Counting from the day of the Lantern Festival, the third day. In the evening, before dinner. Lin Yujing's grandparents' house.

Not long after the family portrait was taken, the elders and men all went into the house to drink tea and chat, and Lin Yujing, who still did not go to the school to report, stayed in the courtyard with a group of women and children, and continued to take pictures in the bright afterglow of the sunset.

She has more than 40 rolls of film, as well as New Year's money, she is not panicked at all, and she has been in a good mood for the past two days.

The courtyard area of the Lin family is not small, there are flowers, old trees, grape trellises, compared with the grandparents' house is three smaller buildings, grandparents' houses are big houses with independent courtyards, after all, more than ten generations of Gyeongju locals.

My grandfather and grandmother were ordinary workers, and their hometown was in the city below, and it was because my grandfather was transferred to the Gyeongju General Factory because he had been a production pacesetter and technical expert for more than ten years.

Therefore, my aunt's job was originally implemented in a state-owned factory in my hometown, and I came to Gyeongju after being laid off this time.

The little uncle was born late, the high is not low, and in the end he didn't even catch the top post.

As for Lin's mother, the second daughter, she reads more than the eldest sister, but the work is actually implemented by Lin Yujing's grandfather to the Archives Bureau.

Lin Yujing's grandfather is called Lin Cunmin.

When Lin Cunmin was young, he was born with the "miserable" background of the landlord component, and was delayed for half his life, and finally he was able to retire in the municipal party committee office.

Before retiring, the old man had a nickname of jack-of-all-trades in the Gyeongju City Government, a role that could come to anything and make friends with anyone...... Regardless of high or low.

Several children of the old Lin family, including the work of Lin's mother-in-law, were arranged by him in this way.

Grandma is a rural woman, she is uneducated, she belongs to the kind of honest and gentle temperament, and she occasionally laughs at herself when she is old, and she always says that it is because she married her, these children of the second generation of the old Lin family, none of them can catch up with the brains of the old man Lin.

Fortunately, the old man himself is best at watching people place orders, and he has an excellent mentality, giving priority to reality in everything, and never blindly hoping that his son will become a dragon.

The eldest son Lin Jinde, that is, Lin Yujing's uncle, has had a bit of a strong mind to win since he was young, and his brain and ability are not bad, so his family gave him help and arranged for him to compete for the leadership post of real power in a small state-owned factory.

According to Lin Jinde's own thoughts at the time, he must have wanted to enter the big factory, but the old man clearly told him, with your catties and my connections, you can't get out of the big factory.

Now the facts also prove that the old man's idea is right, Uncle Lin is now 45 years old, and he is only half a step away from the deputy factory director.

The second son Lin Fuli, that is, Lin Yujing's father, is a very gentle scholar, a person who does not fight or rob. The old man arranged for him to work in the design office under the Construction Bureau, where he took a ruler and a pen, ate with his ability, and tried to avoid the complex environment of fighting for power and profit, and choosing to stand in line.

When Lin Fuli brought Lin's mother home for the first time, the old man looked at it a few times, chatted a few words, laughed several times, and said: "You two really got together, you were born to be all the way." ”

Mother Lin's work was finally implemented in the Archives Bureau, which was also his intention and arrangement.

"That's it for both of you, it's better than anything else to be safe and secure for the rest of your life. ”

The old man's words back then, now it seems, are still right.

Further down, the two daughters of the Lao Lin family, one works in a state-run department store and the other teaches in a primary school.

These two professions were the best to marry at that time, as long as the two daughters are not high-minded and do not climb to the big families, they can completely choose a suitable person, a good person.

Try that they all married well in the end, and their little lives were harmonious and full.

In the end, there was a younger son, named Lin Pingcai, who was also holding an iron job in a small government department, but he just resigned and went to the sea a few years ago, and asked Lin Cunmin for instructions when he made a decision, but the old man did not object.

"The family is so big, there must be someone to go down the river, otherwise the road will be easy to narrow and die. Don't worry, no, you still have so many brothers and sisters holding iron rice bowls, one person is even, and you can't starve your family. These were the old man's exact words at the time.

Over the past few decades, many arrangements and various considerations seemed to be just things that must be experienced in life at that time, and everyone was almost the same, and I didn't feel how much truth was in them......

Looking back now, people will find that Lin Cunmin, the old man, is not only living well, but he is also alive and well.

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There are four fathers and sons in the Lin family, and the old-fashioned round table sits in a small semicircle, with tea in front of them and three newspapers on the table.

Old man Lin usually has the habit of reading newspapers, but today's three newspapers are a little different. Lao Lin's family has a total of three sons, and two of them can be related to these three newspapers at this time.

The first is the eldest son Lin Jinde, who is still waiting for the packaging contract of Chaliao spicy strips to earn a future.

Before, there was an accident in the spicy strips of the tea liao, and as soon as the newspaper appeared, the impact was huge, and when outsiders saw it, they all felt that the tea liao was finally tossed out, and this thing was basically over.

Lin Jinde was almost as anxious as the people in the tea house, and even had a little sense of providence in his heart, and he was a little disheartened.

Now, Chaliao suddenly counterattacked, and three newspapers appeared at the same time in one day to clarify Chaliao's rehabilitation......

"Dad, in your opinion, if you keep doing this, can Chaliao be saved?" Lin Jinde said, pushing the newspaper in front of the old man.

"I've seen it, I've seen it. Old man Lin stretched out his hand to hold down the newspaper, took a sip of tea, turned his head to look at his second son Lin Fuli, and smiled meaningfully.

Yes, the second son of the old Lin family also has something to do with these three newspapers, this relationship is small, much smaller than the eldest son's matter, after all, there will be nothing to lose, but if you want to say big, it can actually be a big matter, because there is one thing, the uncle of the Lin family has already broken it at home, saying that the tea house that is in the limelight recently, there is a kid who can count when he speaks, and he may not be the grandson-in-law of the old man Lin in the future.

This time, I heard the second daughter-in-law talk about it, he rushed back to Gyeongju to deal with it, and today is the third day he came back.

Doing this in three days, Old Man Lin felt a little interesting.

Unlike Grandma Lin Yujing, Old Man Lin was not very interested in Jiang Che before, after all, his granddaughter has not graduated from college at this time, and society has been changing in recent years.

Therefore, although he glanced at his second son, he didn't break the words, he felt that it was not so appropriate to say that now.

"Dad, what the hell do you think?"

The second son was not in a hurry, he smiled and passed, but the eldest son couldn't bear it, and asked again, after all, this matter is related to his future and fate, and it is imminent.

Old man Lin nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll take a sip for you." ”

Sip, from the action point of view, there is a feeling of smacking the mouth, in terms of meaning, it can be said to be a sipping of the taste, of course, it may also be sipping out of the thorns...... Lin Cunmin likes to use this word.

"Let's take a sip of it. The eldest listens to the first floor, and the second listens to the first floor...... There is the third brother, since you are going to the sea to do business, you probably have to listen more thoroughly and carefully than your eldest brother and second brother.

The old man smiled, divided the three newspapers, picked up the first, and the second, and stacked them on top of each other.

"The two newspaper reports are pretty much the same, I've read it, and now I'm going to talk about the first thing. Old man Lin knocked on the table and said, "Take precautions...... That kid surnamed Jiang should have had such an incident two months ago. ”

"Two months ago?" Lin Jinde was surprised.

Because he wanted to do this business, he had deliberately gone to carefully understand the spicy noodles in Chaliao before, so he couldn't help but be confused: "Two months ago, they seemed to have just come up with this thing." ”

"That's what I meant. The old man nodded, took off the pen on his chest, and crossed out a text for his three sons:

[Each spicy strip of Chaliao, in fact, has a "C" character printed in gravure at the end, which is not obvious, but if you observe carefully, you must be able to find it. And there are no fake and shoddy spicy strips. As for the spicy noodles that caused the children's hospitalization, as well as the small shops selling those spicy noodles, we have cooperated with the relevant staff to verify and confirm that they are counterfeit and shoddy products. 】

[Comparison chart attached]

This is not difficult from the process, and Lin Jinde immediately gave birth to a puzzle, "This ...... Dad, are you saying that he kept this, just waiting for this day to prove his innocence?"

"Isn't it? This thing is too simple, and if you say it in advance, it will be wasted. Old man Lin said.

The youngest son, Lin Pingcai, asked from the side: "Since the process is simple, it is now public, and it will not be abolished in the future?"

"That's right, so he didn't think about it at all, and he would rely on this in the future. Old man Lin said with a smile, looked for paragraphs in the newspaper, and at the end of the search, he drew two more paragraphs with a pen.

First paragraph:

[If you buy counterfeit spicy noodles in the future, don't throw them away, congratulations, the staff of the Charyo office in Gyeongju will be happy to accompany you to defend your rights and claim for responsibility, and investigate the responsibility of the shops and shops that sell counterfeit spicy noodles, in addition to price compensation, medical expenses compensation, and moral loss compensation, the compensation obtained by the enterprise will also belong to you. 】

"This is a prize to fight counterfeiting, and it doesn't cost your own money. Lin Pingcai reacted and said, "But why is the responsibility of the small shop being pursued?"

At this point, it is the younger son who is about to do business who is most interested in these details.

"Shorten the procedure, reduce the trouble, and save the cost......," Old Man Lin said with a smile: "Also, he is scaring those small shops." Because they are more open, more timid, easier to catch, and less likely to be caught than the workshops that make and sell counterfeit spicy noodles, and they don't just sell this kind of thing. ”

"Then how can they manage where those shops buy from? What if the shop owner is deceived?" Lin Pingcai asked again.

As soon as he finished asking, the second brother Lin Fuli patted him on the shoulder and motioned him to look at the second paragraph drawn by Old Man Lin.

The second paragraph, from the address to the telephone number to the name, details all the 22 food wholesale offices that currently have sales and management contracts with Charyo in Gyeongju City.

The telephone number and address of the Charyo office in Gyeongju are also attached.

"I'm afraid this thing will be sent to all over the Gyeongju City food stores and shops. Old man Lin said: "If I open a small shop, for fear of trouble, I will definitely choose these wholesale departments to purchase." ”

"So, he's ready to control from the incoming channel. The youngest son, Lin Pingcai, followed.

Old man Lin nodded and said, "I don't know much about business, I guess that's what it means, it shouldn't be very difficult to operate and control the twenty-two wholesale departments that have signed dead contracts." ”

Lin Pingcai had already invested, nodded, pondered carefully for a while, and said while thinking: "This should solve a lot of problems, but if there is another company, simply don't fake it, get a brand by yourself, and make exactly the same thing, you can still grab business with him." ”

"Well, that's what I thought, I'm afraid it can't be avoided. Old man Lin said: "Probably he thinks so too, so ...... Alas, I wasn't going to let you see the meal at this time. ”

"What?" the three sons were confused.

Old man Lin turned the pages of the newspaper, threw it in front of them, and said, "Read it yourself, but if you can't eat for a while, don't blame me." ”

The relevant report on this page is divided into two pieces by a horizontal line.

The first half is illustrated with pictures and texts, and the scene of the fake workshop is photographed.

Sewage, pigments, littered floors, or spicy strips in broken sacks, machines covered in dirt...... The most disgusting thing is the oil, which is like swill scooped up from a stinky gutter.

The text also specifically introduces that the evidence confirms that the owner of the workshop named Huang Laotong once died of illness in a pig farm, buried it for more than ten days, and a litter of sows and piglets that had been seriously rotted were all dug up, boiled oil, and used to make spicy strips.

When the three brothers saw this, although they had never eaten fake spicy strips, they still couldn't help but feel sick to their stomachs one after another.

In the second half, the clean and tidy factory of Chaliao Spicy Tiao, employees wearing disinfectant masks and gloves, strict disinfection procedures, as well as branded edible oil storage, flour warehouse, chili powder storage and so on.

The contrast between the two is stark.

Old man Lin had probably been affected before, frowned, didn't look at it, and said with a smile: "I'm old, and I can't eat that thing anyway, but if I or my children love to eat, people who want to eat, do you think they will dare to buy similar things from other families in the future?"

Lin Fuli smiled and breathed a sigh of relief silently.

Lin Jinde raised his eyebrows and secretly clenched his fists.

Lin Pingcai pondered for a while and muttered:

"But will the result of this be a lose-lose situation?"

"Probably not. In the short term, the overall sales of the product will probably decline, but in the long run, the establishment of brand uniqueness and reliability is too terrible to monopolize. ”

"From threatening small stores, to identifying and bundling wholesalers, to building brand image and credibility. It's all counted. ”

"Treat the crisis as an advertisement. ”

He muttered these words, Old Man Lin, Lin Jinde, and Lin Fuli all heard it, looked at each other, and nodded, maybe the third child is really suitable for business.

"Okay, put the newspaper away, go to the living room and sit for a while, and wait for the meal to begin. Old man Lin greeted and went first.

The father and son were sitting in the living room watching TV, and the two newspapers with disgusting pictures of the fake workshop had been thrown into the corner.

Lin Fuli held the third newspaper that Old Man Lin had just put down, and read it with relish......

To be precise, this is not actually a newspaper, it is more like those low-level pastime books that are sold on the street to collect anecdotes, what are the top ten famous prostitutes in history, the story behind the so-and-so general, etc.

"It's almost time to solve the case. After reading it, Lin Fuli was refreshed and commented with a smile.

Yes, in addition to regular reporting, Jiang Che also added fuel and vinegar to the investigation of the counterfeiting workshop, and compiled a suspenseful and case-solving article according to the logic of the online article, which was published on the stall reading materials.

"It's pretty good. Old man Lin smiled and said, "I also read it in one breath before, and it was comfortable." ”

When Lin Jinde and Lin Fuli heard it, they rushed to see it, and they watched it with relish.

"I can't think of it, that kid, I even thought about the spread of the matter among the people. He changed this just to let everyone in the street market spread the word of mouth, after all, there are not so many people who read regular newspapers......"

Old man Lin said again.

During this whole process, he never used an exclamation sentence or adjective to praise Jiang Che, but he picked out the deliberations behind various practices again and again...... The look of appreciation always hung on his face.

"It's really a year older than Jing Jing?!" Old Man Lin sighed leisurely.

At this time, the evening news broadcast of the Gyeongju local station on TV was just 30 seconds, and there was not a single word about the counterfeiting incident, and the whole process was just showing the production process of Chaliao spicy noodles.

In fact, the TV news in these years rarely reported negative issues.

But it's enough, after watching the thirty-second news picture, the four of the Lin family's father and son looked at each other...... As soon as the news was released, the official did not speak, which is equivalent to standing up to clarify and support the spicy strips of Chaliao, and the image display is more specific.

The kid was more prepared and thoughtful than they expected.

"Now it's just one thing, as long as the Chaliao side can send the black-hearted counterfeiting workshop owner, who is called Huang Laotong, to send him in, sentence him to two years, and make an example of him. And it was all over, and it was completely established. ”

Old man Lin checked and filled in the gaps for Jiang Che, and used the last sentence to end this seemingly ordinary, but in fact surprise and emotion analysis.

At this point, Lin Jinde, the eldest of the Lin family, was undoubtedly the most excited one on the scene, not only because he didn't have to worry about the future of Chaliao Spicy Noodles, but also because he suddenly remembered something he had heard before.

"You know what? It seems that the Chaliao side is now suing the private factory that used to make the packaging for them. He said triumphantly.

"Why?" asked the aunt who had returned from the courtyard.

"It is said that it is a breach of contract and privately sells the anti-counterfeiting packaging of Chaliao spicy strips, and the evidence is taken, haha. The factory is not big, and once the money is lost and the reputation is ruined, it is estimated that it will be about the same. Lin Jinde gloated and laughed, and said, "In this way, the contract should be transferred to our factory immediately, right? ”

Hearing him say this, the whole room was full of joy.

Only the old man Lin stopped smiling and laughing, turned his head and asked his youngest son Lin Pingcai, "Pingcai, you said that if you are in charge of the tea house now, and there is such a thing in terms of packaging, how do you think it is best to get it in the future?"

Lin Ping was stunned for a moment, his mind was alive, but after all, he had just resigned from the government department and went to sea, and many things were seen in books or heard from other people's mouths, and he had never considered this kind of whole-of-the-art thinking, so he couldn't answer for a while.

Lin Jinde is different, he is a factory leader himself, so he reacted almost immediately.

His face was gloomy, and Lin Jinde said gloomily: "The best solution is to have your own packaging factory...... So, they're not going to take down that private factory and buy it again, are they?"

After he finished speaking, he felt that this possibility was simply too great.

"What about my contract?" Lin Jinde asked with some grief.

This is a question that no one can answer him.

With worry, Lin Jinde went to the dinner table.

Halfway through the meal, the phone rang in the living room, and the children rushed to answer it, turning their heads and saying that they were looking for Lin Jinde.

Lin Jinde got off the table and went out to answer the phone.

Ten minutes later, when I came back, my whole face was gray, and I sat down in my seat without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Old Man Lin said with concern.

Lin Jinde slowly raised his head and sighed, "The deputy factory director who just contracted the production task with me called and said...... It is very likely that Chaliao has negotiated with the city government to merge our factory. ”

He thought that Chaliao would probably first sue down the private factory, and then buy it and run it himself...... The state-owned factory could not get a packaging contract.

Unexpectedly, Chaliao was indeed going to bring down the private factory, but the target of the acquisition was them, the Gyeongju City State-owned Packaging Factory.

Old man Lin took a sip of wine to his lips, was stunned for a while, shook his head slowly, and smiled bitterly: "It's really, I can't see through...... The stinky boy is even more powerful than I thought. ”

For a moment, everyone at the table was a little overwhelmed.

"Dad, you say, could this have been planned by him a long time ago? I'm not talking about suing the private factory, after all, as long as it abides by the contract, it will make a steady profit, and nothing will happen. I mean...... Did he actually plan to acquire our factory a long time ago?"

Old man Lin groaned for a while, but he didn't speak yet.

The eldest aunt interjected: "Why are you willing to sell it in the city?"

"Why don't you want to? Now the governments in various places are engaged in the restructuring of state-owned enterprises and mergers and acquisitions, and our factory is like that dead, no work, and wages can't be opened, I guess they have long been annoyed by it. Lin Jinde sighed depressedly, "Chaliao is pulling back like this time, and the limelight is in full swing." With the propaganda mouth, from the county to the city to the province, it is a matter of adding luster to the province, and the province will definitely be happy to add icing on the cake. ”

At this point, the atmosphere froze.

Speaking of ability, I have to be convinced.

But Lin Jinde thinks about it, after all, he is Lin Yujing's uncle, that kid...... Even if it's not him, then Mr. Zheng is a little ruthless!

But in terms of reasoning, things in the business field are like this, and it's no wonder that people are doing it.

"The factory has been acquired, what will you workers and leaders do, won't they all be laid off?" asked the eldest aunt with some concern.

"That's not all, the province and Gyeongju City will definitely negotiate with Chaliao on the issue of workers' employment security. As for our leaders...... It is estimated that the secretary and the factory director will go to the bureau, and as for the rest of us...... Either stay, be demoted to listen to the command, do the work for the people, or ...... You may have to resign. ”

After Lin Jinde said this, he paused, covered his head and drank a glass of white wine.

Father Lin and Mother Lin looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

Lin Yujing, who was eating in the living room with a bowl and a few children, came back to pick up the dishes, saw the strange atmosphere, and asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

The eldest uncle and eldest aunt smiled reluctantly and said, "It's okay." ”

After all, this matter is definitely not aimed at them, the general situation is like this, and they can carry it clearly.

Father Lin and Mother Lin were naturally reluctant to tell their daughter this.

In the end, it was the little uncle Lin Ping who spoke and explained the matter roughly.

"Oh", Lin Yujing smiled after hearing this, and said lightly, "Then he will definitely think about it for the uncle." ”

Everyone at the table, including her grandparents, turned their eyes to her, because what she said was so natural, too relaxed, and too determined.

"He told you about it?" the uncle asked, unable to hold back.

Lin Yujing shook her head and said, "No." ”

Uncle: "......"

"After the merger and acquisition of the factory in Chaliao, there must still be some management personnel who are familiar with the business, right? Lin Pingcai said his thoughts on the side.

Lin Jinde pondered for a while, felt that this was the reason, and suddenly his eyes regained their brilliance.

"Do you want to let your niece help deliver a message?" No, it's not good for your niece to talk about this, the best candidate should be my brother and sister...... " He began to think in his mind.

There was a knock on the door in the courtyard.

"Excuse me, does Lin Jinde live here?"

Lin Jinde remembered this voice, it seemed to be the Zheng president of the tea house.

At this time, he came......