Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Your factory has more people and more work, but our brewery doesn't need much work."
At that time, workers still compared their own units. Even for workers of the same level, the welfare benefits of large factories were much better!
Breweries can offer such good benefits because they are highly profitable, and beer is also popular in the summer! In the winter, breweries would have a headache about supplies!
But people in machine tool factories don't have to worry about this. They can use various equipment all year round. Not only can they exchange them for supplies from all over the country, but they can also make a lot of money.
The amount of money a machine tool factory alone pays in a year is equivalent to that of several breweries! So this man is still a bit arrogant, not because of Ye Zhiqiu, but because of his identity as a brewery buyer!
"That's right! We have a lot of entertainment at our factory every day. It's not like your brewery, which is only busy in the summer and fall and may not even open in the winter."
Ye Zhiqiu wouldn't feel unhappy. He had reason to be proud of the fact that the other person's company was doing well! Even if Ye Zhiqiu were to go on a blind date with a girl with the others, if his rival was from Shougang or a worker from their machine tool factory, as long as the rival was not ugly and had good character, he wouldn't be very competitive just based on his looks!
A good job means you have the right to choose your spouse first! Besides, Ye Zhiqiu's face is a little too delicate, and he is not really that handsome in this era!
The two of them smoked cigarettes and exchanged names. Knowing his name was Li Xingwu, Ye Zhiqiu had some ideas. He asked, "Brother Li, how much do you charge for purchasing fish? If this person catches fish, will he definitely sell it to you?"
Li Xingwu replied in surprise: "What price can there be for buying fish? Our major factories have discussed that the purchase price of non-planned materials is the same! If your factory pays extra to purchase, their factory will also pay extra to purchase materials. Is this still our planned economy?
Since everyone's buying price is the same, who can he sell to? Unless someone in his family is also a buyer, why would they bring the fish home? If they sell it to me, I don't have to worry about the fish dying and stinking!
Ye Zhiqiu remembered Liu Wenjie's instructions. He had indeed told him to purchase things based on the purchase price, and he also said that the purchase price was unified.
He quickly pretended to understand and explained, "So this is how the unified purchasing price came about! I just moved to the city from the countryside, and this is the first time I've heard of this!"
Li Xingwu was surprised and asked, "Xiao Ye, you just moved to the city from the countryside? Do you have any relatives or cadres? Although we needed more workers in the past because of the aid from the north, they are now starting to withdraw. If you don't have any connections, it will be difficult to get this job!"
Ye Zhiqiu thought that he was quite lucky, mainly because the noble person he met was Chen Yimin, the director of the brewery. It would not be so easy for anyone else to get a job!
He explained with a smile, "Well, that's right! Brother Li, you don't know, I really don't have any relatives who are cadres. This job was really hard to come by! Before I officially started working, I worked as a temporary buyer for eight months.
My place is close to the Black Mountain Range, and I work for the factory every day selling rabbits. Even so, I only became a regular employee this month. Do you think it's easy for me?"
Li Xingwu thought of himself and sighed, "You really had it tough! I was lucky back then. I happened upon a big job opening and was able to get a job. If it were now, it would be hard to even find a job. Many projects have been shut down, and there are hardly any vacancies left!"
Ye Zhiqiu put away his cigarette and continued smoking. Although Li Xingwu was arrogant, he was not a bad-tempered person. He talked to Ye Zhiqiu about many things to pay attention to when purchasing from outside, which were all experiences he had gained after working for several years.
Ye Zhiqiu listened with great interest, including the story of Li Xingwu's experience three years ago when he went to the countryside to purchase supplies before he got a regular job. On his way back, he encountered robbers and killed two of them with a gun, thus escaping the disaster.
"At the time, I didn't dare to have any lucky thoughts. The robbers weren't as discreet as they used to be. If they let the person go, they'd be worried that we'd report him to the police, so it was basically impossible for them to leave him alive.
Anyway, if you kill someone, just bury them somewhere deep enough so you can't find anything! I was very clear about this at the time, and I knew it was either you or me!
I just pulled out my gun and started shooting. Luckily, God helped me. Five men came to rob me, and I killed two with just two shots! The remaining three thought I was a veteran in the military and immediately ran away without even looking back!
Don't be afraid of you laughing at me, Xiaoye. My legs were so weak at that time that I was shaking all over! I had to lift the bicycle twice before I could get it up. I reported the incident as soon as I got back to the factory.
The factory security department immediately dispatched a team and asked me to lead the way over there to investigate. When we arrived, both bodies were gone. We then went to the commune over there, and everyone in the commune took stock of who was missing.
And guess what?
Ye Zhiqiu listened carefully. He thought for a moment before asking, "Brother Li, this guy isn't from the village where you purchased the goods, right? According to what you said, it must be because you showed off your wealth that this robbery occurred."
Li Xingwu was a little surprised because Ye Zhiqiu was right! The five robbers were indeed from the village where he purchased supplies!
Ye Zhiqiu saw his expression and knew that he had guessed correctly. He asked with a smile, "Then? Since the person has been found, have you caught the remaining three people?"
Li Xingwu sighed, "They weren't caught because they knew their plan had been exposed, so to avoid implicating their families, they committed suicide! It was then that I realized these five weren't actually robbers with criminal records!"
It was because the mother of those three brothers was ill that they thought of robbing me of the sixty yuan to take her to see a doctor. The remaining two people were their childhood friends, and they were also really stupid and pitiful!
Their lives were ruined by their lack of education and illiteracy. If anyone had been to school, they would have taken their mother to the hospital! But they didn't know that the government provided subsidies at that time, so medical treatment was free..."
Ye Zhiqiu foolishly asked a stupid question: "Brother Li, now that you know about this, do you regret killing those two people? If this person was just robbing money to pay for his mother's medical treatment, he shouldn't have the intention of killing to silence her, right?"
Li Xingwu rolled his eyes at Ye Zhiqiu and replied calmly, "If you hadn't listened to what I told you about the aftermath, would you have known from the beginning that they only wanted money and didn't want to kill? No one knows that!"
So I don't regret it at all, because everyone has only one life! If it happens again, even if I know they are trying to rob me, I will still shoot them! Because I have no way of guaranteeing that they won't kill me!
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