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Chapter 263: Hollowing out the Keda Textile Factory
The next morning after Lu Chen and Rivers talked, the sun shone brightly. Daniel led Rivers and a dozen people to travel through the streets and alleys of the city, checking the places Mitchell frequented one by one, and handed them several photos of Mitchell as reference materials. After a busy time, Daniel hurried back to Lu's Park, secretly feeling lucky - the situation was serious now, and he really didn't dare to wander around outside, for fear that he would accidentally fall into the hands of Mitchell's men. At that time, he was afraid that only a cold coffin would be his final destination.
Rivers led seven or eight former comrades-in-arms to ambush and pursue Mitchell 24 hours a day, but they were unable to find any opportunity to take advantage of. Seeing that time was passing by without any progress, Rivers could not help but get angry and cursed:
"Damn it! This Mitchell is simply a coward! He hides in the company most of the time. Even when he needs to go out occasionally, he dares to go out only when he is in that indestructible bulletproof car, accompanied by a dozen fully armed bodyguards with guns. Even the place where he lives has been set up with a dragnet-like defense line - four or five bodyguard teams patrolling the villa non-stop. This guy is really watertight and doesn't leave me any loopholes at all!"
Rivers was extremely annoyed by Mitchell's cautiousness, but he could do nothing about it.
Fortunately, Lu Chen did not set a specific time limit for Rivers. After several days of waiting, Rivers finally had to give up the idea of beating Mitchell up immediately. He had no choice but to deploy more than 20 people to closely monitor Mitchell's every move, and repeatedly told these people: if they find any opportunity to take advantage of, they must report to him immediately. As long as he got the news, he would rush over without hesitation and forcibly abduct Mitchell away.
Lu Chen had been waiting at home for more than ten days, but Rivers had never reported any news about Mitchell to him.
At this moment, he was standing alone by the study window, staring at the uneven green vegetation on both sides of the road outside the window, and his mood became more and more irritated.
Lu Chen could never have imagined that he had asked Rivers to dispatch thousands of people to teach Mitchell a lesson, but there has been no news so far. Could it be that these wealthy families are so powerful that others have no chance to take advantage of them? Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but frown, full of doubts.
How could Lu Chen know the reason at this time? It turned out that Rivers wanted to punish Mitchell personally, so he did not mobilize a large number of people in the flood security. He only mobilized more than a hundred comrades who were on good terms with him to act together. In this way, it was naturally much more difficult for them to find the opportunity to strike.
Suddenly, a clear and pleasant telephone ringtone broke the silence in the air and reached Lu Chen's ears. The sound came from the telephone in his own villa. Lu Chen's heart tightened, as if he had a premonition that some important information was about to come. He put down the pen in his hand without hesitation, hurriedly left the study, and rushed to the hall at a rapid pace.
When Lu Chen stepped into the hall, he saw Hans had already answered the phone. He stood aside, looking at Hans anxiously, his eyes full of expectation and anxiety.
"Who is calling?" Lu Chen asked impatiently, with a hint of urgency in his voice.
Hans gently covered the phone, turned to look at Lu Chen, and answered in a low voice: "It was Eric who called. He said that they have already found some results about what you told me before."
After hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He had hoped that this call would bring news from Rivers, but contrary to his expectations, it turned out that Eric had made new progress in his investigation of the Keda Textile Factory.
Although the reality was slightly different from what Lu Chen had imagined, he could not help but feel a little happy when he learned that Eric had achieved certain results. He slowly walked to the phone, took the receiver from Hans, and said softly:
"Eric, this is Lu Chen. You're calling me now. Could it be that the Keda Textile Factory has found out something?"
Eric couldn't wait to report to his boss: "Boss, after half a month of unremitting efforts, our efforts have finally paid off! Let's find out something!
Did you know that during this period of time, we have been squatting and tracking day and night, and finally found some clues that have dealings with Keda Textile Factory. First of all, we have found out the details of the two large farmers who provide cotton raw materials to Keda Textile Factory!
The first one is Farmer George, who owns hundreds of hectares of cotton fields in Texas; the other one is even more amazing, he is Farmer Eaton, who owns more than 700 hectares of cotton fields in California!
Not only that, we also followed the clues and dug out several of their big customers! There are some big names in this, one of them is the Fili Garment Factory under the Washington family! Wow, this is a big family! The other two are the New York Police Department and the Army stationed on the California border!"
Lu Chen's eyes widened in disbelief, and he was secretly amazed. In just over ten days, they were able to collect such detailed information! Originally, Lu Chen estimated that Eric and his team would need at least one or two months to gain something. Unexpectedly, Eric and his team shortened the time by several times.
Lu Chen was so excited that he couldn't express it in words. He said, "It's really not easy for everyone! I'd like to ask you to convey my gratitude to everyone and tell the brothers that everyone will receive an extra 100 yuan bonus as a reward this month!"
But the surprise Eric brought to Lu Chen seemed to be far more than that. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile, and then spoke slowly:
"Boss, don't worry, I still have something to tell you. After half a month of hard work, many of our brothers have successfully penetrated into the Keda Textile Company and established a deep friendship with the employees there.
According to the information we have obtained so far, Keda Textile Factory has already owed its employees two months' salary! Not only that, I also heard that many of the technical backbones in this factory have actually thought about changing jobs a long time ago. However, the current situation of the entire industry is not optimistic, so they dare not take any action. If your company is willing to extend an olive branch to these talents, I can guarantee that we will be able to recruit them all!"
Lu Chen never dreamed that Eric would bring him such a big surprise! What does a technical backbone mean? They are the backbone of a factory! If they can be successfully recruited under their command, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly shaking the foundation of Keda Textile Factory?
Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately became excited. If he could really recruit all these technical backbones, then the technical level of his textile factory would definitely be raised to a higher level! In this way, not only would he severely hit his competitors, but he would also greatly develop himself. Faced with such a good thing of killing two birds with one stone and having the best of both worlds, how could he not go all out?
Therefore, Lu Chen couldn't wait to shout to Eric: "Eric, you must recruit all those technical backbones for me at all costs! No matter how many people you can recruit, I will take them all! The more talents like this, the better, I will not refuse anyone!"
Eric replied firmly:
"Okay, I'll arrange for the brothers to take action right away. We must negotiate with those technical backbones who want to change jobs, and do our best to recruit them all to your factory!"
Lu Chen then quickly added: "When you go to recruit people, you can tell them directly that our factory not only provides food and accommodation, but also a salary of five dollars a week!"
After hearing what Lu Chen said about these generous treatments, Eric couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"Hahaha~ Boss, just wait and see! With such tempting conditions, I can definitely poach them all for you!" After saying that, Eric hung up the phone in a hurry.
On the other hand, Lu Chen was extremely excited after hanging up the phone. He secretly rejoiced that it was true that if the east is dark, the west will be bright! Lu Chen never expected that Eric would be the first to achieve results.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen said to himself, "Now that I know the two major suppliers of Keda Textile Factory, I might as well start with the suppliers. As long as I can purchase all the cotton from these two suppliers, Keda Textile Factory will inevitably face the dilemma of raw material shortage. In this way, I will have the opportunity to contact their customers. After all, if Keda cannot deliver on time, it is natural for customers to choose to change suppliers."
Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel the urge to put it into practice immediately, but then he realized that he didn't know the two farmers, George and Ayton. If he rashly went to negotiate with them, he would most likely be rejected because he was Chinese. Therefore, he had to find a suitable middleman to act as a matchmaker.
Lu Chen racked his brains and thought hard, but he still couldn't find the ideal candidate. In desperation, he had to turn his attention to his girlfriend again. After all, the reputation of the Rothschild family undoubtedly had a great influence at this moment.
Having made up his mind, Lu Chen immediately stood up and walked towards his room.
Evelin was tortured by Lu Chen last night, and she still felt exhausted at this moment. Seeing Lu Chen walk into the room with great interest, Evelin hurriedly pulled up the quilt and wrapped herself tightly.
She stared at Lu Chen warily and asked:
"What do you want to do? I'm telling you, today is my menstrual period, don't do anything stupid!"
Lu Chen raised his lips slightly and chuckled:
"Baby, what are you thinking about? I just want to ask you for a small favor. I definitely don't want to hold a solo concert."
Evelin looked at Lu Chen doubtfully, muttering:
"Stop talking nonsense. Are you asking me to play the flute for you again? Hey, Lu Chen, it's been more than ten days straight. Can't you take a break? I'm more exhausted during vacation than at school."
After hearing Evelin's words, Lu Chen's face flushed instantly, and he scratched his head with a shy smile. Thinking back to the past ten days, he also realized that he had indeed gone a little too far, asking Evelin to accompany him to hold a small concert almost every day.
Lu Chen stuttered as he explained, “Evelin, actually…I really don’t have that thought today, I just want to ask you for a favor and introduce two people to me.”
Evelin stared at Lu Chen with eyes full of curiosity and doubt, and asked softly, "Which two people do you want me to introduce to you?"
Lu Chen took a deep breath and quickly and in detail told Evelyn about Ayton and George. Evelyn listened attentively and tried to search for relevant information in her mind. However, after a lot of hard searching, she still found nothing. Finally, she said to Lu Chen with an apologetic look:
"I'm very sorry, Lu Chen, I don't know these two people." His words revealed deep regret.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. As a member of the Rothschild family, you can go directly to see him. I just want to buy the cotton from them."
Evelin thought for a moment and said, "So that's how it is. This is easy. I'll have my personal butler contact these two in a moment. By the way, you want to buy a few years' worth of cotton from them. I think you can take advantage of the low price of cotton right now and order a few more years' worth of cotton. This will save you a lot of money."
Lu Chen quickly said, "You can buy any years you want, just decide for yourself."
"Okay then. I'll ask the butler to help you buy the cotton produced by their farm in the next five years. Get out now and don't disturb my rest here."
Evelin finished speaking and began to chase people away.
Seeing that Evelin agreed, Lu Chen did not disturb Evelin's rest. He immediately said to Evelin:
"Okay, I'll be out right now. By the way, tell me what you want to eat for lunch and I'll make it for you."
Evelyn said impatiently:
"Just cook it yourself. I'll eat any Chinese food."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "Okay, I'll prepare it right away. I'll make you a pot of pigeon soup at noon. It will nourish you well."
After saying that, Lu Chen immediately left the room and came downstairs. Lu Chen had recently discovered that he was getting stronger and stronger. After more than ten days of concerts, he did not feel tired, but Evelin was a little overwhelmed now.
Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh: It's not that I'm not low-key, the key is that my strength doesn't allow it.
After sighing, Lu Chen found Hans and asked him to take him to the market to get ingredients for pigeon soup. Lu Chen was really preparing to nourish Evelin.