1980s Group-Pampering: Cannon-Fodder Real Young Lady Gets a Divorce and Becomes a Billionaire - Chapter 34
Chapter 34: Closed Thoughts
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
When Factory Manager Zhu encountered something that he could not solve, he unexpectedly realized that he had actually thought of Lan Shu at the first moment!
Although that young lady was not old, she could make Factory Manager Zhu feel that she was very convincing and reliable. Nothing seemed to be able to stump her.
Therefore, perhaps the young lady would have a good idea about this problem that he could not solve?
Thus, Factory Manager Zhu shared the difficulties he was facing with Lan Shu.
The future of the toilet paper factory was not only related to Factory Manager Zhu but also had a lot to do with Lan Shu.
She had 30% of the shares!
Lan Shu naturally wanted to solve the problem faced by the toilet paper factory, but she had no money either!
6,000 yuan was not a small sum. Factory Manager Zhu’s family could fork out 5,000 yuan, but her family could not.
Although Lan Shu didn’t know about her parents’ savings, she would never think about using her parents’ retirement money to start a business.
Big Brother did have more than 1,000 yuan in his hands, but that money was meant to build the orchards and chicken farm on the back mountain. She could not touch it.
Ever since she came to this world, Lan Shu realized for the first time how hard it was to have no money!
Now, Lan Shu was also worried about how to get the 6,000 yuan or more.
That was because even if the set of machines was bought and production could be started, they would naturally require raw materials. They would have to continue investing more money.
After thinking about it seriously, Lan Shu thought of two solutions.
The first was to continue raising funds, and the second was to borrow money.
Nowadays, the country paid more attention to business development. The policy was helpful, and the interest on loans was not high.
As for the fundraising, she would continue to let the employees in the factory gather money.
Lan Shu had just raised these two ideas when they were rejected by Factory Manager Zhu.
The old employees who had gathered funds previously had already taken out what their families could afford.
It was almost impossible for them to raise more funds, and they did not have the ability to do so.
As for loans, that would make the old employees think that this project was unreliable.
Most people in this generation had limited thinking. In their opinion, loans were a very serious and detrimental matter!
Owing money would make them restless during the day and unable to sleep in the middle of the night.
Therefore, if they wanted to take a loan, some old employees might go back on their word and ask for the money back.
“What if our fundraising is foreign fundraising?”
After Lan Shu heard Factory Manager Zhu’s concerns, she lowered her head and pondered for a moment before saying her thoughts.
“It shouldn’t be difficult to find an investment for our sanitary pad project, right?” she asked.
Factory Manager Zhu was very confident about the future of sanitary pads, but sanitary pads were not easy to talk about openly.
It would be bad for the reputation of the factory if the private things used by women were exposed openly.
Perhaps outsiders would think that their toilet paper factory was openly acting like a hooligan!
If they lost their reputation, it would be difficult to sell the things they produced.
After knowing Factory Manager Zhu’s concerns, Lan Shu had no choice but to give in. In this era, people were closed-minded about many things, causing their actions to be limited.
She suddenly thought of something. In the past, when she was in university, she had seen an entertainment news article by chance. It said that a middle-aged female celebrity with good looks and acting skills was forced to take a break when she was young. Only when she was old did she rely on her acting skills to make a name for herself.
The reason why that female celebrity was blacklisted for more than 20 years was that she had filmed an advertisement for a pair of long johns when she was young.
To the people of that era, a woman wearing a set of long johns on television was considered immoral even if the long johns at that time were loose and did not expose her curves.
A woman wearing a set of long johns to shoot an advertisement could have such an impact on her life.
Therefore, Factory Manager Zhu’s current concerns were indeed problems that Lan Shu should consider.
They could raise funds from the outside world, but they could not raise funds with great fanfare. They had to keep a low profile or even be secretive.
Just as Lan Shu was thinking about how to keep a low profile while collecting funds, someone suddenly walked in from outside Factory Manager Zhu’s office.
A few days ago, Zhang Yunjing had written an article based on Sister Lan Shu’s personal narration of her and Xu Yunjie’s marital status and the final divorce situation.
Her original intention was to motivate women to awaken their independent thoughts. They should not endure a lifetime of sorrow if their marriage was not smooth because of secular views.
Women could not always be weak. They had to learn to protect themselves and their rights. Also, they had to open their eyes and see their other halves for who they truly were.
After Zhang Yunjing wrote and submitted this story, it immediately attracted the attention of the superior unit of the Qingyang County Women’s Federation, the Linjiang Women’s Federation.
Needless to say, Zhang Yunjing’s writing was also very representative.
Therefore, the Municipal Women’s Federation published the article in the newspaper in Linjiang City and asked for a quarter of the page!
In this era, newspapers only had a total of eight pages. They were published twice a week, and all the events that had happened recently could be found in them.
In this era of underdeveloped information, newspapers had a very high status. They had a large circulation and were distributed all over the city and county.
Hence, after Lan Shu and Xu Yunjie’s matter was published, it quickly became known to the entire city and caused a heated discussion!
Xu Yunjie was despised by countless women. Many men who read the newspaper even felt that ‘Ah Jie’ was simply an embarrassment to them!
Zhang Yunjing’s story was very popular. Other than the fact that the fee was twice as much as before, her name was also known by many people now.
Yesterday, the leaders of the county, district, and women’s federations had specially come to talk to her. They openly and secretly praised her work. With her outstanding performance, she was very likely to be transferred to the City Women’s Federation next year.
Zhang Yunjing had hit the jackpot, making her instantly feel that Sister Lan Shu was simply her lucky star!
She had to thank Sister Lan Shu properly!
In addition to preparing to hand over the manuscript fees for this article to Sister Lan Shu, Zhang Yunjing also wanted to treat Sister Lan Shu to a meal!
However, at that time, she had only left an address for Sister Lan Shu. She did not have Sister Lan Shu’s contact information.
Hence, Zhang Yunjing planned to come to the paper mill to ask Factory Manager Zhu if he had any information on Sister Lan Shu.
As soon as she arrived, she bumped into the two of them talking about the financing of the toilet paper factory.
When Zhang Yunjing was walking in from the outside, although she did not hear much, she heard that the toilet paper factory needed to raise funds from the outside world.
She was quite interested in the sanitary pads that Sister Lan Shu mentioned!
Previously, when Factory Manager Zhu was collecting internal funds, she could not participate because she was not an employee of the factory.
Now that there was an opportunity, she naturally wouldn’t miss it!
