A Promising Youth novel Chapter 23

The most encouraging words from my master were “I was born to be useful”.

Bill although was gangster, he was useful. The factory's security forces were in serious shortage. The most important thing was that Clara had no money to recruit people and pay wages.

If Bill and his men were the factory's security, it not only could save a large amount of security fees, but also was more reliable than the general security guards. After all, this factory was his too.

After that, Clara and I got busy with the production, template proofing of the garments, specific division of production, and the reorganization of workers in each workshop. After all this, it was already dark.

The factory was in production and we made the 600 sets of garments needed for the project in the first hour of the allotted time in required quality and quantity.

“That is it!”

When Director Lau came over to pick up the goods, he put on a new costume, smiling from ear to ear in Clara's office.

“Girl, you are lucky to have Matteo in the factory!”

Director Lau touched the flashy gold ornament pattern, saying.

“No matter what, you have to keep Matteo, even if ......”

He paused for a moment and said, “Girl, you get it!”

Clara's face instantly reddened, “Uncle, what are you talking about? I don't understand!”

“Silly girl, opportunities don't come often. I always missed opportunities, so I can only be an ordinary tender director.”

Director Lau shook his head, gave me a satisfied look, and added.

“By the way, the summit opens at two o'clock in the afternoon. Come and meet some investors.”

“Uncle, our factory is small and we are not qualified to participate in the meeting.”

Clara squinted her wide eyes and laughed to herself.

“After all, you designed our costumes. You have the credit, you can join!”

He took a sip of water and suddenly added.

“By the way, some businesses are auctioning off land this afternoon. No matter how much they talk about it, don’t get involved, okay?”

“I know. I don't have the money to get involved even if I want to get involved.”

Clara said with a smile.

But I frowned and asked calmly.

“Uncle Lau, which part of the land are they going to auction?”

Uncle Lau stood up and said.

“JB District, the farmland on both sides of the river. It is said that “downtown is moving north”, but it's all bullshit, so don’t get involved.”

After saying that, Director Lau's phone rang. The goods had been loaded, and he had to collect them.

After Director Lau left, I felt my blood tumbling. I hurried over to Clara and said.

“Sis, we should buy the land in JB District!”

Clara burst into laughter, with water spurting out of her mouth, “Are you crazy? Although the real estate industry has been profitable these past few years, what kind of place is R City? What kind of place is JB District? It's a big rural area, who would build there? Who's it to be sold to?”

I said, “Uncle Lau said the city center is moving north, and it will definitely be JB District!”

“Matteo, I know you have the ability, but you are naive about something!”

She pursed her lips, sat down in her chair, crossed her legs and said.

“A dozen years ago, there was news that the downtown was moving south, and my mom bought the land, but it became a development zone. The price of land went all the way down, and my mom had to take the land and build a factory.”

At that, she took off her heels, kicked me with her feet, and added.

“Five years ago, there was rumor that the downtown was moving west, so the price of the land in JX District was high. But now it's almost an industrial city, and there's pollution everywhere.”

“So...”

She paused for a moment, looked at me with extra amusement and said.

“Do you find such empty words credible?”