Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 1279 - 629: Taking Over the Meat Processing Factory_2

The two of them had spent most of the night tidying up the lab, and Liu JinXue was puzzled by a couple of devices which were originally placed in unsuitable positions, so Yan Fei moved them to a different spot.

After all this, Yan Fei waved his hand, "Senior Brother Liu, off you go to sleep!"

Liu JinXue, who was looking at the lab full of ambition, immediately felt annoyed upon hearing this, "You’re telling me to go sleep, what about you?"

Yan Fei was pulling items from his bag, head low, "I’m planning to do a few small experiments first to see how effective these instruments are."

"You’re doing experiments without me, just by yourself?" Liu JinXue looked incredulous. freēwēbnovel.com

"Yes!" Yan Fei nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Oh, right, I need to mention, today is the first day, so I’ll let it slide. But from now on you can only come during the day, no staying up late and working overtime at night, got it?"

Definitely a problem.

Liu JinXue was not going to stand for that, "Why should I?"

Yan Fei chuckled, "Because I am the boss!"

Liu JinXue was all ready to argue with Boss Yan for three hundred rounds; he had thought up many justifications, like being more professional, having a solid foundation, and being formally educated in the field... But when these reasons met the "Because I am the boss" argument, he realized just how pale and powerless his justifications were!

"Go on, get out of here!" Yan Fei shooed him away as if he were chasing a fly. "I plan to write and publish a few articles as soon as possible. We are a lab people now; if we don’t publish anything, it would all be a waste..."

Do you think publishing papers is as simple as going grocery shopping on the street?

Liu JinXue failed to notice that Yan Fei was talking about ’articles’, not the ’papers’ he habitually thought of. The respect he had for the boss just moments ago had vanished, "Haha, I’ve never seen this before—an experimental lab with spanking new equipment where nothing has started yet, and there you are, already preparing to write papers."

Yan Fei had already laid out a stack of manuscript paper, holding a pen, looking pensive—as if he were actually about to start writing. He sat alone behind the desk in the clean and tidy lab, surrounded by cold, curious gadgets, really looking the part.

Liu JinXue, having finished his grumbling and realizing Yan Fei was paying him no mind, angrily left to sleep. There was nothing to be done; one can’t argue with someone more powerful, after all, he wasn’t the boss!

But Liu JinXue was not afraid; as he left, he was full of confidence: Wait until Boss Yan realizes that he can’t accomplish anything on his own and comes begging me for help. Should I be reluctantly persuaded or make him plead with me three times? Of course, no matter how I choose, I definitely won’t miss the chance to mock him a bit—let this boss know that not just anyone can do research work; he mustn’t think that with money, there are no problems in the world!

After ’busying’ himself in the lab for two days, Yan Fei had no choice but to reply to Secretary Xiao Zhao.

And his final decision was puzzling to many: he actually agreed to take over the mess that was the Meat Processing Factory.

The main reason he did this was because of a remark from Secretary Jiao that struck a chord with him: If you take over this factory, even though it may not be profitable in the short term, at least it will prove that your private enterprise has great potential.

Worried about finding lab personnel, he suddenly felt there was some truth to those words.

Now, besides those who went to work in other places, many people didn’t trust private enterprises because they believed they were unstable. But if he took over an ’iron rice bowl’ enterprise, others would naturally feel that, despite being privately owned, the business was indeed very capable.

In this matter, Secretary Jiao’s support was undeniably strong. The county even added a new department called the Reemployment Office.

For some, this department probably made them curse Secretary Jiao in their sleep: these ’some’ temporarily referred to the leaders of the Meat Processing Factory—they had all been assigned by Secretary Jiao to this new office.

As one might imagine, those who were once proud and had cars at their disposal were now suddenly stuck in a newly founded office with nothing to do but drink tea all day. It would be strange if they didn’t curse!

But Secretary Jiao did it anyway, and without any leaks, with very solid reasoning: "Now that the factory has someone taking over, it no longer requires occasional subsidies from the county, which is a financial relief. And for many who had no food, they now have hope. What’s wrong with that? The creation of this office is also to address the issue of reemployment for more people. I hope you all work hard in your new positions and think outside the box..."

Suddenly there were tears and laughter, but overall, more laughter definitely: many took pleasure in others’ misfortune, especially old workers from the Meat Processing Factory like Old Xing, who felt that Secretary Jiao’s move was incredibly satisfying.

After Yan Fei took over, he didn’t make a big fuss about reforming anything. He just followed the list given by Old Xing and the others, first settling a portion of the original workers from the Meat Processing Factory into his beef jerky plant, and then gradually letting Pang Fa start to expand production scale.

This way, the few young men from Guan Village who had been working part-time in the beef jerky factory could now be freed to focus on managing Agaricus bisporus and earthworms.

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