"I am different. I grew up with Nana; we are childhood sweethearts. The depth of my feelings for her is beyond words, so I must marry her," Chen Haoxuan said seriously.
Chen Xiumin lowered her head and replied listlessly, "Oh."
Seeing Chen Xiumin retreat, Chen Haoxuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly and said, "Finally, I've convinced her."
After driving back to Chen Family Village, Chen Haoxuan saw that Chen Xiumin got out of the car and went home. It seemed that her heart was truly hurt by him.
Chen Haoxuan didn't comfort her because he knew that the more he tried to console her, the sadder she would become. Unless someone else comforted her, it definitely wouldn't work if it were him.
He walked into Chen Yina's house, which seemed unchanged. Many women often came to help Li Ping with work, all voluntarily. This afternoon was no exception; five or six women were chatting while cleaning some vegetables in the yard.
Chen Haoxuan called out to the women in the yard, "Would you all like to come work for me?"
Hearing his voice, all the women looked up in surprise, doubting they had heard correctly. One of them asked, "Xuan, did you just say you want to hire us?"
"Yes, I want to recruit you for my Clothing Factory. It's piecework pay. If you have skills as good as the ten ladies currently working in my factory, you could earn ten thousand Renminbi a month—it's practically effortless," Chen Haoxuan said.
"Ten thousand Renminbi? That's so high! I heard that university graduates only make a few thousand Renminbi a month when they start working. Wasn't all that studying for nothing?" one woman exclaimed in surprise.
"Studying has its benefits. They may only earn a few thousand Renminbi now, but that won't always be the case. Who knows? They might become billionaires like me in the future. I'm planning to hire a lot of workers; anyone who can sew clothes is welcome," Chen Haoxuan declared loudly.
"But... but I don't know how to sew!"
"I won't either..." In the yard, four out of five women couldn't do it, and the only one who could was Li Ping, who had learned from the employees at Chen Haoxuan's Clothing Factory during this time; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to.
"You are different. You are so familiar with my future Mother-in-law that you can still go through the back door. But speaking of which, if you can't learn to sew, I might have to fire you!" Chen Haoxuan reminded them.
"Yes, yes, yes, we will definitely learn well," the four women nodded happily.
Hearing Chen Haoxuan's words, Li Ping felt very gratified. She believed that Chen Haoxuan would not change his heart towards Chen Yina.
"Can I go through the back door?" Li Ping joked.
"Just kidding! You are my Mother-in-law; how could I bear to have you do so much work at once? If you get worn out, Nana won't let me off easily. I think you should just focus on cooking for us! If you need money, just say a word. There’s no shortage of it; there are still a few billion," Chen Haoxuan joked.
Li Ping and the other women knew that Chen Haoxuan's later words were just a joke, but they still felt quite surprised; perhaps it was because the numbers he mentioned were too large! It exceeded their capacity to comprehend, which is why they were astonished.
"Auntie, you keep busy; I'm going to find Uncle and ask him to help me recruit people," Chen Haoxuan said to Li Ping.
Chen Haoxuan made a phone call to Chen Yuebin, asking him to help find women who could sew. Chen Yuebin's reputation in the countryside was almost greater than Chen Haoxuan's now; if you asked children in the village where to sell bamboo, they would all say to find Chen Yuebin.
The reason Chen Haoxuan was recruiting workers in the countryside was that he wanted to improve the villagers' lives a bit more. There weren't many people in the countryside who could sew; to find more good employees, he still needed to go to the city’s labor market.
Chen Haoxuan gathered his ten employees from the Clothing Factory for a meeting. He appointed them as team leaders, and after some time, they would be responsible for teaching new employees how to sew. They were promoted; although their salaries hadn't been issued yet, it was better than just processing wages because their earnings would come from the employees they were responsible for. The more the employees earned, the more they would earn; if the employees earned less, they would also suffer losses.
After the meeting, Chen Haoxuan made several phone calls—one to Zhang Tianqi and another to Liu Junfeng—because he needed their help. Zhang Tianqi had once told him, "I have connections in official circles." Having connections in official circles was beneficial, so Chen Haoxuan planned to handle the factory registration procedures with him tomorrow. Otherwise, if his Clothing Factory grew larger and got discovered later on, it would be shut down, and he would lose everything.
As for Liu Junfeng, Chen Haoxuan wanted him to manage the Supermarket so that Miao Yuxiang could come back to help him.
Additionally, Chen Haoxuan contacted Zhou Xiang and asked him to introduce someone who runs a Hardware Factory. The clothes he designed required a lot of stainless steel or silver, which needed to be completed by the Hardware Factory. Chen Haoxuan ordered two hundred Sewing Machines at once, but the Boss who made the Sewing Machines didn't have that many in stock. Therefore, the Boss agreed to send one hundred Sewing Machines to Chen Family Village tomorrow and deliver the other hundred in installments.
Chen Haoxuan scheduled a meeting with them for tomorrow, preparing to finalize everything at once.
After finishing his busy work, Chen Haoxuan went to rest. He no longer needed to design clothes; he felt that having two sets was enough and could work on more later. For men's clothing, Chen Haoxuan planned to use styles designed for Chen Feng, while for women's clothing, he would use styles designed by Chen Yina and her team.
Although there were few styles, how many people could truly afford to wear them? Therefore, wearing clothes designed by Chen Haoxuan would definitely be a symbol of status. Earning money from wealthy individuals was what Chen Haoxuan liked most because their money was easy to make and abundant.
Chen Yuebin's advertising was very effective; early the next morning, a large group of women gathered at Chen Haoxuan's doorstep, all there for job applications. The salary offered by Chen Haoxuan was too high, making them worry that someone else might snatch the job away.
Chen Haoxuan was awakened by the noise of those applying for jobs. He got up and walked to the window. When he saw the scene below, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, there must be at least hundreds of people here! Is it possible that there are so many hidden talents in the countryside?"
Chen Haoxuan rushed downstairs and saw Chen Yuebin at the entrance. He ran over to Chen Yuebin and asked, "Do they all know how to make clothes?"
Hearing Chen Haoxuan's question, Chen Yina awkwardly replied, "Not really; many of them don't know how. Those who don't know heard about the high salary and came to see if you could give them a chance to work."
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