Chapter 14 Prepare for a Protracted War
Cui Changjia stood up and quickly took the chicken soup from her hand, "Are you burned?"

Cui Changle shook his hands and said, "It's okay."

Cui Changjia gave her a soothing look, "Le Le, don't worry about us, we can do it on our own. You should pack up and go to bed early, because you have to get up and go to school tomorrow morning."

Cui Changle pulled the corners of his mouth hard, "Sister, it's okay, you guys chat, I'll serve you dinner and then go to bed."

Cui Changjia nodded at her, sat down and asked Cui Xiuyuan, "Did Fang Pengcheng ask for your money?"

Fang Pengcheng didn't get the upper hand from Cui Changle yesterday, so today he came to torture Cui Xiuyuan!

Cui Xiuyuan felt that Cui Changjia's attitude was a bit extreme, and said, "It's normal to ask for debts."

Is there ever a day when there are no debt collectors? His cell phone is often shut down due to battery failure.

Cui Changjia said seriously, "Fang Pengcheng is not short of money, so don't give it to him yet. Use this money to do your second skin grafting surgery first."

Cui Xiuyuan disagreed, "My surgery is not urgent, I'd better pay the debt first."

Cui Changjia frowned, "Brother, the best time for skin grafting is within 55 days. If you miss this time, you won't have the chance for surgery. The burns on your legs are third degree burns. You know how difficult it is to let them heal on their own."

No matter what Cui Xiuyuan said today, Cui Changjia must persuade him to undergo a second skin grafting operation!
In third-degree burns, nerve endings are destroyed and the human body cannot maintain normal pain response. Patients need to rely on drugs to relieve pain, but the side effects of drugs may also burden the body. Without skin grafting, the wound is difficult to heal and is very susceptible to infection. Due to economic reasons, Cui Xiuyuan only did the most serious part before. So far, the healing of those wounds is difficult to see with the naked eye. In addition, Cui Xiuyuan himself is actually in great pain, and his suppressed groans are often heard at night.

"Fang Pengcheng still has 200,000 yuan of fundraising funds left. If he joins forces with others to put pressure on us, we will be under even greater pressure."

Cui Changjia looked at Cui Xiuyuan, whose face was heavy, and thought of Fang Pengcheng's disgusting look. She swallowed back the words she was about to say. It was not the time to talk about that matter. Finally, she said, "If we give Fang Pengcheng 20,000 yuan and let others know, they will think we have money, and then they will come to ask for it, which will be just as difficult! Fang Pengcheng is not a good person. He can do things that add fuel to the fire."

Cui Changjia’s words surprised Cui Xiuyuan. How could his sister, who had never known anything, actually think of this?
"Mr. Fang is fine," Cui Xiuyuan said, "The logistics settlement is slow. Maybe he really needs money."

Cui Changjia said after a while, "I will take care of Fang Pengcheng's affairs, you don't have to worry about it. Brother, you don't want to go for treatment just because of the cost."

Cui Xiuyuan was silent. This was certain. If he had money, he would not be discharged from the hospital after the first skin graft, but would have undergone a second treatment operation.

Cui Changjia continued, "Brother, how much was the turnover of our factory last year?"

"More than thirty million."

"What about the profits?"

"Six or seven hundred, seven or eight hundred."

"If we open another factory, with our family's reputation, do you think it will be difficult to pay off the two million yuan debt?"

Cui Xiuyuan smiled bitterly, "Jia Jia, our factory's profit of several million is the result of nearly twenty years of accumulation." Maybe his sister has never been involved in the family business, or she is thinking things are simple.

Cui Changjia nodded and said, "I know. I didn't expect to eat a big fat man in one bite. If we want to solve our family's debt, it is impossible to complete it in a short period of time under the current situation. We need to fight a protracted war. How should we fight this war? Do you think we should rely on me or Aze?"

Cui Xiuyuan was silent. He had shortcomings in management, but he was still very confident in product production and control.

Cui Changjia continued, "Neither of us knows how to produce, so we can only rely on you to reopen the factory! But if you are not in good health and can't even do business, how can you fight this protracted war? Brother, you have been in business for so many years, you should know how to do the math."

Under the lamp, Cui Changjia had a look of calmness as if she had just experienced a storm, and she exuded an air of confidence that made people immersed in her aura.

Cui Xiuyuan smiled bitterly, "It's not that easy to run a factory. In the past two years, the competition in the furniture industry has become increasingly fierce. I don't know how many people are happy that we went bankrupt. As far as I know, the production scale of Lingtai Furniture Factory has nearly doubled after our bankruptcy, and I'm afraid all the customers have been divided up by others. If we want to do it, we have to start looking for customers again. Let alone making 10 million a year, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a turnover of 1 million."

His sister thought too simply. To run a factory, materials, labor, and site are all costs. How can they afford to invest now? Moreover, the reputation of Cui's furniture was built by hard work. Once Cui's furniture collapsed, many masters were poached. It was very difficult.

Cui Changjia said silently, "He Liangcai's account was originally hopeless, but he will be back today."

Cui Xiuyuan was silent, his eyes full of fatigue and helplessness.

Cui Changjia spoke slowly, "Large furniture accounts for a high material cost, labor cost, and time cost. If we build a factory again, we can change our thinking."

There was almost no expression on Cui Changjia's face and his tone was extremely calm, giving people a sense of silent power.

"What idea?" Cui Xiuyuan asked.

"We can start with small products, such as storage racks, simple clothes hangers, shoe racks, small shoe cabinets, folding tables, small stools, etc., which can be assembled by ourselves at home. These things are easy to make, use less materials, have low costs, and can be quickly paid back without any pressure on money. They can be sold in hardware stores and small commodity wholesale markets. When the time comes, we will find a few salesmen to specialize in promotion and give them high commissions. In this way, our sales channels will become more and more extensive."

Of course, Cui Changjia’s ultimate goal is not to promote products in the small commodity market, but to first make the products solid and then develop online sales.

"Once we make a profit, we can do other things. Now there are more and more small and medium-sized enterprises in the state capital, and there are more and more office buildings and offices. Old-fashioned office furniture is expensive, heavy to move, and does not match the temperament of today's elite white-collar workers. So I think there must be a bigger market for professional modern office furniture! Moreover, the price of ecological boards is much lower than that of solid wood boards, and the investment is less. I think it's okay."

Cui Changjia's step-by-step persuasion made Cui Xiuyuan's eyes suddenly light up. He had followed his father in the furniture business for so many years, so he naturally understood how important what Cui Changjia said was!

During this period, financial pressure, physical pain, and betrayal by his lover made him more and more desperate. Sometimes he even thought that he would rather die in the fire. However, looking at his family who loved him, he felt that leaving would be the greatest irresponsibility of his actions.

He was immersed in deep pain and couldn't extricate himself, but his sister's words just now gave him hope. Small products have low prices and may not make much profit, but as long as you can get started and have a direction to work hard, there is more hope than standing still now!

Cui Changjia said in a deep voice, "Brother, Aze and I don't know anything about production, so we can only rely on you. If you are not in good health, I am afraid that we will not be able to realize our ideas, don't you think so?"

(End of this chapter)