135: Chapter 135 Junfeng Company

When Wang Shuo and his party of six appeared at the entrance of Junfeng Company, Lin Junfeng and the others were also somewhat dazed by this strange lineup.

What kind of strange team was this?

Two men who looked like bodyguards, another two who also looked like bodyguards but were actually lagging several steps behind, an excessively young youth, and a woman who was clearly dressed as a secretary but stood out prominently in this lineup.

Was this team... really here for an inspection and negotiation?

Where were the professional technicians? Where was the professional negotiation team? Where was the professional legal risk advisor?

Coupled with the information about Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. that flashed through Lin Junfeng's mind, its recent registration date and seven-figure registered capital made him highly skeptical.

Had he... made a mistake?

Perhaps these people weren't here to negotiate a company acquisition, but were just here to look around?

Director Wang, standing behind him, laughed out loud. "Mr. Lin, is this the acquisition inspection team we are supposed to receive? Are you sure this isn't some wealthy young master taking his lover out for a stroll and dropping by our company on the way?"

Lin Junfeng ignored him.

"Mr. Lin, your judgment is getting worse and worse. Which of these people understands your so-called technology?" a nearby shareholder said with a smile. "If you ask me, we might as well sell the factory to Chuangfeng Company. At least they offered 150 million."

"And Maple Leaf Assets is also a good choice; they offered a very high price too."

The female shareholder who had spoken in the meeting room earlier added.

"Unfortunately, some people want to use the shareholding agreement to tie us all to the same boat, clearly not wanting us to exit in peace."

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The shareholders chattered among themselves, but Lin Junfeng turned a deaf ear. He had heard too much of this talk over the past few days.

Fortunately, he had been cautious when signing the shareholding agreement and included restrictive clauses. Otherwise, he would be suffering from a massive headache dealing with a fractured company right now.

But that wasn't his biggest headache right now. What troubled him most was: if this inspection team really intended to acquire the company, how should he bring up his conditions?

After all, even he, the one who proposed them, felt his conditions were somewhat excessive.

And these conditions had already successfully deterred every single potential acquirer so far, without exception.

This was also the key reason why his company had not been successfully sold for so long.

While he was lost in thought, Wang Shuo and his party had already arrived in front of him.

"Hello, Mr. Lin," Liu Yemei stepped forward and said in a calm tone. "This is our President Wang."

President Wang?

Lin Junfeng sized Wang Shuo up.

Although he had already noticed that this young man was the core of the team, he was still somewhat surprised when it was confirmed. After all, this young man was simply too young—so young that it made him feel old.

Even though he was only thirty-six, which was the most charming age for a man.

"Hello, President Wang. I am Lin Junfeng."

Lin Junfeng extended his hand.

"Wang Shuo, Frontier Technology Co., Ltd."

Wang Shuo chuckled and reached out to shake it.

"These people behind me are all shareholders of our company. I won't introduce them one by one, so please forgive me, President Wang."

Wang Shuo took a brief glance. Whoa, boy, there were no fewer than ten shareholders present right here. According to Liu Yemei, this Junfeng Technology Co., Ltd. had a total of twenty-five shareholders. That was quite something.

What was even more impressive was that despite having so many shareholders, Lin Junfeng still held a fifty-one percent stake, placing him at the critical node of absolute control.

According to Liu Yemei's analysis, the biggest obstacle to the acquisition would very likely come from the man in front of him.

Nodding gently to Liu Yemei, she spoke up, "Mr. Lin, we have reviewed your bidding documents, but we hope to conduct negotiations using a one-on-one acquisition model."

"One-on-one?" Lin Junfeng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. "Any acquisition model is fine. However, President Wang has traveled a long way. Wouldn't you like to have some tea and rest first?"

"That won't be necessary," a gleam flashed in Liu Yemei's eyes. "We hope to begin negotiations immediately."

Before coming, Wang Shuo had already set the tone for this inspection: Liu Yemei would handle the specific negotiations, while Wang Shuo would provide technical support and oversee the actual inspection.

Thus, after some pleasantries, Lin Junfeng ultimately couldn't resist the acquirer's insistence. At Wang Shuo's request, he reluctantly dispatched his personal assistant to lead Wang Shuo on a tour of the entire factory, while he himself went upstairs with Liu Yemei to sit at the negotiating table.

"President Wang, this is our raw materials room."

The secretary surnamed He looked to be around thirty years old and was also dressed in white-collar attire. He was currently pointing at a huge warehouse in front of them, explaining, "After all of our company's raw materials are transported back, they are classified and organized here before being stored."

"There are also dedicated personnel to verify everything during extraction to prevent any loss or misuse of raw materials."

Wang Shuo took a look and nodded; it seemed to be running in quite an orderly fashion.

After walking a bit further, Secretary He pointed to a workshop in front of them that was obviously much larger and introduced, "This is our processing workshop. All finished materials are processed here."

"Due to production, the processing workshop might have an unpleasant odor, so we won't go inside, President Wang."

How could that be?

One of the main goals of this inspection was this very processing workshop. Moreover, all the technology of the new materials processing factory was concentrated here, so how could he not take a look?

"Let's take a look."

Wang Shuo said simply and stepped toward the workshop.

Helpless, Secretary He could only pull a mask out of his pocket to put on, then rushed to catch up with Wang Shuo, who had already entered the workshop doors.

The smell inside the workshop was indeed not very pleasant, filled with the pungent odor of melted plastic.

Wang Shuo scanned the area. The entire workshop was filled with chemical equipment of various sizes. Complex setups composed of tanks and pipes were arranged in neat rows. Nearby, workers occasionally opened the tanks to add raw materials in proportion, their movements highly skilled.

The melted finished products were drawn into long, thin "strands," shredded by machines, and then piled in designated areas to cool naturally.

Looking closely, one could also see letters like "PE," "PP," and "ABS" marked on the crates.

While he was observing, a man walked over, frowning as he looked at them. Then, seemingly spotting Secretary He standing next to Wang Shuo, his brow relaxed slightly.

"Secretary He, did you bring these people?"

"President Wang, this is the general head of the production workshop, Tan Yan," Secretary He introduced to Wang Shuo, before turning to Tan Yan. "This is President Wang, Mr. Lin's guest."

"I don't care whose guest he is," Tan Yan frowned. "No safety precautions have been taken. What if an accident occurs?"

"Just keeping it ventilated is enough."

Before Secretary He could speak, Wang Shuo smiled and said, "I think our factory's environment is quite good. There shouldn't be any issues with poor ventilation, right?"

"Of course not," Tan Yan shook his head. "Mr. Lin cares deeply about the workers' production safety and environment, investing a great deal of effort to improve them. Up until now, our factory has gone three consecutive years without a safety accident."

"That is indeed impressive." Wang Shuo nodded. Lin Junfeng had indeed done a very good job in this regard.

The clean workshop, orderly production process, relatively advanced equipment, skilled workers, and good environment were concrete proof of how much importance Lin Junfeng attached to this factory.

Logically speaking, a factory like this shouldn't be losing money.

As the darling of the market in recent years, polymer materials had immense development prospects, a vast market, and even policy support at the national level. In particular, the general-purpose polymer materials that this factory specialized in were almost unique among polymer materials due to their wide range of applications and variety of products. They had already fully entered industrial fields such as construction, transportation, agriculture, and the electrical and electronics industries, promising a highly lucrative future.

Could such a factory actually be losing money? To the point where it had to be sold just to cut losses?

Where exactly did the problem lie?