The man showed off his cleverness and felt a sense of accomplishment. He threw down the chicken rack that was gnawed like a dog, rubbed his oily and twisted hand on the old newspaper on the table, then took out a box of cigarettes and gestured to Tang Zifeng.

Tang Zifeng waved his hand, indicating that he did not smoke. The man was not reluctant, he took out a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, took a beautiful puff, and sprayed the smoke far away. Tang Zifeng peeked at the young woman with pink makeup on the lower bunk next to her, and found that her face could be seen dark green through the powder.

The man doesn't care about other people's dissatisfaction, smoking is a natural thing in this era, and no one has the right to interfere. He took two puffs of cigarette, and then asked: "Brother, which department have you arranged for you to be in when you come to Linyi?" Let me tell you, this department is not the same as the department, don't look at the wages of the workers in the whole factory only three times a year, some good departments, people can still eat and drink spicy food. ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Tang Zifeng became interested, "Brother, tell me, which departments can eat and drink spicy food, I'll find someone to see if they can arrange me over." ”

"Haha, it depends on whether your relationship is hard or not. The man smiled, he stretched out a finger, and said: "First, the best department is, of course, the purchasing department, the equipment, raw materials, accessories, packaging materials, building materials, etc., of the whole factory, they are responsible for procurement." A little kickback leaked from people's fingers is enough for the entire department to celebrate the New Year every day. The minister of the purchasing department, Lao Fan, built a villa in his hometown in the countryside last year, and bought a 120-square-meter commercial house in the best area of Linhe City.

"I've heard about this person, hasn't he been arrested?" Mr. Tang said. He has also done less homework these days, knowing that this time more than a dozen factory leaders and middle-level cadres have been arrested for corruption, and the old fan that the man said is one of them, and the amount involved is quite amazing.

"Catch is catch. The man was a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly said: "He was arrested, but who in the procurement department has not eaten kickbacks, and can still arrest everyone?" After Lao Fan entered, the welfare of the procurement department was not as good as in the past, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and it was still much stronger than other departments. ”

"Mmmm, this is a department, is there anything else?" Tang Zifeng asked.

"The second is the infrastructure department, you know. The man gave Tang Zifeng a meaningful look.

Tang Zifeng nodded, even in later generations, infrastructure is also a hard-hit area of corruption, and Linyi is naturally not exempt from vulgarity. He also knew that the director of the infrastructure department of Linyi Machine was also dismissed this time, and the amount involved was enough for him to sit in prison.

"Thirdly, it has to be regarded as the sales department. However, the situation in the sales department is a little different, basically it is to support the bold and starve the faint-hearted. The man said.

Tang Zifeng said: "How did I hear that the sales of Linyi Machine in the past two years have been very bad." With such a bad sales situation, the sales department can also get oil and water?"

The man sneered: "The sales situation is bad, that's the whole factory's business." For the sales department, it's not bad, they all have a way to make money. Let me tell you, the first machine has fallen to the point where it is today, and the responsibility of the people in the sales department is not small. I'll tell you the simplest, for example, if you're a salesman, and you hear that a factory wants five horizontal lathes, what would you do?"

"Of course, it's to sign the order and come back to the factory to produce it. Tang Zifeng said.

The man smiled and said, "You're inexperienced, aren't you?" I'm telling you, you should take two of them back to the factory and give the other three to the private boss for production. You don't know, there are dozens of private machine tool factories in Linhe City, and if you introduce your business to these private bosses, they don't say a word, and directly give you 5% as a rebate. 5% is 300, and three is 1,000 yuan, which is worth more than half a year's salary. ”

"Can this still be done?" Tang Zifeng was a little stunned, he had seen a little of the world in his previous life, and things like this were unbearable for all units, so how could it become the norm in Linyi. He thought for a moment and asked, "In that case, why don't I give all five machines to a private owner?

The man said: "This is your brother, you are inexperienced." You give all five machine tools to the private boss, and there is no one in the factory, how do you reimburse the travel expenses? How to report the travel allowance? The two machine tools can get a rebate of 600 yuan, and you can report the travel expenses in the factory, and you can also find some invoices, saying that it is the money for the gift to the customer, and it is very easy to quote a thousand 800 yuan. ”

"I see. Tang Zifeng nodded. This situation is very important to him and Zhou Heng, if the sales department is full of such white-eyed wolves, it is strange that the company's business can be done. It seems that after arriving at the factory, the first thing is to rectify the sales department. But how?

Tang Zifeng thought for a few seconds, and there were a few vague thoughts in his mind, and there was no need to think deeply about it for a while. He asked the man: "Just now you mentioned the purchasing department, the infrastructure department and the sales department, what other departments are better?"

"For the rest, everyone is pretty much the same. The man said, "As long as you don't go to the workshop, the basic salary in the agency can still be guaranteed." Each department has a small treasury, and it can send some benefits every once in a while, but it is not as good as in the past. ”

"What's the situation in the workshop?" Tang Zifeng asked following the man's words.

"There is no way to live!" the man said categorically, "In the workshop, that is, the workshop director and the workshop accountant, they can report and count their own votes and make up for the wages owed." Ordinary workers have nothing, they are paid three times a year, and they can't survive at all. ”

"What if you can't survive?" Tang Zifeng asked.

"Go out and find food by yourself!" said the man, "Didn't I just say that there are dozens of private machine tool factories in Linhe, and half of the workers in them are from Linyi, and some even bring the tools and materials in the factory to work." Leaders also know that such things are all blind and closed. You can't let others not even drink the soup if you eat meat yourself, right?"

"So, brother, which department are you?" asked Tang Zifeng with a smile.

The man also smiled and said: "I am from the technical department, my department is the most useless, one has no power, and the other has no money, so I responded to the saying of the ancients, called useless is a scholar." My name is Han Weichang, I am the deputy chief of the technology department of the technology department, after you arrive in the factory, if you have any trouble, you can go to the technology department to find me. Anyway, I still have an old face, and it's okay to help you solve some small problems. By the way, brother, what do you call it?"

"My name is Tang Zifeng, and I graduated from Renmin University. ”

"Renmin University, amazing, amazing!" Han Weichang cocked a thumbs up, praised it, and then pointed to Zhou Heng's bunk with his finger, and asked in a low voice, "The one above, is it your father?"

"No, no!" Tang Zifeng denied it repeatedly, and he couldn't help but admire Han Weichang's imagination in his heart. Tang Zifeng and Zhou Heng are together, and Han Weichang has already seen it just now. Tang Zifeng said that he went to Linyi to work, Han Weichang felt that Zhou Heng's age could not also go to Linyi to work, so there was only one explanation, that is, Zhou Heng was Tang Zifeng's elder, and this trip was to accompany the child to report.

Of course, Tang Zifeng is inconvenient to say that Zhou Heng is the soon-to-be-appointed factory director of Linyiji, and it is estimated that Han Weichang will be so frightened that he won't dare to say anything. He found that Han Weichang was a very talkative person, and he knew the situation of Linyi very well, and was about to take out a little more from his mouth. So, he replied lightly: "He is one of my elders...... , by the way, Section Chief Han, are you coming back from a business trip to the capital?"

Han Weichang shook his head: "What else is wrong now." To tell you the truth, Brother Tang, I also went to do private work. ”

"Doing private work?"

"yes. Han Weichang said confidently, "The factory can't pay any benefits, just rely on a few dead wages, how can we live? I still have some friends outside, and they can introduce me to some things to do." Two days ago, I just went to Huangyang Province to repair a machine tool for a company there. ”

"Oh, it must have been quite fruitful, right?" asked Tang Zifeng.

"No, no!" Han Weichang flatly denied it, but the smile on his face revealed the truth.

"Really not?" Tang Zifeng asked with a smile.

"That is, to make money for a few packs of cigarettes. Han Weichang said modestly, and then changed his indignant face and said: "How much prices have risen now, can this money still be called money? I have two children at home, one is 16 years old and the other is 14 years old, and they are both when they can eat." I don't go out to do some private work to make some money, how can I feed them. ”

The next topic turned to things like prices. Around 1994 was the fastest rise in prices since the reform, and if a few people got together, two out of three sentences would be about complaining about prices.

Zhou Heng lay on the bunk for an hour before coming down, sitting on Han Weichang's bunk, and joining in the chat. Actually, he didn't fall asleep on it just now, and he heard the conversation between Tang Zifeng and Han Weichang. At this time, he followed the statement made up by Tang Zifeng, claiming that he was Tang Zifeng's uncle, and that he was sending his nephew to work on this trip, and he also pretended to ask Han Weichang to take care of Tang Zifeng.

Han Weichang agreed repeatedly, and slapped his chest loudly. Zhou Heng intended to bring the conversation back to the situation of Linyiji, Han Weichang saw that Zhou Heng was older, and felt that he and Zhou Heng should have more common language, but he also knew everything, and exposed a lot of black material in the factory, which made Zhou Heng depressed.

The train arrived at Linhe Station early the next morning. A few people packed their luggage and prepared to get off the bus, Han Weichang said enthusiastically: "Xiao Tang, Lao Zhou, don't rush to take the bus first, I'll look for it at the station to see if there is a bus to go back to the factory, let's take a ride back together." Hey, you see, that is the deputy director of our factory's factory office, named Zhang Jianyang, he must have come here to pick up some kind of leader. However, we can't ride his car...... , well, he seems to have gotten on the train, could it be that the leader he is going to pick up is also in our carriage?"

Sure enough, a middle-aged man with a small stature and an extremely capable look with two sturdy young men, against the passengers who got off the bus, squeezed in through the door and walked in their direction. The passengers who got off the train glared at them angrily, but the middle-aged man who took the lead didn't care, just tiptoeing into the depths of the carriage as he walked.

When his gaze swept to Zhou Heng, his face was instantly overflowing with a smile. He quickened his pace and squeezed over to this side, and at the same time raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Director Zhou, you stand still, wait for me to come and pick you up!"

"Director Zhou?" Han Weichang followed Zhang Jianyang's gaze, turned his head to Zhou Heng, and opened his mouth widely:

"Old Zhou...... , ah no, no, no, Director Zhou, you are the new director sent by the ministry?"