Chapter 173: I'm proud of my father

Qiaotou Restaurant, just by the name you can roughly tell where it is. In many places, there is always a restaurant with this name by the bridge.

Once you say it, whether you know it or not, you can roughly determine the location.

The river rolls northward, southward to the Yangtze, and empties into the sea.

Today is a beautiful day, with the sun shining brightly and warming the body.

When Han Songlin arrives, he sees Lai Hu already seated at a table, looking bored.

'Have you been waiting long?'

Lai Hu sees Han Songlin and quickly gets up: 'No, I just got here too!'

'Have you ordered yet?'

'Not yet, I was waiting for you.'

Han Songlin pushed the menu on the table in front of Lai Hu and said, 'Come on, you order!'

'No, no, boss Han, you order.'

After surveying Lai Hu, a person who is not humble in front of others, it is really quite fulfilling for him to be like this in front of himself.

'Boss, order!' Han Songlin waved his hand to greet him, and his gaze looked up at the menu.

The names of the dishes on the menu are very familiar.

'Boiled pork, stir-fried pork with garlic, stir-fried pork with garlic, and a meatball soup.'

'Do you want some wine?'

Han Songlin glanced at the display cabinet behind the counter and saw that basically all the local Shu cuisine wines were available.

It is difficult for wines from other places to enter the Shu cuisine market because there are too many local wineries, and it is hard to say whether there is room for other brands.

Unless, of course, your brand is strong enough.

'Do you have Fule puree?'

The proprietress's eyes lit up when she heard Han Songlin's words.

'Yes, yes, I'll get it for you!'

She was happy that this Fulue pure wine was relatively expensive. If she sold one bottle, she would make a lot of money.

The profit for the end sales was definitely sufficient.

Lai Hu was slightly shocked. He had drunk this Fulue pure wine once before, and it was quite expensive!

A bottle cost a month's salary, and if you had to pay for it yourself, no one would dare drink too much.

The food came quickly, and Han Songlin opened the wine, poured a glass for Lai Hu, and then poured one for himself.

After clinking glasses, Han Songlin didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, 'You seem to know Xinxing Industrial pretty well?'

'My old man works at the factory, and I grew up there as a child, so I'm pretty familiar with it. Boss Han, are you preparing to say that you want to buy the factory?'

Han Songlin was slightly surprised: 'Why do you say that?'

'Hey, everyone in Yanghe knows that the factory hasn't paid wages for over a year now, and it's been shut down for half a year. This can't always be said to be the case, can it?'

Han Songlin was somewhat impressed by Lai Hu. This person, well, he's not stupid, and he's even quite clever.

There are many people like this in the world, but unfortunately, they don't use their intelligence for the right reasons.

'You're good, you guessed it right. Here, cheers!'

Lai Hu's face was flushed with pride. He really had guessed it right.

'Tell me in detail what happened to this Xinxing Industry!'

'The factory collapsed, and it was still because of those useless leaders. The farm machinery produced could not be sold. Then they wanted to transform, so they went into food machinery and even opened a restaurant. That restaurant, after it opened, has been losing money. Many people ate there and all their bills are unpaid.'

Han Songlin didn't say anything. If the company hadn't done well, the management must be blamed.

The management couldn't get away with it.

After all, the management controlled the direction of the company's development. If you turned the ship over, who else would you blame?

'Boss Han, as you can see today, the people in this factory blatantly take things from the factory and sell them, and there's no one to stop them. I also heard that the leaders in this factory are all eating fat.'

Han Songlin gently rotated his wine glass. It was not difficult for him to control a factory.

Most people in the factory would follow him if he treated them well.

Have you lost your identity as a state-owned enterprise worker?

It's no longer the 1980s. Over the years, people have come to understand that state-owned enterprise status is useless.

Holding onto that status will solve the problem of food shortages at home?

People have to eat, and eating is the most important thing in life.

Only when you're full can you talk about anything else.

Han Songlin thought for a moment and asked, 'Where is the food factory of Xinxing Industry?'

'It's in the southern city area!'

'Southern city?'

'Well, the food factory isn't very big, and usually just produces ice cream and stuff.'

'Ice cream should be doing pretty good business, right?'

It was now March, and spring had long since passed, ushering in the summer season.

Lai Hu shrugged and said disdainfully, 'The business is doing pretty well, but it can't withstand someone messing with it!'

'The son of a county leader also opened an ice cream factory; Xinxing Industrial's ice cream was of good quality and tasted good, so that one couldn't compete. Then they found the leader of the ice cream factory and deliberately made the ice cream taste bad. Then the ice cream factory went out of business.'

Han Songlin really wanted to applaud and say, 'Awesome!'

This is really a business battle like a battlefield, where any tactic can be played.

We generally don't see the stories behind many business competitions, but behind them, it is definitely bloody.

All kinds of dirty tricks are used, with the aim of defeating the opponent.

It is not an exaggeration to say that unscrupulous means are used.

'How much money does Xinxing Industry owe now?'

'I don't know the specifics!'

Lai Hu is an outsider, so it's normal that he doesn't know.

'I want to visit your father while I'm waiting.'

'My old man?'

'Yes, I want to find out from him the specific situation in the factory.'

Han Songlin was not interested in the so-called ice cream factory, food machinery, or restaurants at Xinxing Industrial.

He was only interested in one thing, the main business of Xinxing Industrial, agricultural machinery and diesel engine technology.

And now, Han Songlin first wanted to know how many skilled workers and technical research and development personnel Xinxing Industrial had.

Other people?

Not important.

Just talk about sales. With a little training, they can get started.

To a certain extent, sales is really easy these days.

If you have a good product and can talk well, then you can sell the goods easily.

Unlike ten or twenty years later, when you talk until your mouth is dry, people still won't buy.

Lai Hu hesitated for a moment and said, 'Well, Boss Han, my old man is more, more stubborn, yes, he is more stubborn. So, if he offends you with his words, please don't mind too much.'

Han Songlin laughed lightly. In this world, where are there really stubborn people.

It's just that they have their own convictions in their hearts.

'I know, don't worry, I have the capacity to tolerate people, after all. By the way, what does your father do at the factory?'

'He's just an ordinary worker!'

An ordinary worker?

Judging from your expression, you don't seem like it.

No one looks proud when they say their father is an ordinary worker.

'He's the only level 8 technician in the factory.'

Level 8 technician?

Shit!

In this shitty factory, there is actually an 8th-level technician?

Are you kidding me?

What kind of person is an 8th-level technician?

A god-level figure in the field of industrial production; as long as there is such a person in a factory, it will be difficult for it to collapse.

Wait, what is it that will allow Xinxing Industry to rise again in the future?