bullyxtreme Chapter 317 The company is short of money
Chapter 317 The company is short of money
Lu Chen hadn't been to Lu's Industrial Park for several months. Every blade of grass, every brick and tile here was still so familiar, but at this moment he felt that the entire park was shrouded in a layer of haze.
Lu Chen walked on the road, looking at the people around him, all of whom had an unspeakable look of depression and panic on their faces. This atmosphere made Lu Chen feel very strange, and he couldn't help but wonder what was going on.
He decided to ask someone, so he saw a middle-aged man sitting alone on the side of the road drinking tea, so he walked up to him and said hello: "Hello, brother!"
The man raised his head when he heard the voice, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise and vigilance, as if he was not sure whether Lu Chen was really talking to him.
"Sir, are you talking to me?" the man pointed at himself and asked doubtfully.
Lu Chen raised his lips slightly, revealing a smile, and nodded gently, with a hint of friendliness and kindness in his eyes. He looked at the other person and said in a relaxed tone: "Yes, you see there is no one else around, who else can I talk to if I don't talk to you?"
The man who was drinking tea looked up when he heard this and looked at Lu Chen carefully. Lu Chen was wearing an exquisite suit and a neat tie. He looked very energetic and had an extraordinary temperament. He couldn't help but become very interested in Lu Chen and responded with a smile: "Oh, I see. So, sir, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Chen still had a faint smile on his face, and asked softly: "Brother, what is your name? I'm looking for you just to understand the situation. Look at the people on this street, they all seem to be worried. I don't know what happened."
The tea drinker took a sip of tea, then put down the cup and looked up at Lu Chen, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He smiled and replied, "My name is Zhang Dan, nice to meet you. You are very observant of these people's emotions. In fact, everyone here has been worried recently."
Lu Chen frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on?"
Zhang Dan sighed and said slowly: "What else could it be? It's just that the company is going to lay off employees. Lu's company's performance has not been very good recently. I heard that the higher-ups are planning to lay off some people." After saying that, he shook his head helplessly.
The company is going to lay off employees, how come I don't know about this? Lu Chen asked with some confusion:
"No way, didn't they say that Lu's business was doing pretty well? Why are they suddenly laying off employees?"
Zhang Dan said: "The factory producing rifles over there has good performance. I heard that they have work to do every day. But the textile factory has not had such good performance this year. The company is still producing stockings, but all other clothing production lines have stopped. The factory has nothing to do, so why keep the workers? So everyone is saying that the textile factory is expected to lay off employees."
The textile factory was going to lay off employees, which made Lu Chen frown. The textile factory was the department with the most employees in Lu's company. If it laid off employees, how many people would be laid off? Didn't I tell Fu Mingzhuo to try to keep the people? No, I had to go to Fu Mingzhuo to find out the specific situation.
After Lu Chen briefly chatted with Zhang Dan for a while, he immediately left the place and urged Hans to hurry to the factory.
After a while, Hans drove to the factory. Lu Chen got out of the car immediately and walked quickly towards the office building.
After Lu Chen entered the office building, he ignored those who greeted him and walked straight to Fu Mingzhuo's office.
Hearing someone barge in without knocking, Fu Mingzhuo, who was reading a document, looked at the person with displeasure. After finding out it was Lu Chen, his displeasure became even more intense. He said to Lu Chen expressionlessly:
"Why did you remember the factory? I thought you had forgotten about this place."
Lu Chen ignored the displeasure in Fu Mingzhuo's tone and asked directly:
"I heard that you are planning to lay off some of the employees in the textile factory. Is this true?"
Fu Mingzhuo frowned and asked, "Where did you hear the news? I haven't announced this decision yet."
Lu Chen stared at Fu Mingzhuo with wide eyes and said, "You are actually planning to lay off employees in the textile factory. Didn't I tell you not to lay off employees?"
Fu Mingzhuo said: "The textile factories are not able to produce at full capacity now, and those employees have nothing to do. They can't create value for the company. If they are not laid off, why keep them?"
Lu Chen said angrily, "How are they going to live after you lay them off? You know their whole family relies on this salary to survive. How are they going to live after you lay them off?"
Fu Mingzhuo said, "If we don't lay them off, the company will have to spend money to support them. That's several thousand people, not just a few hundred. It will cost more than 100 or 200 thousand dollars a month. The company doesn't have that much profit to support them. Now the company only sells a few hundred rifles and hundreds of thousands of pairs of stockings every month. The profit is only a few hundred thousand. We also have to expand your factory and invest in new factories. The most important thing is flood security. Now we have to allocate nearly one million to them every month. If it weren't for the good performance of the pharmaceutical factory and the military factory in the Philippines, we would have been in a loss long ago."
Hearing this, Lu Chen felt a little embarrassed. He had indeed been spending a lot of money recently. First, he bought the Post Office, and then he built a new factory with Morgan. This was indeed quite expensive.
He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly he remembered that the cruiser he had commissioned to be produced would be completed in more than two months. By then, he could find Xiao Ri to settle the remaining payment, and then a sum of money would be deposited into his account. With this money, the company's financial situation would be much better.
So he said to Fu Mingzhuo: "Mingzhuo, wait a few more months. I will have some money in my account. By then, the company will have enough funds to support these people. Let's not rush to lay off employees now.
Also, I attended the president's banquet a while ago, and the president has expressed his intention to purchase rifles from us. Let's wait and see whether to lay off employees after a decision is made."
Fu Mingzhuo said to Lu Chen: "Okay, then I will wait for you for a few months. If there are no new orders or funds, I will start laying off employees."
After a while, Lu Chen walked out of Fu Mingzhuo's office with a bitter face. His original plan to let Chen Jianghe research communication equipment was also rejected by Fu Mingzhuo. Fu Mingzhuo's reason was also very strong. What kind of research are you doing without money?
Lu Chen felt a little regretful. Most of his funds were tied up in Lieqi Shipyard. He wanted to sell the shares of Lieqi Shipyard. But he thought about the value of Lieqi Shipyard and finally resisted the urge to sell the shares.