Chapter 102 Do you have any branch factories that are going to close down?

When Cheng Hui entered the house, she exchanged a few pleasantries with Li Dongfang, saying "It's so cold today, the house is so hot, and the provincial food factory is so big", and then she went straight to the point.

"Director Li, have you heard about the closure of our commune's food factory?" Cheng Hui asked.

Li Dongfang nodded: "I heard about it."

Cheng Hui glanced at him and said with a smile, "Director Li is really well-informed."

What happened yesterday was just a minor matter of a food factory in a commune under a county town closing down, but today the director of a provincial food factory heard about it.

She wouldn't believe it if he said he had nothing to do with this!

Li Dongfang felt inexplicably guilty when he was looked at... Could he have guessed it already?

But it really was none of his business, and he didn't expect Sun Qiang to use such a stupid method!

These were clearly a group of gooses that laid golden eggs, but who knew that Hu Sunqiang would drive them out? But it turned out to be a good thing for him.

"You are here for the work problems of the dozen or so workers in your factory, right?" Li Dongfang also said directly:

"Although our factory is fully staffed, considering that you have developed new products and made great contributions, our factory can make an exception and recruit a few of you."

Cheng Hui asked, "How do I collect it?"

Li Dongfang said: "Your former factory director can be given the position of deputy director of the workshop, and the others can follow their original positions, each doing their own job. Those who manage the warehouse should manage the warehouse, and those who manage production should manage production. However, we do not lack accountants and cashiers, so let the former people in your factory go to other positions first.

"As for you, you can be a production supervisor."

He said it in a nonchalant way.

In his opinion, it was a great thing that he could solve the employment problem for these dozen people and transform them from workers in a commune food factory to workers in a provincial food factory.

The other party will not be picky, and may even cry for joy.

Well, when I think about it, I really have to thank Sun Qiang. If Sun Qiang hadn't pushed these people into a desperate situation, he would have had to exchange the cookie recipe with him!

Cheng Hui didn't comment, but took out the brown paper box from her bag and opened it.

"Director Li, try the cookies I made."

Cheng Hui is a person who plans ahead. She had anticipated this day long ago, so she had already made the cookie molds a few days ago.

Now the round ice cream-shaped cookies look delicious and have a sweet taste.

Li Dongfang glanced at her, picked up a piece and tasted it, and his heart suddenly fluctuated.

The taste of this biscuits easily surpasses their factory’s signature biscuits!

If the other party takes it out, he must be making conditions to him.

He tasted a few more pieces, wiped his hands and said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

"Director, I have another gift for our factory." Cheng Hui said.

"Oh? What?" Li Dongfang asked curiously, anything else?

Cheng Hui instructed Gao Zhi to go downstairs and have someone carry the vacuum machine to the office.

She also asked Li Dongfang for plastic packaging bags for several types of food and a few sausages.

When the vacuum machine arrived, Cheng Hui demonstrated to him how to pack the sausage.

"With vacuum storage, the shelf life can be extended to seven days, even at normal temperatures in the summer. It can be stored even longer outdoors in the winter," said Cheng Hui.

Li Dongfang was immediately excited: "Really?"

Their red sausage is a local specialty. It has been made using the old craftsmanship and does not add any preservatives, so its shelf life is very short, only two or three days.

This leads to many problems, such as low production, not being able to sell far, or having been sold, there is a lot of loss and they break down easily, resulting in bad response.

"What is this called? Vacuum? What's the principle?" Li Dongfang asked curiously.

Cheng Hui gave him a brief explanation of the relationship between air and food spoilage. After listening to her clear and logical explanation, Li Dongfang began to believe it.

The key point is that he remembered that he had heard about this kind of magical packaging in foreign countries, which can greatly extend the shelf life by extracting the air.

He was fascinated at the time, but stopped immediately when he asked about the price of the machine!

I didn't expect that the machine is now right in front of me.

"Where did this thing come from?" Li Dongfang asked.

"My eldest brother is an engineer at the Beijing Mechanical Design Institute. He happened to be on a business trip to the Provincial Mechanical Institute. I just asked him to do it this morning." Cheng Hui said.

"Oh..." Li Dongfang said nothing, his eyes thoughtful.

Cheng Hui smiled and said her real purpose today: "Director, do you know if our factory has any small branches that are going bankrupt due to poor management? Our Director Guo still wants to be the director."

Li Dongfang...

He thought Cheng Hui would ask for an official position for him in the main factory, but he didn't expect that she would ask Guo Dajun for a position in a branch factory.

"If we talk about branches that are not doing well, there are definitely some," said Li Dongfang. There are several of them.

The provincial capital has a population of several million, so it is impossible to rely on just one food factory for supply, as it has various branches under it.

There are more than a dozen canning factories alone, and countless biscuit factories, milk powder factories, and candy factories.

Some of them have better performance, while others are barely surviving, and all of them rely on government financial support to avoid bankruptcy.

It would of course be easier to arrange these dozen people to the branch factory. Before, he thought they wanted to work in the main factory.

"Are you all going?" Li Dongfang asked.

"Everyone go. Director Guo is still the director, and the others should perform their respective duties." Cheng Hui said.

Li Dongfang looked at her in surprise. He thought Cheng Hui would take the opportunity to replace Guo Dajun's position, but he didn't expect her to be so righteous.

"Of course." Li Dongfang nodded: "But you have to keep the cookie recipe and the recipe of the majestic cake."

"There is only a recipe for biscuits, but no recipe for majestic cakes." Cheng Hui said.

Li Dongfang was immediately dissatisfied. Although the biscuit was delicious, the Weifeng cake was still better!

Because it has already hit the market!

If it was before, when the majestic cake and biscuits were placed in front of him at the same time, he would think that the two were equally good and could be sold for more than one yuan per pound!

But now, he doesn't have the confidence to sell these biscuits at 25 yuan per pound.

"There is only a cookie recipe and a vacuum machine." Cheng Hui said:

"If it doesn't work, forget it. The department store and the machinery factory have already agreed to accept our group of workers. As for me, I have the biscuit recipe, the Weifeng cake recipe, and the vacuum machine. I think the Jingcheng Food Factory will want me."

Li Dongfang...

After the threat, it was time to say something nice. Cheng Hui added, "In fact, the factory director doesn't have to be so fussy. The profits created by the branch factory belong to the main factory, of course."

Li Dongfang's face looked better and he almost forgot about this.

"Then you have to obey the arrangements of the head office." Li Dongfang said.

"We want absolute autonomy." Cheng Hui said.

This disagreement was quite large, and the two of them talked back and forth for more than half an hour.

But in negotiations, Li Dongfang was no match for Cheng Hui.

He never talked about it! The planned economy does not require negotiation, unlike Cheng Hui, who cannot do business without talking.

Li Dongfang was quickly defeated, but he held on to his bottom line: "I'll hold a meeting to discuss..."

"Okay." Cheng Hui stood up and walked out. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, by the way, Director, the Axian Food Factory is also under your management, right? When will the half-year salary for the dozen or so people in our factory be paid?"

Li Dongfang blurted out: "This is the county food factory's business, it's not our business!"

Cheng Hui looked at him and smiled.

Before, they claimed that everything was under the control of the head office and she had to obey orders, but now it is no longer their responsibility.

Li Dongfang...is waiting for him here!

Cheng Hui took Gao Zhi and the machine away...

As soon as I left the office, I met the deputy factory director Lu Ming, whom I met last time, and his niece Liu Lihua.

When Liu Lihua saw Cheng Hui, she snorted and followed her uncle into the factory director's office with her neck stiff.

Before the door was closed, Cheng Hui heard her say, "Director, you can't agree to her!"