Chapter 183: Heaven's Net and Earth's Web

Su Ruo, in the coming days, was busy recruiting staff and busy recruiting staff; she was so busy her feet never touched the ground.

Li Zhaodi and Bai Xinya were not idle either; Li Zhaodi was busy with production in the clothing room and expanding business.

After all, the factory has already been sold, and output will increase in the future; Li Zhaodi is now sharpening her knives, ready to go all out, hoping to quickly earn back the five hundred thousand spent buying the factory.

Bai Xinya was busy drawing up designs for spring clothing, and even An'an would go help; after all, the reason Xia Hua's clothing sells well is not just the fabric and quality.

Most importantly, the clothing styles are relatively novel, eye-catching when worn, which is why they are favored by many female customers.

Moreover, after Su Ruo and the others discussed, even if the factory later goes into production, Li Zhaodi's small company here should not stop.

Only the focus of production has changed, establishing a dedicated workshop for high-end luxury custom-made brands.

Su Ruo knows that as the economy continues to develop, people's lives will get better and better, and high-end luxury brands will become a huge cake.

If managed well, the future profits it could bring will be immeasurable.

Just like some foreign fragrance and V brands, the domestic market still lacks its own high-end luxury goods; if Su Ruo and the others start now, they would be seizing the opportunity.

Su Ruo remembers a saying: 'Stand on the windfall, even a pig can fly'; as long as Su Ruo and the others manage well, they need not worry about not making money in the future.

After the three discussed and agreed, they were all fired up.

Seeing how busy Su Ruo and the others were, Zhou Feng voluntarily took on the workshop renovation work; having prior experience repairing the siheyuan, Su Ruo now trusts the people Zhou Feng found.

However, Wei Ming, upon seeing Su Ruo and the others undertaking such a large-scale renovation of the company, couldn't help feeling a pang of regret over the money.

Even his office had been completely renewed; Wei Ming looked at the new office, with bright windows and clean desks, all the desks and cabinets brand new, the solid wood furniture dignified and steady—one could tell it cost a lot of money.

Wei Ming felt a pang of regret over the expense, thinking it entirely unnecessary to do these things; the most important thing was to seize production and make good products.

Su Ruo, however, did not think so; a company's appearance is its face, and after they expand production, there will surely be many manufacturers coming to discuss cooperation—if their whole factory is dilapidated, how could those clients believe they have the strength to make good products?

Therefore, although it might consume some financial and material resources, Su Ruo still insisted on renovating the factory before resuming production.

At the same time, she also established dedicated departments: clothing design, finance, management, security, and so on.

While Su Ruo and the others were bustling here with great fervor, Li Furén was gloomy every day, staring at Su Ruo and the others as they came and went busily.

Su Ruo burned down three of his warehouses in one go, causing Li Furén a direct loss of over ten thousand, at least one or two years of work wasted.

Thus, although Li Furén's father-in-law warned him not to provoke Su Ruo again, Li Furén could not swallow this anger no matter what.

That night, Shunzi brought his two little brothers and sneaked into Su Ruo's factory; they carried a lot of gunpowder and firecrackers, targeting Su Ruo's workshop this time—if they blew up her machinery, her factory would basically be ruined.

Without a huge influx of funds, wanting to turn things around would be extremely difficult.

But what Shunzi and his two companions didn't expect was that, the moment they stepped onto the factory grounds, they had already entered Su Ruo's surveillance range.

Su Ruo would absolutely not suffer the same setback twice; Li Furén had already burned one of her warehouses, and she would certainly not let such a thing happen again.

So, after the warehouse fire, she immediately had the system cover the entire factory area; although it costs a lot of points each day, Su Ruo feels it's worth it.

When Shunzi and his two companions had finished setting up and were about to act, they were immediately kicked over from behind.

Shunzi turned his head in terror and saw Su Ruo and Wei Ming, accompanied by two guards, standing behind him.

Shunzi's two little brothers tried to flee, but were instantly subdued by those two guards.

Seeing this, Shunzi's face changed instantly; he knew he was finished this time.

Shunzi couldn't understand; they had clearly investigated and found the security here lax, with only a few guards in the whole factory.

Patrols could barely make their rounds, yet they were so careful—how were they discovered?

Wei Ming questioned with anguish: 'Shunzi, you three are also old-timers of the factory; over these years the factory hasn't been stingy with you—how could you do such a thing?'

Shunzi's father, back then, accidentally triggered a switch while repairing machinery and was crushed to death.

His mother's health was already poor; later she couldn't bear the blow and passed away a few years later.

Therefore, Shunzi was raised by his elderly grandmother under the factory's care.

Although Shunzi later went astray due to lack of parental discipline, Wei Ming, out of respect for his father's sacrifice, still let him enter the factory and gave him an idle position.

As for his usual petty thefts and troublemaking, Wei Ming pretended not to see them.

But Wei Ming never imagined that his repeated indulgence was what made Shunzi grow increasingly bold and reckless.

Not only did he form a small clique in the factory to stir up trouble, but now he actually wanted to directly blow up the factory.

Wei Ming dared not imagine what serious consequences would follow if those explosives detonated.

Wei Ming regarded the factory as more important than his own life, yet Shunzi wanted to destroy it; this time, Shunzi felt utterly chilled.

Su Ruo had two guards detain Shunzi and his companions, then had one person go call the police.

Upon hearing Su Ruo say she would call the police, Shunzi panicked instantly; having committed such a grave act, if Su Ruo reported it, they would be finished.

Shunzi immediately knelt before Wei Ming, weeping and pleading: 'Uncle, save me! I am my father's only son; my father died for our factory.'

'You promised my mother you would take good care of me; you cannot call the police—if you do, I'm done.'

A flicker of reluctance flashed in Wei Ming's eyes, but in the end he closed his eyes and refused to look at Shunzi again.

If this factory were his own, he could choose to forgive Shunzi, but the factory was bought by Su Ruo for five hundred thousand; if Shunzi and his gang succeeded today, they might cause Su Ruo to lose hundreds of thousands directly.

Thinking back to the earlier warehouse fire, it's obvious without thinking that it was Shunzi and his crew who did it.

Under these circumstances, what face does Wei Ming have to ask Su Ruo for forgiveness?

'You're no longer a child; if you make a mistake, you must pay the price.'

Wei Ming said through gritted teeth.

Shunzi's face turned ashen, and he immediately flew into a rage, cursing Wei Ming loudly.

Su Ruo directly had the guards gag him.

In fact, during this process Su Ruo had been observing Wei Ming; seeing that he no longer blindly favored Shunzi or pleaded for him, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because her factory absolutely did not need a saintly father figure.