Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1148 - 583 Shock Persuasion Retention Shabby_3

Chapter 1148: Chapter 583 Shock Persuasion Retention Shabby_3

As for labor costs, Liu JinXue employed full-time workers, while over here at Sancha River, even the young men from Guan Village didn’t focus their primary energy on the greenhouses. They were busy with other things, and anyway, there was never a shortage of labor when needed.

So after Liu JinXue had finished talking about how much he could earn in a month, Yan Fei just chuckled and said, "You see, not to mention the better quality here, and after this year’s flooding, there are several more households in that village who saw the profits from Agaricus bisporus and want to get involved. There will definitely be even more people following me in the future... Actually, there are already considerably more greenhouses now than before. In the future, as my production continues to increase, your little stuff..."

Liu JinXue, even as simple-minded as he was, could understand the implication: if the cultivation of Agaricus bisporus here became large-scale and maintained high quality, it would not only be pressure for him but also for other Agaricus bisporus growers in the surrounding area.

Clearly, in the future they would either have to keep lowering their prices, or... in reality, once price competition began, given his costs were several to many times higher than others, the outcome definitely wouldn’t be optimistic.

Liu JinXue thought about it and felt completely disheartened, so he could only bluster, "That will only matter once you have scaled up here!"

Seeing him being stubborn, Yan Fei laughed heartily and revealed his true thoughts, "Why don’t you just give up your small enterprise and come work as a technician here! Apart from growing Agaricus bisporus, we also have earthworm breeding. Both are about to be promoted aggressively here. Working here as a technician, not to mention, who in the surrounding area wouldn’t respect you? I won’t shortchange you on your salary, and you wouldn’t have to worry about business matters; we naturally have people for that here. What do you think?"

Hearing Yan Fei say this, Liu JinXue immediately objected, "How can that work? This place is hundreds of miles away from Provincial City; am I supposed to abandon my wife and kid?"

Yan Fei continued to smile, "Look, we have trucks coming from Provincial City to get beef every couple of days. Just mention it and your travel expenses are covered—more convenient than taking a bus. Plus, do you think working as a technician here would be as hard as growing mushrooms on your own? I’m not bragging, but you’d just be drinking tea here every day. When something needs to be done, you just go out, give a few instructions, and don’t even have to lift a finger..."

In fact, Liu JinXue was already somewhat tempted, but he felt embarrassed, especially since Yan Fei’s skills were initially taught by him. Now the tables were completely turned, and he was meant to work under Yan Fei—how could this be acceptable?

He hesitantly tried to say something else, but Yan Fei continued, "Think about it carefully. We’re really seeking talented people here. Not to mention, look at Zhang Hui and Xiao Zhao and the three of them, all veterinarians. What do they really do every day? Just stroll around the premises and when something hands-on is needed, a quick shout and there are plenty of people ready to jump at the task. They are all graduates from technical secondary schools, younger than you. Aren’t you at least as qualified as they are?"

This was the thorn in Liu JinXue’s side. Why did he start his business if not because he saw colleagues and others in his unit with lower education and younger age doing better after just mixing around a few years?

If it hadn’t been for the unit allocating him a house earlier, he probably wouldn’t even be able to compete for a welfare house now.

But then thinking about the house, he muttered, "That still doesn’t work. I set out to start my business with great ambition, and now I have ended up in the countryside working as a technician. How will I face those former colleagues later? Where can I put my face?"

Yan Fei scoffed coldly, "And when you can’t run your greenhouses anymore and go back, will you have face then? Right now, you see an opportunity to earn well and not exhaust yourself here. Eventually, when you go back with a bulging wallet, who would look down on you then?

Now everything is starting to revolve around money. Take Zhang Hui for instance, seeing the cattle farm flourishing, he’s thinking of fully leaving the veterinary station to join the cattle farming family. Regarding the issue of an iron rice bowl and saving face... as your bank account grows and your financial situation becomes more comfortable, who dares to look down on you?"

Of course, Zhang Hui’s situation is a bit different, as many people in Sancha River think working at Boss Yan’s cattle farm holds more prestige than mixing around in a veterinary station!"

Liu JinXue was still hesitant when Yan Fei added, "Do you think I was just making empty promises when I said I’d send you back with your pockets full? Do you think my place offers no benefits, just a mere fixed salary? I don’t even feel like explaining... Heizi, Heizi, come over here..."

Heizi had been quite busy these past few days, and hadn’t slept yet; he was in the next room, dealing with his junk. Hearing Brother Fei call him, he ran over without even washing his hands, "Brother Fei, what’s up?"

Yan Fei pointed at Liu JinXue, "Tell Senior Brother Liu, how much is your salary now? How much money have you actually saved following me all these years?"

Heizi, rubbing his hands, chuckled, "Does that include the stuff I collected from next door?"

Once he brought up those items, a smile just couldn’t stay off his face!

When Professor He had come and sorted through his things, he, despite his half-baked antiques knowledge, helped him sort and select, and even found something called Coin Mom, a few of which were of scarce supply and very valuable. He found more treasures among the broken pots and pans; there was even a copper lump covered in rust, somehow it was some sort of stove, and so on.

Supposedly, if the junk in that room were sold on the market, with Brother Fei dividing the profit for himself, it was no dream to start driving a Mercedes Benz S600.

In fact, Professor He had said that he was just an enthusiast, his skills were limited, and his eye wasn’t very accurate, except for a few especially noticeable items he could identify, he couldn’t really articulate anything specific about the rest.

That is to say, among that room full of things, there was certainly other valuable stuff—so these past couple of nights, whenever Heizi had a moment, he would hide in that room, sorting through his pile of ’junk’, unbothered by the heat.

Yan Fei almost kicked the gleefully chattering guy out, "Focus on the important stuff. Why keep prattling about your junk? When I’m gone, you’re in charge of persuading Senior Brother Liu to stay. If he still wants to leave, just wait and see how I deal with you."

With that, he really just walked away—he had been patient enough with Senior Brother Liu, it was already more than could be asked of him.

Heizi, rubbing his hands, began chuckling as he started explaining the benefits of working there. Not to mention anything else, just the generous benefits the boss often gave out were worth it!

Yan Fei had walked far away but still heard Heizi persuading, "Senior Brother Liu, rest assured, you won’t lose out here. If you don’t believe me, just say the word, and I’ll split some of my junk for you right now. Take it back to the Provincial City to sell, and use it as settling-in money. It’s a bit remote here, but let’s get your household settled first..."

"Also, has Brother Fei told you? Don’t worry about the distance from home. We have cars running back and forth every two to three days. I’m not boasting, but we supply beef to the Provincial City at the lowest prices, and they’d love to be able to do us a favor! Once they know you’re our technician, not only will you not have to pay for the rides, but if you bring your wife out for a meal, they wouldn’t dare charge you—believe it or not?"

Who you follow determines what you learn, and this brash kid Heizi, though his Mercedes Benz S600 wasn’t even a reality yet, had already picked up a flamboyant streak from Yan Fei, even his way of talking was frighteningly bold...