Early in the morning, Song Yuanchao was still sleeping when he was woken up by the voice of the aunt who was shouting the phone downstairs, stretched out his head to answer, quickly put on his clothes and trotted downstairs all the way to the public phone, and dialed back according to the number he dialed, and it was Jiang Dongliang who answered the phone.

On the phone, Jiang Dongliang politely asked Song Yuanchao if it was convenient now, saying that he was coming to Huhai again now and wanted to invite Song Yuanchao to dinner.

Song Yuanchao smiled and said that it was okay to eat, and asked Jiang Dongliang what was the matter, but Jiang Dongliang didn't say anything on the phone, just said that he would invite him to dinner, and it was in the state-run restaurant where he had dinner last time.

Song Yuanchao excused himself, Jiang Dongliang insisted, Song Yuanchao agreed, and the two made an appointment Song Yuanchao hung up the phone. When I got home, I washed my face and brushed my teeth, and then cleaned my room, and then I went out when it was almost time.

When he arrived at the place, Jiang Dongliang was already waiting, and as soon as Song Yuanchao entered the door, he saw Jiang Dongliang standing up at the table by the window, and waved at Song Yuanchao with a smile.

"Section Chief Jiang, you are too polite." Song Yuanchao walked over and said with a smile.

"I happened to come to Huhai today to have something to do, don't I think of you, brother, anyway, I have to eat, by the way, Brother Song, you sit, sit first."

gave up his seat, Song Yuanchao handed over Jiang Dongliang's cigarette as soon as he sat down, and then Jiang Dongliang struck a match to help Song Yuanchao light it, looking at his courteous appearance, Song Yuanchao suddenly had a bottom in his heart, and understood what kind of medicine Jiang Dongliang was selling in this gourd.

"This soft-shelled turtle and the old hen are quite fresh, and this pair of shrimp is also good, I don't know if the old brother likes it or not, come and come, use chopsticks to taste?" Jiang Dongliang pointed to the dishes that had been served and said, today he ordered a table of good dishes, the two hardest dishes are actually soft-shelled turtle roasted old hen and prawns, these two things are rare, the previous dish also has a domineering name in the south "Farewell My Concubine", plus several other hard dishes and a bottle of bamboo leaf green that was drunk last time, Song Yuanchao estimated that this table of meals would cost at least 15 yuan or more.

15 yuan, in later generations, I am afraid that it will be the price of eating a bowl of ramen, but in this era, it is not a small number.

You must know that the average salary of Huhai residents in this era is less than 40, and the price of these meals is equivalent to half a month's salary.

Today, Jiang Dongliang can be regarded as a bloody capital, and there is a good saying: If you are courteous to others, you must ask for something.

"Section Chief Jiang, you make such a big table of good dishes...... This....... Song Yuanchao didn't move his chopsticks, but looked at Jiang Dongliang suspiciously: "It's useless, this is making me make a mistake." ”

"What kind of mistake is this, normal entertainment eating and drinking, and nothing else."

"No, no, no, Section Chief Jiang, you are too polite, this makes me feel all over the place, why don't you say it first?"

Seeing that Song Yuanchao refused to move his chopsticks, Jiang Dongliang smiled helplessly, raised his cup and said to Song Yuanchao: "Brother, take a sip of wine first, let's talk about it in detail?" ”

Song Yuanchao hesitated, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Jiang Dongliang, took a sip of wine, and then waited for Jiang Dongliang to say.

Jiang Dongliang put down the wine glass, lit a cigarette and said: "Last time, my brother pointed out my brother, my brother was grateful, and I reported this to the factory after I went back, and the factory director attached great importance to it, and then I took Xiao Wei to Gusu ...... again." ”

Song Yuanchao nodded, and seeing that Jiang Dongliang didn't continue, he asked appropriately: "How are you talking?" It's going well."

Jiang Dongliang smiled bitterly: "I went back to discuss what you said, and then I asked someone, and the other party also agreed to relax the procurement requirements after hearing it, and said that if it is used on the telephone line, the quality of the casing is fine." ”

"Isn't that great?" Song Yuanchao immediately smiled, raised his glass and congratulated Jiang Dongliang: "Come on, come on, congratulations to Section Chief Jiang on the successful completion of the task, this is a good thing." ”

Song Yuanchao's congratulations made the smile on Jiang Dongliang's face stiffen, Jiang Dongliang took a sip of wine, smoked a cigarette and sighed: "This thing is considered smooth if it is said to be smooth, and it is not considered smooth if it is not smooth...... ”

"Section Chief Jiang, where is your tongue twister? Why can't I understand that? Song Yuanchao looked dazed and frowned slightly.

Jiang Dongliang opened his mouth, looking at Song Yuanchao's appearance, he couldn't tell whether the other party understood or deliberately pretended to be confused, but now that he was overwhelmed by the casing, he could only come to Song Yuanchao, after all, it was Song Yuanchao who showed him a feasible path last time.

"Brother, my brother won't hide it from you, I specially asked you to help today."

"Help? Section Chief Jiang, I heard you right, right? Isn't this the end of the matter? How else can I help? Song Yuanchao still looked puzzled.

Jiang Dongliang stroked his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother, my brother is really here to ask you for advice, I have thought about it, I'm afraid you can help me in this matter." ”

Song Yuanchao didn't speak, looked at Jiang Dongliang, and waited for him to continue.

Jiang Dongliang immediately talked about the current situation, and when Jiang Dongliang finished speaking, Song Yuanchao suddenly laughed in his heart, the progress of this matter was similar to what he expected before, it seems that Jiang Dongliang really has no choice.

Before, Song Yuanchao gave Jiang Dongliang two ideas, and Jiang Dongliang took the latter, that is, to change the use of this batch of casings and turn them into telephone line bushings.

In this regard, Jiang Dongliang did the same, and put it into practice. But the result made Jiang Dongliang a little disappointed, and there were two main reasons for this.

First, because the telephone line is different from the ordinary wire, although the technical requirements are much lower than that of ordinary wires, because the requirements of the telephone line are not high, the requirements for the use of the sleeve are also correspondingly reduced.

Although the casing of Jiang Dongliang's factory did not reach the use level of the wire, it exceeded the use grade of the telephone line, which caused a waste of cost and quality of the casing.

Due to the special situation of the use of telephone lines, the casing requirements used in telephone lines are lower, and the price is low, according to the reply of the third and fourth factories, if Jiang Dongliang and their factories plan to use this batch of casings on the telephone line, it is not impossible, but the price is different.

According to the previous purchase agreement, the purchase price of this batch of casings was 10 yuan per roll, but once the purchase was carried out according to the casing of the telephone line, then the price could only be about 6 yuan at most.

In this way, the purchase price is almost equal to cutting in half, you must know that according to what Jiang Dongliang said before, their cost is eight yuan, even if Jiang Dongliang ambushes the cost is at least more than seven yuan.

Now, the purchase price has become six yuan, which means that if you sell a roll of Liangxi Plastics Factory, you will lose one yuan, if there are few things, it is fine, but Jiang Dongliang and their factory have produced 15,000 rolls, and the sales at such a price will lose at least 15,000 yuan.

Liangxi Plastic Factory couldn't afford such a big loss, and because the telephone line was different from the ordinary wire, Gusu also told Jiang Dongliang that the amount purchased according to the telephone line casing would not be too large, and the two factories together could only solve one-third of the inventory, which made Jiang Dongliang dumbfounded.

"Brother, we really can't accept this price, if we sell it to the factory like this, we will lose money." Jiang Dongliang desperately stroked his "poached eggs", his face was full of sadness.

Song Yuanchao was amused in his heart, he had actually expected this situation a long time ago, and it was precisely because of this that Song Yuanchao generously told him the solution to the problem last time.

In his previous life, he worked in the telephone bureau all his life, and Song Yuanchao knew better than anyone else about the use of telephone lines, but now it was only the beginning of 1979, and all cities in the country had not yet carried out large-scale telephone popularization, just like a big city like Shanghai, whose telephone penetration rate was also extremely low.

At present, the telephone office has laid lines and opened new telephones, and the monthly amount is only a handful.

The subordinate construction units of the telephone bureau usually do maintenance work on weekdays, and Song Yuanchao was like this when he was a temporary worker in his previous life, and it was unprecedented that there were several new telephones a day.

This situation did not change until a few years later, and in December 1979, at the end of this year, the Rongcheng Post and Telecommunications Administration submitted a report to the higher-ups, and after half a year of discussion, the report was approved.

In December 1980, Rongcheng signed a contract with Fujitsu to introduce the F-150 program-controlled switch system, and in November 1982, China's first 10,000-door program-controlled switch was opened in Rongcheng, thus opening the prelude to the popularization of telephones in the country.

That is to say, the real telephone popularization did not begin in major cities in the country until 1983 at the earliest, and before 1983, the telephone penetration rate in all cities was very low, according to the data, at the beginning of 1979, the total telephone capacity of the country was only 3.59 million, 2.14 million users, and the penetration rate was only 0.38%.

Such a low number will inevitably affect the use of telephone lines, which account for almost negligible proportions compared to the demand for ordinary wires.

In this way, it is very good that the batch of casings of Jiangdong Liang's factory can be purchased by the two wire factories in Gusu with one-third of the inventory.