Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 244 - 244 Edited 244 Selecting Slots

244: Edited: Chapter 244 Selecting Slots 244: Edited: Chapter 244 Selecting Slots The first to arrive was Accountant Liu.

Since he lived closer to Wu Xiaoyu’s house and was the first to receive the notice, Wu Xiaoyu quickly brought him a stool to sit as he entered.

While chatting casually with Accountant Liu, Li Wenzhong from Li’s family also walked in.

Seeing Accountant Liu and Wu Xiaoyu talking enthusiastically, he hurried over and smiled:

“Xiaoyu, the recipe for your shiitake mushroom sauce came from my fourth aunt.

You should give our family two more spots!”

Wu Xiaoyu knew he was joking and didn’t mind, laughing, “Isn’t Jiajia already working at the factory?

She’s even a small manager in production!

Uncle Wenzhong, you can’t be too greedy!”

Li Wenzhong didn’t know of his relationship with Li Yujia and thought it was really because of his fourth aunt that Li Yujia got the job.

So, he just laughed sheepishly and let it slide.

Soon after, Wu Youliang entered, pulling along an elder from their clan.

Upon seeing Wu Youliang back, both Accountant Liu and Li Wenzhong quickly stood up to greet him.

Just as Zheng Weenzhong was impatiently about to inquire about the recruitment, Village Chief Niu Mansheng walked in.

What’s going on?

Doesn’t he have a grudge with Wu Xiaoyu?

Why did he invite him?

Both Accountant Liu and Zheng Weenzhong looked at Wu Xiaoyu with puzzled faces.

But Wu Xiaoyu gracefully greeted Niu Mansheng, inviting him to sit together.

When Niu Mansheng heard Wu Youliang call him over for a recruitment spot for his family, he felt a bit scornful.

But he had to come.

If his family missed this job opportunity because he didn’t show up, it would surely cause anger among the clan members.

His status in the village had already been declining.

If his prestige in the clan also fell, would anyone listen to him in the future?

Reluctantly, Niu Mansheng sat beside Accountant Liu and said to Wu Xiaoyu, “Xiaoyu, how many people are you recruiting that you had to gather so many people?”

Wu Youliang saw that he spoke with thorns and his expression darkened.

He glared at him and said, “We only need four more employees!”

The others felt a bit disappointed at this.

Wu Xiaoyu continued, “Although we are only recruiting four people now, I can purchase the soybean paste needed for production from each household!”

Purchasing soybean paste?

Doesn’t that mean everyone can make money?

Accountant Liu instantly sensed a business opportunity upon hearing this.

Wu Xiaoyu needed a lot of soybean paste besides shiitake mushrooms for his sauce.

If he planted soybeans next year and turned them all into soybean paste to sell to Wu Xiaoyu, wouldn’t that be a way to make money?

Niu Mansheng also sensed some unease upon hearing this.

Wu Xiaoyu was trying to win people’s hearts!

If the villagers made soybean paste and he bought it, everyone would depend on him to get rich, wouldn’t he become the most powerful voice in the village?

Li Wenzhong, being straightforward and unable to keep things to himself, eagerly asked upon hearing Wu Xiaoyu’s plan to buy mushroom sauce from the villagers,

“Xiaoyu, you mean letting the villagers grow soybeans, make soybean paste, and then sell it to you?”

Seeing him ask so directly, Wu Xiaoyu simply replied, “Yes!

Our villagers haven’t had much education or skills, they can’t just rely on farming for a living!”

“Now that agricultural technology has advanced and crop yields have increased, agricultural product prices have dropped.

How much money can be made by just farming?”

“It’s better to encourage everyone to grow soybeans, turn them into soybean paste, and then I buy them to make shiitake mushroom sauce.

This would earn more than just farming!”

Accountant Liu fell into deep thought upon hearing this.

Having worked as an accountant for over ten years, he knew the village situation inside and out.

The villagers had no skills and didn’t want to leave home to do hard labor.

They relied on a few acres of land to make a living, and if this continued, the villagers would only become poorer and more backward.

“Xiaoyu, how is the profitability of your shiitake mushroom sauce factory?

Can it run long-term?

What if all the villagers plant soybeans and then your factory fails…

goes bankrupt, what would we do?” Accountant Liu couldn’t help but ask.

Realizing he misspoke, he quickly explained, “Xiaoyu, don’t take this the wrong way, but this concerns the villagers’ livelihoods after all!”

Wu Xiaoyu knew Accountant Liu spoke without ill intent and didn’t mind his words.

“Rest assured!

I can sign contracts with the villagers first.

Besides, it will be next year that they plant soybeans.

By then, the factory’s profitability will be clear!” Wu Xiaoyu said cheerfully.

Li Wenzhong, hearing Wu Xiaoyu, had secretly decided to plant all soybeans next year.

He didn’t believe Wu Xiaoyu’s factory would fail.

His niece worked there after all.

It was said the shiitake mushroom sauce sold very well in town.

Wu Xiaoyu was even planning to partner with big chain supermarkets.

How could it fail?

Niu Mansheng felt increasingly worried listening to their conversation.

The last thing he wanted was for the villagers to get rich.

If the villagers became wealthy, then Daxin Village would no longer be a poor village, and the town wouldn’t offer poverty relief funds or various benefits.

In that case, how could he, the village head, get rich?

Seeing Niu Mansheng silent, Wu Xiaoyu changed the topic.

After all, he wouldn’t be the village head by then, and what the villagers planted had nothing to do with him anymore.

“Alright!

Let’s move on to the factory’s recruitment.

We need four workers, two men and two women.

Men just need to be strong, and women should know how to cook!” Wu Xiaoyu cut to the chase.

Accountant Liu glanced at the moody Niu Mansheng and avoided mentioning soybean planting, instead asking, “Do you plan to let each family offer one person?”

Wu Xiaoyu nodded.

Niu Mansheng, seeing his smug look, grew increasingly displeased and said, “You could find someone yourself!

Why involve us?”

Having served as village head for so long, Niu Mansheng wasn’t skilled but excelled at reading people.

He knew Wu Xiaoyu had other intentions by using them as intermediaries.

Seeing the key question raised, Wu Xiaoyu didn’t hide it and said with a smile, “I just don’t want to offend anyone!

If you recommend some clan members to work at the factory, those not chosen wouldn’t dare to be disgruntled!”

Accountant Liu had already guessed he’d be used as a scapegoat, but since it was helping family, he had no complaints.

Hearing Wu Xiaoyu’s honest words, he felt more at ease and said with a smile, “Alright, we’ll handle it.

I’d like to see anyone dare to complain!”

Li Wenzhong, seeing Accountant Liu decide, followed suit, “Xiaoyu, don’t worry!

I’ll find you capable people!”

Niu Mansheng, seeing everyone agree, was the only one unwilling to give in to Wu Xiaoyu.

Why should he take the fall for Wu Xiaoyu?

Why was Wu Xiaoyu, usually so arrogant, now afraid of offending people?

“Xiaoyu, I’m afraid I can’t help you with this.

You still need to find people yourself!” Niu Mansheng said as he stood up.