I have a fiancée in Siheyuan

Chapter 174: The gap between the old and the new - you still want to treat us

"Leader, we don't have much food left." Today, as soon as Director Huang got to work, he was blocked by Bai Baoshan at the door of his office.

It is now mid-April, and everywhere is experiencing a period of shortage of food.

Events on the North-West Frontier also seriously affected domestic peace.

The grain that was originally intended to be transferred to the capital was instead transported to Tacheng as military rations.

Now the steel mill has less than 20 days of food, which was originally enough for a month. Today is the 18th.

We are close to running out of food.

I heard that food prices have soared to a new high. A pound of noodles costs 5 yuan.

Food was being collected everywhere.

The situation in other directions is not very stable either. There is either a coup in one place or independence in another place.

It seems like this is the most peaceful place.

"Baoshan, is there any way to overcome this?"

"This... Leader, it's only April. Even if we overcome it, the wheat has just started to ear and it will take another two months to mature.

There are still 17 tons of pig feed, and it cannot be moved. If it is moved, the pigs will all starve to death.

Leader, how about this?" Bai Baoshan pulled Director Huang aside and whispered.

"Hiss...you kid, you really dare to do anything."

"Just tell me if it's okay."

"Okay, but we don't have that much money."

"Just get some gold. People over there like gold." Bai Baoshan said.

"But this is like distant water that cannot quench nearby fire.

You go back first, I'll go ask the factory director." Director Huang didn't even go back to the office, he went up to the office building and went to find Deputy Factory Director Li.

The idea that Bai Baoshan gave to Director Huang was to let those capitalists who had external connections raise a batch of grain outside and transport it over.

As long as there is a batch that can hold out until June to July, the new grain will come in.

However, what Bai Baoshan was caught off guard by was that a measure was actually issued from above.

Steel production fell again, this time directly to 600 million tons.

It is now April, and we have already produced 4 million tons in total. Previously, we calculated it based on 300 million tons, which means we produced almost 1000 million tons of steel every month.

Now, there are 8 months left to allocate the remaining 300 million tons of production.

That means the national steel quota will be less than 40 tons in the next month.

Then the amount allocated to the steel rolling mill would be pitifully small.

Bai Baoshan was thinking, he couldn't just work one day and rest one day, or work two days and rest two days, or at worst work one day and rest two days?

The meeting started in the afternoon.

There is less steel, and fewer accessories are used, so...

That means there is simply not that much work.

The meeting today was chaired by a leader from the department, who sat in the main seat, and next to him was Director Yang, who had not appeared for a long time.

Although the floor has been swept, I still have a whole book of accounts to keep track of.

Deputy Director Li was not present at the meeting. Instead, he sat on the edge of the first row, with the directors of various workshops in the production department and staff from the technical department sitting in the middle.

Even Bai Baoshan, who used to linger in the second or third row, was at the very end this time.

The person in the middle squinted his eyes when speaking, and it seemed that he was the big leader that Lao Yang was going to curry favor with in the future.

So, this meeting is just to show off.

Bai Baoshan looked at the time. It was 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Would this group of people still want to have dinner here?

Looking at a little girl from the logistics department standing at the back door, he waved to her.

"Director, what's the matter?"

"Can you get out?"

"all right."

"Please call Sister Zhou from the cafeteria warehouse for me. I have something to arrange."

"Okay, Director. I'll go right away." Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, the girl slipped out the back door.

After the little girl left, Bai Baoshan took out his notebook and started writing.

When I see that I have almost finished writing, I tear off this sheet and fold it carefully.

Director Huang watched Bai Baoshan's operation and had no idea what this kid was doing.

After a while, Sister Zhou ran over and, under the cover of the little girl, lowered her head and walked into the meeting room.

"Director, what's the matter?"

"Sister Zhou, take this and do as it says. Make sure it's done before you leave work."

"This... Director, is this okay?"

"Go quickly, don't talk nonsense, I'll take care of it if anything happens."

After saying this, Sister Zhou bent over and left the meeting room again.

"Baoshan, what are you doing, so mysterious?"

"Hey, hey... you say, after the people on the stage finish speaking, do you want to have a meal?"

"Yes."

"What can we get in the factory? We are so poor that we can only afford to buy pants. What can we eat?"

Director Huang was a little surprised. "Fuck, don't mess around, it will cause big problems. He is the leader of the department after all."

"Don't worry, having nothing to eat is normal, having something to eat is abnormal."

"You and Director Li haven't had a special meal in the canteen for more than half a month. What does that prove? It proves that there is nothing for them to eat in the canteen."

Director Huang was so frustrated that he folded his arms and said, "I don't know anything."

Then he listened very attentively to the meeting of the leaders on the stage.

The meeting ended on time at 4:50.

The whole content is about production reduction. As for the work adjustment arrangements, they will be announced in the next two days.

The steel mill cannot do whatever it wants; it needs approval from higher authorities.

Bai Baoshan left the meeting room with a large group of leaders at all levels.

I just got back to the office and haven't had a sip of water yet.

Yu Bing ran over and said that Director Yang's secretary had started arguing with the people in the cafeteria and the warehouse.

I screamed and Bai Baoshan ran out.

When we arrived at the warehouse, a group of people were still in a mess.

"What are you doing? The vegetable market? Who is impatient and wants to cause trouble in the cafeteria? The cafeteria and the warehouse are important places, so who can break in?

Next time, we will treat them as enemy agents. What if anyone breaks into the cafeteria and poisons the place? What if they break into the warehouse and steal food? What if they burn food? Will you compensate them?"

"Director... Director, we understand." Sister Zhou said with her head down.

"Who broke into the cafeteria and the warehouse? And cursed? Come on, don't cower like that, stand up."

"Director, it's him." Wang Shukuan grabbed a man by the collar and pulled him over.

"What are you doing? Breaking into the cafeteria? And breaking into the warehouse?

What is this place? In a fight, I can just kill you.

Search his body to see if he has anything unknown, like matches or other powders."

"Stop... Stop it. I'm Director Yang's secretary. I'm Yang Weimin."

"Yang Weimin? What are you doing here? It's almost time to get off work. What do you want to do? You think there will be no one in the kitchen and warehouse after get off work, right?"

How could Bai Baoshan not know that he was Yang Weimin?

If you want to stand on the side, you have to be firm.

As for being stubborn? He's just a small leader, not a deputy minister or a full minister, so who cares?

"Bai Baoshan, I'm here to pass on a message. Director Yang wants to invite leaders tonight and ask you to prepare a feast."

"Oh? Director Yang asked you to deliver a message? To entertain the leaders? To prepare a feast?

What are you doing in the cafeteria? No matter how big the meal is, if I, the director, don’t sign, they will make a shit. I’ll chop you up, why would they use you to make it?

How big is the meal, 8 dishes or 12 dishes? Is there a signed approval slip from the factory director?

"What approval note? The person who came is a senior leader of the department, so of course he should order 12 dishes and ask the chef to make them delicious." Yang Weimin said without hesitation.

"Tsk tsk, are you sure you're not kidding me? We all heard it. You asked for 12 dishes, why don't you just cook them? There's no approval yet, so I'll cook them for you if you say so?"

Director Huang and Deputy Director Li, who had been rushing for a long time, finally ran over.

Director Huang and Deputy Director Li just said that, and it's bad to hear that.

But it’s still a little late. Haven’t they already started a quarrel?

"Stop, what are you doing? Deputy Director Li is here." Director Huang shouted when he reached the crowd.

Li Huaide, wearing a Zhongshan suit and with his hair slicked back, walked in with his head held high.

“What happened.

Secretary Yang? What happened?

Director Bai, what happened? "

"Director Li, this guy, Director Yang's secretary, for some reason came running into the kitchen and asked us to cook 12 dishes for him.

He also said that it was Director Yang who invited a senior leader to the banquet, and that senior leader was from the department.

This scene is even more impressive than that of the great teacher.

He asked for 12 dishes, why didn’t he ask me to give him a pig?

Director, you know that there is nothing in the cafeteria recently, let alone 12 dishes, which are potatoes, cabbage, and carrots. It’s good enough if we can get three dishes together.”

Li Huaide turned his head to look at Yang Weimin, his eyes narrowed, and he quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind.

At this time, a group of people came over, led by Director Yang, followed by the big leader, and beside them were several people from the technical department and several workshop directors.

Director Yang looked at everyone and frowned.

"what happened?"