Text Chapter 675: Jessie Zhou's Dismissal
It could be seen that the husband was still a little hesitant at the last moment, Jenny held one of his hands, and there were still tears in her eyes.
The husband was a little hesitant at first, but now he became firm. Rather than guarding this useless farm like this, he might as well buy it.
After thinking about it, he also held his wife's hand, as if he needed to borrow the power of writing from her. With two wavings of his right hand, he signed his name. Zhou Jiexi laughed happily, and cut the mess quickly, but fortunately, the dust has settled now.
He was just careful about any accidents during the signing process, that would be bad luck. It's all right now, there is nothing wrong now, even if he regrets it, he won't admit it, he will only believe in the black and white words on the contract.
With the help of the two lawyers at the scene and the notary, the contract was formally effective and recognized by the California government and federal laws. The farmer and his wife probably didn't want to stay here any longer, so they exchanged greetings with the farm staff and walked out.
Zhou Jiexi looked at their backs, but didn't intend to see them off. After walking out from here, this place doesn't belong to them at all.
And now, this place belonged to Zhou Jiexi, so he simply went away when he saw everyone, and immediately laughed "haha...". Then I looked around the crowd, "Now, I welcome you to my new farm. In addition to welcoming you, I have to congratulate you. You will be my first guests here."
"It's an honor!" Harvey nodded and looked at him and said with a smile. Harvey knew the whole thing. After all, he was the one who drafted the legal documents. According to Zhou Jiexi's request, he guaranteed that there would be no future troubles.
"We are the same, boss, it's a great honor!" The people present could see his joy, and they also followed suit.
"OK, now that the farm is bought, we need to run it well." Zhou Jiexi looked at everyone and said, especially to the two farm employee representatives.
"Of course!" Several people said with certainty.
"Okay, David, your accountant team will take over the farm's finances first. I have no hope of making a profit for the time being. Look at how much you need to lose every day."
"Okay, boss! But we have checked the farm's finances before, and it's okay to lose money. As long as we remove unnecessary labor in truffle planting and stop the supply of fertilizers, our farm will basically still be profitable. Capable." David said to Zhou Jiexi.
The expression of the two farm staff representatives, one of whom heard David's words, darkened a lot. Sure enough, as he guessed, it seems that many people will be in trouble at once.
Most of Jenny's farm's expenditure is actually on the truffle cultivation plan. With so many employees, the labor cost will cost a lot of money. Bearing this burden for more than ten years has made the farm owner owe a lot of bank loans even in good times.
An annual profit of more than one million yuan is indeed not enough. The number of people cooking truffles in the past has also decreased a lot, and now there are only about a dozen of them. The original farmer has been fighting for it with his wife.
"No, I won't reduce the investment in truffles." Zhou Jiexi looked at David and said seriously.
"Okay, boss!" David didn't say anything, the boss confirmed it, and he just followed the plan.
After Zhou Jiexi finished speaking, the middle-aged man thought he had heard wrong, and looked at Zhou Jiexi in shock. He blurted out: "What, you won't reduce your investment in truffles?"
"Of course!" Zhou Jiexi looked at him with a smile and said. "Since the farm has already been bought, I don't have to hide anything anymore."
As he spoke, he looked at the two of them and said seriously: "The document just signed is the legal document on the issue of truffles, and Harvey's document also explains it. Any results don't belong to the original owner of Jenny's Farm." As he spoke, he looked at Harvey.
Harvey nodded to him and explained: "Yes, in the document, I have explained the original farmer's truffle planting. In the sum of 14.5 million US dollars just now, It includes the compensation for the truffle. I believe the lawyer just explained it to him. And he also signed the contract after knowing the facts."
He knew that Zhou Jiexi also wanted to reassure the people on the farm, and let the employees know that he was not just trying to stall for time, but ended up firing a large number of them. The purpose of saying these words now is to appease the farm employees.
The reason is that they will go to the trade union to make trouble. Although it can't change the result, it is quite annoying. Especially for a big man like his boss, his reputation among the local residents will be affected a bit.
Zhou Jiexi nodded at Harvey's words, and then looked at the representatives of the farm employees and said, "I bought Jenny's Farm. In addition to needing its planting area and planting my latest research, I also took a fancy to the truffles here."
The representative of the farm employees looked at him suspiciously: "Why, the truffles in our farm have proved to be unqualified products, even though we have been improving the soil composition and changing the mineral composition of the water supply in recent years, but The taste is still not up to standard, why do you still..."
"I still want to take it over, right?" Zhou Jiexi took his words and asked.
The farm representative nodded.
"It's very simple. First, I am optimistic about its future market. Truffles will definitely bring me a steady stream of profits. There are only a few countries where they have a market of 1,000 tons, with a total market prospect of 500 million US dollars. Even if I I can only eat one-tenth of it, and that fifty million dollars is enough for me to buy several of these ranches every year."
"Secondly, even if the investment fails, I, Jesse Zhou, can afford to lose money. One year, two years, three years, even if it's like your former boss, if you lose money for more than ten years, I still have the capital. Of course Well, in addition to this, there is another reason, this farm will plant my insect repellent grass, which will bring in a lot of income every year, with it, it will definitely be able to support the losses caused by the truffles."
Zhou Jiexi's confident appearance infected the people around him, as if what he said would definitely become a fact. Let yourself listen to his speech, but don't know how to refute.
"Finally, the third point, I have read the experimental report of your truffles, and I have also made a laboratory report and analyzed their planting data. As a biologist with some achievements, I think that my Inspiration has sprung up."
"I think I know what they lack and what they need. As long as my conjecture is verified and the truffle standard we need is met, hehe... that will not only bring me fame, but also bring me dollars." Zhou Jesse looked at them and said confidently.
"Okay, having said so much, I just want to say that you all have kept your jobs, but there is a premise that you need to sign another employment contract, and the period can be very long. I don't care about spending some money to support people. "As he spoke, he looked at Harvey, "My lawyer Harvey will explain this to you clearly."
Then he looked at the two representatives and asked, "How is it? Do you have any comments? If not, then you can talk to the employees about this matter before deciding whether to sign a contract."
Speaking of Zhou Jiexi, he seemed to think of something again, "Oh, yes, it is best that you can make a decision today. I like not to waste time in doing things. If you are willing to stay, the salary will remain the same. According to what you have not reduced The salary will be paid. Then the salary will be increased or decreased according to the annual inflation, which is planned by my accountant David’s team.”
"Finally, if Truffle succeeds, I will also give you five thousandths of the annual net profit as a bonus. Of course, this is only when you are working."
Zhou Jiexi is not stupid, originally he wanted to say one percent, but after thinking about it, he was wrong. If one percent is 100 million U.S. dollars per year, the bonus alone will be 1 million U.S. dollars. If there are 20 people, it will basically be 50,000 U.S. dollars each.
This is more than their salary, not to mention maybe hundreds of millions. So it can't be counted like this, five thousandths is a little bit better. According to Zhou Jiexi's stubborn character.
I can use this money to benefit this group of people, but seeing their many years of experience in truffle cultivation, I think it will be a bit troublesome to recruit people in the future. It is still acceptable to spend some bonuses to keep them.
The employee representatives looked at Zhou Jiexi with a little excitement. It turned out that the salary that had not been cut was the most gratifying thing. In the past few years, the efficiency of the farm has been getting worse and worse. Those who participated in the truffle planting offered to reduce their wages, otherwise the farm would not be able to survive, and they would have to lose their jobs.
Well, as for the bonus or not, it doesn't matter. Only work, that is the most important thing now. It takes a lot of time to find a new job in this year, and their bank loans can't extend them for long.
"We can re-sign as long as you guarantee that these conditions will not change," the farm representative said.
"I definitely won't do this!" Zhou Jiexi also looked at him and said, "Specifically, my reputation is much more than that amount of money, so don't doubt me casually. Today is the first time. I hope And the last time?"
The man was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his boss to be quite angry, but at least the reasoning was correct. "It's a pleasure to work for you." The employee representative reached out to shake hands with Jessie Zhou, "I'm Tom Hanks."
Zhou Jiexi was obviously stunned for a moment. The name didn't match his appearance. He remembered that Brother Tang was quite handsome, but the one in front of him was obviously a little bald.
"Hehe...that's a good name." He said against his will.
"Thank you... I am mainly responsible for truffle planting and forest management on the farm." He then introduced the person on the right, "He is Rem Hacks, the person in charge of the planting area."