Listening to everyone's discussion, Ye Zhiqiu found it a little funny. How simple is this matter! Whether it's the leadership team or the workers, they just need to make a choice.
As more and more people came, the meeting officially began. Liao Yegu stated the topic and asked everyone to express their opinions.
Ye Zhiqiu whispered into Zou Langtao's ear, "This kind of meeting is really interesting. It feels like a group of fierce generals discussing how to kill a chicken!"
Zou Langtao couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh. Although it was a bit funny, Ye Zhiqiu's words were very vivid!
Chen Yimin saw the two of them huddled together and whispered. He knocked on the table, and when everyone quieted down, he said with a smile, "Xiao Ye, Xiao Zou, instead of discussing the issue, you two got together and chatted. Have you come up with a suitable solution? Xiao Ye, tell us how you think we should handle this!"
Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected to be called out. He pointed at himself in a daze. Seeing Chen Yimin nod with a smile, he could only stand up and say with a wry smile, "Well... I think the suggestions from the leaders and colleagues are very reasonable..."
Liao Yegu knocked on the table and cursed with a smile, "You bastard, if you have a good suggestion, just say it quickly. I asked you to express your opinion, not to smooth things over! Do you really need to smooth things over?"
Ye Zhiqiu shrugged and said helplessly, "No, I really think what everyone said is correct, so let's compromise! We'll distribute two thermoses of beer, but let's compromise. Let the workers choose one of the bottles themselves. Those who want two thermoses can get two thermoses, and those who don't want so many, let's convert it into money! This way, not only will everyone's opinions be adopted, but the workers can also choose according to their own needs. This year-end benefit will make everyone happy!"
"Great! You're indeed a young man, your brain is so flexible!"
"I agree with Section Chief Ye's proposal to give the workers the right to decide for themselves. This is in line with our democracy and freedom!"
Everyone unanimously decided to implement this decision, and each department was responsible for keeping statistics and records. Those who wanted beer would be recorded, and those who chose cash would be compiled and distributed together when the salary was distributed on New Year's Eve.
Then we move on to the next topic.
Chen Yimin stood up and spoke in a resounding voice, "Over the past two years, we've been hit hard by a series of natural disasters. We've all suffered greatly, and our lives have been filled with difficulties! But the aspirations of our workers must not be extinguished. A comrade suggested holding a year-end dinner on New Year's Eve to encourage and cheer everyone up. No matter what difficulties we face, they will never defeat the strength of our workers. Now, everyone should express their opinions."
Wu Shengli was the first to raise his hand, then stood up and spoke: "Comrades, I understand that everyone hopes to have such a banquet, but everyone must also fully consider the difficulties we face in logistics! Because of this year-end benefit, our warehouse has very little supplies left. Shouldn't everyone consider not holding this year-end banquet? After all, even the best cook cannot cook without rice!"
"I disagree with Director Wu's statement! This year has been incredibly difficult, and I personally feel this deeply. I look forward to getting my paycheck every month so my family can eat. It's so hard for me to earn a salary, and the workers must be facing even greater difficulties! We've all worked so hard this year, and I think the factory needs to organize a big dinner to cheer us up so we can do a better job next year!"
"I object! It's not because I think a banquet shouldn't be held, but based on the factory's supplies, we can't report a banquet that satisfies the workers. If we force it, where will we get the pork? A banquet without pork, is it really a banquet? I'm afraid not. If the workers still spend the New Year complaining, how can they be motivated to work next year?"
Listening to everyone expressing their opinions, Zou Langtao frowned, because he was the head of the purchasing department. If a large-scale dinner was really to be held, the task of finding pork would definitely fall on him.
If they were talking about getting a few pounds, Wu Shengli could help find the connections. But with over a thousand people in the factory, a banquet would require at least four or five hundred pounds of pork, which would require two full pigs!
Where did he find so much pork?
Ye Zhiqiu listened to everyone standing up to speak, feeling a bit like a debate in later times, and he listened with gusto. It was like you objecting, then he objecting, everyone refuting the previous speaker's argument and then putting forward their own views!
Zou Langtao couldn't hold it in any longer. He stood up and said, "Comrades, I've heard everyone's opinions, and they all make sense! But today is the seventh, and there are only six days left until New Year's Eve. Asking our logistics department to find two pigs in such a short time is too much. If anyone thinks they can find two pigs, I will voluntarily step down and let them take over as the head of the purchasing department!"
Wu Shengli glared at Zou Langtao, a little angry at him for losing his temper, although he was also so angry that he wanted to curse!
But after Zou Langtao finished speaking, everyone quieted down.
Because they are just talking without any concern. Anyway, they are not from the logistics department, so they naturally don't consider the problem of material difficulties, so they are shouting so loudly.
The atmosphere here was silent, and no one was talking anymore. Wu Shengli nodded at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Xiao Ye, you used to be a buyer, so you have the best opinion on how difficult it is to get pork! Tell us how much it costs to privately trade two pigs nowadays. Don't make it seem like pork and cabbage are as easy as that!"
Ye Zhiqiu was helpless and wanted to talk to him again. He could only stand up and said after thinking for a while: "Actually, everyone should know that the more meat you have, the more expensive it is! For example, if you get a chicken now and see someone carrying a chicken into the city to sell it, you might get six or seven yuan.
But if you ask someone to get two chickens, it might cost more than fifteen dollars. If you get ten, it will start at at least eighty dollars, and it is not uncommon to ask for a hundred dollars!
The same goes for pork: if you get a pound or half a pound, it might be eight yuan per pound. But if you get a hundred pounds, it might be over a thousand yuan! Anyway, as far as I know, you can't get two unprocessed pigs without five thousand yuan.
Everyone, calm down and think seriously. Do you agree to spend such a large amount of money to get two pigs? Do the workers agree with this? So I personally think it’s better not to hold this banquet!
"Xiao Ye, you're talking nonsense. Pork can't even be bought for ten yuan a pound right now. Our big banquet is actually a welfare for the workers, allowing them to take meat and vegetables home to share with their families. How could they not be willing to do that?"
"Right! How about you, Xiaoye, lend a hand and get two pigs for our factory? Five thousand yuan for two pigs. Our factory has the funds, and the workers will definitely not object!"
Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. Why did the situation suddenly change and he was asked to deal with the pigs?
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