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"Old Feng, you can't be so overbearing. There are only these agricultural tricycles in the warehouse. If you buy them all, what will happen to our communes?"

"If you ask me, we should distribute them evenly. There are fifty or sixty agricultural tricycles here, and there are about fifty or sixty of us commune directors. If each of us gets one, no one will suffer any loss."

"One car is useless. Our commune has seven production teams, three of which have chicken farms. The eggs produced every day need to be delivered to the county purchasing station as soon as possible. One car is not enough."

"How about we draw lots, in a first-come, first-served order? Whoever draws the first number will be eligible to buy first. It's fair and just, and everyone will agree to that, right?"

Worried that Lao Feng would buy all the agricultural tricycles in one go, dozens of commune directors spoke one after another and proposed various ways to ensure that their rights were not violated.

Old Feng seems to be ready to buy all the cars.

No one would agree.

no way.

These days, everything is in short supply, from small items like rice and flour to big items like vehicles and machinery.

Sometimes if you are a step late, you may have to wait for several months or even a year.

During the planned economy period, production materials and commodities were produced and distributed on demand.

Even though the agricultural tricycles produced by the machinery company are not within the planned economy system, can it be guaranteed that the agricultural tricycles can be continuously supplied to the communes or units in need?

There are only so many tricycles in the warehouse, and you’ll make a profit if you grab one.

Who knows when the next supply will come.

Lu Changshun interrupted several times to maintain order, but was ignored by everyone.

Feeling the passionate mood of the commune directors, Lu Changchun was filled with emotion.

If you don’t go to the countryside, you won’t know that the demand for transport vehicles in rural areas is so strong.

"Everyone, please be quiet. Our general manager is here."

Outside the warehouse, Niu Yonggui's loud voice was heard.

After shouting for more than ten times, he finally suppressed the quarrel among the crowd.

Everyone turned around and looked towards the warehouse entrance.

A cadre who looked unnaturally young walked in from outside, looking sleepy.

"Hello, directors. I am Lin Kaifeng, general manager of Northern Machinery Company."

"I fully understand that everyone is eager to buy agricultural tricycles for production and construction, but as the saying goes, there is no order without rules."

Lin Kaifeng said calmly: "You guys keep arguing and making a fuss like this. Even if you argue until dark, you won't get any result. If you trust me, why don't you let me say a few words first? What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it and agreed.

We are all commune directors, and everyone knows what everyone else is thinking.

Everyone must be in the mindset of paying on the spot and getting the car on the spot.

The situations of each commune are different, so the number of agricultural vehicles purchased is naturally different.

For example, Lao Feng.

Their commune is going to build a hydroelectric power station and a dam and needs a large number of agricultural tricycles.

With the funds allocated from above, it is very likely that all the agricultural tricycles of the machinery company will be purchased.

Continuing to argue will achieve nothing.

Seeing that everyone had stopped arguing, Lin Kaifeng pushed through the crowd and walked inside, using his hands and feet to climb onto an agricultural tricycle.

"General Manager Lin, I don't mean to argue with you. We are all poor and lower-middle peasant brothers. If it were any other matter, I would definitely give them courtesy, but this matter is different."

Old Feng was the first to speak: "Our commune is well-known for being poor in the province. We go hungry for six months a year. In view of our special situation, the higher authorities have allocated a large sum of money to help us build a reservoir and a power station."

"To improve the self-reliance of the communes and production teams, your company's agricultural tricycles are really important to us."

Talking about the actual situation of his own commune, Lao Feng felt like crying.

too bitter.

As early as several years ago, the higher authorities had the idea of ​​helping the commune and changing its current poor situation.

Unfortunately, there is a severe shortage of transportation engineering vehicles.

The domestic automobile development situation can only be described as stable and improving. The country has the ability to produce various transport vehicles, but the output has always been low.

The trucks produced are mainly supplied to factories or other large state-owned units.

Only a few trucks can be allocated.

Make bricks without straw.

Even city-level units cannot mobilize a large number of transport trucks.

Without the involvement of transport vehicles, the project can only rely on the most primitive shoulder and hand-carrying methods.

Not to mention how long it will take.

Many large machines cannot be moved by humans.

This is why.

The city will give Lao Feng a large sum of money, and he will come to buy a large number of agricultural tricycles.

A tricycle costs 880 yuan, so even if you buy of them, it would only be over yuan.

Compared with the expensive Jiefang trucks, it's dirt cheap.

Tricycles are indeed inferior to large trucks for transportation in all aspects, but a car is still a car.

Having a car is always better than not having one.

The agricultural tricycles of Northern Machinery Company can not only carry people, but also goods.

First, no indicators are required, and second, no connections are required.

Third, and most important.

Don't spend too much money.

“Our commune also has practical transportation difficulties.”

Once the first person starts to complain, there will naturally be a second and a third.

The atmosphere at the scene became chaotic again.

Lin Kaifeng said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, you see, there are only these finished agricultural tricycles in the warehouse."

"But please rest assured that the machinery company will continue production to ensure sufficient supply to the vast number of poor and lower-middle peasants in need."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Kaifeng asked someone to call over the head of the Finance Department, Lao Qian.

"Comrades, I have an idea here. Let's listen to it first. If you think it's okay, we can continue."

While sending someone to call Lao Qian, Lin Kaifeng came up with an idea.

As he came over, Lin Kaifeng heard someone shouting to draw lots to buy.

Although the method is a bit ridiculous, it is the best solution for the current situation.

Making a fuss won't solve the problem.

The numbers are drawn by lot, and the commune director with the earlier number can buy first.

The commune with the lower number should leave the purchase quantity, address, and phone number.

Once the company completes subsequent production, it will call the commune and ask them to come and pick up the car.

There is also a limit on the quantity of this purchase.

A commune cannot have more than five vehicles.

Limited sales are also a helpless move.

There are only so many agricultural tricycles in the warehouse.

If the first few people buy all the cars, the people behind them will definitely be dissatisfied.

"Before you came here, you should have heard that not long ago, the leaders of the First Ministry of Machinery came to inspect the machinery company. They not only gave high praise, but also encouraged our company to continue to increase the scale of production on the existing basis, to produce high-quality, low-priced, and high-performance products and vehicles, and to help everyone with production construction."