Chapter 144 Strategy [Seeking Tracking]

After visiting Uncle Meng.

Lu Yang deeply understood the meaning of the saying "It's easy to be an official if you have someone in the court."

If it weren't for Uncle Meng, a senior factory leader who had worked in the state-owned cotton textile factory for more than 20 years, who slowly told him about the personalities and weaknesses of his colleagues, both retired and non-retired, and gave him advice, he would not have been able to find a way to get in through the backdoor of two old leaders who had retired for many years.

Lu Yang was almost in the dark.

How could he know that those two old men who either yelled or acted like scoundrels while playing chess actually had such great power?

If I just wait like this, thinking that Deputy Director Nie can bring me good news, I will be very wrong.

If a proposal has been submitted to the factory standing committee and rejected once, it will be more difficult to submit it again, and a good opportunity will be missed.

Lu Yang decided to implement the plan immediately.

And how to implement it?

It's quite simple.

Hasn’t my little sister Mengmeng already started school?
Starting tomorrow, the task of picking up Mengmeng from school will fall to Lu Yang. They are just two retired old men, he doesn't believe he can't handle it.

What's more, he now has in his hand a strategy guide given by Uncle Meng that targets the opponent's weaknesses.

So in the next few days, in the alley of Guanqi, a very interesting phenomenon occurred in front of the stone plate where the old men would gather to cool off in the afternoon. A young man appeared. He looked like a bit idle and did not work. He came on time every day to play chess with a group of retired old men.

Finally it caught the attention of the aunts.

That won't work.

We have to introduce a girl to this young man. Such a remarkable young man cannot be buried. Once he finds a girl, he will definitely not be so idle.

So, while Lu Yang was impressing all the retired old men in the alley with his chess skills, several enthusiastic middle-aged women were waving portraits of girls in their hands, insisting on introducing a girl to Lu Yang, harassing him until he was tired of it.

No matter how he explained that he was married, it was useless. The aunties didn't believe him. How could a man with a wife and children to support be so idle in this day and age?
This made Lu Yang laugh and cry.

In the end, it was the two old men, Old Man Li and Old Man Xing, who stepped in to help Lu Yang out of trouble.

But at this time, Old Man Xing said, "Okay, if you have to fart, do it now."

Old man Li also said: "Young man, you have something on your mind, but you have been playing chess with us for three days. You should be able to tell us now, right?"

Lu Yang smiled bitterly and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from the two elders."

So he took the opportunity to tell the story.

After listening.

Old man Li pursed his lips and said nothing, his brows furrowed, and he did not express his attitude directly.

Old Man Xing was much simpler. He started to curse: "You bastards, I'm going to find them. They can't manage the factory, but they are good at internal fighting. More and more workers are being laid off every day. I want to ask them why they are pushing away this real money business?"

Old Man Li advised him, "Old Xing, I'm sure they must be having difficulties too." "Bullshit."

Old Man Xing didn't give him face: "What's the difficulty? Don't think I'm old and confused. Aren't I just afraid of taking responsibility?

If officials don't serve the people, they might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. The country is now vigorously promoting private factories and encouraging the development of the private economy. Why do they refuse to cooperate with private factories?

It has been almost ten years since the reform and opening up, but this bunch of people are still sticking to the old calendar and trying to drive history. Aren’t they the sinners of history?

I think the reason why the factory has been messed up like this is that your relative-in-law is the first culprit, and my useless brother is the second culprit. I will go back and deal with him later. Pah, he has been living like a dog for so many years. "

Oh my god, he really has a bad temper.

Lu Yang looked at the old man Xing opposite him with envy. The other party was firing on all cylinders, which made him feel very happy.

Old man Li was still frowning, looking at Lu Yang who was gloating beside him, and asked him: "Young man, you must be hiding something, right? Although my relative is stubborn, he is not a fool. I can't find any reason for him to refuse such an obvious and profitable business. Is it just because you run a private enterprise?"

Lu Yang chuckled, "I can't really hide it from you, but there's no big reason for this. I just want to get the same treatment as other state-owned factories. I've checked. Some factories that come to your factory to get goods have a credit period of at least half a year, and they may not be able to settle all at once by the end of the year. Many of them are directly in arrears, which have become bad debts over time. Of course, I don't dare to ask for a credit period of half a year. I only asked for a credit period of three months, two deposits and one payment, and I will definitely pay it all at once by the end of the year. It's all written in black and white in the contract. This shouldn't be too much, right?"

The annual order volume is at least one million.

Requiring a three-month payment period and a deposit of two months and payment of one month is not too much.

The key point is probably that the factory has no money and does not want to advance the three-month bill payment, which would bring pressure on the cost of raw materials.

Old man Li nodded, seeming to understand.

Continue to meditate.

Old Man Xing also asked Lu Yang at this time: "Young man, I have only one question for you now, are you a liar?"

Lu Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This old man is quite cute. How can one ask questions like this? And what kind of liar would admit that he is a liar?

But he still said honestly: "Grandpa, I'm not a liar. Didn't you see it? I pick up Mengmeng from school every day. She calls me brother. I won't hide it from you. I am Ye Qiuyu's son. My grandfather is Ye Ziru. I wonder if you recognize him?"

"Ah, what?"

"Are you Ye Ziru's grandson?"

Old Man Li's reaction was even greater than Old Man Xing's. He stood up and looked at Lu Yang carefully. After turning around, he said with a click of the tongue: "You're right, you look a bit like Ye Ziru, especially the tall nose. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered him. More than 20 years have passed, but the past is still as vivid as ever. He even owed me a painting back then."

Seeing that Old Man Xing across from him was still wondering who Ye Ziru was, he reminded him, "Old Ye, don't you remember him? Professor Ye, the expert from the Second Textile Machinery Factory, who later taught here, also came to our factory several times to provide technical guidance. At that time, our factory had just opened and there were many problems with the textile machinery. It was all thanks to the team led by Professor Ye. Don't you remember? Every time he came, you were the one who guarded the gate for him."

After hearing this, Old Man Xing burst into tears: "Remember, remember, such a good person, but in the end his death was so worthless, I..."

For a moment, this old man with gray hair was actually crying uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)