Chapter 373 The Clever Secretary Pei
What moved Pei Youfu was Song Lubai's suggestion of "making a contribution." If he could exchange the flawed items among the flawed ones for money, then he could indeed make a contribution.
After Song Lubai left, Pei Youfu didn't go to find Liu Cheng from the supply and marketing department immediately, but went to the warehouse first.
Everyone in the factory knows Pei Youfu, the secretary who works alongside the Party Secretary every day. Even if they haven't interacted with him before, they must have seen him at the factory.
As soon as Pei Youfu arrived, the person in charge of guarding the warehouse greeted him warmly.
"Secretary Pei, what are your instructions for coming here?"
Pei Youfu asked, "How many defective fabrics are there in the warehouse right now?"
This person assumed that Secretary Pei, like other junior leaders, wanted to get some flawed fabric to make clothes.
He eagerly took the key and opened the door to the warehouse where the defective fabrics were stored.
Secretary Pei frowned and said directly, "You have a key? You open the door and let everyone in?"
With things handled this way, how can the contents of the warehouse be guaranteed to be safe? Defective fabrics are also factory property, and Secretary Pei is very worried about the attitude of the person in charge.
The person in charge froze for a moment, then explained, "The good fabrics aren't in here. These are all defective fabrics. Every now and then, we pick out the slightly better ones and sell them to department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives. This year, we sold them out once in May. Secretary Pei, I don't open the door for just anyone. I only opened it for you because I thought you might have something important to discuss."
Secretary Pei remained silent.
The person in charge felt a chill run down his spine. Usually, many leaders or people related to leaders would come here with their director to pick out fabrics.
He was just a keyman guarding the warehouse; the money never actually reached him. He just smiled and did things for people.
Looking at the piles of defective fabric that filled almost half the warehouse, Pei Youfu thought that their factory's machines really should be phased out.
He took a few pieces of fabric from the pile, looked at them, and said, "From today onwards, you are not allowed to open this door again."
The man was taken aback and hesitated before asking, "What if our director comes in to take a look?"
Pei Youfu said, "I will go and tell him that this batch of fabric is going to be used. If there is any shortage, you will be responsible for it from now on."
The man hurriedly said, "I promise that from now on, I will never open this door again except to send things in."
Pei Youfu looked through it once. Some of the fabrics here were less than 20 centimeters long, some were pieces of fabric pulled into loose threads in the middle, and some had dyeing problems.
Even the shortest person can be the best; by piecing together pieces of fabric of the same color, you can still make a garment.
This amount of material is more than enough to make shoes.
After reading it, Pei Youfu went straight to Secretary Gao's office and said, "Secretary, I have some good news to tell you."
Secretary Gao looked up and asked, "Oh? What good news?"
Pei Youfu said, "Do you remember Comrade Song Lubai from the supply and marketing department? The one with very fair skin."
Secretary Gao vaguely remembered Song Lubai, so he nodded and asked, "What happened to her?"
Pei Youfu: "She was transferred to the 16th Regiment with her husband. Their regiment was in a difficult situation. In order to increase income, they united the strength of the women comrades and set up a shoe-making team. Now she has come with money borrowed from the cooperative, wanting to buy some fabric from our factory."
After hearing this, Secretary Gao assumed that Pei Youfu was buying fabric for Song Lubai, and he thought to himself that this little Pei really couldn't think straight.
Seeing Secretary Gao's expression, Pei Youfu quickly said, "Our factory is so short of fabric that we can't even spare a single piece. But I was thinking that since we're making shoes anyway, we'll have to break the fabric into pieces. We can put the defective fabric in our warehouse to good use. What do you think, Secretary?"
Secretary Gao was almost stunned by him; he hadn't expected Xiao Pei to have this idea.
"Would they be willing to do that?"
Pei Youfu said, "I just went to the warehouse and looked at the fabric. I think it can be made into shoes. I'll ask Xiao Song. If she wants them, we'll sell them to her, and our factory will have some extra income. If she doesn't want them, there's nothing we can do."
Secretary Gao nodded. "It's indeed a good thing. Young people are quick-witted."
Pei Youfu humbly replied, "You have always been frugal and thrifty, and you have always thought of our factory. I learned from you and that's how I came up with this great idea."
After flattering him, Pei Youfu changed the subject and asked, "But Secretary, what's a reasonable price for us?"
After thinking for a moment, Secretary Gao said, "Anything between 30% and 50% is fine. Go and talk to Liu Cheng from the supply and marketing department about this, and try to get as much benefit as possible for our factory."
Remembering that the production and construction corps was not as good as their city, and it was not easy to make some profit, Secretary Gao said, "After we deal with this batch, we will report to the higher authorities and give them some of the better goods. You go and talk to them first, and we'll talk about it when you come back."
Pei Youfu continued, "Secretary, what I'm thinking is that if she wants this batch of goods, then we can supply her with defective fabrics for a long time. Our factory will have an additional stable source of income. You haven't seen those defective fabrics. I don't know if it's because our machines need to be phased out or if there are too many unskilled workers. Is the proportion of defective fabrics too high?"
Secretary Gao said, "The idea is feasible. If this is accomplished, I will give you credit."
Secretary Gao was well aware of the factory's machine problems; those were old machines, and the factory didn't have the money to upgrade them.
Secretary Pei was in high spirits, thinking that Song Lubai's visit to him this time was indeed a good thing.
Pei Youfu, full of energy, went to find Liu Cheng in the supply and marketing department. After explaining the situation to him, he said, "Director Liu, let me take Xiao Song to the warehouse first. If she decides to buy it, once she's booked a restaurant, you can put on a good show during the meal and try to secure more benefits for our factory..."
Pei Youfu understood very well. He had already made it clear to Secretary Gao that no matter how Liu Cheng negotiated the price, he would get a share of the benefits.
As for Song Lubai, someone did indeed bring him a good thing, so he could only play the good cop at the dinner table.
Discussing business over meals and drinks was nothing to Liu Cheng, and putting on airs was also one of his strengths. He nodded and said, "Okay, let me know the time later."
Why wouldn't he be happy to have people come to him to deliver sales figures?
After leaving the textile factory, Song Lubai took the national food coupons that Wei Yang had given her and went to a restaurant to eat a bowl of wontons.
Unlike dumplings, wontons contain very little meat filling. However, a bowl of wontons only requires two ounces of grain coupons, not meat coupons.
She had no appetite in the morning, but her appetite returned a bit after things started to look promising. She added a lot of vinegar to the wonton soup, and she finished a bowl and still wanted more.
She slowly returned to the guesthouse.
When Xiao Feng and the other two saw her return, they looked at her with anticipation.
Yang Xiue handed her a dry biscuit, but Song Lubai waved her hand, saying, "I feel nauseous and can't eat it."
Xiao Feng couldn't contain himself and asked, "How did it go? Is the other party willing to help?"
Song Lubai didn't want them to think that she did things easily, but she also wanted them to be more careful in the future, so she explained the process again.
She didn't want to be the only one who could get things done in the future; if the group wanted to develop, it needed more capable people.
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