Chapter 75: Gypsum Factory

After Wang Licheng sent his daughter home, he didn't go to Long County immediately. He wanted to check some information about gypsum powder and know the use of gypsum powder.

The gypsum powder factory in Qingminghe produces gypsum powder. There is a gypsum mine in Long Xian County, which happens to have raw materials for gypsum powder. Last year, a person died in a plaster mine accident. At that time, a lot of people were dismissed from the county government. The leadership needed to be supplemented, so Xiao Hongyan was sent. These are all Xiao Hongyan told him.

If there are mines, there are raw materials. Once he has figured out the use of gypsum powder, if it is profitable, he can help Xiao Hongyan and find a good project, killing two birds with one stone.

When he arrived at the door of Xiao Hongyan's office, Xiao Hongyan was on the phone.

 “Whoever agreed to take over the powder factory at the beginning should solve the workers' job problems.” Why should she be the one to take over?

 “Major Xiao, we don't know about this matter. The secretary is responsible, so don't embarrass us.”

“I am embarrassing you, and you are not looking for problems for me? You tell the secretary, I will go over to talk to you tomorrow morning. He's talking about the powder factory.” After Xiao Hongyan finished speaking, she hung up the phone with a snap; she really treated her as a persimmon, and she still doesn't know how to solve it; apparently, everything will be fine if she pushes it to her.

“Sip tea to calm down.” Seeing Xiao Hongyan hung up the phone, he handed the cup on the table to her.

“Ask something, and everyone will know how to evade it.” It doesn't mean that today's rest is not about business, or it means that you don't know what you don't know.

How else could they have been unclear? She has only been in Long County for five months; mainly working as an assistant to the county magistrate. She is also a deputy in Qingminghe Township. It turned out that this was how the secretary reassured her.

“Okay! Don't be angry anymore; we should go back.”

After dinner, he boiled water to soak Xiao Hongyan's feet. Wang Licheng called Liu Fengzhen and asked his mother to call and guide him on how to massage, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

“What!”

A scream resounded throughout the dormitory.

“Why didn't you say it in advance?” Before she was ready, he attacked suddenly, hurting her to death.

“I'm still looking for a position.” He just pressed her lightly, it hurt like this, and his mother asked him to press harder.

“Have you found it? Tell me as before messaging.” The sound just now must have been heard by the whole dormitory building. It's embarrassing.

“I'm going to attack, hold on.” He pressed down on the highest part of the swelling.

Wang Licheng rubbed for a few minutes, Xiao Hongyan hummed softly the whole time; her eyes were red from the pain.

On Monday morning, Wang Licheng drove Xiao Hongyan to Qingminghe Township Government in his car.

When he entered the secretary's office with Xiao Hongyan on his back, many people were standing outside the office and discussing it. Their voices were too low to hear clearly, but she guessed they were talking about Friday.

The township head was surrounded by workers and injured. This is not a trivial matter. Xiao Hongyan herself is also the deputy secretary and mayor of Qingminghe Township, so it would not look good if this matter spread to the county. She told the few people who came with her last time to keep their mouths tight, so this incident did not cause trouble.

“Major Xiao, what is this?” The secretary deliberately stayed in the office today to wait for Xiao Hongyan, pretending not to know about her injury.

“It's okay, I accidentally sprained it.”

Wang Licheng put Xiao Hongyan on the chair opposite the secretary and sat down, and thoughtfully helped her tidy up her clothes.

“I'll wait for you outside the door, call me if you have anything to do.”

These officials chatting about business affairs are not something he, an ordinary person, can listen to.

After Wang Licheng went out and closed the door, the people in the room also started today's discussion.

“Major Xiao is too dedicated to his work. If he is injured, he should rest in the county.” The implication is that he should not come to the village.

The secretary is a native of Qingminghe Township. He is 59 years old this year and has served as secretary for four years. At his age, it is almost impossible to go up another level. Now that the day of his retirement is getting closer and closer, he has the deputy secretary and the deputy head of the village under him, but he still does everything by himself, unwilling to delegate power, and he has the final say on everything big and small.

“I can't rest in peace until the workers' work problems are solved. As the head of the township, I should do something for the villagers. What do you think?”

“Major Xiao wants to do things for the villagers. It is the blessing of the villagers. I thank you on behalf of the villagers of Qingminghe Township.” It seems that she insists on taking care of this matter. It's not that he won't let Xiao Hongyan take care of it; it's just that this matter cannot be resolved at all.

Why was the efficiency of the factory so good before, but the efficiency suddenly deteriorated after making money? It’s not that they will feel distressed if they invest their own money and lose money. Everyone works hard; working day and night, and people will swell when they earn money. Also, the factory manager had a good lead, spent a lot of money, and the work was slack. Naturally, the efficiency of the factory was poor. Later, the factory manager resigned and ran away.

“Since the secretary agrees, let's talk about the powder factory.”

“The village of the powder factory has unanimously decided to sell 1 million Yuan, and the workers in the previous factory must be resettled.” The 1 million Yuan is everyone's raised funds payment. The factory can only be privately owned, and they cannot be made to feel that the factory is their own and that they have the final say on whether to work or not.

He also had no choice but to pull Xiao Hongyan's top bag. The factory was not sold and the work was not settled. Also, loosen up.

Who knew that she would come to the countryside by herself without notifying him? Besides, she was a woman and the folks didn't dare to do anything to her, so she sent someone over to call for someone, but he didn't let anyone go. In the past, when there were many people, conflicts were more likely to occur.

“No one is willing to buy a powder factory?” 1 million is not a lot, mainly because it is difficult to arrange workers.

“A few businessmen came here before, but the conditions were not negotiated, and they failed.”

The gypsum powder factory is different from other factories, it mainly relies on manual work, and the machines are relatively simple. After seeing the machine; the businessman who wanted to buy the factory thought that the price of 1 million was too high and not worth it. It is even more worthless to accept workers. If we can't reach an agreement, we leave.

In the beginning, the folks raised 1 million Yuan, but now the factory has to sell 1 million Yuan, mainly because the paste factory is not worth 1 million Yuan, so who is willing to buy it?

“What's the reason why it can't be sold?”

“It's expensive.”

Is 1 million still expensive?

“Since it's expensive, why not sell it cheaper.” She felt that placing workers should be more important than selling factories to make money.

“At that time, the villagers raised 1 million Yuan, and the 1 million Yuan must be returned to the villagers.” When the factory made money, the money was distributed to them as dividends. Now that the factory has collapsed, they want to get back the raised money.

“Is there no one who wants to buy the powder factory?”

“I have no other choice, or the village head Xiao will find a way to sell the powder factory.” Since she wanted to take care of it, let her take care of it.

Xiao Hongyan didn't go back to the county right away but asked Wang Licheng to help her back to the township chief's office arranged for her by the township.

“Is it difficult to solve?” Wang Licheng knew that the matter was difficult when he saw her frown.

“It's not easy to solve.”

“Why is it difficult to solve it?” If it's easy to solve it, they wouldn't let her take the blame.

“The asking price in the village is too high, and no one is willing to buy it.” She would not buy this kind of uneconomical deal.

“How much is it sold in the village?” If this is the reason, it is really difficult to handle. The Penguin Company has not yet started to make a profit, and it is estimated that it will need to invest money every year in the next few years. His money must be invested in the Penguin Company, which will be profitable in the future.

“1 million.”

Hearing that it was 1 million, Wang Licheng, who was drinking water just now, almost choked.

“How much?” He heard correctly! 1 million is a high price? This is buying a factory.

“It is indeed 1 million, but it is different from what we thought. Four years ago, this gypsum powder factory was established with an investment of 1 million. Four years later, the factory will still sell 1 million.” Four years later, the factory is old, the machine is aging, and it is still a bankrupt factory. Thinking about it this way, it is not worth 1 million.

Hearing her say that is expensive.

“Since everyone thinks it is expensive, why not sell it cheaper.”

“The factory was built with the money of the villagers, and the money from the sale of the factory must be returned to the villagers.” So this 1 million cannot be less.

“Why don't I go to the gypsum powder factory first?” Gypsum powder has many uses. It is reasonable to say that this kind of product with high demand should have a market, but they broke it down.

“It's not worth it, why are you still watching!” She didn't want Wang Licheng to help her with a loss-making business.

“I just went to have a look, and I didn't say I would buy it soon.”

“You can take a look but remember that you are a businessman.” He earns all the money in the family, and since she married him, she has never been troubled for money.

She watched how Wang Licheng walked step by step. No matter how easy it is to make money now, she will never forget his hardships in the past. She doesn't want to waste any penny he earned.

“I know, I'm a businessman; I won't do business that loses money, don't worry.” What he wants is a win-win situation. It can help Xiao Hongyan and also make money.

Wang Licheng found the secretary's office, and the secretary was closing the door and preparing to go out.

“Hello secretary, I'm Xiao Hongyan's husband Wang Licheng. I'm still a businessman. I want to visit the powder factory. I don't know if it's okay.”

It was this old man who hurt his wife. With a straight face, he didn't want to give him a good look.

“Of course, shall we go now?”

It's still the village head Xiao who has the ability. If her husband is willing to buy the powder factory, then all the problems will be solved.

Wang Licheng took a tour of the powder factory. The equipment is few and simple, and this factory is worth at most 500,000.

That is not the point; the important thing is whether you can make money and if you can make money, giving an extra 500,000 is not a big deal.

“Is there any product in the factory and how many bags of gypsum powder can be produced by how many workers a day? Does the secretary know?” The key is the output. This product is easy to sell. If the output is low, the cost will increase. Consider it.

The secretary was confused by the question. “I don't know; I can call a worker who knows the situation in the factory.”

Wang Licheng stayed in the plaster powder factory for another hour and asked someone to demonstrate the process of making gypsum powder to him. He asked clearly about the finished product, output, cost, and profit and what was not counted. He dragged the secretary to ask questions but he refused to let him go.

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