Chapter 339: We Pool Our Money

"What we want are the shops," Kang Jian replied.

The group went to handle the property transfers again.

The staff at the Housing Management Bureau saw this same group of people and exchanged glances, thinking there must be some dispute.

As it turned out, two more people entered afterward, dispelling their concerns.

"Transferring property?" the person in charge asked.

Everyone had already discussed it, so the entire process went much faster.

Although the day was busy, acquiring two shops and a Xiao Yuan could be considered an unexpected joy.

Along the way, that man just watched and didn't speak.

An Yinan had almost forgotten about such a person.

"Big Brother, is your factory far?" An Yinan asked helplessly.

The man quickly said, "Not far, not far, about twenty minutes by bike."

Twenty minutes by bike...

Then what about them walking?

"I don't have a bicycle!" An Yinan said helplessly.

Although she had one in her space, she couldn't just magically produce a bicycle in front of everyone!

"Mine is parked not far away," the man quickly spoke up.

He didn't mean anything else by it; he was just stating a fact—that he had a bicycle.

"My family has one," Kang Jian said.

"How about this! Sister, you ride my bike."

"Brother, you take me halfway, and I'll take you halfway," Kang Jian suggested.

The man quickly refused, "No need, no need, I'll take you."

He hadn't forgotten that this person was in poor health; what if he had an episode?

He was afraid he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly!

"That works too!" Kang Jian could accept that.

Once he saw that the two had reached an agreement, there was no harm in going to take a look himself.

Besides, what if it was a good fit?

The three of them first returned to Kang Jian's home, explained the situation to his grandfather, and pushed the bicycle out the door.

Finding the locked bicycle, he said, "Doctor An, Kang Jian, I haven't had a chance to introduce myself yet. My surname is Sun, and my given name is just Jun."

"Brother Sun!" Kang Jian quickly called out.

An Yinan smiled and nodded. She was actually a bit anxious; half the day had almost passed, and she didn't know if Chen Xun had been looking for her.

Railway Station.

"I say, Chen Xun, how long are you going to wait?" Fang Yi patted him on the shoulder.

"My wife hasn't come back yet!" Chen Xun said.

He had already waited for over an hour. He hadn't seen his wife for over four months, and he missed her dearly.

"Maybe she went out shopping. This place is much livelier than that godforsaken place at your Camp. She'll be back after wandering around for a bit. Are you still going to wait outside?"

The key was that he still had a dark look on his face, as if someone owed him money.

Your Comrade An went out on her own; it's not like someone bullied her.

Who are you trying to show that bitter, deep-seated look to?

Although he said that, he didn't dare let him stand there alone, looking like he was acting as a door god for the Railway Station.

At this moment, An Yinan had just arrived at the factory. The factory wasn't large, with five lines in total, and the machines were all stopped now.

Among them were Flat-sewing Machines, Overlock Machines, and various machines for special purposes.

However, each Regional Economics area was kept very clean, and every type of fabric had a dedicated area.

"This is our warehouse. Currently, only the raw material warehouse has fabric; the finished goods warehouse is empty!"

Sun Jun didn't hide anything. He introduced the situation in great detail, allowing An Yinan to understand as much as possible.

Even things like the machine manuals were well-preserved; he brought them out one after another and stated the years they were purchased.

She was a layman in other things, but she was an expert when it came to clothing factories and textile factories.

She only needed to glance at the model of these machines to roughly know where they were produced and when they were manufactured.

Back in the day, she had put a lot of effort into memorizing this history, which meant she still couldn't forget it now.

"These are all the orders we have now. Actually, I was out running for orders today too!" Sun Jun introduced embarrassedly.

Who looks at a factory without looking at its efficiency?

A factory with no work at all, besides being acquired by competitors, can only go bankrupt!

An Yinan thought for a long time. She was actually very satisfied with Sun Jun.

Whether it was his consideration for the workers or his efforts to go out and run for factory work.

For a business partner, he was a good choice.

"Doctor An, if you have anything you want to ask, you can ask me," Sun Jun rubbed his hands nervously.

He was at his wit's end; if he didn't sell the factory, the employees' wages would remain unpaid.

Everyone had to make a living!

"Factory Manager!"

"We're here."

"You don't have to sell the factory. We don't want wages; we'll go out and run for work."

A crowd of people swarmed in.

Everyone was chattering away, afraid that Sun Jun would sell the factory.

"Everyone, quiet down and listen to me!" Sun Jun pressed his hands downward.

Everyone quieted down one after another; the discipline of the group was quite good.

"I know that everyone is reluctant to part with this factory; when it was state-run in the past, everyone was here."

"But the times are different now; the state either wants this factory shut down or privatized."

"You all know my feelings for the factory; I couldn't bear to see it become unrecognizable, so I gritted my teeth and bought it."

"But you all know the current situation; without the work assigned from above, I can only go out and pull in small jobs for the factory to do, but I can no longer sustain it."

When Sun Jun said this, his expression was also very pained.

This factory had been here even before he was born.

Yet he never expected that one day it would be ruined in his own hands.

"We'll pool our money!" one person said.

Everyone's expressions became agitated as well.

Sun Jun, however, shook his head, "If there were even a shred of hope, I would never sell it."

"My feelings for the factory are just as heavy as yours."

"But everyone has families to support; without income, let alone pooling money, even eating will be a problem in the future."

"Moreover, I have borrowed money from outside, and I can no longer sustain it."

Last year, relying on his sentiment, he borrowed a lot of money and invested it all into the factory.

But his ability was insufficient; the factory's work became less and less, and it lost a great deal of money—let alone making a profit, even the wages were paid out of his own pocket.

The people below quieted down; they also thought about this past year, where the work they did became less and less, and their families were indeed struggling to make ends meet.

Some people who couldn't hold on had already gone to the docks to carry cargo bags.

Only the work at the docks paid daily, and they could return to the factory at any time.

Everyone calmed down.

Sun Jun also steadied his emotions and said this time, "My most important condition when looking for a buyer is that everyone must be kept on."

"Rest assured, no matter who manages the factory, the factory will still be the same factory; it is already here waiting for you all."

"Everyone go back and wait for my news!"

Sun Jun pacified everyone's emotions and put their minds at ease.

After the people left one after another, he returned to An Yinan's side, only now he smiled at himself self-deprecatingly.

"Last year everyone bet everything on me, but I was incompetent!"

An Yinan completely approved of Sun Jun at this moment.

She had felt before that he cared a lot about the workers, but she hadn't expected there to be such a story.

Judging from the workers' attitude this time, he would be a good manager.