Chapter 604: Du Yu Wants to Cooperate
"Sure, sure." Xu Mumu nodded with a smile.
When she got home it was still early, the little one was still sleeping. Yin Yang had something to attend to at the company, so after sending the mother and son home, he went to the company.
Xu Mumu leaned back and rested for a while. The little one woke up quite early, and Madam Chun said that Professor Jian had already taken him out to play.
Xu Mumu flipped through the books Yin Yang brought her some time ago. Without the little one’s interruption, she was quite leisurely.
Just when Xu Mumu was leaning against the books, the phone at home rang. Xu Mumu picked it up.
It was Du Yu, which really surprised Xu Mumu. Du Yu hadn’t contacted her for a long time, and now he called—it was quite unexpected.
"What made you think to call me?" With this thought, Xu Mumu asked directly.
"Well, what else could it be? Didn’t I tell you before? The factory’s not doing well and it’s going to close, I’m a bit at a loss, don’t know what to do." Du Yu said with a headache, growing up is really not fun, there are too many troubles.
"Your factory is quite big, it should be possible to privatize it, right? You could manage it yourself." Xu Mumu said calmly.
"That’s what my dad thinks too, but I feel there’s no future in this, just wanted to vent to you a bit." Du Yu said helplessly. Although there are no shoe factories nearby, there are still quite a few small workshops, some making shoes.
Moreover, many families now make shoes for themselves to wear, there’s really no market.
"If you don’t want to run a shoe factory, you can do something else. Your place is quite spacious." Xu Mumu said with a smile.
"That’s what I’m thinking too, just haven’t decided what to do. I want you to give me some ideas, do you have any good thoughts or maybe, let’s collaborate on something." Du Yu didn’t hide his intentions at all. He already knew Xu Mumu and Yin Yang were not short of money, so he planned to collaborate with Xu Mumu.
"That’s your real aim, isn’t it?" Xu Mumu’s mouth twitched.
"Yeah, we’re good friends, Mumu, just give me some ideas." Du Yu said playfully. These days, the factory’s efficiency is really bad, you could say it’s barely making ends meet, close to closing.
"Aren’t you afraid I’ll fool you?" Xu Mumu said speechlessly, isn’t this guy too trusting?
"It’s okay, it’s okay, after all, I have nothing to lose here, fool all you want." Du Yu said with a smile.
"Who says that? Never mind, let me think about it first." Xu Mumu didn’t refuse. She really had a lot of money at hand now, no place to spend it. There wasn’t anything at home that needed spending, didn’t need to use it at all.
If Du Yu hadn’t brought it up, she wouldn’t even bother to look at how much money she actually had.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Mumu started thinking about what to do with that factory.
From what Du Yu said, his dad planned to take over the factory but didn’t want to run a shoe business anymore.
Xu Mumu began to ponder what kind of factory could be profitable. Once she came up with an idea, she’d invest her money and just be a hands-off manager.
The most profitable areas are nothing more than food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Xu Mumu stroked her chin, she started thinking about electric vehicles. It’s not hard; electric vehicles are powered by rechargeable batteries (like lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, or lithium-ion batteries) and driven by electric motors.
The main power system consists of power batteries and drive motors, gaining electrical energy by charging or replacing battery packs from the grid.
This could really work.
If charged, this saves a lot of energy and doesn’t pollute the environment.
Xu Mumu started drawing schematics; the structure isn’t difficult.
When Yin Yang got home, he saw his little wife busy with her work, Professor Jian was playing with the child nearby, not letting Doudou disturb Xu Mumu.
Watching his little wife absorbed in her work, Yin Yang came over to have a look, broadly figuring out what she was doing.
Pouring her a cup of tea from the side, he didn’t disturb her further.
At dinner time, Yin Yang called Xu Mumu back to attention; unknowingly, it was already evening.
"Wife, what do you want to do?" At night, while bathing their son, Yin Yang asked about the drawings Xu Mumu was working on. She was still engrossed in them, but not as deeply, chatting with him now and then.
"Du Yu called today; they don’t want to run a shoe factory anymore. Such a big factory, he wants to collaborate with me to see if there’s any way to make money. Well, I thought of electric vehicles, ..." Listening to his little wife chatter away, Yin Yang was a bit surprised.
Connecting those drawings Xu Mumu did, Yin Yang felt a bit sentimental.
"Wife, the things from your era sure are interesting." Yin Yang said with a smile.
"It’s alright, I borrowed someone else’s ideas." Xu Mumu said with a shy smile.
In two days, Xu Mumu got the schematics and principles sorted.
Then she took her son out.
Yin Yang was supposed to go with them, but just as they were about to leave, something at the company required his immediate attention.
Xu Mumu sat in the car, Doudou leaned at the side, curiously watching the scenery pass by quickly. It wasn’t his first time in a car; every time he rode, the little one loved looking out the window. If the window was open, he’d want to stick his hand out.
Zhou Yunhong was still the one driving Xu Mumu to the provincial capital, as he was the only one Yin Yang trusted with escorting mother and son.
"Doudou, want some candy?" Zhou Yunhong said, driving while pulling out a piece of fruit candy and handing it to the little one.
"Ah ah." The little one’s eyes lit up at the candy, didn’t need Xu Mumu’s help at all, he directly tore open the wrapper and popped it into his mouth.
Xu Mumu rarely gave the little one candy, he was still young, teething, candy was not good for it.
But the little one really loved candy. Fortunately, the child liked eating everything, compared to candy, they offered more snacks and various fruits.
"Next time don’t give him candy, so he doesn’t keep craving it." Seeing the little one’s eyes squinting with joy, Xu Mumu said helplessly.
"Don’t worry, sis, I remember not to let Doudou eat too much." Zhou Yunhong said with a smile; he really liked this little guy. He himself now had a son, and his wife was pregnant again.
Driven by Zhou Yunhong, they arrived at the shoe factory. Looking around, there were very few people coming and going, no sound of machinery turning inside. It seemed the situation was even worse than what Du Yu had described.
