Chapter 84 Everything is difficult at the beginning (55)

The Su family’s dinner was particularly sumptuous.

It was Su Mingzhe's first time cooking. He made four dishes and a soup. Together with the dumplings made by Su Daqiang and the shoe-bottom pancakes made by Zhao Meilan, the family of five were well fed.

After dinner, Su Mingzhe and everyone drank a bowl of dumpling soup. After digesting the food, he told his family about what he had been preparing for several years.

"Mom, I have something to discuss with you."

Zhao Meilan was knitting a sweater. Winter was coming soon, and she wanted to knit a sweater for each of her two sons. When she heard her son talking, she asked casually:

"what's up?"

Su Mingzhe said, "Mom, I feel that with my current level, I can learn too little if I stay in school, so I want to apply for a leave of absence."

Zhao Meilan paused while knitting. She looked as if she had seen a rare species. She felt incredible and asked in surprise, "Boss, what did you say?"

Su Mingzhe noticed that the whole family was shocked by his words, but he had been about to say this a long time ago, so he said again in a serious tone:
"I said, I think it's a waste of time to continue to stay in school, so I might as well take a leave of absence so that I can have more time to do other things."

Zhao Meilan slowly came to her senses, and her face was no longer expressionless. Instead, she lowered her head, continued knitting, and asked:
"Boss, have you ever thought about what to do after you drop out of school?"

Su Mingzhe had already prepared the answer and said, "After I take a leave of absence from school, I have two plans. One is to learn more about other aspects of knowledge, and the other is to do more social practice."

Zhao Meilan was confused by what Su Mingzhe said. She frowned and asked:

“What social practice?”

Su Mingzhe chuckled this time and said simply and clearly:

"Make money."

After hearing these two words, Zhao Meilan was stunned for a moment, raised her head and looked at her eldest son Su Mingzhe, then lowered her head again and continued knitting a sweater.

This is the default.

Seeing that his wife had no objection, Su Daqiang had no say even if he wanted to object.

Three years ago, when Su Mingzhe set up a stall in Guanqian Street, he had already proved that he had the ability to enter society and start a career.

Since his parents had already agreed to let him take a leave of absence from school, Su Mingzhe took the opportunity to ask Su Daqiang to help him with the procedures for taking a leave of absence when school started on Monday.

Taking a leave of absence does not mean suspending studies.

Moreover, the "leave of absence" that Su Mingzhe wanted was not the "leave of absence" that ordinary people in school understood.

In general, he would retain his student status and not go to school for classes. However, Su Mingzhe would still need to go back to take the exams that the school would record in his file.

If an ordinary student did this, the school would definitely not care.

However, if Su Mingzhe, who is considered a top student in the eyes of his teachers, wants to go through the "leave of absence" procedure, he needs to convince his class teacher and grade director.

Su Mingzhe handed the matter over to his biological father Su Daqiang.

Anyway, Su Daqiang is a high school teacher.

After Su Mingzhe promised that he would take the final exams, midterm exams, and final exams on time, Su Daqiang reluctantly agreed to help him go through the procedures for taking a leave of absence.

Su Mingzhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that I don’t have to go to school, I will have more time to slowly build my own business empire.

After all, money is the bottom line.

Of course, if his family was rich, Su Mingzhe would also want to have his own ideals, such as becoming a scientist, musician, or even a painter.

Unfortunately, the Su family has no money.

The next day is weekend.

Su Mingzhe went to Taiping Town again.

I made an appointment with Mr. Lin yesterday. Today I will teach everyone how to make spicy strips and spicy slices.

Hand-making spicy strips and slices requires a lot of manpower.

Fortunately, in this era, labor is very cheap.

Rural people can work from morning to night for ten yuan and a meal.

A skilled worker like a bricklayer only earns 20 to 30 yuan a day.

After all, there is too much surplus labor in rural areas.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at Taiping Town, the Lin family had already gathered more than twenty relatives and friends, all of whom wanted to come to work and earn money.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at the place, he didn't say anything. He sat down with his horse and sword and began to direct everyone to start working.

Mixing flour, making bean cakes, frying in oil, etc.

After working hard for a whole morning, we produced dozens of kilograms of finished products.

At lunch, everyone ate steamed buns with spicy chips.

Everyone enjoyed the food and was full of confidence in the future of the processing plant.

The taste is so delicious.

In this era, the average rural family could only eat a few pickled vegetables, a piece of mixed tofu, and some stir-fried vegetables.

The spicy slices and spicy strips made by Su Mingzhe still have a great impact in this era.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, after seeing that every worker had mastered the skills, Su Mingzhe was about to say goodbye.

There are so many things to consider when starting a food processing factory.

Being able to skillfully produce finished products is only the first step.

Tomorrow, Su Mingzhe will not only go to the packaging factory to customize packaging bags and boxes, but also go to the machinery factory to prepare to customize some machines.

"Mingzhe, wait for me."

Lin Qiyue was carrying a big bag filled with a lot of winter clothes and food.

"Let me help you."

Su Mingzhe took the bag and did not give Lin Qiyue a chance to be polite. He said directly: "Qiyue, I want to ask you for a favor."

Lin Qiyue wanted to refuse Su Mingzhe's offer to help carry the bags, but Su Mingzhe changed the subject and asked in confusion, "Huh? What's the matter?"

"I asked my family to help me take a leave of absence from school. From now on, please help me supervise Li Ansheng's studies at school. If she doesn't obey, please tell me."

After hearing this, Lin Qiyue agreed with an awkward look on her face: "Well, okay."

Su Mingzhe and Lin Qiyue arrived at the bus stop and chatted casually. Lin Qiyue was still a little shy, and after getting on the bus and sitting next to Su Mingzhe, her face immediately turned red and she dared not look at Su Mingzhe anymore.

Su Mingzhe was not in the mood to flirt with the girl. After all, she was his girlfriend's best friend and it would be easy to get socially frustrated.

Pooh!
Su Mingzhe is a focused and good man. Even if she is not his girlfriend’s best friend, he will not flirt with her.

The two of them sat there until they reached the school, where Lin Qiyue carried her bag, entered the school, and went back to the dormitory.

Su Mingzhe turned around and went to Li Ansheng's house to check on Li Ansheng's study progress this weekend.

When Li Ansheng saw her boyfriend, her originally bored and dazed expression suddenly became lively.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xiaofang suddenly felt a little resentful, as if her own daughter had become someone else's cabbage.

We had dinner a little early, around five o'clock.

At six o'clock, we go to school together for evening self-study.

Su Mingzhe went to the office and went through the leave of absence procedures with Su Daqiang.

When Nie Lai Jin heard that Su Mingzhe wanted to drop out of school, he subconsciously objected.

Unfortunately, Su Mingzhe's parents agreed. Old Nie was just a class teacher, so his opinion was dispensable.

In addition, Su Mingzhe promised to take part in every important school exam, so Nie Lai Jin had no choice but to approve Su Mingzhe's application for leave of absence.

However, today is the weekend, so if we want the grade director’s approval, we have to wait until tomorrow.

Since Su Mingzhe had things to do the next day, he simply asked Su Daqiang to help him with the matter. He returned to the class and discussed with the deputy monitor and handed over the position of monitor.

After completing the handover of the class positions, he went to the Student Union and handed over the position of Deputy Director of the External Relations Department.

It can be said that it has set a precedent.

Su Mingzhe became the student union cadre with the shortest term in office.

After school, Su Mingzhe packed his books in a big bag and took them out of the school.

The next day, Su Mingzhe went to the packaging factory first to prepare customized packaging boxes and bags.

Of course, the company’s license and certificates have not been issued yet, so he went to the packaging factory mainly to discuss the price.

Since the quantity of goods customized by Su Mingzhe was not large, several packaging factories gave low discounts.

Su Mingzhe visited three companies and finally decided on one.

It’s not that the other party’s price is cheap, but that the other party’s technology is relatively mature.

This packaging company can easily meet the several packaging requirements raised by Su Mingzhe.

It was already noon when Su Mingzhe signed the letter of intent with the other party.

We found a place on the roadside to have lunch and continued looking for the machinery factory.

The search for a machinery factory is much more rigorous.

According to the information that Su Mingzhe had studied long ago, there are two companies in the park that meet the standards, one in Xiangcheng, and two in the High-tech Zone.

Su Mingzhe first looked at the two stores in the park.

As a result, Su Mingzhe was rejected by the other party as soon as he stated his customization requirements and before he even took out the drawings.

The same is true for the family in Xiangcheng.

The reason why these three factories refused was simple.

It’s not that Su Mingzhe’s requirements are difficult, it’s just that the drawings are not drawn to standard.

Rather, the machine customized by Su Mingzhe, to put it bluntly, is just a few assembled components, and can be modified by any street welding technician.

These factories thought that Su Mingzhe was wasting his talent by coming to them, and they all directly rejected Su Mingzhe's request.

The most important point is that the number of customizations is too small, only two.

This is too much.

Do you really think that the machinery factory has no work and works so hard just to earn this little money from you?

If the machinery factory really accepted Su Mingzhe's order, would they ask for an exorbitant price, perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 yuan after calculating all the costs, or would they charge 3,000 or 4,000 yuan according to the price charged by a welding shop on the street?
There are too many machinery factories, and it is not cost-effective for Su Mingzhe.

There are fewer machine factories, and it’s not worth their while to build them.

Simply speaking, the leaders of these machinery factories politely declined Su Mingzhe’s customization request.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon and Su Mingzhe had no time to go to the High-tech Zone, so he had to go to Sister Na's company first.

Sister Na promised to help with the licenses and certificates for several companies on Saturday, and she will give Su Mingzhe a price today.

Su Mingzhe rushed to Sister Na's company. When they met, Sister Na didn't hesitate and directly quoted a price of 5,000 yuan as a handling fee.

Five thousand yuan is not a high price.

Su Mingzhe wants to run three companies, namely a food processing factory, a food retail company, and a trading company.

This also involves the issue of corporate legal persons.

This price is considered a conscience price.

Sister Na took the money from Su Mingzhe and told Su Mingzhe that all the procedures for the three companies had to be completed, and it would take until the end of the month to get all the licenses and certificates.

After hearing this, Su Mingzhe quickly expressed his gratitude.

This is not fast, but it is not slow either.

All beginnings are hard.

The difficulties a company has to go through in order to build something from scratch are far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

To express his gratitude, Su Mingzhe wanted to invite Sister Na to dinner.

Sister Na declined directly.

It was late at night, and even though Su Mingzhe was a fifteen-year-old boy, Sister Na didn't want to be alone with him.

If she hadn't been so alert, Sister Na would have been eaten up by the man long ago.

It's not easy to survive in society.

(End of this chapter)