Luke was surprised when he heard this, but he immediately understood: "Yes, they caught up with this wave of reconstruction!"
With so many big events happening in New York lately, there are houses everywhere that need to be renovated.
Although it is impossible for a home decoration company to receive large orders, the business from a single family alone is enough to support this small company.
Fudge knew he understood, and said, "Yes. Now, thanks to Ben, who works meticulously and steadily, the company has almost doubled in size, but it is basically running normally, and the profit has exceeded my initial expectation by 230%."
Luke shrugged: "Then I should give him shares as a reward this year."
Fudge confirmed this: "Indeed. If he still can't get the shares, those old foremen who have some shares will cause problems sooner or later."
"OK, Ben did a great job, but we still have to get down to business." At this point, he patted his forehead and said, "When he was recruiting workers from our community a few days ago, he mentioned that the transportation business of the home improvement company could no longer keep up with business demand."
Luke understood immediately.
The home improvement company has a group of veteran decorators who are considered professionals.
After a year of training by the old employees, the first batch of teenagers have become semi-qualified decorators, and now there is no problem in quickly adding new people.
A year ago, Charlie and Laka were the only ones who were responsible for transporting materials, along with a few temporary workers. There was no fixed procedure at all.
When the company is small, this is very flexible and saves money.
But for a decoration team of more than 100 people, the demand for materials has skyrocketed as they are faced with an endless amount of work to do in New York.
If we continue to do things the same way as before, big problems will probably arise.
Luke thought for a moment and said, "You mean, give the material transportation business to Adrian?"
Fudge nodded and shook his head. "If you just want to help out, then that's fine. But considering the development of the home improvement company in the past one or two years, acquiring a transportation company is a good choice."
Luke was stunned: "Acquisition?"
Fudge: "Yes. It would be best to acquire it, or to hold a controlling stake in it. After all, controlling a stable transportation company is good for a home improvement company."
At this point, he coughed awkwardly and said, "The premise is that you have sufficient funds to take over Adrian's company. According to his current situation, he should not refuse."
Luke rolled his eyes: If Adrian wasn't stupid, he would sell the company immediately even if it was just to make back his investment.
Even if this transportation company solved its financial difficulties, its original chances of rapid development were much smaller.
Anyone who works in engineering knows that long-term, fixed-size project contracts are the most profitable.
Just once can turn a small company owner into a millionaire or even a billionaire.
Odd jobs are much harder and there is always the risk of spending more than you earn.
But is Luke a person who is short of money
Adrian and his group only invested a total of several hundred thousand to purchase construction machinery.
Of course Fudge knew that Luke was rich, and it was definitely more than that salary.
It is impossible for a young detective to order so much high-end meat and seafood from Fugui's father's butcher shop with that little salary.
This is obviously done for his sake, to take care of his father's business.
Fudge was very grateful to Luke, and he specifically told his father not to mention this matter outside.
Now that he had discovered a good opportunity, he couldn't help but mention it.
This is not to say how much money Luke can make by getting this company, even though it will definitely make money.
More importantly, the home improvement company involved seventy or eighty Clinton District residents, most of whom were young people willing to take the right path.
If home improvement companies continue to prosper, those young people will be able to change their own future and give back to the mothers who raised them.
At least... I don't have to go home and steal my mother's private money all the time!
Luke touched his chin and quickly made up his mind: "It can be done. But you have to help me with it. I don't have that much time to get the contract."
Fudge groaned and pointed at his nose: "Me again?"
Luke glanced at him and said, "Should I notify Matt to take over now? Or should I hand it over to the two trainee lawyers in your firm?"
Fudge thought about it and could only nod: "I'll do it."
This deal involves hundreds of thousands of US dollars. It would be wrong to give it to two trainee lawyers, and it would also be too disrespectful to Luke.
Give it to Matt... Never mind! This guy seems to have more things to do than me. He is often too busy to see me. I don't know where a blind man gets so many jobs! A partner of a certain firm complained in his heart.
Luke was extremely satisfied: There will be no problem if we leave it to Fudge.
This young lawyer doesn't take bribes, doesn't mess around, and is conscientious and meticulous in his work. He is a bit like Uncle Ben, so it's no wonder that the two of them can get along so well.
Fudge confirmed several basic points of investment to Luke and was confident.
The two walked back and it was Luke who spoke again, but he only said that he could find someone to invest in Adrian's company.
Then Fudge explained several investment options, including financing and acquisition.
At the same time, there are some additional clauses to ensure that Adrian and his team will only make a certain amount of money in this transaction and will never lose money.
What Fudge said was easy to understand, and Adrian was stunned: Are you sure this is not a good deed
He immediately understood what was going on and looked at Luke: "This... are you a little embarrassed?"
Luke waved his hand. "It's a win-win situation at best. Fudge and I are concerned about this matter because we want to help more people get a stable job. If you choose to sell it directly, you won't make much money."
At this point, he stood up and said, "You can discuss this with Fudge. You can go back and think about it for a few days. You don't have to make a decision right away. I have other things to do, so I won't waste your time."
Adrian stood up and stretched out his hand to shake his hand vigorously: "Thank you, Luke."
Luke laughed, patted his upper arm, and asked casually, "Oh, by the way, last time you said you were an electronic engineer?"
Adrian was a little confused: "Yes, I have been doing this for almost ten years."
Luke: "How's the technology?"
Adrian: “Uh, it’s okay…right?” He looked at Luke uncertainly.
Luke nodded: "Then you can consider training some electricians in the future. The home improvement company will definitely welcome it."
Adrian watched Luke leave with a smile on his face, then turned to Fudge and asked, "Do you think so too?"
Fudge looked at his expression and asked tentatively: "Could it be that what you do has nothing to do with electrician?"
Adrian opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to explain to the other party.
Although both are "electric", the difference between the two is similar to the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a vacuum tube, and between soy juice and soy milk.
What’s even more frustrating is that he and his group of old friends can actually provide training for electricians.
Normally they repair electrical appliances and circuit switches themselves at home, and their skills are no worse than those of ordinary electricians.