Phi-Fic Chapter 170 Yuan Houzi
Chapter 170 Yuan Houzi
In the conference room of the Red Star Food Factory, Accountant Wu and several staff members from the Finance Office were busy issuing cash checks to various villages. Gu Qingyu took advantage of the waiting time to chat with the old branch secretary and others.
You should know that according to the current agricultural policy, after a good harvest, grain must be paid as public grain and sent to grain stations for recycling.
It is very rare for a company like the Red Star Food Factory to purchase grain directly from farmers. Gu Qingyu couldn't help but be curious and asked the old branch secretaries about the situation.
"When did this cooperative model between your village and the Red Star Food Factory begin?"
The old branch secretary, who had successfully obtained the cash check, was in a good mood at the moment. When he heard Gu Qingyu ask this, he was in the mood to explain to her in detail what was going on.
"It seems this started in 69, the year of the great drought. Originally, our Xinhu City's large granary was built in the city center. Later, as the city developed, that land was expropriated and demolished to build houses. The new granary was located in Xiaonan Mountain, the southernmost part of Xinhu City. The distance from north to south is about to kilometers, making transportation difficult by cart."
"Most of the raw materials for the Red Star Food Factory are purchased from the Xinhu City granary. The grain output of several surrounding villages can just meet the production needs of the Red Star Food Factory."
"At the time, someone suggested that we simply have several surrounding villages deliver their grain directly to the Red Star Food Factory for storage. This would not only alleviate the grain transportation pressure on the surrounding villages, but also avoid wasting transportation capacity and facilitate the production needs of the Red Star Food Factory."
"So it's settled!"
This sounds like a win-win for everyone, but it is a workaround adopted by the grain depot to reduce transportation troubles.
But Gu Qingyu noticed that the old branch secretary mentioned a special time point - 1969.
Gu Qingyu discovered from the stack of financial statements that Accountant Wu brought over that the decline of the Red Star Food Factory began in this year.
The timing is so coincidental that it is hard to say that there is no causal relationship between the two.
Moreover, it is not difficult to find out from the words of the old branch secretary that the success of this matter does not rely solely on the people from the Red Star Food Factory, but involves many other people.
Gu Qingyu felt that she had to think carefully about what to do about this matter. After all, the interests of so many people were involved. If someone discovered something, she might get into trouble.
This day was full of twists and turns, but fortunately, the old branch secretary and his group were finally sent away smoothly. Just when Gu Qingyu thought he could take a break, Roland came over.
"Director Gu, are you free now? Let's go see your house."
Gu Qingyu slapped her head and realized that her luggage was still in the guesthouse. She almost forgot about it.
"Yes, yes, yes. Look how busy I am all day. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten about it!"
"You are busy with important things. I will just remember this little thing for you." Roland said with a smile.
"Our Red Star Food Factory has its own staff quarters, and your house will be located there. Let's go over there and take a look at the environment so that it will be easier for you to choose," Roland invited Gu Qingyu.
"Let's go, now! Let's settle it earlier so that I can go to the guesthouse to get my luggage." Gu Qingyu slammed the table, stood up, and said decisively.
The family compound was only ten minutes away from the Red Star Food Factory's office building, and Gu Qingyu and Roland arrived there quickly.
"Director Gu, our factory's main leaders all live in this area of bungalows with independent courtyards. There are two vacant houses now. Take a look at the surrounding environment and decide which one you would like to choose."
The bungalow area that Roland introduced was not large. It was located behind the tube-shaped building in the family compound. There were three rows of houses, front and back, with about thirteen or fourteen households.
Gu Qingyu followed Roland and walked around the two empty houses. The first house was the largest, in the middle of the second row, and had a newer interior. The second house was on the far right of the third row, and its size and interior decoration were not as good as the one we had seen before.
Although the first house is better in terms of size and decoration, Gu Qingyu considered that she would be reviewing for the college entrance examination and needed a relatively quiet environment, so the second house was more suitable for her.
"Director Luo, I live alone and don't need a very large space. I think the second room you recommended is perfect for me."
Although Roland didn't understand why Gu Qingyu lived in a house with better conditions not far away, she didn't say much. After all, he was her leader, and she just had to obey his orders.
"This house hasn't been occupied for a while. I'll arrange for someone to clean it out and replace the missing furniture. Do you have any other requests?"
"No, just make your arrangements. I plan to stay here tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"
"Don't worry about that. I promise to pack everything up properly for you before you move in tomorrow." Roland listened to Gu Qingyu's question and patted his chest to make the promise.
After all this busy work, it was time to get off work. Gu Qingyu didn't plan to go back to the office. So she said to Luo Lan, "Director Luo, thank you for your help here. I'm leaving first!"
"It's okay, Director Gu. You can go ahead and do your thing. Don't worry, I'm here!"
Gu Qingyu was indeed exhausted that day. She lay on the bed in the guesthouse, staring at the ceiling above her head, but her mind was still thinking about the people and things at the Red Star Food Factory.
Thinking of Accountant Wu in the Red Star Food Factory, who had an ambiguous attitude, Wang Ziqiang and Zhang Huaimin and others who were vaguely hostile to her, and certain people hiding behind the incident of missing grain, Gu Qingyu rubbed her brows with a headache and sighed.
By the way, there are also the two abandoned production lines that the Red Star Food Factory bought back and the huge loans owed to the bank.
How come this small Red Star Food Factory has so much going on?
Gu Qingyu rolled over and over in bed holding the quilt, she was so irritated!
Just when Gu Qingyu was still worrying about the troubles at the Red Star Food Factory, Yuan Houzi came to the side door of a house in the eastern suburbs of the city and lifted the stepping stone under his feet.
Yuan Houzi is a thin and small man. When he was a child, he learned martial arts from an old acrobat and learned a lot of boxing and kicking skills. Over the years, he has been making a living by doing dirty work for others with this skill.
As soon as he took the small iron box in his hand, Yuan Houzi heard a jingling sound coming from inside. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said to himself: Something's happening!
Yuan Houzi opened the iron box and looked at the gold bars inside. He couldn't help but be amazed. Today's job was quite a big deal. I don't know who was so unlucky that someone had to pay a gold bar for his life!