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The old woman smiled and nodded at Lin Fan, her gaze now filled with admiration and appreciation.

The young man's analysis was very logical and accurate, and most importantly, all of his points were correct. He certainly has some skill. No wonder he's so young and already owns a factory, and he even comes here to recruit workers.

"Alright, young man, you're waiting here for fifty workers, right? I'll go find them for you right away. Don't worry, they're all relatively young, skilled, and obedient!"

“Take him back to the farm and he’ll be a great help. He won’t cause you any trouble. If anyone is disobedient, just send him over. I’ll take care of it for you and make sure they won’t dare to take your money.”

Lin Fan stopped the old woman and said with a smile, "Auntie, don't worry. I'm already here. It won't take long to finish the recruitment. Besides recruitment, I have two other things I want to ask you."

"Then you can help me recruit workers later, and I'll go take care of something else. I'll be right back. What do you think?"

The old woman hesitated for a moment, then nodded, looked at Lin Fan and smiled, "Sure!"

"Young man, ask whatever you want. As long as it's about Donghua, I'll say it again, there's nothing I don't know."

"Auntie, my first question is that my current garment factory needs some new equipment, but I can't afford it right now. So I wanted to ask you, where did all the old equipment that your Donghua Garment Factory used to discard go?"

"Was it sold as scrap metal or sent somewhere else?"

The old woman thought for a moment and then replied, "If I remember correctly, all the unusable parts in the factory were sold as scrap metal, while the usable parts were sent to the county finance bureau."

"According to the Finance Bureau's usual practice, it's definitely stored in the government's warehouse. Whenever the government needs it, it will either give it to someone else or find a buyer to sell it. That's all. If you need that batch of old equipment, you can go to the Finance Bureau to ask."

This old lady is indeed reliable; the information she provided was extremely helpful to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan nodded, gave the old woman a grateful look, and then said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go check out the equipment later, and you can help me recruit workers!"

"My second question is, you used to be a deputy factory director, so you must have a lot of management experience. That's why I'd like to ask you to be my deputy factory director as well, what do you think?"

"By the way, I still don't know your surname, ma'am?"

Upon hearing Lin Fan's words, the old woman froze on the spot, a look of disbelief in her eyes.

After a moment of confusion, she pointed to her nose and said, "Young man, you want me to be your deputy factory director?"

"Are you kidding me? I'm so old, don't you mind?"

In an era where the average life expectancy has not yet broken the seventy mark, fifty years old can indeed be considered "advanced age".

However, for Lin Fan, working with other workers at this age might be a bit difficult, but being in management is no problem at all, and could even be said to be very suitable.

On the one hand, this old lady used to be a member of the management team at Donghua Garment Factory, so the fifty people she brought in would definitely listen to her; she had a lot of prestige.

She manages the people under her command, while Lin Fan only needs to manage her to ensure the factory runs very well. Why not?

On the other hand, he used to work in garment factory management, and now that he's back in his old profession, his experience is far more reliable than if Lin Fan were to find someone else who might not know him well or be reliable.

"As for my name, it's Sun Hongxia. You can just call me Aunt Sun!"

That's a very polite way of putting it. Sun Hongxia is in her late forties, almost fifty, while Lin Fan is only around twenty. There's a full thirty-year age difference between them, so calling her "aunt" is appropriate. If she were ten years older, she could be called "grandmother."

"Okay, Aunt Sun!"

"Aunt Sun, your concerns are really not a problem."

"I'm asking you to take on a management role, to oversee the dozens of people in my factory, not to do manual labor. It has nothing to do with age, but rather with your personal abilities."

"You're so enthusiastic, and you've given me such a firm guarantee that you can help me recruit workers. This shows that you have a lot of prestige in Donghua Community. These people were all recruited by you, so they must admire you. You are the perfect person to be my deputy factory manager!"

"Of course, I will definitely not treat you unfairly in terms of salary. We can discuss the specific amount in detail after we have recruited all the workers, but I will definitely not let you down. What do you think?"

What else could Sun Hongxia think? At her age, someone was actually eager to invite her to be his deputy factory director. If she didn't agree, she'd be out of her mind!

Thinking of this, Sun Hongxia hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh dear, young man, you're too kind. You don't know me very well. Aren't you afraid that I'll mess this up for you if you let me be the deputy factory director?"

"Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust. I believe in Aunt Sun's abilities, and I also believe that she is a down-to-earth and honest person who won't cause trouble in my business."

Lin Fan looked at Sun Hongxia with a sincere expression.

Sun Hongxia couldn't stop smiling when she heard this!

She quickly patted her chest and said, "Alright, alright, since you think so highly of me, young man, what else do I have to hesitate about!"

"I'll take the position of deputy factory director. You go and sort out the equipment issue first, I'll find the people!"

Sun Hongxia originally wanted to ask Lin Fan about his salary and benefits in detail before recruiting.

After all, he also has to give an explanation to the workers he recruits. You can't just recruit people without even knowing how much they'll be paid. Even if you have some prestige in your previous workplace, such actions are bound to be criticized.

But now, she doesn't have that thought anymore.

He was already Lin Fan's chosen deputy factory director, and the thought of paying the factory's employees' salaries made him feel a pang of heartache.

Let's call everyone over and discuss this together when Lin Fan arrives!

It has to be said that she is quite competent as the deputy factory director. She hasn't even officially taken office yet, but she has already started to think about the factory and Lin Fan!

After leaving Donghua Residential Area, Lin Fan followed Sun Hongxia's directions and rode his motorcycle with Lin Zhi to the Finance Bureau.

The Finance Bureau, as the name suggests, is mainly responsible for the financial affairs of your respective regions.

Valuable items such as equipment and land purchased with government funds will be registered with the finance bureau once they are no longer needed.

The finance bureau officials will either find an opportunity to reuse them, or they will sell them off like in a judicial auction, with the proceeds confiscated.