Song Chaoyang said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if there is rain, it is more meaningful to visit and comfort grassroots workers in the rain." ”

Li Rui interjected with a smile when he heard this: "Secretary, let me tell you first, if it really rains on Tuesday, I won't give you an umbrella during your condolences process, lest the condolences event be on the TV news, and people will misunderstand that you are an official master." ”

Song Chaoyang laughed when he heard this, raised his hand and pointed at him, and said, "Xiao Rui, you...... You, you think a lot, hehe, but you're right, and it reminds me that you need to maintain your image more in public. ”

The three of them laughed and entered the cafeteria and went up to the restaurant on the second floor to order.

After eating, Song Chaoyang arranged a small task for Li Rui: "The investigation teams set up this morning for the series of incidents in Dongshui Village, you have to contact and follow up, and ensure that before next Tuesday and Wednesday at the latest, all the investigations are clear, and it is best to solve the corresponding problems, and at worst to give solutions." Then, during the May Day holiday, you and Qingman must both go back to the provincial capital, right, then you just happened to meet Governor Lu, report everything we have done in the city and even the progress of this to him, listen to his opinions, and then relay it to me. I hope that Governor Lu can understand that our city is also to blame, and at the same time be satisfied with the efficiency of our solution. ”

This task couldn't be easier for Li Rui, so he readily agreed.

In the evening, Li Rui received another call from Yang Peng. Yang Peng told him the good news, that is, the plant of the vegetable processing factory has been completed, and at the same time, he also told him about a situation.

“…… The landlord's compound is divided into two courtyards, with a road wall in the middle as a dividing line, and several large factories are built on both sides. Half of the yard in the south has been vacant, so it is rented to us as a vegetable processing factory; the half of the yard in the north is rented to a carving factory, but the director of the carving factory is not serious after making money, all day is either playing mahjong gambling or playing women, slowly losing the family, his wife also divorced him, he now owes usury, forced by the creditor to have no choice, want to sell his carving factory cheaply, sell some living money to repay usury. He was running the matter himself, and at the same time entrusted it to the landlord, who helped introduce the buyer. When the landlord saw that I used to rent a factory, he probably thought I was a big boss, so he told me about it, asked me if I wanted to buy it, and said that as long as I bought it, I could make money, and if I ran it well, I could make a lot of money. But how can I have so much money, why don't I call you, ask if you are interested in engaging in a side hustle, hehe. ”

Li Rui's heart moved after hearing this, he is not short of money to spend now, and as his official road goes farther and farther, his position climbs higher and higher, and he will not need any money, but then again, who thinks he has a lot of money these days? Can he make more money, who doesn't want to make more? Since there is such an opportunity now, I can consider it, first, I can make more money, second, I can also have a little industry in my hand, and it will be worthwhile to live in the future; third, this factory can also provide a number of jobs, and I can help my relatives and friends solve some work problems in the future, I was already a little moved when I thought of this, but I didn't rashly agree, and asked: "Engraving factory, carving or something?"

Yang Peng replied: "Of course it's carved wood, it's not nonsense, hehe." Li Rui smiled: "Of course I know that it is carved wood, but what do you do with these wood carvings?" Yang Peng said: "Make furniture, handicrafts, furniture is mainly imitation of Ming and Qing classical furniture, handicrafts are also similar things, such as pen holders, mirror frames or something, at present mainly furniture." When I went to rent a house, the landlord took me into their factory to see, the carved things are really good, very technical, very high-end, are carved on the mahogany rosewood, the carved furniture is also inlaid with jade, gold wire, copper ring or something, tsk, I really want to buy a set of back, but I can't afford it, it's too expensive. ”

Li Rui asked curiously: "Since it is a carving factory, how can it still make furniture? Is it making furniture, or is it carving?" Yang Peng said: "Do it all, there are special furniture makers to make rough molds of furniture, you are like a Taishi chair, the furniture master first builds the skeleton out, and then the carving master carves on the chair legs, armrests, and backrests respectively, and then assembles and installs them after it is completely carved, which is the finished furniture." Li Rui then understood, and asked: "If it is carved on mahogany rosewood, it must be a high-end route, ordinary people can't afford it, only those rich people can afford it, then the market is too narrow, and it will be difficult to sell, what if you can't sell it?"

Yang Peng said: "I didn't ask the landlord about this, but you think, since those furniture could be sold before, why can't you sell it here?" Besides, with the connections of the first secretary of your municipal party committee, it is not easy to sell a few sets of mahogany furniture? Yang Peng said: "That's it, in fact, the landlord doesn't know much about the details of the carving factory, but he can contact the factory director, I asked him to ask the factory director to the factory, and then we go over, ask the factory director face to face, and also learn about the details of the factory by the way, and finally you decide whether to buy or not, okay?"

Li Rui hesitated slightly, and snorted.

I got off work very early in the evening, mainly because Song Chaoyang was physically and mentally exhausted by the series of events in Dongshui Village, and he wanted to get off work early and take more rest, so as to cope with the official work tomorrow and Monday. Li Rui was free to take a taxi to the place he had agreed with Yang Peng, a farmhouse compound in the northern suburbs of Shibei District near the North Third Ring Road.

When he arrived, Yang Peng was already waiting for him on the side of the road, and the two brothers met each other, had their own greetings, and walked side by side to the compound after speaking.

This compound is very large, square, and the radius is not more than 100 meters. The area of 100 by 100 is not large in the wilderness, but it is very large in the urban area. In addition, as Yang Peng said, a brick wall was built in the middle of the compound, which divided the compound into two and divided into two small courtyards in the north and south. Yang Peng said that the vegetable processing factory is in the south courtyard, and the carving factory is in the north courtyard.

The two chatted all the way, and soon walked into the north courtyard, where the landlord and the director of the carving factory were smoking and waiting in the courtyard. The four shook hands and met.

The director of the carving factory is surnamed Wang, in his early forties, short and fat, in the evening night, you can still see that his eyes are black, the whites of his eyes are cloudy, and at a glance you know that he has been indulging in wine and wealth for many years. As soon as he saw Li Rui, it was as if he had seen a savior, and while shaking hands with him vigorously, he pleaded: "Brother Li, you just buy my engraving factory, and I will give you the greatest discount, okay? When you save me, if you don't buy it, I will let the loan sharks hack to death in the next day." Damn, those people are not a thing, they chase me every day to get a debt, saying that if I don't pay back, I will be hacked to death, Brother Li, you have to save me......"

He is more than ten years older than Li Rui, but when he shouts "Brother Li", he doesn't feel the slightest discomfort, and I don't know if he has been in business for a long time, or if he is naturally thick-skinned.

Li Rui said with a smile: "I have the intention to buy, or I won't come to interview you, but I can't make a hasty decision, please take me to the factory first, let me understand the situation, if the conditions are really good, I can buy." Didn't you offer two million, I can get this money. ”

Mr. Wang was overjoyed, took him by the hand and went to the factory, and at the same time introduced him to the details of the engraving factory.

The full name of the carving factory is "Guhua Mahogany Carving Factory", the earliest name is "Qingyang City Ancient City Wood Carving Factory", which was originally a subordinate enterprise of the Commercial Bureau of the Shibei District Government, which was restructured in the late nineties of the last century, and was acquired as a private enterprise.

The registered capital of the carving factory enterprise is 100,000 yuan (it can also be seen from this point that the factory has been built for a long time), and the total assets are nearly 3 million yuan, and the liabilities are about 200,000 yuan, including more than 2.6 million yuan in fixed assets, more than 100,000 yuan in current assets, and 300,000 yuan in inventory of rosewood rosewood. Covering an area of 5,000 square meters, the plant area is 2,000 square meters, the office and warehouse area is 3,000 square meters, a total of 15 water stools, 10 professional wood cutting equipment, 10 workbenches, more than 20 employees, including a provincial wood carver, two arts and crafts, two designers, fifteen skilled workers, and two sales clerks. The carving factory is mainly engaged in the processing and sales of large and medium-sized furniture and decoration supporting wood products, with an annual income of more than 2 million yuan and a net profit of 1 million yuan.

Li Rui laughed after hearing this, and asked: "Director Wang, dare I buy this carving factory, and I have to pay you back the debt of 200,000 yuan first?" Director Wang smiled and said: "You can't say that, although you have a debt of 200,000, but you also have to consider that the total assets are nearly 3 million, and you only need to pay 2.2 million to get 3 million assets, which is how cheap it is." If I wasn't in a hurry to lack money, I really didn't want to sell it, really, this factory could be managed casually, and it would make a million yuan a year. ”

Li Rui didn't say anything more, and walked into the factory with him to check the details of the workshop.