"The grand finale is a shadow puppet show."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up again.
"The schedule is set. After 6 o'clock, we'll set aside another half hour for the awards ceremony. I won't keep you in suspense any longer. This year's grand prize for our factory is a motorcycle."
"What?!"
"Factory manager, really?"
"It's true." Wang Shouren nodded. "Moreover, everyone has a chance to get it. As for how to get it, that depends on luck. Also, how did the logistics department distribute it during the Spring Festival in previous years?"
"Factory manager, in previous years we didn't give out much for the New Year, just some firewood, rice, oil and salt."
"Then we'll distribute it the same way as last year, and double that amount. Hmm, I'll also go to the supply and marketing cooperative and order some candy to add to it. In addition, I'll go and get some meat."
"Then, factory manager, how should we pay for meals?"
How was it done in previous years?
"Meal vouchers will be issued. Long-term employees will receive two vouchers, while regular employees will receive one voucher."
Meal vouchers are a benefit provided by the factory. Each long-term employee receives two vouchers, meaning they can bring two people along. Usually, around the Lunar New Year, the canteen will serve meat dishes. The factory manager will distribute meal vouchers, inviting employees' families to join in the festivities. With this voucher, even if you're not a factory employee, you can dine at the factory.
In this era, many people have had numerous conflicts over this meal voucher.
"Department heads, please take stock of how many family members each employee has and distribute the allowance accordingly."
"Factory Director!" the head of the logistics department immediately said, "If that's the case, the workers probably won't be able to handle it. Our factory currently has about a thousand employees, and if we include all their families, the number could easily reach five thousand. Moreover, our factory canteen can't accommodate that many people."
Wang Shouren scratched his chin.
This is indeed a problem.
Not a single factory dared to openly supply its employees' families.
These days, almost every family has three to five children. If the supply were liberalized, the number of employees could easily multiply by five or six. For factories like steel rolling mills, if the supply were liberalized, the workforce could easily reach 100,000. If problems arise then, it will be a real headache.
"How many people can our factory canteen hold?"
"The factory can't accommodate everyone." The head of the logistics department gave a wry smile: "You've been recruiting people for the past few months, and our canteen wasn't very big to begin with."
The logistics department had actually already discussed this matter.
Wang Shouren also took it seriously, and the new canteen is under construction, but it has not yet been completed.
The main problem is that Wang Shouren has high requirements, so it's estimated that the project won't be completed until after spring.
"Can we expedite the construction of the canteen?" Wang Shouren asked.
"It's going to be tough, we're already rushing pretty fast." The head of the logistics department knew the situation well; that construction team was specially assigned by higher-ups, their skill level was quite high. How much faster could they possibly rush it?
"Let them figure out a way to pay more." Wang Shouren waved his hand and began scattering money.
Xu Weiwei: ...
This damn ostentatious display of wealth, please stop polluting my eyes!
After following Wang Shouren for a few months, she felt that her worldview was gradually collapsing.
Her initial impression of Wang Shouren was that of a refined, scholarly gentleman who loved knowledge more than women. But he got married, and that was one thing. Ten years later, she suddenly learned that he not only got married, but also had three women! Her idealized image of him shattered, but even under these circumstances, she still wanted to truly understand what kind of person Wang Shouren was.
She still remembers what Wang Shouren said to her back then—you only fell in love with the me you imagined, it has nothing to do with me.
Therefore, she went to Wang Shouren's side to see what kind of person he was.
It's no wonder it's so outrageous.
How should I put it? He does things in unconventional ways, shameless when he should be, and virtuous when he should be. In short, he has a flexible moral bottom line.
As time went by and her workload increased, she learned to vent her frustrations in her mind to relieve her stress.
Working with Wang Shouren was very stressful; it was difficult to keep up with his thinking.
"This... I'll give it a try."
"This isn't a trial, it's a necessity. Let's do it this way. Give everyone two. They'll trade them privately anyway; some will get more, some less. They can circulate them themselves. This topic is off. Any other questions?"
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed there was no problem.
At the end of the year, the two main questions are: what kind of rewards will be given out at the year-end party, and what good food will be served at the year-end dinner?
"No, factory manager," the logistics director said helplessly. "We can't buy that many supplies either. I've done my best these past few months."
Logically speaking, the logistics director was transferred from the ministry, so his resources should be pretty good. But Wang Shouren, that guy, demands meat every three to five days—who has that kind of resource? Even he had to grit his teeth and persevere to barely manage to scrape together enough for the annual meeting. He was truly powerless to provide anything for the event.
These days, Wang Shouren isn't the only wealthy person.
Take the steel rolling mill for example. Did they not have money to buy pork? No, they did have money, but they just couldn't buy it; they didn't have enough supplies.
The reason Li Huaide was able to rise to power and gain people's support was because he was able to obtain unplanned supplies.
These days, when you go shopping, it's not others begging you, but you begging others.
"Don't worry, I've arranged all the supplies, they'll be delivered soon."
Wang Shouren wasn't stupid. Over the past few months, he had simply been testing the waters to see what his superiors could do. He never expected that they would grant him such extensive authority. Even if he made things difficult for others, they could still do it for him.
This surprised him somewhat.
However, he does not intend to rely entirely on it.
One of the food items was something he had already arranged with Qin Family Village.
Given Qin Family Village's current scale, supplying a factory with over a thousand employees shouldn't be a major problem. Moreover, Qin Family Village is currently under scrutiny from higher authorities, so there shouldn't be any major issues. According to Qin Huairu, their village is currently considering merging with neighboring villages, mainly because they're running out of land. They want to expand their breeding farms and diversify their livestock varieties.
This was advice given by professors from those agricultural colleges.
The village is currently holding a meeting to discuss this matter.
This year, Qin Family Village is expected to have a prosperous year.
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