Wei Dong paused for a few seconds, wondering if he had misheard. He repeated, "Sell it to you?"
He turned to look at Xiao Jincheng, "Old Xiao, what's going on?"
Xiao Jincheng patted his shoulder, "Xiao Li is Brother Jiang's daughter, she's got a strong will! Listen to what she has to say!"
Jiang Xiaoli smiled faintly, "Uncle Wei, I'm very sincere. For the past month or so, many places in Xijing City have been selling spicy strips. I don't know if you've tried them or heard of them? These spicy strips are my family's business."
"Spicy strips?" Wei Dong actually knew about this stuff; his son would buy a few packs every few days, and he had tried them himself.
His eyes lit up. "Xiao Li, you mean the spicy strips are made by your family?"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "Yes, but we're still in the form of a small family workshop, so it's a bit difficult to expand to more distant places. That's why I'm planning to acquire a food factory. I wonder if Uncle Wei would be willing to part with it?"
Wei Dong clasped his hands together and rubbed them for a moment. He looked at the girl in front of him and smiled. "Xiao Li, I really see your father's shadow in you! Okay, let's talk!"
Fengqing Canned Food Factory is my father's life's work. When those foreigners approached me, I made quite a few demands. Logically, if you were the one buying my factory, I would definitely favor you, but my conditions won't be reduced. Can you accept that?"
Jiang Xiaoli gestured with her hand, "Uncle Wei, I'd like to hear more details."
"Haha, okay, then I'll tell you." Wei Dong tugged at the hem of his jacket, adopting a negotiating posture.
“My factory isn’t big, it covers 18.3 acres and has four workshops. It’s fully equipped with cleaning, cooking, canning, and packaging equipment, all of which I bought two years ago. We have a total of 159 employees. My requirements are that the entire factory, excluding the land, be sold as a package, and all the workers be taken in. The price is 300,000 yuan!”
After Wei Dong pointed out these two points, he glanced at Xiao Jincheng somewhat embarrassedly, only to see that Xiao Jincheng's eyes were practically rolling to the ceiling.
Jiang Xiaoli didn't care about the conditions he proposed. There was room for negotiation only when there were conditions. She smiled and said, "Uncle Wei, if the factory doesn't come with land, then this 300,000 yuan is basically just buying an empty factory building and some machinery and equipment. I plan to mass-produce spicy strips. It's hard to say how much of your equipment I can actually use. I'd be at a disadvantage if I did that."
“I can sell all this equipment in my factory at a discount for a good price. They’re all brand new machines that haven’t been used for very long. The main thing is finding workers! Xiaoli, I won’t beat around the bush. If you can find workers, the price is negotiable!” Wei Dong also felt that spending 300,000 yuan on some unused machinery and equipment was a bit excessive.
Zong Jia got up and poured a glass of juice for each of the three men. "Uncle Wei, do you have other plans for keeping this land for the factory?"
Wei Dong looked at him in surprise, then at Jiang Xiaoli, "The land for the factory is no small sum. Can you afford it?"
Xiao Jincheng laughed heartily, "Dongzi, look at you, you're underestimating people again! Just go ahead and quote a price, if it really doesn't work out, I'll cover for Xiaolizi!"
Jiang Xiaoli smiled faintly, "Uncle Wei, why don't you tell us the price first? Maybe we can afford it?"
Hearing what they said, Wei Dong chuckled, "I forgot that you, Lao Xiao, are a big boss now! Xiao Li, you are Wei Min's daughter, I would never cheat you, but this piece of land of mine was earned by my father through a lifetime of hard work, it's worth at least 30,000 yuan per mu, otherwise I can't explain myself."
Hearing the price, Jiang Xiaoli felt a surge of joy. She exchanged a glance with Zong Jiayu and said, "Uncle Wei, why don't you catch up with Uncle Xiao? We'll go outside and discuss this, okay?"
"Haha, alright, alright, you guys discuss it. It just so happens that I haven't seen Lao Xiao in a long time, let's have a chat!" Wei Dong readily agreed.
Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jia walked into the restaurant's courtyard. She looked at the koi in the small fish pond and asked, "What do you think?"
Zong Jia sprinkled some fish food into the container, attracting the small fish to scramble for it.
"30,000 yuan per mu isn't expensive. From what I've heard, when the Wange Shoe Factory was transferred earlier this year, the land was sold for 34,000 yuan per mu."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "It seems that facial recognition does have some effect. 30,000 yuan per mu is indeed not expensive. An 18-mu factory is enough for our initial development."
“But we can’t afford it. The transfer fee for the factory and the purchase of new equipment are also a considerable expense.” Zong Jia knew a little about Jiang Xiaoli’s financial situation.
She remained silent. "But it would be such a pity to miss this opportunity."
Zong Jia looked at the girl in front of him, hesitated for a while, and then said, "I'll figure out a way to solve the money problem."
Jiang Xiaoli shifted her gaze from the koi fish huddled together to him, and suddenly laughed, "You're not thinking of asking your mom for money, are you?"
Seeing that he didn't say anything, she knew she had guessed right. She patted Zong Jiayu's arm and said, "Don't worry, it hasn't come to that! Let's go talk to Uncle Wei."
The two men in the private room were chatting animatedly when Wei Dong asked impatiently, "Old Xiao, are you really going to help Brother Jiang's daughter buy my family's factory?"
Xiao Jincheng shook his head. "Dongzi, there are many things you probably won't believe if I tell you now, but I can tell you for sure that I'm only temporarily helping Xiaolizi out. I'll help her raise some money if she doesn't have enough, but buying the factory has nothing to do with me."
Wei Dong frowned. "You mean, she and that young man can decide such a big thing on their own? By the way, why didn't your wife come?"
"Don't worry, Xiao Li is in charge of Brother Jiang's family now. Since I brought her here to talk to you, it's because I hope both of you can benefit. Otherwise, I'd be stuck in the middle, wouldn't that be good for me?" Xiao Jincheng explained.
When Jiang Xiaoli and her companion returned to the private room, the waiter had just finished serving all the dishes.
Xiao Jincheng raised his glass, "Let's have a toast first. Regardless of whether things go through or not, we've had this relationship for so many years, let's keep in touch!"
The group raised their glasses in a toast, and Wei Dong, burning with anxiety, asked, "Little Pear, how did your discussion go?"
Jiang Xiaoli put down her cup. "Uncle Wei, I want the factory and the land, and I'm willing to take over the employees, but I have conditions. Would you like to hear them?"
Wei Dong excitedly downed his drink in one gulp, "Go on!"
She organized her thoughts and expressed them: "First of all, we have no objection to the land part, and we should thank Uncle Wei for giving us such a favorable price."
Secondly, the purchase price of the factory, 300,000 is really a bit too much. From what you just said, this money is mainly used to pay the workers' wages. I wonder if we could check the accounts and, if there are no other outstanding debts, then we could settle the owed wages for you. What do you think?
Wei Dong pondered for a moment, then looked up. "My factory really doesn't have any other debts. Right now, it just owes the workers more than four months' wages, which I've agreed to! What about the part about taking over the workers?"
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