Wang Wei accompanied Lu Fan to see Wang Mingtang, all for the sake of resolving the issue of workers' wages.
Wang Mingtang pondered for a while before asking Wang Wei and Lu Fan why they had come to see him.
If you want to acquire the soy sauce factory, you don't need to go through his connections at all; Lu Fan has ways to handle it.
Lu Fan came here through Wang Wei's connection, so he must have his concerns, or rather, additional requests, wanting Wang Mingtang to give him a definite answer.
Lu Fan actually thought so:
"I would like you to act as guarantor that I have no responsibility for any outstanding debts or expenses related to the soy sauce factory."
“I can take over, but I’m not willing to do charity work, especially charity work for the Wang family.”
Having too much money doesn't mean I can't spend it all; why should I let it benefit the Wang family?
Unexpectedly, it was just this one question. After a moment's thought, Wang Mingtang nodded:
"No problem. Actually, the soy sauce factory is just too big to handle. Every day the workers and equipment are idle, it incurs a day's cost. If someone were to offer to buy it, the Wang family would be eager to plug the hole as soon as possible."
The reason we didn't give them the money before was to prevent the workers from thinking that their blackmail was effective and causing trouble every now and then, always demanding exorbitant amounts.
This door must not be opened.
Now that someone is willing to take over, and the business is passed on to the Wang family, all debt payments will surely be received immediately, completely shaking off the "shame" of the soy sauce factory.
Wang Wei didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
She hadn't thought about debt repayment at first, since even inheritance nowadays requires clearing debts before inheriting.
Unexpectedly, the Wang family, in their eagerness to get rid of this burden as quickly as possible, no longer cared about this part of the expenses.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Fan's words surprised Wang Wei and even Wang Mingtang quite a bit:
"As for the workers, I can take them on, but I won't keep a single one of the upper management!"
As he spoke, Lu Fan explained the purpose of their actions to the two of them:
"The number of workers is too large. If we really drive them away from the beginning, there will definitely be trouble. I'm here to do business, not to make enemies."
"The management is a different story. They're a bunch of incompetent people who hold positions without any real ability. If they were truly capable of managing, the soy sauce factory wouldn't be in this state today."
In short, keep the capable ones, and get rid of all the cronies like Lu Fan. Everyone has their place; don't hogging the job.
Wang Mingtang had anticipated this, since the Wang family wouldn't care about the workers, but the management was almost entirely composed of Wang family members.
If someone else had acquired the soy sauce factory, it probably wouldn't have been a big deal.
But now the target of the acquisition is Lu Fan, a business rival with whom the Wang family has a tense relationship.
Wang Mingtang had no objection: "What you said makes a lot of sense. If we really acquire it, this soy sauce factory will be yours alone. How you plan and operate it will be none of the Wang family's business, as 'outsiders.'"
He smiled and said, "Besides, your willingness to take over is a great help to the Wang family and a huge favor to me!"
Those workers' riots will likely not only harm Lu Fan, but also the Wang family and the municipal government.
Lu Fan thought to himself, he really didn't want to help the Wang family.
If all the workers are driven away, how can this soy sauce factory operate without skilled workers?
If you have to hire someone else to help you find someone, all the time and effort wasted going back and forth will cost money!
Besides, the most important thing in running a real business is talent.
When Lu Fan was running his business in Jinghai City, he often lamented that he didn't have enough manpower.
Nowadays, skilled workers in soy sauce factories are all veterans. If you want to distinguish between good and bad soy sauce, you still have to rely on these people.
If we can keep them, we should try our best to do so.
As for that group of young people, Sun Dehu has already contacted the person in charge.
It was a young man named Liu Nian who dropped out of junior high school and went to work in the factory. He became friends with the workers and was always the one who led the charge in causing trouble at the Wang family's house.
Someone of Sun Dehu's status wouldn't normally be able to speak with Liu Nian, but finding a pretext to make contact wouldn't be a problem.
If we give him some benefits and settle him down, he won't cause any more trouble with the workers.
Once the soy sauce factory is up and running, there still won't be enough people for each position. Lu Fan has his own reasons for keeping these people around.
His willingness to keep these people and resolve this "tumor" for Wang Mingtang was merely a side effect.
While having a good reputation.
This also effectively solved Wang Mingtang's problem.
Wang Mingtang owed Lu Fan a favor, so he had to repay it in some way, right? Therefore, Lu Fan continued, "..."
"Another point is taxes."
After the soy sauce factory starts operations, it will definitely have to pay taxes.
But if he paid too much, Lu Fan worried that the Nanshan municipal government would treat him like a pig, fattening him up and then slaughtering him.
What he cared about wasn't the tax itself, but rather the fact that the Wang family, in their stronghold of Nanshan City, had been tricked into suffering a huge tax loss!
Wang Mingtang, born into the Wang family and having entered politics at a young age, naturally understood Lu Fan's implied meaning.
He burst into laughter:
"Brother Lu, you don't need to worry about that. Your willingness to acquire the soy sauce factory has already solved a major problem for us."
"Don't worry about the taxes, I will never let anyone ask for favors. This way, the soy sauce factory can take a break and recover. The taxes for the first three years of production will be completely waived, how about that?"
Wang Wei listened with wide eyes as her third uncle chatted with her boss and they became close friends despite their age difference.
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