Chapter 196 The Scent of Wine

Li Jilin is also a smart man.

After Zhang Yunqi said this, he still understood what he meant. He was going to contract and operate the Longjingyuan Cannery!

In fact, Li Jilin had thought about this path before, but Longjingyuan Cannery was in a lot of debts, including debts owed by banks, employees, and suppliers, plus other burdens. Under such circumstances, how could any company be willing to contract the cannery? So if Lianzhong was willing to take over the cannery, he thought it was feasible.

As the head of the family, he was well aware of the factory's current situation. It was a blessing in disguise that an enterprise was willing to contract it out, and he was not without other options if the factory was contracted out. But the problem was that he, as the factory director, had no final say in this matter. The Longjingyuan Cannery belonged to an enterprise in the South City District, and the decision had to be made by the district leaders.

Now that the attitude was clear, Li Jilin wanted to know how Zhang Yunqi planned to solve the predicament of the Longjingyuan Cannery after taking over the contract, so he asked him a few questions directly. There were three main points: one was how to deal with the backlog of canned food, two was how to resume production, and three was the issue of employees' wages and debts owed to suppliers.

After listening to Li Jilin, Zhang Yunqi drank a glass of Maojian tea and said, "Director Li, this is what I mean. Lianzhong is just a small company. It's not very strong. Things have just started. There is no certainty. I can't answer such a big question for you now."

Li Jilin felt that this guy was trying to pinch him. What did he mean by Lianzhong was not strong? If he was not strong, why did he want to contract the cannery without any self-awareness? Doesn't this mean that Lianzhong was not strong, but the cannery was so rotten that no one would take it over. It was good enough that Zhang Yunqi was willing to take it over. How could he solve the cannery's predicament? He would just contract it first.

Of course, the truth is there, and this is indeed the case. He can't ask someone to be so open-hearted without even going through the rules on their first meeting. Thinking of this, Li Jilin said, "How about this, Mr. Zhang, I will give you a reply after I report this matter to the mayor of Chengnan District with Chengnan District."

Zhang Yunqi said it was done.

At this time, Wang Guibing's old mother had prepared the meal. She came out of the kitchen with a pot of fragrant tea oil roast chicken and said it was time to eat. Li Jilin immediately stood up with his briefcase and said goodbye. It was not because he was pretending, because he and Wang Guibing had a grudge between them over some things in the past. If he hadn't had no other choice, he felt that he would never have the face to come here in his life. In addition, the factory had not been able to pay wages for more than half a year, which had caused public outrage. He, as the factory director, was being grilled in the face of danger. The employees all disliked him in private and said all kinds of gossip against him. Life was really hard, and he was very upset. How could he have the mood to enjoy the feasts and fish in the employees' homes?

However, Wang's mother was very enthusiastic, and Wang Guibing also tried to persuade him to stay, saying, "It's already this late, and the weather is cold. The food that your sister-in-law left for you is getting cold. Director Li, let's eat together before we go back."

This made Li Jilin feel very ashamed and guilty. Although he thought he was fair and selfless when dealing with Wang Guibing's matter, it did have a very bad impact on this family.

Finally, he could not refuse the hospitality, and when he sat down to drink, looking at the table full of delicious fish and meat, he felt very emotional. Those employees who used to have such a glorious time in the factory are now so poor that they can't even make ends meet, while this young man who was once poor and destitute and was driven out of the factory by himself is now doing very well.

It is really difficult to describe the circumstances of life.

Li Jilin shifted his gaze to Zhang Yunqi. As they drank the wine, he felt Wang Guibing's total devotion to this young man.

Around nine o'clock, the drinking party ended. After Wang Guibing sent the drunk Li Jilin away, he went back to talk to Zhang Yunqi about the cannery. Zhang Yunqi asked him to register a company as soon as possible, which would be used to operate the cannery project.

Wang Guibing touched his chin and said, "Boss, isn't it a bit hasty to register a company now? Are you sure the district will give us the cannery?"

Zhang Yunqi asked: "Are there any other options in the district?"

At half past nine in the evening, Zhang Yunqi left Wang Guibing's house. Wang Guibing wanted to drive him there, but he waved his hand to refuse. He went downstairs alone and walked through the staff compound of the Longjingyuan Cannery. It was late at night, the moonlight was bright, and the wind was cold. There were dots of light on the walls of the staff building covered with ivy, like thousands of lights swaying lonely in the night of the beginning of winter.

It was not very warm. There were crying children, quarrels among neighbors, the weeds on the road were overgrown, and the iron door of the production workshop in the distance, which had not been in use for a long time, was rusty. Along the way, Zhang Yunqi met many cannery workers who were pushing wooden carts back. They had expressions of deep fatigue on their faces. Most of the food on the wooden carts was sweet potatoes, canned cold noodles, and barbecue.

Maybe he had drunk too much, Zhang Yunqi suddenly felt that the worldly life that those people with a wealthy life yearned for was probably the struggle of ordinary people in poverty.

"Zhang Yunqi?" Hearing someone calling him, Zhang Yunqi turned his head and saw a girl with a pink schoolbag not far away on the bumpy road. Under the faint moonlight, she had a fair face and long, clear, straight hair. It was Li Yufei.

Zhang Yunqi walked over and asked, "Just finished evening study?"

Li Yufei nodded and asked curiously, "Are you visiting your sister's house today?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and nodded.

Li Yufei said again: "You're not in a hurry to go home, why don't you take a walk?"

Zhang Yunqi agreed.

Li Yufei walked in front with her schoolbag on her back.

Zhang Yunqi followed her.

He smelled her faint fragrance.

She smelled strongly of alcohol on him.

She tilted her head and said, "You are still young, drink less in the future."

Zhang Yunqi said: "Sometimes I want to drink, and sometimes I have to drink because I have no choice."

Li Yufei smiled faintly, her expression was extremely beautiful under the moonlight: "When you say this, you are like an adult, always feeling helpless about life, but you usually give others the impression that you have no solution."

Zhang Yunqi laughed: "Are you praising me?"

Li Yufei didn't answer. Zhang Yunqi turned his head and saw that she stopped. Under the faint moonlight, her face suddenly turned a little too pale. Her eyes were looking at a staff building not far away.

Zhang Yunqi vaguely remembered that it seemed to be Li Yufei's home. There were fierce quarrels there, and dozens of cannery workers seemed to be surrounding one person, all of them looked very angry.

After a long silence, Li Yufei turned to Zhang Yunqi and said with a smile: "I'm almost home, you go back first."

Zhang Yunqi thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Waving his hand, he turned and left, but before he had gone far, he heard Li Yufei's voice calling him from behind. Zhang Yunqi turned around and looked at the girl seven or eight meters away in the moonlight: "What's wrong?"

The girl said: "It's my birthday next weekend, do you want to come?"

(End of this chapter)