The group of people who had come to Zhaojiagou specifically for Zhao Youcai fell silent.
Especially the few people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Beijing, who were looking at the deputy mayor with resentment in their eyes.
They had clearly told everyone in advance when they would be coming to see Zhao Youcai, so how could they let him slip away quietly?
The deputy mayor was in a bind. He only knew that these people were coming in the next couple of days, but who knew they would arrive earlier?
This prevented him from having any time to communicate with the Zhao family, not to mention he didn't know what the person was doing in Heilongjiang Province or how long they would stay.
These people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had only applied for a period of less than a week. If Zhao Youcai had stayed in Heilongjiang Province for a few more days, these people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would probably have had to stay here for a few days and leave with regret.
Having remained in the same position for so many years, if he were to offend these people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again, he could forget about ever getting rid of the title "Deputy" for the rest of his life.
Zhao Youliang, the brigade leader of Zhaojiagou, was also suffering.
Last time, providing these leaders with good food and drink practically emptied the entire Zhao Jia Gou brigade's coffers. We haven't even gotten approval from the community for resupply yet, and now even bigger leaders from Beijing are here. What are we going to do to entertain them?
Fortunately, the community reacted quickly and made special arrangements, doubling the amount of everything Zhao Jiagou had applied for.
The brigade leader breathed a slight sigh of relief and smiled as he invited the leaders to stay in the village.
Originally, the courtyard was prepared by Zhao Youcai's family as a resting place for merchants from other places who came to buy goods, but now it has been used to welcome guests who want to stay.
Fortunately, Zhao Youcai's family had built an extra brick and tile house; otherwise, these leaders would have definitely made a scene if they had been welcomed into the low, thatched house in Zhaojiagou.
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When the train to the capital of Heilongjiang Province finally arrived at its destination, Zhao Youcai was immediately surrounded by more than a dozen smiling people as soon as he got off the train.
"Comrade Zhao, you've finally arrived! Come with me!"
"Let go! Let go of me! I was here first!"
"Stop hitting him. Comrade Zhao spoke with our factory director before he came, so of course he should come with us first."
"You're talking nonsense! We were the ones who called and urged Comrade Zhao to come. What does it have to do with your factory? Get in line!"
Zhao Youcai felt his head buzzing; this group's fighting power and loud voices were simply too strong.
He originally planned to slip away quietly while these people were arguing, but before he could make a move, he felt a weight on his arm.
Zhao Youcai recognized the visitor; he was the same enthusiastic fellow villager who had sat opposite him on the train when he came to Heilongjiang Province.
"Hey bro, didn't we agree to get off the train together? Why are you moving so fast? Come on, come on, we agreed to go to my place first..."
Zhao Youcai was dragged away just like that. The people who were busy arguing stopped and looked at the person who dragged Zhao Youcai away with great resentment.
Goodness.
After all, everything they said was a lie.
Even if one or two people did call Zhao Youcai, they couldn't reach him or get a response from him.
Was the person who took the same train back as Zhao Youcai specifically going to Jilin Province to pick him up?
If that's the case, then Zhao Youcai should indeed go with that scheming dog first.
With his ears finally at peace, Zhao Youcai turned his attention back to the young man who had been pulling him forward. When the young man saw that no one was following, he blushed and embarrassedly let go of his hand, scratching his head with a sheepish grin.
"I'm sorry, Comrade Zhao, I was indeed a bit offensive just now. Please don't be angry."
After speaking, he immediately took out a piece of paper with his name and position written on it from his shirt pocket and placed it in Zhao Youcai's palm.
Zhao Youcai's lips twitched violently; the homemade business card was indeed quite crude.
However, he did remember the factory that the young man wrote about; he had indeed had a good relationship with their factory manager during the Thousand Harvest Festival.
"Lead the way."
Zhao Youcai was planning to visit several factories over the next few days, and the man in front of him was from a cannery, which was one of the factories he would definitely visit during his trip to Heilongjiang Province.
Inside the cannery.
Upon learning that Zhao Youcai had arrived in Heilongjiang Province, the factory manager was immediately pulled out from among more than a dozen people from his own factory, which put him in a great mood.
While running towards the main gate to greet him, he didn't forget to tell someone to go to the finance department and give the kid who brought Zhao Youcai twenty yuan as a bonus.
After waiting at the door for a good ten minutes, he finally saw the young people from his factory helping Zhao Youcai carry his small bundle, chatting and laughing as they walked towards him.
Seeing Zhao Youcai smiling happily, the factory manager was also very satisfied. He then sent someone to the personnel department to speak to Zhao Youcai about promoting him.
"Haha, Comrade Zhao, it's been a long time!"
The cannery manager walked over with a smile and excitedly shook Zhao Youcai's hand.
"Director Yan, it's been a long time."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhao Youcai was ushered into the factory director's office by Director Yan.
The head of the finance department was very perceptive; he took an envelope containing ten large bills into the factory manager's office.
Factory Director Yan took the opportunity to secretly peek into the envelope, and nodded to the finance director with great satisfaction.
Thanks to Zhao Youcai's help, the cannery received several foreign trade orders.
These ten ten-yuan notes were rightfully Zhao Youcai's, but by using the pretext of paying Zhao Youcai his quarterly special consultant salary, an extra fifty yuan was given. It was as if he had done a great job while spending a lot less money.
"Comrade Zhao, this is your salary for this quarter."
Zhao Youcai took it, not intending to open it to check the amount. After all, if he found out the wages weren't enough when he got back, he could simply not come next time.
But this thickness...
Zhao Youcai opened the envelope, smiled, and pulled out five ten-yuan bills, pushing them back.
"No reward without merit; if it's fifty per quarter, then it's fifty per quarter."
In Zhao Youcai's view, some money is not so easy to get.
If spending twice the amount of money causes you even more trouble, then it would truly be a losing proposition.
Zhao Youcai doesn't find making money difficult these days, since he's making money quite quickly now.
The cannery manager was also baffled by Zhao Youcai's actions; he genuinely hadn't expected that free money would face a situation where no one wanted it.
"Comrade Zhao, please don't misunderstand. This was originally meant to be given to you during the Thousand Ears Festival."
However, immediately after the Thousand Ears Festival ended, Zhao Youcai and the others disappeared without a trace.
The cannery manager originally intended to thank Zhao Youcai and treat him to a meal at the Beijing Grand Hotel.
As for the extra fifty yuan, he only understood why he did it after the head of the finance department had handled the matter.
Zhao Youcai smiled and waved his hand, still refusing to accept the extra fifty yuan, but instead made another request.
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