Fang Bai returned to his rented room to rest for a while, then rushed back to school for classes in the afternoon.
After school, he left to have dinner with his younger sister, continued to review in the evening, and occasionally went to school to run and play ball.
Chinese was hard to improve, so Fang Bai mainly memorized poems and short articles that might appear on the exam.
His main task now was to compile what needed to be memorized, and then concentrate on memorizing them right before the college entrance exam.
English couldn't be improved in a short time; it required accumulating vocabulary and sentences, reviewing daily, and also demanding that he could speak it, as he would apply it in the near future.
Chemistry mainly involved classifying and summarizing chemical reaction formulas, which mostly relied on memorization.
Physics and mathematics primarily depended on solving practice problems, while politics and biology were purely about memorization, making them difficult to improve.
Fang Bai had been reborn for some time, but he had only actually studied for a little over ten days.
During this period, he mainly focused on English, consistently memorizing at least 30 new words and common sentences daily, and he felt that his English scores had significantly improved.
In those years, high school English vocabulary was only about two to three thousand words, and Fang Bai planned to familiarize himself with all high school vocabulary within two months.
Of course, remembering words was one thing, but being able to apply them fluently was another.
Some students understood the meaning of words, but when they were put into sentences, ha ha, only a ghost would know.
From 1990 to 1992, the national unified college entrance examination had a perfect score of 710 points (Shanghai was 600 points).
Chinese and mathematics were each 120 points, English, physics, chemistry, and politics were 100 points each, and biology was 70 points, totaling 710 points.
Fang Bai scored 59 points in English, barely missing a passing grade.
He scored 96 in Chinese, 106 in mathematics, 55 in physics (his worst subject), 68 in chemistry, 60 in politics, and 50 in biology, for a total of 484 points.
The teacher's overall evaluation was: "Scores in all subjects are relatively balanced, with no particular weakness!"
Of course, there were no exceptionally good scores either; the fundamentals were not well mastered.
After two and a half days of classes, just after finishing two classes in the afternoon, Fang Bai requested leave and left school, returning to Jiayu Processing Factory.
Qin Donghai saw Fang Bai approach and enthusiastically said, "General Manager Fang, we just finished another company's order.
We started processing Hengli Company's order this morning, and our efficiency is very fast; we estimate we can finish 500 pieces in eight days."
Fang Bai understood his father-in-law's meaning and concern, which was the fear of having no orders once this batch of 500 pieces was completed.
"Don't worry, orders will come; you'll probably need to hire more people and work overtime."
"Haha, that would be great."
Fang Bai observed for a while before leaving the workshop.
During this time, there were no suitable second-hand equipment acquisitions.
He had also visited the second-hand equipment market and investigated many pieces of equipment, finding that finding a bargain was not so easy, so he no longer held much hope.
In fact, he had calculated the time cost.
By completing this order for Hengli Company, he could earn almost three thousand yuan, and the time spent was about a little over a day, including finding the order, negotiating the order, collecting payment, designing tooling fixtures, and so on.
His father-in-law's profit was also almost three thousand yuan, which did not include his own processing fees.
In the initial capital accumulation stage, Fang Bai could still accept this time cost.
Fang Bai returned to his rented room, changed into a formal suit, brought his briefcase, tucked in his custom-made business cards, and prepared to go out to find orders.
Having worked in this industry in his previous life, he was familiar with the situation of all major valve factories in Wen City and knew which ones could take orders.
He planned to visit Berly Valves Company, which was established in 1985 and was larger than Hengli Company.
Its main products were forged steel valves and gate globe valves.
The owner of this company generally did not manage internal affairs; outsourced processing and production management were handled by Production Director Hua Feng.
Fang Bai had dealt with Hua Feng in his previous life and had a long-term cooperation with him, knowing him and his family well.
Hua Feng was also greedy, but he had principles; he knew that if the outsourced product quality was poor, he would be the one to suffer.
He didn't smoke, drink, or lust, but he liked to drink green tea, making him difficult for ordinary salespeople to handle.
If he were to approach the boss directly for cooperation, he might offend him, leading to various criticisms and a short-lived partnership.
Therefore, finding the right person was very important, and it was crucial to cater to his preferences.
This time, Fang Bai did not go directly to Boli Company to find Hua Feng but instead planned to visit his home.
At the company, Hua Feng was very sensitive about receiving favors, fearing that the boss would find out.
Fang Bai went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a primary school student's backpack and a box of green tea leaves, then went to a fruit stand to buy a few pounds of apples.
Carrying the gifts, he arrived at the impression of the tube building.
On the second floor, there were more than ten rooms, among which the easternmost row of three rooms belonged to Hua Feng's family of three.
Fang Bai walked up to the second floor and saw that the iron gate in the corridor was locked, so he couldn't go inside.
However, he could see that all three room doors were closed, and he couldn't hear any sound from inside, guessing that no one was home.
Checking the time, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
After waiting for a few minutes, a young woman in her thirties, accompanied by a small boy, came up from the first floor and looked curiously at Fang Bai standing outside their iron gate.
Fang Bai smiled and spoke first: "Hello, sister-in-law, I am General Manager Hua's business friend, named Fang Bai, and I've come specifically to visit him.
Xiao Yang is in first grade now, isn't he? He looks very smart and cute.
Uncle will give you a backpack, hoping your studies get better and better."
After speaking, he handed the new backpack to the child.
The little boy saw an uncle giving him a gift, and he liked the backpack very much, so he curiously accepted it.
The young woman briefly sized up Fang Bai, seeing that he was formally dressed, with a sunny smile, making it unlikely that he was a bad person.
She also heard her child being praised and given a gift, and he was carrying gifts in his hands.
Seeing that her son liked the backpack, she didn't refuse and was very happy in her heart: "Hello, Hua Feng should be home soon.
Please come in and sit for a while first."
After speaking, she told the child to thank Fang Bai, then took out the key and opened the iron gate.
Fang Bai, being naturally friendly, started chatting with the little boy, asking him about his classmates, his teacher, and if he had any favorite girl classmates.
The child heard topics he liked to hear, and seeing the kind-looking uncle in front of him, he chatted with great interest.
Fang Bai sat in the living room chatting with the child, occasionally interjecting a few words with the young woman.
The young woman was also very happy to see her son chatting happily.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Hua Feng, in his thirties, returned from the company by bicycle.
The young woman heard the sound of a bicycle downstairs, went out and poked her head over the balcony to look, saw it was her husband, and went downstairs to whisper to him: "We have a guest at home, says he's a friend of yours, named Fang something, bought a backpack for our son, and also a box of tea and some fruit, he's too generous."
Hua Feng frowned upon hearing this: "I don't have any friends named Fang."
"That's strange, but he looks like a cultured person, and very young."
Hua Feng quickly went upstairs.
Before he even reached the living room, he heard the child's laughter from inside the house, which immediately put him at ease.
He walked into the house and was astonished to see a young man teaching the child the English alphabet song, ABC.
He really didn't know this young man!
Fang Bai saw Hua Feng return, stood up, took out the business card he had prepared from his pants pocket, smiled, and handed it to him with both hands: "General Manager Hua, hello, this is our first meeting.
My name is Fang Bai, and I also work in the valve industry."
Only then did the young woman realize that the two were not close friends.
Hua Feng took the business card and looked at the front, which only had the name "Fang Bai."
The back had a line of text: "Professional one-stop sincere service, proficient in valves and mechanical equipment."
After Hua Feng had finished reading, Fang Bai extended his left hand, and Hua Feng also shook his hand, smiling, "Hello, General Manager Fang."
Fang Bai lowered his posture and smiled, "General Manager Hua, it's my first visit, and I apologize for the intrusion.
My main purpose for this visit is to help General Manager Hua solve production problems at Boli Company."
"Oh, is that so? Tell me about it," Hua Feng said, simultaneously gesturing for his wife to take the child away.
The young woman knew that the two might be discussing business, so she took the child away, but the child was insisting on hearing the uncle sing the English alphabet song, so she had to carry him away forcibly.
Regarding the total score for the college entrance examination, there was a mistake before.
If any individual subject scores have not been corrected, please remind me, thank you.