All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

The afterglow of the New Year's holiday hustle and bustle has not yet completely dissipated, but work in the department store has quickly returned to normal.

After the holiday, we have to take inventory, replenish stocks, and make purchasing plans for the new year, one thing after another.

After a year of "training" at the end of the year, Linruan seems to have gained more recognition in the purchasing department, at least on the surface.

On this day, Purchasing Group 3 held a meeting.

Wang Pinglan held up a document, her brows furrowed slightly. "The first task of the new year has arrived. There's a garment and textile factory in Yun County, Shandong Province, which is a sister company. We were originally counting on them to provide a batch of new fabrics and ready-made clothes for spring and summer after the New Year, but I just received a call and it seems they've had some production problems and may not be able to keep up with the supply."

"The message from above is that we should send someone to investigate the situation on the ground. If we can resolve it, we will do our best to ensure that our procurement plans are not affected. If not, we must quickly find an alternative source of supply."

She glanced at the senior buyers below. Old Zhang coughed and looked embarrassed, "Team Wang, Yun County is a very remote place. After getting off the train, you have to change buses three or four times, right?

I heard their factory hasn't been performing very well and their equipment is old. I'm afraid this job will be a thankless one."

Another Mr. Li also chimed in: "Yeah, and it sounds more like they're going there to deal with trouble. Maybe they'll come back empty-handed."

Several veterans obviously did not want to take on this difficult task.

Wang Pinglan's face was not looking good. She was about to forcefully assign someone to a position when she heard a clear voice: "Sister Wang, how about...let me try?"

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice—it was Lin Ruan.

She raised her hands, her face showing just the right amount of eagerness and a hint of calmness.

The office was quiet for a moment.

Lao Zhang, Lao Li and others exchanged glances. This time they were not just looking forward to the show, but more of surprise and suspicion.

She actually took the initiative to get involved in this troublesome matter?

Wang Pinglan was even more surprised. She looked at Lin Ruan and said, "Xiao Lin, are you sure? This isn't just a simple order based on samples. There might be difficulties over there. The situation is quite complicated. Can you do it alone?"

"Sister Wang, I'd like to give it a try." Lin Ruan said sincerely, "The teachers in the group are very experienced and have more important orders to handle. I'm young, so if I run around more, even if I can't completely solve the problem, I can still find out the actual situation and report back without delaying the group's subsequent arrangements. Besides, what if I can be of some help?"

She said this beautifully, showing both responsibility and leaving room for maneuver.

Wang Pinglan pondered for a moment. Since there really wasn't anyone more suitable, it would be wise to let Lin Ruan scout the way. So she nodded, "Okay, since you're so willing, I'll leave this mission to you. I'll have the finance department handle the letter of introduction and travel expenses as soon as possible. Be sure to stay safe on the way, look around and ask questions when you get there, and call me anytime if anything changes."

"Thank you for your trust, Sister Wang! I will do my best!" A smile broke out on Lin Ruan's face.

The business trip procedures were completed quickly.

When Lin Jianguo and Wang Juan learned that their daughter was going to deal with "trouble", they were worried and repeatedly reminded her.

Lin Ruan comforted her parents and boarded the green train to Shan Province with some simple luggage.

As a purchasing agent, she naturally could not stay in a soft sleeper, so Zhao Heping gave her a letter of introduction and bought her a hard sleeper. At least she didn't have to sit for two days and one night to get there.

After getting off the train, I took several buses and had a bumpy ride before finally arriving in Yun County.

This place looks more old and desolate than I imagined.

She lived in a county guesthouse with very simple conditions.

As soon as he settled down, Lin Ruan called the system in his mind: "Seventeen, scan the real-time situation of the target garment factory and textile factory to see if they have any problems."

"Okay, Ruanruan." The system responded quickly.

It turned out that the core components of several large cotton carding machines in the textile factory were aging and damaged, resulting in a sharp drop in production, and the county and even the city lacked maintenance technology and replacement parts.

As a result, garment factories lack sufficient fabrics and some production lines are in a semi-shutdown state.

The leaders of the two factories are extremely worried about this.

A hint of understanding flashed in Lin Ruan's eyes.

Just this little technical problem? For her, a fast traveler who has experienced countless worlds, it is a piece of cake.

The next day, she first went to the textile factory where the problem was originating.

After showing the letter of introduction, I met the worried-looking factory director and technical section chief.

"Comrade Lin, to be honest, we are now in a situation where even the best cook has no rice to cook!"

The factory manager sighed, "The machines are broken, and we can't produce the cloth. Not only are we delaying your department store's orders, but we can't even pay our own workers' wages."

The technical director also looked helpless: "The parts are too difficult to find. I asked a technician from the city to take a look, but he said there was nothing he could do."

Lin Ruan showed great sympathy: "Director, Section Chief, can I go and see the broken machine? To be honest, before I came here, I also had a general understanding of the difficulties our factory is facing.

My family has worked at the Capital Steel Plant for generations, so I've learned a bit about mechanical repairs. Even if I can't fix it, I can always ask the elders at the Capital Steel Plant, and they might be able to help me find out what's going on.

Although the factory manager had no hope, he still took her to the first workshop.

The old cotton carding machine in the first workshop was parked quietly, like an old man in his twilight years.

Lin Ruan changed into his work clothes from the textile factory and pretended to inspect the system carefully, but in reality, he was having the system perform a deep scan. "Seventeen, find the fault point."

"Okay, soft. Scanning... Fault confirmed: broken teeth on the third planetary gear set in the main transmission gearbox, causing the bearing to become stuck."

Lin Ruan knew what was going on.

She asked the worker to turn on the machine, pretended to frown and listened to the noise of the machine, then asked someone to turn off the machine.

Lin Ruan directly disassembled the machine and pointed at the circular gear set, saying, "Director, look, this is the thing that has a problem. This thing is called a planetary gear set, and the largest gear in it is called the sun gear. Now that the sun gear is old and the teeth are broken, it naturally can't run."

"Ah," the factory manager sighed and said, "Yes, that's what our technician from the city told us. But Xiaolin, you don't know. Our machine is too old. The technician said there are no replacement gears of this model available. You said if we ask a machinery factory to customize it, there are only three machines and three gears in total, and they won't take such a small business."

Lin Ruan showed a look of sudden realization. "Director, this model of gear set is indeed a bit too old. Let me put it this way. I'll go back and call my family and ask them to help check. If there's any, I'll see if I can find a way to transfer three of them over as soon as possible to try."

When the factory director and the technical section chief heard this, it was like they had grabbed a life-saving straw, although they thought the girl's words were a bit mysterious. How could a steel plant have something that a machinery plant didn't have?

But let's try it! I quickly thanked you profusely.

Lin Ruan used the excuse of going to the post office to make a phone call and returned to the guesthouse. Now that things had come to this, she naturally had to call her family. Regardless of whether the mail was useful or not, at least there would be a trace of the mailing.

"Hey, Dad, are you busy now?" Lin Ruan said with a smile.

Capital Steel Plant naturally couldn't have such old parts. Lin Ruan didn't ask for them, but instead asked Lin Jianguo to send him three planetary gear sets of a different model.

This model was selected after the system helped screen it. It could be transformed into the model she needed using a lathe in Lin Ruan's space without causing Lin Jianguo too much trouble.

There just happened to be three or five steel mills that were dismantled and were planning to sell them as scrap metal.

Lin Jianguo didn't know what use Lin Ruan had for this broken gear, but since his daughter wanted it, he simply bought three of them at the price of scrap iron out of his own pocket and sent them to Yun County for Lin Ruan.

It took Lin Ruan nearly a week to receive the package. After receiving it, he took the gear set back to the guesthouse, closed the door, and immediately entered the space.

"Director, Section Chief, we're so lucky! My dad said that although the steel plant doesn't have a complete gear set, they did find three usable gears in their warehouse that can be swapped out for our sun gear. They just arrived at the guesthouse, and I brought them here."

Lin Ruan said with a look of surprise.

Seeing the parts Lin Ruan took out, the factory director and the technical section chief were stunned! They carefully checked the parts and found that the models were an exact match!

"Comrade Lin! Thank you so much! You're such a great benefactor to our factory!" The factory director was so excited that he was incoherent. The technical section chief was also excited: "Now that we have the parts, we can try to repair it ourselves!"

Lin Ruan smiled slightly. "My dad was worried that you weren't familiar with disassembly and assembly, so he asked someone to give me a simple diagram. I can probably tell you the key points by looking at the diagram. How about we try it together?"

She "gave instructions" from the side using the precise steps provided by the system and the mechanical knowledge she had learned in her previous life.

In fact, the technical section chief himself was an old craftsman. With the parts, he quickly replaced the gear set and bearings with Linruan's "just right" instructions.

As the machine roared again and successfully produced qualified cotton yarn, the whole workshop was boiling! The workers gathered around, looking at Lin Ruan with eyes full of gratitude and surprise.

The director of the textile factory shook Lin Ruan's hand tightly and said, "Comrade Lin! You've solved our big problem! Come on! I'll take you to the warehouse myself. You can choose whatever you want. I'll definitely give you the best price!"

Yes, even if the textile factory's machines malfunctioned, causing the garment factories in the surrounding counties to run out of fabric, they actually still had two or three warehouses full of various fabrics.

Linruan not only successfully negotiated the originally planned order, but also took advantage of the other party's gratitude to place an additional order for a batch of high-quality khaki and corduroy in their inventory at an extremely reasonable price.

Even before leaving, Lin Ruan had a meal with the leaders of the textile factory in a state-owned restaurant. Although the factory director said it was his treat, Lin Ruan still rushed to pay the bill.

"Uncle Fan, Uncle Zhao, and Brother Li, thank you so much for taking care of me these past few days. Let me treat you this time. There will be many orders in the future, and I will come again when the time comes. Are you still worried that you won't have the chance to treat me back?"

The department store would reimburse this kind of entertainment, so there was no need for Lin Ruan to use favors to save a little.

The garment factory that Lin Ruan was going to was in the next county. The bus rumbled along for more than five hours, and the scenery along the way became increasingly desolate.

Lin Ruan did not feel any discomfort. His body had been subtly transformed by the water from the Spirit Lake, so the fatigue from the journey was nothing to him.

Finally arrived at our destination, Liang County.

Lin Ruan got out of the car and looked around.

The streets in Liang County are narrow, the houses are low, and there is a faint smell of coal smoke in the air.

That garment factory is right on the edge of the county town. It is the largest enterprise in the local area and an absolutely "good unit".

Arriving at the factory gate, she was again stopped by the guard. She confidently presented a letter of introduction from the Jingshi Department Store. "Hello, comrade. I'm Lin Ruan from the purchasing department of the Jingshi Department Store. We've been in touch before."

The guard looked her up and down, his attitude still cold: "Put the letter of introduction here first, you wait outside, I'll go and inform them."

After saying that, he turned and went into the message room.

Lin Ruan stood outside the door waiting patiently, but his eyes were scanning the surroundings.

She noticed that there were several dilapidated trucks parked in front of the factory. The bodies of the trucks were rusty and seemed to have not been properly maintained for a long time.

After a while, the guard came out, his expression slightly relieved. "The factory director wants you to go in. It's in the first room on the left on the second floor of the office building."

Lin Ruan smiled and thanked him, then walked towards the office building. As soon as she stepped onto the stairs, she heard a fierce quarrel coming from the second floor.

Driven by curiosity, she quickened her pace, wanting to find out what was going on.

As she approached the office, through the half-open door, she saw a middle-aged man yelling at several people who looked like workers, and the documents on the table were scattered all over the floor.

Lin Ruan hesitated for a moment, but finally knocked on the door.

The quarrel in the room stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes were cast towards the door.

"Please come in."

Lin Ruan pushed open the door and smiled politely, "Sorry to bother you, I'm Lin Ruan from the purchasing department of Jingshi Department Store."

The middle-aged man looked her up and down, his expression softened slightly: "Oh, it's Comrade Lin, please sit down first."

Seeing this, those who looked like workers quickly picked up the documents on the ground and retreated in shame.

The middle-aged man sighed helplessly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. The factory has received a lot of orders recently, but the supply of fabric is insufficient. The workers are anxious, and so am I."

Lin Ruan's heart moved, and a determined smile appeared on his face.

As he boarded the return train, Lin Ruan looked out the window at the northern wilderness speeding past, a barely perceptible smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

During this business trip, she exceeded the department store's purchasing targets. Even if she wasn't promoted, she would definitely receive a reward.

It's strange to say, it's not like she hasn't been to a cyclical world with a historical background before, but only this world makes her feel particularly involved.

Maybe it’s because the people around me are different.

Lin Ruan thought of the Lin family members who all loved her, and she felt particularly satisfied.