Chapter 147 Interests

"Wife, good news."

"What good news? It's already this late, and there's still good news?"

"That's great news," the man who came in said, holding a piece of paper in his hand. "A clothing factory is going to be built near here, and they're hiring a lot of people. I've signed us up, and we can save money together, and my daughter's tuition will be covered."

"real?"

"Of course it's real, how could it be fake? But I couldn't read the words on it, so I just pressed my fingerprints," the man handed the paper to his wife, "Call our daughter and let her see it."

"Then what..." The woman subconsciously wanted to refuse, but suddenly remembered something and looked up at the man.

The man smiled at her and nodded: "Let her see that we can make money, then she can go to school with peace of mind."

"Yes, yes, that's right." The woman nodded immediately, took the note from the man with a smile, and went into her daughter's room.

After a while, the two came out with smiles on their faces.

"Can you go to school?" the man asked with a silly smile.

"Yes," the daughter nodded, "I will study hard and get into college, and then I will let you all live a good life."

After she said this, the couple were very happy and even started to think about where to celebrate.

The same situation occurs in many places.

Although this place is planned as a special economic zone, many supporting facilities have not yet caught up. Without factories, there are no jobs. Even if there are projects, they only look for professionals.

Now that they can hire people outside, many families have the opportunity to make money.

The work on the construction site is both difficult and easy. Not everyone needs skills. Many ordinary workers just need to be obedient and have physical strength to do the job.

This also led to many people signing up soon after the news spread.

A few days later, the garment factory officially started operation.

At the same time, some projects were started in other places one after another, recruiting people from here and there, and giving many people a job to earn money.

Judging from future developments, there will be a lot of work like this for many years to come.

…

"Ms. Zheng, is there any problem?"

"No problem," Zheng Man shook her head. "With your help, the project is progressing faster than we expected."

As she spoke, she took the account information and signed her name on it.

The garment factory project is said to be a private project, but in fact it is equivalent to being contracted to the government. The government takes the lead in recruiting workers, and all wages, etc., must also be transferred through the government.

Although this is complicated, it is perfect in today's environment and provides guarantees for both parties.

Zheng Man did come to Hong Kong from the mainland, but she didn't know much about the situation. If she was asked to recruit people temporarily, not to mention whether she could find one, people might not trust her.

As for the government, this is the first investment project after all, so it still needs to have some control and certainly cannot hand everything over. Now the current situation is good for both parties.

After signing, both parties have to go to the bank together to transfer the money.

"There's one more thing," Zheng Man picked up the big bag beside her, "Our boss is worried that the project funding is insufficient, so he has sent us another sum of money. Just like before, you guys..."

The other party understood immediately: "I will report to the leader, take the relevant approval slip, and go to the bank to deal with this matter together."

The person who spoke turned and left, and soon brought the leader back with a briefcase.

Several people set out together and soon arrived at the bank. They even went into the conference room to discuss the matter. After all, there was a lot of money involved, so they definitely couldn't discuss it in the lobby outside.

"How many?"

"One hundred thousand," Zheng Man opened the zipper, revealing a large bag full of banknotes, "I'll need them anyway, so why not bring them in advance."

Seeing this big bag of US dollars, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

They guessed that there was a lot of money in the bag, but they didn't expect it to be so much.

No, even if it is 10,000 US dollars, it is a lot of money in their eyes, and it is not a huge amount of money that can be spent while sitting in the lobby.

"This... Miss Zheng, you are so bold. It's such a large sum of money."

"It's okay, as long as I don't act too cautious, no one will notice." Zheng Man said with a smile, but in fact she was very alert in her heart, so with her skills, unless many people came together, it would be impossible for only one or two people to steal money from her.

She didn't understand why she had to take such a large sum of money this time. In fact, even if it was only 10,000 US dollars, it would be enough for some time.

But when she saw the excitement and joy in the faces of the people in front of her, she felt it was good to bring the money back.

"Can I change it?"

"Okay, okay," the banker immediately stood up, "I, I'm not qualified yet. I'll go get the president."

After saying that, the bank manager hurried to call for help. Not long after, the bank president came running over, panting and wiping the sweat off his face. The moment he saw the pile of US dollars on the table, he froze in place and didn't move.

After coming to his senses, he quickly and professionally helped to deal with the money, and at the same time deposited the part converted into RMB into the passbook that Zheng Man brought over.

One hundred thousand U.S. dollars can be exchanged for one hundred and fifty thousand RMB.

The bank president was knowledgeable. It was only $100,000, and it was not something he had never dealt with before.

"If you need to exchange U.S. dollars, you can make an appointment in advance." The bank president escorted me all the way to the door.

"No," Zheng Man shook her head, "Our boss said that these US dollars will not be converted back to US dollars after they are converted into RMB."

"Okay," the bank president nodded with a smile, "next time you come, you can come directly to me."

Zheng Man smiled: "You go back, we'll leave first."

After leaving the bank, the people who came with her couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is your boss so confident about the development of the mainland?"

Not to mention others, even the mainland itself is crossing the river by feeling the stones. No one knows what will happen in the future. To say that there is confidence is really insufficient.

Zheng Man looked at the two people and said, "Yes, our boss is very confident. Now that we have this money, you can rest assured that our boss will definitely continue to invest in our mainland."

"That would be great."

"Yes, that's great. I heard that your boss also has an elder who was from the mainland. We are a family."

“Yes, we help each other.”

…

The cost in the Mainland was less than Tang Yuan expected.

According to estimates, hundreds of thousands of yuan were enough for her to build a clothing factory, dormitories, canteens and other buildings, and even to clean up the land she owned inside and out.

And hundreds of thousands of RMB only cost one hundred thousand US dollars.

She now has a close business cooperation with Mona. Although the communication between the two is not frequent because Mona's business is getting better and better, it does not affect their cooperation.

Mona needs the goods she has shipped from Hong Kong, and she also needs Mona's sales resources.

During this period, some people tried to "pry the wall" and proposed to sell their goods to Mona at a low price.

A piece of clothing that costs more than ten Hong Kong dollars when wholesaled may only cost six US dollars in Country M, which is still thirty Hong Kong dollars. After deducting the transportation cost, there is still some profit.

If you lower the price a little further and sell it for five dollars a piece, there will still be profit, but the profit will be lower.

Mona called her before and told her about this matter. In the end, she righteously stated that she rejected the other party's request and was still willing to continue long-term cooperation with Tang Yuan.

From a business perspective, when Tang Yuan looks for clothes herself, she will also look for good quality and low prices. She does not think it is too much for someone to try to "pry the wall". Business matters involve interests and must be carefully considered.

If it were her, even if she could earn hundreds of thousands more just by changing someone, she would still hesitate.

But this time, Tang Yuan has a new trick up his sleeve.

She took the initiative to tell Mona about her new factory and the reduction in labor costs: "Others may not have such good resources as me. If we cooperate for a long time, I can provide you with lower-priced goods in the future."

"Really?" Mona expressed surprise.

"Of course it's true," Tang Yuan confirmed with a smile, "Our partnership is always inseparable, isn't it?"

"Of course, we are best friends," Mona said, and emphasized to her, "Don't worry, I won't cooperate with anyone else. I don't trust anyone except you."

"I think so too," Tang Yuan said with a smile, changing the subject. "Will the transport company still need sweaters when they come here in the future?"

Mona is really too busy and doesn't have time to come here herself. Every time she needs to transport goods, she just calls the transportation company directly.

After she asked this question, Mona began to hesitate.

Tang Yuan understood. In fact, she was in the same situation before, but she still thought that maybe they could continue to cooperate. Now that things have come to this, it is obvious that Mona does not have more energy to do the sweater business.

So she never brought up the topic again, and only asked her how much cargo she needed the next time the truck came, even down to the details of different styles and categories.

This time, Mona spoke quickly.

After hanging up the phone, Mona said "I'm sorry" softly.

Tang Yuan expressed her thoughts without any personal emotions: "What does it matter? We are not uncooperative. Without this, we can still have other opportunities for cooperation. We are still good friends."

Mona quickly responded: "Yes, we are good friends."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Yuan looked at the phone, thinking that it might be because the two of them had a relationship of interest from the beginning, and it would be difficult for them to become true friends now.

But it didn't matter. At least she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from Mona, so it wasn't a loss anyway.

She picked up the phone again and called someone she had only contacted occasionally during the past year.

The phone rang several times before someone picked up.

"Amy!"

"Will it affect your studies?"

"No, I'm too bored here. I don't have much to do. Are you free? Let's have a cup of coffee together?"

"Of course, no problem. I'll drive over there."

After hanging up the phone, Xue Shiqi jumped up from her chair and ran to the room to change clothes.

"Is it your friend in Country M again?"

"She is a friend of my friend, but we are good friends now," Xue Shiqi looked back at the door, "but they are very similar, no wonder they can become friends."