Chapter 152

And don’t make a move now, you can only observe and wait until the high-level public-private partnership is completed next month, and then make a move after you have secured the share dividends.”

Li Zhiguo drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and the topic almost ended here.

"Brother Li, I understand."

Xu Huizhen was full of admiration. No wonder Lao Cai was so afraid of Li Ge'er. She was afraid of him too.

“Good to know. If I really wanted to punish you, the tavern has now been merged into the silk shop.

Well, sister-in-law, since you are getting married without a wedding banquet, I won’t give you any gifts. I’m leaving now.”

Li Zhiguo picked up the wrapped stone and was about to go out.

The couple hurried to follow, and Cai Quanwu helped tie the stone to the back seat of the bicycle.

After the two of them watched Li Zhiguo leave, Cai Quanwu hurriedly said, "Huizhen, now you know how powerful Li Ge'er is, I've already said that he never paid for anything he took from the hospital.

Fortunately, you didn't reason with him, otherwise you would have just offered 30,000, which would have scared people to death."

"understood!"

Xu Huizhen nodded and suddenly said, "Old Cai, do you think Brother Li came here today because he calculated that he could take the stone away without spending a penny?"

"That's not the case. The twenty-two thousand he mentioned before should be the actual price.

No, I don’t know that either. With his brain, I can’t even handle ten of him.

Huizhen, let's forget about it. With Brother Li as the public manager, the tavern can be saved, Li'er won't have to live a hard life in the future, and we can announce our marriage."

Cai Quanwu looked around, closed the door, and carried Xu Huizhen back to the house. This was much easier than carrying four bags of grain.

However, as soon as Li Zhiguo left the alley, he replaced the jade on the back seat with the stone that he had placed in the space in advance.

The Hetian jade was in hand, the tavern was under control, and it would not affect the competition between the concubine and Xu Huizhen in the future.

Maybe when the country opens up in the future, we can set up a group and let Xu Huizhen work as a worker. Who says that younger siblings can't support their older brother?

"Manager Li, you are here."

At the door of the silk shop, He Yumei noticed that her immediate boss had arrived.

"Ok!"

Li Zhiguo nodded, parked his bicycle and went in. As for the real stones on the bicycle, it would be easy if they were lost. If they were not lost, he could just pull them back and use them as decorations for the flower beds. He couldn't let them suffer a loss!

"Sheru!"

"Governing the country, here we come."

Chen Xueru immediately came forward and then took the person to the inner hall to talk.

At this time, Chuntao hurried over to make some tea and then went out quickly.

"I went to the tavern this morning..."

He told her about the situation on Xu Huizhen's side, and did not avoid the issue of the jade.

"Zhiguo, how valuable is the stone left by old man He?"

Chen Xueru asked the key point. As for her continuing to compete with Xu Huizhen, this is a good thing because she has never lost.

"It's hard to say what its value is now. Gold has a price, but jade is priceless. If we calculate it based on the current gold price, the weight of that piece of jade is probably worth $160,000.

I offered Xu Huizhen 22,000 yuan, plus the dividends for keeping her, which is a normal price.

But she is very courageous and didn't want to give me a penny. It seems that I, the manager of the public office, am still very valuable!"

Li Zhiguo is still a little proud and charming. Good people shine wherever they go.

"Of course not. You are my man. Xu Huizhen is just jealous."

Chen Xueru was also very proud, but suddenly asked, "Zhiguo, who do you plan to leave the jade to, Xiao Guanxiang or Xueyi, or sister Huairu's second child?"

"Cough cough..."

My goodness, this feels like a life-threatening question.

“I’ll leave it to whoever takes care of me in my old age!
Well, this is what I think. When the time comes, I will give more to whichever son is willing to stay with me.

If you want to go out and live alone, you should give less.

But some things still need to be balanced. I now have a three-story courtyard, and when I have the chance I will find another courtyard for Xueyi."

He just thought about it casually. The future was still very far away, he was still young, and maybe he had many children.

"Yes! I'll follow your arrangements."

Chen Xueru had no objection. She only had one son and she must keep him by her side.

Li Zhiguo took a sip of tea and said, "I'll stay here for a while. I'll go to the street office this afternoon to talk to the director about whether I can keep the shares of the silk shop and the tavern. We need to make some arrangements."

"Okay, then come to my house for dinner tonight. Xueyi misses you."

Chen Xueru blinked her big eyes. There were more people in the store now, and she hadn't used the blanket in the office for a long time.

"Not today, wait two days. My mother-in-law has gone back to the countryside to do farm work. Only Jingru is at home with little Guanxiang, and Huairu is pregnant and it's inconvenient for her to stay at home.

I will stay here for a few more days until my mother-in-law comes back. "

Li Zhiguo was also very excited, but the conditions did not allow it.

"Then go to the office now. I'll ask Aunt Fang to make you a new dress. Try it on to see if it fits you."

Chen Xueru thought that even if there was no opportunity, she had to create one.

"That's not good. It's broad daylight."

Li Zhiguo reluctantly agreed.

Later, he looked at his watch and said with a smile: "Look, this has delayed things. I wonder if the director has finished get off work yet."

"Then go quickly, and don't forget to come back in a few days."

Chen Xueru was radiant and happy in her heart. This was the man that Xu Huizhen would never get, so she could only look on with envy.

No matter what, she wins!

"Hey!"

Li Zhiguo listened closely to the door and confirmed that no one was outside before he opened the door and left quickly.

The street office was established in a blink of an eye, and there were no personnel changes. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wang Qinian, a stubborn street owner. He had said that he wanted to be a public affairs manager, but he has not moved until now.

"Brother Qinian, I'm busy."

He came forward and handed out a cigarette, then casually put a few meat ticket tickets from the cafeteria on the table. These were overprinted. One pound of meat was purchased and sold at nine ounces, and the remaining one ounce was consumed internally. There was nothing wrong with that.

Wang Qinian put the ticket away without saying a word, and quickly took out a match to help light the cigarette.

"What are you busy with? It's already this late and there's nothing to do. Why did you come here today?"

"Let's talk to the director. We are about to start the high-level cooperation. The director should still be in there."

Li Zhiguo took a puff of cigarette. It didn’t matter whether people were there or not, these few minutes didn’t matter.

"Yes, I didn't see him go out."

Wang Qinian was also smoking. Unfortunately, some people came to do business. Seeing this scene, the visitor quickly smiled and went to wait by the side.

"Okay, I won't delay your work. I'll go inside now."

Li Zhiguo walked away with a cigarette in his mouth. He said that it is easier to be a cadre nowadays. The masses can understand how hard the cadres work. They are so busy that they don’t even have time to smoke.

After a while, he put out his cigarette and went to the director's office.

"Tuk-tuk!"

"Director, I am sorry to bother you."

"It's you, come in quickly. It's not your normal routine to come to the street at this time. Has your stomach problem healed?"

The director joked for a while, then stood up and poured a cup of hot water and placed it on the coffee table.

"It's almost healed. This disease will be easier in the summer, and you won't catch cold easily."

Li Zhiguo talked nonsense for a while and then got down to business, "Director, I have studied the spirit of high-level public-private partnership seriously.

I think the biggest obstacle is the joint-venture stores that are on the verge of closing down, and there are quite a few of them in Qianmen Street.”

"This is indeed a big problem, and it bothers me a lot."

The director shook his head. The quality of public managers varied greatly. Even if merchants run their own businesses, some will close down. This is unavoidable.

"Do you have any idea to solve this problem?"

“I have some immature ideas.

Last year, we piloted a primary public-private partnership, and the silk shop and tavern were very successful.

I think the high-level public-private partnership should also be piloted in advance, especially by letting the silk shop take over these bad debts. Otherwise, Chen Xueru earns too much money every year, tens of thousands, and this is heading for one hundred thousand.

This is about the same as what she made before the silk shop joint venture, and although it also generated a lot of tax revenue for the upper echelons, it is not in line with the core concept of society.”

After a pause, Li Zhiguo continued, "So I suggest that the Silk Shop take over a large number of bankrupt shops, wipe out the profits of the Silk Shop, and use the money in other enterprises to make a difference for the collective."

He is interested in those stores. It has nothing to do with whether they are bad debts or not. He will just restructure them after the joint venture.

After selecting the employees, those who are lazy, unable to work, and not good-looking will be sent to the tavern... Well, no, he will soon be the official manager of the tavern.

Then just stuff these people into the competitor's store and help the enemy!
"Li Zhiguo, this is a great idea!"

The director was shocked. He heard that you were having an affair with Chen Xueru. Why did you betray your own people? Are you trying to prove your innocence?
"How can Chen Xueru agree to such an unreasonable request? If she really takes the bankruptcy point, her dividend will be gone. Although it will be gone sooner or later, it feels different."

The director asked the key point, which is also a headache.

“So, I personally propose to retain the shares and dividends of the silk shop and the tavern and continue to use them as a pilot, but the condition is that these two stores have to take over the bankrupt stores.

This can prevent our employees from being out of work and not receiving wages.

Employment pressure is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more unemployed young people in cities. In the courtyard where I live, there is a young man who is living on his own and is beaten at home every day. "

Li Zhiguo talked about a very realistic issue, going to the countryside and mountains.

The countryside is a vast world where you can achieve great things.

Any young man in the city whose family is well off will stay at home and rely on his parents, even if he gets beaten, and wait for the street office to arrange a job for him.

"Your idea is very good. I will write a report now and see what the district decides. It shouldn't be a problem."

The director smiled. The meat was rotten in the pot, and the bankrupt store would eventually have to be dealt with by the street and district authorities.

It would be easy and convenient if the bad debts could be smoothed out through the silk shops and taverns.

"Okay, Director. I will come here often recently and wait for your good news."

Li Zhiguo couldn't be sure that he would succeed, but if not, then he would just give up. Who cared about that little salary? This was the worst case scenario, but he thought it wouldn't be a big problem to just tell the director.

After leaving the subdistrict office, he didn't mention anything about going to work as a public manager at the tavern, but in fact he had already mentioned it.

He then went to the Qianmen canteen, packed two main dishes, and went to the entrance of the steel rolling mill.

In ancient times, Dayu passed by his home three times while controlling floods but did not enter. He had been to the factory gate many times but seldom went in.

"Jingle Bell!"

As the bell rang, which sounded like a battle horn, some fast workers rushed to the door.

Li Zhiguo was standing by, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible, otherwise it would be quite troublesome just to say hello.

"Hey, isn't this Liu Lan?"

He suddenly saw someone he knew. He probably had just joined the factory. He had eaten in the factory last month. There was no one at the window, but it was not certain that others would be getting food right now. Liu Lan happened to look over and was a little confused. Who was this person? Did he know him?
"Pity!"

Li Zhiguo shook his head secretly. Liu Lan was not a widow, otherwise Sha Zhu might not be able to bear it.

"Govern the country!"

After Qin Huairu was born, it was indeed much easier to have the second child. It didn’t affect walking at all.

"Let's go. I packed two dishes. You can steam them at home and eat them."

He drove his wife away gradually, and only started chatting when there were no people around.

"Zhiguo, Guangyou still hasn't gotten his junior high school diploma, what do you think we should do?"

Qin Huairu mentioned this matter. Her second brother Qin Guangyou is seventeen years old this year. He has repeated a grade for two years and failed the main subjects.

Qin Guangyou followed his mother to work in the countryside. Since he did not have a city hukou and no food coupons, if he did not collect some food from the countryside, he would have to eat long meals in the city and be disliked.

The so-called long meal is the stage when the young boy eats his father to death, which is the growth meal.

Many families would consider sending such unfortunate children to serve in the army. They would eat in the army for three years and save on food rations. By the time they are discharged from the army, they will be adults. Isn't that a good deal?

"I'll arrange for him to learn cooking from He Daqing. If he doesn't learn well, I'll send him back to the countryside to look after the old house and farm. His household registration is in the countryside anyway."

Li Zhiguo shook his head. His brother-in-law didn't know how to seize the opportunity. If he really wanted to get a diploma, it wouldn't be a big problem for him to get a job as a clerk in the street.

It is difficult to fake academic qualifications nowadays. As for the fact that Fan Jinyou is not good at anything, that is because his academic qualifications are faked.

"Well! You should also help Guangyou save his salary. When he makes money, Guangyou will have to hand over the house and I will collect it."

Qin Huairu brought up the issue of rent again, which cannot be missed.

"Okay, you decide. Don't mention rent to me anymore."

Li Zhiguo is not worried about being stuck in a rut. As long as he has a job, he will gradually be able to get welfare housing or low-cost rental housing provided by the company.

"okay!"

Qin Huairu leaned on the man's back and felt that her life was worth it.

It wasn't long before we arrived at the courtyard, and as soon as we entered, we saw Yan Bugui. It was summer vacation, and no one else had classes.

"Li Zhiguo, I want to discuss something with you."

"Okay!"

Li Zhiguo asked his wife to take the two lunch boxes and go back first. He sat on a stool and talked slowly with people.

Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses and said, "I have saved enough money and want to buy a bicycle. You said you would sell it to me. Do you still want to do that?"

"Well, we can discuss it."

Li Zhiguo looked at the bicycle parked next to him. He had used it for nearly four years. He had been using it in wind and rain, and had had tires repaired several times. Recently, he has started to go to the repair shop more frequently, so it would be a good idea to get a new one.

"Look, the depreciation is ten dollars a year. You used it for three years and nine months, so it's thirty-seven and a half dollars. How about I give you one hundred and thirty-one dollars?"

"Sure, the price is fair."

Li Zhiguo did not bargain. Nowadays, large items really hold their value because what matters is the quality.

Especially for bicycles, when you can no longer ride them, you can remove the two wheels and sell them for twenty or thirty yuan.

"Are you really willing to sell it? Then I'll pay you now?"

Yan Bugui was jealous. He had ridden Li Zhiguo's bike six times before and remembered it clearly. The bike was in good condition and easy to use.

He usually helps with maintenance and knows the bike well. It's worth buying it at this price. It's prestigious to ride a Phoenix.

"Okay, give me the money, and I'll sell you the car now."

He tied his really big rock to He Daqing's bicycle and pulled it back for him at night. It was worth it.

"okay!"

Yan Bugui went back to his room to get the money, and when he came out he said, "I just went to the bank to get this money today. After Jia Dongxu paid me back last year, I put it in a one-year deposit, and it has some interest."

"Uncle San, this is really you, you are so smart."

Li Zhiguo thought that Yan Bugui was an early financial management expert, even if it was just depositing money in the bank.

"No, it has to be you. You have a lot of money in your hands, and you also deposit it in the bank."

Yan Bugui didn't believe that the bad boy didn't understand this calculation.

"Of course. We will have two children soon. It will be a big burden and we will have to live a tight life."

Li Zhiguo was talking nonsense while counting the money. There was no mistake. Yan Bugui must have counted it at least ten times.

"Uncle, I'll give you this car. I'll buy a new one tomorrow."

"Walk slowly!"

Yan Bugui sent the person to the corridor and then returned, carefully wiping the handlebars.

He kept muttering, "What a nice car! It's worth buying. The repair shop had a second-hand Forever, all rusty, and they wanted a hundred and three for it, not a penny less."

It can’t compare to this bad boy, even though it’s more than twenty bucks more expensive, it’s still worth it.”

"Boss, this car will belong to us from now on?"

The third aunt came out of the house, as there was food in the pot and she couldn't leave.

"Now you have it. Just wait for me to give it a good scrub and some oil, and it will be as good as new."

Yan Bugui started fighting as he spoke, not even bothering to eat.

Several children in the house also ran out. The eldest, Yan Jiecheng, said happily, "Dad, we have a car now. Take me out to practice riding tomorrow. When I learn how to ride, I will ride it to play with my classmates."

"Go away. If you want to practice driving, you have to pay."

Yan Bugui smiled. He would have to get the money back from his eldest son for the car in the end. When Yan Jiefang got a job, he would leave him five dollars a month for his expenses.

"Dad, I'm your son!"

Yan Jiecheng was dumbfounded. He knew his father was stingy and calculating, but this was too much.

The third aunt said, "Even his own son has to pay. Your father spent more than 100 yuan on this car. How much flour must he buy?"

"Yes, the son should be paid more."

Yan Bugui had a happy look on his face and was wiping the car diligently with his hands.

Two hours later, the car was finally polished and oiled. No matter where I touched, my fingers wouldn't get dust on them. How great is that!

"Hey, Uncle Third, you are too proactive!"

Li Zhiguo suddenly came, pushing a bicycle.

Yan Bugui said cheerfully: "You have to take good care of your own car."

"No, Uncle Three, you are wrong.

I have two cars at home. The one I am pushing is the one I bought before. The one you own is a reward from the factory. I made a mistake before.

If you don't believe me, look, the invoice is still here, it has a number on it, check the stamp yourself."

Li Zhiguo parked the car in his hand and handed over the invoice. Then he picked up the car that had been wiped clean like a new one.

"This is really a mistake. No, how did you find out just now? I've been working on this for two hours."

Yan Bugui pushed the frame of his glasses and was dumbfounded. Although Li Zhiguo's two bicycles were in similar condition, the depreciation months did not match.

The bike Qin Huairu rode had an even shorter lifespan, and he had to pay the difference to buy it, so he couldn't bear to do that.

"It's not in vain. Practice makes perfect! Uncle, you continue to clean the car. I'll go back first."

Li Zhiguo pushed his shiny bicycle and went home humming a little tune.

"Oh, you bad boy, you even cheated the third uncle!"

Yan Bugui cursed with a smile, "Okay, I'll go home and eat some steamed bread to fill my stomach, and then continue washing the car under the help of the street lights in the yard."

Anyway, I don't have to go to work tomorrow, so I cleaned one more car. I spent so much time searching for it, so I made a profit.

The next afternoon, at the tavern under Zhengyang Gate.

Xu Huizhen gathered the shop assistants together and said, "Cai Quanwu and I have obtained a marriage certificate, which means we are married. He will resign from his position as manager and become an ordinary employee, specializing in purchasing alcoholic beverages."

"What, you and Wobo are married?"

Fan Jinyou was confused, as he originally had feelings for Xu Huizhen.

But he immediately realized that didn’t he have a chance to become a public manager?

Zhao Yali also remembered what Manager Li said yesterday. Could this be what he meant?
"Xu Huizhen, if Wobo quits, who will be the manager of the company?"

Fan Jinyou tentatively said that he had been cooking in the kitchen recently and his performance was pretty good.

"Yeah, who will be the manager? Are we going to let Xiao Fan be the manager again? Oh, we have to call him Manager Fan."

Cashier Kong Yuqin asked, Xiao Fan is about to make it through.

"No, Xiao Fan is just a fireman, he doesn't know how to run a business. If you let him be the manager, he won't be able to pay the wages."

Zhao Yali objected loudly, she felt she had a chance.

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Who will be the public manager depends on how the subdistrict office arranges it."

"Oh, I have to go out for something. I promise not to delay the fire."

Fan Jinyou couldn't sit still anymore and had to go find Director Li quickly.

"I have to go out for something, Huizhen, please help me watch the counter."

Zhao Yali also left in a hurry and went to the silk shop to find He Yumei, asking her to help contact Manager Li.

"No, don't they both want to be the public manager?"

Kong Yuqin seemed to understand, yet was a little confused.

"Yuqin, don't even think about it. There's no hope for either of them."

Xu Huizhen smiled and went to the counter to look at the account book.

……

"Director, look, Wobo, Cai Quanwu has quit. The tavern cannot be without a public manager."

Fan Jinyou sat there like a grandson, looking flattering, and just wanted the position of manager.

"Xiao Fan, you are right about this. The tavern is also a pilot project. The street has decided to let Li Zhiguo serve as the public manager."

Director Li understood it immediately. No wonder that guy mentioned yesterday that he wanted to take them to the tavern. He came here for this matter.

"No, this has nothing to do with Li Zhiguo. He doesn't work very much in the silk shop, how can he handle this?"

Fan Jinyou was dumbfounded. He thought Wang Qinian might go, but why was it Li Zhiguo again?

"He can get things done even without going to work. Okay, Xiao Fan, go back and keep the fire burning. Don't aim too high. Learn more from Li Zhiguo in the future. I have other things to do, so I won't talk to you any more."

Director Li has sent the guest away. You can't even beat Xu Huizhen, so it's useless for you to be a manager.

Fan Jin walked to the outer hall with a sad face. The days ahead would be difficult.

"Fan Jinyou, it's a good thing you're here. The rent for your courtyard has been overdue for a month. When will you pay it?"

Wang Qinian stopped the man. He said that he was the one who registered the public housing for rent, so he was not responsible for collecting the rent. But this was what he had encountered.

(End of this chapter)