Secretary Guo and Qiao Wanyue exchanged a glance, and a single person appeared in their eyes.
Minister Xu.
"Old Guo, just get to the point. Why are you bringing things?" Secretary Guo carried the remaining loose mooncakes directly to Minister Xu's office.
Secretary Guo made his purpose for coming very clear.
Minister Xu, "You made mooncake gift boxes and are selling them for ten yuan?"
Is anyone buying it?
"Minister Xu, please try this." Secretary Guo handed him a piece.
Minister Xu took a bite, and the salty and fragrant egg yolk, along with the chewy texture of the skin, opened up a whole new world for him.
"You made it yourselves?"
Secretary Guo glanced at Qiao Wanyue and said, "We developed this together. Winter is coming soon, and we need to find a new way out."
"That's true."
"You want to cooperate with the cardboard box factory, right?"
"right."
Without saying a word, Minister Xu made a phone call.
"Wait here, Old Wu will be here soon."
When Director Wu arrived, he was carrying a gift box. "Old Xu, I snagged this mooncake gift box at the department store. They said it was made in some small village and it's very delicious."
He casually pushed open the door and plopped down on it.
Qiao Wanyue and Secretary Guo twitched their lips when they saw what he was carrying.
"For me?"
Director Wu: "Of course, you'll have to use our packaging for your dried vegetables this time, right?"
Minister Xu designed the packaging himself, and the grain factory set up its own production line to have the employees paste it themselves.
They call it saving money.
Actually, he didn't like the design from the cardboard box factory.
Disliked because it was ugly.
"You think I've reached the end of my term as minister? Giving gifts will get me arrested by the Revolutionary Committee."
Director Wu scoffed, "I bought it with my own money. It's for my friends. They're always so bored, grabbing this and that. You try it first." As he spoke, he was about to open the gift box and let Minister Xu take a bite.
He saw the mooncakes on the table. "What's this?"
"Old Wu, isn't the box nice?"
Director Wu said, "The person who designed this box is a genius. They actually used paper cutting as a gimmick. And I just took a look at the cardboard boxes, which are all not very valuable, but they used scraps of cloth to make small flowers. Although they are a bit rough, they are creative."
"Then this task will be assigned to you. Can you do it better?"
Director Wu slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's great! You have the connections!"
He was looking at Minister Xu like he was a savior.
Minister Xu said mysteriously, "Just tell me if you'll take it or not. They're just starting out, so their demand might not be that big, maybe only a hundred or two hundred at a time. Your business is all big orders, can you handle it?"
Director Wu slapped him on the thigh. "Old Xu, how can you talk like that? We're all serving the people. You have no idea, that guy's taken on so many design jobs lately."
If I don't work harder, I'll lose my position as section chief. Please have pity on me and introduce me to someone.
The customer that Director Wu mentioned was his competitor.
Minister Xu winked at Secretary Guo.
Secretary Guo never expected that it would come so easily.
"Qiao Wanyue, Secretary Guo, Bai Hongjun, they are the people in charge of mooncakes in Xiahe Village. They came to ask me to help you get special treatment. Their village has limited resources and they need your help to make gift boxes."
Director Wu's lips twitched.
He felt like he had been tricked.
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