I, Qi Tongwei, will never yield, even if it means defeating fate by half a move.

Chapter 88 The Cement Plant's Crisis

"Xinghua, how's the cement plant doing lately?"

In the county magistrate's office, Lei Yaohua looked at Chen Xinghua and asked.

Many people came to him to report on their work today, especially business leaders from the county.

Lei Yaohua only met with government officials; he didn't meet with any of the company leaders, except for Chen Xinghua.

If these business owners don't give him face, he won't give them a friendly look either.

Before the Lunar New Year, we asked them to pool some money so that they could make some money through stock subscription certificates and solve the financial problems of these companies.

Encourage them to upgrade their technology, replace outdated equipment with advanced equipment.

This will allow them to develop better, reverse the declining profitability, and enable the majority of employees to return to normal life.

At the same time, it will boost the county's economic development and increase the county's fiscal revenue.

As a result, the vast majority of enterprises did not take the county's requirements seriously and remained indifferent to raising funds.

Only the cement factory managed to scrape together 30 yuan, having exhausted all its resources.

In Lei Yaohua's view, most of these business leaders are not dedicated to public service and are not worth cultivating.

Only Chen Xinghua is dedicated to public service and deserves to be cultivated.

"Reporting to the county head, the cement plant has stopped production and we are now trying to find a way to deal with the huge inventory."

Chen Xinghua said that the cement plant had long since stopped operating, and the cement it produced in the past could not be sold, which worried him a lot.

What was the workers' reaction?

Lei Yaohua knew that after Chen Xinghua raised 30 yuan, the cement factory was completely broke.

This means that the workers did not receive their wages, and they had a very difficult year.

Once the workers find out that Chen Xinghua has given all the remaining money from the cement plant to the county, they will surely be furious.

"The workers already know that the factory gave its remaining funds to the county, and they are very unhappy about it."

Chen Xinghua answered truthfully that the cement factory workers already knew he had given the factory's last remaining money to the county, and many were preparing to confront him about it.

Someone revealed that he had raised money for the county government, which angered the workers.

Now, many people are waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

Who leaked the information?

County Chief Lei's face darkened. Someone actually dared to leak information and cause trouble for the cement factory.

Unforgivable!

"I don't know, but one thing is for sure: they're just there to see us make a fool of ourselves!"

Chen Xinghua shook his head; he didn't know who had leaked the information.

But the person who leaked the information definitely wanted to see a joke.

Whose joke are we laughing at?

Of course, it's a joke about the cement factory, a joke about Chen Xinghua, and a joke about County Chief Lan and County Chief Lei.

"I'll have someone investigate thoroughly and find out who's stirring things up!"

Lei Yaohua will not let the person who leaked the information get away with it and will make sure that the person receives the punishment they deserve.

"How are you going to solve it?"

Lei Yaohua was quite interested; the current problems of the cement plant were not difficult for Chen Xinghua.

"I have already sold 2000 stock subscription certificates from the factory and obtained 90 yuan in funds."

Paying the workers' wages is not a problem.

"As long as the workers are paid, they won't cause trouble!"

Chen Xinghua said that the 30 yuan he raised was not for County Chief Lei's own use, but rather for him to buy stock subscription certificates in order to help the cement plant solve its funding problem.

"We absolutely cannot let the workers cause trouble; it would have a bad influence!"

After reassuring the workers, you need to find a way to clear the inventory as soon as possible.

Lei Yaohua said that if the workers cause trouble, it will have a huge impact, and we cannot let them cause trouble.

The cement plant's main task now is to clear its inventory; only by clearing the inventory can it continue production.

"Yes, County Chief Lei!"

Chen Xinghua knew he couldn't let the cement plant fall into chaos; many people were waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

The consequences of his embarrassing mistake will be very serious, affecting even County Chief Lan and County Chief Lei.

Meanwhile, the employees of the county cement plant were outraged and demanded an explanation from the plant.

The factory didn't pay their wages during the Spring Festival. It turned out that it wasn't because the factory was short of money, but because the factory had given all its money to the county.

Even if the county is poor, it doesn't lack hundreds of thousands of yuan. How could it possibly let the cement factory take hundreds of thousands of yuan?

Moreover, the county is well aware of the cement plant's situation. It's one thing to not allocate funds to the cement plant, but why are they asking the cement plant for money?

The workers gathered together, demanding an explanation from factory manager Chen Xinghua.

Before the Lunar New Year, the factory said it was out of money and gave someone 10 bags of cement to sell for the holiday.

But cement is hard to sell; they couldn't sell the cement they got.

If the cement doesn't sell, there's no money left for the New Year.

Everyone understood, after all, the cement industry has been in a slump for quite some time.

It's not that the factory is unwilling to pay wages, but that the cement isn't selling and the factory has no money.

The employees were furious when they learned that the factory wasn't short of money, but rather that it had given the money to the county government, and demanded an explanation.

The factory directors and managers of the county's enterprises were all ready to see Chen Xinghua make a fool of himself.

Everyone thought Chen Xinghua was a complete idiot. The cement factory was on the verge of bankruptcy, and they couldn't even pay the employees' wages, yet he still tried to raise money for the county.

The county government won't allocate funds to the cement plant, so Chen Xinghua's efforts to raise money from the county government will only be a waste.

After leaving the county government, Chen Xinghua went to the bank to find the people in the finance department.

Before coming to the county government, he had already sent someone from the finance department to the bank to withdraw money.

Chen Xinghua knew that many people called him a big fool.

Chen Xinghua didn't care. He would find out who the fool was later.

As far as he knew, the only enterprise that the county had raised money for County Chief Lan before the Lunar New Year was the cement plant.

In other words, only the cement plant won the favor of County Chief Lei and was fortunate enough to participate in the stock subscription certificate matter.

Stock warrants have increased more than tenfold, and their prospects are very good.

After the first lottery on March 2nd, he bought 2000 stock subscription certificates and received 900,000 yuan.

The cement plant no longer has to worry about paying its workers' wages.

Of course, it's not enough to just pay all the workers' wages; the factory owes its employees a considerable amount of wages.

We will have to wait until the second lottery in June to sell all the remaining 8000 stock subscription certificates before we can pay all the employees' salaries.

By then, not only will the workers' wages be paid, but the factory will also have plenty of money to replace equipment and upgrade technology.

Back at the cement plant, Chen Xinghua had the plant's public address system broadcast a notice that all employees should go to the finance department to collect three months' worth of wages.

Chen Xinghua addressed the public over the loudspeaker, telling everyone not to believe the rumors and that the factory had been trying to find a solution.

With the help of County Chief Lei and County Chief Lan, the factory has managed to raise some money and will soon pay everyone three months' wages.

The workers were skeptical, but they flocked to the finance department.

They decided that if Chen Xinghua was deceiving them, they would smash up the finance department office and Chen Xinghua's office.

When the workers arrived at the finance department, they were thrilled to see a huge pile of money on the table.

Chen Xinghua wasn't lying to them; he really was going to pay them wages.

The security personnel stood guard at the entrance, telling the employees not to panic and to line up to collect their wages.

With the security department maintaining order, the finance department's payroll disbursement went very smoothly without causing any chaos.