Chapter 668: Chapter 667: 1200 Sie Yufeis

At this moment, no matter what Lin Nianhe said, Sie Yufei believed she was right.

He foolishly followed Lin Nianhe inside and resolutely signed a contract with a 30-70 box office split for five movies.

Lin Nianhe flicked the letter signed and sealed by Sie Yufei and said to him, “Go on, earn one thousand yuan, and the full set of equipment will arrive within half a month.”

“Really, Sister He? Are you serious, Sister He? You’re not lying to me, Sister He?” Sie Yufei’s eyes sparkled.

“I’m not lying to you, now scram.”

“Alright!”

Sie Yufei happily rolled away.

But soon he rolled back with his big broom, sweeping the backyard’s ground spotlessly clean, almost turning over the ground with the broom.

Lin Nianhe put away the contract, figuring she would need Shen Yu’s help to buy the equipment.

She wasn’t worried about this transaction being a loss—as long as Sie Yufei didn’t crazily work himself sick, buying this equipment wouldn’t be considered a loss.

Lin Nianhe took stock of her own real “vault” and cash, and found that she didn’t even need to sell gold bars to buy equipment; she had 300,000 yuan in cash on hand, which was more than enough to buy a camera setup, let alone afford 1200 Sie Yufeis.

Of course, even if she had three billion yuan, she wouldn’t consider buying him; he was merely a unit of measurement.

Sie Yufei was unusually reliable this time. After a widespread effort, as various newspapers continuously received letters, the telephone and remittance receipts at Ten Miles Team headquarters never stopped.

Poor Zhou Xu had to report to Ten Miles Team daily on time, worn out from the end of February until the end of March.

“Xiao He! You might not believe it, but this month I earned an astonishing three hundred and sixty-seven yuan!”

One day, just after Lin Nianhe finished class, Sie Yufei waited at the village school entrance with his little ledger, his face saying “you better praise me.”

Lin Nianhe casually poured cold water on him, “Have you deducted the cost of developing photos and postage? And also the phone bill you owe Uncle Team Leader.”

“Ah?”

Sie Yufei’s eyes, full of clear stupidity, seemed to ask Lin Nianhe how to calculate this account.

Lin Nianhe patted his shoulder, just about to kindly teach him how to do the accounts, when Wong Xiao arrived.

“Xiao Lin! You might not believe it, but our textile factory’s domestic sales this month reached an astonishing three million six hundred seventy-two thousand!”

Lin Nianhe: “…”

This sentence structure, this number, sounded somewhat familiar.

Wong Xiao, beaming, ran up to Lin Nianhe and told her, “Spring Trade Fair is approaching, and this time we’ve prepared a foreign trade quota of twenty-nine million!”

Wong Xiao also had a “you better praise me” expression, which made Lin Nianhe’s scalp tingle.

One person wearing that expression was somewhat bearable, but two was downright nauseating.

She tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, “You’ve come at the right time, I just made the quota arrangement table last night. It would be great if you could take it back to Uncle Ji.”

Wong Xiao immediately agreed, then realized something was off: “Why give him the quota arrangements now? Aren’t you attending the Spring Trade Fair?”

“I’m not going,” Lin Nianhe shook her head, “In the past half year, Xu Chingching and Wang Hai have matured, and besides, the customer base has stabilized. Whether I go or not doesn’t matter much; they should be able to handle things on their own now.”

“Ah? This this this…”

When Lin Nianhe said she wasn’t going to the Spring Trade Fair, Wong Xiao immediately became anxious.

“You’re not going to the Spring Trade Fair, is there something else you need to handle?” Wong Xiao asked. “Tell me if there’s anything, and I’ll take care of it.”

Lin Nianhe nodded seriously, “Yes, I need to prepare for spring plowing.”

Wong Xiao: “…”

“It’s not like, with your poor work skills, Li Dahe’s brain must’ve been kicked by a donkey to keep you for spring planting!”

Lin Nianhe: “…?”

Wong Xiao didn’t notice the frustration in Lin Nianhe’s eyes and dragged her saying, “Xiao Lin, listen, you’ve been tired all year round, didn’t even go home for the New Year. Take advantage of the Spring Trade Fair to go have fun in Sui City, pass by Beijing and see your parents too. Spring planting… Adding you really doesn’t make a difference, after all, you really can’t do much…”

Lin Nianhe’s lips slowly curled into a deathly smile: “Uncle Wong, if you keep talking like this, I might throw a tantrum.”

Wong Xiao’s smile instantly stiffened.

“Cough cough… well, Uncle just doesn’t want you to get too tired, hahahaha…”

He touched his nose, chuckling awkwardly and continued: “Xiao Lin, listen to Uncle, go have some fun…”

Lin Nianhe: “No, I love this black land, I want to farm it.”

Wong Xiao: “…”

He instinctively thought that Li Dahe must have said something to Lin Nianhe, or simply wasn’t letting her go. Seeing Lin Nianhe’s resoluteness, he immediately turned to find Li Dahe, planning to have a serious chat.

“What? She wants to stay for spring planting?”

Li Dahe was even more shocked than Wong Xiao, his eyes even showing a hint of horror.

“What can she do? She hasn’t farmed since she arrived here. I’d have to teach her from scratch!” Li Dahe frowned skeptically, scrutinizing Wong Xiao, “Wong Xiaokou, are you stirring up trouble again, upsetting the kid?”

“You think those two strands of hair on your head justify falsely accusing me? Insulting you won’t irritate Xiao Lin!”

“You laugh at me with your head full of white hair?”

“What about it being white? White hair is rooted too!”

The two, combined older than great-grandma, were inexplicably competing over their hair.

Lin Nianhe really had no intention of attending the Spring Trade Fair, and what she told Wong Xiao was the complete truth, the absolute big truth.

Yet, no one ever believes her when she tells the truth. Wong Xiao already started suspecting whether it was because Factory Director Ji took good care of her last time.

Li Dahe also wanted Lin Nianhe to go out and stroll, not for her to unwind, but mainly because he was afraid she’d mess things up during spring planting.

However, soon, a phone call from Comrade Old Lin suppressed all their scheming.

“Daughter! You might not believe this, but there’s a rumor that they’re considering reinstating the college entrance exams!”

Lin Nianhe: “Dad, I believe it, I really really believe it.”

Others may not know, but could she be unaware?

But it’s only April now, and this news is already out?

If she remembered correctly, the earliest hints of such news wouldn’t have emerged until June or July.

As it turns out, all decisions are not made on a whim. Before anything is finalized, there will be countless meetings and discussions, countless people offering advice until a feasible plan is devised.

Lin Nianhe asked, “Dad, can I tell the comrades at the Educated Youth Corps?”

“This matter isn’t settled yet, just an idea,” Comrade Old Lin was very cautious, “Talking about it won’t have much impact, but if it doesn’t happen, it would just be a letdown. Consider how you tell them.”

“Okay, I understand, I’ll subtly let them know.”

“Good, I trust that you handle things most reliably!”

Back at the Educated Youth Corps, Lin Nianhe called everyone out: “My dad just told me, they might reinstate the college entrance exams!”

It was dinner time, and everyone was holding their bowls, looking bewilderedly at her.