For a while, Lin Chuan felt overwhelmed.

However, though the workload was massive, tasks needed to be tackled one by one. Lin Chuan tried to delegate the work to Zhou Kai and the others to keep them busy. He couldn't possibly do everything himself.

......

Soon, Zhou Kai and his colleagues compiled a list including everyone's addresses and handed it over to Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan then started planning to visit each household.

When people learned that Lin Chuan was offering them jobs, many were skeptical and didn't immediately accept. Especially Zhou Kai's mother, who was a full-time accountant at a company, expressed significant doubts and raised many questions. Lin Chuan, unable to articulate clearly, could not provide satisfactory answers.

"Chuanzi, how about this, it's not realistic for me to work there," Zhou Kai's mom laughed: "If you have accounting work available, I can help out. And I'd do it for free. What do you think?"

"That works," Lin Chuan nodded and said, "Then I would be troubling you."

Leaving Zhou Kai's house, Lin Chuan felt puzzled, wondering whether he hadn't explained himself clearly or if the people just didn't trust him at all?

Regardless, at least there was a group of people who believed in him.

The next day, Lin Chuan brought this group to the Huai Mountain South Road Transport Market Management Office. The chaotic site had old logs and documents still present. Among them, two people were familiar with property management, and some knew financial management.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'll have to trouble you with this place," Lin Chuan awkwardly smiled: "From now on, we'll leave it in your hands."

"No problem." A man rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's get to work, guys. Starting up a business is no easy task, we really should support them."

"Right, all children from the same factory, it feels like just yesterday they were all little," A woman in an olive green coat laughed: "Zhou Kai used to peek at me bathing when he was little, and now in the blink of an eye, he's grown up, almost ready to get married."

"Haha..."

Everyone burst into hearty laughter; indeed, they were all from the same factory, neighbors for decades. They quickly boosted the atmosphere. Seeing this, Lin Chuan was also relieved. Zhou Kai blushed, while Lu Dapao glared with wide eyes: "Man, Kai, what were you thinking?"

"Shut up…" Zhou Kai glared at Lu Dapao and whispered: "She was pretty back in the day."

The voice was low, but everyone heard it anyway.

Haha...

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Though it was patched together, they finally managed to organize the management office, with people who had decades of experience. Like Aunt Hong, who had been in charge of financial work in the factory for over ten years and was now finding her return to it a breeze. She quickly identified issues in the previous account books just by flipping through a few pages.

"That's not right, there's something wrong with the previous account books," Aunt Hong immediately said.

"What's the problem?" Zhou Kai asked.

"The entries don't match, probably trying to evade taxes," Aunt Hong frowned and said: "This method is old-fashioned, anyone with eyes could see it, doesn't the Business Bureau investigate?"

"They have connections." Lin Chuan smiled and said: "Aunt Hong, let's not worry about the past accounts. From now on, we'll leave the financial work to you."

"Okay." Aunt Hong nodded, saying: "You guys are just starting up, it's not easy, I'll do this month for free."

"That wouldn't be right." Lin Chuan waved his hand, saying: "We are going to charge management fees this month, and once we're charging management fees, we'll pay you your salary. Starting next month, we'll use a new method of charging management fees, Zhou Kai must've mentioned it to you, right?"

"Yes, he did, it's a good idea," Uncle Li nodded, saying: "Binding one's own interest with the clients strengthens unity and gives everyone a sense of belonging. I've been in property management for so many years, yet I've never seen such clever kids."

"That's all Chuanzi brother's idea." Zhou Kai laughed heartily.

Soon, everyone started to get busy. It was the last month of the year, and time to collect management fees again, the final management fees for the month. Although a month's management fees were less than a hundred thousand, it was enough to help them get through the year.

After two busy days, they finally managed to handle everything at the management office, and Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. Feixiang Company was also on track during these two days. Zhou Kai and his team were busy delivering sand and cement to various residential communities. They thoroughly enjoyed the work. Each truck earned at least a few hundred yuan, with a fleet of six or seven trucks working at full throttle could bring a few thousand yuan in a single day, considering it was the off-season of the decoration period. Once it entered the peak season of decoration in May and June, the sales of sand could definitely double, and cement would also bring some modest profits.

Over the few days, the considerate revenue of Feixiang Transport Company surprised Aunt Hong, who was in charge of finances at the market management office.

"Oh my God," Aunt Hong checked over several days of financial records.

"What happened?" Uncle Li and others were busy in the office when they suddenly heard Aunt Hong's exclamation and crowded around.

"Look at this, everyone. The revenue of Feixiang Transport Company these past few days." Aunt Hong hurriedly turned the computer screen around and said, "It's only been five days and they've already made over 30,000. Wouldn't that mean they could make hundreds of thousands in a month? Plus, here at the management office, we've already collected 70,000 in management fees, and there are still some outstanding..."

For those uncles and aunties in the impoverished areas, such a profitable slice of the transportation market is like an astronomical figure to them.

"My goodness," Uncle Li widened his eyes and said, "I thought these kids were just messing around, breaking even would have been great, but I never expected... the profits are so substantial."

"It's unbelievable," the crowd exclaimed in amazement.

"Hehe, now it's the case of the new waves pushing the old waves along the Yangtze River," Aunt Hong chuckled and said, "We've aged, now it's the young folks' world."

"Exactly, I never thought that those idlers in the factory, always up to no good, would actually succeed in their ventures," Uncle Li laughed bitterly and said, "We've toiled our entire lives, and in the end, we have nothing, not even close to what these youngsters make in a year."

The management office, everyone was sighing and reflecting.

The news soon spread to Changlin Community, Aunt Hong is quite the talker, and the news about the management office and Feixiang Transport Company making hundreds of thousands a month immediately started circulating in Changlin Community, with many people quietly discussing it.

"Have you heard? Lin Chuan led Zhou Kai and others in their ventures, making hundreds of thousands a month."

"Really? That much? What are they doing?"

"I heard they are running a transport business in the transportation market."

"That lucrative?!"

The factory area's market is abuzz with chatter. Nuo Xiaoxi accidentally heard this news, and she couldn't help but beam with joy. This young lady was still dressed in plain clothes, keeping her new clothes in the closet for the New Year. Holding her newly bought iPhone, she eagerly wanted to tell everyone that Lin Chuan was going to be her future husband.

What is the market? It's the birthplace of gossip.

Soon, the news about Lin Chuan, Zhou Kai, and Da Pao, as well as the rest becoming wealthy had spread.

"What does it mean?" Liu Jianguo widened his eyes and said, "These damn kids making hundreds of thousands a month? Are you kidding me?"

"It's true," a man at the residents' committee nodded and said, "Several people from our factory have gone to work for them, this news can't be fake."

"No way!" Liu Jianguo blinked his eyes, his mind possibly brewing some conspiracies.

Aunt Zhou from the residents' committee also heard the news and immediately dropped her basket, rushing towards the Lin family. How come she hadn't heard about this before, but now it's spreading wildly today? As a lover of gossip, Aunt Zhou decided to visit the Lin family herself and get to the bottom of it.

Unfortunately, she was turned away at the door.

"Yo, Aunt Zhou, what brings you here?" a curious neighbor asked.

"I'm looking for the elder sister of the Lin family." Aunt Zhou, wearing a red jacket and a colorful scarf around her neck, with rimless glasses, smiled and said: "Looks like nobody's home."

"She's gone to work," the neighbor said with a smile.

"This..." Aunt Zhou was taken aback and said, "Wasn't it said that Lin Chuan is making hundreds of thousands a month? Why... did they still let his mother go sweep the streets?"

"I really don't know about that," the neighbor squatting at the door cleaning fish said, "I've heard about it. But there was also news before. Zhou Kai and Da Pao, these kids supposedly made over forty thousand in two months thanks to Lin Chuan's help. Later when I inquired, Lin Chuan didn't take a penny for himself, giving it all to them. I heard from elder sister that Lin Chuan could have taken three hundred thousand, but he didn't and left it all for starting a business. And now... the young people have succeeded in starting their business. They really have brains."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou's eyes sparkled, and she quickly approached: "So, this is true?"

"True or not, I don't know, but that's what everyone says," the neighbor laughed, "By the way, you can ask Xiao Hong, isn't she working at their company? I heard this news from her."

"Then I must ask her," Aunt Zhou frowned and said, "Spreading rumors can lead to a sentence."

Aunt Zhou is really kind-hearted, walking miles to visit Aunt Hong's house. Aunt Hong had just returned from the market, and with Feixiang Transport Company doing well, she was expecting some bonus salary at the end of the year to support her family. Therefore, her face was smiling all the time. Early this morning, she went to buy vegetables at the market and brought back a piece of meat.

"Xiao Hong." Suddenly, a voice came from not too far.

When Aunt Hong heard it, she looked around and it was Aunt Zhou from the residents' committee, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Yo, Aunt Zhou, is that you? You never come to see me in eight hundred years, what brings you here today? Is there something I can help with?"

Aunt Zhou revealed a smile and said, "I have a question for you."

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