After leaving Professor Tan's house, Jiang Xiaoli's mind started to wander.
Professor Tan revealed that the First Garment Factory was worth at least several million yuan, but the amount raised by the workers is less than one-tenth of that.
It's like there's a big pancake hanging in front of her, waiting for her to take a bite.
On Sunday, Jiang Xiaoli brought Yan Chengcheng and Hu Jingxin to the No. 1 Garment Factory in Beijing to sign a contract for processing.
After the contract was signed, Jiang Xiaoli smiled and asked Deputy Factory Director Lü to speak to her privately.
Deputy Factory Director Lü was curious about what this young woman wanted to talk to him about when Jiang Xiaoli asked, "Deputy Factory Director Lü, I heard that the workers at the First Garment Factory are planning to buy the factory themselves. Is that true?"
Deputy Factory Director Lü's expression changed, and he emphasized, "This is an internal decision of our factory, and I assure you that it will absolutely not affect the production of this batch of garments in your company."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled and waved her hand, "I'm not worried about that. I still have a high opinion of the First Garment Factory. I wanted to ask Deputy Director Lü, what are your plans if the workers don't reach the required amount of funds?"
Deputy Factory Director Lü looked at him suspiciously. "General Manager Jiang, what do you mean by this?"
Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "You know we are a clothing company. If we could have a subsidiary clothing factory, it would definitely make things much easier."
Deputy Factory Director Lü frowned. "Is President Jiang joking? Your company has only just been established and you're already planning to buy a garment factory?"
Jiang Xiaoli gently shook her head, "It was I who wanted to buy the garment factory, not the garment company."
Deputy Factory Director Lü looked conflicted. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm sorry, General Manager Jiang, I need to discuss this issue with the factory director and the workers. I may be able to get back to you later."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded in understanding and handed the prepared phone number to Deputy Factory Director Lü. "This is my mobile number. Please let me know if there is any news. I am really interested in the First Garment Factory."
Deputy Factory Director Lü nodded in agreement.
As they left the garment factory, Hu Jingxin asked gossipily, "Xiao Li, what did you want to see Deputy Factory Director Lü about?"
Jiang Xiaoli didn't hide it from them, "I heard that the workers at the First Garment Factory are spontaneously raising funds to buy the factory, but they don't have enough money. I want to help them out."
Yan Chengcheng is an optimist. She said cheerfully, "Xiao Li, if you buy the garment factory, our garment company will no longer have to worry about production and processing."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "Yes, it suits you very well."
After sending the two back to school, Jiang Xiaoli did not go home.
Everyone was busy outside today, so she simply drove to "Guizhi Restaurant" for a free meal.
She had just parked her car and walked to the entrance of "Guizhi Restaurant" when she saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the courtyard.
She squeezed in and found that there were two groups of people arguing.
It turns out that one group of guests had made a reservation online in advance but arrived a little late, while the other group of guests came on short notice and arrived earlier.
The group of guests who arrived at the last minute were very domineering; they insisted on occupying any available private rooms. The other group of guests disagreed, and the two groups started arguing.
The waiter kept trying to persuade them, but they acted as if they didn't hear him.
Jiang Xiaoli gestured to the waiter as if she were making a phone call.
She smiled and apologized to the group of guests who had made reservations, "We are very sorry that you had a bad dining experience today. Please move to a private room to dine. Our Guizhi Restaurant will cover your bill for today."
Seeing how polite she was, the group of guests quickly said it was no trouble at all, and then the whole family went to the private room to order food with smiles on their faces.
Then Jiang Xiaoli walked over to the group of guests who hadn't made a reservation and said, "Hello, thank you so much for your support of 'Guizhi Restaurant.' We have a limited number of private rooms, so we use online reservations. Can I book you for another date? Is that alright?"
The man leading the group, whose arm was half-tattooed, was very displeased and retorted rudely, "Who do you think you are? You told me to make an appointment at another time, and I'm here today. I'm going to eat here today and see what's so great about this little restaurant!"
Seeing his attitude, Jiang Xiaoli ignored him.
The group of people who had been left standing there looked displeased. "What's wrong with you, little brat? We were here first, why were you letting them in to eat? You have to give me a straight answer today, or I'll smash up your shop!"
Jiang Xiaoli repeated, "Gentlemen, I'm very sorry, but our 'Guizhi Restaurant' operates on an online reservation system, so there's no need to queue in advance. As long as you have a reservation, you can come and dine anytime. However, if you haven't made a reservation, I'm very sorry, but we don't have any private rooms available for you at the moment."
The tattooed man threw the teacup on the waiting table at Jiang Xiaoli's feet. "What kind of lousy restaurant does this online reservation system? You guys are something else! We're going to eat here today!"
Jiang Xiaoli ignored him and said to a male waiter next to her, "Xiao Li, get a broom and dustpan to sweep away the broken teacup pieces. Be careful that no customer steps on them."
The tattooed man assumed Jiang Xiaoli was scared because she wasn't talking to him, so he became even more arrogant and smashed another cup.
At that moment, several police officers in uniform entered through the door.
Who called the police?
Jiang Xiaoli smiled and nodded to the police officer, "Officer, I'm the one who called the police. There's trouble in our store."
The tattooed man's arrogance vanished almost instantly. "Officer, we didn't cause any trouble. It's this restaurant that's going too far! They let the later-arriving people in to eat even though we arrived early."
Jiang Xiaoli explained, "Officer, our restaurant uses an online reservation system. As long as you make a reservation, a private room will be reserved for you no matter when you come."
These people didn't make a reservation online, but insisted on taking over the private rooms that had already been reserved by other customers. They even threatened us that if we couldn't get a meal today, they would smash up our restaurant.
Shouldn't this be considered "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"?
The police officer frowned and looked at the tattooed man. "Is what the shopkeeper said true?"
The tattooed man frowned as he replied, "We don't know anything about online reservations. All we know is that we arrived early, so we should be allowed to eat first, on a first-come, first-served basis!"
Jiang Xiaoli explained to the police officer beside her, "I explained our restaurant's reservation system to them from the beginning, and I even offered to help them reserve a private room a few days later. They refused outright and insisted on eating at the restaurant today. I suspect that they were instructed by someone to come and cause trouble!"
The tattooed man got agitated. "You little brat, don't talk nonsense! We're doing you a favor by coming to your restaurant! You refuse to serve us and then try to frame us! Officer, you have to stand up for us!"
Seeing that they were each giving their own version of events, the police officer said directly, "Alright, then you guys come with me to the police station to make a statement, and we'll investigate further."
The men behind the tattooed man panicked and kept tugging at his sleeve, clearly indicating they didn't want to go to the police station to give a statement.
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