Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Three days later, Wei Zixing came back from his inspection in Miyun County and Yanqing County. When he returned to the office, he did not see He Yuzhu in the large office of the Personnel Department. He asked his colleague next to him, "Yuan Wanli, why is Deputy Director He not in the office?"

Yuan Wanli replied: "Deputy Director He has gone to the cafeteria. You can go to the cafeteria to find him."

After Wei Zixing learned where He Yuzhu was going, he took his notebook and walked excitedly to the cafeteria office. As soon as Wei Zixing entered the cafeteria, he found that He Yuzhu was cleaning the cafeteria with the cafeteria workers. Wei Zixing came to He Yuzhu and said excitedly: "Deputy Director He, you are busy."

He Yuzhu, who was sweeping the floor with a broom, looked up when he heard the voice. It was Wei Zixing, and he smiled and said, "Xiao Wei, you're back." He Yuzhu handed the broom to another worker and said, "Xiao Wei, let's go to the cafeteria office and talk."

After entering the cafeteria office, He Yuzhu asked Wei Zixing to sit on a chair before asking, "Xiao Wei, thank you for your hard work in the inspection these two days. How do you feel after the inspection?"

Wei Zixing said excitedly, "Deputy Director He, I went down to investigate this time and found out how good your idea is. I talked to local fruit farmers and learned that chestnut trees are very easy to manage. They can produce chestnuts in six to seven years, and grape trees in three to four years. By then, we can plant more than a thousand chestnut trees and hundreds of grape trees in the factory. When they produce fruit, we can harvest at least tens of thousands of kilograms of chestnuts and tens of thousands of kilograms of grapes in a year. It will be very good whether it is for cooking for the workers or for providing welfare."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu asked, "Can they provide so many chestnut saplings locally?"

Wei Zixing quickly replied, "I have also told the local village committee about this situation. They took me to the mountain to have a look. There are many saplings grown from chestnuts left over from picking. When we need them, they will organize farmers to go up the mountain to dig chestnut saplings for us. At that time, each chestnut sapling will only cost 1 cents. The village that planted grape saplings was very polite, saying that it was not worth much to just cut off some branches. They said they could give them to us for free. I also knew how to answer them. I could only say that I would reply to them after asking the leaders for instructions."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu pondered for a moment and said, "We can't let the farmers work in vain. Let's do this. Grape seedlings should be easier to get. When the time comes, we can call their village and ask them to send someone to deliver them. We can give them 50 yuan, including travel expenses, as a reward for their hard work."

After hearing this, Wei Zixing nodded quickly and said, "There is no telephone in that village, but I have left their township phone number. When the time comes, you can just call them directly."

He Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's good that we can get in touch. By the way, Xiao Wei, please take some time to calculate how many saplings our factory needs to plant. Although saplings are not expensive to buy, try not to waste them."

"Okay, Deputy Director He."

As the New Year was approaching, He Yuzhu had dealt with Shi Yanhua from the slaughterhouse several times and felt that Shi Yanhua was a reliable person with a strong sense of professionalism. So when He Yuzhu came to the slaughterhouse to discuss the issue of meat distribution, he said, "Chief Shi, the New Year is coming soon. Can you approve more pork for my factory? The workers have worked hard for a year. Let them have a happy New Year."

Shi Yanhua smiled bitterly and said, "Deputy Director He, our factory director said in a meeting this morning that our superiors asked us to increase the supply of pork to ensure that every household in the city can buy pork and eat dumplings during the New Year. Now, in addition to ensuring the basic meat needs of the factory, other excess meat cannot be transferred at will. We must obey the arrangements of our superiors, so I really can't do anything about what you said."

He Yuzhu said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Chief Shi, can't you think of a solution? Our leaders are planning to give some pork to the workers as welfare during the New Year."

Chief Shi thought for a moment and said, "Deputy Director He, I really don't have any solution. The supply of pork is basically the same now. Unless we can get a new batch of live pigs, I really don't have any solution. But as the year draws to a close, the live pigs around the city have basically been bought up."

He Yuzhu gritted his teeth, stood up and locked the door of Shi Yanhua's office, then came to Shi Yanhua and whispered, "Chief Shi, I know someone who can get a batch of live pigs from the south, but the procedures are difficult to handle. Do you have any channels to help me deal with it?"

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Shi Yanhua looked at He Yuzhu suspiciously and said, "Deputy Director He, since you know that person, why don't you just buy the live pigs from him and take them back to kill them yourself? It would be much easier."

He Yuzhu explained: "We can buy it, but when the superiors come to investigate, how can we report it? We didn't buy the meat from your slaughterhouse, but from a private person. It's hard to explain. So we can only cooperate with your slaughterhouse. You buy the live pigs, and then we buy from you after slaughtering them."

After listening to this, Shi Yanhua sat on a chair and thought for a while before saying, "Deputy Director He, tell me the truth, is this person you know reliable?"

"Chief Shi, you can rest assured. I have known this person for many years and he is absolutely reliable."

"In that case, I promise you that I will give you half of the pork from the pigs your friend sends to our slaughterhouse after slaughter."

He Yuzhu saw that Shi Yanhua agreed, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. It seemed that Chief Shi had won the deal, and then he would ask for a high price and pay it back. So He Yuzhu looked embarrassed and said, "Chief Shi, only half is too little. I provided the information about this batch of live pigs, and at least 80% should be given to our factory."

Shi Yanhua listened to He Yuzhu's words and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Deputy Director He, you actually want 80%! According to what you said, our factory has worked in vain."

He Yuzhu hurriedly said with a smile: "Chief Shi, don't worry, listen to me. What I mean is that it is not the end of the year soon. This time, 8% of the pork this person sent will be distributed to our factory."

Shi Yanhua was moved after hearing this: "Eighty percent this time, Deputy Director He, do you mean he can supply pigs for a long time? To be honest, our factory has a huge slaughter task now, but there are not that many pigs around Sijiu City. Our factory director is having a headache now. If the person you know can provide it for a long time, I will talk to our factory director and make an exception for you. This time, 8% of the pigs you sent will be distributed to your factory. In the future, the pigs sent by that person will have nothing to do with your factory!"

After hearing what Shi Yanhua said, He Yuzhu said quickly: "Chief Shi, this won't do. I am a matchmaker after all. You can't just kick the matchmaker away after you marry your daughter-in-law. How about this? No matter how many live pigs that person delivers to your factory in a month, in addition to the fixed amount of pork allocated to our factory, you have to give our factory 5 pigs every week."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yanhua hurriedly said, "Deputy Director He, you are really asking for too much. You want five extra pigs a week, which means 5 pigs a month. Can your friend provide such a large quantity?"

He Yuzhu said calmly, "Chief Shi, what I'm going to say next is between you and me. I won't acknowledge you once we leave this room. We do have a certain relationship with this friend of mine, but he's afraid of trouble. So if you want to have long-term cooperation with him, you have to keep it a secret. This matter can't be made public. I just don't know if your factory can keep the good news secret?"

Shi Yanhua listened and said seriously: "Our factory will take care of the formalities. As long as he can provide live pigs, it will be fine. How many live pigs can he provide in a month?"

He Yuzhu did not speak, but stretched out three fingers to gesture to Shi Yanhua.

Shi Yanhua frowned after reading it and said, "Deputy Director He, it took your friend so much effort to send 30 pigs to our factory, and you still want to give you 20 pigs a month. You are calculating too well."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Chief Shi, it's really not enough for me to give 30 of the 20 live pigs to our factory. We only want the pork, and we don't want the pig's internal organs or anything like that."

Shi Yanhua shook his head and said, "No, you want 30 out of 20 pigs, that's too many. I can only give you 15 at most."

He Yuzhu expected half of it, but he felt that he could get a little more, so he said, "Chief Shi, 15 pigs are not easy to divide. How about this: 4 extra pigs a week, 16 pigs a month, is that okay?"

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Shi Yanhua thought about it in his mind and said, "Deputy Director He, okay, let's do as you say. You sit here for a while. I have to report this matter to my leader, and my leader will make the final decision."

"It's okay, Chief Shi, just go ahead, I'll be waiting for you in your office."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, Shi Yanhua opened the door of the office and hurried out. A moment later, Shi Yanhua came in with a middle-aged man. Shi Yanhua said to He Yuzhu, "Deputy Director He, this is Deputy Director Zhang who is in charge of the purchase of live pigs in our factory. Deputy Director Zhang, this is Deputy Director He of the Logistics Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

He Yuzhu saw a deputy director in charge of pig purchases. He couldn't help but look at Shi Yanhua meaningfully. It seemed that this deputy director must be the person Shi Yanhua followed. Deputy Director Zhang shook hands with He Yuzhu warmly and said in a friendly manner: "Deputy Director He, I will call you Xiao He. You are really young and promising. You have become a deputy director at such a young age. The future is bright." After the greetings, Deputy Director Zhang asked: "I heard from Xiao Shi that you, a friend, can provide our factory with 30 pigs every month?"

He Yuzhu said seriously, "Well, Deputy Director Zhang, but there is a prerequisite. After these 30 pigs are slaughtered, 16 of them must be given to our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

After listening to this, Deputy Director Zhang frowned and asked, "After slaughtering 30 pigs, 16 pigs will be given to your factory. This is a bit too much, Xiao He, can you give less?"

He Yuzhu said calmly, "Deputy Director Zhang, our factory has several thousand people after all. There is only four pigs a week. Any less is meaningless."

After listening to this, Deputy Factory Director Zhang pondered for a moment and asked, "What will be the deal for these pigs? Will they be delivered directly to our factory, or will we go somewhere else to get them?"

"That's easy. When my friend gets the live pigs, he'll let me know. I'll call you and you can just go over and get them. My friend can't show up in person, so I hope Deputy Director Zhang will understand."

"How are we going to get the money? The pigs need to be weighed before we can get the money from the finance department. Also, how heavy is the pig your friend sent?"

"His pigs come from the south. Each one seems to weigh about 200 kilograms. I'm not sure how much they weigh, but it should be no less than 200 kilograms. As for the money, call me after you weigh them. I'll tell my friend to arrange someone to pick them up."

Deputy Director Zhang was delighted after hearing this. Such a heavy fat pig must be a first-class pig, so he quickly said, "Xiao He, as long as your friend can deliver 30 live pigs to our factory every month, the transaction method will be as he said. I will arrange a special person to be responsible for this matter. As for your request to give your factory an extra 16 pigs of pork every month, I can tell you directly here that I promise you."

He Yuzhu nodded and asked, "Then I would like to thank Deputy Director Zhang first. By the way, what do you think about the price of live pigs when the time comes?"

Deputy Director Zhang said straightforwardly: "The price will be calculated based on the price of first-class live pigs, and only 5 kilograms will be deducted from each live pig when deducting the impurities."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then let's do as Deputy Director Zhang said. Deputy Director Zhang, please tell me your office phone number so that I can let my friend contact you when the time comes." After He Yuzhu wrote down Deputy Director Zhang's office phone number, he left Shi Yanhua's office directly.