Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, all units resumed work.

Early in the morning, Li Youcai brought his younger brother Li Youjie and Niu Dazhuang to the factory.

As the weather gradually starts to get warmer, it is no longer possible to achieve a good freezing effect under natural circumstances, so the ice cream business can only be suspended.

This made Li Youjie, who had tasted the joy of making money, feel very sorry.

Li Youjie looked at the lunch boxes and utensils in the production workshop.

"Brother, how about we build a smaller cold storage? Our ice cream will definitely sell better in the summer. It would be a shame to give up on it just like that."

Li Youcai shook his head.

Li Youjie's idea is the same as that of many ordinary people. It is natural that cold drinks sell well in summer.

However, Li Youjie overlooked a very important point, that is, the loss rate of ice cream in summer is much higher than that in winter. Without refrigerated transportation, peddlers walking around the streets can only sell ice cream in cardboard boxes or foam boxes.

Put more ice cubes inside and cover it with a blanket so that the ice cream can melt more slowly.

But even so, such a simple method cannot last long.

Therefore, these vendors were restricted. First, they couldn't buy too much, lest the ice cream melt and they couldn't sell it all, resulting in losses. Second, their sales radius couldn't be too far, otherwise the ice cream would still melt.

In such a retail environment, investing a large amount of money to build cold storage is definitely not worth it.

"You think this matter is too simple. Suppose we now have a cold storage and can continue to make ice cream. It is also summer outside. Think about it, what difficulties might you face? How great is the possibility of failure?" Li Youcai patted Li Youjie's shoulder.

"Failure?" Li Youjie muttered, and his mind began to think according to the hypothesis his elder brother had mentioned.

Outside the factory, Wang Qiang and his brothers from the forest farm also returned.

Not just the original twenty or so people.

There were at least 50 people following Wang Qiang.

And they were not all men. There were also about ten women, all in their teens and early twenties, gathered together, looking at the dilapidated factory curiously.

Wang Qiang brought a group of young people from the forest farm to work in the county town. In just two months, all these young men made a lot of money.

This made the parents of these people extremely happy.

The news also spread in the forest farm.

So more and more people found Wang Qiang, hoping that Wang Qiang would take his young people to work in the county town.

Wang Qiang and Wang Rong grew up in a forest farm and have received help from many people, so they had no way of refusing.

So he took these people and returned together.

This is how the current scene came about.

Wang Qiang saw that the door of the workshop was open and knew there was someone inside.

Turning around, Wang Qiang said to the people behind him, "We agreed on this before we came here. I can bring you here to try it out, but whether you can stay, and who stays and who doesn't, all depends on Brother Cai's opinion."

Everyone stopped and the more than 50 people were divided into two teams. One group was the more than brothers who had worked with Li Youcai before. Naturally, they didn't have to worry about whether to stay or leave, and they were all smiling.

The remaining group were all new arrivals, and they were all a little nervous at the moment, worried that they would not be selected.

"You guys wait here for a moment, I'll go in and see if Brother Cai is there." Wang Qiang said.

Wang Qiang walked into the workshop and met Li Youcai and others inside.

"Brother Cai!" Wang Qiang shouted.

Li Youcai turned around to see Wang Qiang and said with a smile, "You're back just in time. After the New Year, we need to get the market construction started. Are all the brothers back?"

"Brother Cai, I was just about to tell you about this." Wang Qiang continued a little embarrassedly: "Brother Cai, I brought back a group of extra people this time because they heard that the brothers had made a fortune with Brother Cai and wanted to hang out with him."

If one person makes money, everyone wants it.

Li Youcai was not surprised by such a thing.

"How many people are there?" Li Youcai asked.

"There are 24 newcomers, 14 of them are women and 10 of them are men. The youngest is 17 years old and the oldest is 24 years old. They are all well-known to our forest farm." Wang Qiang replied immediately.

24 people, plus the previous group, there are more than 50 people in total.

Even if the farmers' market is built, it cannot accommodate so many people, so other arrangements have to be made.

"Brother Cai, everyone is outside. Why don't you take a look first? If it doesn't work, I'll let them go back." Wang Qiang said.

"Let's go and take a look first." Li Youcai nodded and prepared to take a look at those people first.

Several people left the workshop together.

As soon as Li Youcai showed up, the forestry brothers from the previous batch in the yard started calling out, "Brother Cai!"

"Brother Cai!"

Li Youcai glanced at these people and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone has had a good year. They have all gained weight. Hehe..."

The brothers were all smiling.

Li Youcai saw the people Wang Qiang mentioned. Compared with the previous group of brothers, these newcomers were obviously dressed much worse.

Many people were wearing clothes that had been patched up for three years.

Li Youcai's eyes swept across the faces of these people one by one and looked at them all.

Wang Qiang introduced him to everyone: "This is Brother Cai. Everyone, join me in calling Brother Cai hello!"

"Hello, Brother Cai!" The group of people looked at Li Youcai eagerly and shouted along with Wang Qiang.

"Female comrades who can cook, please come over here first." Li Youcai said to the crowd, pointing to an open space.

When the fourteen girls heard what Li Youcai said, some of them walked out of the crowd and stood over.

Children from poor families have to grow up early. Among these fourteen girls, ten can cook, and only four who are relatively younger stay where they are.

"The four of you come over here." Li Youcai said to the four girls again.

Upon hearing this, the four girls hurriedly stood where Li Youcai pointed.

Looking at these people, Li Youcai said loudly:

"Let me tell you something. The company will be opening a few restaurants soon. You'll all be split up and become waiters in the restaurants. But before that, you'll be cooking and cleaning for everyone at the factory during the day. At night, I'll have someone come over to give you pre-job training as waiters. The salary is tentatively set at 15 yuan per month, and food and accommodation will be provided."

"After starting work, waiters are paid the same as those in state-owned restaurants, but they are not formal employees. Those who do not perform well can be fired at any time. Those who do not work hard and do not seriously learn pre-job skills during training will also be fired. Those who are deemed unqualified by the training teachers will also be fired."

"Think about it now. Those who are willing to stay raise their hands. Those who are not willing don't need to raise their hands."

At first, when these girls heard that they were going to be hotel waiters, they were all very excited. After all, the job of hotel waiter is very rare.

But Li Youcai mentioned the word "expulsion" three times in a row, which made the girls feel pressured again.

At this moment, everyone understands that the job of a waiter is not easy to do.

Several girls looked at each other, and a few of them whispered to each other.

Wang Qiang didn't know about the plan to open a restaurant, and was very surprised when he heard Li Youcai's words.

Soon, several girls raised their hands, and then the other girls followed suit, leaving all fourteen people behind.

"There are fourteen of you in total. You will be staying in the factory at night from now on."

Then, Li Youcai looked at Wang Qiang and said, "You will be responsible for clearing out two offices for them and getting them some bunk beds so they can stay temporarily. Once we have booked a hotel, we can assign them new dormitories."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Wang Qiang responded immediately.

Li Youcai looked at the remaining ten boys and said, "The restaurant still needs some kitchen helpers and waiters. If you're willing to do this, you can work like them. Food and accommodation will be provided, and the salary is 15 yuan per month for now. You can receive training at night and help out in the factory during the day."

"Thank you, Brother Cai." One boy reacted quickly and expressed his opinion on the spot.

Although a salary of 15 yuan is not too much, it is already very good in this era when there are no jobs.

If they don't do this, they will have to go back to the forest farm and go into the woods to pick wild vegetables.

Compared with this, it is naturally better to stay in the county town and work to earn a salary.

Someone started shouting, and everyone else followed suit: "Thank you, Brother Cai!"

"You take charge of arranging the accommodation for these people. If there is not enough space for them, just rent a house outside." Li Youcai said to Wang Qiang.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Cai." Wang Qiang said to Li Youcai gratefully.

These people were brought out by him. Li Youcai was willing to accept them because he was giving face to Wang Qiang.