"Mr. Chen, would you be willing to accept a land price of three million?"
Chen Ze nodded: "Three million is no problem, but you have to help me find a qualified construction company and have them build the factory for me as soon as possible."
In those days, three million was a large sum of money in this small town. The land was located on the edge of Furong Town, so the price was neither high nor low.
Secretary Cao smiled and said, "That's no problem. As long as you're willing to invest in Furong Town, I can help you with all of that."
“Alright, I’ll take over Secretary Cao’s food company, including its debts and the wages owed to its employees.”
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Chen."
Chen Ze waved his hand.
With Chen Ze taking over the food factory, Secretary Cao finally felt relieved. If these people outside continued to cause trouble, it would have a huge impact on his future.
As long as nothing unexpected happens in Furong Town this year, he will be able to be transferred to the county next year, thanks to the performance of the Tonggu Miao Village scenic area project.
Immediately afterwards, Secretary Cao and Chen Ze and the others arrived at the factory gate.
Gu Liankun brought over a sound system and a microphone. After adjusting the system, he handed the microphone to Secretary Cao.
Secretary Cao tapped the microphone lightly to make sure there were no problems, and then said, "Employees of the food factory, go back to the factory workshop immediately and clean it up. Then, this afternoon, Mr. Chen, who is next to me, will pay your wages. He will be in charge of the company now."
When the employees present heard that a new boss had taken over and that they could get paid that afternoon, hundreds of them cheered with joy, and many couples hugged each other and cried tears of happiness.
They only earn two thousand yuan a month working in this small town, but this time the factory owes them wages. They are not well-off to begin with, and this situation is unacceptable to them.
They were incredibly excited to finally get their wages back.
Soon, the employees rushed into the factory to start cleaning, and Chen Ze watched this scene with deep emotion. Secretary Cao said to Chen Ze, "Boss Chen, you've really solved our immediate problem."
Chen Ze smiled and said, "I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration."
Then, Secretary Cao turned to his subordinates and instructed them, "Contact the construction company we agreed on earlier and have them send someone over tomorrow to plan the factory construction."
"Okay, Secretary, I'll arrange it right away."
At this moment, the workers had all left, and a group of farmers gathered around. A village representative asked, "Secretary Cao, what about the payment for our chili peppers? Shouldn't that also be paid by this Mr. Chen?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen will also pay you for the goods, and he guarantees that you will not be shortchanged by a single penny."
Upon hearing Secretary Cao's words, the farmers immediately burst into laughter, some of whom then began to cry.
They thought the boss had run away and it would be difficult to get their money back, but they were unwilling to accept that they had worked hard all year and had no money at all, so nearly half of the villagers came to make trouble.
They planned to make a scene for two or three days, and if they weren't given the money, they would go to the city government to protest. They just didn't expect things to turn out so quickly.
Chen Ze turned to Gu Liankun and said, "Go and get all the payment receipts and reconcile them."
"Okay, boss."
Chen Ze approached Secretary Cao, took the microphone, and said seriously, "Now, village chiefs from each village, please submit a copy of all the loan data for your village."
"I need to reconcile the data with the factory's data. I will only pay you if they match. If you overreport or misreport, causing discrepancies with the factory's data, then I'm sorry, I will not pay you if they don't match."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people below handed over their data to the village chief for statistics.
Half an hour later, the farmer finally finished compiling the data.
Chen Ze compared the data from both sides, and immediately paid those that matched.
Fortunately, all the data matched up, showing that farmers are a very down-to-earth group, and it's no exaggeration to describe them as honest and straightforward.
After settling their payment, Chen Ze picked up the microphone again.
"Hello uncles and aunts, we will continue to purchase your chili peppers next year, but I just went to the warehouse and the quantity is too small. I need more, at least ten times the quantity of this year."
A village chief stepped forward and asked, "Boss Chen, what if you don't buy our produce after we grow it? And will you lower the price?"
“This village chief asked a very good question. First of all, I can guarantee that the price will not change, because I need to sign a contract with you, and I will write the price on it. After the contract is signed, your products can only be sold to me.”
After Chen Ze explained it to the farmers, they finally understood the meaning of the contract. Once all the village chiefs understood, they all signed the contract. They weren't worried about not being able to grow high-quality chili peppers, but rather about not being able to sell them.
In the afternoon, Chen Ze arrived at the factory with cash. The workers lined up to receive their wages, each with a face full of gratitude.
At this moment, an old worker stepped forward and said to Chen Ze, "Boss, you are a good person. The previous boss ran away with the money, and we all thought we had no way to make a living."
Chen Ze reassured everyone, "Don't worry, everyone, work hard. We'll make this food factory bigger and stronger in the future."
Mayor Li walked over and shook hands with him: "Mr. Chen, thank you very much. Thank you for giving our villagers hope. On behalf of the villagers of the surrounding ten villages, I thank you for your kindness."
Chen Ze smiled and said, "I'm happy to be able to contribute to the villagers."
Seeing that the situation had been resolved, the main leaders of the town got into their cars and left.
After receiving his wages, Chen Ze stood in the empty workshop, looking at the dilapidated equipment and silently considering whether he should buy new equipment.
After thinking about it, I decided to rebuild a few workshops, since they would be used in the future to make bottled chili sauce anyway.
Looking at the food factory, Chen Ze knew it would take a long time to improve it, but he was full of confidence. After all, the workers here were so honest and simple. As long as it was managed properly, it would definitely be able to produce high-quality products and carve out a niche in the market.
At this point, Chen Ze already had a direction for the development of his food company. He bought so many chilies mainly to imitate Lao Gan Ma and make canned chilies. Lao Gan Ma is mainly sweet, while he planned to focus on spiciness. People in Hunan Province like spicy food, so he would focus on spiciness.
There's also a spicy flavor, which is perfect for people from Sichuan province. Later generations copied all sorts of garlic chili sauces and pickled millet peppers and added them to it. I believe that one day it could share the market share with Lao Gan Ma.
The next day, Chen Ze changed the food company's original name to Xiangwei Food Co., Ltd.
Under Gu Liankun's arrangement, the machinery in the Hunan-style food workshop has been restarted, and the workers have returned to their original positions to resume production.
In the general manager's office on the first floor of the office building, Chen Ze sat in his office chair, typing away on the keyboard while staring at the computer screen, seeing that US gold had risen to $1,390 per ounce.
Recently, he has been checking the gold price trend every day, after all, he has a billion US dollars invested. Whenever he has free time, he immediately thinks about his stocks, whether they have gone up or down. If they drop even a little, he will immediately buy more.
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