This person was none other than Sun Xiaoyu.
Sun Xiaoyu's family conditions were not very good, although he could earn a lot of money through his own abilities.
However, before the New Year, it was the peak season for promotions, and Sun Xiaoyu decided to go all out.
He didn't believe he was worse than Zhao Hongmei; that girl had earned more than he had in half a year during just one summer vacation.
Sun Xiaoyu happened to have two classmates who also didn't want to go home and planned to earn money with Sun Xiaoyu.
When this news arrived, Su Xiaotian was very happy.
Qian Xiaobei and Sun Xiaoyu knew each other. Although they weren't close, it was better than being complete strangers.
She immediately contacted Sun Xiaoyu and confirmed that the three of them, two males and one female, were looking for a place to live.
"Xiaoyu, I have an idea. You don't need to look for a place anymore. I'll find you a place to stay before the New Year. During the New Year, you won't have any business, so you can stay at the farm for a few days. What do you think?"
Su Xiaotian's suggestion left Sun Xiaoyu a bit confused. When did they start solving accommodation issues for informal staff like him?
However, Sun Xiaoyu was not afraid of hardship or effort as long as it saved money.
"Xiaotian, are you serious?"
"Of course, I'm serious. My fourth brother has two rooms that are intended to be staff dormitories. You can stay there for now."
"During the New Year, our whole family will return to our hometown. We can't leave Xiaobei alone at the farm, so the three of you can go and keep her company."
"You don't need to prepare your own food and drinks for the New Year. The farm will have everything prepared! Xiaobei is a good cook."
Sun Xiaoyu immediately felt this was a great opportunity.
After discussing it with his two classmates, he agreed.
Su Xiaotian said they could move into the farm after the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month. By then, most of the promotion work would be done.
Even if there were still customers, they would have already placed their orders in advance. They could deliver goods during the day and return to the farm to sleep at night, which wouldn't cause any problems.
With the matter settled, Su Xiaotian first introduced Sun Xiaoyu to Qian Xiaobei.
Then, she took Qian Xiaobei to the farm to familiarize herself with the work there.
Qian Xiaobei was a reserved person, but she was very diligent when working.
By learning diligently from Wang Xianghua, she realized that running a farm was somewhat different from raising pigs at home, but it didn't matter; she adapted quickly.
Since Su Xiaotian was already there, she didn't leave immediately but first attended to matters concerning the food processing plant.
The expansion of the factory had yielded good results; the second production line had been installed and would be put into production before the New Year.
The factory had also added several new flavors. Following Su Xiaotian's previous suggestion, the factory had created food gift packages, which had been well-received by many companies recently.
Workers were now working overtime to produce the New Year gift packages.
Su Xiaotian was very satisfied with the achievements made during this period.
For the factory to develop, it needed continuous exploration and innovation. Only through innovation could development be achieved.
Su Xiaotian reviewed the reports for the past month and was very happy. She planned to discuss with Lei Gaocao how to reward the workers during the New Year.
As it turned out, Lei Gaocao came to deliver good news first.
"Little boss, I just received a call from Jinshi. Two factories there want to order our New Year gift packages. They said someone visited them to promote them, and they looked good."
"That's great! With orders, we can develop faster!" Su Xiaotian couldn't help but smile. "Is our current production capacity enough?"
"It's enough, but if this continues, the workers might not be able to rest during the New Year."
Lei Gaocao was overjoyed and couldn't stop talking.
If the workers couldn't rest during the New Year, they would definitely receive overtime pay, but how much could overtime pay be worth?
Su Xiaotian had never seen Lei Gaocao like this before, but she was also happy about the factory's rapid development.
"Factory Manager Lei, thank you for your hard work. If the workers can't take holidays during the New Year, those working overtime will receive triple overtime pay. Also, we should be like state-owned factories and give bonuses and benefits during the New Year; we can't just let the workers work."
"Little boss, for our New Year benefits, should we give our factory's own products or purchase some other items?"
"Besides the New Year gift packages launched by our factory, each person will also receive a box of fruit. Please arrange for someone to purchase them."
Su Xiaotian thought that during the New Year, besides meat, there should also be fruit.
These two items were considered high-end commodities. When the workers heard the news, they were overjoyed.
They would definitely have a very decent New Year and show those who looked down on them for working in private factories that their benefits and bonuses were no less.
In this era, workers were still quite sought after.
However, those who were sought after were workers in state-owned enterprises; workers in collective enterprises were also acceptable.
People working in small private factories were inevitably looked down upon.
Although they earned a good salary each month, they always felt inferior.
Therefore, these workers were more accustomed to comparing themselves with their relatives who worked as workers in state-owned factories.
Although the food processing plant was a private enterprise, Su Xiaotian had no intention of exploiting labor.
Basically, the treatment of workers in the food processing plant was no less than that in state-owned factories.
This also gave the workers, who were originally self-conscious, confidence in the factory.
Because of this, the factory workers were very satisfied with their current situation.
Not many people had left the factory in the past few years.
Of course, there were definitely some who were lazy and disliked hard work, and Lei Gaocao had found ways to dismiss them.
Lei Gaocao truly prioritized the factory's interests at all times. He didn't leave these unpleasant tasks for Su Xiaotian to handle herself just because he wasn't the boss.
Of course, the salary Su Xiaotian paid Lei Gaocao was higher than that of senior management in state-owned enterprises.
Moreover, there were dividends at the end of the year, which made Lei Gaocao feel like he was walking on air.
He was always very grateful for his decision back then, not returning to his small hometown to seek a stable job, but staying in Beijing and following Su Xiaotian, which allowed him to live a different life.
"Factory Manager Lei, if the factory's performance next year can be the same as now, we can consider building a dormitory building to solve the employees' accommodation problems."
This was also a problem Su Xiaotian had been considering.
In this era, housing for various units was provided by the units themselves, and very few people bought houses.
Su Xiaotian also planned to follow this path.
If it were in the past, she would naturally not dare to think like this, but now that the factory was developing well, she dared to think about it.
Lei Gaocao was truly taken aback by Su Xiaotian's words.
To build dormitories for employees?
Did she mean what he thought she meant?
He didn't speak, but his eyes fixed on Su Xiaotian, as if trying to see if what Su Xiaotian said was true or false.