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

Chapter 594 The granary is finished? Who told you that!
After hanging up the phone, the man cursed angrily: "Damn it! This bastard made all those promises, but he just played us for a fool!"

The man in the driver's seat next to him chimed in with a few words, mostly complaints.

There's nothing I can do. I thought I could catch a big fish today, and then I'd have all the performance bonuses and recognition for the month. But all I got was a car and a person, and nothing at all.

He could only wait to be criticized by his boss when he got back. And if the owner of the New Century Gas Station interfered even slightly, the middle-aged man couldn't imagine what would happen next.

I just hope that guy won't stoop to the level of these factory workers.

Management office of New Century Gas Station on G301 National Highway.

Yu Dawei pasted the red job posting sticker on the window outside the management office, while wondering who would inexplicably report him, otherwise these people wouldn't have bothered to target such a remote corner of his place.

How remote is it compared to the city? It's like the least noticed pond intersection in a village. You might pass by it every day, but you just pass by and never give it a second glance.

Even villagers living on the west side rarely come to the pond intersection on the east side, because there is no need for them to go there.

This made Yu Dawei even more puzzled. Could it be a competitor?
It's likely that only some hidden competitors will be watching him and might report him.

After all, in terms of time, it would be very slow for him to obtain these qualifications through the normal process without his second uncle's help. This forced opening of the business would definitely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

"Boss, another big truck is coming from the repair shop." Monkey had been following Yu Dawei around, busy with various tasks, but just now another semi-trailer truck drove up from the repair shop in the distance. At this moment, Monkey scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Take your apprentices and get busy." Yu Dawei waved to the other party. "By the way, Monkey, keep an eye out for people being hired at gas stations recently. They don't need to be highly educated, but they must be literate and able to do accounting."

"understand."

Yu Dawei continued to manage the gas station, sweeping up the fallen leaves around it again.

Yu Dawei has no worries about hiring at the gas station. No matter what kind of people they are, with him in charge, they won't cause any trouble.

However, he still considered selecting outstanding individuals from within Fanfan Repair Shop to serve as managers. Firstly, he knew them well, including their family background and personality. Secondly, Fanfan Repair Shop not only hired workers for repairs but also provided them with learning opportunities.

Therefore, anyone in the factory who puts their heart into learning progresses very quickly in the later stages. Their original primary or even junior high school education no longer represents them as individuals.

Yu Dawei also admires people who learn with the length of a lifetime in mind; he believes that if such people persevere, their future will not be too bad.

In the afternoon, on National Highway 301, Yu Dawei interviewed several people who lived nearby and came to see him, saying they wanted to see if they could work at a gas station.

Some were middle-aged women, some were old men, there were no young people. Yu Dawei later changed the recruitment criteria, the age was between 18 and 38, gender was not limited, and they could read and write.

With such a detailed job posting reposted, there were indeed far fewer people trying to fill the positions without proper qualifications.

Besides recruiting at the gas station, Yu Dawei was also looking into recruitment information at the grain depot.

His recruitment strategy differed from that of the flour mill. His repair shop primarily recruited men, and they couldn't have chronic illnesses, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to handle the high-intensity work over a period of time.

Just as Yu Dawei was sitting in the management office, holding a notebook outlining the recruitment details for the repair shop's staff, Duan Dahai suddenly called him.

This is good news. The leadership has given instructions to Yu Dawei and the others to go all out and get things done. As for Director Yang, it seems they don't need to worry about him.

Yu Dawei will have to return to Luhe Town in the next day or two to handle the recruitment. After the new staff are assigned to Fanfan Repair Shop, Yu Dawei can send the best people to the front lines to hone their skills.

Before it got dark, Yu Dawei drove to the small commodity wholesale market in the oil city, commonly known as Xinmate, to make recruitment easier. He bought a canvas tent there to provide shade and shelter from the rain, as well as two small blackboards, one meter long and half a meter wide, and colorful pull rings to create a festive atmosphere.

Recruiting should be done properly; creating a lively atmosphere can attract more people from the grain depot.

Although the goal was to help locals solve future unemployment problems, Yu Dawei believed that there were definitely many conservatives in the grain depot who wouldn't even glance at the job. Only Yu Dawei and his team could open up the recruitment process.

Not only that, Yu Dawei also had Duan Dahai start spreading the news in Luhe Town. In such a small place, he believed that in less than a day, everyone would know that the grain depot was going to be restructured and lay off employees. With all the pressure from public opinion, there would definitely be people coming to apply for jobs there.

After everything was prepared, Yu Dawei drove back to Luhe Town the next day to help Duan Dahai and Boss Liang publicize the crisis situation of the grain depot. In less than a day, everyone, whether they were going to work, running shops, or even going to the market, knew the news that "the grain depot is going to fail."

That night, everyone working at the grain depot was bombarded with questions from their wives: What was going on at the grain depot? Was it really going to collapse? If not, why hadn't they been paid for so long?

Some clever wives have even started encouraging their husbands to work in flour mills, since the benefits there are much better than those in grain depots these days.

In addition, recruitment information was always posted on the large iron gate of the flour mill. Anyone who was passing by on weekdays, unless they were blind, could see the big red paper posted on the gate!
Didn't you see that Director Yu went back to work at the flour mill afterward? Some people started to wonder if Director Yu had received some kind of signal long ago, otherwise why would he jump ship immediately after the flour mill was privatized, giving up even his secure job? The more they analyzed it, the more they felt that the news of the "grain depot going to collapse" wasn't just a rumor; in fact, there had been signs of it all along. This made the couples living in the small families of Luhe Town even more anxious, completely unsure of what to do next!
In a courtyard in Luhe Town, Han Jingping (Han Jingfan's older sister) had just arrived home around 9 a.m. when she rushed into the house and woke up Liu Liguo, who was already asleep on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Get up! Still sleeping! The grain depot is really finished now! And you still have the mood to sleep! I work from dawn till dusk every day! But you can't pay your wages, and you can't deliver the grain! What do you want? What do you want?" Han Jingping, like a tigress, grabbed her husband's arm with both hands and dragged him up.

Perhaps she wouldn't have dared to do it before, after all, her husband was the envy of everyone in the surrounding area, a good man with money, a stable job, and a big car that others couldn't afford.

But ever since Han Jingping was forced to work at the restaurant, she has felt increasingly uncomfortable over the past few years. Especially now that the whole family depends on her to make a living, her eldest son is almost eighteen years old and has reached the age to date. The family doesn't even have any savings, so how can she not be anxious!
Because of this, she looked down on her husband even more. She even got annoyed by the cars parked in the yard. She couldn't help it. When she thought about her own car and saw that Yu Dawei had so many different kinds of cars, like excavators and bulldozers, she was incredibly envious.

When you compare these cars, you're surprised by how much their value differs.

"Hey! You crazy woman, what are you trying to do! You've gone too far!" Liu Liguo was furious when he was dragged out of bed, and he shook off his wife's hands that were holding him.

No more firewood had been added to the house since he fell asleep, and it was getting a bit cold inside.

Most of the houses in the town are built in the same layout as those in Dawei Old Village, with a total of four rooms and two doors, one in the front and one in the back. The southeast room is used for the whole family to sleep, the southwest room is a guest room and a place to store miscellaneous items, and the northeast room is the kitchen and the place to heat the boiler.

However, unlike the large boilers in big factories, these are small stoves installed in individual homes, along with a few sets of radiators. There is also a water inlet next to the stove, and the water level is checked regularly. If the water level is low, some water will be added.

Because it was cold inside and the two of them were arguing, the other two children on the kang (a heated brick bed) also woke up.

Liu Liguo and Han Jingping have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is the older brother and will be eighteen in a year. He had been on blind dates before, but they didn't work out.

He dropped out of school five years ago and worked in another city, but he didn't seem to earn much money before coming back. However, he has some car repair skills.

Liu Liguo had also approached Yu Dawei, wanting his eldest son to work at Fanfan's repair shop. Yu Dawei did not refuse, since the shop was always hiring. Unfortunately, Liu Liguo's eldest son was used to being lazy and didn't last more than a week.

Moreover, he didn't actively study or listen to the lessons when they were in the evening. His car repair skills were not good to begin with. He had previously studied motorcycle repair, so he couldn't understand how to repair trucks or cars at all.

In the end, they could only slink away.

Now he works at a motorcycle repair shop in town, earning a little less each month, but it doesn't matter. This kid is selfish; he always keeps the money he earns in his own pocket and never mentions taking it out to buy anything for his family.

The girl, Liu Li, is three years younger than her older brother, Liu Wei. She is fifteen years old this year, just finished junior high school and has not yet found a suitable job.

When Han Jingping returned to Laotun some time ago, she was thinking of asking Yu Dawei to help Liu Liguo find a new job and also to help her daughter find a job. She was willing to lose face if she could actually get it done.

Unexpectedly, Yu Dawei showed no affection for his family at all, acting like a cold-blooded person. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. If her family hadn't been there, she definitely would have scratched Yu Dawei's face until it was covered in welts!
What a bunch of scoundrels! They were so humble when they were poor, but now that they're rich, they don't even look at people with a second glance!
"Mom and Dad, what are you arguing about! I have to go to work tomorrow!" Liu Wei was clearly more angry than his parents, staring at them with bloodshot eyes.

"It's all because of your useless father! The grain depot is about to collapse, and he doesn't even care! He's just sleeping soundly at home!" Han Jingping took off her coat and glared angrily at Liu Liguo: "What did you tell me back then? Didn't you say the grain depot was doomed? You asked Yu Dawei to be on the safe side! And look what happened! It didn't prevent anything at all!"

"What am I going to do? This family is living off my meager salary of a few hundred yuan! Waaah... Why is my life so miserable..." Han Jingping said, sitting down on a wooden stool and crying.

"Hey, what are you crying about! Who told you the grain depot is going to go under? Yu Dawei was talking to Lao Yang the day before yesterday, trying to poach us with a high salary. I heard the town leaders had already made arrangements for us."

Liu Liguo reached out and grabbed the overcoat from his feet, draped it over himself, then put on his shoes and went to the kitchen to add fuel to the stove.

He originally didn't want to tell his wife about this, and was thinking of waiting until he became the manager of Yu Dawei's repair shop before telling her, so he could show off a bit.

But now, things have gotten really bad. I don't know where my wife got the news that "the grain depot is finished." The grain depot is indeed going to be finished, but they won't be finished.

"Really? Yu Dawei is so smart, how could he hire you with such a high salary? I don't believe it!" Han Jingping had come to recognize Yu Dawei again over the past few years; he was not an easy person to talk to.

"Hehe, he had no choice. Old Yang said that the higher-ups told him to arrange jobs for us with General Manager Duan of the flour mill, so they had to make sure everything was arranged clearly for us. Not a single person or penny less would be acceptable!"

Liu Liguo smiled smugly: "I told Lao Yang at the time that when negotiating with Yu Dawei, we had to demand higher salaries and not let any of the brothers in the grain depot suffer. Don't you know what kind of person Lao Yang is? He's incredibly sentimental. He would definitely have to talk to Yu Dawei about this."

"Hehe, didn't Yu Dawei not want to help me find a job? Then let him make proper arrangements for everyone at the grain depot. Anyway, I'm the captain of the grain depot, so I definitely can't be taken advantage of."

Hearing Liu Liguo say this, Han Jingping finally felt relieved, and her tone towards her husband softened considerably: "If that's the case, then we really don't have to worry anymore. I heard that the flour mill pays at least 800 yuan a month, and even though Fanfan's repair shop pays less, there's a year-end bonus..."

"When these two factories come to you for workers, you'd better choose carefully. Repairing cars is too tiring; don't ruin your health."

"Don't worry, am I the kind of person who works himself to death? No matter which factory I go to, with my abilities I'd be a supervisor. Even if Yu Dawei doesn't help me or put in a good word, it doesn't matter." Liu Liguo crawled back into bed and smiled confidently at his wife. "Are you relieved now? Go to sleep. Even if the grain depot is finished, your husband won't be finished."

(End of this chapter)