klisemfg Chapter 271 Accident
Chapter 271 Accident
After convincing Franklin not to interfere in the New York mayoral election, Lu Chen no longer had anything to do with James's candidacy. It all depended on whether James could win the support of more voters.
So Lu Chen refocused his attention on dealing with his two enemies.
The day after Lu Chen attended the party, Evelin finally returned to the villa. When she walked in, Lu Chen looked at her expectantly and asked eagerly, "Dear, how is the progress? Have we successfully taken the cotton from those two farms?"
However, Evelin rolled her eyes and responded with a little dissatisfaction: "You are only thinking about Cotton! Don't you notice that I am very tired now? Can't you care about my condition first?"
There was a hint of complaint and displeasure in her voice.
After hearing Evelin's words, Lu Chen immediately realized that he was too anxious. He hurriedly stepped forward to take Evelin's luggage, then took Evelin to the living room, and then said with a smile:
"My dear, you've worked hard! Come sit over here and let me give you a massage to relax your body."
Evelin walked gracefully to the sofa in front of Lu Chen and sat down slowly. Seeing this, Lu Chen hurriedly came forward and gently massaged her shoulders. At the same time, he was not idle, and asked Evelin with concern:
"Honey, how do you feel about my technique? Is it too strong?"
Evelin closed her eyes, a look of satisfaction on her face, and replied softly:
"Yeah, it's pretty good, the strength is just right."
After hearing this, Lu Chen felt a little relieved, and then asked with a smile:
"My dear, you have been at the farm for so long, you should have reached an agreement with the two farmers."
Evelin did not answer his question directly, but continued to instruct Lu Chen to adjust the position and strength of the massage. After a while, she slowly said:
"The two farmers you mentioned earlier have agreed to sell me all the cotton produced in the next two years. However, they couldn't keep this year's cotton for me because it had already been sold to Kodak. They said they couldn't sell it to us. Otherwise, they would pay a huge penalty for breach of contract."
Hearing that Evelin had so easily negotiated the future cotton supply contract for the two farms, Lu Chen was originally filled with joy, but when he learned that the cotton still needed to be supplied to Keda as usual, his face suddenly became extremely gloomy. Damn it! I have spent so much effort, isn't it just to completely defeat Keda this year? What's the point of you selling next year's cotton to me?
After receiving this reply, Lu Chen stopped his movements without hesitation, and the originally gentle and soothing massage came to an abrupt end. He quickly stretched out his arm, firmly pressed Evelin's shoulders, and pushed hard, forcing her to sit on the sofa. Then, he naturally stretched out his other hand and hugged Evelin tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.
Evelin sensed Lu Chen's sudden change and was about to throw a tantrum, but when she saw the situation clearly, she panicked. She struggled desperately, trying to escape from Lu Chen's arms. In the end, she rushed up the stairs like a frightened rabbit and disappeared from sight.
Lu Chen showed a sly smile on his face, and looked at Evelin's receding back with satisfaction. He thought to himself, "Hey, little guy, you want to fight me? You're still a little naive!"
Then Lu Chen stood up quickly like a gust of wind and walked quickly to his study. After entering the room, he saw the phone on the desk at a glance. He reached out and grabbed the receiver, and dialed Eric's number skillfully.
Eric's voice soon came from the other end of the phone, and Lu Chen couldn't wait to say, "Eric, I have an important matter for you to do."
Eric responded without hesitation: "Boss, please give me your orders. As long as it is something you tell me to do, I will do my best and live up to my mission!"
Lu Chen then ordered in a serious tone: "Immediately arrange for someone to investigate the farm run by George and Ayton, and find out when the cotton harvest will begin there, and when the cotton can be shipped to Keda after it is harvested."
After hearing this task, Eric thought for a moment and then replied, "Okay, Boss. Generally speaking, the cotton harvest starts in September and lasts until December. However, I am not sure about the specific transportation time yet. I will send someone to find out and report to you in time."
Faced with a harvest period of four months, Lu Chen could not help but feel anxious. With such a long period of time, the farm could not possibly transport all the cotton at once, and would inevitably transport it in batches. Originally, Lu Chen had planned to send someone to hijack the train carrying cotton, but now he realized that this plan would not work. Hijacking just one train would not help, because the other party would continue to transport the second batch of goods. If they intercepted every time, it would definitely anger Morgan (the Morgan family controls more than 80% of the railway resources and railway transportation business in the United States).
After careful consideration, Lu Chen finally gave up the crazy idea of robbing a train and began to think about other ways to disrupt the normal production operations of Kodak.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Over the past ten days, have you gotten any new clues or information?"
Eric showed a helpless smile and replied, "Boss, our brothers have only just entered Koda and have not yet delivered any valuable information."
Hearing Eric say that he had arranged for some brothers to infiltrate Kodak, Lu Chen felt a glimmer of hope.
Lu Chen quickly asked, "So how many people did you arrange to work in Kodak?"
Eric answered honestly, "We poached nearly a hundred people from Keda before, so they had to recruit a new batch of employees to fill the vacancies. This time, we managed to get more than 20 brothers into Keda Textile Factory."
Hearing this, Lu Chen was delighted. With these twenty or so brothers as his backers, wouldn't it be much easier for him to deal with Kokoda? So Lu Chen asked:
"What positions do these brothers hold at Kodak?"
Eric replied, "Most of them are low-level production staff, and a few have been assigned to the quality department."
Most of them went to the production department! Then they must know the current production situation of Keda. So Lu Chen asked again:
"Then did they tell us whether our last poaching operation had any impact on the production of Keda Textile Factory?"
"According to the information provided by the brothers lurking inside, the people we poached did not seem to have brought much impact on the production of Keda Textile Factory." Eric replied.
This answer surprised Lu Chen. He was a little confused and said, "How is this possible? How can they ensure normal operation after losing nearly a hundred core technical backbones?"
Eric quickly explained: "According to the information provided by my brothers, after we poached those technical backbones and left, Keda Textile Factory immediately promoted their apprentices to fill the vacancies. These new apprentices quickly stabilized production. Moreover, Keda's own production capacity is not saturated, and some production lines have been vacant. Once those technical backbones left, they simply closed some redundant production lines. Therefore, although we successfully poached them, it did not have a major impact on Keda Textile Factory."
After hearing what Eric said, Lu Chen was very angry and grabbed a teacup beside him and smashed it to the ground. He never expected that after all his careful planning and mobilizing so many people to make such a big noise, Keda Textile Factory was completely unscathed!
Eric was shocked by Lu Chen's sudden change. He asked anxiously, "Boss, are you okay? What happened?"
Lu Chen took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He said to Eric on the other end of the phone:
"Don't be nervous, I'm fine. You did a great job and successfully placed someone inside Koda. Tell the brothers who are lurking inside that everyone has worked hard during this period, but they must continue to persevere and collect as much information about Koda Textile Factory as possible. As long as they can obtain key information inside Koda, I will reward them an additional $200 as a bonus after the mission is completed."
Hearing this, Eric immediately responded: "Boss, rest assured, I will definitely convey your instructions to them!" Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then gave some other instructions that needed attention before hanging up the phone.
At this moment, Evelyn and Hans, who heard the noise, hurried to Lu Chen's study. Evelyn first stared at Lu Chen, then looked down at the broken teacup scattered on the floor in front of Lu Chen, and asked anxiously:
"Lu Chen, what happened? Why are you so angry?!"
Lu Chen thought for a moment and replied, "Nothing happened. I just dropped the cup due to my carelessness. Don't worry."
However, Evelin stared at Lu Chen with suspicion, thinking to herself: The noise just now was obviously not just the sound of a teacup falling to the ground. She looked at Lu Chen again, and after confirming that he did not seem to have encountered any abnormal situation, she turned around and left.
After Evelin stepped out of the study, Hans immediately asked, “Boss, what happened? Do you need your help to deal with it?”
Lu Chen's face was as solemn as a dark cloud. He shook his head slowly and replied:
"Don't bother. This matter cannot be resolved by force alone. But you can rest assured that I am safe. If I really need your help, I will inform you in time."
Upon hearing this, Hans nodded slightly to show that he understood, and then walked out of the study.
After Hans left, Lu Chen sat alone in a chair beside the desk. He tilted his head back slightly, leaned against the window, stared into the distance, and fell into deep thought.
Looking back on this poaching operation, Lu Chen deeply realized the great strength of a large company. Since he had never worked in a factory before, he knew very little about the operation and internal situation of these large factories. Originally, he naively thought that as long as he poached hundreds of key production personnel from a large factory at one time, he could easily cause the factory's production to stagnate. However, the facts were completely beyond his expectations. The factory that was poached actually took quick measures and used a group of new technicians without hesitation, so easily resolved the crisis.
This result was like a bolt from the blue, catching Lu Chen off guard. He widened his eyes in shock, and secretly sighed in his heart: "My understanding of big companies is so shallow!" At this moment, he began to deeply reflect on his previous strategies and plans, and finally realized that simply relying on poaching the other party's talents to attack competitors is not a wise move, let alone a long-term strategy.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Lu Chen frowned, worried, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He pondered for a long time, but still couldn't think of an effective way to continue to attack Kodak. However, after a long period of thinking and weighing the pros and cons, he suddenly had an idea - maybe he could try to start from the customer's perspective!
If he could successfully snatch away Kodak's customer resources, it would be a heavy blow to the company! After making up his mind, Lu Chen immediately took action and began to prepare for the next schedule. According to the information he had, Kodak currently had two extremely critical major customers: one was the police station. As long as he waited until the election was over, he believed that he would be able to get this order; and the other was the Texas Army, so it seemed that he had to go there in person to negotiate.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately began to prepare for the relevant matters. After all, Texas was a completely unfamiliar place for him. If he rashly went to meet with the military without any guidance and help, it would be difficult to achieve the desired results. So at this moment, he urgently needed to find a key person who could act as a matchmaker and coordinate.
When the word "military" came to his mind, Lu Chen almost instinctively thought of Green. It was the time of the general election, and according to common sense, Green should have returned to the United States by now. After all, major events such as the presidential election will inevitably have a series of chain reactions on senior military leaders, including generals - the new government may readjust the personnel arrangements of the military's top brass after taking office to ensure the effective implementation of the national security strategy.
There is no time to lose! Lu Chen grabbed the phone without hesitation and quickly dialed Green's number...