Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Yan Jiecheng's negative attitude did not affect Chen Changan's work.

Days passed like this. As the weather got colder and the reputation of honeycomb briquettes spread, the factory's sales volume increased.

Chen Changan came to the Street Office today to find Director Wang. The salary will be paid soon. It was agreed that the salary issue of the factory was to be handled by the Street Office. Chen Changan came here today to discuss with Director Wang where the salary would come from.

"What? We have to solve the problem of our own wages? This is not what you said when you asked me to be the factory director." Chen Changan shouted excitedly.

Looking at Chen Changan who was excited, Director Wang said calmly, "What's the point of you being so excited? At the beginning, it was said that the wages of your factory would be paid by the street. But the money of the street was also allocated by the district, and each amount has its use and destination.

The district has not allocated this money, so how can I pay you wages?"

Seeing that Chen Changan was about to say something, Director Wang continued, "This street office still has a sum of working capital handed in by the street office factory, but it can't be used carelessly, right? Now your factory also has income, considering the short time, there are still many orders in the plan. The factory buildings are also old and damaged. So for the time being, I don't think about asking you to hand in your income.

But don't tell me your factory can't afford the wages of dozens of temporary workers, right?"

Seeing Director Wang smiling, as if he had Chen Changan in his hands, Chen Changan was furious. How could there be such an elder?

Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Auntie Wang, could it be that you hijacked the funds allocated by the district to our factory?"

Seeing that his little trick was about to be discovered by Chen Changan, Director Wang also wanted to save face in front of the younger generation, so he said, "Changan, the district did allocate funds, but it's not much, only the wages of twenty temporary workers."

Seeing Chen Changan's obviously unconvinced look, Director Wang continued, "In fact, it's a good thing to keep this money in the Street Office."

Chen Changan couldn't help it and said, "Auntie Wang, please don't fool me. I didn't get paid last month. They said I didn't work for a few days the month before last, so I didn't get paid. You can't not pay me this month, right?"

Director Wang was helpless and said earnestly, "Changan, the leaders asked you to be the factory director in the first place because they wanted to see your ability. Your factory still has a lot of money in its account. If you are responsible for paying the wages yourself and not using the government's money, won't the leaders trust you more? Isn't this a chance to show your ability? Without the help of the government, you can be self-reliant and have enough food and clothing."

Chen Changan hesitated for a moment. He came to the subdistrict office to see Director Wang today, not necessarily to get the money. The factory did have money in its account, and it was quite a bit, more than enough to pay a salary.

But paying the salary silently and crying poor to the superiors and then going back to pay the salary are two different things.

After all, the crying child gets the milk. I have to ask for some benefits in return.

So Chen Changan rolled his eyes and said, "Auntie Wang, I won't argue with you about the salary, but you still have to assign some people to me. I'm really short of people, especially those with some skills. The people you assigned to me either don't know how to do anything and can only do simple things as porters, or they are illiterate and can't do anything more complicated no matter how hard you teach them. This is giving me a headache."

Director Wang said helplessly after hearing this, "I don't have any here. Who with a little education is willing to move coal? You don't have any technical work anywhere. I'll arrange a few more pond workers for you, and bring a few more clever ones."

After thinking for a while, he continued, "Also, I'll think of a way for you. The street office used to have a machine repair factory, but it's about to close down. When I go to the district meeting, I'll ask the leaders. If it doesn't work, I'll transfer the money to you. It's like merging your two factories. Then you can just assign them to the workshop in your factory."

Chen Changan was quite happy to hear Director Wang say this. The people in the repair shop must know how to make machines, right? I will arrange for them to produce some things, and then purchase some to see if they can make the honeycomb briquettes machine.

But he still looked aggrieved as he said, "Auntie Wang, I'm just a junk collector, why do people send junk to me?"

Director Wang saw that Chen Changan was difficult to deal with, so he said decisively with a stern face, "What do you want? I want to send a technical secondary school graduate and a university graduate to your factory? I dare to give it to you, but do you dare to take it? Even if you dare to take it, people will not be willing to go to you. A honeycomb coal processing factory just needs people to work there."

Chen Changan also knew when to stop, and immediately put on a smile and said, "Auntie Wang, if there are any junior high school graduates or repair shops in the future, just throw them to me."

Director Wang looked like he saw through Chen Changan and asked with a smile, "Didn't you say you weren't a rag collector?"

Chen Changan said in a flattering manner, "Take it, take it, take it. I collect scraps. I'm not picky. I'll take whatever I can get."

After Chen Changan and Director Wang had agreed on the terms, he almost smiled brightly as soon as he left Director Wang's office.

Not bad, not bad. The most important thing is that the workers in the repair shop should be able to operate the machine. It will not be a problem to make a simple machine then.

Finally, Chen Changan said, "As far as I know, when the steel mill pays regular workers, they will also issue industrial coupons. One industrial coupon will be issued for every ten yuan of salary. However, those are regular workers. I wonder what we temporary workers will say?"

Director Wang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's just give each person one for the time being."

He casually handed Chen Changan a stack of industrial documents. Chen Changan didn't think much about it, he took it, said goodbye to Director Wang and left.

Director Wang was also very happy when he saw Chen Changan leaving. The district actually allocated quite a lot of funds to the processing plant, and there was also a considerable amount of industrial coupons. At the beginning, Director Wang and the district agreed that the district would be responsible for three months of wages, and the street office would be responsible for two months. If there was no effect after half a year, Chen Changan would go back to the steel mill and do whatever he had to do.

This trick not only saved me two months' salary, but also netted me three months' salary. I was so happy. With this activity, I suddenly had several thousand extra yuan.

After all, this small processing plant required Chen Changan to employ fifty or sixty temporary workers. If he could persuade Chen Changan to let him pay his own wages, he could divert the district's funding to other places.

Isn't it just about needing people? Others don't have them. There are a lot of unemployed people. This business is very profitable. Well, the cheap industrial coupons will not be used for his volume. Next time he comes, I will give him the industrial coupons.

If Chen Changan knew Director Wang's thoughts, he would definitely call him an old fox. Chen Changan thought that the district would allocate funds, but he didn't expect that the funds would be allocated according to the actual number of people.

After all, we had agreed to give 20 people a quota, which meant more than 20 people would have to pay their salaries. I had to figure out the rest myself.

It would be a good deal to use the salary of these 20 people to exchange for some talents. Unexpectedly, his cleverness backfired and Chen Changan lost a lot of money.

However, Chen Changan also has his own plans. Who can tell whether he will make a profit or a loss in the end?