blogombal Chapter 665 Everyone has a temper.
Chapter 665 Everyone has a temper.
Lu Yao asked, "You asked me what price, but you disagreed after I told you. So how much are you going to offer me?"
Mr. Liu, please consider this:
"We only get our liquor from the county distillery; we don't accept liquor from small workshops. But I've inquired about yours, and it's approved by the county... so it'll be the same price as the county distillery... fifty-five cents... how about that?"
His tentative tone suggested he was afraid Lu Yao would get angry.
I've inquired about Lu Yao's background. He's the godson of Minister Ju of the Armed Forces Department and a hero who fought wolves and bandits.
I messed with him last time and kicked a hornet's nest.
He chopped off my finger and my complaint was ignored. How could I not be afraid?
However, 55 cents is indeed the original price paid to the distillery.
Lu Yao wasn't unreasonable, he nodded:
"Then it'll be 55 cents."
Lu Yao knew that no matter how high the price was, bulk wine wouldn't sell for much money.
To increase profits, you need to apply for a trademark to change the packaging to bottled form, and then you can sell it to other regions.
However, in this day and age, business must be done step by step; one cannot be too hasty.
When Liu Laoxi heard Lu Yao agree, he quickly nodded:
"Okay, that's the price. How many jars do you have?"
Seeing how readily he agreed, Lu Yao knew that the road had been cut out with a shovel.
He patted him on the shoulder: "Director Liu is a sensible man. Then it's settled. From now on, the wine produced by the distillery will be delivered to you first."
"OK!"
Old Liu picked up his bowl again, took a sip, smacked his lips, and gave a fawning smile:
"This wine is really good."
He called out to the employees of the supply and marketing cooperative to come out and help Lu Yao take the wine jar down.
Weigh using a pump scale.
Then, after pouring it into the wine vat, weigh it and remove the husk.
Lu Yao brought three jars containing 45 jin of liquor, and paid the bill on the spot.
The total is 24.75 yuan.
Director Liu has already given Lu Yao the green light. When other people send things over, they just issue the invoices, and it's uncertain when they'll be able to calculate the payment.
Some people deliver mushrooms and other mountain products, and it takes five or six trips back and forth to get payment.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Lu Yao sat in the car without leaving immediately.
He was thinking about what had just happened.
The supply and marketing cooperative offered the highest price for the liquor, but it only made a few cents per pound, leaving very little profit.
The distillery's current output, calculated at 10,000 jin of liquor per year, only amounts to a few thousand yuan at most.
After deducting labor and electricity costs, there's not much left.
If we could sell it in bottles, a pound could fetch more than two yuan, which would be several times the original price.
Bottled wine requires bottles, labels, and filling and sealing machines.
The county's wineries do have these things.
He had offended Director Tian of the county winery to the core.
This matter needs to be put aside for now; Lu Yao still has something to discuss with Mei Ping.
I drove to the police station.
Mei Ping was in a meeting when Xiao Chen from the secretarial department saw Lu Yao arrive and quickly came over with a smile:
"Comrade Xiao Lu, the director is in a meeting. Why don't you wait in my room for a while?"
Seeing that Mei Ping's room door was ajar, Lu Yao pointed:
"No need, I'll just wait in her room."
Xiao Chen looked embarrassed and gave an awkward laugh:
"Why don't you come to my room... I'll make you some tea."
As he spoke, he reached out and closed the door to Mei Ping's room.
Lu Yao understood; Mei Ping must have something to say.
She wouldn't let me into her room.
Did she become wary of me after just glancing at her files and books last time?
At this stage, government departments are not as strict as they are in the later stages of management.
Even the director's office wasn't made to look like a forbidden area.
There were seven or eight rooms in one corridor, all with the same plywood doors and the same facilities and equipment, nothing special.
Some doors don't even have locks.
Why did you draw a red line for yourself?
Lu Yao felt a little displeased:
"Oh, so Sister Mei won't let me into her room? Okay then, I won't go in. Goodbye."
He turned and left.
Xiao Chen knew that Lu Yao and Mei Ping had a special relationship.
If I leave like this, I won't be able to explain myself. Director Mei might blame me for not handling things properly.
She quickly caught up with him, but Lu Yao didn't stop walking. Being a girl, she didn't feel comfortable reaching out to stop him, so she anxiously stayed beside him, explaining:
"Comrade Lu, please don't leave. Director Mei didn't say you couldn't come in. Can't you just come into my room?"
Lu Yao looked at her:
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
"No. But I'll make you some tea."
"No need, I won't come anymore. Tell Sister Mei that if she needs anything, she can come to Shuiling to find me. There's no place there where I can keep her at bay!"
After saying that, he went downstairs.
If you dislike people who draw boundaries with you, then just treat them with courtesy.
Otherwise, why would Lu Yao like to associate with Zhao Balai and others?
These people, once they open their hearts to you and become your friends, will do anything for you, even commit crimes.
Xiao Chen couldn't stop Lu Yao and watched him go downstairs.
When I turned around, Mei Ping had just returned from her meeting.
He quickly went to greet her.
"Director Mei, Lu Yao is here."
Mei Ping was secretly delighted; she had just been thinking about him.
I'm happy that he's getting married and finding a beautiful wife, but I also feel a little disappointed.
I'm in my thirties and still haven't settled down.
I never thought about starting a family because of my job.
I feel that personal matters related to children are very distant from my own life.
Ever since I met Lu Yao, a strange thought suddenly came to me.
I feel very lonely if I don't see Lu Yao for a few days.
The conversations of the people around me are all dull and uninteresting.
Aside from work requirements, it's like I have no kindred spirits.
So when he heard that Lu Yao had arrived, he was immediately delighted:
"This guy, he ran off right after getting married, leaving his bride at home?"
Mei Ping felt very valued when her husband came to see her on the second day of her marriage.
He eagerly opened the door to his room.
Seeing that the inside was empty, he turned around and asked the flustered Xiao Chen:
"Where are they?"
"The director... he's gone... he didn't seem very happy."
Why?
Mei Ping frowned.
Xiao Chen quickly explained:
"Didn't you say that if Xiao Lu came again and you weren't there, you should let him wait in our secretary's room and not let him into your room... As soon as I said that, Lu Yao left."
what?
Mei Ping did indeed say that she was afraid Lu Yao would rummage through her things.
I don't like his personality, which has no sense of boundaries at all.
But then I thought about it, and if he were a person with strong boundaries, he wouldn't have risked his life to help me.
I casually gave that instruction, and to my surprise, Xiao Chen actually used it.
He quickly asked, "So what did he say?"
"He said... he won't come anymore. If you need anything, you can go to Shuiling to find him. There's nothing he won't let you in, nothing he's trying to hide from you."
"Ugh, that Lu Yao is so petty. I wasn't even on guard against him. How long has he been gone?"
"Just came downstairs."
"Then why don't we go after him... No need, I'll go myself..."
Mei Ping actually ran downstairs.
Xiao Chen was completely dumbfounded.
When has our Director Mei ever been so flustered? A mere militiaman... surely it's not that serious?
It seems I've ended up pleasing neither side.
Sigh, I need to be more tactful in the future!
Lu Yao went downstairs, got into the car, started it, turned around, and drove away.
Suddenly, the security guard stopped his car and pointed to the back.
Looking in the rearview mirror, Mei Ping was running out of the car without a hat or coat, waving and chasing after it.
There's always a story waiting for you to uncover.