Today was another fruitless day, and Huang Qinqin decided not to go out every day anymore. She planned to go back and write some articles to send to the newspaper.
She has maintained the habit of writing articles since high school, but she doesn't always receive payment for them after submitting them.
The royalties sent back weren't always cash; sometimes they were in the form of tickets or notebooks. Nevertheless, it was an opportunity for unemployed people to earn extra money.
Huang Qinqin went to a food factory today. The food factory is the one with the best hidden benefits among the nearby factories.
As long as you are a worker in the factory, whether or not you are a manager, you can often buy defective products without needing a receipt.
No one can ever have too much food, so people working in food factories will buy their share of these defective products, regardless of whether they need them or not. Even if their own family members don't want them, they can resell them and make a profit.
Just as Huang Qinqin was about to leave, she found a bag near the food factory. At first, Huang Qinqin thought it was just something someone had dropped, but when she opened it, she was shocked to find a large pile of grain coupons and 100-yuan notes inside.
If Huang Qinqin had found only one or two grain coupons, she would have happily taken them home. But now that she had found a whole bunch of grain coupons, Huang Qinqin felt a cold sweat breaking out on her brow.
Huang Qinqin originally planned to take the bag of grain coupons and the "Great Unity" coupons to the Public Security Bureau to hand them over, but then she thought that the bag of money and coupons might belong to the food factory, because she found it near the food factory, and she didn't seem to have seen the bag when she came over.
So it must have fallen recently. I guess it wasn't someone from the food factory who dropped it, but someone who came from the food factory.
Huang Qinqin searched the bag thoroughly and found a document inside with the words "Food Factory" written in large characters on the cover. After confirming that it belonged to the food factory, Huang Qinqin quickly went back to the security guard and explained the situation.
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Food Factory Finance Office
Xu Junhui was waiting for the finance director to bring him this month's food coupons and purchase funds for the canteen, but he watched as the finance director, Zhang Jiang, looked pale as he searched for them.
Seeing Zhang Jiang's increasingly flustered movements, Xu Junhui sensed something might be wrong and quickly asked, "Section Chief Zhang? Section Chief Zhang? What's wrong?"
Zhang Jiang, covered in sweat and with a trembling voice, said, "The food coupons and money are gone! I clearly put them together. Now all that's left are other miscellaneous coupons and a small amount of money. That money wasn't just for the canteen's purchases, but also for the summer heat subsidy that was about to be issued!"
"Section Chief Zhang, calm down. Think carefully about where you last saw the grain coupons. We also need to report this to the factory manager and the police immediately. Whether they were lost or stolen, we need to find them as soon as possible."
Xu Junhui never expected that the food factory's grain coupons and money would disappear. He didn't think it was Zhang Jiang who had embezzled the money, because Zhang Jiang had been at the food factory for almost twenty years, and everyone in the factory knew that the finance director, Zhang, was an extremely meticulous (stingy) and rule-abiding (old-fashioned) person.
He would never take a single needle or thread from the factory, and even if he were to, he wouldn't dare take such a large sum of money.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to report the case to the police and find the food coupons and money as soon as possible, otherwise the canteen will not have any food coupons to purchase this month.
Zhang Jiang was so panicked he couldn't find his way. Hearing Xu Junhui's words, he kept saying, "Yes...yes...we need to report it to the police, let's go now."
Xu Junhui followed Zhang Jiang to the factory director's office, intending to have the director call the police station immediately after speaking with him.
Because only the factory manager and the propaganda department had telephones installed in the entire food factory. Xu Junhui saw that Zhang Jiang was completely lost and didn't feel comfortable letting him go alone, so he had no choice but to go with him. Anyway, his main job today was to collect the canteen's food coupons and purchase funds for the month.
Xu Junhui and Zhang Jiang were rushing to the factory manager's office when Huang Qinqin, who had explained the situation to the security guard, was led to the finance office by the guard.
The security guard assumed that money and tickets should be handled by the finance department, which is why he and Xu Junhui missed each other.
The security guard found it strange to see the finance office door closed, because usually the finance staff would be in the office at the beginning of the month, but now there was no one there.
The security guard scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Well, I didn't expect the finance director to be out of his office. How about this, I'll take you to the factory manager's office now. The factory manager and the deputy factory manager are sure to be in their offices."
What could Huang Qinqin do but continue following along? But she secretly thought to herself: Have I been seeing the factory director a little too often today? I saw the steel factory director this morning, and now I'm about to see the food factory director.
Food Factory Director's Office
As soon as Xu Junhui and Zhang Jiang entered the factory director's office, Zhang Jiang tearfully told the director that his grain coupons and money were missing. Upon hearing this, the factory director and deputy directors in the office couldn't even hold their cups properly and dropped them to the ground. Fortunately, the cups were of good quality, otherwise they would have been smashed to pieces on the spot.
"What happened?! Didn't we just pick up the tickets and money today? How did they disappear?!"
"Old Zhang, do you remember where you lost it?!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? If Old Zhang remembered where he lost it, wouldn't he have just picked it up? Seriously..."
"Alright, alright, let's call the police and see if anyone found it and took it to the police station. After we call, let's search the neighborhood as well, maybe it hasn't been picked up yet!"
"Okay, okay, I'll call the police now!"
Looking at the chaotic scene in the factory director's office, Xu Junhui suddenly felt that the usually composed and dignified image of the factory director and deputy director had been shattered into pieces...
After the initial panic subsided, they gradually calmed down and realized that Xu Junhui was also there, in addition to Zhang Jiang.
The factory manager coughed twice and said calmly, "Everyone says not to panic when something happens. You should learn from me and stay calm. Now that we've reported the case, let's go out and search the neighborhood. We can't just wait for the police."
With that, he walked out quickly with his hands behind his back.
Xu Junhui: ......
Deputy factory directors: ......
"Yes, you're calm, you're the calmest one, as if the cup on the ground isn't yours." The deputy factory directors collectively complained in their minds.
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So when the gatekeeper brought Huang Qinqin to the factory director's office, she was met with another closed door.
The security guard was so embarrassed he was sweating profusely, and he didn't know what to say as he looked at the closed door of the factory manager's office.
After a long pause, he finally said, "Um... how about I take you there..."
"No need!" Hearing the gatekeeper suggest taking her somewhere else, Huang Qinqin interrupted without hesitation, "I think we should just go to the police station. Maybe your factory has also discovered these things are missing, right? Hehe..."
"Yes, yes, I'll go with you, haha..."
Huang Qinqin and the security guard both laughed awkwardly.
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