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Chapter 346: Meat Crisis

Not only has the meat supply been halved, but the delivery date has also been postponed and is still nowhere in sight. Deputy Director Li is suffering in silence.

Because of this matter, he even forced Wang Gensheng to solve it. Wang Gensheng also expressed his helplessness. It was you, Deputy Director Li, who personally gave the order to send Chef He back to the workshop.

"I went to invite them in person, but when He Yuzhu heard that it was you, Deputy Director Li, who was to serve them, they simply refused to come over to serve you or cook for you. How about you, Deputy Director Li, go and invite them in person?"

Deputy Director Li certainly couldn't bring himself to do that.

No one in the cafeteria had the cooking skills that He Yuzhu had, and this matter could not be blamed on Wang Gensheng. Deputy Director Li could only swallow his anger.

This incident caused a round of laughter among the factory cadres at the time.

On the day of the accident, Deputy Director Zhao was in the canteen, watching the whole farce with a smile. He knew that Wang Gensheng's move was a good one.

Director Yang had had enough of Deputy Director Li's farce, so he raised his hand and knocked on the table and said.

"We will discuss the punishment for the negligence of some people in a meeting later. What we need to solve first now is the problem of improving the food for tens of thousands of workers in the steel mill. If this problem cannot be properly solved and the workers in the factory make trouble, none of us will have a good result."

"Everyone can speak freely and talk about how to solve it."

One deputy factory manager said angrily: "This matter was caused by Deputy Factory Manager Li, so let Deputy Factory Manager Li find a way to solve it himself."

Deputy Factory Director Liu immediately agreed: "Yes, Deputy Factory Director Li is our executive deputy factory director, and this matter is caused by the logistics department he is in charge of. Of course, the solution must be decided by Deputy Factory Director Li."

Deputy Director Li looked at the two people who spoke, gnashing his teeth and glaring angrily.

But what I was thinking in my heart was: If I had a way to solve it, I would have solved it long ago. Why would I wait until now for you to hold a criticism meeting?

As Deputy Director Li's mortal enemy, Deputy Director Zhao has the closest contact with Wang Gensheng and knows a lot of details.

He asked loudly, "Chief Yao of the Purchasing Department, how much meat did your Purchasing Department earn in the past few months? Please report it to us so that we can use it as a basis for planning."

When his name was called out in public, Chief Yao of Purchasing Department started sweating profusely on his forehead.

How dare he report this income to others?

Except for the first month, he used his personal connections to purchase pigs and sheep from fellow villagers, barely completing the first month's supply and barely gaining a foothold in the purchasing department.

But they are not products of a system like Wang Gensheng's. The pigs and sheep raised by those fellow villagers are a one-time deal. It will take at least one year to raise them to adulthood.

These days, it is good enough to sell cattle once a year. In many places, cattle can only be sold twice in three years.

From the second month, the reserves were emptied, so Dayao increased the meat purchasing tasks for his buyers, which made the buyers miserable.

Even so, even if his legs were stretched thin, he still couldn't complete the task of purchasing meat.

This is also normal. It is only the second month after the Chinese New Year. In families with extra money, everyone would eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Of course, the better ones would be made into the New Year’s Eve dinner.

How many people would sell their food when they had no surplus food at home? The buyers made even less money.

Just think about it, how many people have racked their brains to have a good meal and some oil and water at home during the New Year?

A brigade might not be able to kill a pig for the New Year, but no matter how tight the life was on normal days, they would try to get together a few chickens to kill during the New Year to satisfy everyone's cravings.

There is a strict rule in the countryside that each household cannot raise more than three chickens, otherwise they will be labeled as capitalist-roaders. The extra chickens will not only be confiscated, but the family will also be paraded through the streets and criticized.

Therefore, no one dared to take the risk of raising more, and each family only raised three.

You can eat one during the Chinese New Year, and you may use it for emergency purposes at other times. You can catch one and sell it for some money or things, and keep the other one for laying eggs.

Or if you encounter an emergency situation like a headache or fever, you can use it to buy medicine.

When a family is forced to take down old hens that lay eggs to sell, they must be really desperate and if they can help, they will of course help. That's why chicken thieves who steal old hens are caught and it is considered a serious crime.

The three chickens were all arranged clearly. If they encountered chicken plague again, there would be no need to worry about anything. There would be few chickens surviving in the village.

Only a handful of them can be sold to buyers.

With this data for comparison, it is not difficult to imagine why when Wang Gensheng was the deputy section chief, he was treated like a big boss by the entire purchasing department as long as he could guarantee two fat pigs or several hundred kilograms of fish every month.

It can really solve big problems.

Unfortunately, Dayao didn't have the ability to do so. Later, Deputy Director Li sent the previous purchasing manager, Brother Liu, to help with purchasing, but the problem was still not solved.

It has come to this point that the small warehouse in the steel rolling mill is running out of money and all the reserve that Wang Gensheng had gotten has been used up.

Those 60 kilograms of bacon were bought at a high price from the pigeon market in order to ensure that they could be used for entertaining guests in the small canteen.

Otherwise, the leaders’ hospitality at the steel mill would be useless.

"Three chickens, seven rabbits, no fish, and 12 pounds of pork..." Dayao reported a string of numbers timidly, blinding the eyes of several deputy factory directors.

Director Yang was so angry that he raised his shaking finger, pointed at Section Chief Dayao and asked, "Are you sure this is a month's purchase volume? Not a day's?"

“......” Dayao had nothing to say. After he came to power, he also looked at the accounts made by Wang Gensheng when he was in office. Indeed, the daily amount was about the same.

"Deputy Director Li, you must be aware of this situation, right?" Director Yang glared at Dayao, then turned his gaze to Deputy Director Li.

"Yes, yes, so I sent Deputy Director Liu over there to help with procurement, but it didn't work very well."

It's none of my business, so I just ignore it. All the deputy directors present, except Deputy Director Li, are watching and laughing at Deputy Director Li's joke.

As for the solution that Director Yang wanted, they just pretended they heard nothing and nothing happened. What's the point of purchasing such a large quantity?

The only good thing is that cabbage is sold at 1.2 centimeters per pound, so the supply is sufficient.

It is like this in the north. After winter comes, there is a large supply of radishes and cabbages, but they are not necessarily enough. In some bad years, there is also a shortage of supply.

There were no materials available, and Director Yang was helpless.

After the Chinese New Year, on his way to work, he found that many restaurants on the street had signs specially listed, except for the particularly eye-catching sentence, "This restaurant guarantees that it will not beat customers without reason."

Another one is "limited supply of meat"

I knew that there was a severe meat shortage in the old city, but I didn't expect that when the crisis hit the steel mill, it would be so serious.

Seeing that everyone present was silent, Director Yang also became angry.

"Deputy Director Li, this incident was caused by you. Since everyone wants you to come up with a solution, just speak out in front of everyone."