Chapter 212 Zhuang Yu
On December 12, the new company's procedures were completed.

The general framework of the new company was that Zhang Yunqi initiated the establishment with 105 million yuan of funds, accounting for 70% of the shares, while Yu Lin, Niu Fen and Wang Guibing each invested 15 yuan, each accounting for 10% of the shares.

Wang Guibing served as the legal representative of the new company, and its name was Liansheng Co., Ltd. Its office was located in the same Yanquan Building as Lianzhong, and they were adjacent to each other on the same floor.

Yu Lin is still in charge of Lianzhong Trade, overseeing the sales of electronic products in the Greater Xiangdong area. Zhang Yunqi trusts this partner, otherwise he would not have invited him to join the Longjingyuan Canning Factory.

Thanks to the strong development momentum of Subor learning machines across the country, the exclusive operation of Lianzhong Trading, under the leadership of Yu Lin, has achieved remarkable results and occupied more than half of the electronic game products in the Xiangdong area.

As a major shareholder, Zhang Yunqi made a lot of money without doing anything, but this was not enough. He had to plan ahead. He hoped that Yu Lin could use the flagship product of Subor to drive the operation of multiple products, such as computers, handheld game consoles, and Walkman. After all, within one to two years, with Duan Yongping's departure, Subor would be out of business.

Zhang Qiulan's burden increased a lot. She was previously in charge of the business department of Lianzhong Trade, and all distributors were maintained by her team. Zhang Yunqi asked her to set up a new department to be fully responsible for the preparatory work for the establishment of sales channels for Longjingyuan Cannery.

As for Niu Fen, he was an ordinary cannery worker who didn't understand many things, so he followed Wang Guibing and learned while doing some work. Zhang Yunqi only brought him in because he saw his brother-in-law was bored and jumping up and down in front of him all day like a monkey begging for love.

There are not many people who are born with knowledge in this world, and few people are born as incompetents. Except for those grassroots tycoons who struggled to rise in the mud, most people's fate is determined by a coin like rolling dice. Niu Fen's father's coin determines that Niu Fen is an ordinary person, not stupid, nor smart, but if he is given a good platform, studies hard, and works hard, he will most likely be able to do a career of some size like most ordinary people.

This is enough.

Wang Guibing has made major adjustments to his work. He has resigned from his position as deputy general manager of Lianzhong Trading and transferred to Liansheng, where he is in charge of the daily operations of the new company and is negotiating with the Chengnan District Government on taking over the Longjingyuan Cannery.

The entire property transfer contract of Longjingyuan Cannery is based on the talks between Zhang Yunqi and Mayor Yang Jiarong and does not involve specific business content. The Chengnan District Government transferred the property rights of Longjingyuan Cannery to Liansheng free of charge. At the same time, Liansheng took over all debts of Longjingyuan Cannery, and was responsible for resolving the previously overdue wages of employees and settling the lives of employees.

The wages in arrears for more than seven months are actually not much. After deducting performance bonuses, position allowances, etc., only the basic salary of more than 200 employees for seven months is calculated, which will not exceed 400,000 yuan. The real big debts are to banks and suppliers, which together are almost over 10 million yuan.

Sometimes, Wang Guibing couldn’t understand why such a shabby factory was worth more than 10 million?
Putting aside his feelings for the Longjingyuan Cannery, if he was given three million, he could build an identical cannery in the suburbs in minutes, and he wouldn't have to worry about the lives of the two hundred state-owned enterprise employees. However, he had an almost blind confidence in Zhang Yunqi. The general tone had already been decided by the boss and the mayor, Yang Jiarong, and he and Huo Jianzhong had a very pleasant discussion on other small details. Finally, the two set the signing ceremony of the Longjingyuan Cannery property transfer contract on December 12.

December 12th came very quickly.

It was cold, with a biting north wind.

The Longjingyuan Cannery was unusually busy.

Employees and their families gathered in groups of two or three at the entrance of the small auditorium of the Longjingyuan Cannery, rubbing their hands and stamping their feet while whispering to each other. Their faces, which were shriveled and thin due to malnutrition, had different expressions: some were nervous, some were uneasy, some were expectant, and some were excited.

Because their fate will be decided here.

On this day, Niu Fen finally put on the most popular imported brand Pierre Cardin that Zhang Qiulan bought for him at that time, combed his hair into a very stylish slicked-back style, stepped on shiny pointed black leather shoes, and with great energy, he and Wang Guibing and Yu Lin, two Liansheng shareholders, drove to the Longjingyuan Canning Factory in the only black Mercedes-Benz S320 in Jiangchuan City.

"Wow, whose car is this? It's so stylish!"

"This car must be worth hundreds of thousands."

"A Santana costs hundreds of thousands, and this car is much more beautiful than a Santana."

"I've seen this car in the newspaper. There's no such thing in China. It's imported. I'm afraid it will cost half a million US dollars."

“Capitalism is so corrupt!”

"Hey! Aren't the people sitting in the car Xiao Wang and Niu Fen from our factory? They are old acquaintances, and they are so cool. I'll go say hello."

"What a ridiculous greeting! I'm still thinking about the time when we watched pornographic videos together. Little Wang, you bastard, be respectful. They are now Mr. Wang and Mr. Niu, the big bosses who came to invest and acquire our factory. You know that the district government is holding a signing ceremony in our factory's small auditorium today. These two are the protagonists."

"It's awesome, but this is fucking unreasonable. If he buys out the factory, then we'll become running dogs of capitalism."

"You can't spit out ivory. Did you know that the group of uncles and aunts from our factory blocked the street and made trouble on Chunfeng Road last time? It was Wang Guibing who solved it. He has made a fortune following a big boss, but after all, he was raised in the cannery. He has feelings for us and is particular. Now that he sees that we are in trouble, he doesn't care about the past and decided to invest several million to save the factory. He also promised to pay us back wages and reassure us to resume production. So just be content. If they don't invest, Longjingyuan will go bankrupt and you won't get a penny."

"That makes sense. Whoever feeds you is your father. Who cares whether it's capitalist or socialist?" As soon as the Hu Touben arrived at the cannery gate, someone recognized Wang Guibing and Niu Fen. They didn't dare approach, but just watched the three people in suits and ties in the car from a distance, chatted about random things, and then watched the luxury car reflecting dazzling light drive into the depths of the cannery.

The signing ceremony was held in the cannery auditorium.

When Wang Guibing and the other two Liansheng shareholders arrived, in addition to a group of leaders from the Chengnan District government headed by Huo Jianzhong, several key managers from the Longjingyuan Cannery, including Li Jilin, were already sitting on the podium.

The first person to speak was Li Jilin, the director of the cannery.

Although the 238 or so workers attending the meeting had already received news about the restructuring of the cannery, and the leaders headed by Li Jilin had also made positive propaganda, he still solemnly introduced the general situation of Liansheng's investment in the acquisition of Longjingyuan Cannery, and then said with great emotion: "Everyone present, after the district government and Liansheng sign the agreement, Liansheng will pay part of the wages of our workers in the cannery within three days, and provide relief funds to help the needy and sick workers. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the cannery will resume production, and all employees will be able to receive double wages every month until all the overdue wages are paid!"

"it is good!"

"Support Liansheng Investment to acquire our factory!"

"Support Liansheng Investment to acquire our factory!"

The small auditorium was suddenly filled with exceptionally enthusiastic voices.

With wages in arrears for seven months, many employees are already unable to make ends meet. After enduring so many difficult days, they have seen through the world. This era has changed. Whether the country is capitalist or socialist is no longer an important issue of principle. They will support and stand by whoever uses real money to revive the factory, resume production and give them a full meal.

Amidst warm applause, Wang Guibing signed as a representative of the Chengnan District Government.

While signing, Huo Jianzhong asked in a low voice: "Boss Wang, why didn't Boss Zhang come today?"

"Boss, I'm at school." Wang Guibing always liked to call Zhang Yunqi "Boss" in front of outsiders, as if this could add a layer of halo to him.

Huo Jianzhong laughed dryly: "Sign, sign."

Wang Guibing carefully signed his name on the contract with a Hero brand fountain pen. In his entire life, this was probably the most serious time he had written the three words "Wang Guibing".

After the signing ceremony, Huo Jianzhong stood on the podium and gave a summary speech. He said: "Through this reform, the Longjingyuan Cannery has become a real company, and its relationship with the district government has changed. From today on, the relationship between our two companies is that you register and I register, you make money and I collect taxes, you make money and I am happy, you break the law and I investigate, you go bankrupt and I sympathize! Sympathy is sympathy, but the government can no longer support you, and can only help you solve your problems through social security! Mr. Wang, Longjingyuan Cannery is in your hands. You must work together with the more than 200 employees of the cannery to do a good job. Everyone present here is a true socialist worker and a skilled worker who has made great contributions to my country's modernization. You must not only resettle them, but also lead them to reproduce the glory of Longjingyuan in the past!"

"District Chief Huo said it well."

Wang Guibing led the standing ovation.

Then, he walked around to the podium amid applause, took the microphone from Huo Jianzhong, and looked at the familiar faces and hundreds of eyes staring at him. He was so excited! He never expected that he, a second-rate guy who was hated by everyone in the cannery, would have such a day.

After a long while, he raised the microphone and said as calmly as possible: "Hello, uncles and aunts. Recently, my mother has been repeating some words from factory workers. The sentence I heard most is this: Auntie, the factory will be acquired by your Guibing soon. Please tell him for us that we don't ask for much. We just want to get paid on time, buy rice and oil, and have a simple meal so that we won't starve to death."

Wang Guibing shook his head and said, "This won't work. From this moment on, this won't work!"

"Everyone here can be said to be an uncle or aunt who has watched me grow up, or a brother or sister who has grown up with me. You all know me, Wang Guibing, very well, so I dare not make any bold statements. I will only say a few words, some truthful words!"

"When I was young, I did too many stupid things. I loved gambling, playing, and hanging out with those shady people on the street. I was saddled with gambling debts and my house was raided. I was so poor that I couldn't afford to eat. My old mother was lying in the hospital and couldn't pay the medical expenses. Now when I think about it, I was such a jerk at that time, and I was really desperate. But I was lucky to meet a noble man, our big boss Zhang Yunqi. At that time, he actually had nothing, a commander without troops, but he was smart, had ideas, and was capable! As for me, I was just a small fry, and I didn't think about anything. I just followed him blindly. Wherever he pointed, I would go. The two of us conquered the world with bare hands!"

At this point, Wang Guibing raised a finger emotionally and said, "In just one year, the two of us built Lianzhong Trade from scratch, with assets exceeding 30 million. Now, our Longjingyuan Cannery has a production line, 80 acres of land, and 238 employees. Under the leadership of General Manager Zhang, I have no doubt that in a year, Longjingyuan's assets will be 300 million! You, my uncles, brothers and sisters, why do you only ask for simple meals and not starve to death? I dare not say anything else, but I, Wang Guibing, will guarantee this with my head. Not only will you have food and clothing, but you will also eat and dress well!"

Wang Guibing bent down and put down the microphone with trembling hands.

There was thunderous applause from the audience.

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(End of this chapter)