The next day, after Ruan Ruan woke up, she ate while thinking about the staffing for the factory. Regarding the position of factory manager, she decided to let the military arrange it. However, she wanted to call the Zheng brothers and the Huo brothers, Hao Shen and Hao Li, over. The Zheng brothers had been involved in the black market for years and were good at dealing with people and judging character. Huo Hao Shen had always been interested in making money, so she would have him come over to learn first. After the reform and opening up, he and Hao Li could go into business and lay a foundation. Huo Hao Li was currently working as a mechanical repair assistant in a steel factory, so he could become a full-time employee here. In addition, the machinery purchased by the pharmaceutical factory also needed someone to repair it.
In addition, Ruan Ruan spent the whole morning sorting out the staffing, logistics, staff dormitories, and the food and accommodation issues for the first batch of veterans. During lunch, she shared her thoughts with Huo Haocheng, and after the lunch break, she took the sorted documents and went with Huo Haocheng to find Commander Gu.
"Report!" The two of them arrived together outside Commander Gu's office.
"Come in"
"Uncle, are you busy right now?" Ruan Ruan asked Commander Gu as soon as she opened the door.
"Ruan Ruan, come in quickly, we're not busy right now." Commander Gu saw the couple coming together and assumed they were there to ask about the plan.
"I've already had the proposal you brought over yesterday sent to your grandfather and the others in Beijing, but it might take a while before it's approved."
"Uncle, I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to discuss staffing and logistics. This is the staffing plan I've come up with today; please take a look."
Ruan Ruan knew that her uncle had misunderstood her purpose, but it was all the same thing. After explaining, she showed Commander Gu what she had written that morning.
"Oh, are you so sure your pharmaceutical factory can be set up?" Gu Wenpeng teased as he took the contents from Ruan Ruan. Although he knew the higher-ups would approve it, he hadn't told her a thing!
"Uncle, at a time like this, please stop teasing me. You and I both know that setting up this pharmaceutical factory is beneficial to the country and its people. The higher-ups will definitely approve it; it's just a matter of time. In the meantime, let's do the preliminary work first. Once the documents are issued, we can start operating immediately. Isn't that great?"
Ruan Ruan knew very well how tempting the prescriptions she gave out were to the higher-ups, so she wasn't worried at all that the pharmaceutical factory wouldn't be able to be established.
"Okay, then tell me what you want to do?" Gu Wenpeng felt that if his niece were a boy, her status would definitely be very high.
“Uncle, this is what I’m thinking. Our priority now is to choose where to build our factory. Next is the selection of the factory director, deputy factory director, management personnel, and the first batch of staff to come.”
I've compiled a list of several people who have experience in this area. Also, I want to bring over all the senior TCM practitioners who were previously sent to the countryside.
When we talk about those senior practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine who were affected by the times, these people are the foundation of the country's pharmaceutical industry. Each of them has real skills, and they should not be left to silently wait for death in a corner because the country is sick and they are powerless to do anything due to policy.
"Ruan Ruan, do you know the consequences of what you're doing?" Gu Wenpeng could also imagine that if Ruan Ruan really did this, it would be an open act of hostility towards that party! At that time, the Ruan and Gu families might not be able to protect her.
"Uncle, don't worry, I know exactly what I'm doing, and I won't cause any trouble for the family." Ruan Ruan had thought it through clearly. As long as her uncle and grandfather agreed, she would have the system put the medicine she got from the poisoner into the hands of those who opposed her. Anyway, they wouldn't die, and Western medicine couldn't cure them. It just depended on whether their lives or their interests were more important to them. She had already given them a choice, hadn't she?
"Since you're confident, then go ahead and do it. You can notify the people mentioned in your document to come over first. As for the factory location you mentioned, I have an abandoned factory here, about two kilometers from our military region. It used to be a food factory, a private property back then. After they were demoted, the factory was abandoned. If you think it's acceptable, just approve it directly. How about that place?"
Speaking of that factory, Gu Wenpeng also thought of that family, a family of philanthropists, but... sigh, over the years, he had arranged for people to take care of them quietly, but there was only so much he could do.
"Where is that family now? Do you know their current situation, Uncle?" Ruan Ruan knew from Gu Wenpeng's tone when he mentioned the factory and the family that they must be old acquaintances. Ruan Ruan also knew that in a few years, when the country was doing well, many people would be exonerated and their assets would be returned. If she took the factory now, it would cause some trouble in the future, and might even bring them some trouble.
"Their hometown is Zengjia Village, which is 20 kilometers away from here. The village is basically full of people from the Zeng family. After hearing the rumors, they made arrangements in advance to return to their hometown. It is much safer there than to be sent to other places."
“Then let’s find some time to go see them and ask about the factory. We can’t just take their things for free.” No matter what, Ruan Ruan felt that she couldn’t take advantage of others. Moreover, it was their family’s business, passed down through generations. Just because the situation was unclear, she couldn’t take it for herself. That was wrong.
"No need. The factory's land deed is in my hands. Back then, to protect them, the old man gave me the land deed before he passed away, saying that they couldn't protect it even if it was in their hands, so it was better to give it to me. In the future, when the country needs it, they will see this and leave a lineage for the Zeng family!"
Gu Wenpeng recalled how, during the famine a few years ago, it was Grandpa Zeng who donated rice and supplies to help them through that difficult period. However, when the disaster struck, he was unable to save their family, which made him feel guilty for their past kindness.
What's done is done, and there's no point in saying anything more now. All he can do is do as the old man said: save their lives.
Thinking of this, Gu Wenpeng stood up, took out the key he always carried, opened the cabinet behind him, and took out a small wooden box from the bottom drawer.
“Take a look at the land deeds and keys inside when you have time. The factory should still be usable. Take them out.” He then pushed the box in front of Ruan Ruan.
It felt like completing a very important handover ceremony.
Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng saw the box in front of them but did not take it immediately. It was unclear what they were thinking, but they knew that if they took the box, they would shoulder the responsibility of protecting the Zeng family. Ruan Ruan glanced at Huo Haocheng beside her, and Huo Haocheng was looking at her as well. Their eyes met, and they both saw determination in each other's eyes.
Then, Ruan Ruan took the box, opened it, and found a land deed and a set of keys inside.
"Uncle, don't worry."
Afterwards, Ruan Ruan called the Hongqi Brigade and told her grandfather about her idea. As for how they would decide, it was up to them. The opportunity had been given, and whether they wanted to seize it was up to them.
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