80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 477

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 477 – Gu Ye, The smooth talker (2) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Chu Qiao raised her glass with a smile, “A toast to Xingda’s rise!”  

“Cheers!” 

The director and the secretary were visibly moved. For some reason, a sense of hope began to grow in their hearts. 

Maybe, just maybe… Gu Ye really could lead Xingda to a new beginning.  

Would they live to see it before retirement?  

Perhaps they would! 

With the major issue settled, Gu Ye kept pouring drinks, and the director and the secretary, in much better spirits, ended up drinking more than they’d planned. 

The food was almost gone, but fortunately, both men had strong alcohol tolerance. Though a bit tipsy, they could still walk.  

“No need to see us out, it’s just a few steps! Who needs to be escorted?” 

The director waved Gu Ye off. He wasn’t that drunk.  

The secretary, with his face flushed and neck red, he also refused, “No need! I can walk home even with my eyes closed. Let’s go!” 

And so, the employees and their families in the residential building witnessed the factory’s two top leaders stumbling out of Gu Ye’s house arm in arm. 

Swaying with every step, stumbling forward three times, wobbling back one time, looking as if they might collapse at any moment. 

Yet, by some miracle, they made it all the way to the ground floor without falling, walking crookedly. 

The factory director and the secretary lived in another residential building for employees, not far away. 

Still, Gu Ye wasn’t at ease, so he followed them from a distance, afraid they might really fall.

“Old Du… do you… Think this kid can really sell them?” The factory director asked, stammering, wobbling with every word.

“Who knows…hic… but I believe in him. There’s something about him… hic… We’re old now… We don’t have that drive anymore…” 

The secretary spoke while hiccuping, each hiccup smelling strongly of Moutai liquor.

The factory director nodded, “You’re right… he’s got the drive… sigh… I… I really hope Xingda can be like it was twenty years ago, so full of energy…”

“It will be…hic… you have to believe. Xingda will rise and produce again!”

The secretary waved his hand and shouted like he was giving a motivational speech. 

If he hadn’t been hiccuping, it would’ve been quite impressive.

The two of them, with arms over each other’s shoulders, slowly made their way back to their building. 

Gu Ye didn’t head home until he saw them enter their houses with his own eyes. 

His expression was solemn, and he felt genuinely moved. 

He used to think that the factory director and secretary were just muddling along, doing the bare minimum to get through the day. 

But it turned out he had misunderstood them.

Though these two leaders might prefer to play it safe and smooth things over, they truly hoped the machine tool factory would recover. 

After all, they had worked there most of their lives, so they were emotionally attached. 

It was just that the factory’s current state had left them feeling powerless, so they ended up just going through the motions.

That’s why he had to sell the machines.

Gu Ye didn’t have deep feelings for the factory himself. He’d only worked there for a little over half a year, how deep could his connection be? But he wanted to make money. He also wanted to prove his own ability.

The most common gear hobbing machine was priced at 58,000 yuan (the author had researched this thoroughly, though the author couldn’t find the exact price from back then, currently a standard CNC hobbing machine costs around 300,000 yuan).

With a 5% commission, that meant 2,900 yuan per machine, which was far much higher than his salary. 

Even if he only sold one machine a month, it would be better than working a whole year. 

Thank goodness he managed to get the factory director and the secretary drunk tonight. Otherwise, they would never have agreed to this.

Tomorrow, he would strike while the iron was hot, get the contract signed, then immediately start recruiting. 

He would call in his comrade to start selling the machine tools, with the fighting spirit like they were going to a war. He refused to believe that they couldn’t sell them. 

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