"Chairman Chen, a rare visitor, welcome, welcome."
When Chen Yang's Santana drove into the Qinghe Prefectural Committee's courtyard, everyone thought a major leader had arrived. Especially when Secretary Zhou personally led the welcoming party, it further solidified the assumptions of many uninformed young people in the courtyard.
However, when they saw the incredibly young man emerge from the car, many were confused. Was there such a young leader?
But, it seemed, Secretary Zhou was very enthusiastic towards him.
"Brother Li, who is this? Secretary Zhou is personally welcoming him. He looks about our age, why is the leader paying so much attention?"
Wang Qiusheng watched Chen Yang, who was already being ushered into the office building, and then quietly asked the elder brother in the office.
"You don't even know Chen Yang, the chairman of Zhenhua Electrical Appliances Factory? Are you even from Qinghe? If you don't know Zhenhua Electrical Appliances Factory, you must know our Qinghe Fermented Fish Factory, right? These are all his factories."
The middle-aged man called Brother Li glanced at Wang Qiusheng, as if discovering a new continent.
In Qinghe today, Chen Yang could be considered the most famous person. In Qinghe, you might not recognize Secretary Zhou, but everyone knows Chen Yang.
"So he's Chen Yang. My dad and my uncle work at the Fermented Fish Factory. If I hadn't been assigned to our office, my dad was planning to let me contract a fish pond at home to raise fish."
Wang Qiusheng was also shocked when he heard this. No wonder Secretary Zhou personally welcomed him. If it was Chen Yang, it made sense.
"You kid looks like your family is not short of money. Haven't found a girlfriend yet, have you? Brother Li has a distant niece, she's top-notch in looks, and works at a garment factory. Do you want Brother Li to introduce you?"
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Chen Yang, of course, would not pay attention to the discussions of the young people in the prefectural committee's courtyard. He had a mission today.
The Fermented Fish Factory needed to expand its production scale. Qinghe City naturally welcomed this. Regarding Chen Yang's proposal for Shen Family Winery to acquire Qinghe City's Xuanjiu Factory, Qinghe City also had ideas.
The Xuanjiu Factory's current performance was average. Primarily, from the leaders' perspective, although the current harvest was not enough to starve people, winemaking was ultimately a grain-consuming endeavor.
For those who had experienced years of hunger, grain held significant weight in their hearts. They generally did not pay much attention to wineries.
"Secretary Zhou, I'll be straightforward. My father-in-law wants to buy back the Xuanjiu Factory from the government."
"Fundamentally, Xuanjiu Factory is also ancestral property of the Shen family. From the current economic perspective, Xuanjiu Factory now only has a few dozen workers, and their salaries are generally lower than other state-owned factories."
"If it can merge with Shen Family Winery to form a new Xuanjiu Factory, it would be a good thing for both Shen Family Winery and the current workers of Xuanjiu Factory."
"Firstly, with the ancient cellars, the wine brewed by Shen Family Winery will be more mellow. Quality ensures sales. Secondly, with the merger of Shen Family Winery and Xuanjiu Factory, the workers of Xuanjiu Factory can receive the same wages as Shen Family Winery workers, at least tens of yuan more per month."
"I believe the workers of Xuanjiu Factory will be happy to accept it." Su Dan Novel Network
"Shen Family Winery will pay Qinghe City a total of 1.1 million yuan in acquisition fees. With this money, our Qinghe can also do some things that benefit the people. If nothing else, the cost of repairing and reinforcing the Xiaoman Canal will be covered."
Chen Yang did not beat around the bush. It was obvious that Secretary Zhou and the others had policy concerns.
Therefore, Chen Yang did not discuss policy matters with them. He simply needed to clearly tell Secretary Zhou and the others what the government could gain by doing this, and that would be enough.
They would weigh the pros and cons themselves. There was no great benefit that could be directly reaped without any risk. With effort comes reward. Without high risk, how could there be high returns?
"Chen Yang, we have already discussed this matter, and we have reported it to our superiors."
"Let's not talk about this today. I want to know what scale the Fermented Fish Factory plans to build in Qinghe. Many people in Qinghe are still unemployed."
Secretary Zhou clearly already had some ideas about Shen Family Winery acquiring Xuanjiu Factory, but before agreeing to Chen Yang, he wanted to discuss the terms further.
"Secretary Zhou, please rest assured, we are absolutely fine. The sales of fermented fish are very good overseas. We plan to increase our daily production capacity by 30,000 cans and add a workforce of about 2,000 people."
"The factory will be located in Qinghe city proper. I only have one request: it cannot be too far from the city, and the train station must cooperate with transportation."
Qinghe City had conditions, and Chen Yang also had conditions. For the city's aquatic products company, acquisition and aquaculture were the main components. Establishing a branch factory in Qinghe City would also facilitate raw material procurement.
Chen Yang had even considered directly acquiring the city's aquatic products company in the future.
"I can promise you this on behalf of the prefectural committee. We will do our best to meet the land and labor needs of the Fermented Fish Factory."
"Isn't a scale of two thousand people a bit too small?"
Secretary Zhou leaned in again. The wages offered by the Fermented Fish Factory were not low. More people could be hired, which would mean more employed workers and increased income, leading to higher consumption levels.
"Secretary, two thousand people is not a small number. Besides, this is only for the Fermented Fish Factory. The winery will definitely continue to hire. After acquiring Xuanjiu Factory, Shen Family Winery will likely move here directly, and then Qinghe will probably need to recruit several hundred more people."
If labor was needed, Chen Yang would certainly not be stingy with hiring. As long as the enterprise could develop, he would not hesitate to invest in human and financial costs.
Even if the current profit was slightly less, once the enterprise scaled up, it would continuously generate wealth for him.
"Good, then it's settled. Let's set a good date, and then ask Mr. Shen to come to Xuanjiu Factory for a signing ceremony."
"Since we're doing it, let's not hide it. We'll get the newspapers to cover it and put it on the news."
Secretary Zhou waved his hand grandly. It was clear that he had reported the public-private joint venture acquisition of Xuanjiu Factory to his superiors in advance and had likely received approval, otherwise he would not have agreed so readily and invited the press to publicize it.
After settling the matter of Xuanjiu Factory, Chen Yang did not linger. The rest would be handled by his father-in-law. His father-in-law was the young master of a winery in his youth. Although he was now old, when it came to winemaking, ten Chen Yangs were no match for him.
Chen Yang only needed to be responsible for opening up the sales channels. His father-in-law could handle the other matters directly.