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Chapter 33 - Gift

A burst of laughter permeated the air of the private room. Lu Feng's words were like a joke to everyone present. In Ren Qianbo's eyes, Lu Feng was able to earn money because he laid his eyes on the rural market.

If Ren had seen the potential in the rural market first, he would not have to worry about it. Now, Lu Feng was using the limited amount of money he had earned to set up his headquarters. It was really funny from his perspective.

Han Dong originally thought Lu Feng was going to use the profit to expand the canned food production; although there was fierce competition with Wan Yuan, there were still profits. He did not expect Lu Feng to enter the children's snack field and fight with Ren Qianbo. Lu Feng was courting death from Han Dong’s eyes?

Ren Qianbo had millions!

"Boss Lu you want to make food for children?" Han Dong caught up to him and said, "I think we should still make canned food; at least we're familiar with it. If we throw so much money in an unknown field, we'll lose out; furthermore, we're competing with Wan Yuan Food! Really."

Lu Feng stood up and smiled, "Afraid?"

"We can't compare to him in any way." Han Dong could not understand why Lu Feng was so confident. The market was fully grown, and various channels were occupied. Even if there was a price war, they would not be able to compete with such people with the limited money they possessed.

Datou nodded as he listened. He felt Han Dong's worries made sense. The conditions were all laid out. Everyone could clearly see the chances of success were basically non-existent.

Lu Feng told the two with a serious expression, "According to what you said, as long as a company occupies the market and stabilizes the quality of its products, it can surely succeed?"

"If you're someone like Qianbo, you deserve to be a factory owner?" Lu Feng showed an expression of disdain. He shook his head, "A person like him is a product of the circumstances. It's the times that made him. The others don't have the money to start a business. The market is very empty and the chances of success are high!"

"In my eyes, he is as fragile as a paper tiger." Lu Feng confidently added.

"But your cannery has already closed down!" Datou gave an instant response. Han Dong nudged him and whispered, "Boss Lu is bragging. Don't say anything!"

Lu Feng could feel that they didn't believe in him. Many things were tied down in this era, when they had to ask people about Taoism.

"Trust me. It's not easy to kick him out of the race." Lu Feng waved his hand, "Let's head to that sugar factory."

The sugar factory was originally a state-owned enterprise; later, it was one of the first ones to be operated in a mixed system. People involved in it probably did not know the complications of shares.

It had only been a few years, yet only one factory was left. The grass was growing in the courtyard, making it look desolate. This land was under the jurisdiction of the State Administration of the City. Han Dong happened to know the Section Chief in charge of this place.

"Which one of you wants to rent it?" An old man in his fifties or sixties sized up the three of them and landed his eyes steadily on the Datou.

"Me! Thank you for your hard work." Lu Feng swiftly stuffed a pack of cigarettes he had bought into the Section Chief’s shirt pocket. It was trivial for him to deal with the people of this area.

"Welcome, this land covers an area of 160 acres. It was originally a sugar factory and was closed down. There are warehouses, factories, offices, a finance building, a canteen, and so on." Chief Liang opened the rusty lock on the main door and said, "Let's go in and have a look."

It had been abandoned for two years. The grass here was the height of an adult man. Lu Feng walked around and concluded it was not bad. Almost all the furniture in the buildings was present. Sofas, desk and chairs, all were present. The warehouse even had a pile of dried sugar and vegetables.

"Chief Liang, are we renting on an annual basis? Or?"

"Don't ask me. I'm in charge of this place, I'll definitely want to rent it on an annual basis. It's a loss to rent it monthly. You are a powerful person of course; do you propose something else?" Chief Liang gave Lu Feng a look that he understood well.

"I wonder what the price is!" Lu Feng wanted to get to the bottom of the proposed deal or at least get to know something from the chief’s mouth. He had an unexpected windfall, but he didn't go into the depth.

"How do you see it? If it's appropriate, let us go to our place to go through the formalities. By the way, what are you guys planning to do?"

" Food processing: children food and canned food." Lu Feng relayed his prepared reply.

Chief Liang frowned and looked at Lu Feng, "Do you know Ren Qianbo?"

"Do you know him?" Lu Feng felt that this city was small. He just had lunch with him at noon and it seemed like he had met another acquaintance of his.

"Of course, I know him. He's rich now and he runs a similar type of factory. Seeing how young you are, I'll tell you something. He's already grown up. It's not easy for you to survive against him. Do yourself a favor and find something else." Chief Liang suggested.

"This is going to be difficult. What's your relationship with him?" Lu Feng mumbled.

"About 20 years ago, he was in a civil servant and we were in the same department, the Municipal Archives Bureau. That kid was pretty good looking and smart. Our director's daughter was also in the same department."

Datou and Han Dong widened their eyes as they listened. They did not expect the story to proceed like so.

"I'm sure he must have been dating someone else then," Datou said confidently.

"Yes, that's true. This person is too ruthless. Back then, his family had pretty good conditions. He was already engaged. When he returned home, he broke off his engagement. After he managed to propose the director's daughter, he married into the family. He did not do much after he married her for a short while. He then established the Wan Yuan food." Division Chief Liang smacked his lips, remembering his youth, but there was also regret in his eyes for not chasing after the lady. Lu Feng never expected Ren Qianbo to be a visiting son-in-law1. Now that he did not know how to deal with He Yanli, it was likely that his father-in-law would not be able to deal with her as well. Otherwise, Ren would not have dared to cheat on his wife.

"I’ve talked too much, as you heard. This is the situation of the factory. You can see for yourselves." Chief Liang waved his hand and strode out of the door.

The factory seemed great. Even if they rented it for $10,000 to $20,000 a year, it was still worth it. After seeing off Chief Liang, Lu Feng faced Datou and Han Dong, "The factory will be set-up here. Next will be the assembly line and the raw materials. This assembly line needs to be new, it's best if it's easy to repair and dismantle."

"What are we doing?" Datou looked depressed.

"We'll make whatever the children eat, or we can say that we'll do whatever Wan Yuan does."

Lu Feng glanced at the clock, It was 4:30 p.m. "Tomorrow, let's integrate Wan Yuan's resources with ours, we can place an order if we need to. That is my only order. That means if he has something, and so do we."

Datou and Han Dong stared at each other. They felt their chances of winning were not high. However, taking Wan Yuan's resources was indeed the fastest; else, they would not make it for a week, let alone two months.

Lu Feng watched the two of them. The biggest problem right now was the lack of capable subordinates. He was a little out of line, so the two of them were worried.

"No problem, right?"

The two nodded. Lu Feng narrowed his eyes with a mischievous look and whispered, "There are still two or three hours left before night. How about we have some fun?"

"Boss Lu don't stare at us like that! You are really freaked me out!" Han Dong said timidly," What do you want to do?"

"Do you two know where Ren Qianbo's wife lives? He's messed with me so many times, I have to give him a big gift!" Lu Feng chuckled.

"Brother Feng you're a married man, but if you have to take revenge on Ren Qianbo, then I guess it can’t be helped. Sorry, sister-in-law." sneered.

Lu Feng was speechless when he heard this. Ren’s wife was in her forties; it was sickening to think that the two morons though he did not love beautiful Jiang Xiaoyan and ogled at the old lady?

"I'm going to tell her that Ren Qianbo cheated!" Lu Feng rebuked, "Let's go!"

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TL Note:- I trust you are all enjoying the novel? If someone is patient enough, he may find something unsought for that would be beneficial to his success. Let's continue reading as the story unfolds.