Aoba Office

Wu Ling's voice sounded, "It looks like a Buddhist symbol transformation."

"Is it a talisman?" Liu Miao asked.

"No, it's just a symbol that represents auspiciousness. It should have been rarely used in the early years, and not many people know about it now." Wu Ling explained.

The camera zoomed in on the symbol.

The seal-like pattern does look like some kind of complex symbol, not quite like a font.

"Go in and take a look." Ye Qing said.

The camera entered the store.

The store also has antique furniture, with many wooden cabinets, but there are also glass cabinets to display tea leaves.

There are both loose tea leaves and canned tea leaves, and the canned tea leaves have the "Tongrenhao" sign printed on them.

The clerk was lazily playing with his mobile phone and raised his eyelids when he saw people coming in.

The camera went around the store but didn't capture anything.

Wu Ling's voice came from outside the screen, "Hello, we want to inquire about something."

The clerk asked: "What kind of tea do you want?"

"We are not here to buy tea. We are newspaper reporters. We are doing a special report on tea shops across the country and want to interview your boss."

The camera turned to Wu Ling.

Wu Ling took something similar to an employee ID card from his bag and handed it to the clerk.

The clerk glanced twice, then looked at the camera, "Just wait."

She entered the small door behind her.

After a while, the clerk came out, opened the door next to the counter, and motioned for Aoba's people to come in.

There are warehouses and offices behind the store. There is only one office, but there is a lot of space inside, with several desks placed there.

There is also a separate office room enclosed by a partition. There is no door, but there is a "Manager's Office" sign hanging on the door.

The clerk pointed his finger and asked Qingye's people to go in by themselves.

The middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stood up with a bulging belly, showed a warm smile, and asked Aoba's people to sit down.

If the video is fast forwarded, it should have skipped the politeness and greetings, and may have also skipped some interview content that is similar to the interview.

When the video returned to normal playback speed, Wu Ling was asking questions.

"...We have noticed that Tongrenhao has been operating in Qingcha Village for many years and is a time-honored brand. The tea business is inseparable from local tea farmers. At present, there is no effective machine that can replace tea farmers on a large scale. Picking tea. I would like to ask how Tongren manages and arranges the tea farmers? "

The middle-aged man thought for a long time before saying: "Our colleagues have always given preferential treatment to tea farmers. They are considered formal employees of our company, and we will help them pay five insurances and one fund. This treatment is the best in the entire industry. It’s the best. You can go and see, there is basically no tea shop that can do this.”

"Didn't some vicious incidents happen in the history of the Tongren?"

"No, that's for sure not." The middle-aged man shook his head seriously.

"But as far as we know, during the period before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a vicious fight between the Tongren Hao and the Wanfu Hao here. Employees of both companies, including tea farmers, were involved. It can be seen that the tea shop The control over tea farmers is very strong, almost equivalent to..."

"These are two different things!" The middle-aged man interrupted Wu Ling, "Sorry to interrupt you, but there was a cause. It was not that we controlled the tea farmers. We actually wanted to appease the tea farmers. In that case During the process, Wanfu Hao has been trying to reconcile conflicts. The same goes for Wanfu Hao. If there is any serious conflict that requires action, I won't speak for Wanfu Hao, right?"

"So, the Tongren's revenge on the Wanfu and the arson incident had nothing to do with you?"

The middle-aged man's face was livid, and he gave a stiff smile, "That was not arson, it was an accidental fire. If you go to Wanfu No. 1 and ask, they will say the same thing. If we really set the fire, they have no reason to speak for us. "

The camera doesn't move at all.

The middle-aged man maintained a stiff smile on his face.

Wulington paused and asked, "So, could you please tell Manager Yang the whole story about that incident? If what we found out is not true, what is the truth?"

The middle-aged man exhaled and sat upright. After careful consideration, he said: "That matter is a matter of my grandparents. I was still a child at the time, and the person who made the decision in the family was the fourth grandfather in the next room. Oh, we don’t talk about this now, but at that time, seniority and patriarch were still important. After the war, the only person who could make the decision in our family was the fourth grandfather. The situation of the owners of Wanfu was similar, and they were all male young men. The overall male labor force in Qingcha Village was very small, and there were many disabled people... The tea trees had been abandoned for so many years, and a lot of them were damaged. These were troubles for Tongrenhao and Wanfuhao. We will overcome the difficulties together. In Qingcha Village, there are only two of us, and our two families are in a competitive relationship. But outside of Qingcha Village, there are many tea shops, some of which are older. In addition to that battle, I Fourth Grandpa and the head of Wanfu are considered comrades-in-arms, and there is always a sense of comrades-in-arms."

The middle-aged man exhaled again, "I was playing with the children of Wanfu Hao at that time. We children, the children of tea farmers, all played together. In this way, after about a year or two, the tea trees showed some improvement and recovered. My parents also asked me if we would have fun playing together with the Wanfuhao children. Okay... At that time, there was still a concept of baby marriage, and there was a little girl about the same age as me in Wanfuhao's family. "

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, and he said regretfully: "But the merger did not go smoothly. Mainly because the tea farmers were a little worried. I also heard what my parents said later. At that time, things were gradually opening up, and factories and assembly lines were being built. , mechanization... the most important thing is to learn everything, everyone has to learn, this kind of trend is very popular. I don’t know who read this book, and when it comes to monopoly, the tea farmers are afraid that our two families will join one and monopolize it. We were very kind to the tea farmers during that time, including earlier, and nothing happened to my fourth grandfather, my parents, and my uncle. The uncles explained a lot, and Wanfuhao was also doing work, but nothing worked. The county government sent people to do the work, but the tea farmers became more and more agitated."

The middle-aged man paused, "The fight you mentioned was actually started by tea farmers who came to our two families to ask for an explanation and to oppose the merger. They gathered together, and while they were talking, they started fighting, and some people wanted to They want to beat up people from both our families. When there are many people, the mood becomes a little out of control. Of course, it is not ruled out that everyone has a conscience and good intentions. With the casualties, these tea farmers were completely divided, and it was impossible for our two families to merge. Then there was a fire accident... A cousin of mine died in the fight, and there was a girl on Wanfu, a sister I also knew. Disfigured in the fire and later committed suicide."

The middle-aged man shook his head, "Because of this matter, our family has remained the same over the years."