Chapter 505: Chapter 492: Not So Great


    Moreover, it’s quite clear that he has great, even one might say, total hope.


    This attitude gives Zhuang Qingning some cause for concern.


    She worries that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. If the workshop couldn’t be sessfully established, not only would Feng Yongfu fail to understand, but he may even be angry out of disappointment.


    It’s not out of the question that he may resent being given hope only to be let down in such a way.


    Although Zhuang Qingning doesn’t mind doing good deeds, she doesn’t want her kindness to be perceived as an entitlement nor to arouse insatiable greed.


    “Vige Chief Feng,” Zhuang Qingning interrupted Feng Yongfu, “The workshop matter, we are also just trying it out. Whether it can be sessful, we need to look at the actual situation.”


    “I don’t know if you’re well informed about the sweet potato ss noodles workshop in Miao Vige…”


    “I’m aware, I’m aware. Master Ding already mentioned this to me.”


    Feng Yongfu’s face was still full of smiles, “Miao Vige was not much better off to begin with. It was slightly better off than Feng Vige, but only slightly. However, after Manager Zhuang opened a ss noodles workshop in Miao Vige, their lives improved considerably.”


    “I’ve heard that the people of Miao Vige now eat white steamed buns every day. Isn’t this thanks to Manager Zhuang and her workshop? That’s why I’ve been saying, if Manager Zhuang is willing to open a workshop here, surely the lives of the people in Feng Vige will also improve a lot…”<div>


    Zhuang Qingning was suddenly at a loss for words.


    Why is speaking with Feng Yongfu so frustrating?


    You try to discuss with him about the risks, yet he only focuses on the rewards, not mentioning what might happen if the workshop can’t get off the ground, and instead brings up irrelevant examples as “proof”, leaving you at a loss for an appropriate rebuttal.


    With a sigh of resignation, Zhuang Qingning said truthfully, “Yes, Vige Chief Feng, you are correct. If this workshop could thrive like the one in Miao Vige, Feng Vige would naturally reap substantial benefits.”


    “I’ll outline the general model of this workshop…”


    “Like in Miao Vige, this workshop will be a collective effort. Everyone will invest money ording to their capacity and hold corresponding silver stocks to ensure sessful preparation of the workshop. In Miao Vige, each household invested in the form of sweet potatoes, while I provided the prescription in exchange for silver stock participation. Wages are paid to the workers in the workshop on a monthly basis, while those holding silver stocks settle ounts once every three months and divide the profit.”


    “If we want to establish this dried noodles workshop in Feng Vige, because most households in Feng Vige are hunters and may not have sufficient wheat or flour to invest, each household will have to invest money to get this workshop up and running. Meanwhile, I will continue to hold a certain silver stock by providing the recipe for the dried noodles.”


    Vige Chief Feng nodded, “Master Ding discussed this with me. I asked in detail about the sweet potato workshop in Miao Vige. I understand the system of silver stock clearly, it’s just that…”


    “Manager Zhuang, to tell you the truth, the people in Feng Vige are extremely poor. If you ask each household to invest money in building a dried noodles workshop, I’m afraid that besides me, no one else in the whole vige would be willing.”


    “If really necessary, would this be eptable? Manager Zhuang, you’re a businesswoman; on one hand, you have some money, on the other, you’re very experienced in establishing workshops. Why don’t you provide the funds to start the workshop here?”


    “After it’s up and running, when ites to the vigers’ wages from working in the workshop, you don’t have to pay the full amount. Just pay half, and reserve the other half as the vigers’ purchase of the workshop’s silver stock. Gradually, each household will own more and more silver stock until it’s like Miao Vige.”


    “Manager Zhuang, what do you think about this idea?”


    Not good.


    Zhuang Qingning frowned, almost blurting out the line.


    The silver stock system was designed to be co-owned like a collective property, not for the sake of being collective, but because no single household in the vige could establish such arge workshop. Therefore, they could only gather all resources over time, umting little by little to get the workshop up and running.


    Feng Yongfu…God, he proposed upfront that she fund the whole workshop.


    Bluntly speaking, if she were to set up her own workshop, whether in Enji Vige or nearby viges, she could do it anytime, without having to travel so far for something so troublesome.


    As for Feng Yongfu’s suggestion that vigers slowly exchange their wages for silver stock, it is somewhat absurd.


    Basically, they don’t need to spend any money, nor worry about finding work elsewhere. They can directly earn wages from working in the dried noodles workshop, and at the same time, cunningly umte the workshop’s silver stock bit by bit.<div>


    To put it bluntly, she would be the initial investor, painstakingly developing the workshop, only for others to benefit in the end.


    Moreover, it’s quite clear that the one who would benefit doesn’t appreciate her effort.


    If earlier Feng Yongfu’s words showed that he was a bit naive due to the extreme poverty in the vige, Zhuang Qingning felt she had definitely misjudged him.


    Feng Yongfu was an extremely smart man, who had calcted everything very meticulously.<div>


    Zhuang Qingning raised her eyebrows, her tone not as gentle as before, “Vige Chief Feng, your proposal is indeed very good for Feng Vige.”


    “Well, as the vige chief, I have to think about creating opportunities for everyone in the vige, don’t I?” Feng Yongfu replied with a smile, “Manager Zhuang and Master Ding, aren’t you both also hoping to help Feng Vige prosper?”


    “When Master Ding came, he couldn’t stop singing praises for you, Manager Zhuang. He only said that although Manager Zhuang was a businesswoman, she was truly a good person.”


    “At that time, I said that meeting Manager Zhuang was really a fortunate thing for Feng Vige…”


    Listening to thesepliments, Zhuang Qingning held back her discontent, managing only a faint smile, “Since Vige Chief Feng knows I am a businesswoman, then this will make our discussion easier.”


    “As businesspeople, we look at how much money has been spent, how much has been earned, how much profit can be made, whether a deal is profitable or not. If it’s a deal that incurs losses, naturally nobody would be willing to engage in it.”


    Her words seemed to hint at something; Feng Yongfu understood, but only chuckled lightly, “Well, whether it is profitable or not depends not just on the present, but on the long term.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om