Chapter 51
After receiving Kong Guorong's letter, Jian Feng waited with a cautious attitude.
Wang Mengmei was much more anxious than Jian Feng about buying a house. She urged Jian Feng: "It's not easy to come across such an opportunity. It's only 8,000 yuan. Just buy it."
Wang Mengmei went to see the house several times, and the more she looked at it, the more she wanted to buy it.
Although the two-bedroom, one-living room apartment is not very big, it has a good orientation. The house is a bit dirty, but I will definitely clean it up if I move in. The apartment also has a small balcony!
Wang Mengmei felt happy when she thought that she could hang her clothes on the balcony instead of outside the house.
Although the first floor of her house is good, she often encounters the trouble of things falling from the upper floors. They are neighbors in the same factory, so she can't scold the upper floors. But with the birth of a new generation of children in the factory, more and more things fall into her yard. What kind of children's toys, remote controls at home, clothes drying poles from who knows who...
It wasn't intentional, but how could a child be reasoned with? Every time an adult came down to get something with an apologetic look on his face, Wang Mengmei felt very tired.
She always wanted a house where she could live in peace.
A ready-made opportunity was right in front of her. Thinking about it in her mind, she couldn't help but plan with Jian Feng about their life in the new house.
"Move the washing machine to the bathroom so that you don't have to move it out every time you use it. Build a bookshelf for Jian Li. She has so many books that they can hardly fit under her bed. And the cabinet. I've wanted to get a bigger one for a long time..."
With her dream within reach, Wang Mengmei was more excited than ever.
Jian Feng was almost persuaded by his wife's words. If it had been two years ago, Wang Mengmei wouldn't have even said anything. As long as Zhao Xiaopeng mentioned it, he would have agreed.
But too many things happened in this year. Since Liu Xiangdong's mother passed away, the brothers have gradually drifted apart.
During the Chinese New Year, Liu Xiangdong pretended to be drunk and met Jian Feng by chance, but Jian Feng did not take advantage of the situation to get out of the way. This made Liu Xiangdong very angry, and he has been saying outside for the past six months that the couple "changed their faces after getting rich."
The next year, Wang Li went to the south and took Xu Jianguo with him.
Several childhood friends went their separate ways, and Zhao Xiaopeng became the only one among them who still works in the factory every day.
Jian Feng didn't have any thoughts about Zhao Xiaopeng at first, but Jian Li kept whispering about Zhao Xiaopeng in his ear. After saying it so many times, Jian Feng didn't understand why his daughter was so resistant to Zhao Xiaopeng.
Just like this time with the house, Wang Mengmei urged him to get the money and settle the deal, but his daughter Jian Li always advised him to stay calm.
"There's no rush to buy a house. Even if we do buy one, we can wait a little longer."
By the end of this year, the factory will be on the verge of collapse and there will be many places to spend money.
Jian Feng didn't understand why his daughter had always urged him to take out a loan to buy a house. Now that the time had come to move, his daughter had changed her tune...
He could only suppress his anxiety and wait for Kong Guorong to give him definite news.
Kong Guorong did not cheat him. He really found the street office of the cotton spinning factory and the small leaders in the two factories. With the help of his acquaintances, Kong Guorong first asked about the situation of the canteen in the factory. As a grain and oil seller, he knew people in the cotton spinning factory. Essentially, he wanted to establish connections so that he could contract the grain and oil stall in the factory canteen.
However, after more than a year of exchanges, Kong Guorong still did not see any response.
He was not discouraged. After all, there were people coming and going, and as long as it didn't rain, he could still benefit from it.
That’s how the business around the vegetable market came about.
Kong Guorong was particularly good at livening up the atmosphere at the dinner table, and after a few rounds of drinking, the atmosphere was just right.
Only then did Kong Guorong start to inquire whether there were any recent developments in the factory.
At the dinner table, a young leader from a cotton textile factory got drunk and said, "How did you know?"
When Kong Guorong heard this, he knew there was a way, and pretended to be polite and poured wine for him: "I just got some gossip, so I came to you, Brother Liu. Brother Liu is so generous. Don't forget your brother if you find a way to make money."
The young leader was flattered and dazed. He waved his hand cheerfully and said, "It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. This is just a side job in the factory... Damn it, I work overtime for the factory, but those bastards just want to have fun!"
The young leader started swearing halfway through his words, which made Kong Guorong very anxious.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, what did you just say? Can you explain it more clearly?"
The young leader's eyes began to blur: "What do you mean, clear or not... It's the factory, ah, the factory, that group of %&%#, that group of bastards!"
Kong Guorong patted him on the back anxiously: "What about those bastards?"
"Those bastards...are preparing to sell the factory's facade!"
Wow, this news is explosive.
The young leader named Liu fell asleep on the table.
Kong Guorong then turned his attention to the people beside him.
The other junior leader didn't want to say anything at first, but since his colleagues had already said it, he couldn't beat around the bush. After all, he had accepted two packs of cigarettes from Kong Guorong before. If he didn't say anything now, he would look like a ghost.
"The factory is planning to sell the storefront. Isn't there a wall around our family compound? The wall was demolished before. After the demolition, there are two buildings facing the street outside. The factory is now planning to take back the first floor of the two buildings and turn it into a storefront and sell it."
Kong Guorong said, "Huh?" "Is it Building 1 and Building 4?"
The young leader nodded: "This news has been out for a while. There has been a lot of arguing and disagreement before. It's not that something happened in the factory recently, so the leader gave the order to implement it..."
As for what it was about, it was still the factory director's mistress.
It may seem that there are no consequences for the factory director's wife's disturbance, but there are consequences.
There are constant rumors in the factory now. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the factory director and four deputy factory directors are all trying desperately to make money for themselves, and the small leaders in the middle level are all trying desperately to find advantages for themselves and cash in on the little power in their hands.
The big leaders divide up the big purchases and shipments, while the small leaders divide up the small tasks such as arranging workers and promoting whom.
There was chaos everywhere, and this time, many people in the factory were very dissatisfied with the incident of the factory director's wife exposing her mistress.
That’s why the factory manager plans to give everyone some benefits because of your strong opinions.
All the problems that had been reported were brought up, such as the washroom being often closed, the food in the cafeteria being bad, the children having bad school plans, and the elderly not being allowed into the activity hall.
The factory director intends to resolve these issues.
But to solve it, you need money.
The factory is now running at a deficit and has to rely on subsidies from above for its annual expenses. If we want to carry out these projects, they will definitely not be given money.
The factory director plans to buy back a number of the factory buildings and then sell them as storefronts.
There is a precedent for this. After the thermos factory in the city closed down, the families living on the first floor of the family compound, which was right next to the main road, modified their houses. The original door facing the inside was sealed, and a door was dug out at the back, facing the main road, which was perfect for doing business.
A junior leader had suggested making changes before, but the factory director didn't want to get involved and didn't agree.
Now the factory manager urgently needed to do something to divert the workers' attention. So the previous plan was taken out again, and it was revised and deleted, intending to take back the first floor of the first and second buildings of the fourth building.
There are more than eighty rooms in total. If we resell them at the price we got back, we can make at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Kong Guorong now understood why Jian Feng's childhood friend was so eager to exchange Jian Feng's house.
Although Jian Feng's one-bedroom, one-living room apartment is small, it has an area of more than 30 square meters and is one of the first few rooms in a building. If it is to be converted into a shop, it has a good location on the street.
Kong Guorong clicked his tongue a few times and said that when the cotton textile factory opened storefronts, two would be left for him.
He had plenty of money and had been planning to buy a few shops and collect rent from them.
The young leader waved his hands and said, "Brother, I advise you not to think about this."
"I think this matter is not that easy to do."
Kong Guorong: "What? Didn't you make it a decision?"
The young leader smiled bitterly and said, "It's settled, but I bet you that it will never work."
"How many of the factories can change their facades? Only about 80 or 90. If the factory offers a high price, these 80 or 90 will definitely be willing to move, but will others be willing? We are all neighbors. Why can your house sell for tens of thousands while mine can't get anything? But if the factory offers a low price, how can these families be willing to move? This little money is not enough to buy a house elsewhere. Wouldn't that mean the factory is forcing them to move away? Will these people be willing?"
The young leader drank a glass of wine and said, "So I think this thing can't be done, so don't waste your time. When you give the money and the factory can't give you the house, you will be worried."
And even if you change the facade, if the people upstairs are not satisfied and throw things down, how can you do business? You have to know that there are hundreds of people living upstairs in these 80-plus stores. If the people downstairs are doing business and quarreling, how can there be fewer conflicts in the future?
The biggest reason why the thermos factory was able to succeed was that the factory went bankrupt. Without the constraints of the factory, the worst that could happen was a commotion. But the cotton spinning factory was still there. When the three parties started to argue, who would be responsible for this matter?
The young leader was one of the people who disagreed at first, and then the factory director insisted on pushing it, and he had nothing to say, but he simply wrote a sick leave note and planned to push it out. No matter who thinks this is an opportunity to show off, he is not tempted at all.
He felt that this matter was bound to fail.
Kong Guorong thought about it along this line of thought, and it was true.
"Brother, I'm not going to hide it from you. The reason I'm asking about this today is because a friend of mine has a house there."
Since the previous ninety-nine steps had been taken, Kong Guorong no longer needed to take this last step. He simply made his point clear and wanted to ask the other party for a way to maximize his benefits.
"Please give me a detailed look. Is there anything in his house..."
The young leader hooked his fingers and waited until Kong Guorong's head came closer before lowering his voice and saying, "The first batch of houses in the factory will definitely have the most favorable price. Why don't you let him wait until the factory takes over the houses and sell them directly when the price is the highest?"
Kong Guorong's business nature came into play: "What if his house can be turned into a storefront in the future? Wouldn't that be a big loss?" What if the factory really relented in the future? Wouldn't other people just get a storefront? Compared to a storefront costing tens of thousands of yuan, Kong Guorong would rather have a hen that lays golden eggs.
The young leader spread his hands: "Then there is nothing we can do."
No one knows what will happen in the future, so how can we know what will happen in the future?
Others may not know, but Jian Li knows.
She made a prompt decision: "Sell it! Sell it to the factory!"
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