Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 282

Chapter 282: Chapter 282: Times Have Changed

Lin Chuxia first thanked him and then brought up the Qin Family Village and their own chicken farm.

"This little matter is not yet worth bothering Brother Li with. When the day comes that I really can’t handle something, then it won’t be too late to ask Brother Li for help."

Upon hearing that Lin Chuxia had her own chicken farm and the backing of Qin Family Village, Li Jian gave her a thumbs up.

"You see, the national emphasis on developing the private economy is exactly what state-owned enterprises lack in awareness and initiative. By the way, I heard that your food factory has added another production line?"

At this point, the waiter served the dishes. Lin Chuxia had brought alcohol intending to treat Li Jian to a drink, and she meant it.

She first poured a glass for Li Jian, then filled her own glass, before continuing with the previous topic.

"Brother Li is really well-informed. We’ve added a production line for beef sauce. I even brought two bottles of beef sauce, hoping you would take them back to try."

In Lin Chuxia’s space, there were all sorts of cooked foods and beef sauce produced by Xiyang Food Factory, ready to be given out as favors.

Just like now, she hadn’t planned on it initially, but as the topic came up, it was an opportunity handed to her on a silver platter, which was evident from Li Jian’s touched expression.

In her previous life, it took her many years to reach this awareness, by which time she could already afford a car, with some items always in the trunk.

Now, without a car, her spatial ability was proving to be a great help.

Li Jian raised his glass to her in respect.

"I was just saying, it wasn’t long ago that the food factory was all high and mighty, not listening to anyone, and now they’re already anxious. I heard you’ve taken a lot of their suppliers..."

"Hey, Brother Li, you can’t say that. We didn’t snatch anyone’s business. It’s fair competition. Now that the market is open, if the suppliers society sells stuff from the Old Food Factory, they naturally can sell stuff from Xiyang Food Factory as well. You can only say our products are more popular with the people. Unpopular products will naturally be eliminated. Isn’t that the market rule nowadays?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Li Jian nodded hastily, "I misspoke. Let me toast to you again."

Both took a sip of liquor, leisurely eating a few bites of food.

Li Jian pointed at her and said, "You’re still the same, never conceding verbally."

"I’m used to it. I eat everything, but I never accept a loss. Not just verbally, I won’t let myself be shortchanged in actions either."

Lin Chuxia was candid and directly told Li Jian about the incident when the Old Food Factory bribed Chen Chunhua to steal seasoning packages from Xiyang Food Factory.

As there was no evidence and only a few staff were involved, Chen Chunhua was later fired. Aside from a few management staff at Xiyang Food Factory, outsiders didn’t know about it.

This was the first time Li Jian had heard about it and he spontaneously let out a curse.

"I really am seeing something new. They always acted so self-righteous. How could they stoop so low to do such things?"

At the time, when the food factory wanted to buy the cooked food seasoning package from Lin Chuxia, Li Jian was even asked to mediate. He still remembered the pretentious attitude of Liu Guoyi, the factory manager.

Though the matter was ultimately shrugged off completely and Liu Guoyi didn’t get implicated,

but if it weren’t for his instigation, who would do such a thing?

No wonder Xiyang Food Factory had added a meat sauce production line.

Liu Guoyi probably didn’t expect that what he saw as a delicate flower was actually a tyrant flower.

"I heard that after the Spring Festival, they also wanted to produce instant food packaging at the food factory and contacted Xu Changping for machinery, but the products didn’t sell well. Consequently, they’ve shifted all their focus to the meat sauce line. Your move could be considered cutting the ground from under their feet. No wonder there have been recent rumors that the food factory is planning layoffs."

Previously, the food factory’s two major production lines were suppressed by Xiyang Food, leaving layoffs as the only option.