7. Third Story.
After Guo Lianjun asked Chen Moshan to solve Jiang Gaojie, she was busy with the cannery again.
Her canning factory sells canned food very well. As more and more places are affected by the war in China, more and more people choose to go abroad. In the port of Shanghai, there are domestic or foreign ships almost every day.
Those ships initially bought canned food from her for the sake of Sun Dachuan, but later bought canned food from her because her canned food tasted really good.
Speaking of which, Shanghai is actually not just one of her canning factories, but most of the canned food produced by other canning factories are imitated foreign canned food, so that in the end, it turns out that her factory’s canned food has the most unique taste, those sour cowpea sauce, cucumber chili sauce, etc. Not only will ships buy from her, but those who plan to go abroad will also buy some and take them away in their suitcases.
Of course, her canning factory does not only supply ships. In fact, most of the canned food in the food factory is now sold domestically. There are various warlords and ordinary people who buy canned food.
For ordinary people, although eating canned food is too extravagant, it is more suitable to bring one when visiting relatives, and it is also useful when visiting teachers and patients.
The benefits of the cannery were very good, so Guo Lianyun also increased its scale and recruited more female workers, but all this did not make her feel very happy.
Because Shanghai fell not long after the fall of Peiping. Fortunately, there are concessions, so the Japanese are more restrained. At the same time, because they all live in the concessions, her factory has a foreign ginseng with Sun Dachuan, and the safety is basically No worries.
But this does not mean that she can watch the people outside the concession wailing in pain, but even if she sometimes wants to help, she is powerless.
She is still too weak… Guo Lianyun put more energy on the factory.
“Why have you been frowning recently?” Sun Rushuang looked at Guo Lianyun in confusion.
“There are too many things.” Guo Lianyun smiled bitterly. As the scale of the food factory became larger, management became difficult. In the past, she and Mu Ling could negotiate and negotiate a charter, but now it is no longer possible. .
Just now, another incident of female workers stealing raw materials happened in a food factory.
In order to take care of more people displaced by the war, she did not oppress female workers to work more than ten hours a day like other factories. Instead, she chose to recruit more workers. The wages remain the same, but not everyone appreciates it. Some female workers are still unable to restrain themselves from wanting to take advantage of the factory.
Things like stealing raw materials have happened more than once, and even if she fired the female worker who did it, someone else would do it next time.
She once saw a female worker put the undercooked meat into her mouth with her own eyes. It was a scrawny female worker, and she did it just because she was too hungry. Even though she paid a lot of money, those female workers often had family to support.
In addition, some other problems are emerging one after another. Guo Lianyun has worked hard enough, but she is still overwhelmed.
“Should we hire some management personnel? My father did the same thing as you before. Later, he found two people who came back from studying abroad, and things were much easier. Because of this, he also forced my brothers to go to school. .” Sun Rushuang had seen the world and immediately put forward a suggestion.
“Indeed!” Guo Lianyun nodded, she should have thought of this earlier, rather than grabbing everything by herself.
Guo Lianyun wanted to recruit people, but it was not easy. Some people who came back from abroad were very uncomfortable with the chaos in domestic factories. He opened his mouth to accuse Guo Lianyun of being chaotic. He felt that all factories should be reformed. After calculating for a while, she found that if she did what the other party said, her factory might not be able to open.
In the end, Guo Lianjun did not find a suitable talent who came back from studying abroad, but found a person who had been working for foreigners in Peiping before, and the foreigners lost their jobs after selling the factory because of the war.
This man has never been abroad, but he has been helping foreigners manage factories and has rich experience. Moreover, he was recommended by Mr. Chen from Peiping who was greeted by the new people from Shanghai before. His character is trustworthy, and Guo Lianjun can rest assured to use him.
After delivering the factory, Guo Lianyun had some free time again, and after thinking about it, she picked up the pen again.
In the past, when Guo Lianjun and Jiang Gaojie were together, she never understood why Jiang Gaojie was rejected again and again, but now she understands it.
Jiang Gaojie’s literary talent is actually better than hers, but unfortunately Jiang Gaojie’s articles are often only literary.
Jiang Gaojie never really touches those poor and oppressed people, he never really thinks about the future of this country, he always turns a blind eye to some things around him, how can such a person write good articles?
For example, when they took the train from Peiping to Shanghai together, she noticed the mother who almost killed her child because of superstition, noticed that someone went two days and two nights without a bite to save money, and also noticed that a teenager secretly Climbed into the train without buying a ticket.
That was enough for her to write several short stories.
But what about Jiang Gaojie? Jiang Gaojie complained from the beginning to the end. He felt that the child in the carriage was disgusting. He felt that the smell in the carriage was particularly unpleasant, and he felt that the people around him were really unqualified.
Sitting in his seat, he either looked out of the car window or simply closed his eyes. The expression of disgust on his face never disappeared, but he didn’t mean to pay attention to life and think.
And after arriving in Shanghai, she looked for a job outside, worked part-time, and came into contact with all kinds of people. Those people could almost become the material for her writing. What about Jiang Gaojie? At first, this person stayed at home all day and refused to go outside. Later, when he went, he only participated in some school activities or lectures with the crowd. What can such a person write? What kind of emotion can he give to his poetry?
Suddenly, Jiang Gaojie came to mind, but Guo Lianyun quickly threw him away and began to concentrate on writing another novel of her own.
This article is about a family, a couple plus a son and two daughters. The family moved to Shanghai because the husband found a good job in Shanghai. They lived happily at the beginning. Unfortunately, the family moved to Shanghai. The owner was defrauded of all his funds and the money he borrowed from friends in the name of investment, and then he was fired because of his frequent distractions at work, and the life of the whole family took a sharp turn.
This man couldn’t accept the reality, so he chose to drink all day to escape. His wife could only choose to be a female worker, but when she returned home one day, she found that her two daughters had been sold by her husband, and her husband and son disappeared… …
This is a very realistic story, in which, for example, the lives of female factory workers are also inserted, but unlike the previous tragedies, Guo Lianyun set a good ending for both daughters.
People today need hope.
Halfway through the creation of this novel, winter came, and the weather became colder and colder. Guo Lianyun also changed into thick clothes, but in this world, there were always some people who seemed out of tune with the weather.
The dancers were still wearing cheongsams with their calves exposed, and even though they were shivering from the cold, they never put on their pants, and the people who were wandering on the street…
Seeing the children curled up and shivering beside the trash can, Guo Lianjun felt a little bit in his heart. Not feeling well. These children are actually not welcome in the concession, because they will steal other people’s things, and they will rob other people’s things when they see a single person. They have always been hated, but if they can eat and clothe… People will still want to get something for nothing, but most of them will definitely not be like this.
Guo Lianyun wrote two short stories, one about what happened to an outcast two hours before he froze to death. In the end, he stiffened in the trash can with a smile on his face, and was taken away with the trash by the person who took out the trash. Another story is about a rich man’s child who gets lost and goes through all kinds of terrible things.
The repercussions caused by these two short stories were not small. Many people noticed the increasing number of refugees. That is, taking advantage of this trend, Guo Lianyun and Sun Rushuang organized some people to help these refugees.
Of course, their help can’t be free. If that’s the case, maybe some people will sneak in and take their supplies. In fact, they just provided some factory buildings for the refugees to shelter them from the wind and rain, and then they A few different jobs were found for them to do, and they could get food for the amount of work done.
These jobs include spinning and weaving, sewing cotton-padded clothes, and making shoes, all of which were ordered by Guo Lianjun from a military buyer who often buys canned food from her.
The homeless people are not just children. In fact, there are many adults. They are all able to work. Even those children… It is very difficult for very young children to survive. Those homeless children are at least five or six years old. , they have endured a lot of hardships and can do some simple jobs, some of which are older and can even do better than adults.
Of course, not everyone is willing to work obediently. In fact, many people were brought here and found out that they couldn’t get free relief except for the first meal, and they broke up. Some people tried to snatch other people’s food. The fruits of labor… Guo Lianyun asked people to drive out all these people, no matter if they were adults or children.
She wants to help others, but she doesn’t have enough ability to help everyone now, so she naturally has to eliminate those who are not worthy of help first.
Of course, Guo Lianyun would not criticize children who were too young, and would even separate them from other people and let special people take care of them.
After Guo Lianjun and Sun Rushuang did this, some people in the concession imitated or donated some things one after another, which reduced the number of refugees on the street, but the war still exists, which means that there will be more and more people who can return their value. And the concession is the safest existence in their eyes…
Many people try to enter the concession, but they don’t know that the concession is now an isolated island, which is not absolutely safe.
After this winter, Guo Lianyun opened a clothing factory in addition to the food factory, specializing in the production of clothing needed by the army, and half of the refugees who helped her during the winter became the employees of the factory. This factory has also become the factory that recruits the most child labor, and was once condemned.
It’s just that although some people condemned, there are more people to help her. After all, she has never treated those child laborers harshly, and even many of them are simply being raised by her.
She guaranteed food and clothing for these children, but did not pay them wages, but just found someone to teach them how to read and tell them some truths every night.
So three years passed.
The children of that year all jumped a step higher, and Guo Lianyun initially lost money in the factory that only raised those children. At this time, the profit was comparable to that of a garment factory.
At this time, the war is getting more and more intense, and Japan seems to have plans to attack the concession…
“Miss Guo, I think you should consider leaving here.” The person who came here from Peiping has already helped Guo Lianyun take care of it. The man who had been working in the factory for several years found Guo Lianyun.
“Do you think this place will fall?” Guo Lianyun asked. Many people think Shanghai is very safe, but Guo Lianyun is a little uneasy, but she didn’t expect this person to feel the same way.
“I’m worried.” The man said.
“Let’s go abroad!” Guo Lianyun said suddenly.
Seeing that Guo Lianyun made a decision so quickly, the person who reminded Guo Lianyun couldn’t help being surprised, but Guo Lianyun knew that she had actually had this idea for a long time.
On the one hand, it is because the country is too chaotic. On the other hand, it is because no matter how much money you make in the country, you will also earn your own compatriots. If you can earn money from foreigners abroad, it is naturally better than in China.
Moreover, when abroad, it should be easier for her to obtain the technology of those foreigners, and she should be able to support more domestically.
Although he doesn’t like war, Guo Lianyun hopes that his country can win and is willing to support his country.
Guo Lianjun’s going abroad is very powerful. She did not leave alone. Instead, she took away half of the employees of her factory. At the same time, she also took away many domestic vegetable seeds and some animals.
The ship sailed across the ocean and sent Guo Lianyun to America. The land is sparsely populated. She bought a large piece of land and started to open farms and factories.
The factory is also a food factory, producing processed meat products, as well as canned food.
Guo Lianyun has been researching the tastes of foreigners in recent years, and has also produced several cans that meet their tastes, but she has not improved most of the cans.
She has eaten Western food, and although some of them don’t like it very much, some of them are delicious, which means that the food has a certain commonality. In this case, she does not need to completely cater to the tastes of those foreigners.
Keeping your own characteristics may make you develop better.
