Zhao Liqiang's gaze swept over the cigarette handed by Jiang Youxing, this is a locally produced ordinary Jinling cigarette, it can't be said to be bad, it can only be regarded as so-so.

If it were someone else, Zhao Liqiang would not pick up this kind of cigarette, you must know that there are a lot of cigarettes in the drawer of his desk, open one of the drawers, it is full of cigarettes handed by customers, all brands, some of them have Huhai peony, Huhai brand, and some better ones are Liangyou and Huazi, and even the rare Marlboro on the market.

Even if it's a little worse, it's Chongjiu, Phoenix and the like, Jinling's cigarettes in the early days can only be regarded as ordinary, and Zhao Liqiang can't smoke the cigarettes thrown in the drawer at the end of the day, and every two or three days he accumulates to a certain extent and puts them in bags to bring back to relatives and friends, or directly sells them cheaply to others for money.

Procurement in the supply and marketing department of the grain and oil company, this is a good errand of fat flowing oil, no relationship background can not sit in this position, Zhao Liqiang has been sitting in this position for several years, relying on this job last year his family was the first person to buy a TV in their alley, when a 9-inch black and white TV moved into the alley, the whole alley was a sensation.

Reluctantly took Jiang Youxing's cigarette, lit it on the match that Jiang Youxing was drawing, and took a puff, compared with the good cigarette, the cigarette in his hand was obviously a little rushed, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

Jiang Youxing didn't pay attention to the change in Zhao Liqiang's expression, because at this time, he put the Jinling in his hand into his left pocket, took out the Great Wall he usually smoked from the right pocket, and lit it on the fire that had not been extinguished.

Although Jiang Youxing is the director of the factory, he has always been hard and simple, and when he goes out, he has different cigarettes in his pockets, and Zhao Liqiang's Jinling is regarded as a hospitality cigarette, and the cheaper Great Wall is smoked by himself, and it has been the case for so many years.

Taking a puff of cigarette, Jiang Youxing poured bitter water on Zhao Liqiang: "Zhao Ke, the number of purchases from this month to now is much less than in previous years, I asked about the situation yesterday, and the purchase volume of your grain and oil here for half a month is less than a quarter of that of previous years, and now it is the peak season, it is so hot this day, it stands to reason that soda should be easy to sell, but how can it be ......." ”

"You ask me about this, who do I ask?" Zhao Liqiang said lazily, playing the cigarette ash in his hand: "You have to ask yourself if your soda can't be sold, maybe it's because the price is high, maybe it's the wrong taste, or maybe people don't like to drink soda now, it's possible." We are a grain and oil company, and we are not facing one of your factories, but there are dozens of factories in this stall I manage. ”

"Dozens of factories, hundreds of products, if you have to think about one, two, three, can I still be busy? Besides, this year, as in previous years, are normal purchases and normal sales, I purchase according to the inventory situation, you pull the goods to our warehouse, we give the sales unit according to the list of goods, and the sales unit comes to us according to the content of the list and needs, and it has always been like this. Old Jiang, you are also an old comrade, you don't even understand this process, right? ”

"I understand, I understand." Jiang Youxing nodded again and again, explaining: "Zhao Ke, I definitely don't mean to complain about you, I remember all the things you have helped our factory over the years." However, it is also true that the purchase volume of products has dropped sharply, and the questions you just raised ....... ”

"We haven't increased the price of soda at all this year, it's still the same price. The taste problem has not changed, you know our factory, but the old factory, I have always been strict about product quality, and it has been like this for so many years. As for people who don't like to drink soda, this ...... It's unlikely. ”

Jiang Youxing explained with a bitter face that he had been worried about him for most of the past half a month, and it was originally the peak sales season in July and August as the time came, and it stands to reason that the sales of soda in their factory should also be high. But since the beginning of July, I don't know what's going on, the soda in the factory suddenly began to sell, the sales of soda every day fell sharply, and the sales volume was only a quarter of last year, and the finished products produced in the warehouse were piled up, Jiang Youxing was so anxious that he burned his eyebrows.

Youmin Food Factory, also known as Youmin Cold Food Factory, mainly produces two products: soft drinks and cold drinks.

The sales of cold drinks this year are similar to last year, but the cliff-like decline in sales of the soda business can make Jiang Youxing very anxious.

Youmin Food Factory is not large, it is a small state-owned enterprise, with more than 70 employees, and because it focuses on cold food products, it is more dependent on seasonal demand.

The sales of beverages is the focus of Youmin Food Factory, if you can't sell more products in the peak season in these months, then the cold drink business will stop when the weather is cold, and then you can only rely on the ordinary sales of beverages and sales profits in the peak season to support the expenses of the entire factory.

As the director of the factory, so many people's jobs in the whole factory are over there, and now the drinks of the majority of the business are not sold, so it is no wonder that Jiang Youxing is not in a hurry. In the past few days, he asked the people in the supply and marketing department to find a way to contact the three major companies, asking them to help buy more goods and sell more products for themselves, but there has been no improvement in a few days.

I couldn't sit still, Jiang Youxing could only go out in person, and today I went directly to the grain and oil company to find Zhao Liqiang, the counterpart of his own factory, and planned to have a good talk with Zhao Liqiang.

Zhao Liqiang looked a little displeased: "I said Lao Jiang, what you said seems to be that I am deliberately embarrassing you Yes, I am holding the country's job, doing the work of the unit, and I have no personal grudges with you, I am full of food and embarrass you?" Is it necessary for me to deliberately not buy your goods? ”

"No, no, Zhao Ke, don't get me wrong, I just want to trouble your grain and oil company to help, reach out to help our factory, try to buy more goods, sell more sodas. We've been working together for so many years, and we're old friends, don't you say? ”

Seeing Zhao Liqiang's expression change, Jiang Youxing hurriedly explained, he knew that his previous words were a little offended, and the key was that he was anxious because of the problem of sales. Saying that, Jiang Youxing hurriedly took out a good cigarette wrapped in newspaper that had been prepared long ago from his bag, and quietly stuffed it into Zhao Liqiang's hand, Zhao Liqiang refused to accept it after half pushing it, and finally Jiang Youxing directly opened the cabinet door under Zhao Liqiang's drawer and put it in, looking at the corner of the newspaper that was deliberately torn open to reveal the picture of the cigarette inside, Zhao Liqiang's face suddenly looked much better.

Sighing, Zhao Liqiang thought for a while and said: "Actually, what you said is right, we have been dealing with each other for so many years, and we can be regarded as old friends, right, I remember that when I first came to work in the grain and oil company, the first customer I knew was your old ginger, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, that was nine years ago, when Lao Qian introduced you to me." Jiang Youxing nodded again and again.

"Yes, yes, it's been nine years, and Lao Qian has already retired, so it's been so fast in a flash." Zhao Liqiang seems to be reminiscing and sighing.

echoed and said two nonsense words, Jiang Youxing continued to look at Zhao Liqiang with expectant eyes.

Zhao Liqiang smiled and took out a ledger from another drawer, which recorded the daily inventory update.

He flipped to the category of drinks, found the soda inventory of Youmin Food Factory and took a look, then frowned and thought about it: "You still have a lot of inventory, it stands to reason that I shouldn't buy this amount, but for the sake of old friends, I will make an exception today, so let's send 300 pieces of goods after you go back, and I will say hello to the delivery side later, so that the following and the people who come to buy will mention it, as long as you come to buy soda, you will give priority to sending the goods from your factory." ”

"Thank you so much, thank you so much Zhao Ke!"

As soon as these words came out, a big stone in Jiang Youxing's heart fell to the ground in an instant, and he stood up with some excitement, stretched out his hands and held Zhao Liqiang's right hand tightly, shaking back and forth.

After a while, Jiang Youxing left the office of the supply and marketing department with a satisfied purchase list opened by Zhao Liqiang, and when he got outside, he couldn't help but take out the purchase list and look at it twice, and then carefully folded it and put it in his pocket.

patted the pocket containing the purchase list, Jiang Youxing sighed that it was worth it to come to this trip today and stuff another cigarette, although 300 pieces of goods is not much, but after all, it has solved the urgent needs of the current factory and has a good start. Next, continue to have a good relationship with Zhao Liqiang, and let the grain and oil companies help sell their products more, and there will still be opportunities in this year's peak season.

Thinking of this, Jiang Youxing hated to fly back to the factory immediately after giving birth to wings, and asked the factory to arrange for the 300 pieces of goods to be sent over. However, he settled down, and felt that there was still plenty of time to spare, and he should go to the fruit company and the department store again, maybe he could also gain something from the other two companies.

Thinking about it like this, Jiang Youxing walked out of the office building of the grain and oil company and walked quickly towards the wall where he parked, but before he could walk to his bicycle, he suddenly heard someone call his name, and turned his head to see an acquaintance.

"Old Jiang, it's really you, I'm looking at the back!" A man in his forties, slightly younger than Jiang Youxing, was not far away wearing a short-sleeved shirt, looking at him with a smile.

"Lao Zheng? Why are you here? Jiang Youxing recognized at a glance who this person was, this person was his colleague and the director of Quanlin Food Factory, a competitor of their Youmin Food Factory, Zheng Guoyuan.

The product structure of their two factories is similar and the scale is similar, and they have always been competitors, but they are also brother companies in the industry.

What to say about the relationship between Jiang Youxing and Zheng Guoyuan, it can't be talked about well, and it can't be talked about bad, it can only be said that it is average. After all, as the directors of two companies in the same industry, they have a lot of competition on weekdays, but they have not reached the point of life and death.

"Why, if you can come, I can't come? What a coincidence today, you, the director of the big factory, also came to run the business in person? Zheng Guoyuan asked with a smile, and at the same time his eyes were full of inquiry.

Jiang Youxing was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Hehe, you said it was a coincidence, aren't you the same as the director of the big factory?" Besides, who said I came to run the business? Wouldn't it be better for me to go out and learn about the work of supply and marketing? ”

"Done! Of course! Zheng Guoyuan snorted, he didn't seem to care about Jiang Youxing's clumsy explanation at all, in fact, he knew that the reason why Jiang Youxing appeared here was the same as the reason why he came here.