Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

"Hahaha... Miss Lou, you are being too arrogant. Do you know how many employees the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has now?"

When the leader heard that Lou Xiao'e wanted to buy the steel mill, he couldn't help but laugh.

Although this steel mill is now in decline, not everyone can buy it.

If you don’t have a million or eighty thousand, don’t even think about it.

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly and said to the leader.

"Leader, you must know the current situation of the steel mill. If it doesn't reform, the Red Star Steel Mill will not last more than three months. If you want it to go bankrupt, just pretend I didn't say anything today."

The leader also fell into deep thought at this time.

He knew very well the situation of the steel mill.

As the Minister of Metallurgy, this is his sphere of influence and he knows the situation better than anyone else.

"Do you know that the current value of the steel mill is estimated to be at least one million? Do you have that much money?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly and said lightly.

"Money is not a problem. Let alone one million, even five or eight million, our Lou family can afford it!"

Lou Xiao'e was not bragging. With the Lou family's financial resources, she is now worth billions.

It's just a mere million, not even a drop in the bucket.

"I'm going to make a phone call, please wait a moment."

The leader got up and went to the study to make a phone call.

Soon, the sound of the leader making a phone call came from the study.

The phone call lasted for a long time, and the leader finally came out when He Yuzhu and the others were all drowsy.

"I'm sorry, Miss Lou, the steel mill cannot be sold. I'm really sorry!"

Lou Xiao'e nodded.

He Yuzhu had already told her on the way here, so he was not surprised at all when the leader said this.

"Okay, since that doesn't work, forget it. My family has plenty of money, and I have a lot of connections overseas. At most, my Lou family can just open another steel mill!"

"Then I'll trouble you today, leader. We'll leave first."

After that, he got up and walked outside.

He Yuzhu had no choice but to say goodbye to his leader and follow him out.

Just when Lou Xiao'e and the others were about to reach the door, their leader called them.

"Ms. Lou, please listen to me."

Lou Xiao'e stopped with a smile on her face, then turned to look at her leader.

"I only said that it cannot be sold, but I didn't say that you cannot buy shares. I have just asked for instructions. You can participate in the management of the steel mill by financing."

Lou Xiao'e still smiled politely.

"Leader, you can't fool me with this trick. We paid the money and reformed the steel mill. We contributed both money and manpower."

"Will you take back control after we get the steel mill back on track? Then we will be making things easier for others."

"Isn't that right, leader?"

After hearing this, the leader's face froze, and then he let out a dry laugh.

"Financing is impossible, but I can promise that I will only hold 51% of the shares, and you cannot interfere with any of our reform decisions. I guarantee that the steel mill will generate at least one million in foreign exchange income for the country every year!"

Lou Xiao'e added another bet.

Forex!

What the country lacks most now is foreign exchange.

In the early 13s, the country's total foreign exchange reserves were less than billion US dollars. With this amount of money, it would be gone if you just bought a few foreign machine tools or something.

The country is now in a state of disrepair and money is needed everywhere. Economic development is the most important thing now.

More than one million in foreign exchange income each year.

If it was said by an ordinary person, the leader would definitely not believe it, but if it came from a member of the Lou family, he would believe it!

The leader frowned slightly and thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed to Lou Xiao'e's proposal.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill can be sold to the Lou family, or the Lou family can hold controlling stakes in the mill, but they must send a branch secretary to the mill to carry out educational work.

Although they said they were carrying out educational work, everyone knew in their hearts that these were just thorns sent in.

Lou Xiao'e also nodded readily.

I'm not afraid of you sending people to monitor me, but I'm afraid that you won't send anyone and then do something dirty behind my back.

It is easy to dodge a spear but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. The knife that comes from behind is the most deadly.

As for the task of branch secretary, it naturally fell on Director Yang.

He was very familiar with the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. It was just a transfer of positions and nothing would go wrong.

"Ms. Lou, I would like to ask, after you get the steel mill, what will you do next?"

Leaders are curious.

After the Lou family takes over the steel mill, how will they deal with the deadly situation of tens of thousands of people?

The steel rolling mill now has almost no output because of backward technology, outdated equipment and poor product quality. The products it produces are barely acceptable for domestic use.

If you want to sell it abroad, people won't even look at it.

"I will reorganize the factory and abandon or update the outdated equipment and production lines that need to be replaced."

"But before that, we have to lay off employees first!"

After Lou Xiao'e finished speaking calmly, she shook hands with her leader and said goodbye.

He Yuzhu and the others also said goodbye to their leader and left the leader's house together.

After the leader and his wife sent them out of the house, the leader felt mixed emotions as he watched the car driving away.

He hoped that Lou Xiao'e and her colleagues would succeed in their reforms, but he also didn't want them to be too successful.

If successful, the country will have a considerable amount of foreign exchange income every year, which is a good thing for both the country and the people.

But this also means that many people will lose their jobs.

Not only the workers of the steel rolling mill will be laid off, but also their families will be implicated.

Lou Xiao'e and her colleagues went straight to the Red Star Steel Mill, and then Lou Xiao'e issued a notice in the name of the chairman and director of the Red Star Steel Mill.

At ten o'clock tomorrow, all employees of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill must report to the factory.

Those who fail to show up will be dismissed as having resigned voluntarily and will not receive any compensation.

As soon as this statement was issued, some workers who were still working in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill were furious.

Fired!!

This is a stable job. No one can fire a worker unless he beats up the factory manager or breaks the law.

Now they say that anyone who doesn’t arrive by 10 o’clock tomorrow morning will be fired.

So they all decided to go back and publicize this matter.

Qin Huairu and Banggeng, who were slacking off in the workshop, were also stunned when they heard the news.

Everything is fine now, why hold a meeting? You will be fired if you don’t come.

Although the salary is a little lower than before, there is almost no work to do, so the money is basically free.

"What's the point of drawing the special code? Why hold a meeting when there's nothing to do? Isn't it annoying!"

Banggeng was lying on a bench in the lounge, dozing off. After hearing the broadcast, he cursed with disdain, turned over and went back to sleep.

Qin Huairu, on the other hand, looked indifferent. As long as she could get by, it didn't matter whether she had meetings or not.

In fact, most of the workers in the factory felt the same as Qin Huairu.

Once a person becomes lazy, it is difficult to make him diligent again.

And these lazy workers are in this state.

Most of them are second- or third-level workers with very average skills, and they are unable to handle routine and complex processing parts.

There are no orders for simple processed parts now, so people are just sitting there with no work to do, and are becoming more and more lazy.

In the radio station, Yu Haitang looked at He Yuzhu with a smile.

Because she heard the conversation between Lou Xiao'e and He Yuzhu just now.

Lou Xiao'e asked He Yuzhu to be the director of the steel rolling mill.

Yu Haitang was extremely happy.

She had always known that Teacher Ran had taken the child away.

Yu Haitang herself, like in her previous life, was divorced but had no children.

He Yuzhu's wife ran away and he himself was divorced. The two knew each other before, and as a single man and a single woman, it was understandable what happened.

Now that reform and opening up have taken place, people's thinking is no longer so conservative. There are no longer so many strange looks when people are in love or holding hands.

However, it seemed as if this Zhuzi brother was completely blind to all of his previous declarations of love.

Now the new chairman has appointed Brother Lian Zhuzi as the factory director. If I marry him, I will be the factory director's wife.

That's why Yu Haitang smiled so brightly.

"Haitang, why are you so stupid all alone? Is there something wrong with your brother Zhuzi's face?"

He Yuzhu felt uneasy when Yu Haitang was looking at him. Ever since Yu Haitang got divorced, he has been acting weird. No one knows what has upset him.

"Brother Zhuzi, you are alone now, and I am alone too. How about I treat you to dinner tonight so we can bond a little bit."

"We haven't been in touch since Yu Shui got married. It's not too late for us to get in touch now!"

Yu Haitang blinked her big eyes and looked at He Yuzhu lovingly, while He Yuzhu scratched his ears and cheeks.

He Yuzhu was about to explain.

Lou Xiao'e, who was standing by, saw them like this and burst out laughing.

"Haitang, you want to build a relationship with Zhuzi, that's fine, but he has to go back and ask his wife if she agrees."

Yu Haitang's face turned red. She didn't expect her sister-in-law to come back. She covered her face and ran out.

Lou Xiao'e said to He Yuzhu happily.

"Zhu Zi, I didn't realize you are so lucky. There are women everywhere who are thinking about you."

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes at her and chuckled.

Director Yang… no, now Secretary Yang of the branch, said with a worried look on his face.

"Just laugh, let's see how long you can laugh. There are tens of thousands of workers here. If you really dare to fire someone tomorrow, those workers will riot. Let's see how it will end."

He Yuzhu patted Branch Secretary Yang on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"What are you afraid of? There are plenty of ways to deal with them. Each of them is unworthy of their position. I want them to block their own path."

Chairman Lou Xiao'e, standing aside, also had a calm expression on her face. Only Branch Secretary Yang had a worried look on his face.

This steel mill has just been handed over, and I'm afraid something big is going to happen.

Back at the courtyard, the news that all workers must report to the factory before ten o'clock tomorrow has spread everywhere.

"What's going on? Director Yang, what's wrong with you? You have nothing to do after eating!"

"Yes, in the past few months, I have only received 70% of my salary, and I have been asking for this and that."

"That's right. It's my turn to take a day off, and I have to go to a meeting. Go ahead, I'm not going."

"That's right. I'm not going either. Whoever goes will be a grandson."

Many workers who work in the steel rolling mill in the yard complained when they heard that they had to go to the factory for a meeting before 10 o'clock tomorrow.

However, some neighbors seemed to have sensed something. They said nothing but decided to go to the factory early tomorrow.

"Mom, it's my turn to rest tomorrow, and I don't want to go to the meeting at the factory."

Banggeng said to Qin Huairu lazily.

He is very satisfied with his current job.

Although the salary was not high, only a dozen yuan, there was almost nothing to do, especially since I was an apprentice. I had nothing to do and just slept all day.

"I think you should go tomorrow. Since the broadcast said that everyone has to go tomorrow, I think something big must be going on. If you don't go, something bad will happen."

You can say that Widow Qin is bad, but you can't say that she is incompetent, because she is also very smart.

Because of Lou Xiao'e's arrival, she felt a little uneasy, even though she didn't know Lou Xiao'e.

But today when she was at the factory, she saw He Yuzhu taking Lou Xiao'e to the steel rolling mill office building.

The news came out on the radio in the afternoon, so there must be a connection.

Although Bang Geng was reluctant, he still nodded in agreement.

Although Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have retired, the current situation of the steel mill is always on their minds.

They also hope that the steel mill can achieve greater success and remain standing forever, because the steel mill embodies their youth and restlessness.

That night, He Yuzhu and his whole family decided to have dinner at Tianwaitian Restaurant.

Because it will be officially opened in three days, it is already in trial operation and business is booming because everyone knows that this is the restaurant owned by Master He Yuzhu.

However, He Yuzhu did not tell Ran Qiuye, Lou Xiaoe and others about his visit to the restaurant in advance.

If I told them that I had opened four stores, they would definitely think I was crazy.

When everyone saw Yu Li, the lobby manager, at Tianwaitian, they realized that He Yuzhu had opened a restaurant, and four of them, although only Tianwaitian was ready to open.