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The interview with the three employee representatives was over, and it was already 12:30 noon. The appeal made by the other party was the same as that written in Shen Weiyu's report, but Xue Lian listened to them patiently to show his sincerity, and let them express it with details Be clear, listen to their aspirations as much as possible, and finally promise them that they will have another conference call with several directors of the group to discuss the solution that afternoon, and promise that the group will do its best to satisfy them as long as the appeal is reasonable, but Xue Lian He also said that he hoped that they could return to their respective jobs as soon as possible. After all, if the delay continues, the company's production capacity will not be able to keep up, and the orders will not be completed. Not only will the company's goodwill be damaged, but it will also have many disadvantages for the employees themselves.

After the show ended, Xue Lian did not accept the invitation of Director Shen and other leaders of the company to have lunch together, but told Xia Xun to take him to a friend's restaurant by the beach for lunch.

At the entrance of the company, I stopped a tuk-tuk that can be seen everywhere on the streets of Chiang Mai or Bangkok. Xue Lian explained the location to the driver. About 10 minutes later, the driver pulled them to a doorway in a row of restaurants near the beach. , Xue Lian paid the fare and walked over. Xia Xun looked up and saw ONEMORE written in English on the signboard, followed by a string of Cambodian characters.

It is said that it is a restaurant, but it is actually just an area similar to a food stall. Xia Xun looked around and found that there were not many people dining at this time. Of course, there were not many tourists on the beach not far away. The scene makes people unable to associate with tourist destinations.

Different from the hustle and bustle of Bali, Saipan, Maldives and even Hainan, the blue sea and blue sky here are extraordinarily quiet, the snow waves and silver sand are exceptionally clean, and the heat waves in the air do not make people feel irritable. Or the light blue walls, and the occasional view of one or two magenta bougainvilleas sticking out from the corner of the street, people will become more relaxed and their body will become lighter.

It is very suitable to let go of everything and come here for a meditation.

"Hey, Liam. longtime nosee." Xia Xun's thoughts were brought back to reality, only to see a brown-haired, tough-featured Caucasian man coming out of the store, hugging Xue Lian enthusiastically, and then said this to him.

"HI, Eric, I'vetoldyou.I'llcallonyouwheni'minSihanoukville." Xue Lian also had a smile on his face, obviously the man in front of him had an unusual relationship with him, and then he said: "Then, whereisLily?"

"Sheis busyin the kitchen." Eric said and shouted into it, "Honey, i've got someone you'd like to see, could you come out right now?"

"Letmeguess, isthatLiam." A beautiful and excited female voice came from the end of the room, and then the hostess of the restaurant ran out. She had an Asian face, although she was a bit dark, but her facial features were exquisite, and she was clearly different from the locals. , but Xia Xun is temporarily unable to judge whether she is Chinese.

After greeting the hostess, Xue Lian introduced Xia Xun to the other party. Xia Xun greeted the two of them in English that was not very fluent. Eric arranged them to sit in the pergola outside, and Lily brought them Refreshing fruit drink for two guests.

After all four of them sat down, I don't know if Xue Lian realized that Xia Xun's English was sloppy, so he helped him out and said, "Since there are three Chinese people here, then you can speak Chinese if you feel wronged by Eric."

Then he introduced to Xia Xun: "Eric and Lily are both alumni of my college days."

Unexpectedly, Eric interrupted: "No, no, I dropped out of school later, so strictly speaking, only you and Lily are alumni."

Hearing his explanation, Xia Xun thought that the white people were really frank, and at the same time thought, which school did Brother Lian go to, oh yes, Pennsylvania.

"So you are all from the law school?" Xia Xun suddenly felt that he could not sit still surrounded by a group of top students.

"No, only Liam is from the law school. I majored in medicine. Lily first studied communication engineering and studied Quantum Communication in her master's degree. Oh, forgive me, I can't remember how to pronounce that word in Chinese." Eric As soon as the voice was spoken, Xia Xun felt that he had two discoveries. First, Eric probably belonged to the type with a particularly enthusiastic personality, so he especially liked to answer quickly. Second, his Chinese was several times better than his English. Fortunately, Brother Lian I kindly suggest that everyone speak Chinese, otherwise I can only keep giggling.

"Why did you come back suddenly? Did something happen?" Lily was wearing a bright pink tank top and white hot pants, with a hot body and a braid that made it difficult for people to connect her with a communication engineer. With an afro, he brought some snacks to accompany the meal and asked, "Haven't you had lunch yet? Eat something to fill your stomach first, and I'll prepare it now?"

"It doesn't need to be too troublesome, just make two dishes at will. By the way, I really want to eat your Cambodian spring rolls." Xue Lian said.

"No problem, one of my family's signature dishes is available at any time." The proprietress said as she walked to the back kitchen, leaving Eric to accompany the guests.

About half an hour later, a table of dishes was ready, and the four of them began to eat lunch.

After reminiscing about the old days, Xia Xun found out that Xue Lian and Eric did not meet each other at school, but only when they came to Cambodia. Xue Lian came to build a factory, and Eric and the others came to support education, but they never went back, but the teaching could not support the two of them. So I just opened a restaurant here, Lily usually takes care of it, and Eric is still a volunteer at the school.

Another important news is that Lily is the cousin of Xue Lian's wife. Xia Xun first knew that her cousin's name was Su Ling. She had just entered university and had nothing to do during the summer vacation, so she came to Cambodia to look for her. The cousin played, and then met Xue Lian in the cousin's restaurant.

"How are Janet and your two babies doing?" Lily asked casually.

"They are still naughty. Janet always complains that raising two children makes her have no private time, especially when I am on a business trip, she will feel very crazy." Whenever the two children are mentioned, Xue Lian always looks very special Soft and with a hint of proud pride that only a father can have.

Hearing what they said, Xia Xun felt that being Xue Lian's wife was not easy.

"So I don't think it's wise to have a child too early." Lily continued.

"Half good, half bad, when children say 'I love you' to you in a soft voice, it will still make people feel happy from the bottom of their hearts." Xue Lian smiled.

"Speaking of which, it's been so long. I was really shocked when you suddenly decided to get married not long after you met." When Lily mentioned this, Xue Lian didn't immediately reply.

But Eric interjected: "Honey. Fate is such a wonderful thing. It seems that my first thought when I saw you was that I must marry her!"

"But they are different. Janet and this gentleman just graduated from high school when they met, and this gentleman is eight years older than Janet!" Lily responded to Eric with an angry expression while pointing at Xue Lian.

"It turns out that you have always been concerned that I am too old to be a good match for Janet!" Xue Lian asked, "But seeing that there are guests here today, can you consider taking care of my face and not being harsh?"

Lily's eyes fell on Xia Xun's face, and she suddenly understood, so she shrugged and muttered, "Sorry, I have such a straightforward personality."

Xia Xunxin said that Brother Lian actually has such a preference, and his impression of him has slightly changed.

Later they stopped discussing this issue and talked about other things, just recalling the good old days.After lunch time, Eric flipped the Open sign outside the store to Closed, saying that he and Lily wanted to watch a movie in the afternoon, so he would not accompany Xue Lian and the others, and then walked away with his wife. Next to Xue Lian and Xia Xun, Xue Lian got used to their style and didn't say much, only said that he had a meeting in the afternoon, so he decided to go back to the hotel first.

In the end, he and Xia Xun went back to the hotel and rented a small conference room, connected with Liman's headquarters, and reported the situation here.

Several directors of the group, including Xue Zhe, attended the meeting. After Xue Lian's report, everyone discussed and finally believed that selling the Sihanoukville factory is the best choice at present.

Xue Lian couldn't convince everyone, so he had to choose to accept.

After the meeting, it was already dinner time, Xue Lian didn't feel like going out for food, so Xia Xun accompanied him to have some dinner in the western restaurant of the hotel.

"Brother Lian, I can tell that you have deep feelings for everything here." Xia Xun said bluntly when he noticed that Xue Lian was getting more and more unhappy after the afternoon conference call.

"That is inevitable. But for the sake of the overall situation, no matter how reluctant you are, you have to give up immediately." Xue Lian said.

"Let me talk about my thoughts. In fact, the crux of Liman's problem is not a short-term lack of cash, but a dilemma in the choice of future roads. Let's put aside the Westport factory and talk about the current situation of the group." Xia Xun added some coffee to Xue Lian's empty cup. In fact, he never found a chance to communicate his thoughts with Xue Lian. He took this opportunity to tell the truth, "I have been reading the group's financial report for the past month. In the past three years, the group's main business Although business income is increasing, its proportion is constantly declining. Five years ago, Liman’s home appliance manufacturing income accounted for more than 90% of the total income, but now it has dropped to 70%. Irrelevant industries, including real estate, new energy vehicles, cultural film and television media, among which real estate sales revenue accounted for 7% in the last year, it can be said that Liman wants to participate in making money. But have you ever thought about it? Is it going astray? Investments are becoming more and more scattered, which eventually leads to our main business becoming less and less competitive among peers. When people talk about Liman, can they immediately think that this is a home appliance manufacturing company?"

"I know what you said. Although a company like Liman has a board of directors, there is actually only one real person at the helm." Xue Lian expressed helplessness, pointing out that Xue Zhe's will determined the direction of Liman.

"Let's put this question on hold for now. I want to say that in the current environment, it is not a good choice to continue investing in real estate." Xia Xun thought that Xue Lian was the general manager of Liman Real Estate, and felt a little abrupt. It wasn't suitable enough, so he quickly added, "Brother Lian, don't be surprised, I know you took over Liman Real Estate just the year before last. In my humble opinion, the land was very cheap a few years ago. Even if the real estate market plummets under extreme circumstances, we still have considerable profits. However, after the development of these lands is completed, the market is now highly open, and many large real estate companies with sufficient funds will enter. If we want to compete with them for land, the cost will be much higher, and it may cost billions of dollars at every turn. Is it really appropriate that a piece of land will cost us the net profit of our main business for one or two years?"

"I've considered everything you said, but the real estate is still very profitable and the money comes quickly. Chairman Xue is reluctant to let go. In fact..." Xue Lian paused, then frowned, and said with difficulty, "Sometimes I wonder if Xue Bo's death and the severe blow of the disease have made him lose the sanity of the past, and his current state... can only be described as desperate."

Xue Lian sighed deeply: "As long as you analyze carefully, you will know that the current policy is not conducive to real estate, but he is as if he has been brainwashed, insisting that this time is just the same as the real estate crisis five years ago, as long as he survives it, he can stand up again." .”

"Brother Lian, don't you think it's not important? The important thing is that as long as your ideas are the same as mine, and you agree with my ideas, we can do something! If you think it's my dad's personal will If something goes wrong, instead of the whole group thinking he did the right thing, then we can correct it."

Xue Lian looked at Xia Xun's confident face, and wanted to say something. Didn't he have an uncompromising drive when he first started working, but he finally gave up. He felt that Xia Xun still lacked experience in this area, and Xue Zhe did things. I'm afraid he hasn't had a deep feeling for his style. As long as it's something he decides, others can't change it. Make a mistake, but no one can reverse it.

Xue Lian's hand holding the cup suddenly felt the coolness from the ceramics. He raised his hand and looked at his watch and found that it was past eight o'clock, so he said: "We will discuss this issue in the long term. Now I have to call home as agreed with the children. Now, what about you, do you have someone to talk to?"

He stood up from his chair while talking, Xia Xun's phone dinged and a WeChat message came in, and he clicked on it, but it was sent by the person who wanted to talk. Seeing that Xue Lian didn't want to talk anymore, he had to end the current discussion about the company. conversation, followed Xue Lian to the elevator.

After going upstairs and returning to their rooms, Xiao Xingchen sent a WeChat message saying: "What are you busy with? Just ignore me all day."

Xia Xun read this WeChat message, and felt that the other party's tone was very interesting. Thinking of Xiao Xingchen's face, he hurriedly called him.

After they got on the phone, they chatted for a while, and when they talked about Xue Lian, Xia Xun naturally told Xiao Xingchen what he had heard about his cousin and sister-in-law in the afternoon.

"When did you gossip like this? I don't know." Xiao Xingchen said, "It's not good to talk about others!"

"No, I just thought it was a bit unexpected that this happened to Brother Lian." Xia Xun noticed that Xiao Xingchen seemed not very interested in his tone, and quickly changed the subject, "By the way, there is something I want to ask you. idea."

"Oh? What?"

"I know your love for medicine, so have you thought about medical assistance?" Xia Xun asked.

"Well, I had this idea before, but I never had the chance." Xiao Xingchen confessed.

"Then Doctor Xiao, now I give you an opportunity to come to Cambodia to provide assistance, are you willing to consider it?" Xia Xun asked him solemnly.

"You didn't go to deal with the strike, why did you bring this up all of a sudden?" Xiao Xingchen obviously became interested.

Xia Xun told him what happened this morning in detail, and told him what he thought.

In fact, Xia Xun didn't have time to tell Xue Lian that if Xue Lian insisted on keeping the Xigang factory and was willing to sell the land hoarded by Liman Real Estate in exchange for cash to replenish the group's working capital, and Xiao Xingchen also agreed to come, Then the two of them can guard the position of the Westport factory together.

"It's just a foreign country, and the conditions are quite simple. I don't know if you will get used to it. Besides, the time cannot be determined. Maybe two or three years, maybe five or six years, and you may need to give up the establishment of a public hospital." Xia Xun thinks I'm sorry.

"You actually think that I care about that kind of thing, and you insist on saying 'I only care about you and saving lives?'" The other person's tone was light and natural, but Xia Xun felt moved, and then felt a little proud.

"However, having said that, you can already decide this kind of thing on your own. Didn't you mean that the company decided to sell the Cambodian factory?" Xiao Xingchen still found the point of the matter.

"Yes, I haven't convinced Xue Lian or my dad yet, but I want to try, but what I want most is your support, Xiao Xingchen!" Xia Xun's eyes lit up, but in fact everything In the end, isn't the starting point the hope to move towards Xiao Xingchen's wish?

"Of course I will support you, I have said it before, I support all your decisions, because you have said the same thing to me, right?" Xiao Xingchen spoke earnestly.

"That's good, I'll try to convince them first." Xia Xun felt relieved.

Later, they talked on the phone again, and Xia Xun reluctantly hung up the phone until Xiao Xingchen said that a colleague sent a wechat message saying that he wanted to discuss a case with him.

That night, he reorganized the entire process of the Westport factory strike, and then wrote his own handling opinions and the group's development prospects into a report, and then sent it to Xue Zhe. Since Xue Lian felt that persuading Xue Zhe was the key, then Start with his dad.

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