Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 49 The Extremely Difficult Old Man

There are indeed many methods taught online. After swiping her phone for a while, Jin Yuanyuan decided to try using correction fluid to first erase the wrong logo and then paste on the newly printed logo. The result was not bad.

Fortunately, logistics and shopping are extremely convenient nowadays. She quickly bought correction fluid online and had 10,000 logos printed at the nearest printing shop. She even asked the shop owner to help her adjust the size to fit the requirements. In short, after a lot of busy work, everything arrived, and now it was time for the manual work.

A large group of people worked until midnight before finally relabeling and repackaging the 10,000 pairs of socks that Aunt Hong needed and loading them onto the delivery truck.

In fact, even Jin Yuanyuan herself thought she would feel a sense of accomplishment when the delivery truck drove away from the park, but in reality, seeing this scene filled her with frustration. After all, there were too many trivial matters, and the interpersonal relationships were just too complicated.

Li Lianqing was displeased when her voice was raised a little. Because she was a long-time employee, a good friend of her mother, and Cao Xiaoyu's mother—she was senior and influential—it was unacceptable for Li Lianqing to speak to her like that.

But was this mistake solely the fault of Mr. Yuan, the printing factory owner? Why didn't Li Lianqing check the proof? Why did she print it directly? Who will be responsible for the subsequent compensation? Can they be held accountable?

Jin Yuanyuan told everyone who was working overtime to go back and rest, while she herself went back to her office and sat down.

Cao Xiaoyu wanted to take Jin Feiyan home, but Jin Feiyan said she wanted to wait for Jin Yuanyuan to come with her, so Cao Xiaoyu had no choice but to drive his mother, Li Lianqing, home first.

"What? Go back, I'll stay at your place." Jin Feiyan sat down as well, tidying up the greeting cards and writing materials on the table. "I can stay for two more days. My boss went to Turkey and will probably be spending the holidays there, so I'm planning to slack off for a few days too."

"Feiyan, I'm thinking about something." Jin Yuanyuan pursed her lips. "But I don't know if doing this will hurt a lot of people."

"What do you want to do?" Jin Feiyan put down what she was holding and sat down next to Jin Yuanyuan.

"You've seen what's going on today..." Jin Yuanyuan picked up the paper packages with the wrong logos printed on them on the table. "I know this is difficult, but if we don't do this, I'm afraid there will be more and more problems in the future, and we won't be able to handle them anymore."

"You mean it can be printed wrong? Surely not." Jin Feiyan casually tidied up as well. Although the office was large, the areas were neatly divided, and everything was organized. Jin Yuanyuan was a clean person and good at categorizing things; even in the most chaotic situations, things would remain orderly.

"It's a people problem." Jin Yuanyuan looked at her. "Let's talk behind closed doors. I'm not afraid you won't like what you hear. Aunt Qing is getting old. Of course, it's not just Aunt Qing who's getting old, but also Uncle Li, the warehouse manager; Uncle Zhang and Aunt Wang, the workshop staff; Uncle Long and Aunt Long, the hot stamping staff... To put it another way, these people are all the same age as my mother. They should all be retired, but..."

"You think they're out of touch with the times, out of touch with your pace, so you want them to retire, right?" Jin Feiyan finally understood. "Have you considered that they might not want to? These people are all in good health. Except for Uncle Niu who suddenly had a stroke, the others don't even have high blood pressure. Besides, although their children have all graduated and are working, some of their jobs aren't good and they're still idle at home, while others have grandchildren to raise and need money... You want them to quit? Probably not."

"If I don't let them leave, it will hinder my work and make me very uncomfortable. Like today, if this happened in my previous company, I could have just thrown a tantrum and even fired the person who made the mistake. At least someone would have to take responsibility."

"That was your previous PR firm, that kind of foreign company, a place that eats people alive without spitting out the bones." Jin Feiyan laughed. "Yuanyuan, this is actually wrong too. Even if that's the company policy, you can fire those who don't do their jobs well in a company like yours, but not in our Jin Yaya, in Jinjia Village. Those uncles, aunts, and uncles all watched you grow up. Can you say any of them are bad? Speaking of which, the reason I don't want to stay here is because too many people watched you grow up and always feel they have the right to criticize your life. It's annoying."

"Yes, it's Uncle Qin at the gate. He's so old, yet he's still working as a gatekeeper. Sometimes when I see him trembling as he opens the gate, I get anxious."

"But how are you going to resolve this?" Jin Feiyan nodded. "Uncle Qin isn't short of money; it's just that his children are all abroad. He gets bored at home all by himself, so your mother invited him to sit at the door and gives him three thousand yuan a month. He doesn't serve as a doorman; he represents a sense of family. This is a tradition in our Jinjia Village. Look at which factory doesn't have a few like that? Even in Jinjia Village, there are several eighty-year-old uncles sitting in the warehouse doorway every day, basking in the sun."

"Then this is a problem of elder care and the environment for elder care that his family needs to solve, and it shouldn't be passed on to us..."

"So what do you think we should do? Send them home? Just sit there all day, watching TV? Who's going to cook? What if something goes wrong? I won't talk about anyone else, let's talk about Uncle Qin. He's been a close friend of ours since we were kids. Back then, after school we had nowhere to go, so we'd go to his house to do our homework, and he'd give us lots of food... Do you think you should send him home now?"

Jin Feiyan's voice grew louder, while Jin Yuanyuan remained silent. She had also thought about this problem and was extremely frustrated. She really didn't know what to do. But today it was Li Lianqing, what if it was someone else tomorrow? If she had to deal with these problems every day, Jin Yaya might as well close down.

"Why don't you ask your mother?" Jin Feiyan sighed. "I'm thinking, your mother must have encountered the same problem you had today. You weren't here before, and you didn't pay attention to Jin Yaya's work. Maybe your mother encountered the same or similar situation before, and how did she solve it?"

"This... I really don't know."

"And..." Jin Feiyan suddenly paused, lowering her voice as she said, "Your mother has been taking some old friends and former employees out to catch up with clients these past few days. Could she be having some reservations?"

"What do you mean?" Jin Yuanyuan's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)