A few minutes later, Wang Weidong came out with five cigarettes under his arm, and when he came to the base of the wall, he handed out a pack of cigarettes to everyone.

Wang Haifu sat in the crowd, silently watching his son's actions, and did not speak.

An old man took a few puffs of cigarette and took a look at the ashes and asked, "Weidong, I heard that you are doing a lot of business in the south, how many people are there in the factory now?" ”

"Now there are three or four hundred." Wang Weidong replied.

"Only three or four hundred? That's not much! Another old man said with a smile.

"Have you bought a car now? What kind of car are you driving? Lao Li, who asked Wang Weidong to buy cigarettes, asked.

"It's just a small factory with three or four hundred people, and it can't make a few dollars a year, what kind of car can you buy? After the New Year, I spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a van. Wang Weidong replied with a smile.

"The van is good, the van can both sit and pull goods, affordable!" An old man nodded in agreement.

Wang Weidong squatted in front of dozens of old men, smiling with a smile on his face, and chatted with these uncles and uncles for half an hour.

It was only at this time that Wang Haifu stood up and said to Wang Weidong: "You go to the vegetable market to buy a piece of tofu, and when we go home at noon, we will eat stewed tofu!" ”

Wang Weidong carried tofu and accompanied his father on the way home.

Wang Haifu said approvingly: "You did a good job just now, your attitude should be lowered a little, don't make a few dollars and your eyes grow on the top of your head, making people think that you look down on people!" In fact, most of these people felt a little sour when they saw you and me, and because of this, we should lower our attitude, so as to make them feel better. ”

"I understand that." Wang Weidong said.

"People are like this, they are angry, but they are not laughing. If something happens to you in the future, it is in the Xiangyang Chemical Factory, most people should feel very happy in their hearts. Rich people are unlucky, everyone applauds, and no one will sympathize with you. A few of those dozens of old men have a good attitude towards you, such as Fang Yanmei's father, who is because their children in the family have made money with you in the past two years, and there is both gratitude and stammering. Wang Haifu continued.

"This is also the reason why you asked me to buy tofu, if you let me buy pork ribs, some old men may scold you in their hearts, and if you have money, you have to be scared." Wang Weidong said with a smile.

Hearing his son say this, Wang Haifu sighed and said, "If it were me, I would also scold!" What can I do with a pension of more than 100 yuan a month? If you want to eat meat, you have to endure it! The reason why these old men are now running to the door of the supply and marketing cooperatives to squat is because they are too lonely at home, and the door of the supply and marketing cooperatives is both leeward and sunbathing. Everyone got together to play poker and chess, and the time passed. ”

"I remember that in the past, there were no activity centers for old workers and old cadres in the factory. Why not go there? Wang Weidong asked.

"Now the efficiency of the factory is not good, and if it can be saved, the activity center of the old workers and old cadres has long been closed." Wang Haifu replied.

"I can spend a little money to free up a house or two in the factory, buy an electric kettle, a few decks of poker and a couple of chess pieces for nothing." Wang Weidong said.

Wang Haifu nodded but taught his son and said, "What's the matter with you taking out the money?" Do you have a lot of stinky money in your hands? ”

Wang Weidong was stunned by what his father said.

Wang Haifu continued: "It's okay to take out the money, but it must not be your own initiative to do this kind of thing!" You give me the money, and I quietly go to the factory to find the leader of the trade union and take the lead in the name of the factory to do this, so that everyone has a good face, and everyone's heart is comfortable, and there are no pimples, and it is reasonable. This is the reason why it was said in the past that good deeds do not leave a name, if you want to leave a name, leave the name of the factory! If you keep your personal name, it will not be good, and others will think that you have ulterior motives and bad intentions! What was your education as a child? Don't highlight the individual! If you want to be prominent, highlight the country and the collective! ”

Wang Weidong looked at his father as he walked, and he felt that the old worker in front of him was full of wisdom in life.

Originally, it was good to stew tofu at noon, but when he returned home, Wang Haifu was troublesome, he put the tofu on a large plate and crushed it with chopsticks, poured some oil, salt and chopped green onions, and a dish was ready.

At noon, Wang Xinjin and Qu Xiaomei couldn't go home when they were working in the factory, so Wang Haifu and Wang Weidong were the only ones who ate.

Wang Weidong poured two glasses of wine, and the father and son took a sip of the wine glass at the same time.

After putting down the wine glass, Wang Weidong asked, "Boss Wang, the last time I told you that I wanted to register a VCD factory, I made it very clear that you are just a nominal boss!" After those VCD parts are shipped to the Xiangyang Chemical Plant, my sister-in-law directly assigns them to those who assemble VCDs, and my sister-in-law will send a batch of goods away after they pack a batch, so you don't have to stay here at all! Now it's only my grandma at home, my mom and Xiaoya are at home, old and young, do you know how long my mom complained and scolded you when I came home this time? ”

"Originally, I took a few old fellows to the big northern countries and turned over the land on the farm again. After returning to Xiangyang Chemical Factory, I originally planned to take a look and play with these old buddies in the past for two days and then go back to Harbin City, but then I felt that there were some things that I had to deal with personally, so I never left. Wang Haifu replied.

"What major military aircraft matters have to be handled by your old man personally? I think you've just thought about being a boss! Wang Weidong said.

Wang Haifu slowly added a chopstick, shallots mixed with tofu into his mouth, and said while chewing: "You send 10,000 sets of VCD parts here in Fushan a month, which sounds like a lot, but if you think about it, Fang Yan and Mei Kong Deliang's two people can assemble twenty-three or four units a day at home, which is eight or nine hundred units a month!" 10,000 VCD parts are enough for 20 people in the factory to assemble. But think about it, how many idlers are there in the factory now? They all want to work and make money! ”

Hearing Wang Haifu say this, Wang Weidong couldn't answer for a while. Now there are so many workers in the factory who do not work, and if all of them are asked to assemble VCDs, they will assemble more than 100,000 VCDs every month.

This problem is simply not something he can solve.

"If they all want to do it, what will happen to those who can't get a job? Naturally, you will want to go wrong ways. Since your sister-in-law is responsible for distributing VCD parts, they will quietly find a way for your sister-in-law to give your sister-in-law benefits. Wang Haifu continued.

Hearing this, Wang Weidong opened his mouth and opened his eyes wide when he heard this.

"At the beginning, those people bought some fruits and cosmetics and other things to give to your sister-in-law, and then someone directly and secretly gave your sister-in-law a commission, and gave your sister-in-law two cents for a set of VCD parts, and then it slowly rose to five cents! Wei Dong, think about it, if half of the 10,000 sets of pieces a month let your sister-in-law Xiaomei get five cents, how much benefit can she get a month? Wang Haifu asked.

This is the typical Chinese approach to solving problems.

"The benefit fee of five cents can only be paid out of the assembly and processing fee, and the assembly fee of assembling a VCD is only two yuan, so it becomes 1 yuan and 5 cents." Wang Weidong said.

"Yes, even if it's 1 yuan and 5 cents for the assembly fee, everyone is willing to do it!" Wang Haifu said.

"How did you know about this?" Wang Weidong asked.

"You have been at odds with your eldest brother since you were a child, but in fact, you are still very upright, after he found out about this incident, he persuaded Xiaomei several times behind his back, but he can get an additional benefit fee of one or two thousand yuan a month, how can it be so easy to stop? The two of us quarreled several times about this matter, and then your eldest brother quietly told me about it, after all, I am nominally the person in charge of the VCD factory. After I heard about it, I took over the matter of assigning VCD parts without saying a word. Wang Haifu said.

Speaking of this, Wang Haifu couldn't help but sigh and said: "For this matter, your sister-in-law is actually resentful of me in her heart!" In order to be fair, I even offended my own daughter-in-law! Now you go to the houses of the VCD assemblers in the factory, and none of them have enough to eat. I assign one or two hundred units to them every month for those who are in difficulty and have physical disabilities, and they can complete these tasks in a few days. Now there are hundreds of VCDs in the factory, and the few can only earn a few dozen yuan a month, and the more two people like Fang Yan and Mei Kong Deliang together are more than 1,000 yuan. Everyone thinks that making money is not enjoyable, but I can't manage so much, even earning only a few dozen yuan a month is actually very helpful to the family. Wang Haifu said.

In terms of increasing the effect rate, Wang Weidong felt that his father should not do this. But that's the way to be fair.

It seems that eating a big pot of rice also has the benefit of eating a big bowl of rice.

"During this time, you stay here and tell the people in the factory, who wants to go to work on the farm in Ussuriysk, a big northern country, next year, you can tell you in advance, it is better to go with a husband and wife, so that at least one or two hundred people have work. After I returned to Fushan, I tried to send one or two thousand more sets of parts, but I couldn't do more, how to increase too much, not only affected the efficiency of the factory, but also the sales of VCD will become a problem. Wang Weidong said.

"Weidong, don't think that some things can only happen in institutions and state-owned factories. Although you are a private business owner, you still have to pay attention to this aspect of things, whether there are people below who are messing around! Secretly take the benefits yourself and dig the corner of the enterprise! You have to pay attention now, otherwise it may be too late to wait for the big problem in the future! Wang Haifu said.

"Comrade Haifu, your reminder is too timely, I'll catch this matter when I go back!" Wang Weidong said.

Now Wang Weidong feels in his heart that he really didn't come back in vain when he returned to his hometown this time.

In the evening, Wang Xinjin and Qu Xiaomei went home from work and saw Wang Weidong coming back, Wang Xinjin still looked not salty or light, but Qu Xiaomei greeted her with a smile, she said hello to Wang Weidong and then went downstairs to ride a bicycle to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

When she came back more than ten minutes later, Qu Xiaomei was carrying a fish and a few catties of pork ribs.

Wang Weidong walked into the kitchen and squatted beside Qu Xiaomei, who was cleaning up the fish, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, there is one thing I want to tell you." I just heard from my dad that you've done a great job in the past few months! When I return to the factory, I will definitely say hello to the person in charge of finance, and I will add 1,000 yuan to you every month in the future! ”

Wang Haifu, who was sitting in front of the TV in the back room waiting to watch the news, nodded silently.

The advertising slogan of Confucius Liquor came from the TV: "Confucian Liquor makes people homesick!" ”

(End of chapter)