Chapter 3240: Concealing the truth

Seeing that the other party accepted the offer, Li Yalin struck while the iron was hot and said, "Let's sign an agreement. I will pay you 50% first, which is US dollars. You don't need to go through the transfer procedures with me immediately. You just need to help me appease all the workers and completely free up this place for me to complete the upgrade. I will pay you the remaining US dollars within two months."

After that, Li Yalin added: "The factory is not in a hurry to change, so it is still under your name, and you don't have to worry about me defaulting on the debt."

The other party thought about it for a while and felt that what Li Yalin said was correct. If he did not change the factory, he would not have to bear any risks, and he had already received the 20 US dollars in advance.

What's more, no matter who comes to buy his factory now, it is probably impossible for them to pay the money all at once. It is not so difficult to deal with those who plan to upgrade and renovate. But if they do not plan to upgrade and just want to continue operating with the existing hardware, it will be more troublesome because they will definitely evaluate all the equipment, and those old equipment will have various problems, and it will take a long time to just argue.

So he nodded and said, "As long as you can guarantee that the remaining funds will be given to me within two months, I will have no problem."

Then he added, "Since we are going to sign an agreement, should we also include this clause? If I don't get the remaining 20 within two months, do I need to be punished or compensated?"

Li Yalin said very readily, "Sure. Let's draw up an agreement and write down the payment cycle. If something happens to me within two months and I can't give you the remaining 20, then the factory will be returned to you. You only need to return me 20 of the 10 US dollars I gave you, which means you get 10 US dollars for free."

The man looked at Li Yalin in surprise and asked him, "Are you serious?"

"Of course." Li Yalin smiled and said, "Let's write this clause into the agreement."

When the other party heard this, he was completely relieved. In this way, not only did he not have to face any risks, but he could also advance and retreat freely. It was simply perfect.

So, he said very readily: "No problem, I'll do as you say!"

After that, he smiled slightly and whispered to Li Yalin: "In fact, when you upgrade the production line, there is no need to pay the workers outside. As long as I tell them to stop working today, they have to go back home obediently. In a few days, I will tell them to go back to work, and they have to come back obediently. It doesn't matter if they find other jobs in the meantime, because in this small town, working in my food factory is definitely the best choice for them!"

"My place is only a few kilometers away from home, and it is very easy for them to ride a bike or even walk. As for the salary, although it is not very high, it is the highest salary they can get near home. If they want to earn more, they have to go to the port dozens of kilometers away from home, or even go out to sea with fishing boats. In that case, they may earn dozens of dollars more per month, but the commuting cost will increase a lot. Sometimes they can't go home for a long time, so they won't go to the port unless they have to."

Li Yalin looked at the other party's confident face and said with a smile: "I always seek stability in doing things. If I upgrade your place, I will gradually build it into a large factory with high production capacity and high quality. Some competitors may not take you seriously before, but once they know that I want to upgrade this place, they will definitely regard me as a big threat;"

"If I were a competitor, I would poach all the potential workers here before the upgrade and renovation is completed. It would only cost a small price to prevent the start of work on time. Your workers should all be skilled technicians in canning. If they are poached, temporary recruits will have to be trained and adjusted, and the place may not be able to start work normally for several months. For those who do not have sufficient capital chain and are anxious to start work and get paid, the capital chain may be broken if it is delayed for a few months."

The other party was surprised when he heard what you said, and said with some sudden enlightenment: "I have never thought about what you said... It seems that I am really not cut out for business... I only know to guard the business in front of me and make money, and I have never thought about how to make it bigger and stronger. But with my brain, I don't think I have the ability to make it bigger and stronger, let alone the vision."

Li Yalin nodded and said, "So you just do as I say. After the contract is signed, let these workers go home first, but tell them that this is only a paid leave. Half of the salary will be paid to them and the remaining half will be given to them when they return to work. In addition, they must keep this money a secret and absolutely cannot go to work elsewhere, otherwise we will ask them to return it and claim compensation from them."

The other party nodded repeatedly: "No problem, I will tell them more seriously, they are all afraid of me, they will definitely not dare to violate the rules."

Then he asked Li Yalin, "By the way, you just said that you would give them a paid leave of 200 US dollars a month. Pay half of it first. For more than 300 people, it would be more than 30,000 US dollars a month, and more than 60,000 for two months. You have to bear this money, right?"

"Of course." Li Yalin said, "This money is not included in the down payment of 200,000 US dollars. I will bear it."

When the other party heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Then I have no other questions! We can sign the contract at any time!"

Li Yalin nodded and said, "By the way, when you give them a holiday, don't tell them that you have sold the factory."

The man asked puzzledly, "Why? Don't you want them to know that you are the new boss here?"

Li Yalin waved his hand and said, "I am a foreigner and I don't have any roots here. If they knew you had sold the factory to me, they might not keep their promise. They might just take the basic salary I gave them and run away."

Then he continued, "Just tell them that you are about to get an investment to carry out a comprehensive upgrade here, so you will give them paid leave first. However, due to business confidentiality, this matter must not be known to any competitor, so they must work together to keep it secret. Otherwise, if there is a problem with your operation here, their work will also be affected, and they will continue to be afraid of your majesty, so it will be easier to keep the secret."

Li Yalin felt that if this place was not to be discovered by the Qing Dynasty after Ye Chen sent everyone here, the people here must keep the secret.

For him, who has been engaged in criminal investigation for decades, if someone is hidden in such a remote place that is difficult to find even on a map, and no clues are left on the way here, then the Qing Dynasty will want to find this place. I am afraid that only a carpet search can be possible.

In such small places, population mobility is almost zero, the number of foreign population is almost zero, and information is extremely closed. The possibility of being the focus is extremely low, and the possibility of the news leaking out is also extremely low.

It would be much safer if these hundreds of workers could keep their mouths shut and not talk about it.

Therefore, if we want to stop the work here, but we can't let these workers get emotional, make trouble, or talk nonsense, we should just give them some wages, let them go home with gratitude, and wait for the work to resume.

Moreover, the workers here work all year round except when they are sick. They will not receive pay if they want to take a vacation. If they take too much vacation, they will most likely be fired by their boss. If they can be given paid vacation to stay at home, with the only requirement being not to disclose the secret of the paid vacation, they will most likely comply.

It only costs tens of thousands of dollars a month to turn them into the most loyal allies. Not only will they not dare to disturb you, but they will also keep your secrets. This money is really worth it.

In addition, the reason why Li Yalin made an agreement with his boss that if he did not pay the balance after two months, the factory would be returned to him and he only needed to return US$100,000 was because he was planning to stand his boss up.

Because he knew very well that once Ye Chen transferred all the people out of here, he would naturally no longer want this place, and he would give it up no matter how much money he spent here.

However, if I bought this place completely and then suddenly left it empty one day, abandoning the factory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, it would definitely cause a great shock in the local area. The news might leak out soon and attract unnecessary attention.

Although I will definitely run away, it would be best if the boss can continue to take over after I run away.

In that way, the factory continues to operate, the boss remains the same from beginning to end, and outsiders will not notice anything unusual.

Therefore, the purpose of setting such clauses is to make the boss a person who is always ready to take over.

When he suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, he was surprised, but more delighted, because he could take back his factory and get a compensation of 100,000 US dollars.

Although he should return another $100,000 to me, I would have disappeared by then and it would be impossible for me to ask him for it. For this boss, it would be like getting $100,000 and picking up another $100,000 for free.

Due to the terms and conditions, the boss needed to return the $100,000, but I, the creditor, had disappeared. So in this way, the boss had taken advantage of me of the $100,000. At that time, while he had gotten the advantage, he must have been somewhat worried, afraid that I would suddenly come back to ask him for money, or even afraid that something had happened to me and my family would come to him to ask for money.

Once he is dragged into this uneasy psychological state, he will definitely keep the secret strictly and will not tell anyone about it, making this ill-gotten wealth in silence.

These employees knew nothing by then. They only knew that the boss wanted to attract investment for upgrading at first, but the plan fell through. However, the failure did not prevent everyone from getting paid, and they just came back to work as before. It was impossible for them to know that the factory had been used as a transfer point for the Qinghui's assassins.

By then, the factory will resume work, and everyone will pretend that what happened before never happened. The boss will also keep this secret to the death, and no one will know that this place was used for other purposes by him and that it was a transit point for thousands of assassins. Everything will be able to be concealed smoothly.

Li Yalin firmly believed that the person who understood crime best in the world was not the best criminal, but the best detective. Since Ye Chen asked him to handle this matter, he would naturally not let the Po Qing Society find any substantial clues!