Chapter 464 Happiness came too fast for him to believe

The 50-acre factory is neither big nor small.

Making handmade malt sugar requires a large space because it requires soaking malt, drying malt, boiling malt, etc.

So the 50 acres are not all factories, half of the area is drying yard.

The drying yard is now empty, with only a little malt drying in a corner, which has just sprouted.

There is a workshop next to it. Two pots are bubbling with steam, and someone is stirring and boiling malt.

Hearing their movement, everyone except the two men who were stirring the malt ran out of the house.

There were seven or eight of them in total, all with sad faces.

Cheng Hui immediately asked the director of a district office who had made an appointment with her: "The factory has been transferred to me, what should they do?"

Several workers immediately looked at the director hopefully.

They don't know what will happen to them in the future, and the news they heard is not optimistic. It is likely that they will be left unemployed at home, waiting for other jobs to become available.

This time may be a few months, a few years, or a lifetime.

The director said with some embarrassment: "Their problem is still being discussed... Their factory has been established for more than ten years, so it can be considered an old factory, but its management has been getting worse and worse in recent years! It is the leaders' kindness that they can let them drag it on for so long."

Immediately, a worker stood up and protested: "Are we to blame for the poor management? The machine assigned to us is not good. It was originally a scrapped machine that was eliminated by others! It breaks down every other day after it comes to us, and we don't send anyone to fix it. Even if we do, it can't be fixed. It breaks down again after a few days of use!"

"The things we made also have flaws! We were brought down by that broken machine! Are you blaming us now?"

The director immediately looked at Cheng Hui awkwardly and said to the workers, "Don't talk nonsense! It's because you don't know how to use the machine that the machine always breaks down. There's no point in saying this now. Just get back to work!"

Cheng Hui asked curiously, "What kind of machine is this? Can I take a look?"

The director's eyes lit up. He had heard of Cheng Hui's ability to repair machines, but...she wanted to repair that machine? That's no use. Even if the machine is repaired, the factory will still have to be closed.

Even if Cheng Hui didn't need this land, it was originally planned to be demolished and used to build a residential compound for employees of a large factory... Now it has been snatched away by Cheng Hui, if she likes it.

However, seeing the look in the other workers' eyes, the director didn't know what to say right now, fearing that they would get impulsive and hit him.

A young man in his 20s stood up and looked at Cheng Hui hopefully: "Why do you want to see the machine? I can show it to you, but..."

After he finished speaking, he didn't know what to say.

But what? You don’t want their land just after taking a look at it? Can they continue their work?

He smiled bitterly. How is that possible? He just had a wild idea.

The light in the young man's eyes suddenly went out: "Come with me."

He took Cheng Hui and his group to a workshop not far away. The door was open and the room was filled with spare parts.

The young man said angrily, "Look, the last time this machine broke down, the maintenance workers couldn't put it back together after dismantling it! That's it, are you blaming us?"

The director looked embarrassed and didn't dare to move forward.

Cheng Hui looked at the parts on the ground and said nothing. She shook her head and said, "This is an old machine from 50 years ago. It's rare to see it now. It should be put in a museum."

The young man immediately liked her very much: "See! I told you it's not our fault! It's all the fault of this machine! The higher-ups should give us a new, better machine! Then our factory can be revived!"

The director hid far enough away and didn't say a word.

But the workers would not let him go. If they did, they would have no way to survive.

Seven or eight people had unknowingly surrounded the office director.

"Director, my mother is sick. She has no job and cannot get her medical expenses reimbursed. She relies on me for everything! If I lose my job, she will die! I am unfilial!"

"Director, I have eight children! All of them are in school. The monthly food expenses alone empty the wallets of my wife and I. If I lose my job, half of my family will starve to death!"

"Director, I'm already 30, and I finally found a partner this year. If I lose my job, this relationship will definitely fail, and I'll be single for the rest of my life!"

"director....."

The director is so confused!

What a wrong decision. I should have cleared everyone out before watching this today!

What now? There's nothing we can do about it even if we look for him! He is just a person who does things, not a person who gives orders!

He subconsciously looked at Cheng Hui.

Cheng Hui looked at the expressions of these people and it didn't seem like they were lying. Indeed, each of them had difficulties.

This is the life of ordinary people.

"How many people are there in your factory?" Cheng Hui asked.

The director immediately said, "There are 20 on the payroll! There are more than 80 off the payroll!"

Cheng Hui nodded. She knew all this information. That’s what the special team does. She was just pretending.

She didn't want to reveal that she had such a "team" in her hands.

This is actually a candy factory run by a street office. The ownership does not belong directly to the central government but to the street office.

The street provides the venue, pays the wages, and the profits belong to the street. People from the street are recruited as workers. These workers generally have special family needs and need care.

Some are migrant workers who came to Beijing for marriage, some are educated youth who returned home due to “sickness”, some are in poor health and cannot work normally in other units, and some are even disabled.

Because of Cheng Hui's question, everyone stopped pestering the director and looked at her.

"About 100 people." Cheng Hui said, "I want it."

The director was instantly surprised: "Great, great! Director Cheng is so kind! What are you still standing there for? Thank Director Cheng!"

This mouth needs a factory of 100 people. There is no other one like this in the whole capital, right?

Others were still confused. Is this a factory manager? They thought it was the factory director's secretary, who came here to scout ahead.

Want them? How do you ask for it?

Cheng Hui said: "Don't make maltose for now, it's not competitive. You go back and wait for a few days. Come back to work in three days. We will make new products."

"What's new?" the young man asked.

Cheng Hui looked at him and asked, "What's your name? What was your position in the factory?"

The young man was stared at by Cheng Hui, and suddenly his palms were sweating. He said nervously: "My name is Lin Ziwen, I am an educated youth who came back from the countryside, and I came back through normal channels! I was assigned to work in the candy factory, just an ordinary worker...

"But now all the leaders of the candy factory have been transferred to other places to work, and the rest are just ordinary workers."

He paused and said, "In fact, the candy factory now has less than 100 people, about 80 at most."

Leaders with connections will certainly not lose their jobs, they will all be transferred, and the rest are just ordinary people.

Cheng Hui looked at the other people. They were of all ages, in their twenties, thirties, and forties. However, none of them interrupted Lin Ziwen when he was speaking, and they stood behind him quietly. It seemed that he was very popular.

"You are now the team leader of the candy group of our Weifeng Food Factory. Go and inform the original workers one by one that if they want to work, they should come to the factory at 7:30 in the morning three days later."

Lin Ziwen...what factory? What group? He couldn't believe that happiness came so quickly!

He felt that this was Cheng Hui's scheme to trick them away... When they came back three days later, the big iron gate would be closed and there would be no chance for them to escape!