Free Web NovelChapter 254: Chapter 252: Introduction
"Ms. Xie, you’ve come... are you thinking of looking at sites for your factory?"
Many of the staff members thought that since Xie Changning’s factory was expanding so quickly, she must be here to establish a branch.
The more perceptive ones had already gone to find their immediate superiors.
The Xie Family’s parents knew Xie Changning was capable, but they never expected her to be so well-loved.
The two of them followed behind Xie Changning, feeling incredibly proud.
Prouder than if they themselves had achieved something!
As they proudly followed Xie Changning, they heard her speak up, "I do have some business with the County Magistrate. Could you please make an introduction for me?"
"Of course, of course..."
Everyone was incredibly enthusiastic toward Xie Changning.
Xie Changning followed the staff member to the County Magistrate’s office. Just then, the magistrate’s secretary was heading out. When he saw the staff member leading Xie Changning in, his eyes instantly lit up.
"Ms. Xie, the County Magistrate just asked me to bring you over."
Xie Changning thanked him and followed behind, listening to what he had to say.
...
The group didn’t stay at the county government office for long before they left.
After leaving the county government office, the Xie Family’s parents looked at Xie Changning hesitantly. They hadn’t expected that asking for a favor would require...
Xie Changning just smiled.
"Don’t feel bad about it. I know what I’m doing. He also knows I wouldn’t just come here to pick a site for no reason, so he asked me to provide some guidance to the factories in their county."
During their conversation, it became clear that for Xie Changning to get things done, she would have to establish a partnership with the County Magistrate.
After learning about the types of factories here, Xie Changning proposed she would come back to inspect them in a while and choose one to partner with.
A partnership is a partnership, no matter who it’s with. As long as their quality met her standards, she would work with them.
Her factory had so many orders that choosing one or two smaller factories as suppliers was perfectly manageable.
"That’s good. We were thinking about getting revenge for you, but if it required you to make a sacrifice, then it wouldn’t be worth it," Xie Hengsheng said.
Hearing their words, Xie Changning shook her head.
"It’s fine. Our factory needs to subcontract some work anyway. It’s really no problem, so don’t feel bad." Throughout the process of discussing the partnership, his attitude toward Xie Changning had been excellent.
Xie Changning hadn’t felt uncomfortable at all.
Otherwise, given her personality, she definitely wouldn’t have accepted a losing deal.
Xie Changning’s words put her parents’ minds at ease.
Just then, the County Magistrate’s secretary ran out and handed Xie Changning a slip of paper. "Director Xie, this is our county’s phone number. When you come for your inspection, please call us in advance. We’ll postpone all of the County Magistrate’s work..."
"Thank you, I’ll be in touch ahead of time."
Xie Changning thanked the secretary.
Her attitude was very modest. She showed no arrogance just because the County Magistrate said he would personally accompany her, which made the secretary’s impression of her even better.
After the secretary left, Xie Changning took her parents to their car and they went to a nearby restaurant to eat.
While they were eating, Xie Changning organized the documents. "With this letter of proof from the County Magistrate, half of all their future labor income will be given to us."
The Xie Family’s parents nodded in satisfaction.
They were very happy; the more miserable the others ended up, the better.
After their meal, the three of them drove to see Xie Changning’s adoptive parents.
Just like before, when the car appeared in the village, children and adults alike still followed behind it, wanting to watch it for a little longer.
Xie Changning brought her parents to the brigade headquarters, only to see the Brigade Leader in a meeting.
She didn’t go in to disturb them.
When the Brigade Leader sensed a crowd gathering, he turned around and saw Xie Changning standing outside the door.
He was surprised.
"Director Xie, what brings you here? Didn’t you have your sister come handle things before? Is there something we didn’t handle properly?"
Hearing this, Xie Changning was surprised.
She didn’t know her sister had been here before. Composing herself, she shook her head. "No, this visit is about something different from my sister’s last visit." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
With Xie Changning here, village matters would naturally have to be postponed.
The Brigade Leader dismissed the surrounding crowd and led Xie Changning into his office. He had the three members of the Xie Family sit down and poured them some water.
"If you need anything, you can just call me directly. Our village has a telephone now."
As the Brigade Leader spoke, a satisfied smile spread across his dark, weathered face.
Surprise showed in Xie Changning’s eyes. She hadn’t expected them to have a telephone installed here. It seemed the village had been developing quite well recently.
"We’re happy to see you all developing so well," Xie Changning said politely.
Xie Changning’s words made the Brigade Leader’s smile even more sincere. "If it weren’t for you, Director Xie, who knows when our village would have gotten a telephone?"
"Me?"
This time, Xie Changning was genuinely surprised.
’I don’t remember donating any money.’ freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Seeing her confusion, the Brigade Leader explained, "Didn’t you recruit a few veterans from our village to work as security guards at your factory?"
Xie Changning nodded. That was true.
At the time, it was to better "take care of" her adoptive parents, so Xie Changning had arranged a few jobs for people from this village.
"After they started working at the factory, their families’ financial situations all improved. One of their family members even followed them and got a job at the factory too..."
As the Brigade Leader spoke, he thanked Xie Changning profusely.
She hadn’t refused to hire them just because they weren’t local.
Listening to him, Xie Changning began to understand what had happened.
Many of the workers at her factory were doing well and wanted to help their family members get jobs there too.
However, the factory only hired on specific days, and writing letters back and forth was inconvenient. So, they crowdfunded the money to install a telephone in the village. That way, for the small cost of a phone call, they could notify their families to get ready and come for an interview.
Xie Changning felt that with them being so united and caring for their families and village, it was only a matter of time before the village prospered.
And she had merely brought that time forward.
"You should thank the people who crowdfunded it, not me. They’re the clever ones." A slightly more selfish person wouldn’t have done such a thing.
The Brigade Leader chuckled and continued chatting with Xie Changning.
"Director Xie, was there something specific you came for this time?"
Finally getting to the main topic, Xie Hengsheng stood up and handed the documents he was holding to the Brigade Leader. "It’s like this. My daughter, you see, was a sent-down youth here..."
Xie Hengsheng explained the purpose of their visit to the Brigade Leader.
The Brigade Leader was literate. As Xie Hengsheng spoke, he quickly scanned the documents, a flash of shock in his eyes.
’So, the family assets that were confiscated from them were all built up using the child support money from Director Xie’s parents.’
’And not only were they not grateful, but they were so afraid of this being exposed that they wanted to get rid of Director Xie...’
’How inhuman!’
"You can rest assured about this matter. When you owe someone money, paying it back is only right and proper!" the Brigade Leader said to Xie Changning.
He also guaranteed that he would do exactly as the County Magistrate required.
