Handsome—that was the factory manager's first impression of the Federal businessman before him.
He was too handsome. It made the factory manager feel inferior and made him think he was ugly.
Then there was his bearing.
The young man before him possessed a bearing that should not have appeared in someone his age.
Like an abyss, like the sea.
"Mr. Lin Qi, you must be a noble, right?" The more the factory manager looked at the young man, the more convinced he became that he was a noble.
That distinctive aristocratic bearing appeared on the young man, and it was nothing like the bearing of a capitalist.
The mayor's secretary frowned. "Mr. Lin Qi is an outstanding Federal capitalist..."
Lin Qi raised a hand to stop the mayor's secretary and said with a springlike smile, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with putting it that way. I do hold a title from Gefra."
"You may not know this, but that description isn't wrong."
The mayor's secretary's stern face immediately turned into a smile. With an expression of apparent surprise, he flattered him, "So Mr. Lin Qi has such an additional identity. Truly remarkable."
The factory manager maintained his ingratiating expression. As for what he was thinking, perhaps only he knew.
The group arrived at the meeting room in the office building. Under the mayor's secretary's urging, the factory manager began introducing the current state of the factory.
"Our factory was founded in... and has been operating for nearly sixty years."
"There are currently more than 1,300 employees in the factory..."
This was a factory with a long history. From the earliest hand-cranked washing machines to the electric washing machines of today, it had experienced a long period of development.
At its peak, its products had sold well throughout the province and ranked