Chapter 344: Recruiting Xiao Jian

Chen Yang, in front of Lin Wei and Su Mingyue, exposed Zhao Shunfa's background, mainly because he was worried that Su Mingyue's kindness would be taken advantage of by the other party.

In his previous life, Zhao Shunfa and Tang Kun joined forces to hollow out Zhang Jun's company, causing the latter to lose everything. If Su Mingyue gave Zhao Shunfa a chance, she might also end up repeating Zhang Jun's fate.

Moreover, Su Mingyue was also managing his business in Hong Kong. If she were deceived, Chen Yang would also suffer.

Therefore, even if Zhao Shunfa were begging on the streets of Deep City, Chen Yang would not soften his heart.

Because human nature cannot be changed.

After dinner, Chen Yang assigned Su Mingyue a task: to take charge of selecting locations for the chain stores in the six outer districts.

Su Mingyue immediately raised an objection.

"The outer districts are too chaotic; as a weak woman I dare not go!"

"What about Xiao Jian?"

"He took the train back to Xingcheng."

"Why didn't he say anything when he went back?"

"You're not his boss. Being able to stay and accompany me in buying these eighty shops is already generous enough; do you really want him to be a volunteer for life?"

Chen Yang gave an embarrassed smile. Although Xiao Jian was commissioned by Hu Qingwan to help him, he indeed had no obligation to stay in Deep City permanently to work for him.

However, once he develops a reliance on someone, Chen Yang does not intend to replace them.

So he called Hu Qingwan.

"Mom, if I let Xiao Jian work by my side, do you think it's appropriate?"

"As long as Xiao Jian himself is willing, I and your maternal grandfather have no objections. However, he has elderly parents and young children in Xingcheng; to have him wholeheartedly follow you, we need to settle things properly."

"Okay!"

Since Chen Yang intends to recruit Xiao Jian, he naturally won't worry about money.

After resting one night at the hotel, the next morning Chen Yang and Lin Wei took a flight back to Xingcheng.

To Chen Yang's surprise, the address Hu Qingwan gave for Xiao Jian's home turned out to be the staff quarters of Xingcheng Food Limited Company!

When he and Lin Wei rushed to the staff quarters of Xingcheng Food Limited Company, they happened to run into Xiao Jian returning from the vegetable market with his wife and son after buying groceries.

"Chen Yang, Lin Wei, how did you come?" Xiao Jian didn't expect that he had just arrived in Xingcheng, and Chen Yang and Lin Wei would follow right behind; he was a bit surprised.

Chen Yang got straight to the point: "I can't temporarily leave the business in Deep City, and Su Mingyue alone can't keep up, so I'd like to ask you to go back and assist her."

Xiao Jian glanced at his wife, a bit hesitant, and said: "My wife just got laid off, and our child is still in kindergarten. If I leave Xingcheng now, there'll be no one to look after them!"

Chen Yang hadn't expected that the competition between Old Hundred Sausage and Xingcheng Food Limited Company would indirectly lead to Xiao Jian's wife being laid off, and he felt a bit embarrassed. After thinking, he told Xiao Jian: "If you're willing to develop in Deep City, I can arrange housing for your whole family there. Moreover, I will also properly settle your sister-in-law's job and your child's schooling."

Xiao Jian hesitated, looking at his wife, and carefully asked: "Juanzi, are you willing to go to Deep City?"

Xiao Jian's wife had been worried about her layoff all this time; hearing that Chen Yang would not only arrange housing for their whole family but also solve her employment problem, she nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Husband, since Boss Chen sincerely invites you, you should accept!"

Seeing his wife had no objection, Xiao Jian immediately agreed to Chen Yang's invitation.

To express gratitude for Chen Yang's care, Xiao Jian's wife insisted on having Chen Yang and Lin Wei stay for a meal at home.

During the meal, Chen Yang indirectly asked Xiao Jian's wife: "Sister-in-law, I heard that Xingcheng Food Limited Company is currently undergoing reform; has it been effective?"

Xiao Jian's wife snorted coldly, full of grievances, and said: "What effect? The province hired a guy who makes excavators to take charge of the company's reform. That old man knows nothing; he keeps talking about defeating Old Hundred Sausage and won't let us go to the Old Hundred chain store to buy cheap vegetables. So far we haven't seen him do anything."

Seeing that Xingcheng Food Limited Company's reform had made no move, Chen Yang guessed that Wu Junhui should still be in the Capital City seeking external help.

"Sister-in-law, as far as I know, the old man you mentioned has already gone to the Capital City to hire experts in sausage R&D. Maybe when he returns he could truly help Xingcheng Food Limited Company turn things around..."

"Turn around? How could that be easy!" Xiao Jian's wife sighed and said: "Our company's equipment is all outdated machines from ten years ago, while Old Hundred Sausage uses the most advanced automated machinery. According to our colleagues, their formulation is also carefully prepared by senior professors from the agricultural university. This is simply not on the same level."

Chen Yang said: "Replacing the equipment would only cost ten or twenty million yuan; as long as we can hire capable experts, your company still has hope of making a comeback."

Xiao Jian's wife sighed again, then lowered her voice to Chen Yang and said: "Boss Chen, you don't know, but a lot of the meat used in our company's sausages is dead pig meat. The sausages we produce, we ourselves don't even eat."

Chen Yang was also shocked upon hearing this. If the imported raw materials have problems, not only would the taste be bad, but it could even cause a host of ailments.

"Sister-in-law, does the Wu Director in charge of the reform know that your company's raw materials have issues?"

Xiao Jian's wife shook her head and said: "Nobody dares to speak about this! If outsiders learned the truth, the company would be completely hopeless. We can still get part of our pension now, but if the company goes bankrupt, we won't get a single cent."

Chen Yang suddenly felt a bit relieved that he hadn't taken over the reform task of Xingcheng Food Limited Company. If, when he took over, someone exposed the problem with the sausage raw materials, it could even implicate Old Hundred Meat Industry Limited Company.

At this moment, Chen Yang suddenly felt a bit sympathetic toward Wu Junhui. The latter wholeheartedly wanted to revive Xingcheng Food Limited Company, but he didn't expect that behind him stood a bunch of pig teammates.

Of course, Chen Yang also wouldn't remind Wu Junhui. This guy has been targeting him since he first joined the reform team, and still wants to help Xingcheng Food Limited Company seize Old Hundred Sausage's market share. Chen Yang didn't use the "dead pig meat" issue to deliver a fatal blow to him; that counts as looking out for the bigger picture.

Originally Chen Yang was worried that Wu Junhui's involvement would affect Old Hundred Sausage's standing in Dongjiangsheng. Now that he knows Xingcheng Food Limited Company has an issue with imported raw materials, he feels his worry was unnecessary.

Even a skilled housewife can't cook without rice. Even the best food expert, without good materials, cannot make good sausage.

As long as the people of Dongjiangsheng discover that the newly launched sausage from Xingcheng Food Limited Company still hasn't improved in taste, all of Wu Junhui's efforts will come to nothing.