A father turned to his son for a solution

After hanging up, Lin Jianguo fell deep into thought. How was he supposed to handle this?

The secretary had said that an estimated thirty thousand workers would be laid off this time. How was he supposed to deal with over thirty thousand people? How could he find jobs for them?

Lin Jianguo handed responsibility for supervising the dam reinforcement over to his secretary.

He immediately headed back to look up information, consult others, and draw up an initial plan...

Three or four days later.

Inside the chairman's office at the Lin Group.

"Boss, we've acquired dozens of clothing factories, bag factories, shoe factories, and jewelry workshops according to your instructions..."

"Boss, the advertisements we placed with the National Broadcasting Station have produced outstanding results. Dozens more companies have approached us about becoming distributors, and both our Beauty Series and Goddess of the Luo River Series are selling extremely well..."

Lin Chao Ci sat in his office chair, quietly listening to the two beauties report to him.

Li Si Han had joined the company recently. After training and guidance from the former secretary, she already showed some of the polish of a proper secretary.

Seeing that her boss had hired such a beautiful secretary, Fang Miaoke felt inexplicably jealous, along with a sense of danger.

She was a little worried, a little afraid that this seductive vixen would lure her boss in.

Fang Miaoke, what are you thinking? What does it matter to you who the boss gets involved with? Why are you letting your imagination run wild? Don't tell me you've fallen for him?

No, no, no! I don't like the boss. I don't like him! I'm just worried that some vixen will seduce him, make him neglect the company, and cause it to go bankrupt...

Fang Miaoke felt utterly confused. For some reason, she simply couldn't stop caring about her boss's attitude toward his new secretary.

She kept comforting herself with one excuse after another, unwilling to acknowledge that suspicion in her heart—that truth.

Lin Chao Ci glanced at the reports the two women handed him and nodded in satisfaction, thoroughly approving of their efficiency and competence.

"Secretary Li, keep buying factories and expanding. As long as the price is right, buy as many as you can. We're riding a boom right now. Anything we buy will make money!"

"Secretary Fang, speak to the National Broadcasting Station again. I intend to buy out all their advertising slots for the coming month. I want everyone in the country to know about Lin Clothing..."

This was the perfect time to make money. With a strong enough tailwind, even a pig could fly.

Lin Chao Ci was considering whether he should go to the banks, leverage his assets, and take out secured loans.

He could imitate the property developers of later years, who mortgaged buildings before construction was even complete, raised a fresh sum of cash, then used it to buy more land and build more houses, repeating the process over and over.

Some property developers had leveraged just a few million into hundreds of millions.

Their methods were truly impressive.

Lin Chao Ci thought it over and ultimately decided against it.

The Lin Family wasn't the only powerful family in the country. If an enemy used the banks to get a stranglehold on him, leaving his loans overdue or deliberately targeting him...

The outcome was easy to imagine. The entire company would collapse, falling like a row of dominoes, with no ability to withstand risk.

Too dangerous!

It wasn't that Lin Chao Ci was conservative or worrying over nothing. Some families truly were vile and malicious.

He would rather advance steadily than let anyone get a stranglehold on him.

Thinking about it that way, I need to find an opportunity to repay the fifty-odd million I borrowed from the bank as soon as possible!

Fortunately, the company is still only in its infancy. Those greedy bastards won't be interested in these paltry sums yet. There's no reason for them to offend me over it...

Having spent decades in officialdom in his previous life, Lin Chao Ci had acquired the cautious temperament of a seasoned political veteran.

Better to achieve nothing than make a mistake.

When you stood too high, the fall would be disastrous. You were certain to be smashed to pieces.

He couldn't take a single wrong step or lose his footing even once.

Lin Chao Ci had just finished giving his secretaries their instructions when the phone beside him rang.

A glance showed that it was his father calling.

Lin Chao Ci was slightly surprised. His father hadn't returned home in the two weeks since leaving for the provincial capital and seemed to have been busy the entire time.

He normally never called without a reason, so this call most likely meant something had happened.

Lin Chao Ci answered, and his father's slightly weary voice came through the phone:

"I'm home. Come back for a bit. There's something I'd like to discuss with you!"

"Sure!"

Although he didn't know what his father wanted, Lin Chao Ci agreed immediately and arranged for his driver to take him home.

When he arrived, he found his father sitting alone on the sofa, unshaven, with heavy dark circles under his eyes. He looked terrible.

"Dad, what happened to you?"

Deeply puzzled, Lin Chao Ci hurried over to ask.

"Ah..." His father sighed. After struggling for a long while to find the words, he finally said slowly, "The standing committee put me in charge of finding placements for the laid-off workers. I've put together four or five plans recently, but every one of them has been rejected..."

His father rubbed his temples, utterly exhausted.

He was nominally the head of the worker placement team, but he had to report to the standing committee before taking any action.

He could act only once the standing committee approved.

He was deeply distressed. Several days had passed, and all his plans had been rejected. He felt as though every nerve in his brain was about to die.

"What? They put you in charge of finding jobs for the workers? That's outrageous! They're obviously targeting you!"

After hearing this, Lin Chao Ci's expression darkened as well.

He had heard a little about this matter in his previous life. Back then, another deputy governor had been responsible. The compensation that man offered was meager, and with no jobs available in the cities, he had sent most of the workers to rural areas and small towns.

That had left many workers dissatisfied, triggered several mass protests, and prompted numerous people to report him.

With so many complaints, people coveting his position, and political enemies pulling strings behind the scenes, the higher authorities had actually sent investigators down to examine him.

The investigation uncovered wrongdoing everywhere, and he was immediately placed under disciplinary detention.

The repercussions had been enormous. He had even been singled out for criticism on the National Broadcasting Station.

"Ah, it's too late for regrets. I've already accepted the assignment, so all I can do now is find a solution! Son, you're clever and resourceful. Hurry and help your father think of something!"

The province had only so many factories, the government had no money, and the provincial Party committee wouldn't cooperate. Nothing but trouble, nothing but obstacles!

Lin Jianguo truly had no idea what to do anymore.

In his despair, he had thought of his clever, resourceful son. Somewhere deep inside, he had a feeling that his son would be able to solve this.

Lin Chao Ci said nothing as he considered it carefully. After thinking for a while, he finally spoke. "My company has bought over a dozen factories now. Each can hire several hundred workers, so we can take on five thousand employees!"

"If we run two shifts and some employees are willing to work nights, we could theoretically hire ten thousand! The wages just wouldn't be very high..."

"For those who aren't assigned jobs, give them more compensation, or approach more businesses and see whether they're hiring. Try to make sure every worker finds a job..."