Zhang Dezhen's daughter is in poor health; she has been to the hospital three times in just over a month since arriving in Haishi, and was only discharged a few days ago.
"Mr. Zhang, are you at Haishi People's Hospital? I'd like to come over and talk to you in detail!"
Xu An hung up the phone without giving Zhang Dezhen a chance to speak, and beckoned Lu Shengnan over.
"I have some urgent business to attend to. I'm quite satisfied with this land. You can talk to the agent in detail and schedule a meeting as soon as possible."
After quickly explaining the situation, Xu An arrived at Haishi People's Hospital, found the ward where Zhang Dezhen's daughter was, and went inside.
This was a six-person ward. Zhang Dezhen's daughter was placed on a bed near the window. She lay there, her face deathly pale. Various medical instruments were lit up at the head of the bed, and several large IV drips hung from the bedside frame, with a thin IV line connecting from the drips to the back of her hand.
"Boss, you're here!" Zhang Dezhen saw Xu An enter and quickly sat up from his portable chair, rubbing his hands as he looked at Xu An.
"Hmm, how is the situation?" Xu An first inquired about the patient's condition. After receiving the reply that the patient was 'temporarily out of danger,' he looked around the noisy ward and said, "Master Zhang, shall we talk outside?"
“Go ahead, you go and have a good talk with the boss. I won’t go. I’ll stay here and take care of Nan’er,” Zhang Dezhen’s wife answered first, then added vaguely, “You can decide this matter.”
Zhang Dezhen nodded haphazardly in agreement and followed Xu An out of the noisy ward, through the bustling corridor, down the dark stairwell, and into the small garden outside the hospital. The two found a quiet corner and stood there. Before Zhang Dezhen could speak, Xu An asked directly:
"Mr. Zhang, how much will the surgery cost?"
“If we use domestically produced equipment, it will cost 500,000, while imported equipment will cost 800,000.” Zhang Dezhen felt his mind was in a mess. Before Xu An’s question could even reach his brain, his mouth answered subconsciously.
"Hmm," Xu An nodded, then went straight to the point, "Master Zhang, the confidentiality agreement was signed after you left Xu's Braised Food."
"No, boss, it's me."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dezhen felt inexplicably guilty and stammered in response. Unconsciously, his left hand gripped the hem of his clothes and crumpled it into a ball, instantly transforming his loose-fitting clothes into a tight-fitting style.
"Let me finish!" Xu An interrupted Zhang Dezhen and continued:
“Selling the recipe to the company while employed is not impossible, but Xu’s Braised Food has been established for less than a year, and the profit difference between last month and this month is quite large, making it difficult to estimate.”
As he spoke, Xu An presented the two plans he had come up with on his way to the hospital: "I can offer you two options, Master Zhang. The first option is to calculate the annual profit of Xu's Braised Food by multiplying the profits of these two months by six, and to buy out the braising sauce recipe and your share of the profits from Xu's Braised Food in one go, for a total amount of 5.2 million."
The second option is to sell your braised food recipe outright for 2.4 million. During your employment, you will still enjoy a share of the profits from Xu's Braised Food.
The moment the words left his mouth, Xu An secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When Xu's Braised Food signed the confidentiality agreement with Zhang Dezhen, it was just starting out. At that time, the daily profit was only two thousand yuan, which translates to about seven hundred thousand yuan a year.
But to everyone's surprise, from mid-September onwards, the sales of Xu's braised food have been rising steadily. By October, the daily profit had reached more than 30,000 yuan, and the total profit in October reached one million yuan!
As Xu's Braised Food opens more and more branches, its profits will increase. If the cost of purchasing the recipe is paid according to the terms of the confidentiality agreement, it may end up costing a huge sum of money.
If they could take this opportunity to buy out the braising spice recipe, Xu's braised food would have no more worries.
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Qingyan Provincial Poverty Alleviation Conference.
"In order to accelerate the poverty alleviation efforts in impoverished villages in Qingyan Province, new assistance policies have been introduced, and we sincerely invite major enterprises to participate in Qingyan Province's poverty alleviation campaign and implement the 'One Enterprise Helping One Village' targeted poverty alleviation action."
In addition to accepting direct donations, it is recommended that enterprises leverage their advantages in capital, technology, and management to develop resources and invest in industries in impoverished areas through various means such as village-enterprise cooperation and industrial development, thereby helping impoverished households find employment and escape poverty, and leading impoverished villages onto the road to prosperity.
Enterprises participating in the assistance program may receive low-cost loan support after meeting the relevant conditions and undergoing approval in accordance with regulations.
We have reached cooperation agreements with major universities in Qingyan Province, and professionals will provide comprehensive professional guidance in fisheries, animal husbandry, forestry, agriculture, rural tourism, and related product processing.
Enterprises that cooperate with villages to open up land for industrial facilities will be given priority in accordance with regulations. It is strictly forbidden to solicit funds or materials from enterprises that provide assistance beyond the agreement, to obstruct the implementation, construction, and operation of enterprise projects, or to impose any form of apportionment.
"Once discovered, the cooperative assistance qualification will be immediately revoked, and vice versa."
(End of this chapter)
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