Chapter 112 The Dean Investigates Lin Sanqi

After the wine table warm-up was over, Jin Caifeng had already brought over two large bowls:

"Come on, don't just drink. Drinking on an empty stomach is bad for your health. Come on, here's a plate of steamed buns and a bowl of rice. Let's fill our stomachs first."

The big white steamed buns and the fragrant rice once again stimulated everyone's taste buds and made everyone drool.

You have to know that what we usually eat at home is mainly coarse grains, such as steamed corn bread and sweet potato porridge. Except for the Chinese New Year when we can eat fine grains, who would be willing to use flour to make steamed buns?

At the same time, everyone was thinking that the Lin family had really tried their best for their youngest son today and even took out their coffin book. It seemed that they loved their youngest son very much.

How could Lin Kushen have so many ideas? All the food, meat and vegetables were obtained by his youngest son himself. No need to ask, it must have been with the help of his friends in the black market.

It’s a rare delicacy, so of course you should eat it to your heart’s content.

"Dean Shen, colleagues, come on, everyone, pick up your chopsticks, don't be polite, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

If someone else had such a sumptuous dinner, Dean Shen would definitely feel guilty and wouldn’t even dare to pick up his chopsticks.

But since they were from the Lin family, especially since they were eating Lin Sanqi, he didn't have many concerns.

Dean Shen also knew what the Lin family meant by treating him to a meal. At most, he could just take care of Lin Sanqi at work in the future, so he also took the bowl of rice with a smile.

"Okay, since the host is so kind, we shouldn't be polite. I'll start by picking up my chopsticks. Hey, give me a piece of this big pork elbow~~~"

Everyone looked at the dean, and then saw him put a big piece of fat meat into his mouth, and then he looked very enjoyable, and they all swallowed their saliva again.

Dean Shen's eyes were already bright at this time: "Delicious, this pork elbow is stewed fat but not greasy, it melts in your mouth, good, good, everyone eat~~~"

When the others saw that the dean had started eating, they quickly picked up their chopsticks and reached out to the roast chicken and pork elbow.

Normally, in such situations, men would eat and drink, rarely eat food, and mainly chat and brag.

But no one was in the mood to talk much today. Everyone's mouth was full, and there was only one idea in their mind:

"Eat, eat hard!"

Including Dean Shen, no one was polite at this time. They didn't even use chopsticks. They held a steamed bun in one hand and a chicken leg in the other, and ate happily.

For a moment, the chopsticks in everyone's hands almost left afterimages, and the dishes and staple foods on the plates disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only the clinking sound of bowls and plates hitting each other.

Lin Kucan and his two sons didn't dare to pick up their chopsticks and could only sit aside and laugh dryly.

Lin Sanqi felt sad when he saw this.

Kuanjie Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is not large in scale and has few employees, but its level is not low. As the first national-level Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in New China, it is directly under the Ministry of Health and its level is even that of a full-level department.

As the dean, Shen Guoming is a director and several section chiefs are directors.

As a result, when these middle-level cadres saw the meat and vegetables, they pounced on them like hungry tigers, not caring about their image at all and eating them with relish, which showed that they were really extremely hungry.

When Jin Caifeng saw how good everyone was, she immediately took out the staple food reserved for her daughter-in-law and grandson and brought it to the table.

In the blink of an eye, the two large basins were empty again.

Jin Caifeng thought: These are not a group of cadres, they are clearly a group of pigs. How can they eat so much?

Half an hour later, Jin Caifeng began to clean the table. There was no other way. The banquet, which was originally scheduled to last two or three hours, ended in half an hour.

Moreover, all the bowls and plates were spotless, without even a drop of soup left. Everyone had eaten all of them with steamed buns dipped in the soup, so there was no need to wash them at all.

Lin Sanqi quickly made a few cups of Longjing tea.

Dean Shen burped, then smiled embarrassedly:

"To be honest, I haven't had such a good meal in two years. Today, it's all thanks to Dr. Lin."

Doctor Li Jingming from the Orthopedics Department quickly spoke up for the Lin family:

"Xiao Qi, you've already started working today. Do your best and don't be afraid of being bullied. We have so many uncles and aunts who can all protect you. But you can't make any mistakes and let down the leaders."

Lin Sanqi patted his chest and said, "Of course I will obey the organization's arrangements and work diligently, not bringing shame to my uncles and my parents."

Dean Shen looked at Kong Shuihu at this time:

"Old Kong, what's going on? Why did you assign Xiao Qi to the Northwest Group on his first day in your purchasing department? Didn't I ask you to take care of him?"

The head of the logistics department, Quan Shandu, had already benefited greatly from Lin Sanqi, so of course he had to speak up for her:

"There's this thing? The Northwest Group? That guy, Luo Wenyuan was eaten by wolves while running to Qinghai. What, Old Kong, do you want Xiaoqi to continue feeding the wolves? You're not a very decent uncle!"

Kong Shuihu cried out with a sad face:

"It's really not my fault. It was Wu Ming and Yang Xiaoqing who started this whole thing. They said things like young people should go to the hardest places to fight, that veteran employees have all been through hardships, that positions are fixed and can't be easily transferred, and so on. In short, they forced Xiao Qi to run to the northwest front."

Li Xiaoping, the head of the Organization Department, also benefited from Lin Sanqi and helped to say:

"Old Kong, your leadership authority is lacking. How come you can't even control the people in your own department? Instead, they gave you the title of General?"

When Lin Kucan heard this, he smiled bitterly and said:

"This matter really can't be blamed on Old Kong. It's mainly because Wu Ming and I have some minor conflicts. His son wanted to take me as his master, but I couldn't stand his careless attitude and didn't agree. Now look, my son is in his hands and he will definitely not treat him well."

Lin Sanqi now understood why Deputy Section Chief Wu Ming was targeting him and even went so far as to confront Section Chief Kong, the top leader.

Kong Shuihu quickly cleared himself at this time:

"How could I be defeated so easily by them?

I have already announced that our department's cadre quota this year will be given to comrades who will work in the most difficult areas. If they insist on Comrade Lin Sanqi going to the northwest, then Comrade Lin Sanqi can be transferred to a cadre.

Anyone who disagrees, or who wants this cadre quota, can be transferred to the Northwest Group. Let them make their own choice. Don't accuse me of favoring Lin Sanqi."

Li Xiaoping slammed the table and said, "Well, Lao Kong, you are a good general."

Jin Caifeng, who was standing by, couldn't help herself any longer:

"President Shen, leaders, I don't ask my son to be an official. I just want him to be safe. It's so dangerous to go to the northwest. Oh my god, there are actually jackals, tigers and leopards. This, this..."

Lin Kucan nodded gently: "This is indeed quite dangerous."

Dean Shen smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true!"

As soon as Dean Shen said this, the whole place fell silent.

Lin Kucan signaled his youngest son with a look, and Lin Sanqi immediately reacted, took out a cigarette, handed it to Dean Shen, and then lit it himself.

Dean Shen took it and laughed at it: "Oh, it's with a butt? I've only seen American cigarettes with butts, so I have to try it."

Lin Kucan also personally handed cigarettes to several other colleagues in the room, of course, his eldest son and second son did not get any.

Dean Shen took a puff of his cigarette, then slowly said:

"Old Kong made a good move. Regardless of whether anyone else signs up for this cadre position, I'm making this clear: it will definitely go to Xiao Qi."

The dean speaks in a domineering manner. There is a couplet that goes like this: If someone says you can do it, you can do it even if you can't. If someone says you can't do it, you can't do it even if you can.

If your leader wants to promote you, there are a thousand ways to do it.

But on the other hand, if your boss doesn't want you to go up, he will impose ten thousand rules and regulations on you.

Dean Shen was quite satisfied when he saw that everyone was listening quietly, so he continued:

"But Xiaoqi and the Northwest team must go. Caifeng, don't worry, listen to me. The Northwest isn't an uninhabited area. If going to the countryside or the grasslands is too dangerous, we can have Xiaoqi go to the city to procure supplies. There's always a way."

Kong Shuihu asked:

"The supply and marketing cooperatives can provide drugs with high usage, but they won't buy expensive drugs or some drugs with low usage. We have to find ways to buy them ourselves. But these drugs are in the hands of farmers. How can we buy them in remote areas?"

According to the Chinese Materia Medica, there are 8,980 kinds of Chinese medicine.

The number of Chinese herbal medicines commonly used in Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital is generally between 500 and 5%, accounting for only 5% of the total number of Chinese medicines.

At that time, the National Supply and Marketing Cooperatives only sold 105 kinds of medicinal materials, which created a supply and demand contradiction with the hospital.

But the supply and marketing cooperatives had no choice. Firstly, they also had to pursue profits. Chinese herbal medicines with low sales volume were purely a loss-making business, so they didn't want to purchase them.

Secondly, the procurement of Chinese herbal medicines is too professional, and the supply and marketing cooperatives lack talent in this area. To put it bluntly, there is a lack of subjective initiative.

That is why the state has stipulated that if the supply and marketing cooperatives cannot provide a medicine, major hospitals have the right to purchase it on their own.

Just like the Qinjiao purchased by Luo Wenyuan this time, it has the effects of dispelling rheumatism, clearing damp heat, relieving arthritis and pain, and relieving deficiency fever, and plays an important role in rheumatic joint-related diseases.

But this is a niche medicine. The annual usage of Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital does not exceed 500 kilograms, which can be packed in four or five sacks.

Even with such a small amount of demand, the supply and marketing cooperative had to send people to the northwest to purchase it, and then transport it thousands of miles from the northwest to the capital. In the era of planned economy with guidance prices, the supply and marketing cooperative would lose money as much as Romania.

Therefore, the supply and marketing cooperatives do not care about this kind of niche medicine, and it is entirely up to the Chinese medicine hospitals to find a solution on their own. This is the role of the purchasing department.

Dean Shen laughed when he heard Kong Shuihu's complaint:

"You're so stubborn. Others can't do anything about it, but I believe Comrade Xiao Qi will definitely find a way with his abilities."

Kong Shuihu was obviously not convinced:

"Dean, I have to say this. Xiao Qi just started working and hasn't even gotten used to the job yet. Why are you so confident in him all of a sudden? Don't forget that every new employee in our purchasing department who just came in has come back crying after a business trip."

Everyone at the dinner table nodded in unison. These days, there are no airplanes or high-speed trains for business trips. Sitting on a green train for days and nights is enough to make anyone cry.

Dean Shen nodded confidently at Lin Sanqi:

"Xiao Qi, Uncle Shen won't eat you for nothing today. He'll teach you a few tricks. For example, this Gentiana macrophylla, originally, you need comrades from the purchasing department to go to rural cooperatives in places like Qinghai, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia to purchase it.

The unfortunate incident involving Comrade Luo Wenyuan caused panic in everyone in the procurement department. Look at your section chief, your parents and brothers are all worried, afraid that you, the precious boy, would be attacked and killed by wild beasts along the way.

But you can do this: go to the local area first and find a local hospital to cooperate with.”

"Why look for a local hospital?" Many people expressed their doubts.

Dean Shen nodded at the table and continued:

"Think about it, the local tyrants must have their own procurement channels in the local area. The local hospital might be able to get it done with just one phone call. What Xiaoqi needs to do is to use their connections and procurement channels for me."

Kong Shuihu is from the purchasing department and immediately understood the process:

"Oh, I understand. Dean, you're trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife, or rather, to lay eggs with borrowed chickens? You want the local hospital to help us purchase medicinal herbs, but..."

"But why should they help us, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean. If it's an ordinary medicine, it's fine. But if it's a rare herbal medicine, we're in competition with the local hospital. It would be strange if they're willing to help us."

Dean Shen chuckled and turned to look at Lin Sanqi:

"Xiao Qi, come here, let me test you. If it were you, what would you do?"

(End of this chapter)