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

Chapter 592 Late Night Visit
Yu Dawei stared at Zhang Liang's name on the list: "I remember this kid joined our repair shop when he was 18. He's 23 this year. He's gone from an apprentice to a master craftsman, and even became our shop's youngest outstanding lecturer."

"This is not just the result of hard work. This child is smart and talented. What young people like this need most is not to stay in the factory and accumulate seniority, but to go down to the front line, to find difficulties, and then solve them."

"That way, when I return to the factory in the future, I can take on greater responsibilities." Yu Dawei raised his head and looked at the two people beside him.

"Understood, boss. Just let us know what you need us to do." Old Ji now completely understood his boss's intentions.

He's going to re-select the factory's core personnel. Lao Ji thinks this is a good thing for the factory. Some of his subordinates, like Lao Zhao and Ben Jun, don't read or study much. They only have some technical skills. Now that they've become management, they just yell at people in a very forceful tone.

This is not good. Even for Lao Ji himself, he has been studying while repairing cars these past few years. There is a special reading room in the factory, right next to the dormitory, where anyone who wants to study can go.

Boss Yu has already created such good conditions, so if he gets eliminated, it's not his fault.

However, Lao Ji still felt that after so many years of brotherhood, he should remind him in secret that he should not only focus on repairing cars, but also on improving both the internal and external aspects of his business.

"So, what are your plans for the convoy, brother?" Yao Jinfu moved the stool closer to Yu Dawei, then reached for the stove hook and started poking at the potatoes in the coal ash to prevent one side from burning while the other remained uncooked.

“Let’s leave the fleet as is for now. You and Shunli have done a great job with the construction machinery. I haven’t been involved much this past year, but I’d like to separate the construction machinery refurbishment business.” Yu Dawei flipped the list over and started writing and drawing on the white paper on the back with a carbon pen.

Currently, the factory is responsible for the maintenance of various cars, trucks, agricultural vehicles, large vehicles, and construction machinery. This is one part of the business.

The second part is wilderness rescue. Nowadays, with the increasing popularity of mobile phones, there are more and more wilderness rescues on highways and national roads, and the business is getting better and better, gradually catching up with the repair business at Fanfan Repair Shop.

Unfortunately, Fanfan's repair shop is located in a small town, so the market size is limited. The inherent advantage of wilderness rescue is that it can travel everywhere, even as far as the Greater Khingan Mountains.

It is evident that the scope of wilderness rescue is still limited, but the rescuers are finding it increasingly difficult to cope.

This is why Yu Dawei wants to delegate the factory's repair branches to various cities. If there is field rescue in the relevant cities, the cost and time of repairs will be greatly reduced.

The third part of the repair shop is spare parts. In the future, Yu Dawei plans to organically combine spare parts and repairs to form a standard similar to that of a 4S store.

The fourth part is the refurbishment of cars. After several years, the refurbishment of used cars at Fanfan Repair Shop has become fully mature. Even Dawei has entrusted them with the refurbishment of used construction machinery.

However, I was still the one who found the car, and the drivers also participated in the process.

After that, Yu Dawei planned to completely relinquish control, thoroughly categorizing the repair shop into departments and setting a fixed number of people for each department.

In the future, when recruiting, we will assign people to different departments based on their specific circumstances and needs.

This is how a small business gradually becomes a corporation.

Yu Dawei shared his thoughts with the two men. In fact, the core personnel of his business are only a few people. Axe is definitely the first, followed by Lao Ji, and Manzi. Manzi went back to his hometown.

Even when the barbarian was present, he just nodded. He did everything he was supposed to do and didn't have any ambition to climb up to a management position.

Then came Taozi and Dafeng. Dafeng's situation is rather regrettable. Yu Dawei had once fantasized that if Dafeng were a man and wouldn't have to go through the marriage process, his life would definitely be easier.

But ultimately it's unrealistic. Married daughters always have to take care of their husbands' affairs, but this was all within Dawei's expectations, and there was nothing unexpected or regrettable about it.

Fu Zi and Lao Ji strongly agreed with Dawei's plan, but it seems that to completely separate the departments, a lot of time is needed to recruit, screen, and allow everyone to adapt.

"No rush, brothers. I plan to spend the next year establishing all the departments in our factory and finalizing the personnel." Yu Dawei reached into Axe's hand, grabbed the stove hook, and pulled a potato out of the coal ash.

The blackened potatoes looked terrible when Yu Dawei pulled them out. After a while, Yu Dawei dared to reach out and rub the potatoes with newspaper to remove the coal dust before breaking them apart.

Golden potato hearts, accompanied by the aroma of potatoes, were presented to the three people. But that wasn't all. To add some flavor, Yu Dawei went to the kitchen and got some Wang Shouyi Mala Xian (a type of spicy seasoning).

The spicy sauce was poured into a small white porcelain bowl. Several people dipped the potatoes in the sauce while eating and drinking water, which served as a late-night snack.

Yu Dawei handed the factory's personnel list to the two of them, and the three of them discussed the better repairmen in the factory over the years, those who were planned to be transferred to other positions. Yu Dawei asked Lao Ji to circle the names.

After compiling a rough list, Yu Dawei began to consider his other assets outside the company.

The 500 acres of land in Yake City must not be touched in the short term. Even if it is rented out at a low price, we must ensure that the land is used and not turned into wasteland again.

The value of those 500 acres of land in the future will be no less than the land he acquired in Qinglong Mountain. After all, there will be a 30-year land ownership regulation. Once implemented, that land will generate a steady stream of income for him over the next 30 years.

Moreover, with Xiaobai around, he felt more at ease and didn't have to worry about land use in Yak City.

In my latest chat with Xiaobai, I learned that this guy plans to farm in Yake City. He likes this kind of rural life, as if the sentiments that belong to the Chinese people in their bones have been awakened.

Besides land, Yu Dawei's real focus is on the oil city, marking the second major step in his life.

He wanted to settle down in the oil city, but unlike his second uncle, he was not only capable and ambitious, but also had the support of his father-in-law's powerful background. In just a few years, he firmly established himself in the oil city and joined the ranks of the oil city's bigwigs.

Yu Dawei was just an ordinary businessman; if he wanted to establish himself in the oil city, he had to proceed steadily and surely.

In my past life, I was too hasty in many things, and I was unwilling to share with my wife. Family conflicts and career conflicts led to a feeling of many obstacles in everything I did!

As our ancestors once said, "Cultivate oneself, regulate one's family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world."

His own incompetence was an internal factor, while family discord was an external one. By controlling these internal and external factors, Yu Dawei dared to take a gamble even in a poor market environment, especially since the current market was practically a golden opportunity. Qinglong Mountain, National Highway 301, and even gas stations were all opportunities Yu Dawei was seizing. He was using his resources to aggressively invest in the oil city whenever he found a suitable opportunity.

Yu Dawei has also figured out his future life plan. He will use his eldest son's schooling as a benchmark to pick up and make up for the opportunities he has lost and the regrets he has had.

If nothing unexpected happens, when his eldest son gets into high school, that will be the time when Yu Dawei will have completely established himself in the oil city!
The child definitely can't stay in the countryside forever. The teaching quality here is really not good, and getting into university depends entirely on talent. It's inevitable that Yu Muyu will transfer to the oil city to study.

Moreover, in a few years, his parents will go to Hohhot to find his second sister, Yu Yan, and help her family take care of the children.

The next time she returned should be when Yu Muyu was in fourth grade.

Yu Dawei sat by the stove, eating roasted potatoes. After sorting out some things in his mind, he looked up at the old-fashioned Big Ben clock hanging on the wall. It was 7 p.m.

It was still early for everyone to go to bed, so Yu Dawei planned to go to Old Man Yang's house next door to check on him. He had heard that Accountant Yang was a very filial person, so he planned to ask Old Man Yang to help persuade Accountant Yang as well.

That way, when it's your turn to speak, the success rate will be higher.

Having made up his mind, Yu Dawei told Yao Jinfu and Lao Ji what he was doing and quickly went to Old Man Yang's house next door.

Old Yang's sheepfold was quite large, right next to the gate. As soon as Yu Dawei approached, he could hear the sheep bleating and smell a strong muttony odor.

On the other side of the courtyard is a small storefront, the one where Yu Dawei's repair shop often goes to get cylinder boring and shaft grinding done.

Looking through the gate, the light in Old Yang's house was still on, though very dim. It seemed that the frugal Old Yang hadn't turned on the main light, but instead used a kerosene lamp.

As soon as Dawei entered the courtyard, a large yellow dog on a chain barked loudly. Then Old Man Yang and his youngest son came out. Unexpectedly, Accountant Yang was also there.

This gave Yu Dawei a sense of opportunity.

Old Man Yang invited the man into the house, and just as Yu Dawei had guessed, the three of them were sitting around the kang table by a kerosene lamp, drinking tea and eating melon seeds. However, upon closer inspection, the melon seeds were all the kind of dried-out, stale melon seeds.

As expected of Yang Gagu, he lives such a meticulous (frugal) life. After Yu Dawei took the hot water cup, they started talking about the sheep farming situation this year.

He didn't reveal his purpose for coming first, but instead started by chatting about everyday things to liven up the atmosphere.

Moreover, Yu Dawei was quite curious about Old Man Yang. If you include the dead sheep, there were at least a hundred in a year, which was no small number.

Furthermore, the government has a subsidy policy this year, so we should be able to earn quite a bit.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Old Man Yang became sorrowful, sighing repeatedly: "What's the point of making money? It's good enough if we don't lose money."

"Young Yu, you have no idea, this year the sheep have been hit by an infectious disease. All the sheep in the surrounding villages have been infected, and no medicine has worked." Old Man Yang had known Yu Dawei for quite some time, so he didn't keep anything from him.

He first blew out the oil lamp, then turned on the only light bulb in the room before slowly saying, "This year, there are sick sheep everywhere. I'm lucky; I dealt with the first sheep as soon as I noticed something was wrong, and in the end, I managed to save about half of them."

The so-called "disposal" means "sold," but where it was sold is another matter entirely.

Nowadays, people in the city are living better and better lives, but in remote rural areas of Northeast China like Yu Dawei's, it is still a hard-won opportunity to eat meat. In places where meat is scarce all year round, people are happy to buy cheap meat.

Yu Dawei couldn't really say anything about it, as every industry has its own operating rules.

"What happened next?" Yu Dawei sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), took out some dried-out melon seeds, and listened to Old Man Yang's story.

"Sigh, once most of them have died, everything will be fine. Actually, it's not just here; I heard it's the same all over the country. That's why the government gives us some subsidies." Old Yang took a sip of hot water. "The country is so good now. They know you're in trouble and will take the initiative to help you out. Otherwise, these sheep and cattle farmers would really be heartbroken this year."

Yu Dawei is usually too busy to know about this, but after hearing about it, he couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Just as he was about to give Old Man Yang a thumbs up, Old Man Yang suddenly changed the subject.

"But I just don't know when this place will be able to provide some welfare for the people. You probably don't know, but my eldest son's job is almost safe now, while the grain depot is about to go under." As he spoke, Old Man Yang took out a long pipe from behind his back and started to smoke.

"Hehe, I've heard about it, but this is definitely a good thing for farmers."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Old Man Yang cast a curious glance at Yu Dawei, while his two sons, one big and one small, waited for Yu Dawei to speak, to see what unique insights he had.

Now, the people in the town admire and look up to Boss Duan and Boss Yu; they are the pride of their small town.

It's likely that this kind of person has unusual thoughts and perspectives.

"Brother, think about it. Let's put aside whether the grain depot is being rectified or not. In the past two years, there have been more and more individuals buying grain, right? This is because there is competition in the industry. If I buy corn for three cents, there will be someone else who buys corn for five cents. Under such competition, ordinary people can also earn more money."

Yu Dawei took a sip of water: "Furthermore, China is a major agricultural country. Our Chinese people have been farming for generations. I believe that the time is just not right yet, and in the future, policies in all aspects will definitely favor land."

"Sigh, that's what a big boss is like, saying things that make you feel so open and honest." Old Yang said, smacking his cigarette butt, then sighed again, "It's just a pity about such a good job at the grain depot. I thought the boss would have a stable job, a secure job, but alas..."

Yu Dawei, standing to the side, wanted to laugh. Old Yang had really delivered a pillow just when he was sleepy. He had just been about to bring this up, and the old man had taken the initiative to do so.

(End of this chapter)