Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

On a quiet day after the Spring Festival, Mr. Chen became active and went to the store early in the morning. He found that managers of other stores were also having heated discussions in the store.

After a while, Director Sun came out from the inner room, distributing papers in his hand.

He stood among the crowd. Behind the counter, Mr. Chen poured a cup of hot water and looked at the people in front quietly.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet. I've been observing the conditions of each store recently, and I feel that our material utilization efficiency and work efficiency are very insufficient!" Director Sun said, raising his voice.

"I have applied to my superiors. From now on, each store must determine the monthly purchase quantity required based on its size! This is the indicator I just gave you.

' he finished solemnly.

As soon as the words fell, everyone suddenly became noisy. This was not just an increase in the workload, it was almost an unbearable pressure on them.

"Director Sun, what do you mean?"

"You make decisions without consulting with everyone. If we say it's not saturated enough, do you really think it's not saturated enough?"

"You've been here for a few days and you want to know why we're not doing our job well? Our work efficiency is low?" An older female manager retorted without reservation.

"What I want to say is that this is an instruction from our superiors! You just need to obey and carry it out! Do all decisions made by our superiors need to be discussed with you?" Director Sun was furious and shouted.

New leaders always have their first moments of showing their talents, and if you don’t give them a wake-up call, they’ll think you can handle it easily!

“Whoever wants to do it, let them do it.

I'm quitting! These quotas are messed up! Damn it! I've worked so hard for so many years and I've never heard of such a thing! Let's go find the boss! "

The woman slammed the door and walked out angrily without any hesitation.

Chen Sheng jumped up and down, marveling at the thought.

Look at this auntie’s attitude. She doesn’t give Director Sun any face at all. But as a manager she can’t be brainless and impulsive. Maybe she has a very powerful backer?

Don't forget that this is the old city, and the network of contacts is very deep.

And, to be honest, in such a situation, it is not appropriate to fire people easily unless there is a serious mistake.

So if you meet someone with a hot temper, it is normal to talk back to your superiors.

After all, the slogan is no longer "The customer is always right"

, but to respect the customers.

"That's right! Just let them be!"

"Let's go and file a complaint! I don't believe that this system can be changed so easily!"

Seven out of the eight store managers left, which made the situation in Sijiu City a little delicate. The presence of a leader here does not necessarily mean a strong background.

Moreover, as long as I don't make big mistakes, you can't do anything even if I contradict you as a leader, because we are all regular employees and our jobs are appointed by the organization. The director does not have the power to lay off an ordinary employee.

The noise in the room suddenly died down, leaving only Li Quan and a young man who looked not very old.

Chen Chengran noticed him. He was the manager of the most remote store, which was said to be less than ten square meters.

Director Mr. Sun's face flushed red, and Mr. Chen quickly glanced at the documents the director distributed and couldn't help laughing out loud.

The document required their grocery store, which only had two people, to complete a purchasing task of three hundred yuan every month!

Although it doesn't sound huge, it is a very severe requirement considering the low prices of this era.

Additional demand is difficult to obtain, and purchasing in rural areas is particularly difficult to achieve.

For example, what can you buy with 300 yuan? Probably about 1,500 kilograms of rice, or several hundred kilograms of pork, or thousands of kilograms of fruit.

During this period, unplanned supplies were extremely difficult to obtain.

Especially for grocery stores like theirs, most of the supplies have been supplied according to the distribution list.

So everyone reacted quite strongly to this.

"Okay, okay, let's adjourn the meeting!"

Mr. Sun was so excited that he stuttered and couldn't say more.

Didn't you originally hope to make some achievements during your tenure, but you didn't expect that your subordinates would be willing to use their personal relationships and work hard to improve their superiors' performance without any selfless gain?

No normal person would take on this kind of work that brings almost no reward.

"Director, our store can definitely complete the task."

Li Quan announced loudly.

The young man next to him looked at him, as if he was a fool, and turned away, completely ignoring Li Quan.

Director Mr. Sun also did not respond and walked into the room angrily.

"Xiao Chen, the mission has been assigned, and we must do our best to complete it."

Li Quan walked behind Chen Sheng with the documents and whispered.

Mr. Chen didn't even take a sip of water. He responded in an unquestionable tone: "The store manager will definitely be able to do it! I absolutely trust the store manager."

"I'm the store manager, so naturally I'm the one who does the purchasing."

Li Quan said firmly.

"Oh, I'm going? Where?"

Mr. Chen asked lazily, making Li Quan even more annoyed.

“Let’s go to the countryside first!”

Li Quan shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Go to the countryside? Okay."

Mr. Chen answered casually.

"Okay, since you've made it clear, then it's settled.

You go tomorrow, I should be able to handle it myself."

Li Quan made the decision immediately.

"Boss, will you give me a tricycle?"

He demanded.

"Or you can just get a bicycle."

Mr. Chen put down the porcelain cup and looked at him with shining eyes, without compromising.

"Well, maybe you could buy one for yourself first?"

Li Quan made a tentative proposal, seeming a little embarrassed.

Mr. Chen raised his eyes and stared at him, as if treating him as an ignorant person.

"Well, otherwise...you can just walk."

Li Quan started to talk about his bad ideas.

“That’s not necessarily impossible.”

He agreed slowly, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Mr. Chen simply treated this matter as a game with a fool and responded with a smile.

“But boss, the doctor said my blood sugar is low and I can’t overwork or walk around for too long.

Could you please give me some candy, peanuts or melon seeds to supplement my sugar intake? If not, food coupons would be fine.

I will go back to recover and buy more goods after my blood sugar level stabilizes.”

"Hey, young man, why do you have so many physical problems?"

Li Guan was obviously a little angry at this time.

"After all, I'm just an ordinary clerk. I don't have much money to buy a car. I only get a meager salary every month."

Mr. Chen said, spreading his hands to express his helplessness.

"How about this, Boss, you can consider buying a car for the store as a business car, so that it will be much more convenient for us to go out for purchases. What do you think?"

Mr. Chen asked, with a provocative tone in his words.

However, Li Guan stopped talking. After a long time, he let out a heavy sigh.

"Okay, let me think about it first."

Mr. Chen sneered in his heart in surprise: This guy is not a store manager at all, he looks like a rich man who wants to exploit us workers!

This guy has a great plan and all the benefits are his. Although I am not a reckless person, I will not allow others to control me at will.

After this matter was over, Mr. Chen noticed that, let alone the target tasks, even Director Sun, who reported accounts to the store managers, was too lazy to greet him when he saw him, and left the store immediately after the transaction was completed.

Director Sun, who originally wanted to show off, now has no chance to do so. Every day when he comes to the store, he can only complain to Mr. Chen, "Mr. Chen, why don't you go to greet the leader when he comes?"

The rebuke in the words is everywhere.

Faced with this, Mr. Chen responded with a few perfunctory remarks. It seemed that these big bosses were not worth offending, so they turned to him, a small figure, to seek a sense of superiority.

Look carefully, I have no obligation to indulge them.

Ever since Director Sun decided to get into trouble on his own, the store managers' faces haven't been very happy when they come to report their bills.

No matter what happened afterwards, the indicator policy was finally implemented.

The specific changes are that each store is equipped with a bicycle specifically for purchasing, the workload is halved, and a certain degree of consumption is allowed, which actually brings more convenience to purchasing staff.

Although everyone was still dissatisfied with the assessment system, the difficulty of the tasks was reduced and every store had bicycles available, so the store managers naturally had fewer complaints.

However, Mr. Chen's task still falls on himself as usual, and he still needs to complete purchases worth 100 yuan every month.

Although there would be no serious consequences for failing to complete the task, to Mr. Chen, this amount was really insignificant.

Mr. Chen is quite satisfied with this. He can stroll around at will and sell things in the space without having to stay in the store every day.

Without a mobile phone for entertainment, he had nothing to do most of the time after retiring, and felt it was a waste of time.

"Hey, boy, you bought a car.

"Yan Fugui was still chatting outside the store, as if the removal of his uncle role had not stopped him.

"Uncle Yan, please don't make fun of me. That car was arranged by my unit. It was allocated to me because I had to go on a business trip to the countryside. How could it be my turn to buy it?

"Mr. Chen deliberately emphasized his tone to avoid confusing people. Even though it was just a car in the store, he still habitually explained it to eliminate any possible source of trouble.

Pushing the cart to the courtyard, Chen Sheng saw Qin Huairu still by her private pool. Seeing him, she greeted him: "Hey, Xiao Chen, did you buy a car?"

Chen smiled and said, "I have a mission to go to the countryside these two days, so please lend me your bicycle for two days.

My sister-in-law is still washing clothes, you know what I mean."

Then he quickly pushed the car to the backyard to avoid having the family surround him or inadvertently attracting Jia Zhang, which would be difficult to deal with.

Arriving at the backyard, the usual scene played out, with Bangs chasing after the playing children.

When he saw Mr. Chen launching a brand new bicycle, Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up and he immediately had an idea.

"Hey, Xiao Chen bought a car?"

“No, this is the store’s public vehicle. I borrowed it temporarily because I have to go to the countryside to purchase goods these two days.

"Mr. Chen knew all about Liu Hai's tricks, and when he saw his sneaky look, he guessed that his intentions were not pure.

"Oh, Brother Qi is getting married soon. Xiao Chen, can you lend me this car? It's perfect for picking up the bride at the wedding. A new car will make it look very impressive.

"Liu Haizhong didn't seem to pay attention to what Chen Sheng said, and continued talking to himself.

"Uncle Liu, this won't do. The car is not under my control. I have to hand it over to my superior.

"Mr. Chen replied in a panic, knowing that this would make Liu Haizhong even more unhappy.

Liu Haizhong was indeed dissatisfied with being called "Uncle Liu" instead of "Second Uncle" in his heart, so he snorted, turned around and went back to his room, and even Liu Guangtian stopped chasing him.

At this time, Liu Guangtian looked at Chen Sheng with gratitude.

"He is not some second uncle at all, he only knows how to cause trouble to me every day.

I won’t say any more. Thank you, Brother Chen.

"

Mr. Chen also knew that this guy was not a bad person at heart, so he still responded with a smile. After all, in this world, the most difficult people to fight are often not the vicious ones, but the insidious villains.

“It’s just a piece of cake.

"As he said this, he carefully pushed the car into the house. Although it was unlikely that a public vehicle would be stolen, he still took precautions to avoid encountering a fool like Sha Zhu who might accidentally damage his car.

After thinking deeply for a long time in the room, Mr. Chen realized that it would be difficult for him to survive alone in such a large courtyard and he needed to find some supporters.

Thinking of this, he thought of Xu Damao.

Although Xu Damao is not a good person, he is not stupid. Instead, he is a smart character.

He was well-liked by his superiors in the factory and by people in the village. If his father had not married the daughter of a wealthy family, which caused a problem with his background, he would probably have been a leading figure now.

Mr. Chen values ​​Xu Damao's network of relationships in the village, and perhaps he will need his help in the future.

In addition, the current relationships within the hospital are average, so this is a good time to build closer relationships.

After making the decision, Mr. Chen took out a bag of homemade braised beef from the space, along with a bottle of white wine, and walked towards Xu Damao's room.

On the way home, Chen noticed that the lights in Xu Damao's house were dim, indicating that he was most likely at home.

"Brother Damao, are you there?" Mr. Chen stood at Xu Damao's door and asked while gently knocking on the door knocker.

"Who is it?" Xu Damao's tone was a little impatient.

“It’s Mr. Chen who lives in the backyard.

"Mr. Chen replied, knowing that this might disrupt Xu Damao's original peace.

Although Xu Damao was puzzled by Mr. Chen's visit, he knew that he should be polite, so he immediately smiled and stood up to greet him.

It is undeniable that no matter from the perspective of the response scenario, Xu Damao's performance in this courtyard is the most appropriate.

"Brother Chen, what's the matter so late at night?"

Haha, I heard that you, Brother Mao, really like to taste some wine, so I specially made a dish that you are good at yesterday and wanted to invite you to taste it together."

Chen Sheng said with a smile, shaking the plate in his hand, and then added: "Brother Mao, this is first-class good beef. There is wine and meat. Why don't we drink together and enjoy the delicious food?"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately lowered his voice and responded happily: "Brother, this is really good stuff, come to my house and try it."

After entering the door, Xu Damao greeted him warmly, pulled Chen Sheng to sit down, and then found a bottle of wine from the side.

"Look, this is a bottle of wine I have been collecting for ten years. What do you think?"

Xu Damao asked expectantly.

"Wow, Brother Mao, you still have such fine wine! I must have a few more sips to taste it."

Mr. Chen was full of curiosity about fine wine, and he couldn't help but imagine that the fine wine of this era must have a unique and mellow taste.

In a moment, the two of them raised their glasses and drank together.

Xu Damao was frank and honest. He drank and cursed in a low voice about the funny things about a certain idiot. Chen Sheng couldn't help laughing when he heard it. This was a typical case of someone who, even though he couldn't beat you on the surface, had already beaten you up in his heart.

In fact, Xu Damao seemed to have been bullied a lot by a certain idiot.

After a while, Chen realized that his drunkenness was wearing off and decided to get down to business.

"I heard that you have great prestige in the nearby villages."

At this moment, Xu Damao was a little overwhelmed by the alcohol and the praise: "Brother, don't disbelieve me, everyone within a hundred miles knows me, Xu Damao from the projection team.

Wherever I go, I will give you enough face.”

Mr. Chen probed: "Brother Damao, I heard that your task is difficult to complete? My store has a task to go to the countryside recently. If I complete it, I can make a lot of extra money."

"Don't mention it's difficult. I can only go to the countryside a few times. It's easy for people to take advantage of you in unfamiliar places."

Mr. Chen carefully expressed his concerns.

Hearing this, Xu Damao immediately promised: “Don’t worry, those villagers won’t dare to look down on my brother Mao’s friends.

I will accompany you tomorrow and introduce you to the local leaders."

After learning that the task was not complicated, Xu Damao immediately agreed generously.

"a piece of cake.

They have to pay me several bucks to show a movie, but I can still make them feel nervous and unable to watch it."

He snickered, even though it didn't sound very kind.

Although Mr. Chen knew that projectionists had a high status in that era and that the village's hospitality would even include slaughtering chickens and ducks and mechanized transportation, he did not say much. Instead, he said, "Thank you so much, Brother Damao. This kindness is beyond words."

Xu Damao drank a few more glasses and was already tipsy: "You're welcome, come on, cheers!"

His words were already somewhat unclear.

Seeing that Xu Damao was a little unsteady on his feet, Mr. Chen helped him to the bed to rest, then quietly took his cups and plates and returned to the back room.

Early the next morning, after Chen finished packing his things, he pushed his bicycle to the door of Xu Damao's residence.

Xu Damao was a little hungover at this time, but his eagerness to work was beyond Chen Sheng's expectation.