novelraw Chapter 592 - 591: Current Situation of the Factory
Chapter 592 - 591: Current Situation of the Factory
Chapter 592: Chapter 591: Current Situation of the Factory
Zhen Yu, oblivious to Han Mingyue’s inner conflict, thus began her days of seclusion to recuperate.
After quickly finishing breakfast and receiving an IV drip, Mr. Han and Han Mingyue left together.
Zhen Yu, unable to read books and restricted by the IV drip, ended up fiddling with her phone due to boredom.
It’s Monday today! Excluding the landline at the internet café and intentionally ignoring Mrs. Zhen’s contact, the only people left in her phone book who can be reached are Factory Director Lu, who doesn’t need to go to school, two editors, and two committee members from the Qi City Calligraphers Association.
Almost without thinking, Zhen Yu decisively dialed Factory Director Lu’s number first!
It’s been over a month since the school term started; the Snowflake Milk Factory must have made great progress in its establishment by now!
"Hello? Is that Zhen Yu?" Factory Director Lu’s voice came from the other end of the line, accompanied by the clamor of clangs and clatters.
"Calling me this early in the morning, is there something urgent you need from me?"
"No, nothing urgent! I just wanted to inquire about the factory’s recent situation and see if there’s any difficulty I can help with!"
"Oh! I see!"
Factory Director Lu chuckled gratefully, as he had thought Zhen Yu was just an investor who didn’t contribute effort.
"The current situation... Well, everyone’s food, drink, and all daily necessities are taken care of at the factory. For now, we factory leaders are each managing our own parts! The most important task at the moment is to direct the workers in installing equipment every day. The progress is acceptable! Sometimes when we’re short of hands, we even jump in to help! I reckon that if we keep up this pace, the new production line capable of processing 40 tons of fresh milk per day will be completed in about two more months!"
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Although Zhen Yu had no expertise in dairy products, she could still understand the three words "milk powder production line."
"Once the production line is finished, does that mean we can immediately start production and sales?!"
"Uh... Pretty much!"
Factory Director Lu didn’t make an absolute promise, but Zhen Yu grasped the implicit meaning of his words—that is, it should be possible unless something unexpected happens.
Counting the time, it’s April now; if formal production starts in June, that’ll be the beginning of summer.
And fresh milk is most prone to spoilage during the summer!
Holding a profound respect for "food safety," Zhen Yu spoke up.
"Factory Director Lu, I remember you mentioned ’the raw material base’ when talking about tangible assets last time! May I ask how you plan to address the new raw material base for Snowflake Milk Factory?"
Factory Director Lu had had many dealings with Zhen Yu, so of course, he knew this girl was astute!
But he had not expected that Zhen Yu would be so forward-looking, asking about the milk source so early on!
"Well, I’m planning to hold a big supplier meeting in a few days! I hope to reach a good consensus with some or all of them during this meeting to manage the distribution of benefits..."
After hearing this, Zhen Yu pondered for a moment. The meeting sounded a bit like a bidding process, since Snowflake Milk Factory is the buyer after all!
Since that’s the case, she naturally wouldn’t interfere too much, but she still had to remind him of the necessary points!
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"It would be ideal if you, Factory Director Lu, have everything under control! Since I don’t understand these matters, I won’t meddle too much. But for our common interest, I must emphasize again! Please make sure to ensure quality control!"
"Don’t worry, young lady! I am a veteran Party member! I would never do anything detrimental to others for my own benefit!"
"I trust you, of course! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen to collaborate with you." Zhen Yu began with a half-serious compliment, then shifted her tone: "But I can’t say the same for the suppliers! Especially in summer when fresh milk spoils particularly quickly! So the work of supervising the food hygiene and safety of the milk source will have to rely heavily on you!"
Factory Director Lu, flattered by the compliment, found Zhen Yu’s words particularly relevant to his concerns and immediately nodded in agreement.
"Hmm... Rest assured! I will definitely keep a close eye on this matter!"
Hearing this response, Zhen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and subtly reminded him, "Factory Director Lu! As long as you carry out ’supervision’ earnestly and steadfastly, the milk factory will surely reap the rewards!"
"Rewards?!"
"Yes, rewards! It’s a win-win situation! Only if the quality of the milk powder is guaranteed will buyers slowly come to rely on our brand! And I believe that in the food industry, there’s no such thing as ’harm others to benefit oneself’! It’s always ’harm others, harm oneself’!"
"What do you mean by that?" Factory Director Lu was a bit puzzled.
"Once there’s a problem with the milk powder, our brand will be utterly ruined! You know best what the two characters for ’Snowflake’ are worth..."
"Mm! Four million! You have a great sense of the big picture, young lady! I will make sure everyone prioritizes the quality inspection process to the utmost! If there’s nothing else, I should hang up now; everyone’s starting to get busy!"
"Okay, go ahead! We’ll talk some other time."
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After hanging up the phone, Zhen Yu stretched a little and exhaled deeply.
Initially, her impulsive desire to invest in Snowflake Milk Factory was to compete against a certain rivalry brand!!
She wanted to reduce the harm caused by the rival brand to the people, especially the seedlings of her country, by capturing market share!
But now, Zhen Yu realized that things were not as simple as she had imagined.
The rival, as a brand from another province, had already extended its sales network to the northeast!
While her Snowflake Milk Factory—not even the preliminary outline had been sketched!
"Alas! Snowflake milk powder did seem to vanish quite early from the stage of history in my previous life! I wonder where Factory Director Lu might have gone to make a living then! If he was so capable according to data analysis, why did he remain unknown in the past life?"
Zhen Yu mumbled to herself and couldn’t help but complain, "What am I doing every day? I’m worrying about selling milk powder even before I’ve made any money from it—as if I’m already fretting about selling drugs!"
Currently just a student, she could only hope that Factory Director Lu would do well—do even better!
Even if the sales of milk powder were not great at the start, it would be all right as long as he didn’t deviate onto the wrong path!
After all, she was here, someone from the future! Wasn’t it easy to come up with sales strategies?
She had a myriad of promotional tactics up her sleeve—not ten, then at least eight!
Surely there would be one that’s most suitable!