The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Liu Minghui also wanted to laugh, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "How can anyone say that about themselves? How can someone who doesn't have the ability come to our department?"

Liu Minghui did not know Xu Tian, ​​but everyone else present knew him, because Xu Tian was sent by Minister Xu, and their relationship was obvious.

Seeing this, Zhao Lizhen explained for Xu Tian: "Director, Xu Tian just came in this year and still needs to learn a lot."

Xu Tian also looked innocent, scratching his forehead and smiling naively.

Seeing this, Liu Minghui nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that this Xu Tian had a complicated background.

The surname is Xu, Liu Minghui thought to himself, he should be Minister Xu's man, maybe even Minister Xu's son, after all, they look about the same age.

"Oh, it seems that you are doing well in your studies. Watch carefully and study hard. I don't want to keep idle people here."

Although Liu Minghui realized that Xu Tian's background was not simple, he still said it with a straight face. After all, he didn't need to curry favor with anyone.

After hearing this, Xu Tian stood up straight and said seriously: "Okay, Director, I will work hard."

Seeing this, Liu Minghui nodded with satisfaction. As long as there was no special treatment in his department, it would be fine.

There are only a few people in the purchasing department, and Liu Minghui doesn't want to make a mess here, full of intrigue and trivial matters.

"Well, since everyone is here, let's have a small meeting."

Liu Minghui motioned for everyone else to sit down, and then continued to explain: "Our work is not in the city, but for the outside world, you know."

The others nodded when they heard this. Don’t think about it. Just look at the prefix of the department and you will know.

"Now there are people in Hong Kong who can provide some machines that we cannot purchase, or if we need something, we can just send it to them and ask them to help us. It's that simple."

Liu Minghui briefly explained it.

"Director, I have a question."

As soon as Liu Minghui said this, Zhao Lizhen immediately raised her hand and spoke.

"speak."

Zhao Lizhen thought for a moment before saying, "Director, how should we trade and what should we trade with?"

"And how do we hand it over?"

Zhao Lizhen was in charge of money and was very sensitive to these things. She keenly realized that if they wanted to trade in Hong Kong Island, they needed money.

Today's foreign exchange reserves are pitifully small, and it is impossible for them to use them to purchase machines.

Liu Minghui understood after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "We need to get to know each other before we can decide."

Liu Minghui certainly knew what Zhao Lizhen was worried about. It was because domestic money did not have purchasing power abroad. After all, the main currency in circulation now was treasury, or gold could be used directly for transactions.

Zhao Lizhen calmed down after getting the answer, but there was still some worry in her eyes.

"Send a telegram to them later, telling them that we plan to go there next month and ask them to collect some rare machines from the country. As for the payment, we will ask them to pay first."

Liu Minghui made the decision arbitrarily. In Liu Minghui's opinion, since Lou Zhenhua was willing to help, there would be no problem in paying the money first and then shipping it by sea.

"As for the transportation issue, this is easy to solve. I will communicate with the other party."

Soon, the first meeting of the new purchasing department ended. Everyone helped to clean up a table, which was Liu Minghui's desk. There was no other way. The purchasing department was still a small department and was not well-respected. Although Minister Xu and other leaders attached great importance to him, Liu Minghui had not made any achievements yet.

We have to bear with the inconvenience and work together.

"Director, let's go eat."

It was almost time to get off work, Bai Ling called out to him.

He saw several people holding lunch boxes, looking at him, as if waiting for him to go to the cafeteria together.

Liu Minghui reported for duty today on his first day and did not bring a lunch box. Seeing this, he declined and said, "Forget it. I didn't bring a lunch box today. Next time, I'll treat you guys to a meal next time."

Xu Tian was a very outgoing person, and he smiled when he heard this, "Director, today is worse than tomorrow. I just happen to have some extra food here, let's try the food in our cafeteria together."

Watching Xu Tian take out a brand new lunch box from his bag, Liu Minghui was silent for a moment, then took it with a smile.

"Okay, I'll treat you guys to dinner later, don't be polite to me."

"Of course we won't refuse if the director invites us, but I don't think it's possible today."

Xu Tian retorted after hearing this, and saw Liu Minghui's puzzled look.

Xu Tian smiled and explained: "Director, you haven't exchanged your meal ticket yet, right? I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

The work in the department is quite busy, and the time of leaving get off work is uncertain. In addition, many people live nearby. Therefore, the canteen provides dinner, which is also convenient for some people who don’t like to cook for themselves.

"It turns out that the canteen in the department also collects meal tickets. I thought it wasn't the case."

Upon hearing this, Liu Minghui smiled and said that he had thought wrongly. After all, there were not that many people in the department, unlike the steel rolling mill, so it would be more convenient to exchange them for meal tickets.

"Director, I heard that you used to work in a steel mill. How was the food there?"

The person asking the questions was a young girl named Bai Ling. She had just started working and was quite surprised when she learned that there were tens of thousands of people working in the steel mill.

After all, there are ten thousand people, so it must be a huge crowd.

"The food at the steel mill is pretty good. We can eat meat every now and then."

Seeing that Bai Ling wanted to know about the steel rolling mill, Liu Minghui explained with a smile.

However, his words sounded like bragging to others. After all, which factory would eat meat every now and then, not to mention that there were so many workers in the steel mill.

Bai Ling looked at Liu Minghui in disbelief and retorted, "I don't believe it. With so many people eating meat, how much quota does the meat processing plant give them each month?"

Liu Minghui didn't explain after hearing this. He couldn't say that everything was his fault. How could he praise himself?

Praise is most convincing when it comes from someone else; self-boasting is not acceptable.

Seeing Liu Minghui's smiling face, Bai Ling said unconvincedly: "The food in our cafeteria is very good. Chef Qian is a level 5 chef with great cooking skills."

The more Liu Minghui listened, the more he felt something was wrong. What's wrong with Bai Ling? She's just a new employee, so why does she act like she knows everything?

Liu Minghui didn't think much about it and asked directly.

"You're a newbie, so how come you know everything?"

Bai Ling's face changed when she heard that. In fact, her background was not simple. She was the same person as Xu Tian. Her family elders knew that the purchasing department had a good prospect, so they put her in. Simply put, she was there to gain experience. As long as Liu Minghui could lead them to purchase the machines, then as an employee of the purchasing department, she would be able to share some credit, and it would be much easier for her to get promoted in the future.

But the elders in her family told her not to use the family name and that she could only come to work as a newcomer and was not allowed to take shortcuts, for fear that she would be targeted after revealing her background. After all, a young girl could be easily fooled.