Chapter 544: Chapter 544

Factory Director Lu waited a moment, and seeing that nobody spoke up, he quickly took the initiative to invite everyone to sit down!

Then he introduced the five people to Zhen Yu one by one. Follow current novᴇls on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

Clearly, the ones who could make it today were all senior leaders of the dairy factory, each in charge of their own domain. There were those responsible for raw materials, personnel, sales, production, and technical experts related to the equipment!

"Since everyone is here, let’s lay our cards on the table and see if we can pool together the capital needed to build the factory, shall we?" Factory Director Lu looked at Zhen Yu and asked.

"Let’s not rush into discussing the factory construction just yet." Zhen Yu’s expression was somewhat stern, "How do you plan to deal with the four million yuan debt?"

This matter involved a significant amount of money, something Factory Director Lu could neither hide nor trivialize! So he directly revealed the answer. "The authorities are aware that we have no money to repay now! So they have prepared a contract for me, committing to pay off the four million within a few years."

Zhen Yu nodded, "How many years?"

"This... I haven’t figured that out yet." Factory Director Lu appeared hesitant, as he had been struggling with this issue lately! He wanted to repay it quickly, but also feared...

As soon as the conversation turned to practical matters, the group of men finally began to speak.

"Old Lu! You have to be careful with this matter!"

"Indeed! The term shouldn’t be set too short! After all, we are all crossing the river by feeling the stones..."

Zhen Yu interjected, "What is the maximum number of years the authorities have given? I mean the most!"

"Then let’s go with four years! The later the repayment, the better!"

What Zhen Yu didn’t say was that the later the repayment, the less the money would be worth!

Upon hearing this, Factory Director Lu didn’t make a sound, but instead exchanged glances with a few of his brothers.

As it turned out, everyone also felt it was better to repay the money later, and they all nodded in agreement.

Only then did he nod at Zhen Yu, acknowledging this point.

Just when Factory Director Lu thought that he could finally discuss the construction of the factory, Zhen Yu suddenly blurted out another question!

"The contract with the authorities has not been signed yet, right?!"

Factory Director Lu was bewildered but still spoke the truth: "Not yet, but we’ve almost finished negotiating..."

"No! There’s a lot more!" Zhen Yu suddenly interrupted Factory Director Lu decisively! "The other party mentioned ’all tangible assets can only belong to them,’ so do we own all the intangible assets?"

As everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, Zhen Yu retorted loudly: "Not at all!"

"Besides the brand, what other intangible assets are there in the factory?"

"Are you referring to the formula?" The R&D Department Director, after being questioned by Zhen Yu for a while, suddenly came to this realization.

"Exactly! The formula! It’s the most important! There’s also the transfer of the brand, the most critical should be the ownership of the ’Snowflake’ trademark, right? Additionally, are there any patents applied for in the factory?"

Factory Director Lu nodded, "Yes!"

"Why wouldn’t you want them?!" Zhen Yu almost immediately retorted without thinking: "A debt of four million in exchange for just a brand, don’t you think that’s too much of a loss?!"

Factory Director Lu’s face turned a bit unsightly, not because he was scolded by Zhen Yu but because he suddenly realized that he had been too focused on the issues of the brand and factory funding, thus neglecting these more important details.

"I will talk to the authorities as soon as possible; we must compete for these things!"

But Zhen Yu said, "Don’t rush! Besides us, no one else is planning to take over, right?"

"Ah..." Factory Director Lu suddenly had an epiphany. "I understand what you mean now!"

Zhen Yu exchanged a smile with him, with an understanding beyond words.

None of the people capable of leadership were fools; after Zhen Yu’s words circulated in their minds, they all understood.

It’s not a one-sided deal! If they wanted to fight for all the intangible assets, they would have to wait until the authorities couldn’t sit still and came knocking on their door! Only then would the initiative fall into Factory Director Lu’s hands!

"Can we now discuss the investment in factory construction?" Factory Director Lu once again brought the topic back to this.

With those three words from Zhen Yu, everyone straightened up.

Yet, she pretended not to notice anything and continued, "Factory Director Lu, you should have a rough budget, right? Can you first tell me about how much capital is needed to build a dairy factory?"

Factory Director Lu fell silent for a moment before replying, "Firstly, we don’t need to pay for the brand and formula but need to take on the debt! So, we can put aside the issue of investing money here for now!"

Everyone nodded in agreement; this was a consensus they had just reached.

"Secondly, our most urgent needs are the factory building and production equipment! The investment required for these is approximately 2.5 million yuan!" Factory Director Lu paused on purpose, then continued, "And it can be paid in installments!"

"You’ve found a suitable factory?" Zhen Yu felt something was off when she heard that figure! If it were about buying land to build a factory and purchasing new equipment, that amount of money wouldn’t suffice at all! And upon hearing that installment payments were possible, she immediately understood. Factory Director Lu had likely already been in touch with the other party.

Sure enough, upon her question, Factory Director Lu directly laid bare the details in front of everyone.

"I’ve found a closed factory in Rich District, they are asking for 3 million! Land, factory building, equipment, everything included! But I think the price can still be negotiated down a bit."

"Okay! Please, continue," Zhen Yu prompted.

"The last part of the investment will only be relevant after we actually start producing, such as salaries for personnel, purchasing raw and auxiliary materials, and so on! But this only requires upfront investment, and if the factory can develop healthily and operate continuously, it will quickly be able to turn over," explained Factory Director Lu.

"I understand!" Zhen Yu nodded to show she understood, "It’s like needing to pour a bucket of water into a well to draw more water, right?!"

"Yes! Exactly! That analogy is spot-on!" Factory Director Lu clapped his hands together before continuing: "Next we should tally up the investment amounts!"

"Yes! Let’s quickly figure out how much more we need for the factory building!"

Factory Director Lu raised his hand to quiet the discussion and continued: "I’ll start! I have one hundred thousand yuan in savings at home, and I plan to sell the house I’m living in, which should also fetch about one hundred thousand. I’ll borrow some from my older and younger brothers, totaling about 250,000 yuan. I can invest about one-tenth."

"I don’t have as much as you! I won’t get into the details of scraping it up! But I can only contribute one hundred thousand yuan at most!" said the R&D Department Director first.

The other five people also followed suit with amounts ranging from fifty to one hundred thousand.

Everyone listened while silently adding up in their minds. In the end, the seven people from the dairy factory side reported a total amount of 750,000 yuan.