The Era of Hard Work

"one two three four!"

On the provincial road leading to Quannan from the University City, there were chaotic slogans, and a long queue in training uniforms was running along the road towards Quannan.

On the back seat of Santana, Song Na watched the scene curiously. How could there be hundreds of people?

"I remember that there is no garrison nearby." She couldn't help asking: "University is on vacation, and it's impossible to do training."

Lu Kun, who was driving the car, replied: "Sister-in-law, this is not a soldier." As soon as he came out of the army, he could tell at a glance: "Soldiers don't run around like this."

The cars gradually caught up with the queue, and only then did Song Na see that the ambulance was still following on one side of the queue of hundreds of people.

Lu Dong next to him pointed to the orange flag at the front of the queue: "Don't guess, it says, people from Sang Le Solar Energy."

Song Na also saw it: "What is Sang Le Solar Energy doing?"

Lu Kun was also curious: "Brother Dong, companies are all interested in field training now?"

Lu Dong has more sources of information, and has met with the person in charge of Sangle Solar’s ​​Qingzhao Factory. He simply said: “This is the employee training held by Sangle Solar every year. It’s like a marathon training. The Qingzhao Factory The people who want to run all the way to Quannan headquarters..."

Song Na knew where the headquarters of Sangle Solar was, and asked, "It must be more than 30 kilometers away?"

Lu Dong thought for a moment: "Almost."

Lu Kun has been in the army and knows that such long-distance running is actually very dangerous for ordinary people: "Let's practice well."

"It is said that there are people who faint every year." Lu Dong glanced through the car window: "It is not Sang Le Solar that the ambulance follows all the way."

Lu Kun had been in the army for two years and had relatively little contact with society. He asked, "Brother Dong, do they have to run to the finish line?"

Lu Dong nodded: "You have to reach the finish line, and you have to walk over if you can't run. It is said that it is to exercise the endurance and willpower of the employees. It seems that if they can't finish, they will be eliminated at the end. I don't know if it is true or not."

Song Na has received professional sports training, and reminded Lu Dong: "Let's not do this, ordinary people can really have problems."

Lu Dong said: "Don't worry, I would rather conduct skill training when I have this time."

Lu Kun answered: "After being separated from society for a long time, I realized that I don't have enough knowledge. There are all kinds of companies in today's enterprises."

Lu Dong said with a smile: "Different companies have different corporate cultures, and even weirder ones."

Kneeling, slapping each other, drinking toilet water, and even making employees run naked.

Don't ask, asking is voluntary.

When the car overtook the queue, Song Na kept watching the queue for training. Maybe the running time was too long, and some people squatted on the side of the road and vomited.

It is estimated that some sanitation workers are also busy.

When I came near Daming Lake, I went directly into a large yard on the east side of the park. There were many good cars parked in the yard. German troikas are very common, and there are even several sports cars.

There is a building next to the yard, and there is an unremarkable sign hanging at the door, which reads - Quannan Mingshi Business Club.

At the door, there is no membership card, and the guards stop him from entering. Lu Dong will not be so stupid as to argue with a security guard. The clubhouse stipulates that only members can enter.

Although the security guards didn't let them in, it looked like Lu Dong and Song Na were not ordinary people in their clothes, and they spoke politely and carefully.

Who can look at the gate in this kind of place, who doesn't have bright eyes?

Lu Dong took out his mobile phone to call Mu Kun, the phone rang, and Mu Kun came out from the clubhouse and led Lu Dong and others inside.

"Brother Wei is here?" Lu Dong asked.

Mu Kun directly led upstairs: "Here we are, he is the host today, so he arrived early."

Entering a large private room with a living room, there were already many people inside, Wei Yong immediately greeted him, and shook hands with Lu Dong first: "I heard that something happened to you a while ago, and you were injured?"

Lu Dong smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that a mosquito bit me."

Wei Yong was formally invited today, and brought his wife Ding Qing along. Song Na had dealt with Ding Qing several times, and there were many female relatives present, so she immediately followed Ding Qing to the female relatives.

Song Na is not what she used to be, she is gradually getting used to this kind of communication.

Most of the people who came here brought their family members, with the exception of the last person who came.

Du Xiaobing came here alone.

"Come on, Lu Dong, let me introduce you to a friend." Wei Yong pulled Lu Dong to a middle-aged man: "This is Director Hua of Quannan Commercial Bank."

Director Hua shook hands with Lu Dong: "I have heard about the reputation of Lu's Catering for a long time. We are the largest chain catering company in Quannan."

It is not an exaggeration to say that Lu's catering company, which already has more than one hundred chain stores, is the top catering company in Quannan.

Some people from the cooperative company of Weiqiao Group came over one after another. Anyway, counting the family members, there were nearly twenty people in the end.

Wei Yong asked the waiter to prepare for the banquet, and there were two tables for people, the men sat at one table, and the female relatives opened another table alone, with Ding Qing as the hostess, she would not neglect the guests.

Director Hua specially sat next to Lu Dong.

After drinking for three rounds, Director Hua picked up the wine glass and took the initiative to drink with Lu Dong, and said, "Mr. Lu, I heard that Lu's catering is expanding rapidly?"

Lu Dong clinked glasses with him, and before drinking, he said: "As a mass-market chain restaurant, the more stores and the larger the scale, the better the benefits." He said specifically: "Currently there are more than 100 stores in the province, and six of them are opened outside the province. The company intends to fully roll out in northern Hebei, southern Henan, Jiangsu and Western Jin provinces next year."

This is not nonsense. The layout of other provinces is different from that of Taidong. It will use the local provincial capital city or other central cities as nodes, and open stores first in major cities with faster economic development.

Other small cities and counties need to be further rolled out in the later stage.

When Director Hua came here today, besides having business dealings with Weiqiao Group, he had other ideas, so he sat in front of Lu Dong specially.

"Funds are the key to the company's rapid expansion." Director Hua said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, I have been with Mr. Wei for many years. You and Mr. Wei are good brothers. We can be regarded as friends. Come find me."

Lu Dong is also very good. Quannan Commercial Bank is a small local bank, but small is relative. He raised his glass and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say. Director Hua, I toast you."

Director Hua has learned about Lu's Catering. This company not only rents houses to open stores, but has recently invested repeatedly in Jinjie Wangpu, and gradually began to buy stores and open stores. The company has also acquired heavy assets.

For a small bank like Quannan Commercial Bank where he works, it is sometimes embarrassing to lend money. Those who urgently need loans do not dare to lend, and those who dare to lend often do not lack loan channels.

This is also a common problem faced by domestic small and medium-sized banks in their loan business.

Small companies need funds and want loans, but who dares to grant them? Most small companies are finished in two or three years, and lack of heavy assets, so it is difficult to recover the loan, and it is very likely to become a bad debt in the end.

Large-scale private enterprises such as large state-owned enterprises and Weiqiao Group do not need to worry about these things, but as the scale of enterprises grows, they give priority to cooperation with large banks when they want to get loans, and there are too few opportunities for small local banks.

Director Hua carefully studied Lu's Catering. The scale is not big or small, the development is extremely fast, the capital chain is very healthy, and the company has certain heavy assets that can be used as collateral. It is still in the expansion stage and needs funds.

Moreover, he also found out that Lu Dong has a lot of connections with the leaders of the city and the military region. For example, at the opening ceremony of the first batch of Lu's restaurants in Quannan, important leaders attended in person. This is undoubtedly a signal to the outside world. .

Lu's Catering can avoid a lot of trouble here, and it has a direct relationship with these.

Regarding Director Hua's words, Lu Dong is not surprised. When the company reaches a certain scale, some things that seem extremely difficult and complicated in the early stage of starting a business will become relatively simple.

Companies with a large scale and abundant funds are always easy to win the favor of banks.

For small companies that urgently need money to save their lives during the start-up period, the chances of getting a loan are not zero, and the chances are extremely small.

During the meeting, Lu Dong and Director Hua exchanged contact information, and agreed that Director Hua could come to Lu's Catering to discuss specific matters in detail.

Regarding loans, Lu Dong is relatively cautious, but he will not reject them.

For business entertainment and drinking, Lu Dong mostly tasted it lightly. After a meal, he didn't actually drink much.

After drinking and eating, Wei Yong bluffed and called people to go to the entertainment hall of the club together.

He prepares the event.

There are female relatives, of course it is not a mess, but to get together to play mahjong and cards.

Because of what happened in Macau and the presence of his wife Ding Qing, Wei Yong restrained himself a lot and just played ten yuan cards.

Lu Dong didn't go over to join in the fun, and chatted with a few girls with Du Xiaobing and Mu Kun.

Mu Kun came here with his girlfriend, who is said to be a stewardess, and together with Song Na and Ding Qing, who work hard in the mall, may be due to the lack of relevant experience, and some of them didn't get to chat with each other, so they left shortly after eating .

Ding Qing knew Mu Kun very well, and said, "Xiao Mu, did you just change?"

Mu Kun admitted: "The last time I went to the south on a business trip, I met on the plane."

Du Xiaobing said: "You can't be serious."

Mu Kun said carelessly: "Let's not talk about each other. Who will we marry in the end? Can we be completely in charge? While we are not married, we don't want to make more friends..."

Perhaps thinking of his tragic experience, Lao Du would be speechless for a while.

Ding Qing lifted her drooping bangs and said, "It's better for Lu Dong and Song Na to fall in love freely. This kind of relationship makes people envious when they see it."

Song Na answered with a smile: "Sister Ding, how good are you and Brother Wei, they love each other and support each other."

"I can do anything else." Ding Qing glanced at Wei Yong, "I just saw that Pai Gow couldn't move her legs..."

Everyone here is counted as one, and everyone knows Wei Yong's problem.

Mu Kun said, "It's much better now."

Ding Qing looked at Lu Dong: "It's still thanks to Lu Dong."

Lu Dong answered: "It's all from my own family, Sister Ding, if you say this, you will be out of touch."

Ding Qing changed the subject, and said to Mu Kun and Du Xiaobing: "Xiao Mu, Lao Du, would you like me to introduce you to one? The niece of the helmsman at Dong Wang's side has a very good temper..."

The two people almost said in unison: "Don't..."

Lu Dong's cell phone rang, and he got up to answer the phone. The sound of talking and pushing cards in the entertainment hall was quite loud, so he went out to answer the phone.

When I came to the relatively quiet front hall of the clubhouse, Uncle Qi called. He was taking people to do a preliminary inspection in the nearby Daming Lake Park, and asked Lu Dong to go and have a look when he was free.

Lu Dong came down and was about to go back when someone suddenly came to him.