1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

After reporting to his uncle, Green returned to his residence.

After returning to his residence, Green immediately called Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was currently in his office, watching the changes in his factory over the past six months.

Lu Chen held up a roster and sighed, "It's only been half a year, and my factory already has nearly a thousand workers?"

At this moment, the phone in the office suddenly rang. After Lu Chen answered the phone, he found that it was Green calling. He said:

"Mr. Green, what's the matter with you calling?"

Green didn't waste any words. He asked Lu Chen to send a few people to Los Angeles to work with their family members to select a site for the pharmaceutical factory.

Lu Chen said to Green on the other end of the phone: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go over right away."

After Lu Chen hung up the phone, he asked someone to inform Fu Mingzhuo of the news and let Fu Mingzhuo arrange the matter.

After arranging this matter, Lu Chen continued to hold the documents that Fu Mingzhuo gave him.

After Lu Chen finished reading the documents, he stretched and stood up from his chair. He checked the time. He said with some surprise:

"Oh, it's already twelve o'clock, it's time to go eat."

Speaking of eating, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that he had never eaten a meal in the company cafeteria since the factory was established. He said to himself:

"Why don't we go to the cafeteria today and have a meal and see how good our cafeteria is."

Lu Chen did what he thought. He walked out of the office and headed towards the cafeteria.

When Lu Chen arrived at the cafeteria, there were already many people queuing up to get food. He randomly found a line and started queuing up with the workers to get food.

The canteen staff was very efficient. Lu Chen waited for about ten minutes before it was his turn to get his meal. He picked up a set of tableware and came to the front desk.

Lu Chen looked at the lunch prepared in the cafeteria and felt it was pretty good. There were not only Chinese dishes such as braised pork and twice-cooked pork, but also Western dishes such as steak, bread, and hamburgers.

Seeing Lu Chen coming over, the chef holding a spoon asked Lu Chen:

"What do you want to eat?"

Lu Chen looked at the dishes and pointed at a few pots and said:

"Give me some of this, this, and this."

After listening to Lu Chen's words, the chef started to serve the dishes to Lu Chen. While the chef was serving the dishes, Lu Chen kept staring at the chef's hands. Seeing that the chef's hands did not have Parkinson's disease, Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

He sighed to himself, "People in this period are still simple and honest. If it were in later times, those chefs would be terrified."

Lu Chen carried the prepared food and looked around, but he didn't find any empty tables. He had no choice but to find a table with empty seats and sit down.

As soon as Lu Chen sat down, he heard a young man next to him say:

"Uncle Wang, where are you going to go this holiday?"

Uncle Wang answered while eating: "I don't have time to play. The food at home is almost gone. I have to take advantage of this day off to go to the city to buy some. Otherwise, there will be no rice at home later."

The young man nodded after hearing Uncle Wang's words and said with some regret:

"I wanted you to take me to that bar we went to last time. Looks like I'll have to find someone else to go with me."

Uncle Wang said, "Xiao Lu, I think you are not young anymore. It's time for you to find a wife to live with. It's not a good idea for you to go to the bar at this age."

The young man named Xiao Lu said, "I also want to find a wife, but our factory is full of men. Where can I find one?"

Uncle Wang sighed and said:

"You're right. It would be great if the boss hired some female workers. Young men like you wouldn't have to go to those places all the time."

Lu Chen was a little surprised when he heard the conversation. He asked, "Brother, isn't there a store near our factory? Why do you have to go to the city to sell food?"

Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Our factory is quite remote. No business is willing to come here."

Lu Chen asked again: "What about clinics and pharmacies? Are there any near us?"

The young man named Xiao Lu said: "We don't even have a store here, how can we have these?"

After hearing this, Lu Chen lowered his head and began to think. There are already thousands of people in the factory. They have to be provided with food, clothing, housing and transportation. More female workers should be hired. It is inevitable that a bunch of men will have some strange hobbies after being together for a long time. Some fun projects should also be created.

After dinner, Lu Chen came to Fu Mingzhuo's office.

Fu Mingzhuo saw Lu Chen coming to him and said to him with a smile:

"Boss, have you finished reading all the documents?"

Lu Chen nodded and said, "It took me all morning. I finally finished reading the documents you gave me."

Fu Mingzhuo said:

"Then boss, do you have any instructions?"

Lu Chen said, "I don't have any instructions for the expansion and production of the factory. You have done a good job. I came to you to talk to you about the workers' living problems."

Fu Mingzhuo asked doubtfully: "What about the workers' living problems? Aren't their wages paid in full? What other problems do they have in their lives?"

Lu Chen said: "I heard from the workers that there are no shops selling goods or clinics nearby. There are no entertainment venues. The most important thing is that there are too few female workers here."

Fu Mingzhuo said helplessly: "We can't solve this problem either. Our place is too remote. The government is not willing to build basic facilities here, and no business is willing to open a store here."

Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "If the government doesn't want to build it, then we can build it ourselves. We already have thousands of workers here, and the factory will have to expand in the future, and the number of workers will increase accordingly. If there is no clinic, the workers will have no place to see a doctor if they have a headache or fever in the future.

Also, if there are no merchants, we can open our own shops. The wages of the workers in our factory are not low, and their spending power is not bad. We don’t have to worry about no one coming to consume here. Moreover, some of these shops and hospitals can recruit some female workers. ”

Fu Mingzhuo frowned and said bitterly: "Boss, it will cost a lot of money to build these things. We also need to go to Los Angeles to build a new factory...."

Lu Chen waved his hand, interrupting Fu Mingzhuo's next words. He said:

"Don't worry about the money. I went to China some time ago and got a lot of orders for the military factories in the Philippines. Now we are cooperating with Green and can sell penicillin. Plus the original stockings, the money is more than enough."

Fu Mingzhuo smiled bitterly and said, "It is indeed enough, but if you spend the money, the company's profit for today will be spent again."

Lu Chen said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I don't rely on these profits to make a living."

Fu Mingzhuo said, "Okay, but I don't know what you are going to repair near our factory."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "You can build a commercial street right next to our factory so that the workers can buy daily necessities when they go out. Then you can build a gymnasium so that the workers can go there to play after work."

Fu Mingzhuo said: "It is easy to build these buildings, but where are the hospitals and businesses going to come from?"

Lu Chen said: "You repair these buildings first, and I will figure out the rest."

Seeing Lu Chen say this, Fu Mingzhuo nodded and said, "Okay, let's find someone to start the work."

After arranging these things, Lu Chen left Fu Mingzhuo's office.