After leaving the office, Sun Yuming didn't go directly to the market.
He first had to visit the finance department to advance some funds.
The boss's request was to buy five small electric scooters of various brands, including some lesser-known ones, first.
He also needed to buy some batteries, motors, and controllers.
This money would amount to at least 20,000 yuan, and Sun Yuming didn't have that much cash on hand to cover it.
The boss had just given him a note, allowing him to advance 50,000 yuan from finance as the initial funding for this test.
Ever since returning from the Canton Fair and accepting Tan Jincheng's invitation to become his assistant, Sun Yuming has led a busy life.
If one were to ask who is the busiest at Shanchi Vehicle Industry currently, it would undoubtedly be Sun Yuming.
Sun Yuming was like a brick, moved wherever needed.
Shanchi Vehicle Industry had previously acquired a pickup truck but hadn't hired a driver.
Now, this pickup truck was like Sun Yuming's personal vehicle; he would go out several times a day, driving it almost all over Beicang.
Busy every day, Sun Yuming's salary wasn't actually high.
His basic salary was only 5,000 yuan, and with phone subsidies and housing allowances, it didn't amount to much, but he was very happy with his work.
Participating in the creation of a company was something he had never thought of before.
Watching a factory site go from nothing to being gradually filled with equipment, and the number of employees growing day by day, Sun Yuming's heart was also filled with pride.
He had a share in this achievement.
Although his current income wasn't high, Sun Yuming believed this was temporary.
Once Shanchi Vehicle Industry officially entered the production phase and small electric scooters were distributed to the market, Boss Tan would definitely not treat him unfairly.
In fact, regarding some of the current procurements, Boss Tan had already implicitly agreed that he could take a little something to subsidize himself.
It's an industry rule for a small boss to give procurement staff a small kickback, and Boss Tan was the one who told him this.
However, Sun Yuming never accepted money.
If it was mealtime, he wouldn't refuse a meal or some cigarettes.
If you didn't take anything at all, people might not be happy, but there was no need to take money.
Money was good, but it wasn't so easy to take.
If something happened one day, he wouldn't be able to shake it off, and all his hard work would be in vain.
Sun Yuming firmly believed that he could earn more in the future, and do it honorably.
Based on his recent work, the boss was currently troubled by two main categories: the progress of technology development and the procurement of parts.
He had no opportunity or ability to participate in the technology aspect.
But parts procurement was different.
With test data, he could help the boss find excellent parts suppliers and secure them at the most suitable prices.
Would the commission be small then?
That's right, as the person closest to Tan Jincheng at Shanchi Vehicle Industry, Sun Yuming also had ambitions.
He wanted to fully participate in parts procurement, learn its tricks, and in the future, when the boss was too busy, he could help him take over the procurement department.
As the earliest trusted confidant following the boss, taking over the procurement department would be very reasonable, right?
Without having to do anything sneaky, he could earn money honorably.
Wouldn't that be much better than taking small amounts now?
Dreaming of making a fortune, Sun Yuming enthusiastically took the 50,000 yuan advance from the finance department and hurried off to buy the small electric scooters and parts.
Meanwhile, Tan Jincheng began preparing to interview new recruits.
Several employees were coming to interview for the R&D department today.
The current staffing structure had too few available talents.
Technology couldn't be faked; it either worked or it didn't.
Anyone with a little understanding could quickly see that without increasing technical reserves, it would be difficult to complete project development within the required time.
Therefore, the R&D department had been continuously issuing recruitment requests recently.
As for whether there would be overstaffing, that was not a concern for now.
There would be the Fengchi series, and even new series, in the future.
Additionally, there would be extended development of electric vehicles, such as three-wheeled electric vehicles and so on.
The factory's recruitment process was very simple.
Tan Jincheng didn't need to be involved in hiring general laborers; they were hired in batches.
The probation period was one month; if unsuitable, they were replaced.
During probation, there was nothing but basic salary, and no contract needed to be signed.
For R&D department recruitment, it was also very simple.
Wang Chao would check the technical skills, and Tan Jincheng would check character.
If they were acceptable, they were kept, also with a probation period.
Technical personnel these days were still very impulsive.
It was not uncommon for them to successfully apply, work for a few days, feel unsuited, or dissatisfied with the pay, or find a better job, and simply leave without a word.
There was no need to pay these types of people; it was like getting a few days of free labor.
He had heard Zhang Mingcan say that the most exaggerated case their factory encountered was someone who worked for half a month and then stopped coming, not even bothering to collect their salary, which was quite interesting.
Although Shanchi Vehicle Industry hadn't been established long, there were quite a few instances of people leaving after just two or three days of work.
However, most of these were among general laborers; the R&D department hadn't encountered such a situation yet.
In his previous life, while scrolling through short videos, Tan Jincheng would occasionally come across those 'leaving with a bucket' short videos and treat them as jokes.
Now, seeing it happen vividly around him, he couldn't help but sigh that all kinds of people exist in the world.
Shanchi Vehicle Industry was racing against time, but they couldn't rush.
By this point, the factory had actually entered a quiet period.
The workshop equipment was mostly debugged, and the workers' daily task was training.
The R&D department was also steadily progressing, and employee recruitment hadn't stopped.
By June 17th, Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping had also resolved their personal matters, departing from Yicheng to embark on their adventure.
For men in middle age to jump out of the comfort zone of a state-owned enterprise and start a business with a 20-year-old kid, this seemed somewhat outrageous to everyone who knew them at Yicheng Petrochemical, no matter how you looked at it.
But such an outrageous thing had indeed happened, to the extent that Tan Lihua, far away in Yicheng, had recently noticed his colleagues looking at him differently at work.
What method did the old Tan family's kid use to trick Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wu into quitting their state-owned enterprise jobs to work as salespeople at his broken company?
Although neighbors saw his son's car change from a Passat to a BMW before the New Year when he last came back.
But how could that alone lead them to make such a decision?
One could only say the world was too crazy!
The reasons that drive men crazy are nothing more than money and power.
An income of no less than 10,000 yuan per month, along with the temptation of establishing Shanchi Vehicle Industry's marketing department, perfectly met the prerequisites for the two of them to take a leap of faith into the future.
"Lin Shu, Wu Shu, welcome. Have things at home been taken care of?"
Tan Jincheng asked with a smile after picking them up from the passenger bus.
"Everything is settled. We'll hand our old bones over to General Manager Tan now,"
Lin Yumin quickly adapted to his role.
"Yes, please take good care of us, General Manager Tan, from now on,"
Wu Zhenping continued, picking up from Lin Yumin.
The two of them clearly understood that from the moment they once again boarded the minibus bound for Yongcheng, their relationship with the young man before them had undergone a qualitative change.
In the future, no matter what they achieved, it would be decided by a word from this young man.
"Lin Shu and Wu Shu, you're being too formal. Just call me Xiao Tan. I'll take you to your accommodation first. Tell me if there's anything you need to add,"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile.
Lin and Wu just smiled and didn't speak.
Such words were meant to be heard but not taken literally.
If they were to truly keep calling him Xiao Tan, then they would have wasted all those years in a state-owned enterprise.
The house was rented in the same residential complex where Tan Jincheng currently lived, just a street apart.
This arrangement served both to look out for each other and effectively protect both parties' privacy.
The two-bedroom, one-living room layout was similar to Tan Jincheng's current rented house, but relatively larger.
"It's a temporary rental, and this is the best we could find for now. Lin Shu and Wu Shu, please make do with it for a while. When the company's conditions improve in the future, we'll upgrade it."
"Not at all, it's already very good. This house is quite spacious and has good lighting."
"It's really good, even bigger than my house in Yicheng. General Manager Tan, you've been very thoughtful."
Tan Jincheng smiled.
As expected of people from state-owned enterprises, their words were pleasant.
Although these two, due to their seniority and background, wouldn't have been assigned the best apartments in the petrochemical family complex, it couldn't be worse than this temporarily rented house, could it?
Tan Jincheng looked around.
Sun Yuming had already furnished the house with all the rice, noodles, pots, pans, and other items he could think of.
They could start cooking tonight.
If there were no special requirements, it was truly ready for immediate occupancy.
These conditions were much better than when he first rented with Zhang Xupeng.
Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping looked around, their eyes revealing satisfaction.
All the necessary furniture was there, and they could start cooking that very night.
Most thoughtfully, there was a desktop computer in a corner of the living room, clearly a new setup.
This was great; now they could video call their children at home sometimes.
They just wondered if it was connected to the internet.
"The internet cable has already been installed. Considering that both uncles came alone, you can chat with your family when you have free time, and occasionally play games or something too."
"What games would we play at our age? But chatting with family is good, General Manager Tan, you're very thoughtful."
"Wu Shu, you're joking. You're only in your thirties, in the prime of your lives. There's still a long way to go."
"Haha, I like hearing that, General Manager Tan, 'in the prime of our lives.'"
Tan Jincheng took three bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and walked to the coffee table.
Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping saw this and knew he had something to say, so they also hurried over.
"Lin Shu, Wu Shu, please sit. I'll first tell you about your upcoming work arrangements,"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile as he sat down.
"Please speak, General Manager Tan,"
The two said in unison as they sat down.
What they were thinking, however, was,
"Is this Xiao Tan's style? Just arrived in Beicang, and before our seats are even warm, he's already talking about work."
"First, I want to tell Lin Shu and Wu Shu that I'll pay you full salaries for this month, and also give you a relocation allowance. It's not a lot, but it should basically cover your living needs,"
Tan Jincheng said, pulling two envelopes from his pants pocket.
These had been prepared beforehand.
Since the two wanted to venture out, they probably weren't satisfied with their current financial situation.
Although people from Yicheng had a saying, "poor at home, rich on the road," these two had families, so they likely wouldn't carry too much money when leaving.
He had chatted with the renovation workers his uncle brought along before; they usually only took travel expenses plus about a month's living expenses when going out to work.
Some even only took a few hundred yuan for travel expenses.
Although Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping weren't quite like that, they certainly didn't bring much money with them.
They would also have business trips ahead, and there would be many places where money was needed.
Looking at the envelopes Tan Jincheng handed over, the two exchanged glances, their eyes lighting up.
From the thick wads, it looked like there had to be at least 20,000 yuan.
This Xiao Tan was truly generous.
However, they felt a little awkward.
To receive so much money without having done any work felt somewhat unreasonable.
"Take it. It's not easy being away from home. Besides, if you two uncles don't take this money, how can I continue with the next topic?"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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