Chapter 285: Chapter 285 Pharmaceutical Factory

After Chu Jianghe left, Chen Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.He hadn't expected to encounter Tong Ming's competitor at this time.

However, this fellow was quite insidious, actually finding someone with intermittent mental illness to come here and cause trouble, even attempting to take his life.

But this person's composure was indeed extraordinary, one second he wanted to kill Chen Yu, and the next he was ordering a meal from him.

No wonder he had made the Chu Family the number one family in the Magic City.

After explaining some details to the employees and Xie Jiang, Chen Yu drove to the factory.

Hou Jianchang had been waiting for Chen Yu early at the factory gate.

After all, several nearby factories had already been bought by Chen Yu, and as the factory manager, Hou Jianchang had to take part in the handover as well.

But when the two arrived at the factory, they found that at the gates of several factories, there stood a large number of workers, holding various tools, their presence menacing.

Chen Yu quickly stopped the car and hurried out.

"Everyone, I'm here to take over the factory," he said. "I mean no harm, and I hope you all can put down whatever you're holding."

But these people were completely unreceptive. An elderly worker at the head of the group took a few steps forward with a hoe in hand.

"Kid, I don't care what you intend to do, but the former owner of this factory owes us money and hasn't paid up. Unless you make that guy pay us, we're not leaving."

Chen Yu couldn't help frowning. The old man's words were somewhat incoherent, but he understood the gist of them.

The workers were afraid he would take over the factory and forcibly evict them.

"Don't worry. I've taken over this factory and I've taken over all of you as well, so your wages are my responsibility. Also, I will rehire all the technical jobs in this factory!"

Upon hearing this, the workers present quieted down. The elderly man and several older workers exchanged glances, then looked at Chen Yu with suspicion.

"You're not trying to trick us, are you? I've been a factory worker all my life, and I've seen factories being sold a few times. The new factory owners always try to drive away the original workers and never pay a dime!"

Chen Yu replied somewhat helplessly, "Don't worry, I've brought the money already, and I have the factory's ledger in my hand. If you don't trust me, you can line up right now and come collect your wages from me."

The lead old man was obviously taken aback but still somewhat doubtful.

"Brothers, let's trust him this time. Line up here, and I'll see how much he's going to pay us," he said.

As he spoke, the old man directly moved some tables over in front of Chen Yu to serve as a temporary desk.

Chen Yu didn't hesitate; taking out his phone, he called out names according to the personnel roster recorded in the ledger and distributed wages in turn.

Normally, such large-scale wage distribution should be conducted through a bank, considering that it also involves many tax issues.

But given the urgent situation, Chen Yu couldn't care about that. He had to get the money into the workers' hands first and deal with the rest later.

When the workers received their full wages, they were incredulously looking at their bank card balances.

In their minds, without a struggle, there was no way to get the money rightfully owed to them.

Yet now, Chen Yu hadn't said much, and he had fully and generously paid their wages.

As everyone was moved, the old man from before stood up again. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Boss, we used to contribute to social security and the housing fund here. Now that you've paid us our wages, does it mean we are no longer entitled to these benefits?"

Chen Yu approached affectionately and patted the old man on the shoulder, then took out a booklet from his hand.

"This contains records of everyone's contributions to social security and the housing fund. After taking over the project, I will continue all of it! As long as you are willing to continue working here, none of the benefits will change."

The elder's breathing became rapid, and he stared at Chen Yu somewhat incredulously.

"What's the deal with you? Are you the 'silly and rich' type from the legends?"

Chen Yu couldn't help but smile; it seemed these workers had been scared off by deceitful practices.

"This place used to process medicinal materials, and the project I want to do also involves medicinal materials, so you are all extremely valuable to me. I don't care how much the previous factory paid you, but after I take over, everyone will get a raise of one thousand!"

At these words, all the workers present erupted in excitement. They had never expected to encounter such a fortunate circumstance, as they had all been prepared for a bloody sacrifice before.

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After pacifying the workers, Chen Yu went with Hou Jianchang into the factory.

Upon entering, Chen Yu smelled an extremely strong scent of medicine, although the smell was mixed with a lot of impurities.

It seemed that the former factory had mixed a lot of random substances into the medicine during production.

Chen Yu frowned and followed the scent to a large pool of medicinal materials.

A few of the older workers also followed behind.

After briefly observing the powdered medicinal materials inside, Chen Yu's face showed a hint of anger.

"Has the production of medicinal materials always been like this here?"

The old man from before sighed helplessly, "I've been working here ten years. At the beginning, they really used some good medicines, but as time went by, they started adding all sorts of mess, and it eventually got to this state! We reported this to the higher-ups many times, but nobody cared."

Chen Yu exhaled slowly. It seemed all of this was done by Wu Zhonghe and had nothing to do with the workers here.

"From now on, all procedures must be strictly monitored. I don't want to see this situation again. As for the medicinal materials needed for work, I will ship them from other places, ensuring they are all top-grade."

The workers again grew excited. They haven't seen real medicinal materials for a long time, let alone top-grade ones.

Chen Yu didn't say much else but reassured the workers and then moved on with Hou Jianchang to the next factory.

Of Wu Zhonghe's factories, four were pharmaceutical plants, and the rest were all food processing plants.

Almost all of the factories used very low-grade raw materials, some of which were poor quality leftovers from others.

And like the previous pharmaceutical plant, all of the workers gathered, wanting to confront Chen Yu.

However, after replenishing all of their wages, they didn't say much else. Some even regarded Chen Yu as their savior.