Chapter 255 They are trying to trick me!
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After Su Wenchen tore open the seal, the first thing that caught his eye was a disbursement document sent by the region.
However, when looking at the content above, Su Wenchen frowned.
"Director, what do they mean now?"
"If you want to come over, just send a telegram!"
"Why make it so complicated?"
Su Wenchen took a look.
"Why do you think I investigated all four counties, especially Xiao County, which is so close to Xuzhou city, but I refused to go in?"
"Oh yeah! I was wondering that!"
"We didn't specifically avoid other cities along the way, so why don't we go to the district?"
Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.
"Forget it. You wouldn't understand the idea of initiative even if I told you."
After saying that, he glanced out the car window. After driving into the city, he saw that the flow of people had become noticeably bustling.
To put it bluntly, this time they wanted to seize the initiative and asked him to come over for negotiations. If he went, then no matter whether it was three communes or two communes, there should be room for negotiation.
As for the price, Su Wenchen probably knew it was nothing more than what their farm would produce in the future.
After all, as a national-level farm, their Blue Water Farm naturally has little control over it from local departments.
Of course, I probably wanted to see what he meant.
For Su Wenchen.
He really can choose not to go, or even ask the ministry to issue a notice of rejection.
But everything in the world has a price. Compared with owing favors to the region, using the precious favors in the department is obviously less cost-effective.
Real relationships are only activated at the last moment.
If you always bother your boss with little things every day, his favorability towards you will probably decrease rapidly.
No one except parents likes to be a babysitter for others.
In addition, judging from the other party's current behavior, Su Wenchen probably just wants to take advantage of the other party and seize the initiative.
Of course, Su Wenchen also wanted to see what the other party’s specific plan was.
However, Zhao Weiguo felt very aggrieved when he heard Su Wenchen's words.
"Director, how can I understand if you don't tell me? If you tell me, won't I understand?"
Su Wenchen rolled down the window without even turning his head.
"Those who understand will naturally understand this kind of thing, and those who don't understand won't understand even if I tell them. You understand, right?"
Zhao Weiguo was even more confused.
“I don’t understand!”
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"Then figure it out yourself!"
As he spoke, he looked at a factory in the distance where a large number of workers were walking out. He thought for a moment, then pointed and spoke.
"Don't go to the regional base yet, go over there and take a look."
Zhao Weiguo looked at the bustling crowd who had just gotten off work and walked for a long time. Fortunately, they had not yet finished their walk. It was obvious that there were many times more people than usual after get off work on their farm.
He simply turned the steering wheel and pulled the car over to stop, but he was still puzzled.
"Director, the factory is closed, why are we here?"
Su Wenchen opened the car door and said.
"Know your enemy and know yourselves. Come down and have lunch to fill your stomach."
Watching Su Wenchen close the car door, Zhao Weiguo scratched his head.
"If I'm hungry, I'm hungry. What does it mean to know yourself and your enemy?"
Then, seeing Su Wenchen walking away, he immediately opened the car door and followed him.
"Hey, Director, wait for me!"
Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Plant.
Since it was time to get off work, a large number of people were crowding out of the factory, probably because it was approaching the end of the year.
At the entrance of the machinery factory, the factory service centers and some grocery stores on both sides were crowded with people in an instant.
The service center salesperson shouted loudly using a megaphone rolled up from newspaper.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd. Those who want to buy peach cakes, please prepare your money and tickets. Factory employees are limited to buying half a catty each, and non-employees are limited to buying two taels. The factory has enough supplies this time, so everyone can buy some."
Just opposite the door of the state-owned restaurant, because there were too many employees, there was no room for tables inside the restaurant. Su Wenchen and Zhao Weiguo could only squat at the door with a bowl of noodles to eat.
Of course, they were not the only two of them. There were many employees like this who were carrying food in front of the door of the state-owned restaurant, and the people around them all looked as if they were used to it.
Zhao Weiguo sniffed the aroma of oil in the air, and for a moment the originally smooth noodles didn't smell so fragrant anymore.
"Director, I didn't expect that Fengxian County is so poor, but there are peach cakes for sale here?"
Su Wenchen took a sip of the noodle soup in the bowl and looked up into the distance.
"I think it's because of the Lunar New Year. The supply is probably very limited during normal times, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people queuing up."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the worker in navy blue overalls who was squatting beside the two of them come over and say.
"Are you from Fengxian?"
"Then you better seize the opportunity. Pastries like peach cakes are hard to come by. Right now, we can only buy them here at these factory service centers."
"Let me tell you, here in our area, if you can bring two kilograms of peach cakes to visit your mother-in-law's family during the New Year, everyone will give you a thumbs-up if you tell others about it."
"Do you want it? If you do, I can exchange it for two kilograms. One kilogram only costs one dollar and fifty cents plus one kilogram of food coupons."
Obviously, this person looked at Su Wenchen and Zhao Weiguo's clothes and knew they were cadres, so he spoke up. Because even if they came from a poor place like Fengxian, cadres' salaries would still be paid.
When Zhao Weiguo heard this, he immediately opened his eyes wide.
I was a little tempted at first, because peach cakes are very hard to buy even in Lan City.
Because oil, sugar, eggs, and flour are all good things at this time.
But the other party's price is obviously exorbitant.
Say it directly.
"You're fucking robbing me! Your service center only sells it for 80 cents a pound, and you're not only charging double the price, but you're also adding an extra pound of food coupons."
The other party looked at Zhao Weiguo with disdain.
"That kind of purchase is limited, and you are not from the city, you can't even buy two taels."
Zhao Weiguo looked at the crowded service center in the distance. He didn't expect that not only was there a purchase restriction here, but people who were not city residents could not buy there.
Then he looked at Su Wenchen. After all, this was an act of speculation and profiteering. He felt guilty doing this in front of Su Wenchen.
Su Wenchen felt Zhao Weiguo's gaze.
In fact, even in their field, they basically turn a blind eye to this kind of behavior of secretly exchanging things.
Since there are often passing trucks stopping at their yard to rest, employees often exchange things with these drivers.
After all, sometimes their factory distributes benefits and some employees are reluctant to use or eat them themselves, so they will ask these drivers to exchange them for money or receipts.
Generally speaking, as long as you don’t set up a stall openly in the venue, they basically won’t care.
But his purpose of coming here to eat was not to buy any peach cakes.
So Su Wenchen spoke directly.
"How about this! Comrade, I want to ask you something. After I find out, I'll take these two pounds of peach cakes."
When the other party heard this, he immediately looked at Su Wenchen warily.
"I tell you, I may be a speculator, but I'm not a traitor."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he held the bowl in one hand and took out his work ID from his pocket with the other.
"We are researchers from a ministry and are here to investigate the living conditions of the people in the Yellow River flood area."
The man took Su Wenchen's ID and looked at it. After seeing the seal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, he swallowed.
Then he rolled his eyes and immediately began to look for an escape plan.
At the same time, I cursed my bad luck in my heart. I had originally thought of using the welfare provided by the factory to exchange for some money and food coupons.
Who would have thought that the researcher above would be chosen all of a sudden? This is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth!
If this is sent to the factory office, he will definitely be charged with speculation and profiteering.
He might even lose his job.
Su Wenchen looked at the other person's small movements of looking around, and immediately looked at him with a half-smile.
"Ready to run?"
"I've memorized your face, and there are many people around here who work for your factory. If I yell, you'll be able to run away."
"But you can't run away from this job. I believe your factory will be able to find someone."
As soon as these words were spoken, the employee forced a smile on his face.
"Leader, judging by what you said, a high-ranking leader like you must be a man of his word. How could I not believe you?"
"Ask me anything you want to know. Aside from our factory's confidential information, I promise to tell you everything I know!"
Hearing the cleverness in the other party's words, Su Wenchen just smiled.
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your factory secrets, nor am I interested in your speculation or profiteering."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the other party immediately patted his chest.
"Boss, feel free to ask me anything. I'm telling you, I know there's no gossip in our machinery factory that I don't know!"
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"I'm not interested in gossip about your factory. How's your meat supply? Is it tight?"
Hearing that Su Wenchen actually asked these questions about people's livelihood issues that everyone knows, the other party instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and then complained to Su Wenchen.
"There's no tension at all because there's basically not much supply."
"The meat coupons we were given were just for show. You can hardly buy meat at a state-owned butcher shop."
"It's Chinese New Year, so I thought I had to try some meat. But my wife went to the queue at 4 a.m. and couldn't even get in."
"I haven't tasted meat all year."
"Leader, I'm telling you, you have to investigate thoroughly. Maybe someone intercepted it."
Su Wenchen blinked.
"Who intercepted it? Do you have any units in Xuzhou with ample meat supplies?"
The other party nodded.
"Yes, at the Mining Bureau, in their mine cafeteria, you can eat meat almost every month, and each person gets several taels!"
He swallowed as he spoke.
"Leader, do you think this is fair? We all work for the country, so why can the workers in the mines eat meat so often, while we at the machinery factory don't even have soup?"
"Even if I finally managed to spend the money to go to a state-owned restaurant, the best I could get was a bowl of bone noodle soup, not even a bite of meat!"
After hearing this, Su Wenchen didn't have any objection to eating meat in the mining area. After all, mining was extremely hard physical labor.
The limited meat supply is mainly supplemented to the mining area, and Su Wenchen thinks this is normal.
If we really want to be fair, the members of the people's communes in Fengxian County can't even fill their stomachs!
So Su Wenchen completely ignored the man's little thoughts and asked directly.
"How much is the salary at your factory?"
"If meat is available, would you be willing to pay for it? For example, rabbit meat?"
Hearing this, the other party nodded immediately.
"Of course!"
"The salary in our machinery factory is quite high. If you become a regular employee, you can get 40 yuan a month."
"Actually, I can eat enough in the cafeteria, but the meat supply is too limited. If the price is not too expensive, I will definitely be willing to buy it."
"Is there a way for you to lead?"
"Would you like me to help you with that? I can sell it to you for the same price as pork. How about 80 cents a pound? And I guarantee it won't be noticed by anyone."
Su Wenchen glanced at the other person.
"Do you think I'm easy to talk to?"
Hearing this, the other party smiled awkwardly.
"Boss, I was just joking with you! I never do anything speculative!"
"Leader, do you have any questions?"
"If you don't have any, I'll leave first. I have to go to work soon."
Su Wenchen said directly.
"Do you know how much the salaries are at the other big factories here? What's their supply situation like?"
The other party scratched his head.
"The salaries are pretty much the same! It depends mainly on your years of service and your skill level!"
"The steel mill's salary is about the same as ours, while the textile mill's is a little less. I heard from a previous blind date that they just got 30 yuan a month after becoming full-time employees at the textile mill, which is 10 yuan less than us."
"The highest number should be at the mining area. It's said that the number of workers going down into the mines could reach up to 100."
"As for the supply of materials, I don't know. It's probably not as good as our factory. After all, our machinery factory offers the best treatment besides the Mining Bureau."
After saying this, he showed a hint of pride.
After hearing this, Su Wenchen roughly understood the general situation in Xuzhou area at that time.
In a heavy industrial city that relies on coal mines, the main resources should be tilted towards coal mines, and even heavy machinery factories should be ranked behind the coal mines.
The employee here looked at Su Wenchen in silence.
"Boss, if everything is fine, I'll leave first, otherwise I'll be late for work."
Then, when he saw Su Wenchen nod, he immediately ran away without even daring to look back.
Afraid that Su Wenchen would go back on his word after asking the questions, he sent him to the factory office.
"Hey, why did he run away? Does this guy no longer want to sell peach cakes?"
"Director, should I go and get that kid back?"
Su Wenchen glanced at Zhao Weiguo.
"Why, you really want to speculate in front of me?"
Zhao Weiguo scratched his head.
"Haha, Director, I was just joking. This is just to lighten the mood!"
"I'm just worried you haven't finished asking!"
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"He's pretty much familiar with the basic livelihood issues, but I don't think he's going to know the rest."
"But it's enough."
Then Su Wenchen smiled.
"No wonder they're just looking for a little advantage. They're probably afraid I'll just quit."
"But this makes things much easier!"
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