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Chapter 224 Joint Purchasing Part 2

"Hello, you must be Section Chief Wang who is in charge of purchasing at the steel rolling mill, right?" Brother Yu stepped forward and extended his hand to Wang Gensheng.

Wang Gensheng scratched his eyebrow lightly and asked, "I'm Wang Gensheng, do we know each other?"

Seeing that his brother Yu had extended his hand forward, but Wang Gensheng did not quickly take it, Ergang wanted to step forward and slap the boy twice.

But I was thinking in my heart: I haven’t seen this kid for more than two years, and his temperament has changed a lot. I didn’t recognize him at first. Without someone to introduce him, who could recognize that this is the little punching bag from four or five years ago?

"Well, I'm the purchasing manager of the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. I'm a few years older than you. You can just call me Brother Yu." Brother Yu still stretched out his hand and introduced himself to Wang Gensheng.

"Nice to meet you! Please bear with me!" Wang Gensheng raised his hand and bowed, but still did not extend his hand to shake.

It’s not that he is impolite or that he looks down on visitors, but that his hands are dirty.

In front of Brother Yu, he rubbed his hands hard on his clothes, but still couldn't wipe them clean. He could only bow and ask the other party to bear with him.

Brother Yu still had a smile on his face, but he still insisted on reaching out and shaking Wang Gensheng's hand.

This made Wang Gensheng feel more favorable towards her.

"Brother Yu, we are guests here. Let's go inside and sit down to talk."

After shaking hands with the other party, he invited the visitor to sit in his own room.

When I looked up, I realized with embarrassment that there was still a crime scene in the house that had not been cleaned up yet. Fortunately, I locked the door for fear of someone entering the house.

Ergang also looked at General Gang guarding the door, and when he failed to break through the defense, he cursed out loud.

"I'm sorry, brother Yu. There are too many people in the yard today. I locked the door because I was afraid someone would go through the wrong door. You know I'm in charge of purchasing for the factory. Some things are more important, so I still have to be a little cautious to avoid misunderstandings. This is not directed at you two."

"Haha, I understand. Let's just find a place to sit."

"Let's go next door. There's no one in the new house now." As he said that, Wang Gensheng took a step forward and led the two into the main hall of He Yuzhu's house.

After entering the room, Brother Yu looked around and nodded. He was not disappointed.

The brand new bicycle with a red flower tied to the door, the new sewing machine and radio in the house all indicate the financial strength of the owner.

The fact that Wang Gensheng could enter and leave the house so freely without even saying hello to the owner of the house showed that he was half the owner of the house, or at least someone who had a say in the family.

"Brother Yu, you are a manager of a supply and marketing cooperative who is paid by the government. What do you want to do with me?"

"Brother Wang, you are too polite. Aren't you also a cadre of the steel plant? You are still so young. I am giving myself a lot of face if you call me brother."

The two of them were flattering each other about their business, which almost made Ergang fall asleep. He hated dealing with such people the most. It was not pleasant at all.

"Brother Yu, stop praising me. I'm so proud of myself. Let's talk business."

"Okay, let's get down to business. I came here this time to seek cooperation with you."

"? Seeking cooperation, I don't quite understand. Isn't your supply and marketing cooperative arranged by the state and planned economy? What can you cooperate with me on?"

Wang Gensheng really couldn't understand it. According to his previous impression, weren't the supply and marketing cooperatives full of big shots? They were all paid by the government, and they didn't have to worry about transactions. It was just a matter of whether you wanted to buy or not. The products in the cooperatives were not worried about selling, and they all got paid.

"Brother, blame me. I didn't explain it clearly. On paper, I am the purchasing manager of the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. This is just a job affiliation given to me by my elders in the family. It is for the convenience of purchasing."

After he said this, Wang Gensheng had an idea in his mind. He knew that the person in front of him should not be an ordinary person. Most people don't have the ability to be affiliated with the supply and marketing cooperative, let alone be a manager.

According to later generations, this Brother Yu was one of those young masters who grew up in a large courtyard.

"The first two resources are tight. There are many families in our compound, so we had to set up a joint purchasing office. The purpose is just to get more food and oil for the children of the compound. They work for the supply and marketing cooperatives and get a salary. They also do some work for their families and have more food to eat."

Sure enough, Wang Gensheng was not wrong at all. Due to the impact of natural disasters in the past two years, there was a shortage of food throughout the country. Even the supply and marketing cooperatives limited the sales. They gave eight taels of grain per catty, and later they could only give six or seven taels. It was really that the country was in a tight situation, but even so, there was still grain for sale at any time.

As for Yu Ge and his group, they are the first to get the news because they are close to the water. At least they will not be short of food. If they want to eat more, they have to find ways to increase their income. For example, they can find someone to entrust them with purchasing for their current business.

To put it bluntly, it means taking advantage of the relationships and connections of the supply and marketing cooperatives to create some convenient conditions for yourself, which is somewhere between speculation and non-speculation.

Why do they say that? Because everything from purchasing to selling is recorded in the supply and marketing cooperatives.

For example, his family has ten kilograms of meat coupons and ten yuan every month, but in order to ensure that everyone can eat meat, the supply and marketing cooperative can only provide his family with five kilograms according to the plan; as for the rest, he can buy it from his connections in the supply and marketing cooperative according to Yu Ge's idea, and then resell it to himself.

It seems like a redundant move, but he did make the payment. The extra five pounds of meat he bought was not part of the planned target, so even if the people above investigated, it would not be a mistake. This is the method used by the family members.

"Brother Yu, I'm just a nobody. I don't know what you can get from pulling me in. What do you have to pay for it?"

After all, the above is just what Wang Gensheng heard from others, so he still has to ask the person in front of him for clarification.

"It's hard to say anything else. Gasoline and diesel are hard to come by these days, and some people don't even have gas coupons. We can help you solve it, whether you want to buy or sell. I heard you have access to meat, fish, and watermelon, and you have quite a bit of it..."

People like Wang Gensheng who have access to scarce materials are considered capable people in the eyes of these family members in this era.

Such people are also called patchworkers in later generations, and they are the ones who can do the patchwork job through the platform of their unit.

For people like Yu Ge, it was not until after 2000 that the country enacted legislation to explicitly prohibit the children of officials from doing business. But in the s and s, they were all people with vision and brains.

Perhaps seeing that Wang Gensheng was still hesitant, Brother Yu said:

"Don't worry, if you follow Brother Yu to do this business in the future, no matter whether you are providing materials or purchasing, Brother Yu will not sit idly by and will basically handle it for you. How about it? Give me a straightforward answer."