Just as Gui Fang judged, although after some twists and turns, Shuzhen's private money is still a lot, and although Ma Liangchen robbed her of some jewelry, she still has a lot of valuable things.

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. During the banquet, Gui Fang and Wang Hongxing went straight to the point and talked to Shuzhen about investing in the construction of the factory, and the two of them described the bright prospects of the printing factory. 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 this, she said: "You are too petty, 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, "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, "Go back and tell Lao Zhao, who loves to play tricks, 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: "Eldest sister, don't swallow back what you said, if you don't pay for it, our factory won't be able to open." How dare my dad not let you be a shareholder! You've helped a lot by investing money, but 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, she just wanted to provoke Shuzhen to rush 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, let her share the risk with the future printing house, and everyone was happy when she made money, and she considered herself unlucky when she lost money. This is Gui Fang's little abacus in her heart, and Shuzhen really walked into the Tao that Gui Fang painted for her.

A few days later, Gui Fang happily took out some of her savings, she took away a few pieces of jewelry, and handed over the money to Wang Hongxing, because Wang Yunqing and his wife did not want their children to have dealings with Lao Zhao, so the Shuzhen sisters and brothers hid their parents from investing in a printing house.

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 established, with Lao Zhao, the main investor, as the chairman, Shuzhen, Wang Hongju and Gui Fang as directors, and Wang Hongju as the director of the upcoming printing plant. 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 of Heping Gate, and it was the plaque of the Lihua Printing House that was hung. 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 most of them are 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 when you asked me to invest money?" This factory can make money and make a lot of money, why can't it be said 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 life is even better than theirs, so we lose in the high quotation to customers, and the capital printing factory has abundant funds, large factories, more workers, and more business, 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 the waist pole is hard when there is more capital. I can guarantee that as long as there are new funds in place, we will be able to squeeze most of them out, 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, "I don't have any 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 take 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 out the money again, anyway, this is like gambling money to take money and turn it over!" 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 in the Japanese period, 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 knows that there are unforeseen circumstances, just when Lihua withstood the suppression of the capital and gradually gained a firm foothold, on a night when the north wind was howling, due to the aging of the wires in the yard caused a fire, Lihua Printing Factory caught fire, Lao Zhao was in the factory at that time, and the workers of the factory were 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 accelerants, 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 water basins, almost half of the yard was enveloped in a raging fire, and the fire was finally extinguished by the fire brigade that arrived.

Although the fire was extinguished, the printing house that Lao Zhao and others had put a lot of effort into was burned down by a fire and went bankrupt, the property was gone, the ideals of his life were shattered, he became a poor egg, the landlord's house had no money to repair food, and the government's loan could not be repaid. His hair turned gray overnight!

Facing the Lihua Printing Factory, which was burned into a pile of ruins, Wang Hongxing and Gui Fang were also so anxious that they didn't know what to do, so they had to blame God for not blessing them. Shuzhen's own savings for most of her life were destroyed by a fire, who can she blame? can only be dumb and eat coptis chinensis, secretly complaining in his heart.

Even more unfortunate was Wang Hongxing, the director of the Lihua Printing Factory, who was dragged by the workers to the government department for evaluation after the fire. The person in charge of the relevant government department asked Wang Hongxing to find a way to pay the wages he owed, but how could Wang Hongxing have the money to pay for the workers?

Wang Hongxing, Gui Fang and Shuzhen were worried all day, and when the Wang family had dinner together, the three of them frowned and didn't say a word. Wang Yunqing and his family felt that the children had been a little abnormal in the past few days, but the children were all adults, and their elders were reluctant to take care of their affairs. It wasn't until one day that Shuzhen quarreled with Wang Hongxing and Gui Fang because of investment, and the old couple knew what the children were doing behind their backs!

Wang Hongju, who has been pampered since childhood, has gone through such a toss, the original white and fat round face has become thin and haggard, and there is always a panic look in his eyes, Mrs. Wang is distressed and sad when she sees her child in trouble, she complains to her son and says: "I and your father have long said that you will not let you go with Lao Zhao, but you just don't listen, don't you see if this is not causing trouble!" ”

Gui Fang heard her mother-in-law say this about her father, her face was a little tense, so she muttered and said: "Mom, this is a natural disaster, it has nothing to do with my dad, my dad is really doing business this time, for the good of this factory, he put my house in, if the factory does not catch fire, we will start to make money." ”

Although Wang Yunqing has a very prejudiced view of Lao Zhao, he is also a reasonable person, he said: "People have good fortunes and misfortunes, and the sky has unforeseen circumstances, this is an unexpected natural disaster, we can't blame Lao Zhao." I'm just not satisfied, why did you all open a factory with Lao Zhao behind your back? ”

Wang Hongxing saw that his father's attitude was very kind, so he dared to interject and say: "Dad, we were afraid of your scolding at that time!" After hearing this, Wang Yunqing shook his head and said, "You still don't know your father!" You and Lao Zhao are doing legal business together, why should I scold you? Not only will I not scold you, but I will support you! ”

Gui Fang hurriedly asked her father-in-law: "Dad, what you said is true?" ”

"Of course it's true! If you go to engage in industry, it means that you have a profit, and of course I support it. I wish my kids were doing better than me! ”

Wang Yunqing called Wang Hongxing into his study alone to learn more about the current predicament of the Lihua Printing Plant, and asked him how to face and solve this predicament. Wang Hongxing was at a loss, and he felt that Lihua had no way out of bankruptcy. Just when the father and son were talking in the study, someone rushed to Wang's house to find Gui Fang to report: Lao Zhao committed suicide by taking poison! He is now being resuscitated in the hospital.