Chapter 151 Getting on the Right Track

"I heard that this factory is privately owned."

"It's privately owned. It seems to be owned by a boss from Hong Kong, a very big boss. All these houses were built with money paid by him. It must have cost a lot of money."

"If you are a private boss, maybe they will suddenly start investigating again one day."

"That's right. And, I don't know if this boss can do it. Isn't he the same as an old landlord? What people call a capitalist? Can this work?"

"That's different. Capitalists are different from capitalists."

"No, I read in the newspaper that we are not capitalists, but a private enterprise with our own characteristics. We are definitely different."

“That’s a capitalist too.”

"No, who are you? We are waiting to start work today. What are you doing here? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"Yeah, who are you?"

"You're not trying to steal our jobs, are you?"

"Come on, come on, don't delay us, we have to get started."

The person who was being scolded had a sullen look on his face and walked away mumbling something. As he walked away, he put his hands in his pockets and whispered something like "shut up" until someone came from a distance, then he turned around and left.

Zheng Man drove over and soon saw a group of people coming out of the factory.

Although this clothing factory is a private factory, it has intricate ties with the country. Tang Yuan is willing to be close to the country, and she is willing to do the same, so whenever there is something, she is willing to find people from the country.

This way, both parties can feel more at ease.

"Zheng Jing, your boss is not here?"

"She'll be here soon. She's coming from Hong Kong, so she'll be a little slower. I brought the firecrackers here first. Everyone's having fun today." Zheng Man pointed at the firecrackers loaded on the car.

Not long after all the firecrackers were moved down, Tang Yuan drove over and quickly met everyone.

The process after that was simple, starting with the setting off of crackling fireworks and firecrackers, and then the workers entering the factory one by one.

Besides her, Tang Yuan also came with some experienced garment makers in Hong Kong this time. Tang Yuan offered each of them a salary of HK$1,500, which made them willing to come.

These people were a little worried before they came, but after seeing the factory environment and the machines in the factory, their worries were relieved.

They don't need to leave the factory area, they can buy things and eat directly inside, and the accommodation conditions are also good. Those who were specially invited here all have a room with a separate bathroom and even hot water day and night. The living environment is much better than theirs in Hong Kong.

"You have a supply and marketing cooperative here?" one of the people who had never been here before asked in surprise.

"It's not a supply and marketing cooperative, it's called... a small supermarket or something like that," Liu Xuejuan knew the situation. "The things here are shipped directly from Hong Kong. Not only food, but also clothes and daily necessities are all provided by the factory. Any employee can buy them here."

As she spoke, she looked towards Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan nodded: "Yes, it is a supermarket. Our location is relatively remote and there are not many supporting facilities around. It is just a small supermarket. It doesn't take much effort."

Even the things inside may not have been brought from Hong Kong; some of them were bought by her in Country M.

Not to mention food, other daily necessities are similar everywhere, so it is not difficult for her to buy them.

The group walked into the supermarket while talking.

All the buildings in the factory area here were built by Tang Yuan according to the standards of later generations, including the supermarket. Not to mention anything else, just the bright glass windows in the supermarket make it look exceptionally large and bright.

Of course, the things inside were not as complete as those in later supermarkets.

“Don’t you need a ticket for these things?”

"These are foreign toothpaste and toothbrushes, right? Do you have them here too?"

"There are so many materials. Can the workers in the factory buy fabrics from you?"

"These leather shoes are good, they fit my feet, and the price is good. I have seen several imported leather shoes before, and they were more expensive than this, but not as good as this."

People walked and looked around the small supermarket, and from time to time they would exclaim in admiration.

When talking about the purchase, everyone's eyes turned to Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan had thought about this problem early in the morning and smiled: "There is security at the gate of our factory. Only workers in the factory can enter. This can prevent outsiders from sneaking in and causing trouble. But when the factory next door is built, you can come here to apply for a work card. With a work card, you can come here to buy things."

As she spoke, she walked to the cashier and took out a box.

"This is the work card for entering our factory. Everyone can get one. If you need anything in the future, you can use this work card to enter and buy it directly at the small supermarket," Tang Yuan asked everyone to take one, and then said, "The situation in our factory is special. Many of the things inside are imported from Hong Kong, so no tickets are required. You can buy it as long as you have money. As for the price, it is whatever is marked on the shelf."

At that time, many things still required tickets, such as clothes, shoes, socks, food, and drinks. Without tickets, no matter how rich you were, you couldn't buy them.

So being able to buy things with money directly here is actually something special.

What's more, many of the things she has here are imported.

After getting the card, the person who had taken a fancy to the leather shoes immediately went to take the shoes, asked the person guarding the cashier to pick up the shoes, paid for them directly, and then happily held the shoes in his hand.

In addition to the small supermarket, kitchens and dormitories have also been built.

However, there are not many dormitories in use at present. Ordinary workers share eight-person rooms with one bathroom on each floor. Currently, all the workers recruited use some rooms on two floors.

The canteen workers arrived earlier than the garment workers. They were all recruited from nearby. When the group arrived, plates of food were already laid out in the canteen.

Taking into account the current special situation in the mainland, these dishes are still mainly vegetarian, with only a small amount of meat. But those plates of food piled there still make visitors particularly surprised.

“Is all this edible?”

"You're leaving the food here? Aren't you afraid someone might steal it?"

The rice was not pure rice, but brown rice, but it was mixed with some white rice. There was also a plate of dumplings on the plate with the dishes, but each person could only have one.

It’s not that Tang Yuan can’t afford it, but it’s not suitable to be too high-profile.

She briefly introduced the dining standards to everyone, took them to get their meals, and then found a seat in the corner to sit down and eat.

The food was quite filling and everyone enjoyed it very much.

Halfway through the meal, people who came to work today lined up to eat. They were surprised to see the plates of vegetables, dumplings, and brown rice with white rice in between.

The food was so delicious that many people slurped it up right after they got their meals.

"If you don't have enough, you can add brown rice, but you have to eat it on the spot and you can't take it home."

"Can I add more? Is it free?"

“Oh my god, it’s really free?”

"Can we have lunch here every day? That's great!"

…

"Boss Wen is generous."

"It's just a meal. If everyone is satisfied, it's good. But breakfast and dinner have to be paid for," Tang Yuan said honestly, pointing to the price on the wall not far away, "That's the price of the meal."

The price is not expensive, or rather, expensive food has expensive ways of eating it, and cheap food has cheap ways of eating it.

If you want to eat something cheap, you can eat a few cents of Wo Wo Tou. If you want to eat something expensive, there are meat buns and meat cakes. The same goes for dinner. If you want to eat cheap, you can just eat brown rice, which is also very cheap.

The reason why we set aside one meal for free is that we hope everyone can have a balanced diet. Otherwise, there will definitely be many people who only eat the cheapest meals for three meals a day.

After the first day of the tour, the factory quickly entered the production stage.

Although Tang Yuan did not have sufficient experience in garment manufacturing, she still had some understanding of the sales situation of different clothing styles. The first batch of clothing was produced quickly and sent to Hong Kong after passing inspection.

This time the warehouse she had been renting came in handy again.

However, more clothes will be stored mainly in the warehouses in the new factory area. The warehouses here are safer, cheaper, and have more space, and can store enough clothes.

While the second and third batches of clothes were being produced, she had secretly transferred the first batch of clothes to Country M through the game space, successfully passed Mona's "test", and sold the clothes.

The clothes produced in the mainland are of qualified quality, and Tang Yuan is more confident about the future business. After the first batch of workers gradually became proficient, he soon started training the second batch of workers.

At the same time, the two fabric factories under construction next door, although not yet fully completed, have begun to weave cloth in a rough state. These fabrics cannot fully supply Tangyuan's clothing factory, but they can supply part of it, allowing her to save a lot of money.

At this point, the clothing factory was officially on the right track.

However, at this time, the clothing business in Country M was affected to some extent.

Someone noticed that there were always shipments in her warehouse, but she did not have a formal business license, so they began to investigate her and even asked Mona.

Fortunately, Mona notified us in advance, and she already had the habit of paying taxes, so even if it was not complete, it was indeed traceable.

Afterwards, I immediately went to apply for the relevant documents and submitted the tax payment certificate.

A potential danger disappeared quietly.

But because of this incident, Tang Yuan became alert and signed up for some courses on corporate taxation in Country M. She also hired a professional tax company to gradually make the several businesses under her name legal and compliant.

At least it appears legal and compliant on the surface.

In the process, she discovered that the most surprising thing was actually the effect of the vest.

Wen Jiaqi and Amy are the same person, and are actually controlled by her. The clothing factory in the mainland is controlled by Wen Jiaqi. Amy buys clothes from her, and the selling price is entirely determined by Wen Jiaqi.

Today, Wen Jiaqi's clothing business in the Mainland enjoys extremely favorable tax preferential policies.

She can even estimate directly where and how much tax to pay.

Even the tea business is the same. The profit of tea exported from the mainland to Country M drops to an extremely low level after it reaches "Amy", and almost no tax is required.

What she actually got was still all the US dollars she earned from selling tea.

This year's more than 300,000 kilograms of tea leaves earned her more than 300,000 US dollars.

It's a matter of paying taxes anyway. Instead of paying it to Country M, it's better to pay it to the mainland. She can save money and the mainland can collect more money. Of course, the US dollars she earns can also be paid to the mainland which is short of foreign exchange.

She knows exactly where her motherland is.