I'm incredibly ambitious after being reborn.

Chapter 55 What do you mean by "you did it yourself"?
"What's going on? Shen Guangen won't talk to us, but instead went to the countryside to find some nobody?"

"He's not some nobody; he has quite a few people on his side. But you can guess what Shen Guangen's idea is: to revitalize the dried fruit factory of the old department store. Those outdated equipment are useless; without new equipment, it's all for nothing if they can't start production by the end of the year."

There is a shopping mall in Jiyang City called "Dafeng Shopping Center". The main building is the former Jiyang City Department Store. Later, the old department store could not continue operating, and a considerable portion of its high-quality assets were taken over by someone else.

This includes a department store, though it's not really a building, just a few floors, but because it has a sightseeing elevator, it used to be one of the most popular places for local children.

Many elderly people are also willing to come and ride the elevator. It was a rare sight many years ago. In addition, it is transparent and you can see the scenery outside the elevator. So much so that saying "Let's go to the department store to ride the elevator" has the same effect as saying "I'll take you to the amusement park on the weekend".

The old department store still has some assets, including a dried fruit factory. The people who have taken over the department store are former employees of the old department store and the tobacco and alcohol company. They know all the good stuff that their old workplace had.

However, they encountered a little resistance at this moment.

Every year during the Spring Festival, various regions prepare ample supplies of New Year's goods for their local markets. Even though these may seem like just small, miscellaneous items, without them, the festive atmosphere is truly lacking.

There haven't been any signs of trouble in Jiyang City's wholesale markets this year. However, two vice presidents of "Dafeng Shopping Center" have come up with a way to raise funds and take over the dried fruit factory under the old department store, which would help boost Jiyang City's New Year's goods market during the Spring Festival.

The invincible business model was put on hold due to the upcoming November and December accounting deadlines. The bank that the old department store partnered with was the one where Shen Guangen worked.

Shen Guangen wasn't unwilling to give face, but he couldn't let the bank lose profits while also stepping in dog poop. So, after the two vice presidents of "Dafeng Shopping Center" failed to come up with a plan, Shen Guangen inadvertently discovered Zhang Daxiang, this "treasure boy," and simply left.

He works in the credit department, not the bank manager. It's none of his business.

If he had something to say, he'd have the bank manager talk to him. When the bank manager arrived, he'd immediately start boasting about his impressive track record of working with Zhang Daxiang…

This year, the bank president will have to visit him to offer New Year's greetings.

While there is some exaggeration, it's not by much. The main reason is that Zhangshi Village has a dense population, making it easy to expand into general private business. Even a small mosquito bite is still meat.

However, Shen Guangen's reluctance to continue the conversation still made them very unhappy.

What dried fruit factories need now is equipment upgrades. Without production before the Lunar New Year, it's all meaningless. Only with production can they supply the market and enrich the local New Year's retail market.

This year, Jiyang City faces a shortage of approximately 15,000 tons of dried fruit for the New Year. Currently, the focus is on finalizing the supply of sunflower seeds and peanuts.

Other nuts such as pine nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, and walnuts are relatively expensive, so their demand is only about one-third that of sunflower seeds and peanuts.

The two vice presidents of Dafeng Shopping Center had been planning for this year's Spring Festival shopping event for almost a year. They started laying the groundwork last year and even prepared the equipment, just waiting for the city to take over the task before making a mess of things.

At that time, the dried fruit factory of the old department store could be acquired at a very low price, from the ground building to the land.

Whether there were any shady dealings involved is not something that outsiders can know.

However, the dried fruit factory still owes bank loans, and Shen Guangen intends to resolve this issue as soon as possible after taking over. Sima Weimin and Wang Aiguo, the deputy general managers of Dafeng Shopping Center, communicated with him in May of this year, saying that they would produce a plan in July.

As a result, it dragged on from July to August, and from August to September. Seeing this mess, Shen Guangen knew the two bastards were using delaying tactics. So, he decided to go all in. After informing the workers at the dried fruit factory, he met Zhang Daxiang by chance. To solve the problem, he had done some investigation, both overt and covert, and found that Zhang Daxiang was much more reliable than those two idiots, Sima Weimin and Wang Aiguo. Most importantly, Zhang Daxiang was now a genuine, high-quality customer.

Moreover, they already have experience selling melon seeds. Although it only costs tens of thousands of yuan, it's easy to get started. Once the business gets off the ground, the bank can increase its support.

Putting away your umbrella in the rain is one thing, but putting it away in the rain is another.

However, there were also things that Shen Guangen couldn't do. He boasted that he could get Zhang Daxiang the equipment, but that was all nonsense. He knew where the equipment was, but he didn't know what was wrong. The boss who had the equipment wouldn't budge or let go.

He knew something was fishy, ​​but he didn't have any good solutions in the short term, so he could only help Zhang Daxiang take care of the trivial matters first.

On the 18th, Sima Weimin called Shen Guangen and said he wanted to treat him to dinner: "Director Shen, are you free tonight? Let's go out for a casual meal, and afterwards we can go find some young ladies to give us a back massage?"

"Oh dear... it's not that I'm not giving Mr. Sima face, it's just that I've been busy running around doing business these past few days and haven't been able to get away."

"Is it still about that dried fruit factory? Director Shen, the New Year is just a few months away, and Jiyang City still has a shortage of about 5,000 tons this year. Right now, I'm the only one with the equipment. I'll take care of this, and I guarantee the city will be satisfied. Everyone can have a good New Year."

"What about the price? I mean the dried fruit factory's buildings and land, as well as the stalls in the wholesale market and the shops in five vegetable markets. If it's still 500,000, Mr. Sima, I don't think there's any point in negotiating. I'm only taking over the dried fruit factory's loan; it doesn't mean I have to solve it. I'll report it in November or December."

"Director Shen, I can only come up with 400,000 right now. As for 500,000, I don't have that right now either. I can only pay you after the sales revenue is collected..."

"Then I'm sorry, Mr. Sima, we'll have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

"Director Shen, this is crucial to Jiyang City's New Year's goods market this year! If you do it this way, it might delay many people's plans!"

"Alright, Mr. Sima, I still have work to take care of. Let's talk again when we have time later."

After saying that, Shen Guangen hung up the phone. He was all smiles and trying to do his job, but he wasn't stupid. Sima Weimin was a real idiot who wanted both things and fantasized that he would carry a time bomb on his body because he was worried about a work accident.

What a joke.

"Insatiable greed..."

Shen Guangen cursed, but still sighed and dialed Zhang Daxiang's number. "Boss Zhang, it's me, Shen Guangen. I've eaten, hahaha... Uh, it's like this, Boss Zhang, about the equipment... Ah? You have equipment? What do you mean you made it yourself? You even have a pecan crusher? And what do you mean the fruit pulp integrity rate has reached over 70%..."

Completely bewildered, Shen Guangen had considered everything, even thinking that Zhang Daxiang might complain a bit, since it was Zhang himself who said he would act as a go-between for equipment suppliers.

The result is now...

what's the situation? !

You're a high school student who never went to college, and you're telling me you learned a little mechanical design from a master craftsman at the school-run factory?
(End of this chapter)