"Is this what you call a difficult problem?" After a simple lunch of spaghetti with tomato sauce, Lawrence, accompanied by Seifer, headed to the gear area. After passing through a road full of sewage, the two of them
We arrived at the gate of a small factory.
This gate has the words "Robert Iron Works" written in capital letters, but the paint on these iron letters has almost completely peeled off, and there is still a thick layer of rust in many places. Even Lawrence can see two places on the letters that are completely rusty.
After being completely corroded, sunlight is allowed to shine down through the holes.
"Yes, this is a difficult problem." After a train whistle sounded, Saifei pointed to the factory door with a small door open and said, "Let's go in and talk. Don't just stand at the door."
Her suggestion was very reasonable, because although the two of them were wearing ordinary windbreakers today, such clothes in this factory area were as dazzling as a beacon in the dark night. They only stood at the door for a few minutes, surrounded by
Some people have already started to look here.
After entering the factory, Lawrence found that the factory was completely silent. Compared with other factories around him that were constantly making noise, it was obvious that something was not normal here.
"According to the prior agreement, Mr. Bass should pay us 900 yuan." In the quiet factory area, Saifei's voice rang out, "But after we found out that the son he thought was not his real son,
He gave us this small, semi-abandoned factory as payment."
"So much?" Lawrence looked a little surprised. "Are those rich people so generous when spending money? They can actually give 900 yuan in compensation for a single commission?"
"Obviously not for ordinary commissions, but when we completed this commission, it was equivalent to helping him save hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, so the reward of this amount is considered reasonable. But at that time we
They only agreed on the amount of money that needed to be paid but not on the method of payment, so the guy found a loophole and simply used this dilapidated factory to pay off the debt."
"This should have been something he had expected." Lawrence said, "Selling the factory is definitely not a decision that can be made at once. It is no wonder that he can be so unethical in doing things for profit.
Both his wife and his lover chose to betray him."
"But the price of the land of this factory and the items inside should be much more than 900 yuan, right?" Lawrence said after walking around outside the factory, "A miser would not make such a mistake."
"Indeed, these factories and the machines inside are worth about 12,000 yuan." Saifeir naturally investigated this place very clearly when he signed for it. "But there is a debt of 11,000 yuan on the book, so in total it is equivalent to
1000 RMB."
"You are right, this is a difficult problem." Lawrence said while looking at the slightly dilapidated factory building. "Although the entire factory is not big, it is not small either. Although the machines inside are still well maintained,
OK, but the style seems too old. In short, it is difficult to sell this factory as a whole, and we have no way to sell it separately."
"But the matter is not unsolvable." Lawrence said to Saifei after a little calculation, "I think I can ask Mrs. Fontaine for help. We have rescued her son before, and we want to come to Mrs. Fontaine as a local steel tycoon.
There should be a way to help us get rid of this small factory."
"No, if I simply sell the factory, it's not like I can't find people. The really tricky part isn't here." After Lawrence finished speaking, Sephiel bit his lip and hesitated, then raised his head and looked at him.
Say. "I think there's something you should see--"
20 minutes later, they appeared on a street that looked dirty and cramped. The entire block here was where local workers lived. There were no sewers, no street lights, and only a few platforms at the intersection.
There is a water pipe, and someone is guarding it and charging everyone who uses the water pipe.
The houses on the entire street are all back-to-back houses, which means that the left, right and rear walls of these houses are shared with the surrounding houses. Only the front facade of the building has doors and windows. At the same time, these two-story houses look like
It is very small, with only one room on each of the upper and lower floors.
Because it was working time now, there were not many people on the street. Some three- and four-year-old children in tattered or even naked clothes were playing on the road. When Lawrence and the others first stepped into this street, there were a few who were not serious.
The four guys put their hands in their pockets and grabbed them, but after he released an acid splash and made a hole in the wall, those guys disappeared immediately.
"Uncle Jimmy, good afternoon." Under Saifei's leadership, Lawrence walked into one of the small rooms with her. The person who opened the door for them was a middle-aged man in his 40s with gray hair.
"Good afternoon, Miss Coburg." The man invited Lawrence and the others into his room. After squinting his eyes to adjust to the darkness in the room caused by the broken windows being blocked with wooden boards, he discovered that this was a
An extremely crude and crowded room.
There is a table in the middle of the room, and beside it are benches of different heights and styles. There is a small stove near the window, and a tattered shelf is nailed to the blackened wall next to the stove.
There were kettles, pans, pots, and some tattered-looking tableware. On the other side of the room was a bed, and the whole room was packed to the brim.
"Sorry, there's a bit of a mess at home." The old worker named Jimmy rubbed his hands awkwardly. "Gentlemen and ladies like you shouldn't come here. If you need to see me for anything, ask someone to inform me.
I'll wait for a while, and then I'll go visit you."
"This is Mr. August, please tell him the specific situation." Saphire pointed to Lawrence and introduced Jimmy. "He will decide what to do next."
"Is that so?" Jimmy looked at Lawrence with excited eyes. "Please allow me to introduce this factory. The Robert Iron Works is one of the oldest factories owned by Mr. Bass and has been providing supplies to other factories under his control.
Various parts to ensure the normal operation of machines in other factories. There are a total of 120 workers working in this factory, and they are-"
According to Jimmy's introduction, Lawrence knew two things, one good and one bad. The good news is that although the machines in this factory are a bit old, both the workers and the overall level of the factory are good. Even because the maintenance of the machines requires the manufacture of some customized parts, the equipment is very good.
All. Whether it is woodworking, metalworking or heat treatment casting, we have corresponding equipment.
But on the other hand, the number of workers in the factory is twice that of a factory of the same size. Moreover, the entire factory cannot carry out large-scale production of a certain product. Especially this factory was originally dedicated to providing logistics for Mr. Bass's other factories.
In a factory, the products have obvious directionality. But now the market for the products has disappeared directly.
"Isn't Mr. Bass worried that we won't supply him with supplies in the future?" Lawrence asked after listening to Jimmy thoroughly introduce the current situation of the factory.
"Of course he's not afraid." Jimmy looked very angry when he said this. "He had built a new factory with similar functions before, and in the new factory he would rather find some new workers to retrain than pay us old workers
Amount of retraining.”
"The annual salary of a skilled worker like Jimmy is 200 yuan a year, while the annual salary of a new worker is only half of that of their skilled workers." At this time, Saifei approached Lawrence and stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear. "
The so-called training is just an excuse, the new machine is just more efficient, and there is not much change in the operation method."
After listening to Saifei's words, Lawrence nodded. After all, the machines in the factory are not machines with extraordinary power. There is not much difference in operating the old machines decades ago and the new machines now. The training is probably
It can be done in two days and doesn't cost much at all.
"I understand." Lawrence said after Jimmy finished the thorough introduction. "You can wait for my news at home for now. If things don't change, I will make a final decision within a week."
"Well, sir, I think you are right." Jimmy looked a little frustrated, but he also knew that many things could not be drawn to a conclusion immediately, "I hope you can continue to hire me and my company after considering it."
Friends, we are indeed not as flexible as young people in their teens and twenties, but I swear that every one of us is good enough at work."