Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

Chapter 155 Willing but unable

"Terminate the cooperation?" Niu Hongmin was taken aback for a moment, but quickly calmed down and asked, "Why did it come to this?"

Shen Dong straightened his expression and said seriously, "It's not terrible that problems arise; what's terrible is that the people who create the problems are still running away from them. That makes people uneasy."

Niu Hongmin carefully repeated Shen Dong's words and finally understood their meaning.

"You mean Wang Jianguo's problem, but he won't admit it?"

Shen Dong nodded.

Niu Hongmin seemed to be deep in thought, and soon a look of disappointment appeared on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Director Shen, well, this matter is ultimately the food factory's fault, but could you grant me a few days' grace so I can look into it first? I'll give you a satisfactory answer in a few days, what do you think?"

There was no other way; as the commune director, he was subject to performance evaluations.

The food factory's situation is finally improving, and it's clear that it will generate significant profits this year. The commune will also receive a dividend at the end of the year, which makes everyone happy.

But losing the joint venture partnership because of this is unacceptable to anyone.

If the higher-ups ask again, I won't be able to explain myself.

Even though Shen Dong was of low status and young age, Niu Hongmin still made his stance clear.

Seeing that Shen Dong still looked hesitant, he could only continue to persuade him gently: "Director Shen, ever since I learned about your deeds, I've been wanting to meet you. I know you put in a lot of effort for this joint venture, but we can't just dismiss you because of one mistake, can we?"

Shen Dong thought about it and decided to back down. He wasn't very good at social etiquette, but the commune director had already gone to such lengths, and if he remained stubborn, it would seem unreasonable.

"Alright, since Director Niu has said so, I choose to believe him and let's postpone the termination of the cooperation for now."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely give you an explanation for this."

The two chatted for a while longer. Shen Dong hadn't expected that Niu Aimin, who looked older, would have such a long-term vision. The two even talked about the social changes that might occur a few years from now, which made Shen Dong, a reborn person, marvel at his foresight.

Of course, Shen Dong readily accepted any topic raised by Niu Aimin, and even continued to expand upon it, broadening Niu Aimin's horizons and making him realize their kinship.

Unfortunately, the two were too far apart in age and geographically distant, and could only lament that time had passed too quickly and they hadn't had enough fun.

After leaving Niu Aimin's place, Shen Dong hurried to several other joint venture factories.

Just as expected, Shen Dong discovered a number of problems.

The storage of unfinished fresh milk and leftover milk skin was handled very improperly. It was only because Shahe Food Factory was ahead of the curve that problems arose.

A headache!

I clearly explained the precautions when the workshop was being built, and then there was the inspection process. I should have paid more attention, but it still turned out like this.

Shen Dong thought for a moment about why this situation had occurred.

Is it due to the limitations of the times?

Maybe, but it's definitely not the most important reason.

Because no matter what it is, it is ultimately people who carry it out.

As long as the person carrying out the task is competent, there shouldn't be any problems.

Shen Dong tried many methods, but ultimately they were all unsatisfactory. He felt a deep sense of powerlessness, as he had the will but not the ability.

How can we solve the current problem?

It seems that these problems can only be avoided when one has a complete say in the matter and others can only listen to one's words.

Having figured all this out, Shen Dong returned home somewhat dejectedly.

Since I can't control you guys, I'll take care of my own factory.

Over the next two days, everyone clearly sensed the change in Shen Dong. He was like a volcano about to erupt, with thick smoke already rising and only a few moments away from exploding. So no one dared to provoke him.

It wasn't until he received a telegram from Shanghai informing him that the goods needed to be shipped that Shen Dong was able to calm down.

"Factory manager, what's wrong?" Li Chenfeng asked with a puzzled look after being called out by Shen Dong.

"Call a few people, we're going to pick up the goods."

"Is the equipment from the machinery factory arriving?" Li Chenfeng asked with delight.

Shen Dong nodded and told him to hurry up and call someone, as he needed to find a car first.

Hu Weidong's telegram stated that the equipment purchased this time was not much, because they already had a yogurt production line. Most of the purchases were made by several joint venture plants, while their own dairy plant only bought some beverage bottling-related equipment, just so that they would have replacements in case the equipment broke down later.

Just like last time, the ticket inspector checked the pickup slip and let us through.

The equipment wasn't particularly large this time, so two people could carry it out gradually. By the time it was loaded onto the truck, quite a bit of time had passed.

"Okay, check it carefully when you get back. I'll go check on the joint venture factory; their equipment arrived today, so I'll go take a look."

Li Chenfeng nodded, and without lingering, led his men back.

When Shen Dong arrived at Wushan Food Factory, everyone was busily unloading equipment. Zhao Dabao had a towel around his neck and his face was covered in machine oil. When he saw Shen Dong coming, he ran over.

"Director Shen, what brings you here?" As he spoke, Zhao Dabao wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, only to find that one corner of the towel was already black, and his face became even blacker the more he wiped.

Shen Dong couldn't help but chuckle, so he shifted his gaze and pointed to the equipment in front of him, saying, "I heard the equipment arrived, so I came to take a look. Is it all here?"

"Yes, there are still two trucks behind that haven't been unloaded yet, the rest are all here." Zhao Dabao said while still checking the situation on site, and went over after apologizing to Shen Dong.

No one paid any attention to Shen Dong. He walked in the middle of the field, casually flipping through the equipment to check the situation.

As the telegram stated, the equipment was indeed secondhand and outdated, incomparable to the new equipment in the dairy factory, but similarly, the price was also incomparable.

Shen Dong spent over 100,000 yuan last time to add a complete production line.

The same production line cost Wushan Food Factory only a few thousand yuan.

Shen Dong comforted himself: These devices are too old and outdated, they can't be compared, they can't be compared!

Soon, both trucks were unloaded, and Zhao Dabao finally had a chance to rest.

"Do you need any help? Our factory's people are experienced; they can help you keep an eye on things tomorrow?" Shen Dong asked, leaning against him.

Zhao Dabao was overjoyed and immediately said, "That's great! It would be wonderful if someone from your factory could come; it would save us a lot of trouble."

Shen Dong waved his hand, "Okay, I'll go back and make the arrangements. You've all worked hard." After saying that, he left.

In the past few days, he has given himself a lot of mental guidance and stopped trying to persuade others about food safety. Doing his own job well and developing rapidly is the most important thing right now.

Two days later, Hu Weidong and his group returned.