Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

"Sister, don't cook dinner tonight. I'm exhausted from just arriving today. Let's eat out."

After the three of them went inside and rested for a while, the older sister decided to go out to buy groceries.

Fang Wei waved his hand, telling his sister not to bother, and then the group went to a long-established Hunan restaurant.

"Third Brother, are you going to the company tomorrow? I have to go to the furniture company for a performance review."

Pan Lianhua's most important purpose in coming to the provincial capital this time was to report on her work.

Since Fang Ping stepped down as manager of the furniture company, there have been personnel adjustments at the bamboo ware factory, making her even more relaxed. The specific tasks are handled by the two deputy factory managers; she only needs to oversee the overall operations.

During her visit to the provincial capital, she will also spend some time at the furniture company to discuss the company's development plan for the next three years with the management team.

"I'm going to the company tomorrow. Mr. Cai won't be there. I have some things to take care of at the company."

Fang Wei is essentially a chairman who lives behind the scenes, and he spends very few days at the company throughout the year.

Actually, it doesn't matter whether he comes or not, because he is willing to delegate authority. Cai Tong and other senior executives can handle the vast majority of issues smoothly, and only a small number of matters require his signature.

As the year draws to a close, the company's frontline staff have become less busy, but the company's senior management has a lot of things to deal with.

Fang Wei's presence at the company was also intended to allow Cai Tong to focus on streamlining Xiangyang Locks.

Xiangyang Locks is in a critical period of expansion, and with Fan Zhipeng, a wolf in sheep's clothing, watching from the outside, Lu Zhiwen really can't handle it alone.

After dinner, everyone went home together, washed up, and went to bed.

The next day.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua left early in the morning. They had breakfast on the street and then went to Yaoling Building together.

Yaoling Agriculture and Furniture Company are both located in this building, just on different floors.

morning.

Fang Wei convened a meeting to summarize the autumn harvest work, and the heads of various departments gave their work reports one after another.

He concluded by saying that overall, the work achievements were the main focus, but there were also some shortcomings that needed improvement. The results of this meeting will be reported to Cai Tong later, and some tasks will begin to be implemented immediately.

After the meeting, Fang Wei returned to her office and began handling official business.

He was busy until noon before he went to the company cafeteria for lunch. As soon as he walked in, he saw a plate of lotus flowers.

Yaoling Agriculture and its subsidiaries share a canteen. The management and ordinary employees eat the same food. The couple each got a meal and then found an empty table to sit down.

"Third Brother, the company food is pretty good."

After taking a few bites of food, Pan Lianhua couldn't help but offer a compliment.

Fang Wei nodded. He had already made the request to Cai Tong and the others that the employees' meals must be of high quality. The company only provides one meal; if everyone is still dissatisfied, then it really wouldn't be right.

Therefore, the food in the canteens from the company headquarters to the various production units is generally quite good. If any unit gets a complaint about this, the person in charge will probably be criticized.

After the meal, the two parted ways.

Fang Wei sat in the office for the entire afternoon, and he couldn't even remember how many documents he signed.

He came to the company this time and did the work of both the chairman and the general manager, otherwise he wouldn't be so busy.

evening.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua returned home, and their older sister then cooked several of her signature dishes.

Next, the couple went to get off work and came home every day, experiencing the life of white-collar workers. They were quite free when they were in the village, especially Fang Wei, who rarely sat still in the office, but these days he would stay in the office all day long.

Ten days later.

Cai Tong returned to the company.

"Secretary, the Xiangyang Locks matter has been basically sorted out. The factory in Xiangshan will have one production line operational by the beginning of next year, and another production line operational by next summer."

Fan Zhipeng indeed revealed his wolfish ambitions. He merged Xianfeng Locks, Mingguang Locks, and Mr. Wu's company into the Xianfeng Locks Group, putting significant pressure on us.

Cai Tong brought back mixed news. The good news was that Xiangyang Locks would soon be able to gain a foothold in Xiangshan, while the bad news was that Fan Zhipeng had integrated the resources of three lock companies, posing a threat to Xiangyang Locks.

"Business matters are easy to handle; we have a solid foundation and can slowly wear them down. I'm curious about one thing: how did Fan Zhipeng manage to achieve this?"

It's probably too early to say that the integration of these three companies, which were forcibly brought together, is complete.

To put it bluntly, Fan Zhipeng is definitely not acting in the boss's best interest; he is constantly trying to control this new group company.

Fang Wei was curious whether Fan Zhipeng's boss didn't suspect the other party's intentions at all.
"Actually, the matter is very simple. Fan Zhipeng gave up the temptation of huge profits and helped his boss escape a life-or-death situation. That's why the other party trusts Fan Zhipeng so much."

The boss not only promoted Fan Zhipeng to general manager but also gave him some shares. This wasn't just a simple act of gratitude; it was mainly because Fan Zhipeng was consistently generating profits for the company.

Cai Tong said that Fan Zhipeng has rich industry experience and has led Pioneer Locks to victory after victory, with its performance soaring.

After acquiring Mr. Wu's company, Xianfeng Locks and Mingguang Locks jointly formed a group company. Not only did his boss trust him, but Mingguang Locks also trusted him.

Fan Zhipeng, serving as the group's director and general manager, made a bold statement, vowing to lead the company to become the first listed enterprise in China's lock industry. "Didn't Fan Zhipeng's boss ever consider one question: Could Mingguang Locks be colluding with Fan Zhipeng?"

After hearing this, Fang Wei couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

He is now basically certain that the so-called Mingguang Locks is just Fan Zhipeng's alias.

But Cai Tong disagreed: "Really? Mingguang Locks and Fan Zhipeng are in cahoots? That's impossible. Fan Zhipeng doesn't have that kind of influence."

Fang Wei didn't explain, because he had no evidence and further explanation would be pointless.

"President Cai, let's put the matter of Xiangyang Locks on hold for now. No matter how powerful Fan Zhipeng is, he can't take over our company in one fell swoop. It's good that you're back. Let's have a meeting tomorrow to discuss next year's production plan."

Fang Wei planned to leave the provincial capital after this meeting.

night.

He called Yu Hao and asked him to inquire about the relationship between Mingguang Locks and Fan Zhipeng.

He always felt that this question was crucial and that it would be best to have an answer.

Yu Hao has extensive connections in Xiangshan. This guy also wears the hat of a feng shui master and occasionally uses his spare time to help people look at houses and graves.

He inherited Guan Chongyang's mantle and is indeed very talented in this area, already having a well-established reputation.

"Leave this to me, I'll definitely find out the details for you."

Yu Hao didn't take it seriously. This was a small matter, and he had acquaintances all over Xiangshan.

The next day.

Fang Wei went to a company meeting, and it was noon when the meeting ended.

After lunch, he and Pan Lianhua went home to pick up his older sister and then returned to the village.

Recently, the small melons grown in the vegetable greenhouses have started to hit the market one after another, and someone delivered a basket of small melons. Fang Wei accepted the goods and then paid for them.

He always acted this way, so the other party didn't refuse, took the money, and left.

"The honeydew melon used to taste alright, but now it just doesn't taste quite right."

While eating the honeydew melon, Fang Wei suddenly remembered that the honeydew melons and strawberries grown in the vegetable greenhouses had not been updated for many years.

He hadn't focused on these things before; he just happened to feel them today.

"Yes, you should improve the variety of honeydew melons. There are many similar honeydew melons on the market now, and the honeydew melons produced in our greenhouses have gradually lost their advantage."

Pan Lianhua chimed in, saying she also wanted to try something different.

Fang Wei remembered this incident, and since he had nothing much to do at the end of the year, he took some time to visit the vegetable greenhouses. Then he picked up some honeydew melon seeds and drove to the Yao village.

He couldn't possibly go through the trouble of collecting varieties from all over the world like he did with soybeans and corn. The potential of the honeydew melon had not been fully realized. If he could obtain a mutated variety, there would be a qualitative improvement in all aspects.

The experimental fields in Yao Village are not crowded. Recently, apart from continuing to cultivate the mutant strain of [Nan Dou 336], there are no other experimental tasks.

"Songlin, process these melon seeds and have them plant them several times to see if we can get a mutant strain."

Fang Wei's method was lazy; he skipped the usual steps and hoped to obtain a better variety through mutation.

While this method isn't foolproof, it possesses a unique advantage that significantly increases the probability of success. He's only planning to try it out now; if it still doesn't work by early next year, he'll intervene by changing the attribute values.

This method was already second nature to him, and the key was that the honeydew melon wasn't worth spending too much effort on.

"Okay, third brother."

Wang Songlin then made arrangements, while Fang Wei wandered around the experimental field.

The breeding materials for the third generation of soybeans are basically complete. Next, they need to be handed over to the research institute, where Fang Wei will guide them to complete the breeding plan for the next generation of soybeans.

There's no rush for this. After all, [Nan Dou 336] has only been around for a short time, so there's no need to release a new variety so quickly.

However, the importance of technological reserves is self-evident, and research work cannot be stopped.

After a while, all the members of the breeding team arrived, and Fang Wei told them some precautions for cultivating the mutant honeydew melon.

After giving his instructions, he left the experimental field with Wang Songlin.

"Have the housing subsidies been distributed to those without homes?"

The two walked into Wang Songlin's office together, and Fang Wei casually asked a question.

"Not yet! I was thinking of discussing this with you before, since you weren't here. The village's housing is planned, and self-built houses probably wouldn't look good. I was thinking, how about the village fund the construction of all the houses?"

In addition to agriculture and sideline businesses, Yao villages also have tourism, so the villages have accumulated quite a bit of wealth.

Wang Songlin's idea is that the village should still fund the construction of houses for this group of homeless households. This will ensure the uniformity of all buildings and allow more people to enjoy the village's welfare benefits. (End of Chapter)