Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 346 Being remembered
"Brother, what do you want from me?"

In the private room, Zhou Fengnian asked Zhou Weitian. There were four or five dishes on the table, all of which were Zhou Fengnian's favorites.

However, Zhou Fengnian did not pick up his chopsticks immediately. He wanted to get to the bottom of the matter first.

"Third brother, someone wants to interview you. Let me ask him if it's okay. He also said he wants to publish a book for you."

Zhou Weitian grinned and said, "I was also interviewed, haha, and I am the first self-employed person in China's millennium transformation. I have now become a figure in the catering and culinary industry."

Zhou Fengnian frowned slightly and said, "What exactly is going on? Tell me in detail."

"Today, someone came to me after dinner and asked me if I wanted to be published in the newspaper. The cooking skills of our Imperial Kitchen are very good. If we can publish in the newspaper, it will attract many customers."

Zhou Weitian briefly described what happened today. After talking about the man's information, he paused and thought for a moment, then continued, "He seems to be from the New Youth Times newspaper."

"That's good, but brother, I want to ask you something."

Zhou Fengnian asked, "Brother, did he take the initiative to ask me to interview you, or did he ask to interview me after you mentioned that we were brothers?"

Zhou Weitian was startled, and after careful thought, he said, "It seems like he took the initiative to say it. Third brother, I won't talk about your relationship for no reason unless someone is looking for trouble."

"Do you have his contact information?"

"That person left me the address and phone number of a guesthouse and told me to call this number if I had any letters."

Zhou Weitian also sensed something was wrong from his third brother's expression and tone, and asked quickly, "Third brother, is there something wrong with this person?"

"It's hard to say right now, brother. Give me his address and phone number first, and I'll have someone check it out."

Zhou Fengnian explained: "You and your second brother will not tell anyone. How can a magazine or newspaper editor know about this? The lowest level of our brotherly relationship is the police station chief, so they will not spread it.
Also, if you know my news, then you should, for this kind of thing, it is most reliable to send a letter directly from one person to another, why would it be a big deal to go through you. "

Strange.

Many newspapers asked him to write articles, but they were all sent to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building in an open manner, asking Wang Mingjie to select them before reporting to him.

How did he find Zhou Weitian in a different way? Zhou Fengnian has been very careful about this kind of thing recently. When he encounters something wrong, he has to be careful.

"I'll go back and call tonight. Big brother, don't worry about this kind of thing in the future. If you want to put it in the newspaper, invite your second brother and nephews to join you. I'll introduce someone to you."

Zhou Fengnian picked up his bowl and chopsticks and started eating. As he ate, he said, "Don't believe those who come to your door on their own initiative. They are not reliable. This newspaper is also unreliable. I have never heard of it."

He reads three newspapers every day, and his secretary reads more. I have never heard of such a newspaper. It must be a tabloid.

Most of the magazines that are related to youth were founded in recent years.

Zhou Weitian nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Third Brother, I'll listen to you. By the way, I'm thinking of opening two fewer Yushantang restaurants and more hot pot restaurants. I'll make the hot pot restaurants into chains, and Yushantang will focus on high-end restaurants."

Zhou Fengnian said casually: "It's up to you, brother. If you can manage four restaurants now, you can manage forty in the future."

"I may not be able to take care of it in the future. I am already in my forties and my son is unwilling to take over and help. It seems that I can only rely on my grandson in the future."

Zhou Weitian laughed and said that his son and his second brother's son wanted to take over the food factory. He didn't know their progress, but they had taken 300,000 yuan from him before.

I guess it's the same with the second brother. They probably don't want to make a small move and are planning to contract a factory to make big money.

Zhou Fengnian started chatting with his eldest brother while eating. Not long after, his eldest sister-in-law came over after settling the bill and told Zhou Fengnian some common things that happened in the restaurant.

Now many units entertain guests at their restaurants, but many people just give IOUs and settle the bill at the end of the month.

Qu Ying was reluctant to do this at first, but now all units are issuing IOUs, and if he doesn't accept it, he will lose a large number of customers.

After listening to it, Zhou Fengnian thought about it and didn't have any good suggestions. In the end, he could only remind the units that had not settled their bills for more than two months to stop losses immediately.

In two months, the losses are not that big, and not all units are without money.

The restaurant designated by the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building for receptions has now become the Imperial Kitchen. Although receptions are relatively rare, they are usually entertained here by factory directors who come to the city for business.

But a little bit adds up to a considerable sum; now the private rooms in the imperial kitchen are full every day because Zhou Weitian is not a secret in the eyes of high-ranking leaders.

Moreover, the food in Yushantang is indeed better than that in many state-owned restaurants and guesthouses. Since they can't go to Guobintang, they will definitely come here.

"Brother and sister-in-law, if you want to develop faster, then go to the bank to get a loan. With four stores and your recent booming sales, you can get a loan of at least 10 million."

After dinner, Zhou Fengnian was not in a hurry to leave, but started chatting with Zhou Weitian and his wife.

"Your idea of ​​buying a house and opening a restaurant is good. You can mortgage it now. But forget about buying land and a house for Yushantang. You can open a semi-finished hot pot restaurant as soon as possible.
We can build a central kitchen to cook the base and store refrigerated beef and mutton, and transport them to each branch on the same day."

Chain stores in later generations all did this, with unified purchasing and distribution, which could reduce purchasing corruption and the like.

After listening for a while, Qu Ying clapped his hands happily and said, "Third brother, this is a good idea. If we can manage the purchasing in our own hands, we can save a lot of trouble.

Wei Tian, ​​I felt something was wrong with the things that the two small shops in the First Restaurant purchased every day, but because he is your apprentice, I didn't say much. "

Zhou Weitian scratched his head and said, "Then build it. Once our central kitchen is built, they won't be able to do anything about it. I'll find time to talk to them. They've been a bit greedy lately."

He has already increased the salary of his apprentices, and now it is more than 400 yuan per month. Currently, only the top technicians at the Shenzhou Computer Factory can get this salary.

Zhou Fengnian's rank is relatively high, and his salary has increased once, but now it's only a little over 500.

Not long after, Zhou Jiaan came with his wife. He heard that Zhou Fengnian was here and hadn't eaten yet, so he hurried over to have a meal.

After arriving, Zhou Jiaan ate while listening to Zhou Fengnian talk about the factory development plan.

When Zhou Jia'an heard about the loan, he was immediately touched. He was just thinking of borrowing money from others to expand the factory.

He was planning to build an underwear and stockings factory. He had already chosen a location, but he was short of money to purchase the production equipment.

This time Zhou Jiaan plans to build a large factory, expecting to recruit one thousand workers. The construction of the factory and production equipment are estimated to cost eight to nine million yuan.

After completion, the production volume is estimated to meet the sales demand of three or four surrounding provinces, and then we will make a lot of money.

Now there are many merchants who travel all over the country. When they see good stuff in the south, they come back and say to Zhou Jiaan: "Boss Zhou, how come you don't even sell stockings in such a big factory?"

This idea suddenly came to Zhou Jiaan's mind. He had been planning for a long time and now he was ready to take action.

Originally he was planning to ask his father to borrow some money from the fertilizer factory, but today it was a coincidence that Zhou Fengnian was willing to help them get a loan from the bank.

They had also heard about factories getting loans from banks, but this was only possible in recent years, and only state-owned factories with a good reputation could get loans, as banks didn't care about small private factories at all.

But if Zhou Fengnian comes forward, there will definitely be no problem.

Zhou Fengnian has now figured it out. As long as his family and relatives do not violate the law and retaliate, he will help them if he can. If they can make money legitimately, what's wrong with him giving them a push? Laws and regulations have no control over this aspect.

After the three brothers finished chatting, it was already past nine o'clock and the imperial kitchen was about to close.

Zhou Fengnian also planned to go home, but before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and told his two brothers, "Big brother, you should hire more security personnel recently, especially for your clothing factory and big brother's imperial dining hall.
One factory has more property, and the other has people who are either rich or noble, so having more security guards will help to deal with emergencies."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan quickly nodded and said, "Third brother, you are right, we will recruit people tomorrow." There were a few security guards in the garment factory, but they were too few, basically equivalent to guarding the gate; after being reminded by Zhou Fengnian today, they also felt the importance of having more security guards.

Moreover, Zhou Jiaan felt that his clothing factory had to arrange night patrols. Otherwise, even if the money in the factory was taken away on the same day, the clothes in the factory could not be taken away.

Dozens of items were stolen, each worth hundreds of dollars.

The Imperial Kitchen also needs to hire a few more security guards, otherwise if something happens they will have to rely on the Wufu waiters to step in.

After returning home, Zhou Fengnian simply washed up, then went to the study and called the Security Bureau.

After the call was connected, Zhou Fengnian said, "Director Yu, I'm Zhou Fengnian from the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building."

"I encountered something today, and I'm a little unsure, so I'm leaving you with a tip: a magazine called New Youth Times contacted my eldest brother and wanted me to contribute or publish a book or something.
Most people would send letters to our company through official channels, but he contacted us through my eldest brother, which seems a bit strange. "

"Yes, Director Yu of the Dongcheng District Liuzhuang Sub-district Office Guesthouse, please check it out. If there is no problem, please notify me."

After explaining this situation, Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone. According to his intuition, this person's behavior was very strange.

Knowing his identity, it was a standard public-to-public invitation, there was no personal connection involved.

The Security Bureau is specifically responsible for protecting senior officials. Zhou Fengnian’s bodyguards are all dispatched by the Security Bureau. There will definitely be no problem if we leave this matter to them.

"Is there danger again?"

As soon as Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone, Zhou Yan, who had been waiting at the study door, asked.

Zhou Yan walked in with a worried look on her face. It seemed like someone was targeting her husband again.

"It's nothing. Maybe I'm just being too sensitive. You don't have to worry about me. The guards sent by the Security Bureau are absolutely professional."

Zhou Fengnian stepped forward and hugged Zhou Yan, then asked with a smile, "How are things going in the neighborhood office recently?"

"They are still like this even though they are an old married couple"

Zhou Yan blushed a little after being hugged. Fortunately, the children were resting and no one would come to the study.

She felt that she was really lucky in her life. She made the right choice at once and would be happy for the rest of her life.

As a high school graduate, she was lucky enough to become a factory announcer, but she didn't expect that the turning point of her life would be when she bravely invited Zhou Fengnian to watch a movie.

If I had been cowardly that time, I might not have the life I have now.

She has both a son and a daughter, everyone in the family has a job, they live in a three-story Western-style house, and she is the director of the neighborhood office. Now when Zhou Yan thinks about it, it really seems like a dream.

Zhou Yan smiled gently and said, "What can the street office do? They are all trivial matters. They notify that today and this tomorrow. They are all implementing the notices from above."

"I've thought of a way to get you promoted quickly."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "Although the subdistrict office is busy with many things, the most important issue at this stage is the excessive number of unemployed young people.

It just so happens that my second brother, Xianzhe, Xianrui, and our son’s factories are likely to expand, and by then we will need at least a thousand people, and all of these more than a thousand jobs will be recruited from your street office.”

Zhou Yan's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this. With so many recruitment vacancies, they could almost solve the problem of more than half of the unemployed young people in the street office she managed.

If it can be solved, it will definitely be a great achievement. The biggest headache at this stage is the unemployed young people. If there are too many unemployed people, it will bring a lot of instability, and what the street office wants is stability.

Although it requires some connections, it's okay if she can solve it through her connections. There are seven street offices in the entire district. If the street office managed by Zhou Yan can accomplish this, it will definitely be the most eye-catching at the end of the year.

This has been going on for two years, and since she will soon pass her university exams, she might be able to become a deputy district chief in two years.

"Will it not delay their business?"

"Why would they waste time? If the recruits are not good enough, they can just return them. Besides, after a few years of being jobless, they suddenly get a stable, high-paying job. How can they not cherish it?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said that although private factories cannot fire employees at will like state-owned factories.

But their factories pay workers relatively high wages; even Feiyang Electric Factory plans to increase workers' wages after it becomes profitable.

But Zhou Xianyang remembered what Zhou Fengnian had said to him: a strong country and prosperous people, and he was responsible for the latter item.

"I'll talk to them some other day and say hello then."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "It's getting late, go and have some rest."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian took Zhou Yan's arm and walked towards the bedroom.

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Liuzhuang Erxiang Guesthouse.

dong dong!

There was a knock on the door, and then a questioning voice came from inside the house: "Who is it?"

The security officer said, "There's hot water. Do you want some?"

The person in the house replied, "Hot water? Yes, wait a moment."

As footsteps sounded, the moment the door opened, the security personnel rushed in immediately and subdued his hands before the people in the room could react.

"Eh? Hey, what are you doing? Why? It hurts, it hurts!"

The editor of the New Youth Times newspaper had only asked a few questions when he immediately cried out in pain and begged for mercy.

However, the security bureau personnel ignored him. After carefully checking the house, they said to the man, "We are from the Second Division of the Security Bureau. We have something to ask you. Please come with us."

Although the tone was inquiring, the editor of New Youth Era was not given any choice and was directly carried away by two people, one on each side.

They had already investigated this person and informed comrades in the security bureaus of other cities to investigate the New Youth Times newspaper.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, they do have big problems, so they are taking the people back for investigation.

When it comes to major national safety incidents, the Security Bureau has the right to arrest people first and then investigate.

Zhou Fengnian was not clear about this matter. He just had to report the matter and wait for the result.

He is now busy with more and more things, although most of them are initiated by him and then handed over to other special teams.

Zhou Fengnian is just a technical consultant or technical director in name only, and people will only look for him when there are problems that cannot be solved.

However, the construction of this nuclear power plant may require Zhou Fengnian to take charge personally for some time.

There was no previous construction experience, so they had to start from scratch. Apart from Zhou Fengnian, no one else could take on this task.

(End of this chapter)