80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 380

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 380 – He family’s favoritism (1) 

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At noon, Gu Ye came back for lunch, and Chu Qiao asked about the housing’s situation, also mentioning Teacher He’s husband. 

“Xu Lei? He’s an accountant, transferred here four years ago. I think he used to work at the factory’s branch. His personality is a bit dull, but he’s pretty diligent. I estimated that there will be no way for them to be assigned a house, since he hasn’t worked here long enough, and the couple doesn’t even work in the same unit. There are a lot of dual-income workers in the factory eyeing a house here.” Gu Ye shook his head. 

“Didn’t you say that there will be new housing assignments next spring? Then the old housing should be reassigned again, right?” Chu Qiao asked. 

Gu Ye smiled, “Do you know how many employees the machine tool factory has? Just at the main factory alone, there are over 4,000 employees. Plenty of dual-income workers are renting outside, and these housing units are not divided enough. Too many people, but too few houses, which is difficult!” 

Chu Qiao was somewhat discouraged, but she thought that in a state-run enterprise like this, connections mattered most. As long as there was a connection, she would definitely be able to get a house. 

Of course, if it was too difficult, Chu Qiao didn’t want to help her. She was just an ordinary teacher, there was no need for Gu Ye to owe favors from someone else. 

“Why are you suddenly interested in helping Xu Lei get the house?” Gu Ye asked curiously. 

Chu Qiao explained her experience enrolling today. 

“Dabao was always being punished last semester, he’s not doing well academically, which has something to do with this too. And you didn’t see how Teacher He sucked up Gu Jianshe and treated Gu Wen so well, keep praising him? I thought, if it’s not too hard to get the house, we could help Teacher He a bit, then she would definitely pay more attention to Dabao.” 

Gu Ye’s expression became solemn, and after thinking for a moment, he said, “It’s not impossible to get the house, I will ask around.” 

“If it’s too troublesome, then don’t bother. At worst, we can just transfer Dabao to another class. No need to owe someone’s favor because of this.”, reminds Chu Qiao.

Gu Ye chuckled, “Saving up so many favors and not using it is the real waste. Owning a few more favors to someone else could actually be a good thing. Leave the housing matter to me, and I will give you an answer in a few days.” 

His wife was indeed so thoughtful, having a good relationship with the teacher was essential, Dabao was only in second grade and still had four more years of elementary school to go. (In some regions in the ‘80s, elementary school was five years.) 

Seeing Gu Ye’s relaxed expression, as if it wasn’t a difficult task, Chu Qiao felt relieved and asked about the sales department. “How are machine tool’s sales?” 

Gu Ye frowned. He had only heard rumors that the sales department was chaotic, with high turnover. 

No one worked long. It had changed five or six sales department heads, with the longest one staying for six months and the shortest one for just one month. 

However, he didn’t give up, but he was so determined. As long as he was willing to put forth, there was no challenge that could not be conquered. 

In the past few days, after sorting through the sales department, he found it was indeed chaotic. 

There hadn’t been any sales performance for half a year. No wonder the warehouse had so much inventory. 

The only reasons the machine tool factory could still operate was due to the support from the country and old customers, but this couldn’t last for much longer. 

Gu Ye gave a bitter smile. “Nothing’s selling. There’s been no performance for eight months. If the machine tool factory continues like this, it will eventually go bankrupt.”  

Chu Qiao was not surprised, she knew about it in her previous life. 

“Is it difficult to sell machine tools?” 

Gu Ye shook his head, “I don’t know either, I have never sold any of them. I plan to send people out for door-to-door sales instead of staying up at the factory. The sales staff are like old grandpas, just drinking tea and reading the newspaper every day. It would be weird if the sales were good.” 

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