novelhk Chapter 573: The Hot-tempered Young Wife Captures the Warm-hearted and Handsome Factory Director 21
Chapter 573: The Hot-tempered Young Wife Captures the Warm-hearted and Handsome Factory Director 21
If Lin Yi had said such words in the past, Pei Jingping would have laughed it off and regarded it as irrelevant empty talk.
However, after witnessing Lin Yi's meticulously crafted mud mask, with his keen business intuition accumulated over the years, he could no longer regard Lin Yi's words as meaningless fantasy.
"Would you like to consider cooperating with the Oriental Daily Chemical Factory?" Pei Jingping asked softly this question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time and that he most urgently wanted to get an answer to, with a hint of expectation and temptation in his eyes.
"If the Oriental Daily Chemical Factory is yours, I will agree to cooperate without hesitation!" Lin Yi's words were concise and meaningful. After she finished speaking, she calmed down and concentrated on eating.
Pei Jingping instantly grasped the deeper meaning behind Lin Yi's words. As the head of the Oriental Daily Chemical Factory, he knew better than anyone the various shortcomings of state-owned factories and had been diligently searching for solutions.
However, those deeply rooted problems are like old trees with tangled roots. How easy is it to completely change them?
After dinner, Lin Yi plunged into making her own mud mask. At the same time, she carefully made a list, recording in detail the various materials she needed.
She believes that with Pei Jingping's abilities and connections, he might be able to help her find these key materials and aid her in developing more cosmetics.
At this moment, Pei Jingping's mind kept echoing Lin Yi's words "If the Oriental Daily Chemical Factory was you".
Since the reform and opening up, he has traveled to many commercially developed cities. Each inspection gave him a deeper understanding of market changes and also gave him the idea of transforming the Oriental Daily Chemical Factory.
However, these ideas had been suppressed by various concerns and he had never made up his mind to put them into practice. Now, after Lin Yi mentioned it so lightly, the idea that had been buried for a long time began to grow wildly in his heart.
When Lin Yi came to Pei Jingping with the list, he was lost in thought. Lin Yi gently shook the paper in front of him a few times, and Pei Jingping finally woke up and came to his senses.
"Is there something?" Pei Jingping subconsciously asked this polite and distant question, and he regretted it as soon as he said it.
Just now at the dinner table, he made up his mind to live a good life with Lin Yi and wanted to change the way they had been getting along, which had been like strangers for many years.
However, the power of habit is so strong that the estrangement and alienation accumulated over the years cannot be easily changed overnight. This blurted-out remark instantly made the atmosphere a little awkward.
Lin Yi pretended to be angry, with a sly look in her eyes, and asked, "You are my husband. Do I have to come to you only when I have something to do?"
Pei Jingping suddenly became nervous, a look of panic appeared on his face, and he hurriedly explained: "That's not what I meant..." His voice was a little anxious, and his eyes were full of anxiety, for fear that Lin Yizhen had misunderstood him.
Lin Yi looked at Pei Jingping's awkward and bewildered look and laughed out loud, a bright smile on her face. "I was just teasing you, but I really have something to talk to you about!"
As she spoke, she shook the paper in her hand again, "This is a list of materials I made. Can you help me see if you can find all of them?"
Pei Jingping took the list and quickly scanned it. To Lin Yi's surprise, Pei Jingping knew all the information on the list by heart.
"We already have some of the materials in our factory. I'll ask my friends at the chemical plant for the rest. I should be able to get them together!" Pei Jingping answered seriously.
Lin Yi was delighted and started chatting with Pei Jingping enthusiastically. "What were you thinking about just now? You were so absent-minded," she asked curiously.
"I was thinking about what you said at the dinner table just now. The Oriental Daily Chemical Factory is already running out of money. There are plans to outsource it, but the workers are quite resistant. I've done my best to hold on until now. What do you think about me taking over the contract?"
Pei Jingping looked serious. He attached great importance to Lin Yi's opinion. In his opinion, since Lin Yi could say such insightful words, she must have unique views on this matter. So he looked at Lin Yi with anticipation, eager to hear her thoughts.
"With contracting, it's difficult to clearly define property rights. If profits grow later, it's inevitable that others will become jealous, and you'll likely be providing a wedding dress for others. So, if you have the ability, my advice is to directly acquire the factory, or purchase idle equipment from the factory, build your own factory, and slowly expand the scale."
Lin Yi spoke in a calm and clear tone, analyzing the situation logically. However, her words also made Pei Jingping fall into deep thought.
The acquisition meant solving the problem of workers' resettlement, which required a large amount of funds, which he found difficult to raise at the moment.
In comparison, he was more inclined to Lin Yi's second proposal, but when he thought of the honest and reliable workers in the factory who had followed him for many years, he couldn't bear it and was really unwilling to abandon them.
Lin Yi keenly noticed Pei Jingping's entanglement and struggle. She gently counseled him, "This matter cannot be decided in a short time. Haven't many places started privatizing state-owned factories? We can wait and see, and in the meantime, find a way to accumulate some funds for the future."
Pei Jingping was fascinated by Lin Yi's calm and eloquent manner. His eyes were full of passion.
Being stared at in such a way, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and her face flushed. "Why are you staring at me like that?" she asked softly, and looked away in a panic.
Pei Jingping suddenly hugged Lin Yi into his arms and said in a low voice: "Lin Yi, what I am going to say next may make you angry, but I want to live a good life with you, so some things must be made clear!"
Lin Yi was a little confused by Pei Jingping's sudden action. Her body stiffened slightly at first, but after hearing Pei Jingping's words, she stopped struggling and whispered, "Go ahead and talk, I'm listening!" Her voice was soft, which gave Pei Jingping great encouragement.
Pei Jingping took a deep breath and then spoke slowly: "My background is not very glorious. I have never felt much family warmth since I was a child, so I don't have too many expectations for marriage."
At this point, his body unconsciously tensed up, and his tone was filled with bitterness and helplessness. Lin Yi clearly sensed his change, so she stretched out her arms and hugged his narrow waist, hoping to use her warmth to dispel the haze in his heart.
Feeling Lin Yi's response, Pei Jingping's lips curled up slightly, and he continued, "I married Xiaoyu and Huanhuan's mother because I didn't want to see the tragedy happen again before my eyes. Later, I was forced to marry you, and my life became a mess, so I never thought about living a good life with you before. I wanted to break the jar and throw it all away. But now you have rekindled my hope for life. Are you willing to start over with me?"