"real?"
Fu Wan was overjoyed. The area of the food processing plant was very large. If they could acquire it, they would definitely be able to produce many new products.
Wang Jianmin gave an affirmative answer, but after the initial excitement, he also had some concerns.
"Director Fu, the food processing plant is quite large, and I'm sure we're not the only ones eyeing it. If you're interested, we need to head over right away!"
"And what about the land where the Six Star Cannery is located? If you're interested, shouldn't we ask someone to talk to them about it?"
If Six Star Cannery knew their arch-rival was interested in buying the land, they would definitely demand an exorbitant price.
Fu Wan certainly understood this principle and immediately agreed.
"Don't worry, Uncle Wang, I know what I'm doing."
"You get ready first. After lunch, we'll go to the non-staple food factory."
After hanging up with Wang Jianmin, Fu Wan thought for a moment and then made another call to Yejiacun to find Ye Lin.
The people at Six Star Canned Food Factory should know that the owner of Five Star Canned Food Factory is surnamed Fu. Sending Ye Lin and Fang Min to talk to him shouldn't be a problem.
Ye Lin readily agreed. Let alone buying land, he would have done it without hesitation even if Fu Wan asked him to cause trouble for the Six Star Canned Food Factory.
After hanging up the phone and returning home, Boss Fu was also back.
The weather has been cloudy and relatively cool lately, so Boss Fu borrowed someone else's ox to plow the land in preparation for planting rice.
The family didn't grow rice much in the past because Fu Laoda and Fu Ming had to go to sea, and Ye Xiaocui couldn't manage it all by herself.
Moreover, at that time, rice was mainly grown to sell for money to buy cheap staple foods like cornmeal.
As for Boss Fu, he is now growing rice for his own family to eat.
Upon learning that Fu Wan was going to buy land that afternoon, Boss Fu decided to go with her.
According to him, Fang Min was not good with words, and Ye Lin was not very clever. The fact that the Six Star Canned Food Factory could do such disgusting things before showed that the boss was also a scoundrel.
When it comes to scoundrels, Boss Fu is an expert.
Fu Wan was overjoyed that her father wanted to go with them. While Ye Xiaocui and Fu Ming were busy at the dock, Fu Wan and her eldest son prepared lunch at home.
After lunch, Fu Wan drove Fang Min and Fu Ming, the eldest son of Fu Wan, to the county town.
Wang Jianmin and Ye Lin had been waiting at the factory for a long time. Fu Wan went to get some money first, then glanced at her wristwatch. It was exactly 2 p.m.
Wang Jianmin said, "Director Fu, the land for the Liuxing Canned Food Factory is being auctioned off at 2:30. The time for the non-staple food factory is about the same. We need to go and talk to their factory director in person."
"But don't worry, Zhou Haoran has already done the research for us. I have a pretty good understanding of the conditions for taking over the non-staple food factory."
The food processing plant was different from the Six Star Canned Food Factory; the former was at least a state-owned enterprise, while the latter was a small, privately owned factory. Therefore, one of the conditions for taking over the food processing plant was to preserve the jobs of the factory's employees as much as possible.
As for Six Star Cannery, the compensation paid to Five Star Cannery alone was enough to bankrupt them. Selling the factory at this point was simply an attempt to pay off the compensation and make one last profit.
After understanding the situation, Fu Wan turned to Fu Laoda and gave him instructions.
“Dad, that factory is just an empty shell. Besides the machines, we don’t need any of the employees. We’ll only offer five thousand for this factory. If they don’t sell, we’ll just give it up.”
If it weren't for the decent location of the Six Star Canned Food Factory, Fu Wan wouldn't have wanted to buy that run-down factory.
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu readily agreed, "Alright, you can go to the food factory without worry!"
Seeing that it was almost time, Fu Wan split up into two groups. Unlike her previous plan, Fang Min went with her and Wang Jianmin to the food factory, while Fu Wan's eldest brother Fu Ming and Ye Lin, the three big men, went to the Liuxing Canned Food Factory.
The food processing plant was a bit far from the cannery; one was on the east side of the county town, and the other on the west. Fortunately, Fu Wan had a car, and they arrived at the food processing plant in less than twenty minutes.
"Huh, there aren't any security guards?"
Wang Jianmin originally wanted to go down to register, but the security office was empty, without a single person in sight.
The food processing plant had its gates wide open, so Fang Min simply drove her car straight in.
As one of the larger state-owned factories in the county, the food processing plant produced not only peach shortbread but also processed other food items like sponge cakes. When Fu Wan and her group first arrived, Wang Jianmin quietly mentioned the problems that had been uncovered at the food processing plant in the past few months.
In addition to substandard production environments, there are also cases of using moldy and damp flour to produce goods, and expired products being recycled and resold with different dates.
It's fair to say that a lot has happened at the food factory in the past few months. The factory workers went on strike long ago, leaving only a few managers still at the factory trying to figure out how to revive it.
Of course, some people were just looking to grab the money and leave as soon as possible.
This wasn't Wang Jianmin's first time visiting the food processing plant. He led Fu Wan and the other woman to find Zhou Haoran with ease. As they walked, Fu Wan took in the environment of the food processing plant.
The hygiene in the production workshop was indeed poor, the trees in the park were growing haphazardly, and the office buildings were covered in dust, with dust everywhere you stepped on the cement floor.
To sum it up in one sentence, the entire food processing plant looked deserted.
"This is it!"
After Wang Jianmin finished speaking, he knocked on the door. But after knocking for a long time, there was no response from inside.
At the same time, Fu Wan's ears twitched. Why did she feel like she heard people arguing?
She followed the sound a few steps forward and stopped at the door of an office at the corner, where a heated argument was taking place.
"Yes, I'm just greedy for money. This factory has to be sold, otherwise none of us will have our wages!"
"Then you can't sell it to foreigners, especially not to people from an island nation!"
Zhou Haoran was so angry that his hair stood on end. The man opposite him wasn't much better off. The two were arguing, and behind the desk sat a square-faced man with gray hair and glasses.
He was frowning and remained silent.
Island nation people?
Why is it about island nations again?
Fu Wan frowned slightly. The land where the food processing plant was located was indeed large, and most importantly, it was not far from the county's dock. If it developed in the future, maritime transportation would be convenient.
Fu Wan had long anticipated that many people would vie for this piece of meat, but she never expected that there would be Japanese people among them.
"Zhou Haoran, are you out of your mind? So what if they're from the island nation? Their status is legal, and they have money. As long as they buy the factory, not only will the workers' jobs be saved, but the food factory can continue to exist!"
Zhou Haoran chuckled, "Come on, you guys were able to secretly use moldy flour to make food and sell it to the people before. If these people take over in the future, who knows what they might put in it!"
The man was rendered speechless by the rebuttal. Wang Jianmin coughed twice forcefully, and everyone in the room immediately turned their attention to him.
"Haha, I hope I haven't bothered you, Director Xu. I'm Wang Jianmin from the cannery. Do you remember me?"
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