Chen Qingdong asked again: "Uncle, what kind of machine worth hundreds of thousands of yuan can be used in the wood carving factory?"

"Yes, what is it called a carpentry three-dimensional engraving machine?" the old man said with some excitement, "At that time, didn't Tang Xudong want to carry out any modern mechanical operation reform? He spent a lot of money to buy a bunch of machines, and said that they would all be mechanized in the future, and that there would not be so many workers needed, so a group of people were laid off, and I was also laid off in this batch." ”

Chen Qingdong pondered for a moment and then asked, "Are you just laid off?" Is there any reason?"

"Reason?" the old man sneered, "The surname Tang is a college student, of course there are many reasons, didn't he implement some end elimination system? Hehe, this system is also good, but the operation is not the same thing!"

"What's going on?"

"Well, young man, I see that you are quite interested in this matter, so I will give you a few more words. The old man said, "Actually, at that time, when Tang Xudong spent a lot of money to buy machinery in the wood carving factory, and then wanted to implement any mechanization reform, there were many old workers with craftsmanship who resisted him, and later there was a lot of trouble." Later, after Tang Xudong forcibly implemented the last elimination system, most of the laid-off people were not poor in craftsmanship, but the 'villain' who opposed him at the beginning, and he was hacked by him and was just charged with a crime! Fuck, this surnamed Tang is not a thief!"

"Uncle, what are those laid-off workers doing now?"

"What are you doing? In order to earn something to eat, you can do everything. Fish sellers, vegetable sellers, cart sellers and wonton sellers, tatters, and people like me who pedal three wheels, hehe, I think we were also serious state-owned enterprise workers at the beginning, and now we are living as human beings......"

I don't know what the reason is, Chen Qingdong has a hunch, as if this Shuangshan wood carving factory, which can't be connected with his eight poles now, will intersect with him sooner or later, so he wants to ask more inside stories from this person who witnessed it today.

"Uncle, it is said that after the mechanization reform of this wood carving factory, the efficiency should be better, why is it getting worse and worse now, it is said that it is now insolvent and about to go bankrupt?" Chen Qingdong asked again.

"It's right to be like this now!" said in an unkind manner, "Although the man surnamed Tang is a college student and has been an official for a few years, he knows a thing about the wood carving factory! The best fist products sold by the woodcarving factory back then were all carved out by the woodcarving masters with a knife and a chisel after a chisel! This is the characteristic of our woodcarving factory, can other woodcarving factories get out of our taste?

"The surnamed Tang got a three-dimensional engraving machine back, got what procedures in advance, a piece of wood thrown in, and soon a carved finished product can come out, the speed is fast, but can the carved thing be seen? Alas, this nonsense surnamed Tang tossed a good wood carving factory like this, and it was about to fall apart, and those wood carvers were also expelled from selling fish and vegetables.

"Uncle, do you mean that Tang Xudong has made a lot of black money in this wood carving factory?"

"That's for sure, you don't even have to think about it, it's ...... on the surface"

"Is there any evidence?" After Chen Qingdong finished asking this sentence, he suddenly felt that he was asking a little too straightforwardly.

The old man was really a little vigilant, and no longer talked about this issue directly, and said in some general terms: "Evidence? Who has those things, this surnamed Tang is a smart person, and it is not easy to get his evidence...... Hey, young man, there is the south gate of No. 1 Middle School in front, where do you think it is appropriate?"

Although Chen Qingdong was still a little unsatisfied, it was no longer good to ask more, it was only more than ten meters away from the entrance of No. 1 Middle School, so Chen Qingdong said: "Uncle, just stop here." ”

The old man pulled the brakes with his hand, Chen Qingdong jumped out of the car, took out five yuan and handed it to the old man, after the old man took the money, he took out his money bag and prepared to find the money.

Chen Qingdong smiled and said, "Uncle, don't look for it." ”

The old man immediately glanced up at Chen Qingdong and said, "How can this work, I said that I would pay a dollar." As he spoke, the old man still went to take out change.

Chen Qingdong said: "Uncle, I really don't need to look for it, I heard you talk so much on the way, it's very funny, and the extra money should be regarded as my overpayment for listening to stories." ”

"No! no!" the old man had already found three yuan, and was still looking for another one, and said, "What is my story, you give so much money, even if you take a taxi, you can't use so much ......."

Chen Qingdong had already walked away, waved his hand at the old man, and said, "Uncle, you can keep it, I have a chance to chat with you again." ”

Looking at Chen Qingdong's departing back, the old man muttered, "This young man is a good person......

Chen Qingdong came to the Tianyin video store opposite the first middle side and found Zhang Meng who was picking up tapes.

In Liulin in 2000, MP3, which was popular in later generations, had not yet appeared, and the price of CD players and records was too expensive, so the main way for people to listen to songs was to listen to tapes with accompanying or tape recorders, and most of them were pirated tapes, three yuan a disc, ten yuan four discs.

The quality of these pirated tapes is naturally not complimentary, running sound, noise is a problem that almost every pirated tape will have, but for young people who are materially deprived and eager for spiritual enjoyment, these pirated tapes have made them very satisfied.

The Tianyin video store where Zhang Meng chose the tapes is a small shop that specializes in selling pirated tapes, and since most of the target customers are students from No. 1 Middle School, business has been very prosperous.

When Chen Qingdong found Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng was already holding three tapes in his hand and was choosing a fourth tape, because one tape was three yuan, and ten yuan could buy four tapes, so there was no doubt that it was relatively cost-effective to buy four tapes at one time.

After Zhang Meng saw Chen Qingdong, she hurriedly beckoned: "Hey, husband, come and help me pick, do you want Zhang Yusheng or Andy Lau?"

In the case of uncontrollable circumstances, Zhang Meng's "husband" shouted very loudly, which immediately attracted the sideways glances of many young people around, and Zhang Meng's face turned red.

Chen Qingdong walked up to Zhang Meng and joked: "Little sister, you are open-minded enough, you dare to call your husband so loudly in public." ”

"Kill you!" Zhang Meng's face flushed, looking very charming and sexy, and he took the two tapes and said, "Hurry up and help me choose, which one to choose?"

Chen Qingdong took it and looked at it, one is Zhang Yusheng's selection, and the other is Andy Lau's album "Because of Love", in fact, Zhang Yusheng and Andy Lau are both singers that Chen Qingdong likes very much, but relatively speaking, he prefers Zhang Yusheng's songs, because the feelings contained in Zhang Yusheng's music are more delicate, and because Zhang Yusheng suddenly died in a car accident when he was in the middle of the day, so in Chen Qingdong's heart, he felt a lot of unpredictable and unpredictable complex feelings from Zhang Yusheng.

Therefore, Chen Qingdong said: "Let's buy Zhang Yusheng's one." ”

Zhang Meng pinched Andy Lau's album and asked, "Why don't you choose Andy Lau?"

Chen Qingdong smiled dumbly, because he knew that if he said to buy Andy Lau's one, Zhang Meng would ask him why he didn't choose Zhang Yusheng's one, women are so entangled!

In addition, Chen Qingdong also knew that if he didn't give Zhang Meng an explanation and let her buy both of them, Zhang Meng would definitely not do it, so he said: "Zhang Yusheng and Andy Lau's love songs are very good, but in comparison, Zhang Yusheng's love songs are sad but not sad, while Andy Lau's love songs are too sad." ”

"Really?" Zhang Meng looked at Chen Qingdong with a look of adoration and said, "I've heard their songs many times, but I really haven't heard so many flavors." ”

Those two sentences were actually Chen Qingdong's nonsense, so he pretended to be mysterious and said: "You still haven't heard enough, if you listen more, you will hear the taste." ”

Zhang Meng looked serious and said, "Then I'll listen carefully when I go back." ”

Originally, Chen Qingdong was just joking with Zhang Meng, but when he saw Zhang Meng so serious, he was a little embarrassed, and thought that Zhang Meng is still using an old domestic listening voice to listen to the song, and there is really no sound quality, and the headphones used are more than ten yuan a piece, in fact, they can just listen to a sound, so they have the idea of buying a high-end listening or CD player for Zhang Meng.

It's just that a high-end audio or CD player, plus a professional headphone, will cost at least thousands of dollars, but now she is shy in her pocket, so she can only wait for the farm to make a profit before buying it.

Money, money, money is such a good thing.

Zhang Meng happily took a few selected tapes in her hand and said, "Let's go, husband, let's go to dinner." The Yunnan rice noodles outside taste very good, I haven't taken you to eat it yet, let you try it today. ”

"Okay. Chen Qingdong said with a smile.

When the two came to the cashier, Chen Qingdong took out ten yuan to settle the bill, but heard a person shouting next to him: "Teacher Zhang." ”

Chen Qingdong raised his head and saw that it was Chen Nian, and he was also standing aside with a few tapes in his hand, but it seemed to be English tapes.

Chen Nian also saw Chen Qingdong at this time, his face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and said, "Qingdong, you are also there." ”

Because of Chen Feng's incident last time, and Chen Qingdong knew that Chen Feng and they were fooled into not going to petition, the town has not solved the work problem for them until now, and still dragged them, and with Wei Hailong's meaning, the possibility of solving the problem for them is almost slim, so in the face of Chen Nian, Chen Qingdong also felt a little embarrassed, nodded his head, and said: "Teacher Chen, such a coincidence." ”

Zhang Meng smiled: "Teacher Chen, you also come to buy tapes." ”

"Yes. Chen Nian smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "I bought a few English tapes." ”

"Teacher Chen is really studious!" Zhang Meng said with heartfelt admiration.

"Hehe, listen to it when you have free time. Chen Nian said, and then said as if he was "running away", "I still have some things, so I'll go back first." ”

After speaking, Chen Nian hurriedly walked out.

Zhang Meng said with some amusement: "This Teacher Chen, why is he in a hurry today, he doesn't look normal. ”

Chen Qingdong didn't speak, but looked at Chen Nian's back, but frowned slightly.