Chapter 304 Director, you are finally here!
Xuzhou Railway Station.
As the green train spewed white steam and slowly stopped at the platform, the carriage immediately became lively.
The people who got off the bus began to pack their luggage.
Some were carrying sacks, some were holding baskets, and some were even carrying bundles of poultry. For a moment, the entire carriage was filled with noise and bumping sounds.
Only after Su Wenchen squeezed out of the station with his wicker box did he finally feel at ease and take a deep breath of fresh air.
Zhao Weiguo, who was leaning on a jeep on the side of the road, felt like he had seen a relative when he saw Su Wenchen.
Quickly ran towards Su Wenchen.
He said excitedly while taking the rattan box from Su Wenchen's hand.
"Director, you're finally here!"
"You must have worked hard in the car!"
Su Wenchen took a deep breath and shook his head.
"It's okay, it's just the little moment when I get off the train. If I had stayed in the regular car, it would have been painful."
To be honest, he now understands why they later prohibited living animals from being allowed on the bus.
Because poultry don't care about any rules, such as not being able to urinate or defecate anywhere, they just do it whenever they want.
In a crowded carriage, if there are just a few poultry that can't hold their breath, the air in the entire carriage will be unbearable.
After mixing it with the smells of other messy things, Su Wenchen felt sour just by passing by for a while when he got off the car!
Wait until the car door is opened and the passenger seat is seated.
Su Wenchen looked at Zhao Weiguo seriously and found that his ears were red and swollen, and frowned.
"You guys are still working during the New Year? I see your ears are frozen."
"Everyone else is alright, right?"
To be honest, although we do need to hurry up to develop here, it is still not appropriate to work outside in the winter without sufficient supplies.
Although this place is not in the absolute north, it is still quite cold in winter.
Without keeping warm, it is possible to get frostbite when working outdoors in winter.
If a bunch of people get frostbite or catch colds or other diseases because of the rush for a few days, it will definitely not be worth it.
When Zhao Weiguo heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly and stammered with an embarrassed expression.
"Director, I didn't get frostbite from working!"
"I went to queue up late at night, but I underestimated the temperature and my ears got frozen!"
Su Wenchen was a little confused.
"Queue? Queue for what?"
"You're collecting food? Aren't they all sent to the commune's grain depot?"
To be honest, when Su Wenchen left, he felt that the arrangements were almost complete. The grain had already been stored in the former commune grain warehouse, which is now the branch farm grain warehouse.
It doesn’t make sense to queue up to buy food late at night!
As for other things, he remembered that there was nothing particularly urgent!
Zhao Weiguo scratched his head.
"It's not food! We've been eating vegetarian food all day long during the recent Chinese New Year!"
"I thought, since this is my first time as a cadre, I wanted to use the New Year holiday to buy some meat with my own money to improve the food for our comrades in the maintenance department."
Su Wenchen blinked.
"What's the connection? Are you being forced to work there because you don't have enough money?"
Zhao Weiguo also started talking at this time and immediately complained to Su Wenchen.
"Director, it would be fine if I were really working, but I was blown by the cold wind for half the night!"
"When I arrived here, I went to the meat processing plant and asked around. I found out that they don't sell their live pigs. They supply them to big factories like the Mining Bureau and the Heavy Machinery Factory. They take them back to the factory to use as welfare for their employees."
"We were new here and unfamiliar with the area, so we couldn't find anything on the black market. In the end, I ended up queuing up at the state-owned butcher shop with many other ordinary citizens."
"We lined up from midnight until around 5 or 6 o'clock, and then the slaughtered pigs were finally brought in. That's when we finally got three pounds of bones that were so large they couldn't even contain a single shred of meat."
"What? You're lining up so early and there are people ahead of you!"
Zhao Weiguo immediately showed an angry expression.
"What do you mean they put us in front of me? They said we farm workers don't belong to their city and can't use our rations here!"
"Director, don't you think they are bullying us?"
"Not only have we suffered so much here, but we've even run out of our monthly pork rations."
"It's not enough that the director didn't have the quota, but now other units have started intercepting our things."
Su Wenchen frowned when he heard this.
"Didn't they say there was a problem with the imported meat rabbits? Why is there even a question of them intercepting our products?"
"what is going on?"
Hearing this, Zhao Weiguo hurriedly explained.
"Director, you're talking about Master Hou's situation. Didn't they start importing various breeds of rabbits from other rabbit farms after the New Year?"
"At first I thought I'd lay the foundation before you came here, but now the rabbit house is newly built."
“As a result, problems arose not long after we moved in. Several breeds of rabbits began to have problems one after another.”
"It was just an isolated case at first, but in the past couple of days, it seems like there have been more and more problems. So, Master Hou has no choice but to call you, Director, in advance."
Su Wenchen frowned.
"So what do you mean by interception? Were the things from our farm intercepted by that unit?"
When Zhao Weiguo heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, because this was something that would only happen because of his lack of ability.
But still said it directly.
"That's what the Director said!"
"After the Lunar New Year, the farm office called and said the ministry had allocated four large tractors, which had been transferred from the Changzhou Tractor Manufacturing Plant to the agricultural machinery factory in the city for temporary storage."
"After receiving the notification, our maintenance department prepared people to come and receive the vehicles. However, when they arrived, they turned into three large tractors."
"The airport initially said there was only one truck left on the way. We called Changzhou to ask, and they said all four trucks were sent together. They only returned after receiving the receipt from us!"
"We went to the tractor factory that shipped the vehicles here and asked them, and they insisted that the tractor factory in Changzhou only sent three."
"It's no use going to their house to look for them. They insist there are only three!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he frowned. He had indeed heard that sometimes things would be intercepted by some units.
But he never expected that it would actually happen in their unit.
So he took a deep breath and said.
"What did they say? Didn't you try to report it to the city?"
Zhao Weiguo scratched his head.
"I went to the city once, but was stopped at the door! They said they would tell Director Liu and told me to wait for further notice."
"Director, I think they must have gotten the city's approval to have the guts to intercept them directly!"
“So I didn’t go.”
"Director, shall we go back to the field?"
Su Wenchen thought about it, but still let Zhao Weiguo drive.
"Let's go to the Municipal Agricultural Machinery Factory first. I'll go and ask what's going on."
Before knowing the specific situation, Su Wenchen did not go directly to the city.
Because he wanted to see whether the attitude of the city was the decision or whether the decision was made by the agricultural machinery factory itself.
If it was the decision of the agricultural machinery factory, it would be much easier to resolve.
But if the city ordered the interception, then Su Wenchen would have a lot to consider.
However, he felt that the possibility of the city's instructions was not high.
After all, as an industrial city in East China, which also produces coal locally, the city is not in a situation where it needs a tractor.
Because this offends their farm, it is obviously a losing business. Su Wenchen feels that this is not a decision that a rational local leader can make.
Soon, the jeep stopped at the gate of the city agricultural machinery factory again.
As soon as Su Wenchen got off the car, he saw that the security guard at the other side's door immediately showed an impatient expression and said to Zhao Weiguo.
"Hey brother, are you annoying?"
"I've told you so many times, it's no use coming to us, just go directly to the unit that's supposed to allocate the funds to you!"
"Our leader really doesn't have time to see you."
"Go back to where you came from!"
After saying that, he waved his hand impatiently, signaling them not to park the car in front of their door.
As soon as Su Wenchen saw the other party's tone, he knew that Zhao Weiguo must have come many times.
Now that one tractor is missing, we must find out!
Moreover, this thing is not an ordinary thing that can be thrown away at will, or the Changzhou Tractor Factory directly sent three of them over.
Or it was detained by a certain unit along the way.
In Su Wenchen's opinion, if the Changzhou Tractor Factory had transferred three tractors, there would be no need for others to lie.
Because the manufacturer itself has the ability to manufacture such large tractor equipment, even if the goods on hand are temporarily insufficient, you can just tell them directly.
There's no need to lie like this on purpose.
So the most likely scenario is that one of the vehicles was intercepted by some unit.
But Su Wenchen felt that this was meaningless!
Are you expecting them to just sit there and not pursue the matter? That's too naive!
This is not a matter of one or two cents.
Or is it really so powerful that they don't care about complaints from their units?
If the background is really so strong, is it really necessary to intercept a tractor?
If the other party intercepted all four cars, Su Wenchen might think this possibility was higher.
Zhao Weiguo first glanced at his leader before continuing.
"Do you think I have nothing to do every day? This time, our farm leaders have all come over, but your factory leaders are still avoiding meeting them?"
"And the Changzhou Tractor Factory said they directly shipped the disassembled and assembled equipment to your agricultural machinery factory by train. There were a total of four Dongfanghong-75 large tractors!"
"In the end, only three were brought to our site."
The other party scratched his ears impatiently.
"I don't know about this. I only know that you are blocking the entrance of our factory now."
"Hurry up! You're blocking the road to our factory. I'll have your car towed away."
After hearing what the other party said, Su Wenchen had a rough idea in his mind and turned around and got into the car.
To be honest, Su Wenchen originally thought that if the car was only detained for a period of time, as long as he could come and drive the car back, then the matter would be over.
As long as the tractor can be driven back, there will be no loss to their farm.
But looking at the situation now, it is obvious that the other party is determined to never admit it!
If it was a small unit, there might be nothing they could do about it, but for Su Wenchen, if he took this loss, everyone would want to take advantage of their farm in the future.
So he spoke directly to Zhao Weiguo.
"Drive and find a place on the side of the road where you can make a phone call."
After finding a place to make a phone call on the roadside, Su Wenchen first called the Changzhou Tractor Manufacturing Plant.
First, we confirmed the receipt, and then we got confirmation that four large tractors were sent.
Su Wenchen then dialed the phone number in the city.
Because this type of heavy tractor is generally not like light machines, all of them are disassembled and transported in modules.
It is usually assembled when it arrives at the location.
This is both convenient and time-saving.
This is also the reason why they send the goods to the agricultural machinery factory here instead of to their farms.
Because it has to be assembled at the agricultural machinery factory, their farm does not currently have the ability to assemble such large equipment on its own.
If it was just missing an arm or a leg, Su Wenchen thought that maybe they had missed sending a module.
But one car is missing, so this is not a matter of negligence at all.
After several transfers, Su Wenchen finally got through to Liu Guangde, director of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee.
"Hey! Director Su, how come you, such a busy man, have time to call me?"
"I heard from the people at our Animal Husbandry Bureau that there's a meeting in Beijing at the end of the year, and they won't even be able to get in line if they want to have dinner with you."
"Come over to our place sometime, and I'll entertain you myself."
Obviously, Liu Guangde also attaches great importance to the promotion of white pigs, especially in their city's Mining Bureau, where a lot of work involves heavy physical labor.
The supply of meat will always be tilted towards these units first, but every time it is tilted towards these units, it will naturally have to be reduced from other places.
They are naturally in urgent need of white pigs that can increase their growth rate and lead to faster marketability.
When Su Wenchen heard Liu Guangde's tone on the phone, his expression flickered. Did the other party know or not?
However, one should not hit a smiling person. Since the other party said so, Su Wenchen also responded with a smile.
"Director Liu, I'm in your city right now, so forget about the hospitality."
"Let's deal with the tractor issue first and then talk about other things!"
Liu Guangde, who was on the other end of the phone, was immediately puzzled when he heard Su Wenchen's words.
"tractor?"
"Didn't I have someone send you those ten walking tractors before the New Year?"
"It was allocated along with the grain. Didn't your farm receive it?"
Su Wenchen said directly.
"They're not the ten walking tractors, but the four large agricultural tractors that the ministry has newly allocated to us."
“Only three have been delivered so far!”
"The Changzhou manufacturing plant said it's been shipped to your city's agricultural machinery factory. They've entrusted you to complete the final assembly and then we'll drive it back!"
"But when we went to pick up the trucks, the farm machinery factory said they only had three! Our people kept asking, but the municipal farm machinery factory said they didn't know."
After saying that, he looked towards the figure of the agricultural machinery factory not far behind him.
"Director Liu, I'm right at the gate of your city's agricultural machinery factory, but they won't even let me in."
"We can't have this newly allocated large agricultural tractor disappear quietly from your territory before we even use it, right?"
After Su Wenchen finished speaking, a righteous voice came from the phone.
"Director Su, don't worry. A large tractor wouldn't disappear for no reason!"
"Wait a moment, I'll be right there to give you an explanation."
"What do you think?"
Hearing Liu Guangde say this, Su Wenchen immediately nodded.
"Okay, I'll trouble Director Liu with this matter. I'll just wait for news here."
Hang up the phone.
After paying the phone bill, Su Wenchen walked to the jeep, lit a cigarette and began to think.
He was wondering whether Liu Guangde knew about this or not?
Zhao Weiguo asked directly.
"Director, what should we do now? Should we go back to the field and think of a solution?"
"What if I come a few more days?"
Su Wenchen opened the car door and got in.
"No need, just go to their factory gate and wait for a while, someone will come to take care of it!"
"Besides, even if you want to solve it, coming here is useless. They even hope you'll come here every day to waste time on it."
"If you have the time, you might as well go directly to the gate of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee."
"If you really wanted to do that, I would have solved it long ago."
After saying that, he rolled down the car window and flicked the ash on his hand outside, but his eyes were always fixed on the gate of the agricultural machinery factory.
Zhao Weiguo rubbed his red, icy ears nervously and asked in a low voice, "Director, can we really wait for someone? What if the city government is also perfunctory..."
Su Wenchen shook his head and said in a firm tone.
"No, if Director Liu wanted to give me a perfunctory answer on this matter, he wouldn't have used that tone just now. He would have just played Tai Chi."
"It's just that I'm not sure whether the city knows about this or not."
"Wait a minute, let someone come over and take a look at the situation!"
After Su Wenchen finished speaking.
Sure enough, in less than twenty minutes, a black Shanghai-brand sedan with a local photography sign sped past their car.
After braking in front of the agricultural machinery factory.
Liu Guangde, director of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee, got out of the car with a sullen face, followed by a staff member.
The people from the city’s vehicle security department naturally knew him and hurriedly opened the iron gate in a panic.
At this time, Su Wenchen's jeep also slowly followed from behind.
After parking, Liu Guangde naturally saw it as well.
He immediately strode towards Su Wenchen's jeep and shouted through the window,
"Director Su, sorry for the long wait. Don't worry, a large piece of agricultural machinery wouldn't disappear for no reason."
"As long as the problem is on our side, I will give you a satisfactory explanation."
Su Wenchen also immediately opened the car door, got out and said.
"Director Liu, until we confirm it, none of us know what the problem is. I think we should go in and ask first."
Then he looked at the person who had stopped them before and said.
"Comrade, can we go in this time?"
"Or are you planning to do as you said before, that no matter which leader comes, it won't work."
Su Wenchen is actually not a particularly generous person. Since the other party didn't give him any face before, he naturally won't give him any face either.
As soon as the security officer heard what Su Wenchen said, he knew he was in trouble.
Sure enough, Liu Guangde immediately frowned and looked at the other party.
"Who told you to stop the people from Blue Water Farm at the gate?"
This person hesitated for a long time and could not explain clearly.
"My director, I didn't stop this leader. What I meant was that the comrade from Blue Water Farm comes here every day."
"I'm just so annoyed, that's why I said that!"
However, Liu Guangde did not let the other party fool him and stared at him with sharp eyes.
"Let me ask you again, was it your own idea to stop the people from Blue Water Farm, or was it the idea of one of your factory leaders?"
Facing the city’s biggest leader, this was a very direct question, and the other party’s forehead was sweating.
I was torn between my conscience and my desires.
I said, if you offend the factory leaders, you will have a hard time in the future.
Let’s not talk about it! It seems like I can’t get through it now!
After all, if I don't tell him, it will be his orders in the end, and I will lose my job, right?
So I could only confess with a sad face.
"It's our factory director. He asked me to deal with the people coming from Blue Water Farm at first."
"But later on, they kept coming over, and I got a little impatient to deal with them!"
Hearing the other party say this, Zhao Weiguo next to him couldn't help but interrupt.
"You think I like coming here? Who told you to seize one of our tractors? Otherwise, who would have the leisure to come to your place every day?"
Su Wenchen raised his hand to stop Zhao Weiguo who wanted to continue speaking.
Turned to look at Liu Guangde.
"Director Liu, please decide how to arrange this."
Liu Guangde took a deep breath and looked at Su Wenchen with some self-mockery.
"Director Su, it seems the problem is indeed on our side."
"Don't worry, I will definitely investigate everyone involved in this matter. Let's go in and see what's going on!"
Su Wenchen nodded.
Just as a group of people were walking into the factory.
At this time, in an assembly workshop of the agricultural machinery factory, a middle-aged man in navy blue work clothes was sweating profusely and urging a group of veteran workers in the workshop.
"Master Pang, how is it? Can it be put back together?"
"Just now, someone from the security department said that the farm's leaders have come to our door this time. I really can't delay this any longer."
"I guess the city will call us soon."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, an old man with gray hair waved his hand.
"Don't make a fuss. Aren't we doing our best to research?"
"There's no way this thing can be put back together so easily!"
"If we just remove the outer shell, it will be easy to install according to the installation manual. But if we dismantle everything inside, we will have to study it slowly."
"This is a great opportunity. If we can seize this opportunity to fully understand this technology, maybe we can even produce this kind of large agricultural machinery ourselves!"
Hearing the old man's words, the other party immediately smiled bitterly.
"It's easy to say, but would it be okay if this machine was from our factory? This is a machine from Blue Water Farm."
"Why should they keep their farm here and let us demolish it?"
The old man waved his hands impatiently.
"What do I care about his farm?"
"That's your job as leaders. When we asked you to demolish it, your leaders agreed!"
"Besides, at worst, the factory will kick me out. I'll be the only one to handle any problems!"
The middle-aged man sighed deeply.
"If only it were that simple. Do you know how much this large piece of equipment costs? It's not something that can be carried by just anybody!"
Obviously the middle-aged man knew that he would have to bear the consequences himself.
He took a final look at the workshop where he had worked for half his life, and he didn't know whether it was worth it this time.
(End of this chapter)
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