Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Is it the same one?
Feng Yiping was also thinking about this matter. Mayor Fang had extended an olive branch, and it was fine to accept it or find an excuse not to.
If he accepts the olive branch, it is not impossible to merge the aluminium products factory. It depends on what conditions the city can offer. As for the Wenzhou party contacted by the former factory director, Fat Liu, it is obvious that they are taking advantage of the situation and are not well-funded, so they cannot compete with Feng Yiping.
This has one more advantage, which is that it means Feng Yiping has a relationship with Mayor Fang, so the town's factory will be more secure.
However, the merger of the aluminium products factory is not a problem, but the workers are the most troublesome. The most ironic thing is that the most valuable part of the aluminium products factory is probably also these workers.
Therefore, the best solution is for him to build a new factory and then recruit workers from these people, capturing those with skills and a positive attitude. However, in that case, the aluminium products factory will be completely hopeless.
To be honest, Feng Yiping really had plans to set up a factory to make shelves. Shelves are not only used in all kinds of stores, they are also indispensable in all warehouses. The market is quite large, but his plan is for the future, and it would be best to set up in the provincial capital, mainly because it is necessary to be as close as possible to the place where the raw materials are produced.
The raw material for producing shelves is steel, which is heavy. Truck drivers are the most daring and reckless on the road. If you stand by the roadside and look, trucks carrying other goods can be loaded high, but those carrying steel or steel bars are either lightly loaded or have a few bundles. In fact, they are already overloaded.
If this factory were located in the town, the transportation costs alone would be at least 10% higher. It would be acceptable if it were located in the city, but what he cannot accept is Mayor Fang's almost coercive or dictatorial approach.
Objectively speaking, there is not much advantage. The tool factory's order, at best, will not earn 100,000 yuan in the end. Now they want to solve such a big problem for them, which is a bit like drinking a cup of her big-leaf tea and expecting a return of a truckload of Flying Horse wine.
If Mayor Fang helps to get the biggest state-owned enterprise in the city, the City Auto Parts Factory, to work, and get them onto the system, what should Feng Yiping do in return? Should he take all these loss-making enterprises in the city and put them into one basket?
You can cooperate with officials on the premise of safeguarding your own interests, but both sides have to give and take, otherwise it's better not to get involved. You keep asking him to compromise and accommodate, but I'm sorry, he wouldn't have done this even if he had been reborn, let alone now.
'Let Zheng Lezhi talk directly to Mayor Fang. According to the plan, we are not considering the shelf factory for now, but if the city really needs it, we can also advance the plan and consider the shelf factory now.
There are also two options for the shelf factory: merging the aluminium products factory or building a new factory. Meanwhile, no matter which option is chosen, we will fully fund it without the city's help in financing.'
These words mainly convey three meanings. First, the shelf factory is already in the plan, and we will not follow your suggestion just because you mentioned it. Otherwise, if you mention a refrigerator factory project, should we also follow? However, we can advance the plan for your sake.
Second, we will consider building a factory in the city, but merging is not the only option. The main starting point is still the company's interests, not your political achievements.
Third, we have no intention of taking advantage of the city, and the city should not expect to take advantage of us.
'That's good, I'll tell Zheng Lezhi later.' Zhou Xinyu was very happy. Dealing with such matters was the most taxing, but the result was a happy one for all.
'You have a result?' Mayor Fang asked when she saw Zheng Lezhi come home for dinner. Her nephew had avoided her the previous two days, but since he was home for dinner today, their company must have reached a result in their discussions.
In theory, she, the mayor of a city, would not go to a company for help like this, but this is precisely her weak point. The main reason is that she rose too quickly and was previously in the education system, so the resources she has in the industrial and commercial sectors are really limited and pitiful.
She was the one who uncovered the cover-up at the city aluminium products factory, and to a certain extent, she had offended Vice Mayor Cao, who was in charge of industry. Faced with the current mess, he was probably just happy to see the funny side of it. Of course, she couldn't bring herself to beg him for help, so she had to find a solution on her own.
Zheng Lezhi almost word-for-word relayed Feng Yiping's words. Zheng Bosong listened and said, 'Haha, these words are of a high level. They not only give you, the mayor, face, but are neither humble nor arrogant. They are soft but have a hard core. I think they are mainly worried that you will again give them any kind of trouble in the future.'
Mayor Fang could of course hear these meanings, and of course she was a little upset, but that was all. Officials like her were best at trading various interests. Just because she had asked them to install a system at the tool factory, she was asking them to help carry such a big burden. She was also aware that this was really a bit of an unequal exchange.
"Okay, tell your company to discuss a plan as soon as possible, and I will arrange for the Municipal Economic and Trade Bureau and the Light Industry Bureau to come and negotiate with you.'
'Okay,' Zheng Lezhi said, a little distracted.
'What's wrong? Is your company dissatisfied with you?' Mayor Fang asked him. If he was dissatisfied with Zheng Lezhi because of this, it was actually because he was dissatisfied with her.
'No,' Zheng Lezhi glanced at his uncle and aunt, wanting to say something but unable to. In the end, he couldn't hold back anymore, 'Uncle, aunt, can you believe it? The owners of these companies of ours may still just be students.'
'Well, nowadays there are quite a lot of university students starting their own businesses.' Zheng Bosong poured a bowl of soup for his wife.
'He's not a university student, he's probably a high school student, and I heard he's still studying at No. 1 High School.'
'Oh,' the mayor became interested too. He glanced at his husband, but then decided it was still unrealistic. 'Really?'
'Really. We never reached a conclusion, but when I went to the factory today, he followed me there. Although it was our general manager Zhou who appeared in public, he was the one who made the decisions. When the office director told me, I didn't believe it either.'
'This is really the case. The waves of the future are pushing the waves of the past,' Zheng Bosong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
'Haha, this shows that it is still good to be educated in No. 1 Middle School.' No. 1 Middle School was the origin and lucky place of Mayor Fang's political career, so she was also proud to hear that the students there were so outstanding.
'By the way, what's his name?' Mayor Fang used the serving chopsticks to pick up a mouthful of food for her nephew.
'Feng Yiping.'
'Feng Yiping?' Upon hearing this, Mayor Fang's hand stopped in mid-air. Could this be the same Feng Yiping who had ignored the headmaster's glare at the signing ceremony and had been very assertive, and who her daughter had mentioned last time?
After pondering these events, it really is the same story. They both stood up for their own positions while also taking into account the interests of all parties. It seems that it should be that Feng Yiping.
Mayor Fang tried to recall, but all he could remember was that he was probably a handsome boy with high cheekbones, thin and tall, who smiled a little bashfully. 'So tell us about your young boss.'