Jiang Che was a little surprised to see that Wei Xuan was not defeated by the difficulties she had encountered in recent days.

I didn't realize that my wife is quite resilient. Okay, as long as she doesn't show any negative emotions, it's fine. He walked over to sit next to Wei Xuan, lifted one of her legs and placed it on his knees. While massaging her, he asked her, "Wife, do you have any plans for the next step?"

Wei Xuan was also having a headache over this problem. She knew it would be difficult before opening the factory, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. She was stuck at the first step.

If it really doesn't work out, she might as well buy land and build a factory by herself. Although this may require her to prepare little by little from the beginning, and it will take longer, it is still easier than arguing with the leaders of the factory. Wei Xuan hates playing tricks and fighting with others the most. There are so many things she can do with this time!

But it was not easy to buy land. She had looked before, but the places she could afford were all remote and inaccessible, so she was not very interested. If she really built a factory in such a place, it would be difficult to sell the products in the factory in the future. She would probably have to build a road, which would be another expense. With this calculation, she was really worried that her wallet would not be able to bear it.

After thinking it over, Wei Xuan still felt that it was not worth it. After a while, she asked Jiang Che, "What do you think about me building the factory in my hometown?"

Wei Xuan suddenly had this idea. Since she couldn't buy suitable land in Beijing, she might as well buy it in her hometown. At least it was not far from Beijing and the road conditions were not bad. It was not much worse than the suburbs of Beijing. The most important thing was that she didn't have to pay for the road construction.

Jiang Che thought for a moment and said, "Since you want to open a factory in your hometown, why don't you consider opening it in Yangcheng?"

"Yangcheng?"

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"Yes, Yangcheng," Jiang Che nodded. "It's a coastal city with fast economic development and a large population. It's very suitable for opening a factory." Jiang Che felt that it was actually more suitable than Beijing.

Wei Xuan frowned and thought about it, still felt that this suggestion was not feasible: "That place is indeed very suitable for opening a factory, but after all, our base is in Beijing. It is too far away from Beijing and it is not convenient for us to manage." If it were a dozen years later, with high-speed trains and airplanes, Wei Xuan would definitely choose that place without even thinking about it, but it is not possible now. It is too tiring to go out now.

That’s right, Jiang Che just mentioned it casually. Now that he saw Wei Xuan’s refusal was well-reasoned, he didn’t say anything else.

"Anyway, let me talk about it after I meet with the director of the last sugar factory tomorrow."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

Wei Xuan shook her head: "No, I'll go by myself. I heard that your transportation company has received several large orders recently. You go and keep an eye on it. Be sure to tell them to be careful." If something happens, all their years of work will be in vain.

The next day, after Wei Xuan sent her daughter to school, she went to the sugar factory. This sugar factory was originally a subsidiary of the Jingshi Food Factory. There were not many workers in it, only about a hundred or so. It was a small factory with only three factory buildings, which was in line with Wei Xuan's current plan. If the deal could be reached, that would be the best.

After arriving at the gate of the sugar factory, Wei Xuan explained her purpose to the security guard.

The security guard looked at her in surprise, then said "wait" and ran into the factory.

Wei Xuan didn't care and just stood at the door waiting. The temperature had started to rise and she was wearing many clothes, so she didn't feel cold after standing for a while.

However, Wei Xuan secretly shook her head at the security guard's behavior. Just from this small matter, it can be seen that there are big problems in the management of the sugar factory. Since she told him that she had an appointment with the factory director, although he didn't say what it was, it must be an important guest. Shouldn't she be arranged first and then informed?

If there is any important cooperation, if you meet someone who is particular about details, you will offend all the customers.

This incident also sounded a wake-up call for Wei Xuan. When she opens a factory in the future, she will have to pay attention to details like this.

Just as she was daydreaming, the security guard came back. He opened the small door and said to Wei Xuan, "I'll take you in."

"Then thank you for your help, uncle." Wei Xuan pushed the bicycle in, stopped it at the door of the guard room, and then followed the uncle inside.

This factory is really not big. As far as the eye can see, apart from three factory buildings, there is also a small office on the second floor and a canteen, covering an area of ​​about thirty to forty acres.

It only took them a few minutes to reach the factory director's office. After the security guard brought the people in, he pointed to a door and motioned for Wei Xuan to go in by herself before turning around and leaving. Seeing this, Wei Xuan had no choice but to walk up and knock on the office door.

"Come in."

When Wei Xuan heard the voice, she pushed open the door and saw a man in his forties or fifties sitting behind the desk. This should be Director Yang. When he saw Wei Xuan come in, he didn't show any intention of standing up to greet her.

Wei Xuan didn't care. She walked into the house, closed the door, found a chair and sat down.

Director Yang probably felt that his authority was challenged, so he frowned and asked in a serious tone, "You just want to take over Comrade Wei from our sugar factory?"

Yesterday, he received a notice from the food factory saying that someone wanted to contract the sugar factory and would come to talk to him today. He thought it would be a man, but it turned out to be such a young woman.

Wei Xuan heard the contempt in his words, but did not take it to heart. She nodded calmly: "It's me." This was not the first time this had happened in the past two days. Most leaders had this reaction when they first saw her, and she was almost used to it.

"Director Yang, can we talk business now?"

"Sure," Director Yang nodded. "I wonder how much Comrade Wei is going to pay to contract the sugar factory."

This question was quite direct. Wei Xuan didn't want to beat around the bush and said directly, "350,000 yuan. Director Yang, do you think this price is acceptable? Of course, I don't know the specific labor and area of ​​the factory yet. This is just an approximate number. We can discuss the details later."

This amount of money is definitely not small. Wei Xuan calculated it based on the size of the factory and the number of employees. But it is obvious that Director Yang is not very satisfied with this number.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you taking over all the employees in the factory?"

Wei Xuan was unhappy. The money she gave included the employee's severance pay. Otherwise, how could the few factory buildings in this factory be worth 350,000 yuan? The most expensive thing was the land, which was still worth some money.

The current price of industrial land is 200 yuan per mu. If he has 40 mu at most and has a term of 30 years, it will be less than 250,000 yuan. How many employees can there be here? 150? Wei Xuan thinks it will not exceed this number. The current compensation seems to be calculated according to the number of years of employment. If each person has 10 years, he will be compensated for 10 months' salary, which means 400 yuan per person. 150 employees will be 60,000 yuan. The remaining houses and machines are not worth much, so the price Wei Xuan gave is really fair.

She took a breath, took a step back and said, "Director Yang, I can accept employees, but not all of them. I will conduct an assessment at that time, and only those who pass can enter the factory to work. But I can promise you that when I recruit people, I will give priority to the old employees in the factory. Do you think you can accept this?"

Director Yang did not say whether he accepted or rejected Wei Xuan's suggestion. Instead, he asked another question: "If I contract the factory to you, will you be responsible for the pensions of the retired employees?"

Wei Xuan hadn't thought of this question for a moment. She frowned and thought for a while before asking, "How many retired employees are there in your factory now?"

If it wasn't much, she would just take it.

Director Yang smiled and said, "Not many. Our factory has only been established for less than 20 years. In addition, the factory itself is not large. There are a total of 48 retired employees."

This number is really not a lot. If we calculate it based on 200 per person per year, the buyout for 15 years is less than 150,000. If Director Yang is really willing to contract the sugar factory to her, she doesn't mind paying a little more. After all, compared to money, what she lacks more now is time.

But she had already withdrawn so much, if she withdrew further, it would make people feel that she was easy to bully, which would increase the difficulty of the subsequent negotiations. So she pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Director Yang, this is a legacy issue of your factory, and it should not be blamed on me. So, I have an idea. Do you think it's okay to buy out the retirement wages of the retired employees? The factory and I will share half of the money."

Yang Changchang immediately retorted: "The price you offered also includes the factory's machines. Isn't half for each a bit too much?"

Wei Xuan almost rolled her eyes. This second-hand machine had no idea how many years it had been used, and yet he dared to use it as a bargaining chip. However, she could see that this matter could still be negotiated. As the saying goes, only those who choose are the buyers, and vice versa. If Director Yang didn't want to sell the factory, he wouldn't have bargained with her.

She pretended to be troubled and hesitated for a moment before saying, "How about this, I'll pay the bulk and we'll split it 20-80. Is that okay with you?"

Director Yang didn't expect that Wei Xuan was really willing to make concessions. Although she looked weak, she was decisive in doing things. He had underestimated her before.

He slapped the table and stood up and said happily, "Okay, since Comrade Wei is so straightforward, I won't be fussy. I'll take the lead in contracting the sugar factory to you, but the employees and other leaders in the factory need a few days to make arrangements. How about we go to the food factory to sign the contract in a week?"

Wei Xuan didn't expect that this time would be so smooth. She was stunned for a moment before she stood up and shook hands with Director Yang: "Okay, then we'll meet at the food factory." As for the final price, she would definitely go to the food factory and bring the leaders there to discuss it together. However, generally speaking, it shouldn't be much different from today's price.

After Wei Xuan left, the door of the office next to Director Yang was opened from the inside, and several men in their forties came out. They ran into Director Yang's office eagerly, "What's going on?"

"Yeah, did you come to an agreement?"

Director Yang motioned for them to close the door and said, "Sit down first and talk slowly."

"How can I be so slow? It's urgent. Have you said it's done yet?"

Director Yang pointed at him with amusement and said, "Old Cow, when will you change your impatient temper?" He paused, and seeing that the people in front of him were really anxious, he stopped teasing them and said bluntly, "It's settled. 350,000. We will split the pension of the retired employees with her 20:80. We will pay 20 and she will pay 80."

The man called Lao Niu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and slumped down in his chair: "That's good, with these 350,000, our factory's debts can be cleared."

"Yes, it's not easy to be in debt, but it's finally over."

Lao Niu thought of something and said indignantly, "It's just a bargain for those who still owe our factory a lot of money?" After saying that, he turned around and asked Director Yang, "If our factory is gone, then they don't have to pay back the money, right?"

What was he thinking? He said that Lao Niu was naive, but Director Yang replied angrily: "How is that possible? We sold the sugar factory, but the food factory is still there."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed knowingly.

Director Yang said in a good mood: "You guys go and call a meeting of employees later and try to get this matter resolved quickly. The contract will be signed next week."

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"Okay. Let's go now." The three of them responded in unison, turned around and left the office towards the factory.

At this time, many debts are you owe me, I owe him, and he owes you, which creates triangular debts. No one has money, and over time it becomes a vicious cycle.

Director Yang and his colleagues were almost driven crazy by this triangular debt. The sugar factory was just a small one and they couldn't pay the employees' salaries. They were so worried that they couldn't sleep all night long. They dreamed of settling the debts quickly and getting rid of this mess of the sugar factory as soon as possible.

So, this time they and Wei Xuan can be said to complement each other.

But Wei Xuan didn't know the inside story. In her mind, the wave of layoffs was something that happened after the 1990s. She had never thought that the situation in the factory was so serious now. She was still wondering why the talks went so smoothly this time.

Jiang Che laughed at her, saying that she was thinking so much after she succeeded because she had suffered too many setbacks before.

Wei Xuan thought about it carefully and felt that what he said made sense, but she still felt it was not quite true.

It wasn't until a week later when the contract was signed, the money was paid and everything was settled that she felt at ease.

After leaving the factory, Director Yang invited Wei Xuan to dinner, but Wei Xuan declined: "We just got the factory, and we still have a lot of things to do. We'll have a chance later."

Director Yang did not force it, and only said: "The factory employees have been dismissed. I hope Boss Wei still remembers what he promised me."

"Of course. When the factory is recruiting, they can come to the factory to apply as long as they are willing. I will give them priority in admission." Anyway, they have to pass the assessment, so Wei Xuan didn't mind doing this favor to Director Yang.

"That's good." Director Yang sighed. This was all he could do.

After parting with Director Yang, Wei Xuan rode her bicycle to the sugar factory. Oh, no, it can’t be called a sugar factory now. This is her factory from now on. What name should she give it?

Wei Xuan thought happily in her heart that it was just like inspecting her own territory, and she walked around the factory inside and out before going home.

Knowing that she was going to sign a contract today, Jiang Che left work early and waited for her at home.

Wei Xuan saw him from a distance and pedaled harder. With an emergency brake, the car stopped in front of Jiang Che.

Wei Xuan jumped out of the car and hugged Jiang Che: "I'm so happy."

Jiang Che hugged her back, and waited until she calmed down before he jokingly asked, "Director Wei, shouldn't you buy a car?"

Wei Xuan has not recovered from the heartache she has just given out today. How can she bear to spend the money if I ask her to buy a car now?

She let go of Jiang Che and picked up the bicycle she had just abandoned: "I think bicycles are great. The key is that they are environmentally friendly to ride."

"Hahahaha," Jiang Che was so amused by her stingy look that he couldn't straighten his back with laughter.

Wei Xuan ignored him and moved her bicycle to the yard and walked straight to the backyard. Seeing this, Jiang Che hurriedly followed her: "What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll cook for you."

"You?" It's not that Wei Xuan looked down on him, it's just that Jiang Che's cooking skills were only at the level of cooking the food.

"Well, what's wrong with me?"

"Forget it," Wei Xuan turned her head away from him and said, "I can do it myself."

"No," Jiang Che held her arm and said, "I'm going to treat you to a big meal outside, do you want to go?"

"What to eat?" To be honest, Wei Xuan had been in this era for so long, and apart from eating at state-owned restaurants, she had never been to any other restaurant. So she became interested when Jiang Che mentioned it.

"How about treating you to some Western food?"

"Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes." After saying that, he ran back to the house. It's not that Wei Xuan likes Western food, she just wants to have a romantic time with Jiang Che.

She had dressed more formally in the morning because she was going to discuss business with someone. Now she had to dress nicely to go out for dinner. Wei Xuan changed into a pink knitted top and wool skirt, and put on a camel coat.

"Let's go."

The two of them packed up, said hello to Sister-in-law Liu Ying, and went out.

Whether in this era or in the previous life, this was Wei Xuan's first time in a Western restaurant. When she entered the hall, she found the decoration was quite good, at least no different from what she had seen on TV.

Wei Xuan was stunned when she saw the menu. A steak cost seven or eight yuan, and Jiang Che also ordered red wine. This meal would probably cost a worker's monthly salary.

Sure enough, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge no matter what era.

Wei Xuan was not interested in red wine, but Jiang Che insisted that she drink it: "Just think of it as a celebration. You won't drink too much, so drink a little to feel it."

Wei Xuan really believed his nonsense and actually took a sip. She didn't feel anything else but the bitterness. She really didn't know why so many people like to drink wine that tastes bitter and spicy.

Seeing her face wrinkled with bitterness, Jiang Che couldn't help laughing: "Is it that exaggerated? I think it tastes pretty good."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xuan pushed the cup towards him and said, "Then drink it all, don't waste it." He spent a lot of money on it.

"Okay, I'm going to get drunk and you drag me home."

Wei Xuan didn't believe that he would really get drunk, so she immediately replied: "Okay, I will definitely not abandon you, don't worry."

The two of them ate in a very decent manner. After all, Wei Xuan had watched so much TV that she knew how to eat Western food. As for Jiang Che, no one knew who he learned from, but he also did a pretty good job.

In fact, the taste of the food is just so-so, the main focus is on the mood.

At the end of the meal, neither of them felt full. Wei Xuan wiped her mouth, looked at Jiang Che and said, "Let's go."

"Okay, let's go."

After they got home, Wei Xuan went to the kitchen to cook noodles, and Jiang Che followed her: "Make some for me."

As soon as they finished speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Don't do these fancy things in the future."

Jiang Che said, "It's fun once in a while. We'll bring the kids with us next time."

"Okay." Since the family has the conditions, Wei Xuan also thinks that she can take the child to broaden his horizons.

The two of them ate noodles and took a nap. Jiang Che went to work, while Wei Xuan stayed at home to take care of her son. She missed him a lot after not seeing him for most of the day.

After her son fell asleep, she sat in the yard and started writing and drawing on it with a pen.

Now that we have the factory, the next thing to consider is staffing and products.

She checked all the machines in the factory and found that most of them were still usable and only needed to be reassembled.

There is no rush for these things. She can just wait until she recruits employees and let them do the work. The most important thing now is that the factory really needs a factory director.

She definitely can't do that. She has a lot to do and is also responsible for product matters. It would be better to find a dedicated factory manager to take charge of those trivial matters in the factory. She only needs to grasp the general direction.

In this case, the factory manager should be someone with strong execution ability, at least someone who can complete the tasks assigned by her.

After writing it down first, Wei Xuan started to think about the product.

She determines the products based on the raw materials. Some raw materials are difficult to obtain, so they are not considered for the time being.

First of all, the cakes she made before are all fine. What else? Is ham also okay? For now, let's just use these.

You can't bite off more than you can chew, and you can't become fat in one bite. After these are made, the rest can be introduced slowly later.

After making a good plan, Wei Xuan was ready to do it in a big way. First of all, she needed people.

She was still alone, how could this work? How long would it take for her to run the factory by herself? She didn't have the energy to do so. Her priority now was to recruit a factory director.

So she posted job advertisements on the walls of several stores, hiring a food factory director with a high salary, tentatively set at RMB 120 per month.

One hundred and twenty is definitely a very high salary for ordinary people, but Wei Xuan wants to recruit people with real abilities, so this amount of money is not really that much.

But she couldn't set a fixed salary at the beginning, so she crossed out the salary column at the bottom of the advertisement and changed it to "negotiable".

Whether he has the ability or not, we have to meet and talk to him to know. If he is really what she wants, then she will offer him a higher salary. After all, money is easy to make but talent is hard to come by these days.

After expressing her feelings, Wei Xuan went to see several other stores that were being renovated. Two clothing stores had been renovated, three were being renovated, and two grain stores and two braised meat stores were being renovated. After Wei Xuan walked around all of them, she said to Jiang Sanjie, "Wait until this store is renovated, and then tell the masters to renovate the grain store and the braised meat store first."

The clothing store only needs to be installed before May, but the braised meat store and the grain store can start making money as soon as they are installed. Wei Xuan, who has spent a lot of money on the factory recently, wants to make up for it somewhere else as soon as possible. After all, even the smallest mosquito is still meat!

Third Sister Jiang agreed: "I'll tell the master when this one is finished."

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