Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

Chapter 171 Increase the Power

"Brother, Grandpa asked me to ask you if Xiaohong and Xiaohui should also learn English?"

Back home, Shen Dong picked up a basin and prepared to take a shower.

The room is so dusty, I feel really smelly.

Upon hearing Shen Min's words, he replied directly, "Would they be willing?"

"Hmm, I didn't ask."

"If they're willing, then let's do it together. Teaching one is the same as teaching multiple people. I'll ask again tomorrow if it's okay. If it is, we can give the teacher a raise."

Shen Min handed the towel to Shen Dong.

After Shen Dong went to take a shower, she went to find Shen Hong.

As Shen Dong had predicted, none of the kids wanted to learn English.

Why can't we have a proper summer vacation to play, and you're telling me to learn English?

What is English anyway? Can it bring me joy?

The kids didn't understand, but the adults did! Tang Yue had a lot of contact with Li Chenfeng and knew what the current college entrance examination was about, so she directly forced Shen Hong to agree.

Shen Hui had planned to use his young age as an excuse to avoid it, but Shen Changping made the final decision: he would study with Shen Min and Shen Hong.

Only Shen Xing, who is just ten years old, does not need to participate.

"Brother, is learning English really useful?" Shen Min lit a mosquito coil and recounted what had just happened.

"Smack!" Shen Dong swatted another mosquito dead.

"Don't worry, it'll be very useful!" Shen Dong said confidently, then added after a moment's thought, "It will definitely be very useful for at least the next thirty years."

"Why thirty years? Thirty years from now is 2012?"

"Because we are still very backward, we need to go to other people's territories to learn. In thirty years, our country will be strong and we won't need to go to other people's territories to be subservient to them," Shen Dong murmured.

"But I heard from my teacher that America is full of skyscrapers, towering into the clouds. Can we really catch up in thirty years?"

"Yes, it's definitely possible!"

After much anticipation, the two refrigeration machines that Wang Xuebing had promised finally arrived.

Since they had cooperated several times before, Shen Dong didn't pay in advance. Once the equipment arrived, he immediately had Li Meiyu transfer the money.

The two refrigeration units did look quite old; they must have been used and then phased out by some state-owned factory after a few years.

Fortunately, the inner warehouse is large. Wu Qingfeng and the workshop staff tested it and found that it could hold 24 molds in one batch.

If all goes well, 3800 popsicles will be made a day.

Compared to before, sales have more than doubled.

"Old Wu, I've got all the equipment set up for you. Now it's up to your refrigeration workshop to perform."

"Don't worry, even if we eat and drink in the workshop, we'll get through these three months."

Perhaps influenced by Shen Dong's words, Wu Qingfeng ultimately decided not to hire any more people and instead planned to rely on the current six people to get through the entire summer.

Shen Dong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll personally hand out the bonuses at the end-of-September summary meeting! Everyone knows my personality; I'm sure there will be plenty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the six people present applauded, full of enthusiasm.

Since Li Tieniu's incident a few days ago, Shen Dong realized that he was not strong enough.

If one is powerful enough, a nobody like Li Tieniu would never dare to trip one up.

Therefore, he must speed up his pace and make himself stronger quickly.

If I become the most powerful dairy factory manager in the entire Pengcheng area, would he still dare to make things difficult for me?

In the past month, not only has the dairy plant itself made steady progress, but the four joint venture plants have also been steadily increasing their output.

From the performance report at the beginning of the month, Shen Dong could clearly know how much profit they made each month.

It's time to expand the team.

Yangliushu Dairy Factory was the last to join, and it was only through the acceptance and summary meeting that they got in touch with Shen Dong.

Shen Dong remembers that many factories were interested at the scene, but they all backed out in the end, probably feeling that it was shameful to produce other people's products. In the end, only Yang Liushu was determined to join.

During this period, with the opening of grocery stores one after another, the dairy factory's products have spread throughout the county, and the reputation of its popsicles and yogurts has continued to grow. Many struggling small factories have noticed the opportunity.

"Director Wang, I'm entrusting this matter to you!"

"Director Shen, don't worry, we will issue a notice soon."

Since Director Wang visited the factory last time, he has become quite familiar with Shen Dong.

Shen Dong came to him this time wanting the county's Administration for Industry and Commerce to take the lead in convening a meeting to invite more factories to become joint venture partners.

This is beneficial to the county's industrial and commercial work, and Director Wang naturally strongly supports it.

"Oh, right, take a look at this, it'll be issued soon." Director Wang pulled out an official document from a pile of files.

"The Notice on Regulating the Affiliation and Joint Operation of Food Processing Enterprises?"

Shen Dong looked up and asked.

"Yes, it was just issued. Please continue reading."

"The number of people affiliated with a company shall not exceed 8... It is strictly forbidden for affiliated units to subcontract in disguise... This document is so strict!" Shen Dong read it carefully and exclaimed.

Director Wang smiled and invited Shen Dong to sit down first before saying, "The food industry has shown signs of rampant growth in recent years, with all sorts of small factories operating under affiliation or subcontracting, and various other chaotic practices. The authorities have no choice but to take action to regulate it."

Director Wang then pointed at Shen Dong: "You made a brilliant move! If you had just been affiliating with someone else back then, you'd be in trouble now!"

Shen Dong then realized why he had been shown this.

Many factories now operate under affiliation, which makes them vulnerable to policy crackdowns.

Shen Dong adopted a contract system, which required the most money and effort. Many people were unwilling to do this, which made his approach seem correct.

He chuckled to himself.

He never considered using the affiliation model; from beginning to end, he only wanted to do it himself.

"Won't that mean a lot of factories will have to close down?" Shen Dong asked, frowning.

"It will, but it won't affect your plans this time. However, I don't know if there are any problems with your current joint venture factories. You should go and ask them, and if there are any issues, make plans in advance."

As a star enterprise in the county, everyone knows about the previous joint venture of the dairy factory.

Shen Dong's heart sank immediately.

We've just gotten on the right track, let's hope nothing goes wrong again.

"Okay, thank you, Director. We'll leave the joint venture to you."

Shen Dong left, deep in thought.

It was only when I passed by the county glass factory that I realized I had been focusing all my attention on the refrigeration workshop lately and had forgotten that the yogurt shop needed glass bottles.

I was completely overwhelmed.

Everything is piling up at once, it's driving me crazy.

Originally, I simply wanted to give my family a better life, but I never expected that I would end up getting involved in two or three light industrial industries.

Life is getting more and more tiring.

He could only sigh: There's nothing I can do, what can I do when I'm so capable!

I need to do some research on glass bottles to see if we can increase production, but we need to solve the immediate problem first.

Fortunately, none of the factories were affiliated with any of them, and Shen Dong was finally relieved after making his rounds.

If something goes wrong, he'll be crying and hugging the wall.

We can't afford to ruin the situation we've worked so hard to achieve.

Before the joint venture meeting, Shen Dong planned to put the glass bottle issue on the agenda.