Seeing that his wife still didn't quite understand, Li Chu explained it to her again in detail.
This time, Ding Qiunan finally understood.
Once she understood, she lost interest. Outside affairs were men's business, and besides, this wasn't even her family's business.
If it weren't for the fact that this was about her best friend's family, Ding Qiunan probably wouldn't have cared at all, and wouldn't have even asked a single question.
On the other side, Xu Damao was riding his bicycle with Lou's father on the back; they had just left and hadn't even left the alley yet.
"Da Mao, we need to go home first."
"What's wrong, Dad? Why are we going back?"
"We need to get that contract, otherwise things will get complicated. We also need to get the steel mill's copy."
"Okay, Dad, hold on tight, I'll ride faster."
When the father-in-law and son-in-law finally arrived at the textile factory's residential compound, it was already 11 p.m.
Regardless of whether others were asleep or not, he called the gatekeeper of the residential compound and told him that there was something going on at the canteen and he needed to find Director Cao from the logistics department. After successfully getting in, he ran to Director Cao's door and started knocking on it.
To be honest, when Director Cao opened his door in the middle of the night and saw that it was the person who contracted the canteen, he was completely dumbfounded.
But after Lou's father explained his purpose to him, he was even more confused.
Director Cao surely knew why he proactively sought out Lou's father to contract the canteen; now that the prey was trapped, there was no way he would let it escape.
Director Cao had just said that they disagreed and would not take over the contract, but unexpectedly, the other party directly presented the steel plant contract.
"Director Cao, this is the contract that the steel mill signed with me. Take a look for yourself. See what kind of stamp they put on it, and then look at what kind of stamp you put on it. What, does your textile mill's logistics office think it's more powerful than the steel mill's logistics office?"
I didn't come all this way so late to ask for your opinion, Director Cao. I'm here to inform you that starting tomorrow morning's breakfast, I'm no longer involved. What happens to the cafeteria is your problem, Director Cao. I, Lou, am not serving you anymore.
Director Cao was dumbfounded. Was this the same person he had met before?
Why such a big change? Why are you speaking so forcefully? What exactly happened?
"Old Lou, don't get agitated, don't get agitated. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, we can discuss it slowly. We'll eventually reach a point where everyone is satisfied, right?"
"Director Cao, it's not that I, Lao Lou, am trying to embarrass you, but your textile factory simply doesn't take us seriously."
Look for yourself. When we contracted the canteen of that steel plant, the leaders in the metallurgical sector personally approved it, and the stamp was the official seal of that plant.
Look at your factory, who do you think you are? I'm not going to argue with you today, let's just let this matter go."
After saying that, Lou's father stood up and gestured for Xu Damao to walk with him.
Director Cao, who had been unable to get a chance to speak, finally panicked.
We can't let them leave. What will happen to breakfast tomorrow? The people who are getting off the night shift need to eat, and the workers who come to work in the morning need to eat. If there's no food, those workers might tear this logistics director to shreds and stew him up.
"Old Lou, Old Lou, don't rush off. Tell me what you need. We can't let tomorrow's cooking be delayed." Director Cao grabbed Lou's father's arm, preventing him from leaving.
"Can I make any requests I want?"
"Go ahead and ask. I'll report to the factory manager tomorrow and try my best to meet your requirements, but you can't go too far."
"Don't worry, Director Cao, it's not unreasonable to bring the certificate. There are only two conditions: first, the contract must be changed to one with the factory's official seal; second, your factory is under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Municipal Light Industry Bureau, and I need to see their approval documents."
...
Is this requirement difficult? Actually, if you follow the normal procedures, these are just normal procedures, and there's nothing difficult about them at all.
The problem is that they're doing this now because their intentions are to harm people; their motives are impure and they're not respectable at all.
"Old Lou, this is a matter for our factory, why does it need the approval of the Light Industry Bureau? I'll replace this stamp for you, what do you think?"
"Director Cao, to be honest with you, I don't trust your factory. Without the approval from the Light Industry Bureau, I definitely won't take over the contract. You should find someone else."
This time, even Director Cao couldn't stop them; Lou's father and Xu Damao simply left.
Director Cao was completely at a loss. What should he do now?
Not only did they fail to harm anyone else, they also put themselves in a very difficult position.
Cao couldn't take the blame for this; he should report it to the factory manager.
He quickly got dressed and went out.
The factory manager's house was on the third floor of the next building, and Director Cao ran all the way over.
The factory manager looked at Director Cao and wished he could throw the ashtray on the coffee table at his head.
After calming himself down, the factory manager asked, "You mean that Lao Lou's attitude was very tough?"
"Yes, the factory manager is quite forceful. When I asked him to state his demands, he immediately threw two conditions at me, and neither of them could be omitted. He also said that he came to inform me, not to discuss it with me." Director Cao was heartbroken; he had never suffered such humiliation before.
"Sigh," the factory manager sighed, "It seems that this old Lou has been guided by a master. Otherwise, given his greedy appearance, how could he just quit like that?"
"Factory manager, what do we do now? I still need to arrange breakfast for tomorrow."
"I see, Director Cao. Could you go upstairs to the back and tell Squad Leader Yang of the mess hall to temporarily revert to the old ways? We can discuss it again tomorrow when we get to work."
The factory manager is in a real bind. The reason he's targeting Lou's father is because someone behind him gave him instructions.
How am I supposed to tell their boss now?
There used to be a towel factory too, but needless to say, that old Lou definitely wouldn't want it anymore.
After dismissing Director Cao, he sat in the living room, racking his brains for a long time, but couldn't come up with a good explanation for how to tell his superiors.
Then I remembered what I had just thought about: who is behind Lao Lou?
Who gave him this idea this time?
They had specifically investigated Lao Lou's background and found that he didn't have any close connections.
It's nothing more than being praised by the leaders when he donated his family property back then.
The donation back then, and the current refusal, all reveal that there must be a wise person guiding Lao Lou behind him.
Otherwise, they probably could have killed Lao Lou in those few years.
Sigh... I should think about my own future first. I don't know what might happen to others.
He might be half dead this time.
After Lou's father and Xu Damao walked out of the family compound, they both sighed in unison, the matter was finally over.
After that, I obediently took care of things at the steel mill.
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