The people from the provincial government and the county staff arrived at the Flour Improver Factory. Amid the crackle of firecrackers, they hung a gleaming bronze plaque at the entrance to the factory office.
Looking up at the plaque reading "Outstanding Foreign-Invested Enterprise," Wang Yuanwen felt as though he were dreaming.
He had not yet had the chance to call Wang Ye and ask what was going on. He planned to wait until the provincial officials had left before calling him.
He had spent decades within the system. Although he had never risen particularly high, he understood how things worked.
That bronze plaque might not look like much. It might not even bring any tangible benefits to the factory; it was merely an honorary title.
But the indirect benefits it brought were numerous!
Most directly, it firmly established the Flour Improver Factory's status as a foreign-invested enterprise!
Whether at the county or city level, no one would dare stir up trouble over the factory's foreign-invested status again...
Wang Yuanwen only wanted to run the factory properly, expand production, hire more workers, and sell its products across the country.
It was not about making a fortune. More than anything, it gave him a greater sense of accomplishment!
The county had always been poor and lacked any decent enterprises. Many young people who failed to get into university after high school had no choice but to leave home and head north or south to find work.
If he could expand the factory and provide enough jobs, many people would not have to leave their hometowns. They could find decent work in the county and support their families.
That was why, once the factory made money, he had been willing to distribute so much of it among the workers.
Then he built new