Chapter 87

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

Jinchuan Company, headquartered in Huadeng City — yes, a major company known far and wide yet located in a second-tier city, truly unexpected.

Its scale was enough to establish a foothold in major cities like Jianghai City, but the boss of Jinchuan Company deliberately chose Huadeng City; as he himself put it to others — "I like small cities!"

The headquarters covered a vast scope, yet its business was not complicated, mainly manufacturing various electrical appliances, most of which were things society needed, so annual sales volume could reach over a hundred thousand units.

And because of this, the boss of Jinchuan Company, Ma Xianjin, made a name for himself.

Yet at this moment, Ma Xianjin sat in his office reviewing the accounts with a worried frown; his hair was already thin, and these past days of barely eating or drinking had caused even more to fall out.

The massive pile of accounts before him kept his brows tightly knit, his chest even aching faintly.

After a long moment he sighed, looked up at his secretary before him, and asked: "Roughly... how many?"

The secretary's face was equally grim; he too sighed and said: "Approximately... over fifty thousand units."

"..." Hearing that number, Ma Xianjin's body trembled, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.

"Boss Ma!" The secretary rushed forward to support him; Ma Xianjin steadied himself and waved his hand: "I'm fine..."

His voice was even weaker: "Over fifty thousand... that should be the output of the past half year; what on earth happened?"

Half a year ago Jinchuan Company suddenly developed some hard-to-detect changes; Ma Xianjin initially paid them no mind, but after a full half year he discovered a major problem.

The secretary hesitated a moment before finally saying: "I went to ask around and checked the company's total accounts; it's clearly our Chief Engineer pulling tricks in the middle!"

Ma Xianjin listened intently; the further the secretary went, the angrier he became: "That son of a bitch! Half a year ago during material procurement he pocketed nearly a third of the public funds for himself; the remaining funds weren't enough to buy raw materials, causing the products we've produced these past half year to all..."

By this point Ma Xianjin finally understood; he was naturally furious at that Chief Engineer's actions, but even more infuriating was that the engineer vanished without a trace a few days after the matter was exposed.

They searched all of Huadeng City and couldn't find him; they even reported it to the police, but what use was that? Having pocketed a huge sum from kickbacks, no one would stay here.

What left Ma Xianjin full of regret was his own misjudgment back then.

Yet what truly left him feeling helpless was another matter. They only discovered this issue a few days ago; the investigation concluded just today — meaning for this entire half year they had been producing appliances with insufficient or substandard raw materials, and thus the tens of thousands of appliances produced over the half year... were all unqualified.

Producing unqualified goods is absolutely fatal for a well-known company; with Ma Xianjin's character he would absolutely not sell them externally, and those unqualified products were bound to cause major problems.

"Boss Ma, why not... melt them all down and remake them?" The secretary offered a suggestion.

Ma Xianjin slowly shook his head, his expression pale and powerless: "Remake them... that's over ten thousand units, a full half year's output; remaking wastes not only time but the quality simply can't compare to before."

The secretary also worried for him: "Then what should we do? If these things aren't handled the company will absolutely face massive losses."

Ma Xianjin sighed heavily again, closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair: "I'll think of something; also, don't let this leak for now. Lastly, go to the Police Station again and see if the police have any findings; finding the person would naturally be best."

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

After the secretary left, Ma Xianjin sighed repeatedly, then shook his head with a bitter smile.

His own judgment had been lacking, so he couldn't blame others; he just hadn't expected there really was such a greedy bastard in this world — a full half year's public funds, that vanished engineer was truly greedy enough.

This time, even though it caused huge losses it wouldn't bring bankruptcy-level impact to the company, but it was still enormous; he had to devise a foolproof solution, yet where would such a solution be so easily found?

"Remaking is unlikely, but what if we repair them?"

Though the over ten thousand products all failed quality standards, with various large and small issues appearing in inspection, that didn't mean they were completely ruined; they could be repaired, but Ma Xianjin's company mainly manufactured appliances — they knew nothing about repair, sometimes even having to hire specialists from big cities at exorbitant prices.

"Repair... repair... wait!"

Ma Xianjin suddenly perked up; just as his thoughts reached this point he suddenly thought of a person!

Chema City, Miaoshou Jiang Electrical Appliance Company —

Nearly two months had passed since those employees arrived in Chema City; Jiang Wenyu and Li Chen's company was progressing very smoothly. Although at first funds were tight due to paying employee wages, within half a month things had already stabilized.

Not to say they made a killing daily, but it was enough to sustain the company's operations.