Wu Shengli thought about it, then nodded and replied, "I understand. According to the plan, we will go there to discuss it with them today.
Since this is the case, I will inform them right away and go directly to the cafeteria to eat.
Don't get caught in a surprise inspection, after all, there's no time to tip off!"
Wu Shengli continued asking questions for a while before heading towards the office building. It would be more appropriate for him to speak with Ye Zhiqiu about this matter, mainly because Ye Zhiqiu didn't want him to think he was being unruly. After all, it would be more appropriate for him to speak with him first, the leader, and then to speak with the higher-ups.
It was just eight o'clock at this time. After Ye Zhiqiu returned to the transport brigade office, he took the work arrangements brought by the staff and began to arrange the work.
The transport team is going out today to pick up the raw materials. After all, there are not many raw materials left in the warehouse. In order to supply beer during the Chinese New Year, the production volume was increased a month in advance.
As for the second team, they also need to check and clean the water tanker, and then load it with beer to supply citizens for purchase.
In fact, whether it's a restaurant or a store, all draft beer is purchased from a fleet of tankers and then sold at retail. The price is also strictly controlled: the brewery sells it for 40 cents a liter, and the retail price cannot exceed 40 or 50 cents a liter.
In fact, some people don’t have time to buy it themselves, so they provide this convenience, so the price is fixed.
At this time, there is a standard for the price of any material. It does not mean that you can arbitrarily raise the price just because the product is easy to sell. This is illegal.
The black market is different because it is illegal. Those who sell things will be sent to labor reform if they are caught, and those who buy things will be fined if they are caught.
After arranging the work, Ye Zhiqiu returned to his office. He was quite free today, as his hands were busy with the work.
It was not until lunchtime when he went to get his meal that he noticed something was different. Usually, the cadres' meals would have a meat dish or tofu, but today there was only cabbage and shredded potatoes fried in oil, with no tofu or meat dishes.
Seeing this change, he knew that they had listened to and implemented what he had said.
After returning to the office, Ye Zhiqiu slowly ate his meal, washed the lunch box, and went back to the office to lie down and sleep.
He slept until three o'clock in the afternoon. He woke up when someone knocked on the door. He quickly said, "Come in!"
Seeing that the person who came in was Qiu Xiaoshan, Ye Zhiqiu stood up with a smile, handed him a cigarette and asked, "Brother Qiu, what's the matter with you coming to see me at this time?"
Qiu Xiaoshan sat down, and after they lit a cigarette, he whispered, "Our factory's negotiations with them aren't going well. The premium they're asking for for the cloth is too high. But we need to build connections there and prevent the grain from being intercepted by the local authorities. This requires our efforts!"
So everyone is a little dissatisfied. The leader asked me to come over and ask you, if our factory were to do this alone, would you have the courage to go there?"
Ye Zhiqiu smoked in silence. To be honest, there was a huge difference between a team of more than a hundred people and a team of dozens of people.
At least if I bring forty or fifty people with me and run back and forth for more than half a month, something will definitely happen!
So Ye Zhiqiu asked Qiu Xiaoshan, "Why don't you tell me how much grain the factory wants? I know someone in Tianjin who's also selling grain overseas. Instead of going all the way to Sui County to get it, we might as well spend more money buying this smuggled grain!"
Qiu Xiaoshan looked at Ye Zhiqiu in amazement. The news he heard was really shocking to him.
Ye Zhiqiu was helpless. He didn't want to take any risks. To put it bluntly, if something went wrong during such a trip, he would have to hide in the space to save his life. Otherwise, he would have to get rid of everyone who saw him using the space to be safe!
But these colleagues of his are all living people, and he doesn't want to get to this point.
He really didn't dare to overestimate how safe it would be to transport food at this time. After all, if he encountered a village without food, people would not care about the lives of others in order to survive.
It took Qiu Xiaoshan a while to recover. He swallowed hard and said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Xiaoye, this matter is too serious. You should talk to the leaders. I really can't make the decision."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Okay, go inform the leaders and I'll have a closing meeting with them later. This is a very risky thing for me, but if the leaders can resolve the inspections on the Tianjin route, it will be much safer than running to Sui County.
The most important thing is that this food was smuggled in from abroad by people there. At least if we buy this food, it won't affect the local food supply."
If there was no other way, Ye Zhiqiu really didn't want to do this! Food was the red line. He always kept in mind Wang Fugui's instructions and never dared to sell food.
If it was a joint convoy, with more than a hundred people and seventy or eighty rifles, he would still have some confidence. At least for such a large convoy, ordinary bandits would have to weigh their losses and might not dare to touch it.
But for the fleet of our own factory, even if we allocate five people to one car, there are only fifty people, which is a bit insufficient!
Qiu Xiaoshan left in a hurry. He wanted to go back and report to Chen Yimin, and then notify them to discuss the matter.
Ye Zhiqiu finished smoking one cigarette and lit up another. This was such a shitty thing that it made him very upset!
He already had hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain, but he had never intended to sell it. Now he was forced to take risks. If they couldn't handle it and couldn't protect him, he would probably be investigated!
But things had come to this point and he couldn't back down. After finishing his cigarette, he put on his hat and walked towards the administrative building.
As soon as they arrived, Qiu Xiaoshan nodded. He led Ye Zhiqiu to the conference room and whispered, "The leader is shocked, but he thinks it's feasible. However, I need to ask you some questions. Now that everyone is here, I will guard the door and prevent anyone from approaching. You two can have a good talk."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and walked in. Qiu Xiaoshan closed the door.
Liao Yegu waved his hand, indicating Ye Zhiqiu to sit over there. Since everyone was sitting together, it was impossible to have this kind of conversation loudly in case there were ears on the other side of the wall.
Chen Yimin spoke first, "Xiao Ye, you have to understand this is no joke. Can you really get hold of this smuggled grain? You have to make sure it's smuggled grain, and not stolen from some granary. Otherwise, we'll all be finished!"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I don't want to take any risks. After all, this is too dangerous. But it's also very dangerous for our transport team to go to Sui County alone..."
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