146: Chapter 146 Lin Junfeng's Heartbreaking Past

November 25th, Sunday. 9:10 AM.

After staying in Donghai City for two days, Wang Shuo finally boarded the return flight with his bodyguards and employees.

Only this time, their group had one more person.

Watching the plane slowly leave the runway and ascend, Wang Shuo sighed with satisfaction, though he was somewhat speechless that Liu Yemei beside him had been replaced by Lin Junfeng.

"You're a grown man, what's the meaning of squeezing next to me? You don't even have the refreshing perfume scent that Liu Yemei has."

"Mr. Wang," Lin Junfeng pointed to the small window, "That is the specific location of our factory. Because it's close to the port, it's called the Lingang Area."

Wang Shuo looked up, gazing down through the small window.

Since they were seated on the left side of the plane, after the plane finished taking off and circling, they could see the sea and the harbor perfectly.

"The road to the north of the factory is called Liangang Avenue. The small road on the east side is Zhengjia Road, and the road extending westward is Pingda Road. Our factory is right here."

Under Lin Junfeng's guidance, Wang Shuo finally found the factory's location, and at the same time, he saw the large vacant lot opposite it.

"What's going on over there? Why is it still empty?"

"Mr. Wang, are you talking about the vacant lot past Zhengjia Road on the east side of our factory?"

Seeing Wang Shuo nod, Lin Junfeng smiled, "It was sold. I heard it was a technology company called Zhongzhi Pengcheng that spent over four billion to buy more than 1,500 mu of land, but I don't know why, there hasn't been any movement until now."

Zhongzhi Pengcheng? Isn't that a technology company under the Chen Group? They actually acquired land in Donghai City too?

Over four billion... only Chen Zhongxuan could make such a decision; no one else has that kind of courage.

But what the heck is acquiring land with a technology company? And this area is clearly not suitable for building a residential complex.

"What about there?"

Wang Shuo pointed to the area adjacent to the Chen Group's plot. From the air, that piece of land looked to be about the same size as the one the Chen Group had purchased.

"It was also sold," Lin Junfeng looked and said, "It's the United States' TSL company. I heard they are going to build a factory, and it's estimated that construction will start next year."

"A United States company building a factory in Donghai City?"

Wang Shuo subconsciously cast his gaze toward Liu Yemei, who was sitting one seat away.

"The United States TSL company is a famous new energy vehicle company in the world today. Their main business is TSL new energy vehicles, and their market covers the entire world."

Wang Shuo nodded. He had heard of TSL cars, and even fantasized about buying one when he saw them before, but now...

To be honest, he didn't think much of them anymore.

A person's vision determines their way of thinking and scope. After witnessing the glory of the Humanoid Race, a so-called car that still uses batteries could no longer satisfy Wang Shuo's requirements for transportation.

If it wasn't a sea-land-air amphibious vehicle, how could it live up to his status as the heir to the Humanoid Race civilization?

However, that thing the Humanoid Race used—stepping on a disc and flying around the sky—while very cool, really didn't fit well on Earth.

Who in their right mind would stand on that thing?

A flying skateboard would be more popular than that thing.

"TSL company announced last year that it would select three locations worldwide to build super factories. As a major world manufacturing power, China is one of the best choices," Liu Yemei introduced calmly, "Placing the factory here, whether it's energy reserves, raw material supply, labor costs, or market scale, can achieve the optimal combination and minimize costs."

"Assistant Liu is correct," Lin Junfeng praised, "Donghai City is one of the cities with the most frequent foreign trade in China. The port here is second to none in terms of scale and conditions, transportation is very convenient, and it's especially backed by China. Building a factory here, one can conveniently export products to the east through the port, and supply the Chinese market to the west through the interior. Moreover, if subsequent profits are good, one can also expand production scale."

"To be honest, when I chose to build the factory here, it was based on this consideration."

Lin Junfeng sighed with emotion. He had thought of everything, but what he hadn't expected was that he simply didn't have the ability to expand the factory scale.

Wang Shuo found it amusing. He could hear Lin Junfeng's deep unwillingness, but between realizing his dream and his unwillingness, he still chose to realize his dream. For this, he was willing to join an unknown small company and work for someone more than a decade younger than him.

"General Manager Lin, I've always had a question."

As the plane gradually climbed until the clouds obscured the ground, Wang Shuo asked curiously, "The new materials field has been a hot topic in recent years, and I have carefully inspected your factory's production area. To be honest, it's quite decent."

"With a factory of this scale, is it impossible to make a profit?"

"This..." Lin Junfeng shook his head with a bitter smile, "To be honest, Mr. Wang, I still haven't figured this out to this day."

"In the beginning, let alone losing money, if our annual sales were less than 50 million and our profits were less than 20 million, I would consider it not making money."

"By last year, our annual sales reached nearly 200 million, and our net profit reached nearly 100 million. Our product line was even richer, with as many as fourteen lines; at the same time, we also undertook finished product orders, and even directly acquired a mold factory for this purpose."

"I was in high spirits at the time and wanted to strike while the iron was hot, so, ignoring the opposition of the shareholders, I invested huge sums of money into the medical and microelectronics fields, hoping to open up a few more channels for the company."

"But..." Lin Junfeng shook his head, "In February of this year, several distributors and material recipients who had long-term cooperation with us all reduced their procurement volume, and later they simply stopped purchasing altogether, causing our factory's goods to pile up and we began to suffer continuous losses."

"The technical threshold in the medical and microelectronics fields made it impossible for us to produce products capable of winning the market, and it gradually became a burden on the company."

"Our company's original flagship product—the finished product of Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber—also showed no improvement."

"Plus the withdrawal of capital by the shareholders..."

Lin Junfeng sighed.

"As for the rest, Mr. Wang, you already know."

Wang Shuo nodded.

"General Manager Lin, didn't you investigate what was going on with your sales channels?"

"How could I not have investigated?" Lin Junfeng was somewhat helpless, "The day after it happened, I took the technicians to ask. The procurement side's reply was that they had a better source of raw materials, and the quality was superior to ours."

"I also investigated this new supplier that popped up. It was just established this year, but their capital, scale, and technology far exceed ours. We didn't lose unjustly."

This is the sorrow of a small factory. If your skills are inferior to others, you are always in danger of being squeezed out by big factories.

Lin Junfeng's factory, to be honest, couldn't really be considered a small factory. After all, in all of China, how many manufacturers have assets exceeding 100 million?

But even so, when it was time to go bankrupt, it went bankrupt. Even someone as capable as Lin Junfeng had no solution.

It's still that saying: a penny can stump a hero.

If they gave Lin Junfeng another 100 million or even 50-60 million, Wang Shuo believed that with Lin Junfeng's ability, he would definitely be able to find a way to bring it back to life.

But in the real world, there are no "ifs."

Wang Shuo was dazed, and Lin Junfeng was sensible enough not to disturb him.

Thinking about his experiences over the past year, he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

Fortunately, his dream still had a chance to be realized, and the opportunity lay with this young man beside him.

A company that could casually take out 40 million, even if the registered capital information was only 1 million, should have a considerable scale, right?

Perhaps, this Mr. Wang really was a rich second-generation heir, as Director Wang had said?

And this company under his name was just a front for him to experience things?

If that were the case... could he ask Mr. Wang to allocate some funds to start the plan? And those technical parameters Mr. Wang provided...

Remembering the content Wang Shuo had written on the paper, Lin Junfeng felt an itch in his heart. He wished he could fly to the destination immediately, arrange everything, and fly back to Donghai City.

This feeling of boiling blood... it had been such a long time.

Two hours passed quickly, and the plane landed on time at Hanzhong City Tianhe Airport.

Wang Shuo led a few people and got into the business car that Chen Xin had prepared in advance, driving all the way toward the Optics Valley Software Park.

But the further they went, the stranger Lin Junfeng felt.

Where does this lead to?

Mr. Wang's company... shouldn't it be located in the central district?