Jiang Xiaoli beamed with joy, "If Brother Dafu is willing, of course I agree. Let's discuss the investment ratio then."
Zong Jia tapped his fingers lightly on the table a few times. "I don't want shares either."
"You don't want shares either?" She frowned. Was her chosen employee about to quit?
Seeing her expression, Zong Jia smiled gently, "Little Pear, but I won't work for you for free. I want 20% of the factory's profits in the first year, and you can settle the payment with me in one lump sum next year."
Jiang Xiaoli understood, and she teased, "So you just want to cash out from me?"
“At most, I don’t have a year left in Xijing, so I can’t take advantage of you,” Zong Jiayu replied.
She blinked. "You really believe I won't lose everything?"
Zong Jia nodded, "Yes, I believe in you, and I believe in myself."
Now she had no more doubts. "Since you trust me so much, I will definitely not let you down. I agree to take 20% of the profits."
She took the initiative to shake his hand, saying, "I wish our spicy strips will sell to every corner of the country in advance."
Zong Jia smiled, holding her smooth little hand, "I definitely will."
“Then we need to hurry. I think directly acquiring a food factory that is experiencing declining performance or is even on the verge of bankruptcy is a good option. What do you think?” She immediately moved on to a new topic.
Zong Jiayu was not in favor, saying, "I don't think it's appropriate. We don't have to do it all at once. Solving the current problem is actually quite simple. We just need to standardize production, ensure hygiene, and add some food additives to extend the shelf life of the spicy strips so that we can sell them to other places."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled gently, her eyebrows arching. "Ultimately, we need to expand. There's another issue: if we acquire an existing factory, we can own a large plot of land in a prime location. Have you thought about that?"
"But this would require too much upfront capital, wouldn't that put a lot of pressure on you?" Zong Jiayu knew the advantages of directly acquiring the factory and getting everything done in one step, he just wanted to save Jiang Xiaoli money.
She pondered for a moment, "I still think it's better to acquire an existing factory. Just the procedures for setting up a factory and the machinery and equipment can save a lot of time."
Regarding the money... I think... after we've inspected the factory and finished the negotiations, we should have enough. If not, I'll borrow some from my uncle.
Seeing her insistence, Zong Jiayu stopped trying to persuade her. "Okay, if it's not enough, I can contribute some money."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled mischievously, "Then, Deputy Manager Zong, you can start preparing to inspect the factory."
"Hehe, so I'm the deputy manager now?" Zong Jiayu chuckled.
"What else? My mom is definitely the general manager. Do you want to usurp the position?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Haha, I wouldn't dare!" he quickly waved his hand.
"You're smart to know what's good for you!"
The two chatted for a while, then he took two envelopes out of his bag and handed them to her.
Jiang Xiaoli looked at the noticeably thicker envelope with some confusion. Seeing the number on the envelope, she asked, "Why is there so much?"
He explained, "I had Dafu prepay two days' worth of commission. Originally, we agreed to settle accounts once we were on track, once we settled accounts once a week. How about we settle accounts every 10 days, starting from the 1st?"
Jiang Xiaoli then accepted the money, saying, "Okay, no problem."
After seeing Zong Jiayu off, she excitedly handed the envelope to Li Guizhi, "Mom, look! Our income this month really exceeded 100,000!"
Li Guizhi smiled broadly as she carefully put the money away. "Good, good, Mom will save it all for you! Didn't you want to open a factory? That will cost a lot of money!"
Jiang Xiaoli leaned on her shoulder shyly, "Did you hear that?"
"I heard you. Why don't you tell me anything now? Aren't you afraid that once you've taken care of the factory, I won't pay you?" Li Guizhi asked with a smile, putting her arm around her daughter's shoulder.
She snuggled against her mother and said, "Hehe, I just wanted to wait until things were more or less settled before telling you. My mom is the best, why would she disagree!"
Li Guizhi patted her cheek with her other hand, "You're just trying to sweet-talk me!"
After a few seconds of pause, she slowly said, "Little Pear, I can see that you're very ambitious now. I'll try my best to support you. Do whatever you want. If you lose money, we can always set up a stall again and earn it back!"
Jiang Xiaoli's eyes suddenly reddened. In her previous life, when she first started her business, she only had 9,000 yuan in capital, which she saved by working in sales for two years without spending money on food or drink.
She goes to the wholesale market very early every day to pick out clothes to sell. She often suffers from hair loss and stomach pain due to the pressure of backed-up payments.
At that time, she really wished there was someone behind her who could say, "It's okay, if we fail, we can make it back."
But when no one was around, Wang Xu would only complain that she didn't have time for him.
All he would say was, "You can't do it!", "You'll definitely lose money running this shop!", "You'd better find a job as soon as possible!", "..."
But now, she has a mother.
Her mother would hug her, pat her shoulder, and say, "Don't be afraid, I'm here for you."
Memories flooded back, and I couldn't hold back the tears that fell.
Li Guizhi felt her hands were wet. Seeing her daughter crying, she quickly wiped away her tears. "Why are you still crying?"
Her mother's gentle voice pulled her back to reality. She sniffed and chuckled softly, "Mom, I love you the most!"
Li Guizhi let her daughter cling to her tightly like a koala, gently patting her back, saying, "I love my little pear the most too."
A final gurgling sound interrupted the tender moment between the mother and daughter.
Li Gui stood up with a smile, "Okay, I'll go heat up your food."
After finishing her meal, Jiang Xiaoli was fully recharged and sat down at her desk to work hard on the competition exam papers.
Today, Chen Zhe and Teacher Liu informed her and Xu Xing that there would be a small competition test this Thursday.
Based on the difficulty level of previous exams in the first and second years of high school, she dares to say that the difficulty of this quiz will definitely rise to another level.
It's even possible that the scheming Ms. Liu came to find questions and create exam papers with the intention of not letting her have a pleasant Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday!
At 10 o'clock, she finished the last question.
By this point, she had gone through all the math competition papers she had on hand.
After checking the answers, she twirled her pen listlessly. "There are still too few questions. I need to think of something!"
The next day after school, Xiao Muyu and Yuan Man waited for her with their bikes.
Jiang Xiaoli waved to the two of them, "You two go back first, I need to go to Xinhua Bookstore."
Yuan Man made an exaggerated expression, "Your grades are already so good, why do you still need to buy tutoring materials?"
She shrugged helplessly. "I was thinking of seeing if there were any books or practice papers for the competition exam. I've finished all the ones I have."
Xiao Muyu thought for a moment, then turned to Yuan Man and said, "Aman, I also want to go to the bookstore. Why don't you go home first?"
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