Chapter 289
Ji Shaolei’s words caused Ji Feng to freeze, and he couldn’t help but feel his heart sink, “Why?”
“…… Old Master’s health has changed, he may have recently started to be bedridden and is in the hospital’s intensive care area, even I have only seen Old Master once, although Old Master is still conscious, his speech is already very slurred!” Ji Shaolei’s voice was low, he knew very well what kind of impact it would have on the Ji family once the old man left.
“It’s not working?” Ji Feng asked in a deep voice with his brows furrowed tightly.
Ji Shaolei choked for a moment, he didn’t expect Ji Feng to ask so directly.
After a long time of silence, Ji Shaolei said, “According to the doctor’s diagnosis, it shouldn’t be able to survive this winter.”
Ji Feng’s heart sank at once, and only after a long time did he slowly say, “I know.”
On the phone, Ji Shaolei sighed lightly and said somewhat indignantly, “Nowadays, if you want to see the old man, you need to go through layers of reports and get approval before you can see him. Moreover, according to what Eldest Uncle and my father meant, since Old Master’s health started to gradually deteriorate a few months ago, some people can’t sit still, so the situation over in Yanjing is a bit complicated, I have asked Eldest Uncle for advice, and he thinks it’s better for you not to come to Yanjing right now.”
“Father won’t let me go to Yanjing?” Ji Feng frowned more tightly, the old man’s health was in such a state, and father still wouldn’t let him go to Yanjing, this meant that there should be trouble waiting for him in Yanjing, or rather, as long as he went to Yanjing, there would be trouble at his door, father was not agreeing to go to Yanjing for his own protection!
“Second brother, if you can get away, stay in Yanjing for a while and keep me informed of the old man’s health and some of the situation in Yanjing.” Ji Feng deliberated for a moment before saying, “Right, if you have time, go and see my mother, the last time she called me, I could hear that she wasn’t living a very comfortable life over there.”
“Humph!”
Ji Shaolei sneered, “Of course she won’t be comfortable, there are a few long-winded women who are afraid of the world, how can Eldest Aunt be comfortable? Third son, don’t worry, I’ve already gone to see Eldest Aunt, her discomfort is only temporary, when Eldest Uncle stabilizes the situation, it will naturally be fine.”
A cold light flashed in Ji Feng’s eyes as he grinned, “I know, second brother, tell me the news of the old man in time.”
The two of them said a few more things that needed attention and hung up the phone.
Ji Feng parked the car at the roadside, casually lit a cigarette and slowly smoked it, silent. If you look carefully, you will find that one of Ji Feng’s hands is gripping the steering wheel tightly, and the veins are rising high, obviously trying to suppress the anger in his heart.
Tong Lei was sitting in the back row, her beautiful eyes looking at Ji Feng with worry, but she didn’t know what to say. She just knew that Ji Feng was angry, and could be said to be very angry. At least since she had known Ji Feng, she had never seen such a look on Ji Feng’s face.
What could make Ji Feng so angry?
Although Tong Lei was ice-smart, after all, she had never been exposed to these things, so she didn’t know how to speak out to comfort him.
“Phew!”
Finishing the last puff of his cigarette, Ji Feng threw the butt into the car with an ashtray and smiled faintly, “Let’s go, let’s send you to school first.”
After more than a year of training according to the standards of a super agent, Ji Feng was now completely able to regulate his emotions very well, if it wasn’t for the fact that his parents and the old man were involved, he wouldn’t have lost his temper so much at all. And even then, he quickly returned to normal, at least on the surface.
“Ji Feng, I don’t know what has happened, but everything will be fine, don’t you think?” Tong Lei said softly.
Ji Feng smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I’m not that fragile, it’s just a matter of smoking a cigarette and I’ll be fine.”
Tong Lei also smiled sweetly and said in a delicate voice, “I knew it, no matter what happens, you definitely won’t be beaten up that easily.”
Ji Feng burst out laughing as he restarted the car and drove off in the direction of the school.
After a moment of silence, Ji Feng suddenly said seriously, “Actually, you’re wrong.”
“Huh?”
At Ji Feng’s headless words, Tong Lei didn’t react for a moment, she looked at Ji Feng delicately, “What did you say that was wrong?”
Ji Feng said in a low voice, “Not everything can’t defeat me, there are many things that I can’t afford, like if you and others around me were hurt, I would really break down! You guys, you’re the ones I care about the most!”
His voice was very low, but Tong Lei heard it. She suddenly had a sour nose and hurriedly looked away from the car window, but her heart was moved to the core.
Because Tong Lei knew very well that Ji Feng would never lie to her, what he said must be true!
A strong feeling of happiness filled her heart, and Tong Lei forced herself not to fall into tears, but the corners of her mouth were hanging with a happy smile.
She said firmly and seriously in her heart, “You are also the person I care about the most, no matter what happens, I will never leave you, for sure!”
Tong Lei did not say these words out loud, she just told herself firmly in her heart, as if it was a vow hidden in her heart, and did not need to let Ji Feng know.
There was another point that made Tong Lei feel a little disgusted if she said this out loud. She remembered watching TV a few days ago, an entertainment news, a certain two big stars got married, one of them was very famous, the other was unknown, their union made a lot of interest.
The high-profile star said, “No matter what happens, we won’t be separated.”
In less than a week, the two were said to have gone through a private divorce, and when interviewed, the only explanation given was that they were “incompatible with each other and their personalities”.
Tong Lei doesn’t want her vows to end up like this, otherwise it would be too disgusting.
She would rather put the vow in her heart and silently love Ji Feng …… no matter what happens, it will never change!
The phone call from second brother Ji Shaolei put him in a very bad mood, and he tried his best to put on a happy face in front of Tong Lei, but in reality, he had not been relieved, only because of good control, which made him not show it.
However, Ji Feng’s originally well-controlled mood instantly became even worse when he dropped Tong Lei off at school and heard only one sentence from Tong Lei.
“Ji Feng, it is said that the Student Union Life Department will also come to check the dormitory this evening, and if a student is caught staying out at night, not only will they have to write a review, they will also have to read the review out in public in the whole class!” Tong Lei beamed her small mouth and said somewhat unhappily, “I heard a classmate say that it seems like someone is going to come to my dormitory specifically to check ……”
Ji Feng’s face was instantly gloomy, a cold aura flashed in his eyes, he was silent for a long time and suddenly smiled, “Since someone is willing to check, then let them check, ignore them!”
“But ……” Tong Lei’s little face was bitter, obviously unwilling to write another review.
Ji Feng faintly smiled: “It’s okay, did you forget that you have a borrower’s permit, what are you still afraid of them for?”
“What about you?” Tong Lei asked with some concern.
“I have one too!” Ji Feng harrumphed, “Don’t worry, I was worried that they wouldn’t come to check, it’s better if they do, go ahead!”
He pinched Tong Lei’s incredibly soft and tender pretty face and couldn’t help but smile.
“Mmm!” Tong Lei then nodded in relief, she believed that since Ji Feng was so sure, he would definitely have a way to deal with it, for Ji Feng, Tong Lei was always very confident.
Looking at Tong Lei’s delicate figure happily walking towards the library, Ji Feng couldn’t help but shake his head and smile as he turned his car around and drove outwards.
“Elder brother Ji!” Just as he reached the entrance, a voice suddenly came, but it was Zhou Li, the deputy captain of the school’s escort team.
Ji Feng stopped the car and smiled, “Captain Zhou, still on duty on the weekend?”
“I can’t help it, for the few tens of dollars of overtime pay!” Zhou Li laughed bluntly, he knew that when dealing with someone like Ji Feng who drove a BMW6, mentioning money was not necessarily a vulgarity, instead it was only ridiculous to pretend to be a big spender.
The two of them chatted for a few minutes, and then Ji Feng excused himself and left.
Just after leaving the school, Ji Feng’s face sank, his eyes narrowed as he parked his car by the roadside and casually lit a cigarette, but his mind was tossing with thoughts, pondering the phone call from his second brother.
It was only a short period of one or two months before he changed from being in a wheelchair to being hospitalized.
Ji Feng took a deep drag of his cigarette and scratched his head, things were really a bit troublesome.
He could now basically grasp the fluctuating frequency of bio-current vibrations, but even if he was Hua Tuo regenerated, it was impossible to treat the old man in a short time. Although he didn’t know much about the life of an old man like the old man, Ji Feng also vaguely knew that a figure like the old man, whether it was their daily life or their usual care, had to have a special person in charge, and if something went wrong in any aspect, it would be accountable to someone!
Moreover, if one wanted to treat the old man, one would need to go through layers of reports and be approved before it could be done.
So, what would one do to get approval from the top?
Say that one is a prodigy? Or that one has supernormal capabilities?
That’s all bullSh*t, no one would believe it, and even if someone believed it, they definitely wouldn’t let themselves try it easily, just kidding, once the old man has a problem, the scope of involvement is a bit too wide, the collision between the big factions, when the time comes, it’s earth-shattering!
Ji Feng’s face changed, in the end, he clenched his teeth: “If I can’t, I’ll dive into the old man’s ward and go treat him, anyway, no matter what, I can’t keep waiting here, even if I stand outside the old man’s ward and wait, it’s better than doing nothing!”
Chapter 290
Ji Feng came to the Yang’s Pharmaceutical Factory again, only that the name of this pharmaceutical factory had now been changed to Tengfei Pharmaceutical Factory.
It was the same scene as yesterday, four workshops, only one production workshop was in operation, Yang Dezhao was still sitting in the factory, helping Ji Feng manage it for the time being.
Since it had been agreed yesterday that Ji Feng would come over today, not only was Yang Dezhao waiting in the factory today, but Lao Wu and Han Rui Chao from the sales department, as well as the people from the finance department and the two workshop directors, were all waiting for Ji Feng.
“Ji Feng, let me introduce to you, Old Wu and Han you already know, the two over here, are Yang Jun supervisor and Tian Nan accountant from the finance department.” Yang Dezhao pointed to the few people waiting in the office and said with a smile, “These other two, are both workshop directors, Ma Chuan and Liu Zhen.”
Every time Yang Dezhao introduced someone, the other person would nod and salute Ji Feng, they all already knew that the factory had changed owners, but now that they saw Ji Feng, these people had some feelings of disbelief in their hearts, Ji Feng was also a little too young, as the saying goes, you can’t do anything without a hair on your mouth, if you give the factory to this young man, can he manage it well?
It was as if Ji Feng could not see the doubt in these people’s eyes, he just asked suspiciously, “Uncle Yang, did that young man not come last time?”
Yang Dezhao immediately knew which young man Ji Feng was talking about, apart from that Shang Qionggen who deliberately tried to behave during the meal and thought he was the backbone of the sales department, there would definitely not be another person who would make such a deep impression on Ji Feng.
He laughed: “You mean Shang Qionggen, he had handed in his resignation yesterday, because the transfer of the factory had not been done at that time, so you were not informed, you see ……”
No matter what, Ji Feng is the boss of this factory, Yang Dezhao put himself in the right position, this kind of thing can be big or small, if it causes misunderstanding of Ji Feng, it is not good after all.
Ji Feng laughed: “Fortunately he’s gone!”
Even if that Shang Qionggen hadn’t gone, Ji Feng would have definitely fired him directly without saying a word, even if he had an agreement with Yang Dezhao, it didn’t matter how strong Shang Qionggen’s ability was, people who didn’t put themselves in the right position, Ji Feng would never need them.
Yang Dezhao also smiled, in fact it was not Shang Qionggen himself who resigned, but was given the sack directly by Yang Dezhao, and for this reason paid Shang Qionggen two months more salary.
Yang Dezhao did not want to let Ji Feng have a bad impression of all the employees in the entire factory because of Shang Qionggen alone, after all, many of these people are old buddies who followed him in his business, how could they say they were dismissed?
“Boss, Ji …… boss.” Old Wu of the sales department still hadn’t completely adapted to it, and opened his mouth and directly called Yang Dezhao as the boss, once he thought about it, he hurriedly changed his mouth while apologizing unceasingly, “Sorry sorry sorry, people are old and confused, and have a bad memory.”
Ji Feng smiled: “Uncle Yang and I are both bosses, we can call each other whatever we want, Old Wu say it, what’s the matter?”
Old Wu was relieved at this, normally young people with so much money would always be young and exuberant, I never thought Ji Feng would be so nice.
He hesitated for a moment and couldn’t help but say, “It’s like this, when Shang Qionggen left, he seemed to be very indignant and threatened to take revenge on our factory, which ……”
“Oh?!”
Ji Feng chuckled, “How does he want to retaliate?”
“This, this I do not know!” Old Wu smiled somewhat awkwardly, he secretly blamed himself for talking too much, saying in front of these people that Shang Qionggen wanted to retaliate against the factory, Ji Feng would naturally be unhappy.
But in fact, Ji Feng really didn’t have any intention to be unhappy, he just felt funny, now that this factory was operating with great difficulty, what could Shang Qionggen do if he retaliated again? After all, all the formalities and approvals are complete, and Ji Feng is not afraid of official investigations!
Next, after meeting with the two workshop directors, Ji Feng deliberately talked in detail with Yang Jun, the head of the finance department, and Tian Nan, the accountant. According to their introduction, the pharmaceutical factory is indeed difficult to operate, and can only barely cover its expenses every month, but to say that the profit, but very barely, a year down to a profit of 100,000 to 200,000, even if it is not bad.
But if you take out the taxes, it’s even less.
Originally, he thought that it would be good enough if the factory could break even and not lose money, but he never imagined that it would still be profitable!
He would not underestimate the profit of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. He thought that a year ago, he and his mother lived on less than 10,000 yuan a year, and the profit of 100,000 yuan was enough for them to live on for more than ten years.
Even if it was just a penny, Ji Feng would have looked at it!
“People are poor and short of ambition!” Ji Feng often laughed at himself like this in his heart.
The accounts that Tian Nan, the accountant, took out also made Ji Feng’s eyes light up. The accounts were very clean and tidy, this clean, not that there was no dust on them, but the words were very clean, giving a very neat feeling, and the entries, one by one, were very clear and completely clear.
Ji Feng couldn’t help but glance at Tian Nan, a young woman of about twenty-seven or eight years old, wearing professional clothes, with short hair, not particularly pretty looking, but it gives a feeling of competent and plain, just like the account books she made, very clean.
Well …… has the feel of a strong woman!
Ji Feng pondered for a while before he remembered such a word to describe Tian Nan.
“Well done!” Ji Feng couldn’t help but nod and praise, he didn’t have any doubts about the account book made by Tian Nan because this account book was filed through the relevant department, and the funds in the factory account handed over to him by Yang Dezhao were also equal to the number of balance funds in the account book.
If it was falsified in the middle, it could only be counted on Yang Dezhao’s head, and Ji Feng was not to be bothered.
“Boss, you’re too kind, this is all what we should do!” Yang Jun and Tian Nan both laughed.
Ji Feng also followed suit, but his gaze swept over Tian Nan’s body without a trace. He had to admit that although Tian Nan was not that kind of stunning beauty, she had a different kind of style, especially when she smiled, she appeared to have a British aura, but not lacking a delicate aura.
To put it simply, this is a temperamental type of beauty!
Of course, Ji Feng only took one more look, after all, everyone has a love of beauty, but to say anything else, Ji Feng definitely did not.
Next, Ji Feng listened to the report of Old Wu and Han Rui Chao from the sales department. Old Wu was responsible for the old customers and Han Rui Chao took over some customers that originally belonged to Shang Qionggen.
Seeing Ji Feng praising Yang Jun and Tian Nan, Lao Wu and Han Rui Chao naturally did not want to be compared to each other, so their presentation was concise and clear, but every sentence was to the point.
Ji Feng listened roughly, now the pharmaceutical factory’s customers, are some small drug companies, many smaller than Xiao Changhe’s company, there were some big customers in the past, but they were all taken away by other factories, so it became the current situation.
“Boss, there is a sentence I don’t know when to say ……” Han Rui Chao couldn’t help but add hesitantly after the report.
Ji Feng smiled, “In my place, one can say whatever one wants, regardless of right or wrong, everyone has the right to speak.”
Han Rui Chao then nodded slightly and said with deliberation, “After Shang Qionggen left, well, how can I put it, immediately after that there were also many salesmen who also resigned, and those clients that originally belonged to Shang Qionggen’s responsibility, when I was in contact with them, they seemed to be somewhat snooty ……”
“His influence is not small!” Ji Feng chuckled, not surprised in the slightest, a good salesman can completely influence the choice of clients. Sometimes when a salesman jumped the nest, customers would follow suit and shift, this was a very common thing in the sales industry.
“But those clients that Shang Qionggen is responsible for, everyone’s attitude is ambiguous ……” said Han Rui Chao.
“It doesn’t matter!” Ji Feng looked at Han Rui Chao’s somewhat worried look and laughed: “Since people say they want to retaliate against the factory, naturally they have to do something to be considered a throwback. If the salesmen are gone, they can be recruited again, and if the customers are gone, they can go running again, the sky is not falling!”
Han Rui Chao was relieved and nodded, “Boss, I will try my best to retain those customers who want to move their business, and if I really can’t, I will continue to run and try to make up for the loss!”
“I trust you!” Ji Feng smiled faintly, but in his heart, he had a vague feeling that perhaps, the factory was not doing well recently, and Shang Qionggen accounted for part of the reason, too.
Otherwise, how could all the customers’ attitudes become ambiguous?
A salesman, no matter how good he is, cannot influence all the customers, unless …… there are interests involved in it!
However, there was no need for Ji Feng to say these words in front of them, he clapped his hands and said aloud, “Let’s put it this way, I remember that the commission of the sales department is three percent, if the current profit can be maintained in the coming quarter, then the commission of everyone in the sales department becomes five percent and the salary of other employees increases by thirty percent! ”
Everyone was stunned, this was a bit too big!
If you did the math carefully, if you did what Ji Feng said, then in a year, Ji Feng wouldn’t have any profit left.
“However, to get this money, we still need all of you to work together to get it, so everyone is okay with that, right?” Ji Feng laughed.
“No problem!” Everyone immediately shook their heads, jokingly, anyone who thought there was a problem when the increase was so big, unless they were stupid!
“Good then, everyone go and get busy!” Ji Feng smiled faintly.
After everyone had gone out, Yang De Zhaoge couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, “Ji Feng, this is a simple but effective move on your part, you’ve motivated all the staff at once.”
Ji Feng laughed: “Motivation is secondary, the key is to retain them. Uncle Yang, to say something you don’t like to hear, although these people have feelings for the factory, but feelings can’t be a meal, if the factory’s efficiency continues to decline and can’t even afford to pay the workers’ salaries, I’m afraid few people will stay, it’s not hard to find a job in Jiangzhou!”
Yang Dezhao smiled bitterly, he had to admit that what Ji Feng said was the truth.
“So, retaining talent is the most crucial.” Ji Feng laughed. The first time he saw the accounts done by Tian Nan and that energy of Han Rui Chao, he realised that these two people were good, or at least, they were people who actually did the job.
Ji Feng also knew that when he freed up his time, it would be at least a while, so in the meantime, he had to find a way to keep them, rather than letting them see no hope and leave on this!
“When I free up my hands, that’s when the Tengfei Pharmaceutical Factory will go to glory and really start to take off!” Ji Feng stood in front of the window, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back, vaguely and surprisingly having a taste of looking out of the world!
“But what has to be done before this is that the old man must be treated first!” Ji Feng secretly decided that it was time to go to Yanjing.