Chapter 199 Warming the Wine

There is no free lunch in the world, and free pie will not fall from the sky. Huo Jianzhong hinted at helping to provide various preferential conditions. According to Zhang Yunqi's thinking, Huo Jianzhong probably hopes that he can provide a more generous return, such as a full exemption of corporate income tax for three years and a 50% reduction for five years. With such a big discount, I'm afraid he will have to give Huo Jianzhong hundreds of thousands of kickbacks.

Don't judge others by your own standards. If Huo Jianzhong really just wanted to introduce preferential policies to attract foreign investment and revitalize the cannery, he could have said it openly last night. Why did he have to hint to Wang Guibing secretly?

Zhang Yunqi thought of this and asked Wang Guibing to get a bowl so they could eat lunch together. "Did you say that Huo Jianzhong was the only one who meant this? Did Li Jilin know about this?"

Wang Guibing filled a bowl of rice and sat down and said, "I'm not sure about this. Huo Jianzhong hinted at this privately. It's hard to say whether Li Jilin had any other communication with him."

Zhang Yunqi nodded.

To be honest, he had no interest in accompanying Huo Jianzhong on this matter. It would be a great benefit to pay some money privately to exempt some local taxes. He did not think he was so noble and upright. He just felt a little uncomfortable. Huo Jianzhong wanted to use this matter to extort bribes from him. He might not have really realized one thing: if it were not for Zhang Yunqi begging on his knees to contract and operate the Longjingyuan Cannery, under the general trend of reform and opening up to fully develop the market economy, there would be so many state-owned enterprises in Jiangchuan City that were unable to operate and were lining up to be favored by foreign capital, and the Longjingyuan Cannery would not be ranked among them.

Of course, although the cannery is not in a good situation, it is not completely useless. At least the land will be very valuable in the future. It is close to the Xinglong Pedestrian Street in the future Jiangchuan City and borders Xiangnan College. Even if there is no land speculation, it will be a profitable business for commercial development in the future. However, the people who can see the commercial value now should be quite scarce.

However, in the future, those who are in charge of the territory in the South City District will still have to consider Huo Jianzhong's mood. It would be unwise to tear their faces directly. Even if they don't want to get involved too much, they have to use some tricks to act roundabout and fight secretly.

Zhang Yunqi glanced at Chu Jian next to him and said to Wang Guibing, "The cannery owes some money, so talk to the suppliers. It's almost the end of the year, and it's time to collect the debts. In addition, the employees of the cannery are all your old acquaintances. Many of them must be starving. Take care of them in private and let them know the current situation of the cannery. Don't let them all be laid off before the end of the year for no reason."

Wang Guibing immediately understood what Zhang Yunqi meant. He thought that it might be because Chu Jian was there, so he didn't want to say it too directly. After all, she was a clean and sunny girl, and it was better for her to know less about the cruelty and darkness on the other side of life... Haha, speaking of which, the boss was really attentive to this girl Chu Jian, which was rare.

After dinner, Wang Guibing left.

Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian went to school on time. Along the way, Chu Jian, who was walking in front, kept turning his head to look at Zhang Yunqi. Zhang Yunqi smiled and asked her, "Why are you looking at me? I look so handsome today."

When I first saw him rolling his eyes, he looked so pretty.

It was almost afternoon class, and there were many students on the road. Perhaps because she went to and from school with Zhang Yunqi and had lunch together every day, Chu Jian had already gotten used to the strange looks that were cast on her and Zhang Yunqi. She walked beside Zhang Yunqi and said, "What you and Brother Wang were talking about..."

Zhang Yunqi felt uncomfortable when he heard Chu Jian talking about Brother Wang. "What Brother Wang? You called him Xiaobing."

I couldn't help laughing when I first saw her: "Be serious."

Zhang Yunqi asked, "What do you want to know?" Chu Jian hesitated for a moment, then pursed his lips and said, "Is the cannery you are talking about the one owned by Yu Fei?"

Zhang Yunqi was a little surprised: "How do you know?" Then he remembered that he and Li Yufei were deskmates at first sight, but their relationship was far from good. He said: "This matter has nothing to do with her, and the canning factory cannot be considered hers."

Chu Jian said softly, "Do you want to buy that cannery?"

Zhang Yunqi still smiled: "It can't be called buying, but I plan to contract and operate it. To put it simply, other people's fields are not well cultivated or they don't want to cultivate them, so they rent them out to me to cultivate. Of course, I will set a basic condition before renting, which is the right to buy the field. The advantage of doing this is that it saves costs. I can use the funds from purchasing this field to resume production and operation, make profits earlier, and then use the money earned to buy this field. Of course, fields cannot be bought and sold, they can only be circulated. This is just a simple analogy."

Such a conversation seemed a bit strange happening on a high school campus. Although it was some naive and superficial business principles, it was very far away from the world of high school students. When she first heard it, she felt that the boy next to her knew a lot, but she was used to it, so she was not surprised when a 17-year-old high school student said he wanted to contract and run a business. She understood him much better than most people, and often thought of the days when he sold handheld games on the street with a snakeskin bag on his back.

Thinking of this, Chu Jian squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky. The sky was very blue and the sun was very warm. No matter how busy she was, the boy who would always go to school with her at this time would still have his usual smile on his face.

I felt at ease when I first met you.

But sometimes, I feel particularly uneasy.

The two did not talk about this topic anymore and came to the classroom together. Zhang Yunqi stood in the corridor in front of the door for a while as usual, and looked at Chu Jian's back as she went in first. He felt it was unusual and he didn't know what she was thinking. There are always some girls who are as cold as ice and snow and know when to stop. In fact, the fact that a girl like Chu Jian cared about Li Yufei and the cannery for no reason was enough to surprise him.

The afternoon classes were particularly boring.

Zhang Yunqi sat in the last row of seats in the classroom. The winter sunshine shining through the glass window was warm and drowsy. There was no creaking ceiling fan above his head. The annoying cicadas in the summer campus had disappeared. Only the dull and boring voice of the physics teacher was very hypnotic. Under the wall of books piled up dozens of centimeters high, Kaizi was lying on the desk and wandering around. Most of the students sitting in the back were also like this. In fact, whether it is working or studying, time often repeats itself with its inherent laws. At this time, the sails of memory will always sail into the past years, whether happy or painful. Perhaps, people are fond of the past. Rather than missing the past, it is better to say that they are tired of or dissatisfied with the current situation.

"Classmate Xiao Zhang, will you attend Li Yufei's birthday party this Saturday?" After waking up from a nap on the desk, Wang Xiaokai supported his chin with his hand and looked at the beauties in the class. His eyes finally fell on Li Yufei, who was sitting next to him when he first met her. He suddenly said this out of nowhere.

Zhang Yunqi was stunned for a moment while turning the pen in his hand, then smiled: "Why, you want to go?"

At this time, Wang Xiaokai yawned and said in a smug manner: "It would be inappropriate for me not to go if I am invited. She is such a beautiful lady. You know, I don't have many advantages. I just tend to be kind to women.

(End of this chapter)