I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

In late January, the two companies behind Big Battery finally became unwilling to continue supporting the long-term loss-making factory.

After negotiations, Yan Xueyuan acquired the battery factory for 480 million RMB.

This is just a small factory; they even rent their own factory buildings.

The company originally had a small number of employees, and about half of them had already left to find other jobs in other factories, leaving only about 60 people.

The organization comprises 14 people, including those in management, administration, finance, purchasing, and sales.

There is one manager and two deputy managers.

The department has 2 finance staff, 2 administrative/HR staff, 3 purchasing staff, and 4 marketing/sales staff (most of the marketing staff have left).

The technology research and development department still has 16 people.

Among them, 6 technical backbones were dispatched from the research institute and 10 were recruited locally.

After Xiao Wang left, a core technical backbone was lost, and the R&D strength was greatly weakened.

After all, the real expert was the one he took away.

There are 32 people left in the production workshop.

The workers are either local residents of the Special Administrative Region or migrant workers.

They could barely be considered skilled workers.

In the end, only a few logistics personnel remained.

The team includes 2 equipment maintenance workers, 1 security guard, and 1 cleaner.

These are all the registered personnel, a total of 66 people.

Nine of them are state-owned enterprise personnel, including three managers, one finance officer, and five technical backbone personnel!

All nine of these people will leave after the meeting and return to state-owned enterprises!

There will actually be only 57 people left in the venue.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the technical department has one key technical staff member plus 10 technicians.

The reality is that although this key technical staff member also came from the main hospital, his abilities were inferior to the other five.

The 10 technicians are all fresh graduates from universities and colleges in the surrounding area, majoring in electrochemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science.

In other words, once these nine people are removed, this place will basically be just an empty shell!

This move is called "drawing the firewood from under the cauldron"!

"Dad, those guys are too ruthless!"

Standing in the somewhat dilapidated workshop of Big Battery, looking at the situation before him, Yan Xueyuan was somewhat indignant.

Who wouldn't be angry about being acquired for 480 million for an empty shell factory that doesn't even have a factory building?

"A person who isn't ruthless can't stand firm."

Yan Jiefang, on the other hand, remained calm.

When it comes to ruthlessness, there are very few people in this world who can compare to him.

This is the pile of corpses of hundreds of cerebral hemorrhage patients.

My son's factory has at least ten college graduates.

Although their current skills are quite average, they are, after all, college students from an era before the expansion of college enrollment.

Moreover, they are science and engineering students; if not exceptional individuals, it's fair to say they are all elites.

If he provides some advanced battery technology, these people will learn it many times faster than other ordinary workers.

The two sides are not even on the same starting line.

"Alright, let's talk to the technicians first and see what specific areas of this factory need improvement."

After glancing at his rechargeable battery technology, which had already reached 92/100, Yan Jiefang was not worried about the development of the battery factory at all.

The remaining 57 people in the factory were very excited.

Why?

Because it was Yan Jiefang who acquired this factory!

Now everyone knows that the salaries and benefits at his family's companies are the best among all the companies and factories in the special economic zone.

I wonder how many people want to get into his company but don't have a way to do it!

This time, they were absolutely hit on the head with a gold ingot.

The nine people who were packing their things to return to Beijing were in their dormitory, kicking themselves and lamenting their fate.

I should have transferred my household registration here earlier!

What? You're saying the acquisition wasn't of him personally, but of someone named Yan Xueyuan?

Use your brain! Yan Xueyuan is Yan Jiefang's own son!

If the son acquires it, isn't that the same as the father acquiring it?

Didn't you see that Boss Yan is here today too?

Right now, I just hope I don't get fired.

Many people are reflecting on whether they have done anything wrong in their daily lives.

...

Like the previous car factories, these state-owned enterprises also had similar problems such as outstanding loans, unpaid wages, and unpaid raw material costs.

After learning about many specific problems at the factory from the technicians, Yan Xueyuan began to lead a team to deal with the various outstanding debts and to make up for the workers' back wages owed by the factory.

They hadn't received their full wages in a long time, and now that they'd just changed employers, they were immediately given so much money. It really solved all the difficulties the family was facing!

The elderly can afford medical treatment, the children's tuition fees no longer require constant reminders from the homeroom teacher, and I no longer have to deal with my wife's bad temper at home...

Everyone felt as if a huge burden had been lifted off their shoulders, and they could even walk with their backs straight!

On my way home from get off work, I must stop by the market to buy some meat so the whole family can have a good meal!

Moreover, the boss said that salaries will be increased starting this month!

Everyone was happy, except for five long-term employees who were just receiving salaries without actually working and were very unhappy and wanted to cause trouble.

They were then driven out by the police officers who came to maintain order.

Everyone hates these people with connections to the core.

Normally, it's better to avoid trouble, but now that someone is dealing with them, everyone feels very satisfied.

When the five men got home and told the story, they all felt very embarrassed.

But the Yan family is not one to be trifled with.

The father and his three sons are all nationally renowned Olympic champions, and they also have the support of city leaders.

He might even know some of the top leaders in Beijing.

It's simply not something that low-level local officials like them can pull off.

They can only wait patiently for an opportunity.

Of course, these are just their own ideas, and who knows if they will come to fruition in the future?

...

Neither Yan Jiefang nor his son had any intention of purchasing equipment from abroad on a large scale for this battery factory.

The overall level of basic technology is still quite lacking, so there is no rush to develop lithium iron phosphate batteries.

They only need to find domestic and foreign manufacturers to purchase the relevant parts and refurbish and repair all the existing equipment.

We will continue to use the factory's equipment to produce nickel-metal hydride batteries.

In addition, Yan Jiefang would distribute some simple blueprints to a few technicians to study and try to produce them in the laboratory to improve their skills.

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Time is passing by, and the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

This year, everyone will return to Beijing to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Unfortunately, although the Beijing-Kowloon Railway has been completed, it is estimated that it will take more than half a year before it opens to traffic.

Otherwise, it would be nice for everyone to take the train home together.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, Yan Jiefang and his family took a plane back to Beijing.

He had already arranged for people to guard and clean the courtyard house.

Therefore, everyone can check in directly after returning.

The following days were spent preparing for the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, He Yuzhu suddenly called:

"Jiefang, something terrible has happened to your family! Come quickly to courtyard number 95 and take a look!"