Chapter 453: The embarrassment of not being able to recruit people

The summer of 86 has just passed, and the autumn heat is still here.

Luo Yuzhu is more than four months pregnant, but when she walks, she already starts walking with her belly bulging.

From a distance, he looked like a general who had won a battle.

When the dogs in the courtyard saw Luo Yuzhu, they would walk around her carefully, for fear of provoking her and getting scolded.

As Luo Yuzhu's cousin, Luo Yuyan had to greet her cousin:

"Sister, the hot and sour noodles are ready. Do you want to eat them in the kitchen or in the yard?"

"It's so hot in the house, let's eat outside."

When Luo Yuzhu heard that her "afternoon tea" was ready, she automatically came and sat under the grape trellis.

After a while, Luo Yuyan brought the hot and sour noodles. The aroma was so fragrant that Luo Yuzhu was drooling.

However, Luo Yuzhu found that her cousin only brought one bowl, so she couldn't help but ask:
"Xiaoyan, just one serving? You don't want to eat it?"

"Sister, we just had lunch, it's not even two hours, and there's no baby in my belly to compete with me for food, so you can eat by yourself, I'm not hungry."

In fact, Luo Yuyan's stomach was fluttering as she smelled the aroma of the hot and sour noodles.

But she is a girl, she needs to control her mouth, otherwise she will get fatter and fatter, and have a pot belly like her cousin, which would not be beautiful.

"Then I'll eat it myself."

Luo Yuzhu was not going to be polite with her sister and picked up the chopsticks to start eating.

At this moment, a clear voice suddenly came from next door:

"Sister-in-law, what delicious food did your family make that made our eldest and second sons cry with envy?"

Luo Yuzhu was delighted when she heard this, and responded in a loud voice:

"Qiaogu, I asked Xiaoyan to cook some hot and sour noodles. Can you bring the child over?"

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll be there right away."

Because it was hot and humid at noon, Qiaogu didn't eat anything and just took a nap in a daze.

Now she was awakened by the noise of the two children. She was feeling empty in her stomach. When she heard Luo Yuzhu's invitation, she naturally didn't pretend to be polite.

A few minutes later, Qiaogu came to visit with two children with tears in their eyes.

Luo Yuyan made another bowl of hot and sour noodles, but because it was for the children, she didn't add chili oil.

As soon as Qiaogu entered the yard, she smelled the aroma of hot and sour noodles and couldn't help but smile:
"Sister-in-law, you eat spicy and sour food, are you pregnant with twins?"

"How could I know that?"

Luo Yuzhu said with a smile:
"However, my belly is much bigger this time than when I was pregnant with Yize. At that time, I was more than five months pregnant, but my pregnancy was not so obvious."

After Qiaogu sat down, she fed the children a few mouthfuls of hot and sour noodles. Her two children had already had lunch, and after eating a few mouthfuls of the hot and sour noodles, they started running around the yard.

The eldest is just over two years old, and the second is just over one year old. Neither of them can walk fast.

The three women looked at the children and chatted in their native dialect.

It was around five in the afternoon.

When Su Mingzhe came back from get off work, the women suddenly realized that another day had passed without them noticing.

"Qiaogu is here too. It just so happens that a friend of mine sent two boxes of prawns. Call Jianghe over and we'll have them for dinner tonight."

"Thank you, brother. I'll call Jiang He."

Since giving birth, Qiaogu has started to have a bit of a greedy appetite. When she heard that there were prawns to eat, she immediately took out her cell phone.

The mobile phones on the market today are no longer big brothers. Thanks to the hard work of Weilong Communications, small and exquisite mobile phones have now occupied most of the market.

Qiaogu uses the latest model of mobile phone, which has an LCD screen and can send text messages, take photos, record audio, and perform other functions.

Soon, Chen Jianghe, who received a call from his wife, rushed over from home. When he saw his wife and children, he did not forget to complain:

"Why is there no one at home? You came to my brother's house, at least let me know."

"I just forgot the time while chatting."

The relationship between Qiaogu and Chen Jianghe is very different from that of normal couples like Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu. They are like siblings, husband and wife, and also like lovers.

Su Mingzhe carried the prawns into the kitchen and decided to cook by himself today.

When Chen Jianghe saw this, he hurried in to help his elder brother.

The three women had nothing to do, so they continued chatting.

After a while, the nanny brought Su Yize back from school first.

Not long after that, Luo Tianbao also came back from school.

With more children, the yard naturally becomes more lively.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Jianghe and Qiaogu left, each holding a child.

Luo Tianbao also took his little nephew back to sleep and rest.

Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu began to talk about work.

"Golden Dragon Group now owns more than 300 plots of land. Although the external publicity was launched at the same time, the situation in each place is different, so the final opening time will definitely be different."

Su Mingzhe opened his notebook, and a national engineering distribution map appeared in front of Luo Yuzhu:

"Because of the weather, the working hours in the north are definitely longer than in the south. I plan to travel around the country in the second half of the year to ensure the safety of the projects, so that no one will go against the rules or pass off inferior products as good ones, resulting in shoddy projects."

"How many people are you going to take with you?"

Luo Yuzhu was a little worried. Local protectionism has been quite severe in recent years. Su Mingzhe's traveling around the country is actually equivalent to destroying some people's jobs, which is very hateful.

"I will bring enough people."

Su Mingzhe also knew that this kind of investigation would be extremely hateful, so he decided to do it himself.

Otherwise, he was afraid that various problems would arise before the construction of his 300 pieces of land was completed, which would be disgusting.

Seeing that the man had made up his mind, Luo Yuzhu didn't say much.

Su Mingzhe personally took charge of the problem because he had no one available. There were too few college graduates in China, and even if the company offered high salaries, it would not be able to hire many useful talents.

Among the generals he currently has, apart from the more than 30 management talents from Hong Kong, the only one left is Chen Jianghe, the pillar of the company.

The problem is that Chen Jianghe is too soft-hearted and too gullible.

Su Mingzhe was also afraid that Chen Jianghe would be deceived by a few words from others.

In order to avoid wasting time due to accidents, Su Mingzhe decided to make this trip in person.

Soon, September passed and golden autumn of October arrived.

Su Mingzhe rushed to Guangdong Province, which is very close to Hong Kong.

Su Mingzhe acquired more than 30 pieces of land here, accounting for one-tenth of the total investment.

While Jinlong Supermarket was developing in full swing, other groups were also busy.

Many groups have begun to take shortcuts and directly "acquire" or "contract" department stores that are still profitable.

Many private enterprises have become rich quickly through such channels.

Su Mingzhe naturally heard about the practices of these groups.

However, Su Mingzhe did not express any opinion on this and had no intention of joining in.

I don't lack that little money, and I don't lack that little time, so there is really no need to take that shortcut.

It was not until New Year's Day, which was Christmas, that Su Mingzhe confirmed the implementation status of projects in various places and returned to Yanjing.

After New Year’s Day, it will be 87.

Luo Tianbao is already thirteen years old and has grown into a big boy. He is a member of the basketball team of their junior high school.

Su Yize is now in kindergarten. After breakfast every day, he asks the nanny to take him to school. He doesn’t miss home at all.

After Su Mingzhe came back, he had dinner with everyone, took a shower, and then went to the bedroom.

Luo Yuzhu is pregnant with twins. Her belly is much bigger than when she was pregnant with her first child. Her belly is covered with stretch marks and she hasn’t walked much recently.

"The due date is next month. I have reserved a bed in the hospital. I will go there after New Year's Day."

"That's fine. I can feel the two little ones in my belly making a lot of noise these days when I walk. They are getting more and more naughty."

Luo Yuzhu didn't expect that carrying this second child would be more painful than the first.

If I had known this would be the case, I would have rather not had a second child.

Su Mingzhe asked the woman to sit down beside the bed and stretched out his hands to loosen up her joints.

If a woman does not take good care of herself during pregnancy, it is indeed easy for her to develop illness later in life.

After New Year's Day, Su Mingzhe sent Luo Yuzhu to the hospital to give birth.

Because it is close to the Chinese New Year, hospital beds are still in short supply.

Su Mingzhe also spent a lot of money and even used some connections to get a single room.

Nowadays, having money but no power doesn’t get you much help in a public hospital.

In ten years or so, when foreign-funded and private hospitals become popular, these problems will no longer be problems.

Seeing that the man had completed the hospitalization procedures and did not leave, Luo Yuzhu opened his briefcase and showed that he wanted to stay with her. She was touched and said,

"You're not going to the company today?"

"Mingzhu Technology is a high-tech company. We can still work here."

As Su Mingzhe spoke, he turned on the video conferencing function on his laptop and connected to the executive meeting that was being held at the company.

Luo Yuzhu found it quite strange.

I had heard of telephone conferences before, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today.

Mingzhu Technology's advertising slogan is really right:

"Technology has changed life."

In fact, this type of laptop video conferencing has been available abroad since the 1980s and 1990s.

It’s just that China is somewhat behind in the development of the Internet, which makes it particularly rare.

Su Mingzhe controlled the computer remotely and held a senior management meeting, the content of which was all the same old issues.

After the meeting, Su Mingzhe accompanied Luo Yuzhu to walk around the hospital for a while, and when Luo Yuzhu was tired, he continued to work.

At noon, Luo Yuyan prepared dinner at home and brought it over.

Luo Tianbao and Su Yize stayed at home and only came to visit after school in the afternoon.

After lunch, Luo Yuzhu took a nap.

When she woke up, her cousin Luo Yuyan was beside her.

Luo Yuyan had good eyesight, and without waiting for her cousin to ask, she took the initiative to speak:

"Sister, there is an emergency at the company, and my brother-in-law has gone back to the company."

"What's the emergency?"

"I didn't hear it clearly, but it seems like something happened at the factory in my hometown, so I want to borrow some money from Mingzhu Technology to help out first."

When Luo Yuzhu heard that it was not about her own company, she no longer cared much.

On the other hand, Su Mingzhe returned to the company with a headache and called Pujiang to ask about the cause of the accident and the solution.

The person who answered the phone was the manager sent by Mingzhu Technology. His surname was Chen. He was usually a relatively calm person. At this time, he explained with a tone of grievance:
"Boss, the workers here have a low level of education. The new machines you sent are different from the old ones, and sometimes the employees habitually operate them according to the old ones..."

Su Mingzhe got angry when he heard this:

"I have repeatedly stressed that new machines must be used by new employees, and new employees must be qualified for operation training before they can take up their posts. How could this happen?"

Manager Chen felt even more aggrieved when he heard his boss' angry words:
"Boss, I also want to recruit new employees, but I can't find anyone..."

(End of this chapter)