I am doing well in the Siheyuan

He was the only one in the hospital who dared to call himself that, and Liu Haizhong was quite pleased with it.

Xu Damao came forward with a smile on his face.

"Well, I'm asking you to do something..."

"What is it?"

Liu Haizhong asked knowingly. Although Xu Damao cursed secretly in his heart, he still endured his temper, bent down and whispered: "Look at what you said, what else can it be, it's just work. Is there any news from Deputy Director Li?"

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal. I've already mentioned it to you, but Deputy Director Li hasn't confirmed it yet, so I don't know the details."

Liu Haizhong's words are meaningful.

This is the art of leadership.

Don't be too blunt when speaking. People of different status naturally have to speak at different levels.

Leaders at a higher level can often convey a lot of information with just a glance.

Liu Haizhong knew that he was still far from reaching that level.

However, the message of this sentence is clear enough. Xu Damao is a smart man and should be able to understand the meaning of it.

"You still haven't confirmed it?"

Others' stomachs are filled with ink, but Liu Haizhong's stomach seems to be filled with slop.

If you want to give a gift, just give it happily. Why bother pretending to be nice?

Although Xu Damao was unhappy, he did not show it at all.

"What gift do you need, Deputy Director Li? Just tell me and I'll prepare it as soon as possible."

It's that simple to talk to someone who understands.

His face was deliberately tense with bangs.

"Xu Damao, you've caused a lot of trouble. You were expelled from the factory as a result of a collective decision made by the factory. You should remember the rules and regulations of the steel mill. It will be very difficult to come back. Deputy Director Li is under a lot of pressure because of this."

"I know all this. If it were that easy, we wouldn't have bothered Deputy Director Li and Director Liu."

"I'm glad you understand. Don't worry, Deputy Director Li is not an ungrateful person.

As for the gifts…"

Liu Haizhong glanced at Xu Damao and saw that he had no objection, so he continued: "Two catties of pork, twenty catties of cornmeal, three catties of prawns, twenty eggs, five feet of cloth, a bottle of Wuliangye, two packs of Daqianmen cigarettes..."

This list was entrusted to us by Deputy Director Li last time, but it has not been completed yet.

Liu Haizhong has been able to recite it backwards for a month, and he just happened to take this opportunity to make up for this debt from Xu Damao.

"So much?" Xu Damao counted on his fingers again and again. In order to help him smooth over the relations, the family savings were almost exhausted.

The key to the problem is not the money, but the coupons! Without coupons, you can only buy meat on the black market. A pound of meat coupons is worth three yuan, and there is no market for it.

Just to collect all these tickets would cost forty or fifty dollars.

This is not just cutting his flesh, it's like wanting to swallow him whole in one bite.

Xu Damao's smile disappeared immediately, and he said with a sad face: "Director Liu, you also know my current situation. These things add up to at least more than 100 yuan. Can you be flexible and owe them first? When I get my salary back to the factory, I will definitely send the gifts as soon as possible."

By the time he saved enough money to buy the gift, the opportunity was gone.

Liu Haizhong's face also darkened, "Xu Damao, I have created an opportunity for you. Whether you can seize it depends entirely on you.

I don't mean to embarrass you, but Deputy Director Li has his own difficulties. These things don't all belong to him alone. There are so many leaders in the factory, and we can't let him manage them empty-handed."

This was indeed reasonable, and Xu Damao did not think much about it, but the huge amount of money was indeed a thorny problem.

"Having said that, you should consider it on your own and hurry up. After a while, I'm afraid the price will be more than this." After saying that, Liu Haizhong turned and went into the house.

Xu Damao had originally thought of borrowing money from him for cash flow, but now it seems he has no choice but to find a way out on his own.

Where can he raise more than one hundred yuan in a short period of time?

"If there is really no other choice, we can only consider the Beixinqiao scrap collection station." This scrap collection station is large in scale, with more than 20 small collection stations under its jurisdiction. The scrap that comes in and out every day is worth a lot of money.

However, it is not easy to make money from a scrap collection station.

Xu Damao had only been on the job for two days when he already felt how complicated the work at the station was, which was even harder than being in jail.

All kinds of waste must be strictly classified. For example, waste paper must be subdivided into newspapers, magazines, books, yellow cardboard, mixed paper, etc.; duck feathers and chicken feathers must also be distinguished into fluff and ordinary paper. Each has a different price and must be carefully sorted; even girls' braids must be patiently combed and priced according to color and length.

Scrap copper and iron are even considered treasures.

Beixinqiao scrap collection station purchases a large amount of waste scraps from steel mills every day.

Due to national policy reasons, steel has always been the main bottleneck restricting the development of national productivity.

In the past, the raw materials needed for steel mills had to be transported by train from large industrial areas in the north. Not only was the journey long and costly, but those industrial areas also had production tasks of their own and the supply of raw materials was limited, which directly affected the output of the steel mills.

Although the situation has improved in the past two years, steel is still one of the most scarce materials in the country.

Every year, 20 percent of the raw materials for the steel mills in Beijing come from the city’s waste recycling stations.

Copper is produced in lower quantities and is therefore more expensive.

The price given by the Beixinqiao scrap collection station is 2.2 yuan per pound of red copper and 1.5 yuan per pound of brass.

For an ordinary family, selling one pound of scrap copper can exchange for ten pounds of rice and flour or three or four pounds of mutton.

Although Xu Damao had just joined the purchasing station and had not yet figured out many of the ins and outs, he had already learned that the station had extremely strict management of recycled materials, especially for scrap copper and iron. Every pound was counted by a dedicated person, and the accounts were clear and concise.

Children often secretly remove copper parts from old furniture at home and sell them to scrap yards.

It was for this reason that Xu Damao did not dare to touch the locks in the warehouse today.

If we start from the purchase channel, it is relatively simple and easy.

But it is not an easy task. If you are not careful, you might get caught in it.

Xu Damao thought about how to raise the money, and then turned around and went home.

Ye Ming had a panoramic view of everything that happened in the next yard.

Qin Huairu's acting skills have reached the pinnacle.

With just a few words, he cleared himself of the injustice.

Not everyone is heartless. That kind of touching eyes can indeed easily arouse people's sympathy and pity.

Ye Ming now had some understanding of Sha Zhu.

It's not entirely his own fault that he was constantly exploited by such a woman.

If he didn't have an omniscient perspective, Ye Ming would probably have been cleverly fooled by Qin Huairu.

As for Qin Jingru,

She gave up her peaceful life and took such a direct and hostile approach to provoke Widow Qin. Her behavior was extremely stupid.