In the Yuncheng Branch of Great World (Hong Kong Island) Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd., in the general manager's office, Xu Cheng, who had just completed his work report, was far from as calm as he seemed on the surface.
Standing at thirty and not confused at forty, his life is already halfway through, but the burden of life is at its heaviest.
My daughter is in college and my son is in high school. The annual tuition and living expenses for the two children are a huge expense, and only half of the mortgage and car loans are paid off.
For Xu Cheng, his biggest nightmare in life is undoubtedly the word "unemployment".
Although Great World Company is small in scale, both salary and benefits are quite good, at least among the top 10% in the industry. This job is undoubtedly extremely important to Xu Cheng.
Less than two months after Xu Cheng joined the company, the acquisition and renovation of the electroplating factory in Chengxi Industrial Park was the first major project he took over. However, he encountered such a thorny problem as soon as the work started.
Xu Cheng was very worried that Gao Jing would bear all the responsibility on him.
When he used to work in a state-owned enterprise, he had seen too many things where leaders passed the blame and let subordinates take the blame.
Gao Jing didn't know that the company's business manager would be under such tremendous pressure.
He didn't think it was a big deal, it was just a little trouble at most.
The electroplating factory that the company just acquired covers an area of nearly 15 acres. The factory buildings and equipment are very old, and most of the 6.9 million yuan spent is the price of the land.
Industrial land is actually very cheap, but Chengxi Industrial Park is one of the earliest industrial parks in the provincial capital and has a very good location, so the price is not very low.
After the acquisition was completed, the current employees of the electroplating factory have been basically dismissed, leaving only two security guards to take care of it.
Gao Jing planned to transform it into a cloud computing data center, and handed over the work of factory building renovation and enterprise conversion approval to Xu Cheng.
In fact, this so-called "cloud computing data center" is just a vest worn by Gao Jing to charge the copper anchor, otherwise the daily power consumption cannot be explained.
At that time, it will be enough to buy some second-hand servers and install them.
As a result, as soon as Xu Cheng arranged for personnel to enter the factory and prepare to dismantle all the old equipment in the electroplating factory for sale, he encountered obstruction and interference from a group of people.
The leader, named Wei Qiangyu, claimed to be a village representative from nearby Shanghe Village. He said that the electroplating plant had polluted groundwater and caused huge economic losses to their village, and demanded compensation from Xu Cheng.
Otherwise, the electroplating factory would not be able to start operations.
Although Xu Cheng explained to the other party that he had just taken over the electroplating factory and would not perform electroplating processing again in the future.
But Wei Qiangyu's attitude was extremely arrogant. No matter what Xu Cheng said, he insisted on losing money.
Relying on the strength of the crowd, Wei Qiangyu drove away Xu Cheng and the two security guards who stayed behind, threatening that if the village's losses were not compensated, not a single screw in the factory would be moved.
In desperation, Xu Cheng could only find the management committee of the industrial park to solve the problem.
However, the attitude of the management committee was very ambiguous. Although a person in charge came forward to persuade Wei Qiangyu and others to leave, he also asked Xu Cheng to reach an agreement with the other party.
The person in charge also hinted to Xu Cheng that Wei Qiangyu's backstage was very tough and not easy to mess with.
Xu Cheng had no choice but to ask about Wei Qiangyu from Shanghe Village through his friends.
I learned that the other party was really no ordinary person.
Wei Qiangyu was a local leader at the village level. In his early years, he ran a quarry, and later he set up a village-run factory. He had dozens of subordinates and was well-connected in the Chengxi Industrial Park.
Xu Cheng felt it was very difficult, so he called Ji Yu to report.
He originally wanted to solve the problem by himself, but this matter was obviously far beyond his ability.
Gao Jing thought for a while and asked Xu Cheng: "How much does this guy want us to pay?"
Xu Cheng smiled bitterly and raised a finger: "10 million!"
Gao Jinghehe.
He bought the electroplating factory for only 6.9 million, but the other party actually asked for 10 million in compensation.
It’s like a lion opening its mouth!
Gao Jing had met a few people like Wei Qiangyu when he was doing business in the past. He thought that if the other party just wanted to gain some leverage, there would be no problem in spending some money to get a safe one.
Otherwise, after the "cloud computing data center" is established, it will be very annoying if others come to do things every now and then.
But Wei Qiangyu's greed far exceeded Gao Jing's imagination.
He felt that this matter might not be as simple as he thought.
"Actually, the sewage from the electroplating factory goes through the sewage pipes..."
Xu Chengdu was almost unable to complain: "There is a sewage treatment plant in the Chengxi Industrial Park. Even if it pollutes the groundwater, it has nothing to do with us. Mr. Gao, do you think we have been cheated?"
He suspected that the original boss of the electroplating factory had set up a trap with Wei Qiangyu, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?
"I contacted the seller, but my cell phone was shut down!"
Gao Jing touched his chin and said, "Don't worry, I'll call and ask first."
He took out his mobile phone and called Niu Jinxing.
Niu Jinxing, who received Gao Jing's call, was very enthusiastic. After understanding the situation, he immediately offered to help Gao Jing with inquiries.
About half an hour later, Niu Jinxing called back.
"Gao Jing, this matter is a bit troublesome."
The information Niu Jinxing obtained through his personal connections showed that Wei Qiangyu was just a small figure, and his father and mother were ordinary farmers with no family background or power.
But some people know that he is the dog of a certain government office in the provincial capital, the kind that is left outside to bite people and do dirty work!
The reason why Gao Jing was blackmailed by Wei Qiangyu was probably related to the renovation project of the Chengxi Industrial Park.
It is said that senior provincial officials intend to relocate all the factories in the Chengxi Industrial Park and convert the industrial land into commercial land to create a new business district.
Very few people know this news. The person Niu Jinxing inquired about also heard some vague rumors and is not 100% sure. Moreover, even if it is relocated and renovated, it will only be two or three years later.
But if this thing is true, then the land of the electroplating factory that Gao Jing just bought will definitely appreciate greatly!
Hearing this, Gao Jing somewhat understood.
Xu Cheng guessed that the original boss of the electroplating factory was setting up a trap with Wei Qiangyu, which was probably wrong.
But Wei Qiangyu must know the news.
"My old man has some connections up there."
Niu Jinxing said: "Would you like to help you negotiate with the other party? It shouldn't be a big problem."
Gao Jing feels that this is okay. If the problem can be solved through personal connections, there is no need to resort to other means.
"Okay, then I'll trouble the old man."
"It's a joke!"
However, what Gao Jing didn't expect was that at night, Niu Jinxing called again.
His voice was very depressed: "Brother Gao, I'm so sorry."