Early spring is a restless time. Cats and dogs think of spring, seeds are germinated, flower buds are about to bloom, and the branches are sprouting yellow. Lu Shiping was in a daze looking at the renderings of the Xiangzhou Hotel on the office wall.

Halfway through the renderings, news came that the bank had no hope of getting a loan. But Lu Shiping couldn't stop and completed this picture with grief and pain.

He liked this picture so much that it was not so much the designer's effort as his effort. At least that's what he shared with the designer.

The phone on the table rang with a bang.

Is it Old Lou? I'm Deng Guangming!

The other party has a loud voice. Deng Guangming and Lu Shiping joined the army together, and they were comrades-in-arms in the same unit.

Do you want a color TV in your mall?

How not! What brand of color TV?

Lu Shiping's voice was louder, and everyone in the other offices could hear it.

Beijing-brand color TVs made in Tianjin, 14-inch and 18-inch.

All right! How many?

There are not many of them, only fifty units in total, and a few have already been sold.

Guangming, don't sell the rest, keep it all for me, and I'll send someone right away.

Okay, the person who called you went directly to the business department at the gate of our factory and contacted Xiao Wang, Manager Wang, and Wang Xinqiang.

Lu Shiping quickly drew the words Wang Xinqiang on the desk calendar.

Guangming, why did you start a color TV business?

I'm not just in the color TV business, I'm also in the steel business. If you want steel, you can come to me.

What the is this company?

Lao Tzu opened a material adjustment company. What the market lacks, Lao Tzu sells.

These things are in-demand commodities, we can't get them, where did you get them?

I can't tell you where I got it, but it matters. Ha ha!

Someone knocked on the door, and it was Fang Yugang from the personnel team standing at the door. A young man followed him.

Lu Shiping said into the phone, okay, okay, I'll call someone to find him immediately. After saying that, he hastily put down the phone.

Fang Yugang led the young man to Lu Shiping and said that this is Manager Lu of our company. He also introduced the young man and said that his name is Guo Xiaohai, and his father is an old employee of the company. Now I am studying in the Xiangzhou class of Wuhan University, majoring in computer science, and I still have half a year to graduate, and I want to see if there is a useful place for the company.

Lu Shiping saw that the young man was lean, with a pair of glasses, and a little green.

Fang Yugang said that Xiaohai has been smart since he was a child, and when he was a child, he disassembled clocks and semiconductor radios; When I was a little older, I started to disassemble the cassette recorder and the TV. It's all self-taught. Now I read books and learn computers.

Fang Yugang said as he walked around Lu Shiping and Xiaohai.

is a talent, Lu Shiping nodded at Guo Xiaohai, and said to Fang Yugang, you take him to the mall to have a look. By the way, ask Li Fei to come to me.

Fang Yugang led Xiaohai to the mall office. Huang Jiaxiao saw it, and let out a "whoosh" sound in his mouth, and said regretfully, talents are talents, but we don't have computers here, so we waste talents.

Is he willing to do something else, Liu Changhao asked Fang Yugang, such as standing at the counter as a salesman?

Liu Changhao is the deputy director of the mall, taking over Li Fei's hand in charge of the non-staple food and groceries and beer business.

Fang Yugang looked at Guo Xiaohai and smiled, and asked in his eyes: How is it?

Guo Xiaohai didn't say yes, nor did he say no. Just whispered to Fang Yugang, let's go.

Coming out of the mall office, Guo Xiaohai wanted to go back. Fang Yugang said, I will also take you to meet someone. So he brought Guo Xiaohai to see Li Fei.

Li Fei's office is on the third floor of the warehouse.

Li Fei's first impression of Guo Xiaohai was thin. There is a thin layer of skin on the bones left on the face and hands, and the light blue meridians under the skin are clearly visible; The ears are as thin as a piece of paper, and they are red and translucent when viewed in the light; His eyes are calm and green, and he is disguised from time to time by the feint of holding his glasses; a mouth that can't smile, and occasionally just shows its teeth and quickly retracts it; Although he spoke as thin as a cat, he could feel that there was something in his stomach.

Li Fei himself loves to read, so he naturally sympathizes with each other and likes to be close to readers. chatted deeply with Guo Xiaohai for a while, and said that I want this person.

He also has three conditions. Fang Yugang looked at Guo Xiaohai and said with a smile.

What conditions?

One is to use his computer expertise after work; the second is to bear half of his tuition fees for the past three years; The third is that there is still half a year to graduate, which is the internship period, and sometimes there are still things in school, and there is no guarantee to work all day;

That's fine. Li Fei said that I can reimburse him all of his tuition fees for three years.

Fang Yugang smiled and said, can you count if you said it?

Li Fei said, Manager Lu, I will do the work; If the government doesn't pay this money, I will pay it personally.

Sending Guo Xiaohai away, Li Fei came to Lu Shiping's office.

Lu Shiping was talking to Zhang Zewen about color TV. Zhang Zewen heard Lu Shiping talking to someone on the phone about color TV, so he came over to ask.

Lu Shiping tore off a page left on the desk calendar and showed it to Li Fei. Wang Xinqiang - Li Fei said that this person came to me and did not negotiate.

Didn't work out – why?

He made the price too old, adding 1,000 yuan to a 14-inch color TV and 2,000 yuan to an 18-inch TV. It is double the national rate.

Oh - Lu Shiping frowned and nodded: I mean, how can delicious neem seeds survive the winter?

However, there is no stock in the market now, and there are many people who get married in the spring, so this price can be sold for one or two hundred yuan. Li Fei said.

So to say or is there money to be made? Lu Shiping was overjoyed.

Zhang Zewen said,The problem is that the state has not liberalized the price of color TVs,We can't sell this price publicly,Even if it is sold secretly, it can't be accounted for。 Once found by the Price Bureau, not only will the illegal gains be confiscated, but also fined. The risk is too great.

Oh——。

Li Fei asked Zhang Zewen and said, didn't you say last time that as long as you are flat in and out, without price increase and no public sales, you can still do it?

Zhang Zewen said that it should also be submitted for approval.

If the flat in and out we are not tossing in vain? Lu Shiping said.

Li Fei shook his head and said, No. You don't see that the oversized items on our counter are marked with two prices.

Yes, one retail price, one wholesale price. This Lu Shiping knows.

But this retail price is fictitious, and the wholesale price is real. Li Fei said.

They are actually selling at wholesale prices. Zhang Zewen said.

I know that. Lu Shiping.

If we sell color TVs with other large wedding products, color TVs will not make money, and other large items will be sold at retail prices, so that we will still make money. Li Fei said.

Oh——! Only then did Lu Shiping understand that this is called the loss outside the embankment and the compensation inside the embankment.

Li Fei said, you leave this matter to me, and I will slowly grind with the surname Wang until the price is acceptable.

What if they run out? Lu Shiping was a little worried.

Li Fei said that their color TV business is beyond the scope of operation, and they cannot make a big splash, and they will not sell out quickly. The few units that have been sold have not only not made money, but have lost money.

How could such a thing happen? Lu Shiping said.

Several old leaders in the city heard that they had color TVs for sale there, and found their factory director, but the factory director had no choice but to sell a few units at the national price. Zhang Zewen said with a smile, a little gloating.

How do you know? Lu Shiping asked Zhang Zewen.

Zhang Zewen pointed to Li Fei, I listened to what he said.

Li Fei said that this surname Wang is a relative of our mall repairman Xiao Xiang, this person is not very old, but his skills are not small. When I was running business, I made friends with a Shandong person, and through this Shandong person, I got acquainted with a cadre of the State Planning Commission and recognized my godfather. Now the magic power is vast, and any in-demand commodity can be obtained. Relying on his connections, the bed sheet factory set up a special material adjustment business department and put him in charge. At the beginning, it was mainly engaged in steel and coal, and now it is engaged in refrigerator color TVs.

Oh - now this society! Hearing this, Lu Shiping shook his head again and again.

The current dual-track price system, I don't know how many powerful people have become rich. Zhang Zewen said.

Li Fei said that the difference between the price of a color TV and the market price is at least doubled, and you can double the profit when you get the approval slip. Therefore, in order to get in touch with powerful people, some people use various means, including money and beauty. Some people are not much different in age, but they just recognize others as godfathers.

Zhang Zewen said that in the face of so many sugar-coated shells, even a person who is Marxist-Leninist can hardly hold on. Even if he can hold on, the people around him and the people in his family will not be able to hold on.

Li Fei said that if this continues, sooner or later there will be a big mess.

Lu Shiping sighed and said that these things should not be worried about us, and there are always solutions above. We just need to do our own thing.

Several people chatted for a while, and when they saw Li Fei looking at his watch, Zhang Zewen said that it was almost time to get off work.

Li Fei asked Lu Shiping and said, is there anything else, I'll leave if it's okay.

Zhang Zewen and Li Fei came out of Lu Shiping's office together, Zhang Zewen turned around and said, I heard that someone is suing you in the bureau, it is better to be careful during this time.

Sue me for what? I have something for them to tell me. Li Fei was tough in his mouth, but he was still a little apprehensive in his heart.

Luo Aihong saw that it was almost time to get off work, so she instructed Xiao Xiang to sort out the goods, and checked with the salesperson Hu Yun to clean up the sales code list.

The postman brought the newspaper in and threw it on the counter as usual. Luo Aihong instructed Xiao Xiang to take the newspaper to the office.

See if there is any letter from me. Xiao Hu said.

Xiao Xiang lifted the newspaper and shook it down, and sure enough, a letter fell. Details-Xiao Xiang looked at the envelope and said, Hu Yun, your letter.

Hu Yun reached out to take it, but Xiao Xiang held it in his hand and shook it and refused to give it. You tell me who wrote it? Is it your boyfriend?

You're talking nonsense! Hu Yun was ashamed.

I'm talking nonsense, why are you blushing?

Who blushes? Hu Yun said, her face turned even redder.

Show me, Luo Aihong said. Xiao Xiang smiled and handed the letter to Luo Aihong. Luo Aihong looked at it and scolded Xiao Xiangdao: You narrow shell (villain)!

Hu Yun took the letter and read it, and the address of the letter was Xiangzhou Shopping Mall, No. 168, Xiangzhou Avenue, Xiangzhou City. Recipient: Li Fei. Mailing address: Details.

Hu Yun pouted and returned the letter to Xiao Xiang. Luo Aihong said, Xiao Xiang sent the letter to Manager Li.

Xiao Xiang didn't leave, but just took the envelope and looked at it: Do you think this letter was written by a man or a woman?

Luo Aihong took it and looked at it again and said, a few words like a chicken catch, the same as what some people wrote.

Xiao Xiang writes a few words like a chicken, and Luo Aihong usually makes fun of him.

His chicken scratch is different from my chicken catch, Xiao Xiang ruffian smiled, I grabbed hard, he caught hard.

I don't see any difference. Luo Aihong said with a pout.

I guess it was written by Manager Li's good looks. Xiao Xiang said again, otherwise he wouldn't have written the details.

Other girls would write letters in this kind of envelope! Hu Yun choked.

Xiao Xiang looked at it again, this kind of inferior and cheapest envelope, how could a girl use it to send love letters?

As he was talking, he saw Li Fei coming over. Xiao Xiang hurriedly handed over the letter: Manager Li, your letter.

Li Fei tore open the envelope and took out the letter to read. Xiao Xiang salivated on the side, and was about to say that they all said that this letter was written by your friend, but seeing Li Fei's face change abruptly, he was almost scared half to death.

It was an anonymous threatening letter. This letter made Li Fei spend the most torturous night.

You can't say this kind of thing in the unit, and no one can help you if you do. Spread it out and show people jokes. The family can't even say that the family will be terrified when they find out. Searching among his friends, he thought of Fang Dapeng.

Fang Dapeng is Li Fei's classmate who took the self-examination and works in the office of the Municipal Procuratorate. Because the two can talk, the relationship is not bad.

As soon as he went to work the next day, Li Fei came to Fang Dapeng's office.

When Fang Dapeng read the anonymous letter, Li Fei was saying his thoughts on the side.

This person asked me to send him 100 yuan at a fixed time every month, which explained several problems: first, his economic conditions were not good, otherwise, he would not have taken such a big risk for a small amount of money; Second, although he claims to be a Flying Tiger, he does not belong to an organized criminal gang, and the gang will not fight so smallly; In addition, he threatened to be careful of your one-breed baby if you dare to report the crime. This shows that he doesn't know about my family situation and doesn't know that I have two children.

Fang Dapeng listened to Li Fei's analysis while reading the letter. Laughing, you are better than us in criminal investigation!

Seeing his friend joking, Li Fei smiled bitterly and said, this is not forced out!

What do you want me to do? After reading the letter, Dapeng said.

I don't know. Li Fei said blankly.

Don't be afraid of him for this kind of thing, it's a big deal that I'll bring two guns to catch people for you that day.

Hearing his friend say this, Li Fei was very grateful. He heard his friend say again, but this kind of small case is unsuccessful, and he will be released after catching and educating at most.

Li Fei said, this is not good, if you don't get it right, you will make enemies, and there will be constant trouble. What to do, let me think about it first.

Coming out of Fang Dapeng, Li Fei was much more cheerful. It feels like there are really two guns behind it. He decided to find another person, this person is Xiao Zhou, a policeman from the Chengdong Police Station - Zhou Hongbo.

That day, he was walking around the mall and saw a young man lingering in front of a large merchandise. This person was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a Chinese face, which is very burly. So he stepped forward and asked if there was anything needed.

The young man said, "You're the manager of the mall?"

How do you know?

I often come here and hear someone call you Manager Li.

Oh——。

When I get married, how many big items do I buy, can I find you cheaper?

No problem, Li Fei readily agreed, you can come to me when the time comes.

My name is Zhou Hongbo, and the young man said that it was from the Chengdong Police Station. If there's anything you need my help with, just say it and I'll do my best.

Li Fei said okay, okay, thinking in his heart that I shouldn't have anything to ask you to help with. Who would have thought that there was really something to ask him for help today.

Zhou Hongbo was really enthusiastic and happy, saying that this is easy to do, and then my girlfriend and I will pretend to be in love, stay nearby, and catch him when he comes to withdraw money.

Li Fei said, don't catch him, just follow him and find out his den. Now he is in the dark, we are in the light, and our hearts are not steady; When the time comes, the light and darkness will be reversed, so that he will not be sure.

Coming back from Zhou Hongbo, Li Fei was in a good mood. Sun Tzu's Art of War says that those who are good at fighting win first. Li Fei is a person who pursues victory first. That's true for business, but it's also true for other things. You have to think about everything thoroughly, otherwise you will have trouble sleeping. He picked up his pen and wrote a letter to the anonymous. The letter said:

I could have ignored you, but since you've written to me, I thought I'd better write you back.

If you come to me for a hundred dollars a month, it means that you are having some difficulties in your life. But you must know that no matter how difficult we are, we cannot use illegal means to obtain money. Because if it happens, you will have to pay a terrible price.

I don't think I'm the kind of person who is very stingy. I can't let you get your wish, because I don't want you to make a big mistake. If you wish, you can come to my unit and explain your difficulties, instead of using this blackmail. Please believe that I am happy to help others.

By the time you read this letter, my police friend had already learned of your whereabouts. They can arrest you, but they don't, because they want to give you a chance to change. I hope you will realize that you have lost your way and stop doing this kind of thing that harms others and yourself.

Payment: Li Fei of Xiangzhou shopping mall. A certain day, a certain month, and a certain year. After writing the letter, Li Fei sealed it in a brown paper envelope and waited until that day to send it.