BHBF Chapter 56.3

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 2) Chapter 56.3: The Bitter Heroine (71)

Boss Huang tried to persuade for a long time, but seeing that there was no effect, he was very annoyed. Finally, he could only say bluntly: “Old sir, the factory is not doing well. If you ask for 20% of the shares now, I am afraid that the workers will get even less money.”

 

“Look, they also have to support their families. How about this? You take half of the shares, and I’ll make the decision and give Miss Yingniang ten machines.”

 

Shao Yu listened and said with a smile: “It’s my fault.”

 

Boss Huang thought there was a chance, but Shao Yu continued, “I thought you could be the boss of the factory, but I didn’t expect you couldn’t. Then I won’t bother you anymore.”

 

Shao Yu’s words clearly showed that he didn’t intend to continue the conversation.

 

Boss Huang suddenly became anxious and stopped him, saying, “Don’t leave, old man. Let’s sit down and talk slowly.”

 

Boss Huang continued to play the victim, but Shao Yu still had the same attitude. After half a day of grinding, Shao Yu seemed annoyed and stood up to leave, saying, “Since Boss Huang is not sincere, I’d better go somewhere else.”

 

Seeing his firm attitude, Mr. Huang became anxious and said, “It’s 20%, but this batch of machines must be improved to be better than Annie’s.”

 

Annie Loom Factory is the big factory in Hong Kong City.

 

Shao Yu nodded.

 

Only then did Boss Huang breathe a sigh of relief.

 

The deal was settled, but Shao Yu demanded to sign the technical agreement and transfer equity immediately. “Don’t be in such a hurry, let me see the prototype before I transfer it,” said Boss Huang. Shao Yu’s attitude was still very firm, and he was unwilling to wait even for a moment.  “What should I do if you take the capital but don’t do practical work?” asked Boss Huang. Shao Yu only said: “Without technological improvements, your factory will soon be closed down. You have no room to bargain with me now.”

 

Boss Huang was helpless, thinking that the manager had already seen the upgraded machine, which proved Shao Yu’s ability. He could only invite a lawyer to come and quickly draft an agreement. Shao Yu did not keep an eye on the lawyer throughout the process, but asked Shao Yingniang to conduct a preliminary review of the agreement, which was also to make Shao Yingniang more cautious in the future.

 

Boss Huang now knows that Shao Yu is a shrewd man, so he didn’t play any tricks on the agreement.

 

When she returned to Shanghai, Shao Yingniang also brought ten newly improved machines.

 

Shao Yingniang had already chosen a location. The place was originally an abandoned factory building. Now after some tidying up, her loom factory could start operation directly.

 

Shao Yingniang was a woman, and when she first set up the factory, she did encounter a lot of harassment from people. However, with the secret protection of Shao Yu and the ring from Third Master Bai that she always wore on her finger, she was able to block most of the attacks.

 

She managed to withstand the remaining small part of the attack on her own.

 

Most of the workers recruited by Shao Yingniang’s factory were female workers, and many of them were relatives and friends of the girls in the alley. Because Shao Yingniang’s treatment was very good and the female workers were determined to change their fate, the factory experienced a qualitative leap in just one year.

 

At the same time, the Wang family in Wencheng.

 

Wang Jizong was first blackmailed by Shao Yu, and then his mother was severely blackmailed by someone else. In addition, his private opium business was confiscated by Marshal Wencheng. The Wang family has been in a slump for three years and has not recovered yet.

 

The old lady has not been in charge of affairs for the past three years, perhaps because she was afraid of meeting outsiders. She spends all day worshiping Buddha in the small Buddhist temple of the Wang family. The only person she sees every day is the old housekeeper, and she rarely even sees her own son Wang Jizong.

 

Wang Jizong and Shao Yingniang divorced. Even though the family business was not doing well, he did not stay single for long. Instead, he quickly married a new wife. This time, his new wife was the younger sister of his original wife. But no one knew if it was because of his bad luck, but after three years of marriage with his new wife, only had a daughter.

 

However, the new wife was not as easy to bully as Shao Yingniang. She would not allow Wang Jizong to bully her. After giving birth to a daughter, she said that she was injured and needed to take good care of herself. She planned to wait for two years before giving birth again.

 

Although the Wang family had been looking forward to having a grandson for many years, the Wang family’s business was not doing well now, and they could not stand up to the Yue family. The Yue family was also very ambitious, and took advantage of the Wang family’s weakness to secretly swallow up a lot of the Wang family’s assets.

 

“Mom, the war is getting closer and closer, and we don’t know when it will reach Wencheng. I’m thinking, why not move our family to Shanghai.” It was a rare opportunity for Wang Jizong to see the old lady, but they were talking about such a big thing as relocation.

 

After hearing this, the old lady looked at him in surprise and said, “People are worthless when they leave their hometown. What should we do if we leave Wencheng?”

 

Wang Jizong understood that the old lady was old and didn’t want to be away from her hometown.

 

“Wencheng, the commander, was very efficient against us, but he may not be very capable against the Japanese. If we stay here, we will die. We might as well go out and fight.”

 

Madam Wang was still unwilling and said, “The family’s properties are all in Wencheng. Our Wang family’s roots are here.”

 

“Since my father-in-law is so covetous of my Wang family’s property, I will just transfer it to him.” Wang Jizong said very easily.

 

Old Lady Wang was very reluctant. She was about to reprimand Wang Jizong, but his next words made her change her mind.

 

“Although we kept mother’s affairs a secret, there have been rumors circulating over the past two years. The people in Chenjia Village are not trustworthy. I’m afraid…” Wang Jizong hadn’t finished speaking, but the old lady’s face turned pale and she immediately changed her tone and said, “It’s better to move. A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live. If you go to Shanghai, you may be able to achieve great things.”