Qiao Baozhu has not been idle these two days.
He asked for a day off from the canteen manager Tong Jingyu, and took Wu Meili with him, carrying two bags of knitted soles, to the shoe store in the city to deliver the goods. When delivering the goods, I also discussed with Manager Huang of the shoe store about increasing the delivery quantity.
Manager Huang has always been very satisfied with the quality of Qiao Baozhu's delivery. He did not expect that at such a young age she could motivate the military families to do the work together. As soon as he was happy, he told Qiao Baozhu the whole story.
"Our cloth shoe store's head office is in Beijing, and we have more than 130 branches across the country. You don't have to worry about us not being able to pay you because the delivery volume is too large."
"In fact, the more you pay, the higher the commission you get."
Qiao Baozhu already knew about this, but she pretended to be surprised.
"Can I still get commission?"
Manager Huang nodded: "Our branch in Luobei can deliver 5,000 pairs of soles every month. The store manager gets a commission of two cents for each pair. Don't underestimate these two cents. For 5,000 pairs, that's an extra hundred yuan."
Manager Huang looked at Qiao Baozhu with deep and meaningful eyes.
He knew that Qiao Baozhu charged one dollar, which was indeed the price the shoe store paid for goods. But the price they give to the street or community managers is one dollar.
A pair of shoe soles can earn a rebate of 1 cent, which sounds like a lot. But in actual operation, it is still quite difficult.
The first thing is to sign a contract to guarantee that at least 150 pairs of soles are delivered every month, otherwise they will be recycled at a price of one yuan per pair. Secondly, the quality of the shoe store must be strictly inspected. Only three pairs are allowed to be returned at most, otherwise the return price will still be one dollar per pair.
Qiao Baozhu has only been working with Manager Huang for a short time, but the quality of the work she delivers is always impeccable. That's why Manager Huang told Qiao Baozhu the truth. He believed that with Qiao Baozhu's character, the quality would still be good even if the quantity of goods delivered increased.
"Five thousand pairs? This is a very difficult quantity to deliver. I'm afraid I can't make that much money."
It’s not that Qiao Baozhu is being modest, but this matter is just too difficult. It was still okay during the winter when there was no farming work, but after the spring plowing season when the farming work started, where could she find someone to sew so many pairs of soles?
"I didn't ask you to hand in 5,000 pairs. Luobei City only produces that much in a month. If you were a farm, you would be able to do that much. I will do nothing in the future and just count on you to help me achieve my sales target."
Manager Huang laughed dryly twice, and Qiao Baozhu smiled embarrassedly.
"I was so scared. I felt really bad that I couldn't earn the five cents."
Qiao Baozhu looked so greedy for money that Manager Huang laughed secretly. He likes people like Qiao Baozhu who are only interested in making money. Only people who pursue money like this will take their work seriously.
"I'm not kidding you. One thousand pairs. As long as you can collect one thousand pairs of qualified soles every month, you can get a commission of 150 yuan that month. 150 yuan, even the director of a state-owned factory can't get such a high salary."
On the way home, Manager Huang's words kept lingering in Qiao Baozhu's mind. The commission for one thousand pairs of shoes is 150 yuan. There are at least four months of slack season between now and next year's spring plowing season. She only needs to set up the mutual aid society and she can easily earn 600 yuan.
After returning to the farm, Qiao Baozhu didn't even go home, but went straight to the farm office to find Zhang Cuilian.
Zhang Cuilian was also anxiously waiting for Qiao Baozhu's reply. Recently, almost all the women's directors from several nearby villages had come to visit. Everyone wants to earn some pocket money before the New Year.
Qiao Baozhu told Zhang Cuilian that the shoe store agreed to let her expand the volume of goods she received. Zhang Cuilian was so happy about this that she immediately spread the good news to the surrounding villages and towns.
"I also have good news for you. The military logistics department has contacted the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and a batch of odd jobs are assigned to us every month. The farm leaders also attach great importance to this military-civilian cooperation and have specially approved an office for our New Hope Mutual Aid Society."
"New Hope Mutual Aid Society?"
Qiao Baozhu frowned, thinking that this name was really ugly.
"Well, this name was decided by our field director and the logistics officers of the army."
Zhang Cuilian was afraid that Qiao Baozhu would be unhappy, so she quickly explained that this was the intention of the superiors.
"Sister-in-law, we have the office space and the name. Have you arranged special staff to handle this work?"
Qiao Baozhu's tone was a little unpleasant. She was not a person who was greedy for credit, but she just didn't want her fruits to be picked by others.
She was the one who initiated this matter, and it was she who instigated Shen Xiao to write the report. The leader above even called Qiao Baozhu over and asked about the details carefully. All the questions that needed to be asked were asked, and in the end, the matter was done and it had nothing to do with her anymore.
Then what's the point of her going through all this trouble?
Zhang Cuilian blushed and said with a guilty conscience: "The leaders mean that this mutual aid society was established to help military families and farm women solve their work problems."
"We will provide one job each at the farm and the family compound, and I will supervise it."
Speaking of this, Zhang Cuilian felt even more embarrassed.
"Sister, this matter was originally your contribution, and I just followed suit and talked, but I got the benefit instead."
Qiao Baozhu understood Zhang Cuilian's voice-over and raised her eyebrows with a look of surprise: "Sister-in-law, you got promoted?"
"Either I got promoted or I was transferred to a different department. I was transferred from the Women's Federation of the farm to the farm office as deputy director."
The farm women's federation sounds like it has a high level, but in fact it is only slightly higher than the women's directors of the villages. Because Qingyanshan Farm is a state-owned farm, conditions in all aspects are better than those of ordinary farms.
So on the surface, Zhang Cuilian, the director of the Women's Federation, does seem to be a good person. But in reality, not only is there no future, but there is also no benefit.
Qiao Baozhu gave Zhang Cuilian such a good opportunity. If she couldn't take the opportunity to change her job, all these years would have been in vain.
"Sister-in-law, you helped me a lot this time. I will remember your favor. After the mutual aid society opens, the job of collecting shoe soles will be assigned to me. When you inspect the goods next time, you can do it at the mutual aid society. I promise that no one will dare to say anything."
Qiao Baozhu smiled and didn't pretend to be polite with Zhang Cuilian.
"Who did my sister-in-law assign the job in the family compound to?"
Zhang Cuilian understood what she meant and grinned at Qiao Baozhu: "Such an important position must be assigned to one of our own."
She lowered her voice and asked Qiao Baozhu with a smile: "Wu Meili is capable and eloquent. I think both she and Hehua are good."
Qiao Baozhu's lips curled up slightly, "It's a pity that Sister Wu can't read, so she can't do the job of collecting money and reconciling accounts. Hehua has studied in junior high school, so she is more suitable for this position."
These words hit the mark for Zhang Cuilian, and she made the final decision.
"Yes! I'll listen to you."
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