"Hey, young comrade, watch your words! What do you mean by 'going too far'? We're just following the rules and regulations. You're not young anymore; you need to be responsible for your words!" A person from a certain business department also lost their temper.
Another person said, "You have admitted to operating without a license, and you have admitted that since you opened the factory, you have wholesaled 560 items, with a sales amount of 3,500 yuan. If you refuse to cooperate, we will take coercive measures!"
When Tang Jianguo and Wu Hai were in a certain business department, they gave their statements. Ordinary people would tell everything they should and shouldn't say when they got there.
They admitted to operating without a license, and admitted to how much they made each day and how much they sold at their stall.
In this situation, his statement is accepted by both departments.
Most of the goods produced by Haitang Food Factory were wholesaled to Tang Kai for resale at a price of 6.3 yuan.
Sometimes the goods were wholesaled to Wu Hai for resale. Wu Hai also went out to find customers and wholesaled small quantities of goods. This was all recorded because the factory and the other businesses were partners, and keeping records made it easier to keep accounts.
Tang Jianguo was also worried about the money, but he was even more afraid that these government officials would arrest him.
He hurriedly pulled Wu Hai aside and said obsequiously, "Comrade, my nephew is young and can't speak properly. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against him. As for the money... we'll give it to him!"
As he said this, his heart was bleeding. This was equivalent to him losing 5,500 yuan for nothing!
In reality, they simply cannot come up with three thousand five hundred yuan right now.
They spent several thousand yuan on these devices. Tang Kai and Wu Hai even used a second-hand mobile phone for their stall, and Tang Kai bought a PHS phone. It can be said that they invested all their wages and earnings from the stall this year into these devices.
The only two thousand yuan I had left had already been used to pay the tax evasion fine today, and now I don't have a single penny left.
"But we don't have much money right now. Could... could you give us a little more time to scrape together some?" Tang Jianguo said hesitantly.
“Then you’ll have to come with us,” said a member of the Ministry of Commerce.
Upon hearing this, Xu Aihua quickly said, "No, no, no, let's call now and have someone send the money over."
Xu Aihua remembered that she and her husband still hadn't received their wages for the month. Although they had only worked for half a month, the combined wages they hadn't received were still far from enough, so she had to buy it back immediately.
However, neither He Wenlin nor her mother answered their calls.
Xu Aihua was furious; she had already wanted to tear them to pieces in her heart.
"Try calling Brother Haibo," Tang Kai said.
Having no other choice, Xu Aihua called Xu Haibo. Xu Haibo's fried noodles and breakfast business was doing well, so he could definitely come up with the three thousand yuan. If he couldn't, he could lend it to him.
"Haibo, I'm your third aunt, you absolutely have to help me!" Xu Aihua didn't say what help she could offer, she just started crying.
"Third Aunt, please don't cry. What happened?"
“Linlin reported us. Now a certain business department says we are operating without a license and wants to confiscate all our money. A certain tax department says we evaded taxes and fined us two thousand. We don’t have a single penny on us. If we don’t pay, your aunt will be taken away by them. Haibo, your sister-in-law can only ask you for help. You can’t just stand by and watch her die.”
Xu Haibo was unaware of these events and found it all very confusing: "Linlin reported you? Why would Linlin report you? Aren't you a street vendor? Do you need a permit to set up a street stall?"
“It can’t be explained in a few words, Haibo. We urgently need 3,500 yuan. Can you help us? Send 3,500 yuan to Tianjiang Village right now, or your aunt will be arrested. Haibo, only you can help us.”
Tang Kai snatched the phone from Xu Aihua's hand and said, "Brother, we will definitely pay you back! If you don't have enough money, you can borrow some in your name for me, and I will definitely pay you back!"
Three thousand five hundred was a large sum of money in those days, and Xu Haibo hesitated.
"Brother, if you don't help, my dad's going to get arrested!" Tang Kai cried out urgently. "I'll definitely pay you back!"
Xu Haibo was a little reluctant, but he still agreed: "Okay, when are you coming to pick it up?"
"You need to deliver it to me now; we're in Tianjiang Village."
"But I still need to set up my stall..."
"I'll cover your losses. I'll pay you back 3,800 later, okay?"
"No need, I'll bring it to you."
Xu Haibo was somewhat reluctant, but he thought that they were all his brothers, and it wouldn't be right not to help.
He took his bank card, hailed a taxi to the bank to withdraw money, and then went to Tianjiang Village.
At 6 p.m., Xu Haibo arrived at Tianjiang Village, paid them the money, and the matter was finally settled.
"What exactly happened?" Xu Haibo asked.
"We bought several machines to make egg rolls." Tang Kai said, somewhat blaming Wu Hai, "If we hadn't used low prices to poach customers, Sister Linlin would never have turned against us!"
"You guys make egg rolls too?" Xu Haibo looked shocked. "And you're even stealing her customers with lower prices?"
Wu Hai stared at Tang Kai with bloodshot eyes: "What do you mean? Are you blaming me now?"
"You stole the goods, you set up the factory, and you snatched her customers at a low price. Don't you think it's your fault?" Tang Kai said in a bad tone. "Now look what happened, we lost 5,500 yuan! My sister and aunt hate us now."
From now on, I won't get any benefit from it at all!
Stealing goods? Snatching customers with low prices?
Xu Haibo's eyes widened in disbelief at what he was hearing.
Xu Aihua: "I told you long ago not to think about doing business, to just work honestly. You didn't listen to me, and now you've lost so much money for nothing."
Thinking of those several thousand yuan, Xu Aihua felt a pang of heartache and tears welled up in her eyes.
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