Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

On the way to the city government, Ye Fan saw a public telephone booth, so he called Su Yuanhang and asked him if he could think of a solution.

Three years ago, Su Yuanhang had no way to do it. Now, after Su Yuanhang hung up the phone, he called his junior brother, who happened to be the mayor's secretary, and the secretary personally went to the door to wait for Ye Fan.

The mayor was worried that Su Yuanhang was exaggerating, but he called several state-owned enterprises and the factory managers all praised Ye Fan. The mayor decided to meet with him and have a good talk. The mayor had a meeting later, so he asked them to postpone it.

An old comrade asked casually during a work report: "Who is the mayor meeting?"

Mayor: "He's from the capital, a businessman."

The old comrade was a little curious, curious about the people in the capital: "Who is so arrogant?"

"I'm not sure. And she's a lesbian." The mayor felt it was incredible that a lesbian could do business in Ningbo, thousands of miles away.

Ye Fan has been dealing in goods for many years and has come to Yongcheng several times every year. He is well-known in Yongcheng. The old comrade blurted out: "Isn't it Ye Fan?"

The mayor was surprised. Is it so famous?

"you know?"

The old comrade heard that he was not an outsider and sat down immediately: "It's a long story."

The mayor looked at his watch and saw that Ye Fan was almost there: "Let me make it short."

"Her father was a general in the Air Force, and her husband was in the Army—" the old comrade calculated the time, "at least a division commander. But I don't know what his title is. These are nothing. She graduated from Kyoto University, and she was the one who took the lead in running the Yokoyama Food Factory that processes canned fish. I heard that she is very good at filling out applications, and every year during those years on the island, there were students who were the last to go to college and undergraduate. After graduating from college, she was not idle either. At first, she got clothing from here. In the past two years, all the leftover canned food, labor protection clothes, etc. have been taken care of by her. If she wasn't so powerful, people who wanted to get the goods through the back door would be very anxious with her. What is she doing now? Do you need to receive her in person?"

The mayor couldn't believe it: "Are you sure she has done so many things over the years?"

"That's a lot. I heard she has connections in Hangzhou, too."

The mayor remembered that the call his secretary received was from Hangzhou: "How do you know so much?"

"Her husband used to be in the navy, and the old minister of the Organization Department thought her husband had a chance to be transferred to the headquarters, so he poached him when she came out of the island and talked to several people. Unexpectedly, the navy sent her husband to the capital for further studies, but they lost both the wife and the army, and were intercepted by the capital." The old comrade said this with both laughter and tears, "One year after a typhoon, we all went down to help the victims. The old minister saw the navy and remembered this matter again, and even disliked the naivety of soldiers." The old comrade felt that if there were no outsiders, the old minister would have directly called him "stupid"!
The mayor rubbed his forehead. He was afraid that Ye Fan's matter would not end well. "How could a Beijing University graduate be interested in Ningbo? The least he can do is to work in a provincial unit."

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten it. The last commune secretary of Hengshan Island was named Su. The city has his file, and his son joined a provincial unit after graduation. The director of the Hengshan Food Factory has come to the city several times in recent years. I talked to him once. According to the director, the higher-ups valued him very much and arranged for him to be trained in the local area early on."

Mayor: "Secretary Cui graduated from the best university in the province. Could he be his junior fellow student?"

The old comrade nodded: "It's about right."

The mayor had only been in office for the past two years and was eager to make some achievements. He immediately stood up and said, "I'll go see if anyone has arrived."

When Ye Fan reached the stairs, she happened to meet the mayor. The mayor was very enthusiastic. Ye Fan was full of doubts, wondering what Su Yuanhang had said to make the mayor come out to pick her up.

Since the mayor was so considerate, Ye Fan didn't hesitate and took out the contract directly.

The mayor flipped through the contract and asked, "How many days past due? You want me to help you with this contract?"

"Don't bother with this contract. I'll find a lawyer to handle it." Ye Fan took the bag from Wei Jianshe's hand. Inside was a few defective samples. "Look at these things. They are really unusable."

Different trades, different worlds. The mayor looked at the scattered samples and didn’t understand: “These things have high requirements?”

"On the computer."

The mayor was shocked.

In the mayor's view, computers are a high-end industry. There are only a few computers in Ningbo's government agencies, and at least the mayor doesn't know how to use them. He couldn't help but be in awe and was careful even when handling and placing the samples.

The mayor didn't expect the matter to be so serious. He thought for a while before asking, "Are you a computer worker?"

“I studied computer science in college.”

The mayor admired Ye Fan himself and immediately asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"To be honest, one of my partners in this project is a research institute in the capital. The institute has limited funds and they hope to get the computer out as soon as possible. They are in a hurry." Ye Fan said, "Can you help me find two machinery factories and ask them to fix it for me? Money is not a problem. The problem now is that the molds and drawings are in the mold factory. If I don't pay the balance, they won't let me get the molds."

The mayor nodded: "This is easy to do."

"It's not easy." Ye Fan shook his head. "That factory leader isn't afraid at all that I won't pay the balance. I don't think it would be any use if you go there in person."

The mayor smiled and said, "I know how some people behave." He paused, "Don't look for a lawyer. This is a big deal. There will definitely be reporters reporting on it."

In fact, the mayor was worried that Ye Fan would contact reporters in Hangzhou and the capital, but he was powerless to stop him because he was out of reach. If the higher-ups saw that the Ningbo State-owned Mould Factory was a bandit’s den, both the secretary and he, the mayor, would be in trouble.

The mayor added, "The mold factory is overdue, so you don't have to pay the balance. I'll tell the machinery factory, so you don't have to come here again. Just wait in the capital to receive the molds."

The mayor doesn't understand computers, but he has been to a machinery factory and heard the workshop director say that the life of a mold is limited, and many products require new molds after tens of thousands of products are produced.

If he gets things done this time, Ye Fan's business alone can support half of the machinery factory.

"When can it be done?"

The mayor smiled and said, "Today is enough." Then he shouted outside, "Xiao Cui, come in."

Secretary Cui came in and the mayor asked him to drive Ye Fan to the Public Security Bureau and then find a few transport vehicles to transport the mold to the door first. He then asked someone which machinery factory had a mold workshop.

Wei Jianshe was stunned that there was actually someone more straightforward than his sister Ye.

Ye Fan didn't dare to believe it: "Leave now?"

"Aren't you in a hurry?" the mayor said, "Xiao Cui, go ahead. Remember, nothing can be left behind."

Secretary Cui gestured for them to come in, and Ye Fan and Wei Jianshe followed him out.

The mayor called the leader of the machinery factory he had been to before, but the leader was hesitant and did not dare to take the job because the mold factory that helped Ye Fan make the mold was a sister unit. Some leaders in the city were very supportive of that factory and even added two new lathes to the factory.

When the mayor heard him hesitating, he knew he knew something and ordered him to tell the truth.

The factory leader sighed slightly: "I heard it, but it may not be true."

"I will judge for myself!"

The factory leader no longer hesitated: "The leaders of the relevant departments do attach great importance to Ye Fan's order. Ye Fan is not the only one in the country engaged in computers. If the shells and small plastic products she needs are well made, other computer manufacturers will come to her, so the city approved two machines for her. It's just that Ye Fan's work seems simple at first glance, but when the mold drawings came out and the materials were loaded on the machines, they found out that it was troublesome. Although the money paid is not small, they can't actually make much, so they took a few orders for daily necessities. I heard that they are very popular in small shopping malls. There are only so many mold masters and machines. If they don't have time to work on Ye Fan's work, won't it be overdue?"

"He didn't know there was a contract?"

Factory leader: "Well, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Litigation takes a long time, and Ye Fan can't afford it. Besides, Ye Fan's husband is not here, and she can't take the soldiers to grab the molds."

"So you know everything? Asshole!" the mayor couldn't help but curse.

The factory leader realized that the new mayor was very angry, so after hanging up the phone, he asked the workers to immediately clear out a workshop to place Ye Fan's molds, and if there were not enough people, they could go to a sister factory to borrow some.

Ye Fan and his party arrived at the machinery factory. The factory director asked the master craftsman to collect the drawings and checked them one by one in front of Ye Fan. It turned out that there were many places that needed fine carving, but it was not a big problem. The key point was that all the molds were not polished and needed to be polished manually.

Ye Fan asked: "How long will it take?"

The old master told the truth: "Work overtime every night for a month."

"you alone?"

The master quickly said, "No! It takes at least two people to make one mold."

Ye Fan calculated the salary and asked the factory manager: "20,000 yuan, can it be repaired in one month?"

The factory leader calculated in his mind that if he assigned a few more people, and everyone got overtime pay, the factory could still make half the profit: "Sure! I don't want a penny if it's overdue. The steel fee will be mine if it's overdue for a week."

Ye Fan nodded: "Then sign the contract? Ask the accountant to go with me to get the money. Full payment!"

The factory leader almost lost his composure. He had never seen anyone so straightforward in the machinery factory in all his years!

Before the bank closed in the afternoon, the factory manager saw the money and immediately asked the seniors to borrow it from their juniors. At the end of November, the machinery factory called Ye Fan and asked him to send a truck to deliver the money directly, and the factory would cover the cost.

Ye Fan gave the factory manager the address, and several drivers delivered the molds to the injection molding workshop. Ye Fan specially packed several red envelopes, giving each driver 200 yuan as hard work fee.

When the driver returned to Ningbo, he reported to his leader that the transportation work had been completed successfully and he also said that Ye Fan's job was easy.

What Ye Fan said about research institutes waiting for computers was not nonsense. Many units were in short supply of computers, but buying them from outside was too expensive and the funds could not afford it, so they were all waiting to buy Ye Fan's cheap products.

The display screen was contacted, and aluminum alloy products were available. It was also recommended by the research institute. The production and assembly process was also supervised by people from the two research institutes. So when they heard that the molds were shipped, several companies who knew the inside story called Ye Fan. Ye Fan left the sales office phone number and told the customer that the sales staff would deliver the goods to the door.

At this time, Ye Fanteng took action. She could not sue the mold factory, but she would not be able to swallow her anger if she did not punish the mold factory leader. Fortunately, it was her this time. If it was someone else, they would have to admit defeat. So she sent a copy of the contract and the leader's dereliction of duty to the Ningbo Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The report was made under real name and the Discipline Inspection Commission took it seriously. The factory director was investigated before the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year.

Ningbo is a special economic zone and a port city. The economy has developed too fast in recent years and many cadres are not prepared. It is inevitable that they are mentally unbalanced or arrogant, so the Discipline Inspection Commission has found some problems.

Secretary Cui was the first to know about this and told the mayor. The mayor was only concerned about one thing: "Is the evidence conclusive?"

"The evidence is irrefutable! Ms. Ye's order is actually a trivial matter." Secretary Cui said, "I heard that Ms. Ye rarely goes to the mold factory. How did she know that the factory director had a big problem?"

"Maybe he spoke to Ye Fan in a tone like a gangster. A man like him is not afraid of Ye Fan's background, so it is impossible for him to behave himself in private." The mayor said indifferently, "Why do you want to provoke her?"

Secretary Cui couldn't figure it out. Ye Fan's business was not easy to do, but computer shells were all similar. If he made a name for himself, other manufacturers would come to him. He could make molds by changing the trademark and details, saving the design fee and making money. Besides, the first time is a trial and error. The first time took half a year, and the second time took four months. He could save a lot just from the salary.

Ye Fan thought so too, so he didn't expect the factory director to do that.

Due to limited manpower, most management talents these days were in state-owned units. Ye Fan simply paid more money and asked the factory leaders to take care of it, and he also selected four people from the sales department to keep an eye on it.

After the computer matter was arranged, Ye Fan went to the company to report the good news and then asked the employees to move.

The office building has nine floors, and Ye Fan has decided that she wants the fifth and sixth floors, and she will build an extra elevator, with a separate program that can only reach these two floors. She will also build a five-story talent apartment, which has no elevator but several stairs.

Ye Fan originally planned to build a three-story building, but the land he had acquired seemed to be quite large, and a single apartment with a kitchen and bathroom could not be built on one floor. The construction team suggested that if Ye Fan had money, he could build a five-story building. It didn't matter if he couldn't come up with that much money at the moment, he could just pay it off every month.

Ye Fan went out four times this year, and the money from the first three times was used to pay the balance of the house and the decoration fee.

The employee had nothing to do on the weekend and went to see the talent apartment. Upon hearing this, he immediately asked Ye Fan: "Is it a single room in a bachelor apartment?"

Ye Fan did not answer directly: "Each apartment has its own electricity and water meter. You pay your own water and electricity bills. You decide how many people to stay in."

The employee asked again: "Are there any beds?"

Ye Fan: "Won't your bed be available if you move it over there?"

The employee was speechless.

Ye Fan said: "The design and development department is on the sixth floor, and I and the finance, sales and other departments are on the fifth floor."

"On senior sister's head? That's so embarrassing." One of Ye Fan's junior brothers said embarrassedly, his mouth grinning from ear to ear, showing how happy he was.

The head of the R&D team glanced at him speechlessly and asked Ye Fan: "Why not eight and nine?"

"Tell me the truth? I'm worried that if there's a fire, you guys who sit in the office all day won't be able to run down. And the lower floors are not safe." Ye Fan suddenly remembered something: "Should I hire two security guards?"

Everyone looked at each other and said hesitantly, "No need?"

Ye Fan: "Yes! We also need to find a receptionist. The company's sales office is on the first floor, together with the security and reception. Should the security, reception and sales staff live with you, or should I rent another house?"

Team leader: "Let's live on the first floor. If we separate, people will inevitably have some problems. Besides, there are many rooms, so there is enough space for dozens more people."

"That's decided then. By the way, if anything is lost in the dormitory, contact the police, don't look for me." Ye Fan said.

The team leader laughed: "We are not ignorant children, how can we trouble you for everything?"

Ye Fan looked at the employees who joined the company this year.

Two women and one man lowered their heads.

Seeing this, the team leader couldn't help but ask: "Have you looked for the boss?"

Ye Fan's eyes stopped at a female employee with short hair. "Not long ago, she parked her bike downstairs while working overtime and it was stolen. It was a second-hand bike. Because of that, she walked several kilometers to come to my house in the middle of the night to find me. I didn't even ask her what happened, but she started crying as soon as she opened her mouth. I was so scared that I thought something bad had happened. Look at you, the employee dormitory is so close to the company, why did you buy a bike? There are buses downstairs if you want to go to the city."

The team leader was puzzled: "Then the three of them—" An idea suddenly occurred to him: "Did you three buy it together?"

Ye Fan nodded helplessly.

The team leader was silent for a long time, then said, "Don't tell anyone that they are my junior brothers and sisters when you go out!"

I can't afford to lose this guy!
Ye Fan said, "I have criticized them. There are many more motorcycles and cars on the road these past two years. Especially those who ride motorcycles, eight out of ten like to race. How sad would your parents be if they were hit by them?"

The three of them couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

Ye Fan retracted his gaze: "The circuit board and sockets over there are all fine. I also asked someone to custom-make a lot of small wooden compartments. They were installed a few months ago. They must have accumulated a lot of dust. I'll clean them up in the next two days."

The team leader asked, “You’ve never been up there?”

Ye Fan nodded: "I've been too busy lately, and my floor is all cleaned up by the sales staff. Fortunately, I haven't told them that it's on the fifth floor."

One of Ye Fan's junior sisters asked, "What about the other floors, are they rented out?"

"Right. I know we don't need so many offices for the time being, so there is an electricity meter and a water meter on each floor. Only one company is rented on each floor. I asked them to get a work permit. No one is allowed to enter without a work permit." Ye Fan glanced at everyone: "If you need help, go to the sales department. They have been very idle in the past six months."

The team leader said, "I'll keep an eye on it, you go ahead and do your work."

Ye Fan went downstairs and saw a brand new bicycle with a big iron chain on it and a big lock on the big iron chain. He felt dizzy in front of his eyes.

The team leader grunted as he carried the host downstairs and squatted on the ground to rest. When he raised his eyes, he saw the iron chain and lock. His first reaction was that his fellow junior brothers and sisters bought them together.

The three of them got off and the team leader asked, "Is the car yours?"

The short-haired junior sister nodded: "I don't believe it can be lost like this!"

The team leader hesitated for a moment and asked, "What did the boss just say?"

"But the boss bought this. She brought it here in her car a few days ago."

The team leader opened his mouth and said: "You - I think she is still not busy!"

Ye Fan was very busy a few days ago, but her junior sister who came from a small town and passed the exam cried miserably because she lost her bicycle. Although she couldn't understand why someone who earned a few hundred yuan a month would be so upset, she still couldn't help but get a new one.

In order to prevent them from falling due to the high handlebars of the 28-inch bicycle, Ye Fan bought a women's bicycle.

It is also because there are fewer employees now that she can care about them. Otherwise, even if she wants to, she won’t be able to do so.

When Ye Fan returned home, he discovered that something was missing in the yard, so he drove to the street and drove Zhang Xiaoming's three-wheeled motorcycle to buy two lounge chairs, one for the mother-in-law and one for her, so that they could keep warm and comfortable in the winter!
Geng Zhiye rarely had time to come back for lunch. When he entered the yard, he saw Ye Fan staggering: "Boss Ye, is the company closed?"

Ye Fan opened his eyes: "If you can't speak, just shut up. I'm just stealing a little time to relax!"

Geng Zhiye stretched out his hand, and Ye Fan grabbed his hand and said, "The TV series starring Erbao will be broadcast tonight, after the news broadcast. Don't be surprised if your comrades ask you if that is Erbao."

Geng Zhiye: "Can't you tell by looking at the name?"

Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh: "They gave themselves stage names. Your son is Ye Zi and your daughter is Xiao Ye."

(End of this chapter)