Volume 3 Chapter 13 Bad Luck The factory was burned to ashes

As Gui Fang judged, Shuzhen's private money and gold and silver jewelry are really a lot together. Shuzhen doesn't plan to find a man again for the rest of her life, the money she saved is ready to be used when she has no money, and this money Shuzhen doesn't move easily. She didn't expect that Gui Fang, who was a ghost elf, had already set her sights on her money pocket.

chose a day, Wang Hongxing and his wife booked a private room in a restaurant to invite Shuzhen to dinner, and Shuzhen knew that the two of them must have asked for it, so they did not refuse. At the banquet, Gui Fang and Wang Hongxing ordered a table of sumptuous dishes and called a bottle of red wine, after three rounds of wine, Wang Hongxing and his wife told Shuzhen about investing in the construction of the factory, and the two of them described the bright prospects of the printing plant in a frenzy, and the simple-minded Shuzhen felt that there was a lot of money to be made, and she was tempted.

Shenzhen said to you: "Gui Fang, I understand what you mean, let's take an analogy, doing this business is like chickens laying eggs, eggs laying chickens, chickens laying eggs, eggs and chickens, a chicken can lay many eggs, and then these eggs become many chickens, and these chickens lay many eggs, and as a result, there are more and more chickens and eggs, right?" Doubling is right? ”

Gui Fang slapped her thigh happily, "Oops! Sister, your analogy is so right! But the chicken you're going to buy is a golden chicken that lays golden eggs, and that's a big deal! ”

"As long as I can make a lot of money, I'm not afraid to spend it! Earlier, I was generous with my money! No matter how expensive it is, I don't blink my eyelids when I pay for it! Shuzhen suddenly felt that she had gone off topic, and hurriedly changed the conversation and asked, "Do you want me to borrow money or let me participate in this factory?" ”

Wang Hongxing said: "Sister, how can you invest in shares and borrow money and lend, see what you want to do!" ”

"Then I want to be a shareholder and be the boss!" On a whim, Shuzhen wanted to make a decision to invest as a shareholder on the spot.

Gui Fang pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Eldest sister, in the future, this factory is our Zhao family's family property, if you are a shareholder, we still have to consider it, why don't you lend the money to my father at high interest, and return it to you even with interest when you make money." ”

Gui Fang was not very happy when she heard it. She said: "You are too small, are you afraid that the fertilizer water will flow to the fields of outsiders?" Who doesn't like money, I prefer to invest as a shareholder, and everyone will share the money when they make money! Then she looked at Wang Hongxing angrily and said, "Brother, you say, eldest sister, am I an outsider?" ”

Wang Hongxing hurriedly explained to Shuzhen: "Eldest sister, the two of us didn't treat you as an outsider, but we were afraid that my father-in-law would not want to." ”

Shuzhen slapped the chopsticks in her hand on the table and said, "You go back and tell Lao Zhao, who has always been a thief, that if he is so small-bellied, he won't want to get a penny from me!" ”

Gui Fang looked very nervous when she heard this, and said, "Eldest sister, don't swallow back what you said." How dare my dad not let you be a shareholder! Your investment has helped a lot. If he doesn't let you be a shareholder, we won't do it! ”

"Then we'll settle this matter." Shuzhen saw that her request was basically met, and her face became better.

In fact, she didn't see through Gui Fang's ghost thoughts, just now Gui Fang's plan to capture Shuzhen's envoy. Gui Fang has a little ninety-nine in her heart, that is, to arouse Shuzhen's idea of rushing to become a shareholder. Because if they borrow money from Shuzhen, they will have to repay the loan and pay interest in the future, regardless of whether the factory is running well or badly. It's a good thing to make money, but if the factory loses money, where does this debt come from? Who's out? Gui Fang felt that it was better to let Shuzhen be a shareholder and let her share the risk with the future printing house. Everyone is happy when they make money, and they think they are unlucky when they lose money. Gui Fang's little abacus played well, and Shuzhen really walked into the Taoist that Gui Fang had drawn for her in advance.

A few days later, Gui Fang was afraid that the money she had taken out would not be able to take much of a stake in the factory in the future. In addition to taking out part of the deposit, she also used a few pieces of jewelry, and then handed over this large amount of money to Wang Hongxing herself.

Because Wang Yunqing and his wife didn't want their children to have anything to do with Lao Zhao, they kept the Shuzhen sisters and brothers behind their parents about investing in a printing factory.

Lao Zhao saw that there was no problem with the funds to set up the factory, so he convened Shuzhen, Wang Hongju and Gui Fang to hold a meeting, at which a board of directors was formed. Lao Zhao, the main investor, is the chairman, Shuzhen, Wang Hongju and Gui Fang are the directors, and Wang Hongju is the director of the soon-to-be-established printing plant. After everything is negotiated. Lao Zhao went to the government management department to apply for a business license. On an auspicious day of the zodiac selected by Lao Zhao, the Lihua Printing Factory was officially opened.

Lao Zhao rented a dilapidated courtyard house in an alley under the city wall, and officially hung up the plaque of the Lihua Printing Factory. The scale of this factory is not large, and Wang Hongxing, who is known as the factory director, is actually in charge of six or seven workers. Lao Zhao relied on his old relationship in the society to find some customers, the factory just started to operate when the business was full, the first half of the year was impressive, the early investment basically recovered half, Lao Zhao and others are very proud. However, in the future, the life of this printing factory was not very good, because in the same alley, someone opened a factory called Dadu Printing Factory, whose scale was larger than Lihua, the machine was better than Lihua, and the quotation to customers was lower than Lihua, so it robbed some of Lihua's customers, and Lihua's operating rate was about 50 percent less than before. Lao Zhao and the others felt pressure, and they racked their brains to compete with the newly opened Dadu printing factory opposite, but with little success.

As a last resort, Lao Zhao convened a meeting of several directors, at which Lao Zhao said worriedly: "Our Lihua's situation is very bad, and the Dadu printing house is almost going to beat us down." Let's not think of some way, this Lihua will be turned off. ”

Shuzhen was anxious when she heard this, and she shouted loudly: "Didn't you say it very well when you asked me to invest money, this factory can make money and make a lot of money, why can't you say it now?" This factory is going to close, so what will happen to my money? It's all gone? ”

Shuzhen's eyes kept staring at Wang Hongju and Shuzhen, Wang Hongju didn't know how to explain to the eldest sister, and hurriedly turned his face to the side. Gui Fang said to Shuzhen with a pleasant face: "Eldest sister, don't worry! Who said our factory was going to close? My dad just told you about some of the difficulties that Lihua encountered, and now let's stop complaining about each other and find a way to get through this difficulty. ”

Lao Zhao followed Gui Fang's words and said, "Shuzhen, Gui Fang is right. There is no smooth sailing in this business, and the ups and downs are normal. We can't rush now, it's useless to be anxious! Let's find a way to get the business back on the ground. ”

Shuzhen anxiously urged: "Lao Zhao, what can you do, tell it quickly and we will listen." ”

Lao Zhao said: "I think the level of our workers is not lower than that of the workers in Dadu, and the quality of the work is even better than theirs, so we lose in the high quotation to the customer, and the capital printing factory has abundant funds, a large factory, many workers, and more business, and they want to crush us with low quotations with financial resources." ”

Lao Zhao's analysis is good, and several people agree, but how to change Lihua's unfavorable situation for Dadu? Lao Zhao saw a few people looking at him with inquiring eyes, so he put on a confident look and said: "I have been thinking carefully for several days, whether our Lihua will be beaten down by most of them, in fact, there is only one very simple way is to increase capital investment, expand the scale of the factory, and buy a few more new printing presses." When our production capacity is stronger, and we have more funds, we can harden our waists, and we can also lower the price and govern others in their own way. I can guarantee that as long as there is new money in place, we will be able to squeeze most of the printing houses away, at least not lose to them! ”

"That's a good idea." Gui Fang was the first to agree.

"There is only one way to Huashan." Wang Hongxing echoed.

Shuzhen spread her hands and said, "But I don't have the money to invest anymore!" ”

Gui Fang said to Shuzhen: "Eldest sister, don't talk about whether you have money or not, no matter what, we have to be in the same boat now." ”

Lao Zhao said: "Now is the time for us to grit our teeth and hold on, don't say anything discouraged." In order to ensure that the previous investment does not lose money, we are now smashing the pot and selling iron, and we have to take some more money out. You say don't you? ”

Everyone here knows that Lao Zhao is right, but no one refuses to express his position on the matter of money. Lao Zhao patted his thigh and said, "You don't all talk, right, come on, I'm the chairman, I'm out of the way!" My two girls are married, and I am the only one in the family, and I will take out my three houses in a few days for some money! ”

When Gui Fang heard this, she was anxious: "Dad, you are crazy!" You put our house out, where will you live then? What if the house can't be redeemed at that time? I don't promise! ”

"I can live in the factory after the house is squeezed, and the factory will definitely make a lot of money in the future, and when I make money, I will redeem the house immediately, if the redemption is not returned, I will spend money to buy a new house, don't worry about me!"

Shuzhen is a cheerful person, she saw that Lao Zhao had to stake out the house she lived in for the development of Lihua Printing Factory, so she said to Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, if you bet on the house, I won't stop you, I will grit my teeth and take some more money, anyway, this is the same as gambling money!" Otherwise, you should say that I, Wang Shuzhen, are not righteous! ”

Gui Fang and Wang Hongxing discussed and prepared to take some of their jewelry to the pawnshop for some money, although the money was not much, it could be regarded as being in the same boat with everyone.

In about half a month, Lihua Printing Factory gave additional investment, under the actual operation of Lao Zhao, Lihua bought several sets of second-hand printing equipment during the Japanese occupation, and added a few workers, Lao Zhao and Wang Hongxing were full of confidence and wanted to throw off their arms and do a big job. Who knew that there were unforeseen circumstances, just when Lihua withstood the suppression of the capital and gradually gained a foothold, on a night when the north wind was howling, a fire was caused by the short circuit of the aging wires in the hospital, and the factory was on fire. At that time, Lao Zhao was in the factory, and the workers of the factory were all off work, that is, Lao Zhao and a worker on duty. When the two of them saw that there was a fire in the yard, they shouted loudly to save the fire, and the printing house was full of paper and flammable chemicals, which became the accelerant of the fire, and the whistling northwest wind helped the fire, and the fire grew stronger and stronger, and half of the sky was lit red by flames. The two of them were powerless in the face of the fire, and when many neighbors came to put out the fire with buckets and basins, almost half of the yard was enveloped by the raging fire, and the fire was finally extinguished by the fire brigade that arrived. (To be continued......)