80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 475

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 475 – Scaring two old foxes (2) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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“The list of factories for reform hasn’t been finalized yet, but one of my childhood friends works in the Ministry of Commerce. He told me that the standard set by the higher-ups is this: whoever has the worst losses will be the first to be restructured. My buddy said, ‘Heavy losses show poor management. In that case, the factory director and secretary will have to step down, and maybe even be penalized.’ Well, that’s all he had shared, he didn’t share more. He said it was confidential and told me not to ask any further.” 

Gu Ye’s words were half true and half false. He did indeed have a childhood friend in the Ministry of Commerce, and there was talk of reform, but it involved the textile factories, not the machine tool factories.

Still, that didn’t stop him from waving a chicken feather as a commander’s arrow*, using it to scare the two old foxes.

*Waving a chicken feather as a commander’s arrow : to treat one’s casual remarks as an order and to make a big fuss about it.

The factory director and the secretary were terrified, wiping sweat from their brows over and over. 

It seemed the higher-ups were truly determined this time. They were doomed, there was no way Xingda Machine Tool Factory would escape unscathed.

“Xiao Gu, please… Can you get more info? You also want what’s best for Xingda too, right?” 

The factory director fawned, smiling so obsequiously, and dropping all official pretense. 

The secretary did the same, one on the left, one on the right, both now trying to flatter Gu Ye.

They were full of regret. Previously, they’d completely underestimated him. 

But better late than never, it wasn’t too late to make amends. 

Gu Ye sat there with a calm and satisfied smile, fully enjoying the flattery from the factory’s two top leaders. 

He didn’t feel awkward at all. After all, he’d bragged this much exactly for this kind of outcome. 

In any battle, it was just a facade, true and false, you could never let the enemy figure out what was real. 

“Leaders, my buddy told me that the best way to avoid being cut is to turn the losses into profits. Otherwise, any argument is meaningless. The higher-ups are dead serious this time.”

The factory director and the secretary furrowed their brows. 

Even a fool knew that much. But if machine tools weren’t selling, what could they do?

“Xiao Gu… it’s just so hard to sell machines these days. Sigh…”

“It’s not hard. If we follow my plan, I guarantee we can sell them!”

Gu Ye declared with unwavering confidence. 

Truthfully, he wasn’t completely sure himself, but he had to show confidence and certainty. 

Morale couldn’t be lost, or the battle would be over before it even began.

The factory director and the secretary were half convinced, half skeptical. 

Of course they wanted the machine tools to sell, but after so many years of poor performance, could this brash young guy really be able to pull it off?

“But you’re trying to hire so many people all at once, and that’s not easy to manage.” The director said, his tone softening a little.

“They won’t be permanent workers, just contract workers. Just sign them for a year, if they can’t sell anything, then they’re out. What’s the issue then?” 

Gu Ye sneered inwardly. 

These parasites in the factory, the public resources they secretly consumed every year were enough to hire who knows how many contract workers.

The director and secretary exchanged glances. They were already wavering but still had to keep up appearances. 

They couldn’t agree too quickly, or else Gu Ye would keep coming to them for requests. They needed to show some resistance.

But Gu Ye saw right through them and dropped his final bombshell, “I’m sure you two leaders wouldn’t want anything to go wrong before your retirement, right? My buddy told me that if a factory ends up on the reform list, the factory director and the secretary are the first ones to take the fall. As for retirement? That might not even be an option.” 

That heavy blow scared the factory director and the secretary enough to snap them out of their act. 

They didn’t dare put on any pretense anymore and agreed promptly.

“Fine. We’ll do it your way. But the pay will be based on temporary worker rates.” 

“I’ve got no problem with the salary, but if they’re going out to do sales, there has to be daily travel subsidies, right? Four yuan per day. How’s that?”

He wasn’t going to shortchange his team, travel subsidies were non-negotiable. 

The director and the secretary hesitated for a moment, then agreed. 

Four yuan a day wasn’t much. After all, if you want a horse to run fast, you’ve got to let it eat well first. 

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