Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

The next day. Early morning!

Li Yi got up early in the morning, and then, accompanied by Zhang Ziqiang, Zhou Wen, Li Yunbao, Zhou Xinghua and others, headed from London to the industrial city of Sheffield.

Starting today, they will officially take over this steel company!
Although he did not receive a positive answer from Sandy, how to revive Sheffield Steel Company has become the most important thing at present.

After all, in order to win this company, Li Yi not only invested all the profits from this investment, but also invested most of the principal.

When I came here, I brought 35 billion pounds, but now I only have a little over 4 million pounds left, which is somewhat embarrassing.

If the company can get back on its feet, it will naturally make a lot of money. After all, no matter who owns such a large company, it can be regarded as a family legacy.

But if it fails, the consequences will be serious.

You know, investing in Sheffield Steel Company has nothing to do with Li Futiao, He Dongying and others. It was all Li Yi's idea.

If he loses, he has to pay for it himself.

Therefore, after Henry and his son left, Li Yi discussed with his team members about revitalizing the Sheffield company.

After some research, they decided to take over the company first. As for the rest, it would not be too late to talk about it later.

London to Sheffield is about 160 miles, which is more than 250 kilometers!
This distance is not far, but it is not close either. I thought that with the level of infrastructure in developed countries, it should not take long to reach it.

But in fact, they walked more than 200 kilometers for more than seven hours.

This result made Li Yi even more speechless. You must know that the distance from the capital to his hometown of Nianzishan Village in Qingshan County is more than 300 kilometers, which takes less than six hours.

As for John Bull, which is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, its infrastructure is so stretched that it almost ruins the outlook.

But no matter what, at around three o'clock in the afternoon, they finally arrived at the gate of Sheffield Steel Plant.

As soon as they came over, they saw that the company was surrounded by dirty miners. Although they couldn't count the number of people, at a glance, there were at least 2000 people, or even more.

Most of them were wearing work uniforms, but their faces were ugly. They were holding either flags or slogans in their hands, blocking the door with unknown intentions!

Seeing the posture of these miners, Li Yi knew that they were coming with bad intentions.

Most likely, they gathered around the door to give him a warning, and they even got instructions from some people.

After all, the news of his coming here today has not been made public. He only called a few people left behind in the company to confirm the itinerary.

However, these miners were able to accurately block him at the door. The meaning revealed here is a bit interesting.

Upon seeing this, Li Yi immediately opened the door and was about to get out of the car, but was stopped by Zhang Ziqiang.

"Brother Yi, why don't you stay in the car for a while, and Mr. Yunbao and I will go over to explore the situation first!"

As a bodyguard, he needs to be responsible for Li Yi's safety.

There are so many people surrounding the door, and Li Yi's identity is so sensitive, and he has offended the Sassoon family, a local gangster here. Zhang Ziqiang is very worried that someone is hiding in the crowd to do something against him.

However, Li Yi said calmly: "It doesn't matter. If they wanted to use extreme methods to shut me up, they would have done it on the road, instead of waiting until now in front of so many people!"

"But."

"There is nothing good to be done about it. Neither the Sassoon family nor the local government dare to let me die here. The price is too high!"

After speaking, Li Yi tidied his clothes and then strode out of the car.

Seeing this, other people also got out of the car and followed.

In the crowd opposite, the miners saw a dozen yellow men getting out of the car, and they knew it was the new boss.Two days ago, it was reported that the company had changed hands, and the new boss was said to be an Oriental. This made many people find it difficult to accept, and even more people felt panic and worry.

If the new boss is still as greedy as the previous boss, will they be kicked out directly?

Arriving in front of everyone, Li Yi said loudly: "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Yi. I come from the beautiful and mysterious Eastern country. Starting from the day before yesterday, I will be your new boss!"

"If you are standing here specifically to greet me, then I am very happy. If you want to talk about something, that is fine, but please elect your representatives, otherwise I will not be able to talk to so many people at the same time!"

hum!
Hearing this, the crowd instantly buzzed, as if tens of thousands of ducks were quacking at the same time.

After a while, four or five men and women walked out of the crowd and came to Li Yi.

Then, a middle-aged miner in his 40s said: "Boss, my name is Daniel, I am a worker representative. We want to talk to you about raising wages!"

"It's okay to talk about salary, but don't you think it's not appropriate to talk about work under such circumstances?"

Then Li Yi said with a smile: "I think we can go to the company and sit in the conference room to talk!"

"Mr. Boss, are you lying to us? Are you really willing to negotiate with us?" Daniel said excitedly.

They have been fighting the company for a salary increase for almost three months, but except for the first few days, people still talked to them, but then no one from the company talked to them anymore.

In other words, they demonstrated every day and even suspended work and production without getting an official response from the company.

Therefore, it is very valuable that Li Yi can give them a chance to negotiate.

"I don't know much about your situation, so it's too early to say anything else. However, we have a common goal, which is to resume production at the factory as soon as possible. As long as this premise is in place, I think we can sit down and talk about it. We came down to talk, didn’t we?”

In fact, Li Yi had a rough understanding of the situation here before coming. In the final analysis, the Sheffield company was not very authentic.

Because the price of steel is too low, steel companies not only do not make money when they engage in production, but also suffer a slight loss.

Therefore, while the company was laying off employees, it began to find ways to squeeze workers. From extending working hours at the beginning to cutting wages later, they secretly tried every means to force workers to leave the company because they couldn't bear it.

So these miners who were about to die were angry. They organized themselves and through strikes, suspension of production, etc., hoped that the Sheffield Company could improve their treatment.

But what I didn't expect was that the company's senior executives were unwilling to let go. Not only did they not talk to them, but they also simply cut off their low salaries.

And now the prices here have been rising, and these workers are almost unable to survive.
While Li Yi was talking to the miners, in an office at the top of the Sheffield Steel Company headquarters building, two middle-aged men were watching all this with cold eyes.

After a long time, a middle-aged man suddenly said: "Wood, do you think our new boss can walk through the door of the company?"

"I think it's terrible. You should know very well what those workers want, and for them, today's opportunity is very rare. If they don't achieve their goals, I'm afraid they won't let those people in!" Wood said lightly.

"Ward, what if he agrees to the workers' demands?"

"It's unlikely. Those who can defeat the Sassoon family are real giants in the business world. No one will make promises to these people without understanding the situation!"

"That's right!"

But at this moment, the situation below suddenly reversed.

I don’t know how the two parties communicated. I saw that under the command of the several worker leaders, the miners at the entrance of the company actually made way for the new boss and the people he brought in.

Seeing this scene, the two of them were stunned for a moment!
Then Wood immediately said: "Ward, call Sandy immediately and explain the situation. I'll go down and take a look!"

"Okay, it seems we still underestimate the new boss!"

Then, the two of them went about their own business!
At the same time, a thrilling scene occurred on an international flight from London to New York.
(End of this chapter)