Alice's Dream Club

There will always be unsatisfactory places in life, even for a rich kid who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, let alone an ordinary person who started a business from scratch.

Looking at the report and information in his hand, Meng Lihe frowned.

The report records the details of the factory's sales this quarter, and the information next to it is the introduction of another large company, as well as its sincerity in expressing its intention to acquire in detail and the arrangements that need to be discussed in detail later.

Raising his head, Meng Lihe looked at the secretary who was standing on the opposite side of the desk waiting for his instructions.

"Go and do your business first, and I'll call you if there's anything else to do."

"Okay, then I'll go out first."

In response, the secretary helped Meng Lihe close the office door when he left.

Sitting at the desk in silence for a while, probably confirming that his secretary had left, Meng Lihe stood up abruptly and threw everything on the desk, including those documents and reports, to the ground.

The clothing manufacturing industry is inherently difficult to do, neither like those original parts manufacturing industries that can easily apply for aid funds, nor is it like the financial industry that is responsible for a large amount of manual labor at the same time. The sales that have been declining for several consecutive quarters are the most powerful proof that the factory is going bankrupt and his business is declining.

In this quarter, the factory finally reached the brink of bankruptcy.

Picking up the phone, Meng Lihe dialed the bank and made an appointment for the personal loan business. He gradually suppressed the anger in his heart and cleaned up the messy office by himself.

When he picked up the merger and acquisition documents, the anger in Meng Lihe's heart flared up again.

Meng Lihe is not afraid of failure, and he can even accept the vicious condition of "I will lose my job immediately after being acquired" in the acquisition conditions. He is not afraid of becoming impoverished again, just work hard again.

The reason why he was so angry was that the company had clearly stated that it would lay off a large number of employees after the merger and acquisition, and would not help arrange the lives of the dismissed personnel.

Sooner or later, mechanical assembly operations will replace a large amount of manpower. Meng Lihe also understands this, but what about those who have been fired?

The vast majority of employees in the factory are either some elderly people who are employed for the second time, or some people with low education level who came to work in the city. It is precisely because they have not mastered any skills that they quit in the first wave. He was dismissed because he had no higher education and could only work in the bottom labor force.

Almost all of them are the only source of income in the family, and they support their small families alone.

There are hundreds of people, hundreds of families, and eighty percent of them will lose their only support at once...

At least Meng Lihe couldn't imagine how many cries he would hear when that moment came.

So even if it was for those people, Meng Lihe would not accept this merger agreement.

After packing up the office, he picked up his briefcase and prepared to go to the bank. The previous commercial loan has not been fully repaid, and no one is optimistic about his backward factory that relies on manpower for financing. There is really no other way. He can only look at himself now. Whether the house can be used as a mortgage, and use your own money to turn around the factory's capital chain that is about to break.

Opening the door of the office, the sound of the sewing machine immediately echoed in his ears, and his secretary also came into sight.

Judging by the situation, she probably didn't leave at all.

Smiling slightly awkwardly, Meng Lihe sighed softly: "I cleaned it up myself."

secretary:"……"

With a chuckle, the secretary shook his head slightly and gradually became serious.

"Factory Manager, there must be another way. The training of skills has achieved preliminary results. If we have some more time, we can definitely use that compromise method to let..."

"What's lacking now is time and funds." Meng Lihe interrupted the secretary's words, and looked down at the scene that was admittedly busy at work, "How is the progress of the assistance application for handmade products?"

"It's still being approved..." The secretary showed a distressed expression when he heard the words, "You know, this kind of review has always been very strict, which will cause the process to take a very long time..."

"Well, then accompany me to the bank, you drive."

After handing over the car keys to the secretary, Meng Lihe walked out of the factory.

"The bank?" The secretary followed quickly. It stands to reason that as a secretary, she shouldn't ask these things, she just needs to execute them. But in order to save unnecessary expenses, the secretary is actually Meng Lihe's deputy. "The loan thing is not..."

"I'll see how much my house can be mortgaged. If it doesn't work, I'll sell it. At least I can turn around temporarily."

When it came to selling the house, Meng Lihe didn't show any distress, on the contrary, he made the secretary feel so open-minded.

"Anyway, I have been alone for so many years. It is a waste for me to live in such a big two-bedroom apartment."

"Haven't you thought about the future? What if you finally meet the person you like?"

The pressure on Meng Lihe's shoulders was already very heavy, and the secretary didn't want to let this topic continue to become another pressure that made it difficult for Meng Lihe to breathe.

"The person you like?" Looking at the secretary who had followed him for many years and spent all his youth on this factory, Meng Lihe just smiled lightly and did not respond.

Already found it.

When they came out of the bank, both Meng Lihe and the secretary had serious expressions on their faces. Even if they smiled, it was full of bitterness.

Due to the location problem, even if the house is mortgaged, it will not be able to borrow much money. Similarly, even if it is sold, it will be a drop in the bucket for the factory.

A dull atmosphere hovered above the two of them again.

It was already evening when we returned to the factory, and it was time for the workers to get off work.

Seeing their factory manager and secretary returning from work, the workers showed their most sincere smiles to the two bosses who had been providing them with work, and there was indescribable gratitude in the smiles.

"You go back first, I'll go shopping alone and see if I can think of other ways."

"good."

Any words of consolation are useless, the secretary knows this very well, and more importantly, years of getting along with her have made her understand that Meng Lihe is not the kind of person who needs this kind of emotional comfort. Watching his back disappear into the factory building, she deeply He took a deep breath and left the workshop immediately.

The moment she turned around, there was a firmness in the secretary's eyes that others couldn't understand, and behind her, a tall tower that seemed to reach the sky faintly appeared, but it disappeared in an instant.

Lynch, who was taking a walk after dinner, happened to see this scene.

Don't ask Lynch why he came to this small city on the 18th line for a walk, because he didn't know what he thought and came here just by opening the door.

However, there is a saying that goes well: come all come, right?

Walking is walking everywhere, and when you come to a city that you have never been to before, you can experience a new body that is completely different from the city you live in... Shit!

"Alas!"

After shaking off the stagnant water that he accidentally stepped on because he was distracted while reading the story, Lynch comforted himself with the excuse of "this is not shit".

The sky-reaching tower that does not exist in this water town is naturally the reality of the club appearing in the eyes of traders, but the woman rejected the place he most desires in his heart, which made Lynch have to mention it to her. some interest.

"It is indeed not common for people to listen to the whispers of the devil and still refuse the temptation, but does the master need to be so curious?"

Alice suddenly appeared beside Lynch, holding a pair of brand new leather shoes in her hands, and her eyes were fixed on the old pair of shoes that Lynch stepped into the puddle.

The meaning she conveyed is very easy to understand: throw it away if it is dirty.

And this attitude is very resolute and irresistible: If you don't change it today, don't even think about entering the door today, change it for my old lady now!

"These are the shoes I wore when I joined the job, and they are very commemorative." Lynch ignored Alice's tough attitude, and squatted down on the spot to protect his old pair of shoes, "Only these things can remind me of my past It’s still a human being, if you say you can throw it away now, you might as well throw it at the garbage station with me.”

Then Alice abruptly picked Lynch up from the ground, walked briskly, and threw him into the garbage dump not far away.

Alice's throwing method is quite particular, unbiased and unbiased, and Lynch just threw it into the shredder that was crushing the garbage for landfill. So when Lynch ran back from the garbage station angrily, his hands had no chance to pinch Alice's face and flick her head hard.

——Little Zuo and Xiao You are helping their master to hide his embarrassment.

"Is it necessary to use such an absolute!"

Alice already had a new set of clothes in her hands at this time, everything from underwear to coats, including the pair of shoes she was holding just now.

"Now the master can be changed, right?"

Lynch: "..."

This situation had never happened before, so while getting dressed, Lynch began to think about the possibility that Alice was so persistent.

After pondering for a long time, Lynch asked tentatively, "Did you choose this set from a tailor?"

Alice shook her head: "No."

Lin Qi was furious when he heard the words: "Then you..."

"I made it myself."

Well, the little anger in my heart disappeared on the spot.

But this truth made Lynch suddenly think of another question: "Then why is it so hard for you to knit sweaters?"

After thinking about it, Alice turned her head aside: "Master, you are really good at chatting."

Finally, Lynch pulled Alice and followed the woman in the direction that the woman left. Although he was a little curious about the woman's firmness in rejecting her inner desires, he had a feeling that he would definitely see it after following up. Premonition of something interesting.