yuan, regardless of whether he works or not.

As for the various miscellaneous expenses for schooling later on, Yu Dawei paid for them for free, but he would still keep a record in his little notebook. In case the child suddenly went crazy and insisted on settling all the accounts from back then, he would keep a record so that he would have a record of everything.

After all, he wasn't his biological father, just his master.

If it were Xiao Muyu, not only would I have to keep track of his school fees, but I'd also throw the note in his face in the future to see if he'd dare to throw a tantrum again. I'd beat the crap out of him!

The dishes, rice, and liquor had all been served, and the group ate and chatted while Dawei distributed their wages.

Because there was still the cost of taking the driver's license test, Yu Dawei had the money deducted in three installments, a 400-400 deduction method, with 400 deducted in the first month.

Old Ji received a total of 1,100 yuan. Xiao Agui had given him 500 yuan before, but he won't give him any more for now. He'll wait to receive red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

In the end, Fu Zi only received one hundred yuan.

"Brother, how about you consider this hundred yuan as my food allowance for living in the factory?" Axe gave Yu Dawei a bitter smile. This hundred yuan was a lot of money, but compared to Lao Ji next to him, it looked heartbreaking no matter how you looked at it.

(End of this chapter)