Chapter 1572: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1572: The Loss-Making Mask Factory

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, the leaders arrived one after another, and Wang Xiaohua personally stood at the shop entrance to welcome them.

Which leader sat in which seat, he had already arranged clearly in his mind long ago.

Although he didn't particularly advocate for this whole set of formalities, he knew that the leaders in this town, more or less, all cared about these things; since he had already invited them over for a meal, he had to arrange things properly to avoid unnecessary gossip.

Everyone had arrived.

Wang Xiaohua immediately told the boss to serve the dishes.

Then he personally went to open the wine and filled the cups for everyone at the table.

He said some polite words.

Nothing more than thanking the leaders for their cultivation, thanking the Town Government for providing the platform, promising to continue working hard in the future, continue serving the people, contributing a meager share to Shangang Town's poverty alleviation and prosperity, and so on.

After this meal, the leaders were all very satisfied.

Mainly because Wang Xiaohua did too well; throughout the entire banquet, he took care of everyone impeccably, and surprisingly didn't make a single mistake.

You have to know, this was his first time organizing a banquet, his first time treating the Town Government leaders to a meal.

Ordinary young people, faced with this kind of thing, would more or less make some mistakes.

After all, on the surface this is a matter of organizing a banquet, but in reality, behind it lies the ability to coordinate and plan, the ability to adapt on the spot, and the ability to face a crowd of leaders with composure and without stage fright.

So after the banquet ended, on the way back together, He Gaofeng and Zhong Hongtao spoke of Wang Xiaohua with unstinting praise.

"Ah, a Tsinghua University graduate is just different! Wang Xiaohua's performance at this banquet, to tell the truth, when I was forty years old, I couldn't have been this flexible and resilient!"

He Gaofeng exclaimed with emotion.

Zhong Hongtao laughed and said:

"After all, he's a top student; top students have too strong a learning ability — either they disdain human relations, or once they play at human relations, they leave us ordinary people hundreds of streets behind."

He Gaofeng nodded in agreement:

"Actually, it's not just this banquet; over this past year, Wang Xiaohua's growth, we've all witnessed it with our own eyes; if my son were half as clever as him, that would be great!"

Zhong Hongtao laughed and said:

"Forget half as clever; if he were one-tenth as clever, I'd wake up laughing! The most fatal thing is, he's this clever yet still this hardworking, handles affairs this humbly with no airs at all! Truly can't pick out a single flaw!"

He Gaofeng then said:

"I reckon before long, he won't belong to our town anymore; barring accidents, three years a small step, five years a big step, he'll surely advance steadily and solidly!"

Thinking that Wang Xiaohua might be promoted and transferred away in a few years, He Gaofeng felt a bit reluctant to let him go.

He wasn't worried that Wang Xiaohua's promotion would crowd his position, because talents like Wang Xiaohua generally become Deputy Town Mayor and then go to the county, or even directly to the city!

They wouldn't let him become the top leader commanding the whole town, and there's no need for him to be the town's top leader.

He Gaofeng and Zhong Hongtao evaluated Wang Xiaohua so highly, yet Wang Xiaohua didn't know a single bit of it.

But he didn't care either; he just tried his best to do his own things well, that's all.

He wouldn't go caring about how others evaluated him; if he cared about others' evaluations, he probably would have been drowned in saliva back when he was still studying.

With his image, he's the easiest to be criticized.

Without a strong inner heart, it's impossible to pull through.

Now back to the other side.

Not long after Wang Erhai held the full moon banquet for his daughter, this day Chunfang Group's professional manager Liu Yong suddenly came to find him.

"Boss Wang, there's a matter I want to discuss with you."

Wang Erhai couldn't help but stare blankly:

"Manager Liu, what matter?"

He thought Chunfang Group had run into trouble, thought Zhang Sheng had made a move on the company Niu Chunsheng left behind.

But actually it wasn't this matter.

Zhang Sheng had long since bought off Liu Yong; if Zhang Sheng were to move against Chunfang Group, Liu Yong would absolutely never come to his Wang Erhai's side to leak the news.

What Liu Yong wanted to say to Wang Erhai was another matter:

"It's like this: during Boss Niu's lifetime, he once acquired a factory in the county; this factory specialized in producing medical masks. Boss Wang, you should also know, medical masks — where is there any profit to speak of? But the County Government explicitly stated they couldn't shut down this factory, so Boss Niu had always been subsidizing it to keep it running……"

Wang Erhai's brows furrowed slightly:

"Then what does Manager Liu mean?"

Liu Yong then said:

"Since Boss Niu passed away, Chunfang Group's business hasn't expanded anymore, revenue has been narrowing; yesterday I showed Boss Niu's wife the financial report, she said she didn't want this factory anymore; I said no, the County Government stipulated the production line must be maintained; then she said, why not sell the factory cheaply to you, Boss Wang."

Speaking to this point, Liu Yong also felt a bit embarrassed.

Because Lin Xiaofang's intention was really too obvious.

That was to dump Chunfang Group's money-losing sector onto Wang Erhai.

Isn't this asking Wang Erhai to be the unfair burden?

Wang Erhai naturally didn't want to be this unfair burden.

But thinking of Niu Chunsheng's kindness to his Wang family.

Lin Xiaofang's request, though excessive, wasn't to say it couldn't be discussed.

After all, making medical masks is actually a kind of contribution to society.

Medical supplies — ordinary people all need them.

So Wang Erhai asked:

"That factory — how much money needs to be invested each year, how much revenue, how much loss?"

Wang Erhai needed to first evaluate whether he could take on this factory.

If it required investing too much money, losing too much money, exceeding his ability to bear it, then it definitely wouldn't work.

After all, even if doing a good deed, it still has to be within one's own capacity.

Besides, his daughter was just born, and he still had to support the family.

"Actually not much, invest four to five million each year, and if there's a loss, it would lose one to two million over a year."

Wang Erhai gave a bitter laugh:

"Invest four to five million, and lose one to two million — this loss ratio is too high, isn't it!"

Liu Yong then said:

"No choice, that's an old production line, maintenance costs are high, and additionally now masks are all made by big companies, small production lines — these past years many have gone bankrupt, those that haven't are also barely holding on, either they transform to do other production lines."

Wang Erhai fell silent.

He hesitated a bit.

Although losing one to two million each year he could still afford.

But this is a bottomless pit!

If he can't resell it, and the County Government keeps not letting him halt production, he'd have to keep losing money every year.

Seeing Wang Erhai's hesitation, Liu Yong said:

"General Manager Wang, you don't need to decide right now, go back and consider clearly, then let me know, if you don't take this on it's also fine, I all feel that General Manager Niu's widow is being a bit unreasonable, at General Manager Niu's memorial service you still helped her busily front and back, how can she make such a powerless demand?"

Wang Erhai then said:

"Then I'll consider it properly, once I've considered clearly in these few days I'll let you know."