Zhao Hu was choked by the doorman, "I can't distinguish between left and right", and suddenly looked depressed, as a regular employee of a state-owned enterprise, Zhao Hu can be regarded as a bit of status, where has he ever been despised like this.

However, Zhao Hu also knows that this is someone else's territory, and the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, not to mention that people are the head dragon.

Li Weidong didn't care, in his previous life, when he went to RB as a trainee, he was not less discriminated against and bullied by RB people, and many of the trainees who went to RB with Li Weidong were even corporal punishment, and Li Weidong didn't take a few words of cynicism from the doorman to heart.

The two followed the doorman's instructions and walked directly into the door.

"A dog fights people's power! A person who watches the door, what's the big deal! If you don't give cigarettes, you don't care about people! What kind of work attitude!" Zhao Hu said scoldingly.

Li Weidong smiled: "Don't talk about others, others ask us to repair the car, aren't they also respectfully handing out cigarettes?"

"You can still laugh?" Zhao Hu snorted coldly, and then said: "By the way, where is the gatekeeper going to direct us?"

"If you don't go and see it, it's the front, the first room on the first floor. Li Weidong pointed to the building on the left.

It was a three-storey building that looked very new, probably built in the last two years.

"Our company is also going to build a new office building, I heard that it is also a three-story building, and it will definitely not be worse than this after it is built!" Zhao Hu said with some unconvinced.

Li Weidong didn't talk, but walked in directly, turned into the corridor on the left, and saw a row of people standing in the corridor. On the door of the first room, there is a sign that reads "Sales Office".

Zhao Hu also looked at the brand, and he whispered to Li Weidong: "We are here to return the goods, why did you direct us to the sales office?"

"That doorman thinks we're here to buy goods!" Li Weidong said, gesturing to the people in the corridor with his eyes, and then said, "Do you see these people, they are all here to buy goods." ”

"But we're in the process of returning it!" Zhao Hu said a little more seriously.

Li Weidong glared at Zhao Hu: "Otherwise, you go out and ask the person who watched the gate, where is the return office?"

"I'm not going, Hades is better, the little ghost is difficult, I don't want to provoke that little ghost again. Zhao Hu paused, and then said: "Besides, how can there be a special return office!"

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man in his thirties approached.

"The two comrades are also here to buy goods?" the middle-aged man asked.

"Yes, we are the transportation company of Qingshui area. Li Weidong said.

"Do you have any souvenirs in Qingshui?" the middle-aged man asked again.

"Native products?" Li Weidong was slightly stunned, and then said: "We really don't have any local products there, if you have to look for them, the chestnuts we grow in the mountains are quite good." ”

"It's just a chestnut! people may not be able to look at it!......" The middle-aged man sighed, then shook his head.

Li Weidong felt that the middle-aged man had something to say, so he took out a cigarette, handed it to the middle-aged man, and then took out a match and lit it for the middle-aged man, and then asked: "This old brother, we are here for the first time, you tell me about the doorway here!"

The so-called cannibalistic mouth is short, and the man took Li Weidong's cigarette, so he couldn't hide it anymore, so he opened his mouth and said: "Little brother, since you asked, I will tell you the truth, if you want to get goods from the Red Star Factory, it's not enough to have money, you have to bring some local souvenirs, and you have to be eye-catching." ”

"According to that, if you come to buy their things, you have to give them gifts!" Li Weidong asked curiously.

For example, our Huaixian Agricultural Tractor Factory, every time you come to get the goods, you are not allowed to take two truckloads of our special oranges!"

The middleman took a puff of cigarette and continued: "Our tangerines are juicy and sweet, so the Red Star Factory can be eye-catching, if it is a chestnut, it is not a rare thing, and it is estimated that the Red Star Factory will not look down on it." ”

"I see, thank you brother for reminding me. Li Weidong said, glancing at Zhao Hu beside him, and both parties felt that this return trip might not be so smooth.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the primary task of large state-owned enterprises such as the Hongxing Factory was to meet the production requirements of the planned economy. All the planned products must be handed over to the state, and when the planned production tasks are completed, the reproduced products can be sold on the market.

Rubber products are inherently sdemanding, and they may not be able to be bought with money, so the products of the Red Star Rubber Factory are also in short supply, and if you want to buy products from the Red Star Factory, gifts are a must. If the gift is not in line with the Red Star Factory, people may not sell the goods to you.

This is a phenomenon peculiar to the transition from a planned economy to a market economy. The planned economy guarantees the survival of enterprises and allows them to ensure their income in times of drought and flood, so that enterprises can ignore the laws of the market economy and do not have to worry about competition. Selling unplanned products is just icing on the cake.

And when the planned economy is completely abolished, these enterprises, which are accustomed to ensuring income in droughts and floods and do not know how to compete under the market economy, will often end up in a dead end.

......

Li Weidong and Zhao Hu waited for a full morning, and finally it was their turn to walk into the sales office.

A clerk in his twenties was sitting at his desk, he looked up at Li Weidong, and asked directly, "Which unit are you from?"

"We are a transportation company in the Qingshui area. Li Weidong said and handed over the letter of introduction.

Instead of reading the letter of introduction, the young man asked, "What do you want to buy, how much do you want to buy?"

"We're not here to buy something. Li Weidong paused, and then said, "We are here to return the goods." ”

"Return?" The clerk at the sales office raised his head abruptly and looked at Li Weidong with a confused expression.

The word "return" is indeed very unfamiliar to the clerk, who has been in the sales office for so long and has seen someone return for the first time.

The products of the Red Star Factory have always been in short supply, and it is already thankful that you can buy the goods from the Red Star Factory, how can anyone come to return them!

After a few seconds of trance, the clerk said, "We are here at the sales office, regardless of returns." ”

"Then do you have a department in charge of after-sales?" asked Li Weidong.

The clerk pondered for a long time before he understood what "after-sales" meant, and he shook his head: "When things are sold, they are sold, and I haven't heard of any after-sales." ”

"That's not it, it's not suitable to buy something, if you want to return it, you must buy it from someone, and you will come to someone to return it. The thing was bought from your sales office, and of course I have to look for you to return it!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

The clerk nodded a little blankly, he felt that although Li Weidong's words were reasonable, there seemed to be something wrong.

Looking at the clerk with a blank face, Li Weidong said: "You can't be the master of this matter, so it's better to ask your leaders to come over." ”

The clerk nodded, picked up the phone on the table, dialed the internal number, and recounted the situation, and after a while, the door opened, and a chubby middle-aged man walked in, this person was in his thirties, wearing a black-rimmed glasses, and had a bit of an intellectual taste.

"Someone wants to return it? Who wants to return it?" shouted the man in glasses as soon as he entered the door.

"This is the chief of our sales office. The clerk said.

"I'm Liu Xueqin, the head of the sales section, do you want to return the goods? Which unit are you from?"

Li Weidong handed the letter of introduction to Liu Xueqin, and at the same time said: "We are the Qingshui District Transportation Company. ”

Liu Xueqin took the letter of introduction, glanced at it, and asked arrogantly: "What do you want to return?

"Our company bought a batch of auto parts from you, mainly gaskets and rubber rings, and the quality of this batch of parts is not up to standard, so we can only return them. Li Weidong replied with a smile.

"The quality is not up to standard? Nonsense! Our Red Star Factory is a national second-class enterprise, how can the quality of our products be unqualified!" Liu Xueqin's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Weidong with a fierce face, and then said: "You kid, you don't have any hair on your mouth, are you here to make trouble!"

Li Weidong pointed to the letter of introduction and said, "Section Chief Liu, do you think the troublemakers will take the letter of introduction from the unit?"

Liu Xueqin was slightly stunned, the letter of introduction was equivalent to an official document in those years, and it was really impossible for someone who wanted to make trouble to come with a letter of introduction.

Li Weidong still had a smile on his face, and he continued: "We also know that the products of the Red Star Factory are in short supply, and if there is no real quality problem, we will not be able to return them." ”

"Hmph! You say there is a quality problem, is there a quality problem?" Liu Xueqin snorted coldly, and then said: "It is impossible for the products of our Red Star Factory to have quality problems. Don't slander our Red Star Factory!"

"Okay, as long as you help return the goods, give us the money, whether there is a quality problem, you Red Star Factory is up to you." Li Weidong said.

"That's not good, if I return the goods to you, wouldn't it mean that the products of our Red Star Factory really have quality problems!" Liu Xueqin shook his head.

"Section Chief Liu, can't you be accommodating? The goods will be returned to you, and you can sell them to others! Anyway, your products don't worry about buyers. Li Weidong said with a smile.

"If you say you can't retreat, you just can't retreat!" Liu Xueqin said categorically: "If you mess around again, I will let the security guard kick you out!"

"If you don't give back, you won't give back, why shout and kill us, we also work for the public, you don't need to embarrass us two young people!" Li Weidong still had a smile on his face.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting smiling people, Li Weidong is always smiling, and Liu Xueqin is not good at being rude to Li Weidong.

"Okay, I don't embarrass you, I'll just say one word here, it's impossible to return the goods, don't waste time here, let's go!" Liu Xueqin waved his hand, then ignored Li Weidong, turned around and left the sales office.

Looking at Liu Xueqin's departing back, Li Weidong didn't look depressed, he still had a smile on his face, but this time, his smile seemed meaningful.