Liu Kunlun glanced around, there were two inside and outside the investment department, the director occupied the inner room alone, there were six desks outside, one of which had been vacant for a long time, and the dust was accumulated, the desks in the big market were all old desks from the eighties, the very poor pine tables were painted with yellow paint and brushed with the number of "material fixed assets", and the green felt was pressed under the glass table, and a contact sheet was attached to the felt, and the office phone number and mobile phone number of the management of the big market were printed on it.

Liu Kunlun grabbed the phone and dialed it, he called the mobile phone number of Director Zhao of the Investment Promotion Department, and no one answered it after ringing for a long time, so he changed his mobile phone to call, but this time he answered it quickly, and the sound of rubbing mahjong came from the earphones, and a loud voice shouted: "Which one?"

"I'm Xiao Liu from the East Gate, Director Zhao ......" Liu Kunlun didn't finish speaking, and he interrupted him over there: "Xiao Liu, I have something to say when I come back, what about the meeting, that's it, hang up." ”

The phone hung up, Liu Kunlun remained silent, went out of the office, and said to the woman, Sister, you wait for me in the corridor for a while, and I will go to the boss to talk.

The woman said that if you don't forget it, it's troublesome.

Liu Kunlun said that it is not troublesome, I like to be more serious, and went straight upstairs, Mr. Deng and Secretary Wang and the big market office are on this floor, but there is no one in the room of the two big leaders, and there is a sparse mahjong sound in the conference room, Liu Kunlun walked to the door of the conference room, and it happened that a person came out of it, holding a hot water bottle, and politely stopped him: "The leader has a meeting, who are you looking for?"

"I'm Dongmen Liu Kunlun, and I have something to do with Mr. Deng. Liu Kunlun looked at the person in front of him, about the same age as himself, in a white shirt and black pants, and behind the myopic glasses were shrewd and capable eyes.

"It's a colleague from the security department, Mr. Deng is in a meeting, you can come tomorrow if you have something." The man gently brought the door, but Liu Kunlun had already seen the mahjong game inside from the crack in the door, Secretary Deng Wang and Director Zhao Xiong Section Chief were playing mahjong, this is the so-called meeting, he didn't argue anything, turned around and left, he is now going to find the last person, if this person also disappoints himself, then the big market will be boring.

When Liu Kunlun found Vice President Lu, Lu Gang was taking Xu Qingliang to work in the west area of the big market, the two of them took a tape measure and a calculator to measure and didn't know what they were doing, Xu Qingliang moved an aluminum alloy folding ladder, but the height still couldn't reach the ceiling, Liu Kunlun stepped forward and took a tape measure and rubbed it a few times to climb up along the pillar, put the tape measure out, and measured the height of the greenhouse.

"Xiao Liu is good. Lu Gang praised, waited for Liu Kunlun to come down, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and helped him light it, looked at the timid woman with a child who followed behind, and asked, "Who is this eldest sister?"

"Yes...... A relative wants to rent a stall with us. Liu Kunlun was afraid that Lu Gang would not help, so he panicked, in fact, it was completely unnecessary, Lu Gang did not shirk the slightest, and said directly: "Since it is your relative, then I will give you a bottom, the stalls in our market are saturated, and all the people who can make money are rented out, the closer to the west, the more useless, the rent is not cheap, if you have no experience, you will definitely have to lose, and the business is not good." ”

"What should I do then?" Liu Kunlun felt that he couldn't get off the stage, but the woman was also interested, and said Forget it, big brother, I'll think about it again.

Lu Gang said: "There is a way, I am going to build this piece into a catering night market as a whole, and when the business starts, you can make money by doing anything, it depends on whether you can endure hardships." ”

"I can endure hardships, I can do anything, I can be a waiter, as long as I can earn money. The woman could see that Lu Gang was a big leader, and she made a guarantee with trepidation, for fear that she would not be able to find a job.

Lu Gang laughed and said: "Eldest sister, the opportunity is grasped by yourself, whether it is wholesale or catering, as long as you are willing to work hard, God will not disappoint you, it doesn't matter if you don't have capital, even if you carry a basket and sell hairy eggs, you can make a fortune." ”

This matter was settled, Lu Gang asked Liu Kunlun to send his relatives away first, and then came back to talk to him, Liu Kunlun sent the mother and son back to the east gate to get on the bus, and stuffed the umbrella to the mother, and then returned to the west area of the market, Lu Gang stood alone under the carport to smoke, the huge carport only parked a dozen bicycles, extremely empty, heavy rain knocked on the asbestos tile roof, rumbling loudly.

Liu Kunlun also stood under the canopy, just standing quietly, he knew that Lu Gang would not talk to his little pawn for no reason.

"Do you want to be a guard for the rest of your life?" Lu Gang crossed his waist with one hand, looked at the rain and fog, and said thoughtlessly.

"I'm only nineteen. Liu Kunlun replied to the question.

"When I was nineteen, I failed the college entrance examination and entered a textile factory to take over as an electrician. Lu Gang took out the cigarette case, and when he touched it, Liu Kunlun took out his own cigarette and lit one for Vice President Lu, and continued to listen to him remember the past.

"I don't want to be an electrician for the rest of my life, so I found a way to transfer into the supply and marketing department, follow the old master business, take a long-distance train, a few days and nights, sleep under the seat, sleep in the toilet, and suffer everything, after a few years, the textile factory closed down, those old colleagues can only be laid off to drink the northwest wind, me and Lao Xu can go here as the head, what do you say this is the truth?"

Liu Kunlun thought for a while and said, "Take precautions." ”

Lu Gang nodded: "People, you have to be prepared for danger at all times, take precautions, Jinqiao Market occupies a prime position, sits at the railway station and bus station, the flow of people is huge, and the business is booming, but who dares to say that in another ten or twenty years, it will continue to be popular?"

Liu Kunlun had no choice but to listen to Lu Gang.

"I don't know if you have noticed, the area around the railway station square is getting more and more congested, just the long-distance bus station every day in and out of thousands of buses, are Kesbauer this kind of bus, turning a corner is difficult, seriously affecting the traffic, so I deduce that the long-distance bus station will be relocated to the suburbs sooner or later, as for the railway station, it is too early to predict, but people abroad have begun to study maglev, The new railway line is not compatible with the old one, and there is no place in the urban area, and the new railway station must be built in the suburbs, so we will naturally decline here, so we must consider the transformation, of course, this is my inference, not necessarily accurate. ”

In a few words, Liu Kunlun has already thrown himself to the ground for the five bodies that Lu Gang admires, this is the person who really does great things, and the difference between President Deng and Secretary Wang and others.

Lu Gang said: "The management of the big market, eat people and don't do personnel, don't look at the business is so good, the money is into the pockets of individuals, the tax is not much, and the management fees paid to the big market are not as much as imagined, the better the shop, the more it is controlled by individuals, and the management fees and rents cannot be collected at all, so the wages of your grassroots employees are so low, Xiao Liu, do you think there is a future for doing this?"

"If you do that, you'll be scattered. Liu Kunlun said lightly.

"So I'm going to start another stove and get the West District that they don't look down on, there are only two people at present, me and Lao Xu, I will find a way to fund it, but there is a real shortage of people, are you willing to help me?" Lu Gang turned around and looked at Liu Kunlun with hot eyes.

It was still pouring rain outside, but Liu Kunlun's heart was warm, he was only nineteen years old, and it was the age when he was eager to make contributions, and Lu Gang's words ignited his heroic dream.

"Go to the soup and go to the fire, and don't hesitate. Liu Kunlun responded to Lu Gang calmly, but his heart was already magnificent.

"Okay, you can be an assistant with me first, but the relationship is still in the security department, I will greet Section Chief Xiong and seconded you to help." Lu Gang patted Liu Kunlun on the shoulder to show that his burden in the future would be very heavy.

When Liu Kunlun left, Xu Qingliang came back with an umbrella and asked, "It's done?"

"A tiger general. Lu Gang couldn't hide his excitement, "In the end, it's Su Rongmao's personal bodyguard, am I a bit high-matched?"

"Just right. Xu Qingliang slapped his ass without a trace, "You are more stable than Su Rongmao, and your future career will definitely be bigger and stronger than him." ”

"I hope so. Lu Gang was full of ambition, and the two brothers stood side by side under the shed to watch the rainstorm, and each other was fierce and fierce.

Liu Kunlun returned to the East Gate Sentry Pavilion and told Ma Houpao about it, and the old horse was drinking tea, and a mouthful of water squirted out: "Foolish! Don't mix blindly with Lu Gang, don't you know what happened to him?"

"What's the situation? Isn't he the vice president? Why is he fooling around?"

"Didn't I tell you, Lu Gang and Xu Qingliang are outsiders, and they are destined to be unsuccessful, what is the nature of our unit, it is a serious national unit, the three industries under the Material Bureau, a secretary and a boss of our unit, the following eight vice presidents, the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the secretary of the Youth League Committee, the chairman of the trade union, The chairman of the Women's Federation, more than a dozen middle-level cadres are all from the Material Bureau, only Lu Gang is an outsider, relying on the relationship of his father-in-law Director Cai to become the vice president, now the Material Bureau has been withdrawn, the big market is independent, his father-in-law is not up to the task, who still buys his account, now the eight vice presidents are each in charge of a piece, you ask Lu Gang what is in charge? He was originally the executive deputy of the bureau, but now he is nothing, and he is completely hollowed out, so he is thinking about what kind of catering he will do in the West District, no drama, let me tell you, no one wants people, no money, no power, what a fart. ”

After the hindsight, his mouth was dry, he picked up a big teacup and drank two sips, and continued to teach the younger generation, "There is no future with him, is it not good to honestly guard one acre and three points, come if you want, leave if you want, the salary is not much or less, sitting in the sentry box, the wind does not hit the head and the rain does not hit the face, is there a more beautiful errand than this?"

Liu Kunlun listened silently, and suddenly said: "I'm also an outsider, so I don't believe that outsiders can't do things." ”

"The dog bites Lu Dongbin, calculate, whatever you want, toss it. The hindsight waved his hand and blasted Liu Kunlun out of the sentry box like a fly.

On the first day of taking office, Lu Gang handed over a Santana car key with a huge metal Volkswagen logo to Liu Kunlun, saying that the car could be used casually in the future.

"Is it customary to drive a manual transmission?" Lu Gang said, "I have poor conditions here, and I can't compare to the good cars you used to drive, and when our career takes off, we will also change to an Audi." ”