Chapter 512: Tracking Suspicious Persons
The food factory now has ten large trucks.
Today's food factory is no longer the simple small factory it once was, but a fairly mature state-owned factory.
The only drawback is that it's still relatively new. The collected handicrafts need to be managed by the neighborhood office, so this time, Shao Le is primarily responsible.
Lu Qiage and Shao Le inspected the products on the spot. The prices were set in advance. There were some new styles. Lu Qiage, President Zhu and the commune cadres sat down to discuss a suitable price.
In one afternoon, all the handicrafts in the warehouse, including more than 3,000 straw hats, were properly loaded into the truck bed.
Lu Qiaoge brought money with him, and he specially brought a lot of banknotes, such as one-cent, two-cent, and a few cents, and put them in a canvas pocket. He counted the money according to the total amount of this time.
After paying, there was still some money left in the bag.
President Zhu looked at the pile of money with his eyes shining, and then he saw the money left in the bag, and thought to himself: If I collect more, I'm afraid Director Lu's bag will be empty.
On the way back, Xiao Cangcang reported to Lu Qiaoge: "Young Master, I found a suspicious person. He's been hanging around Luo Aijun's house these past two days. Just now, he took a look inside the gate of our family compound and then left."
Lu Qiaoge was stunned for a moment.
If Zhen Meili sent someone to harm her, it wouldn't happen so quickly.
We don’t have mobile phones to communicate now like we do in later generations. The ways to communicate now are either writing letters or making phone calls. However, these calls have not been approved by the relevant departments, so they cannot be made and no one will transfer the call.
Then there's sending a telegram, but that takes longer and requires going through international lines, which is even more impossible.
Apart from this, there is basically no other way.
That's why Lu Qiaoge felt that the other party would not dig out the nails here so quickly.
Lu Qiaoge asked Xiao Cangcang: "Where is this person now?"
He walked towards Luo Aijun's school.
Taotao described him in great detail: [He's about fifty years old, medium height, walks fast, seems a bit nearsighted, and always squints when he looks at people. We'll follow him.]
Lu Qiaoge praised Taotao and Xiao Cangcang. Taotao, who was carrying out such a mission for the first time, happily followed Xiao Cangcang to track the man who had appeared inexplicably.
Shao Le drove these things directly to the street office.
Lu Qiaoge had already reported this to Director Hu in advance.
There is no need to sell them outside for the time being. Such handicrafts can be sold in the department store of the military factory.
Director Hu looked at the handicrafts in the truck. Unbelievably, each one was exquisite. He said that some of them could even be exported.
The person who answered the phone was the manager of the department store. He knew that the handicrafts Lu Qiaoge had acquired had been brought back, so he immediately told Director Hu, "Take them to the department store right now. I'm in the office right now. I'll go talk to Director Tao right away."
Director Tao is in charge of procurement.
Shao Le drove Lu Qiaoge to the department store. The handover went very smoothly. Director Tao brought a dozen workers to move all the handicrafts down and placed them directly on a special counter on the first floor.
Lu Qiaoge also followed him in. The counter had three sections connected together. The upper and lower layers could be used to display samples of these handicrafts. The open space at the back was also spacious enough to store backpacks, dustpans and other things.
These are all items that we need in daily life.
There was a banner on the wall with a slogan that read "Workers and peasants are one family."
Manager Gong said to Lu Qiaoge with a smile, "We've also asked the higher-ups for permission this time. We don't need tickets, we can just pay directly."
Lu Qiaoge also smiled. "Manager Gong is very efficient. I will continue to purchase handicrafts from the members of Manshan Commune. They are also developing a large sideline business. I heard from President Zhu that the breeding industry is also booming. We can even hold a market in the future. We don't need money to trade, we can just exchange things for things."
Manager Gong: "Director Xiao Lu, please tell President Zhu to let them buy it. I can't say how much we can sell, but we can definitely digest it in the early stages."
The workers at the 516 Military Factory still have considerable purchasing power.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t think about selling these handicrafts at first, and would consider it after the market was saturated.
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Director Lu called Lu Qiaoge soon.
The higher-ups basically agreed to Luo Ziwen's wishes, but the details still needed to be determined after a meeting, and the meeting place was chosen to be in South City.
He also specifically asked Lu Qiaoge to tell Luo Ziwen that he could come and not feel any psychological burden.
Director Lu would not say anything extra, but Luo Ziwen should be able to understand it clearly in his mind.
As for the purchase of equipment, we will discuss it later, but as mentioned above, Lu Qiaoge can do business with Luo Ziwen under feasible conditions.
Director Lu thought about it and stopped hesitating. He spoke directly to Lu Qiaoge, "Doesn't Luo Ziwen sell electronics? He has several electronics factories down there. You can trade your handicrafts for electronics, like radios and televisions."
Lu Qiaoge knew that Luo Ziwen had a black and white TV production line, but he heard that it would soon be converted to a color production line.
Lu Qiaoge had no worries.
Nothing she did was for her own personal gain, and no matter from which angle, no one could find fault with her.
If you really want to find fault with her, it's that she is a lesbian and not very old.
But now no one dares to make a fuss about the fact that she is a lesbian.
Lu Qiaoge said simply, "Then let's trade the handicrafts for the radio. Our Xiangyang Handicraft Factory's newly developed Linglong brand handbags are very popular in Hong Kong, but our current sales trend is limited edition. We already have over 200 pieces in stock. However, we are high-quality products with high prices, but they are selling very well. We don't even need to put them on the counter. Zhen Xi has set up a pre-sale and reportedly has received over 3,000 orders... We can give some of the handbags to Luo Ziwen, and the rest is up to him."
Director Lu naturally knew about the new products developed by Xiangyang Handicraft Factory.
To be honest, he had only heard the description and had not seen the real thing.
But the price is really high.
A women's handbag costs as much as a bicycle.
But in fact, the price of our radios is not low now because the cost is too high.
Director Lu said in a gentle voice, "Qiao Ge, I always trust you in your work. I'll do as you say."
"Then I'll use part of my handbag and other handicrafts to exchange for a radio with Luo Ziwen."
After a pause, Lu Qiaoge asked Director Lu, "What should we do with this radio after we bring it back?"
This is different from the foreign exchange received. The foreign exchange is directly retained and then the money is allocated to these enterprises according to regulations.
State-owned enterprises are now supported by the state, which means that regardless of whether they make money or not, the government will allocate money to pay workers' salaries.
This is the benefit of a planned economy.
(End of this chapter)
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