Chapter 250: Chapter 251 Factory Director Yang Apologizes
Chapter 250: Chapter 251 Factory Director Yang Apologizes
Xiao Xu looked gratefully at Secretary Zhang, unsure whether Mr. Sun would be angry to know his confidant’s loyalty had shifted to her.
Xu Ying hurriedly walked towards the Factory Director’s office. Upon reaching the entrance, she saw Factory Director Yang, who had been waiting for a while, and raised her eyebrows.
“Factory Director Yang.”
“Xiao Xu, I, I’m sorry,” Factory Director Yang said, his face full of remorse.
He hung his head, too ashamed to look up, he truly felt sorry for Xiao Xu.
Xiao Xu had trusted him so much, not only helping their factory to revive from the verge of closure but also continued to trust him, only cooperating with their factory.
But to his disbelief, Mr. Wu had done such a thing. Although it wasn’t his doing, Factory Director Yang still felt guilty.
If he hadn’t been soft-hearted and been outwitted by Mr. Wu, none of this would have happened.
Xu Ying saw a serene smile on Factory Director Yang’s face and said with a smile, “Let’s go in and talk.”
Factory Director Yang smiled gratefully at her and followed her into Mr. Sun’s office.
Mr. Sun was frantically writing something in the room. As soon as he saw them enter, he immediately put down his pen and looked at them with a smile, “Xiao Xu, Factory Director Yang, you’ve arrived.
I’ve just finished with my work, what’s up?”
Xu Ying tugged at the corner of her mouth. Wasn’t it you who called me here?
Secretary Zhang also looked peculiar. Just finished? Their factory director definitely hadn’t been doing anything; he was just putting on an act.
Only Factory Director Yang looked at him respectfully. Mr. Sun managed such a large operation; he must have countless things to take care of.
“Mr. Sun, I’m here to apologize on behalf of our factory.
Our leadership has already dismissed Mr. Wu from his post, and from now on, I will represent our factory in our cooperation with you.
I’m truly sorry,” Factory Director Yang bowed deeply.
Mr. Sun exclaimed, quickly ran over to Factory Director Yang, and helped him up, “Factory Director Yang, there’s no need for this. Those things weren’t your doing; it has nothing to do with you. It’s all that Mr. Wu’s fault; he was really unscrupulous.”
Factory Director Yang nodded fearfully but had difficulty speaking.
“Mr. Sun, our factory has just been built. When Xiao Xu visited before, our factory was about to shut down, even owing salaries to our workers.
If it weren’t for Xiao Xu, our factory workers wouldn’t have received their salaries. The penalty Mr. Wu mentioned is two hundred thousand, and Mr. Sun, it’s not that I don’t want to pay, but our factory doesn’t have that amount of money!
Could you possibly reduce it, or could we pay in installments?” Factory Director Yang said, his forehead nearly touching the ground in shame.
Seeing this, Mr. Sun looked troubled, “Factory Director Yang, this issue isn’t related to you; you shouldn’t have to bear this. But if we just let it go, our factory’s tens of thousands of employees definitely won’t accept it.
Because of this issue, nearly tens of thousands of our employees were at risk of unemployment, including your employees. If we let it slide easily, it might encourage similar behavior in the future. We need rules to make a square circle; if a mistake is made, there should be a punishment.”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Factory Director Yang quickly nodded.
Mr. Sun thought for a moment and then looked at Xiao Xu, “Xiao Xu, what do you think?”
Xu Ying knew this wasn’t going to be good, seeing both factory directors looking at her, she felt a great deal of pressure.
“Factory Director, how about this, we do as Factory Director Yang suggested, we pay in installments, but two hundred thousand is too much.
We have known each other for nearly a year now, as friends, and our factory director is most generous. How about we reduce the price of all the duck meat from the Duck Meat Factory?”
Mr. Sun was about to burst into laughter. This girl really knew how to tease people. The people at the Duck Meat Factory were unhappy with this price, and that’s why this issue arose, wanting to increase the price.
This girl is actually something, not giving others the chance to raise prices and directly suppressing them instead. If the employees at the Duck Meat Factory knew, they would be furious.
But this move was indeed clever. The people at the Duck Meat Factory had to swallow their teeth along with the pain, since they couldn’t afford the 200,000 penalty, and their food factory would gain a good reputation as well.
The price of duck meat would drop a bit, and the profits they’d reap would be much more than 200,000.
Factory Director Yang was not wrong, but don’t think she didn’t know, when Mr. Wu wanted to raise the price, the employees in the factory were very supportive.
Xiao Xu simply couldn’t stand deceit, so since they treated her this way, she definitely had to give them a big “gift” in return.
It was just a price squeeze, which had no impact on the employees in the factory, since they operated on thin margins but high volume, and their factory’s need for duck meat would only increase.
Xu Ying just wanted to annoy them a bit.
Factory Director Yang, with a sheepish expression, eventually accepted it and immediately amended the contract, adjusting the price.
As for not having to pay the 200,000 penalty, Factory Director Yang was quite happy inside.
He thanked Xu Ying and promised that such an incident would never happen again.
But Xu Ying didn’t believe it for a second; there were no permanent friends, only friends driven by interests, but still, she smiled and nodded.
Factory Director Yang, in that moment, came to respect Xu Ying even more. This young girl was very shrewd.
After Factory Director Yang left, Mr. Sun burst into laughter, covering his mouth and unable to contain himself.
Xiao Xu, this girl, was really something, probably never allowing anyone to take advantage of her in her lifetime.
“Mr. Sun, although there are no outsiders here, you should still mind your image!” Xu Ying chided.
Mr. Sun, chastised by her, instantly stopped laughing and glared at Xu Ying before shooing her away.
“Mr. Sun, I’ve really put my heart and soul into this for the factory, about that bonus, um~”
Mr. Sun immediately became unhappy, scowling and glaring at Xu Ying, “You, girl, everything’s perfect about you except you’ve fallen into a money pit!
Bonus, bonus, always thinking about the bonus, don’t worry, you won’t miss out on your bonus.
Go on, get out of here, you make my heart ache seeing you!”
Mr. Sun looked heartbroken; this girl’s salary was catching up to his.
Secretary Zhang secretly covered his mouth and laughed at the side. Their factory director was all good, but just too stingy.
He hated having to turn in almost all the money he earned as a contribution.
Xiao Xu knew he was joking, and she left with a smile, “Mr. Sun, in a few days I’ll take my uncle to another province to start the tasting event. Just give me a few days off to prepare.”
“Fine, fine, just get out of my sight, money fiend,” Mr. Sun scoffed.
Once Xu Ying had left, Mr. Sun looked at Secretary Zhang and started pondering, “How is Xiao Xu so capable? I want to crack open her skull and see if her brain is bigger than ours.
Oh dear, I don’t know how this tasting event will turn out, whether we can make a splash at the trade fair or not,” Mr. Sun muttered to himself.
He felt both hopeful and anxious.
Secretary Zhang stood by, “I think Minister Xu has never failed to complete a task; this tasting event will surely stir up a storm.
Who knows, our food factory might really make it to the trade fair, and by then, Mr. Sun, you’ll have to promote our factory’s products well and showcase our capabilities there.”
Hearing this from Secretary Zhang, Mr. Sun felt a bit embarrassed.