Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Zhang Renkang rode his bicycle along the street towards the steel mill. He did not stop when he passed by Yi Zhonghai and his group. He looked at Zhang Renkang going away and cursed him resentfully.

"This black-hearted villain will get into trouble sooner or later."

"Just wait, if you fall into Grandpa's hands, you will be in trouble."

Sha Zhu was so jealous of Zhang Renkang that his teeth ached. He couldn't understand how Zhang Renkang, who could be bullied with one hand half a year ago, had changed so much all of a sudden. Not only was he at the same level as him, but he also replaced him as the squad leader and became the team leader of a canteen. He bought a bicycle and renovated his house. All of this must be because of Sha Zhu.

Yi Zhonghai was also upset. Zhang Renkang was now completely out of control. However, Yi Zhonghai did not want to continue to conflict with him. Everything he did was mainly for his retirement, not for emotional disputes like Sha Zhu.

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Qin Huairu beside him and wondered what he was thinking. He planned to find an opportunity to test Qin Huairu. If he was suitable, would he care whether he was stupid or not? Isn't it good to have his own son?

Qin Huairu didn't know why she felt a little scared all the way this morning, but her main focus was on bringing Zhang Renkang and Qin Jingru together. She also thought that if it worked out, she could ask Zhang Renkang to help her in the future. Besides, she and he had already done that, so it would be easier for them to talk in the future.

Zhang Renkang was not interested in knowing the inner thoughts of these beasts, and he would not care even if he knew. He had basically grasped the lifeblood of these beasts.

Back in the kitchen, Zhang Renkang was very satisfied with the busy cafeteria. He gave a few instructions and hurried to the office building. He came to Li Huaide's office in the office building and found no one there. After asking, he learned that Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide would organize a meeting of the heads of various departments every Monday morning. Zhang Renkang was about to leave when he saw Secretary Liu coming up the stairs. When he saw Zhang Renkang, Secretary Liu said,

"Renkang, why are you here?"

Zhang Renkang smiled bitterly and said

"The two factory managers arranged for me to go on some weekend errands. I came back to report the situation."

Secretary Liu understood. Yang Weiguo had told him that he must inform him promptly when Zhang Renkang came. Thinking of this, Secretary Liu said:

"Renkang, wait a moment, I will report to the leader"

Zhang Renkang nodded, and Secretary Liu hurried downstairs to the conference room. When he entered the conference room, Yang Weiguo was giving a speech to the leaders.

"The superiors are still a little dissatisfied with our production... We must continue to work hard..."

Secretary Liu came forward and whispered

"Zhang Renkang is here"

Yang Weiguo nodded and said

"Everyone, please wait a moment. Deputy Director Li and I are going to take care of something."

Then he motioned Li Huaide to go out first. Li Huaide didn't have a secretary and didn't know what happened. As soon as he went out, he asked

"What happened to Director Yang? Is the old secretary here?"

The factory secretary, Secretary Yi, is old and generally does not participate in specific work. He has been recuperating in a sanatorium for four or five years. Basically, all the work is presided over by Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide who came last year. Yang Weiguo said

"Zhang Renkang is back. Maybe today's meeting can solve the problem."

Li Huaide knew what was going on. Several people went upstairs and took Zhang Renkang to Yang Weiguo's office to close the door. Secretary Liu consciously went to the corridor to be on duty. Yang Weiguo quickly asked

"How about the Renkang incident?"

Li Huaide also asked

"Are they willing to trade? What can they offer? What's the price?"

Zhang Renkang quickly stood up and said

"Two leaders, I should have reported to you when I came back yesterday, but I didn't have time, and it was already night when I came back."

"They are willing to try a deal. The first batch will be 1,000 kilograms of eggs and 2,000 kilograms of flour, and the whole chicken will be about 10,000 kilograms."

"If it's appropriate to talk about the next deal"

Li Huaide was instantly happy when he heard this. This was a lot. Ten thousand kilograms of chicken was enough for the factory to make five or six more meat dishes for the workers a month. Yang Weiguo also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they could trade, it would be fine. But he was still skeptical.

“They have so many supplies?”

Li Huaide also looked at Zhang Renkang hesitantly. This was a lot of stuff. How could the villagers from several villages make it?

Zhang Renkang smiled bitterly. He knew that these two people were not easy to fool, but Zhang Renkang had already thought of a way out.

"Both leaders have good ideas. It was only after I went there that I realized that the villages there are not as simple as I thought before."

"Because it's at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, it's quite secluded, and someone from above secretly did it there. Some of it was used to provide supplies to the army, and some of it leaked out."

Anyway, there is indeed a military base in Yanshan, and he doesn't believe that Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide dare to investigate.

Hearing this, Yang Weiguo was relieved. Li Huaide also said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter to us where the supplies come from. We don't care since it's unplanned. Our superiors asked us to find the supplies ourselves."

When the two of them heard this, they figured out that these things were probably provided to the troops in Yanshan, but were taken out by some people. As for who cares about the steel mill, they just used the money to buy the supplies for the workers, it's not like we were greedy.

Yang Weiguo also said with a smile

"Renkang, you have done a great job this time. I think you have great abilities."

Said to Li Huaide

"Why not let him be the deputy director of the canteen first, and a deputy section-level cadre who can also serve as the head of the planning group of the procurement department?"

"The new planning group of the procurement department will be set up to handle this matter. Renkang will select the personnel himself. The three people will be arranged as seventh-level clerks."

"what do you say?"

Of course Li Huaide would not object. He was the first one to promote Zhang Renkang. Li Huaide always thought that Zhang Renkang was his own man, so how could he object? Both the cafeteria and the purchasing department were directly managed by him.

Say

"In order to do a good job of external publicity, I think we should first appoint a deputy director of the canteen. Then, on the grounds that Liu Liang is about to retire and a successor needs to be trained, and that the reorganization of Canteen 1 is the most successful and is well received by the workers, we should ask Zhang Renkang to reorganize the other five canteens together."

"With this contribution, we can slowly spread the word that Renkang will take on the role of head of the Purchasing Department's Planning Group. Of course, Renkang still has to take up the position first, but the specific appointment can only be announced to the leadership team first."

Zhang Renkang was naturally satisfied. To be honest, Li Huaide was indeed very capable. His method of operation was easier for people to accept and would not cause any criticism.

Li Huaide asked the most critical question: when will the transaction be conducted and what is the specific price?

Zhang Renkang said

"The agreed time is tomorrow night at ten o'clock. I have to go there today to confirm the specific location. They will decide the location."

"They don't want tickets for the transaction price. They trade according to the market price fluctuation of 20%-25%. The market price of flour is 9700 cents per pound, but they want cents per pound. Eggs are cents per pound, and chicken is cents per pound. This time, our pounds of eggs, pounds of flour, and pounds of chicken cost a total of yuan."

"But they asked for money and small yellow croakers to be traded."

When Li Huaide heard this, he was in charge of logistics. To be honest, the price was not expensive. It was much cheaper than the black market. Moreover, without the ticket, the price was not much different from the market price. However, it was not easy to get small yellow croaker. They had no shortage of money, but the control over small yellow croaker was a bit strict.

Li Huaide thought about it. The current market price of a small yellow croaker weighing one liang (100 grams) is about 240 yuan. He could get 260 yuan on the black market. If he calculated it in half, he would have to take out at least 20 small yellow croakers for this transaction. He could handle 20 small yellow croakers, but he was afraid that if there were more transactions in the future, it would be difficult to calculate the gap.

Li Huaide said

"Money is no problem for us, but the small yellow croaker is hard to get. What proportion of small yellow croaker do you want over there?"

Zhang Renkang said

"We can only negotiate how much the factory can get without affecting normal operations. We can't give them unlimited amounts of what they want. They should understand the specific situation."

Yang Weiguo nodded. He had just been thinking about this matter. He roughly estimated that if it was not discovered, it would not affect the factory at most one-third.

Yang Weiguo said

"We can provide half this time, but next time we can only provide one-quarter of the small yellow croaker. Renkang, please explain it to them. Our factory cannot provide more than that."

Zhang Renkang nodded. He thought that the steel mill didn't have much yellow croaker in stock. If there were more, it would be bad for everyone if something went wrong.

Say

"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and teach them how to cook today's dishes, and then I'll set off to the north."

Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide nodded. After that, Zhang Renkang left first. Yang Weiguo said to Li Huaide

“It looks like someone is falling out over there too.”

Li Huaide said quietly

"That's perfect. Using it on the workers is the best use of it."