Chapter 209 Arrangement
Chapter 209 Arrangement
At around seven o'clock the next morning, after finishing his breakfast, Jia Dongming went to the other courtyard as soon as possible. He saw Master Lei who had been waiting there for a long time, and immediately greeted Master Lei, "Master Lei! Good morning!"
When Master Lei saw Jia Dongming coming out of the house, he immediately introduced him to Jia Dongming: "Boss! Good morning. I have already asked you about the things you asked me to ask yesterday."
"Since you are paying with small yellow croakers, the other party is willing to save 20 cents on each gold brick. As for the old wood you need, my other friend has two golden nanmu trees and five red sandalwood trees. These are all over a hundred years old. Oh, and there is also a set of furniture made of red sandalwood."
After hearing what Master Lei said, Jia Dongming immediately asked Master Lei, "Master Lei! How much do the wood and furniture you just mentioned cost in total? If we use small yellow croakers to settle the bill, how should we calculate it? After all, the official price is several times different from the black market price."
When Master Lei heard Jia Dongming asking about the prices of wood and furniture, he quickly introduced to Jia Dongming: "Boss! The current purchase price of small yellow croaker in the bank is three yuan per gram, but on the black market, the purchase price of small yellow croaker has already risen to a sky-high price of twenty yuan per gram. My friend happens to be in great need of small yellow croaker, so he is willing to settle with you at eighteen yuan per gram."
When Jia Dongming heard the price offered by Master Lei, he showed a satisfied smile on his face and said to Master Lei, "Master Lei! The price offered by your friend is quite reasonable. Let's settle the bill according to this price. Now you can see how many small yellow croakers I have to pay you for the gold bricks, the wood, and the furniture."
Master Lei had already calculated the number of small yellow croakers to be exchanged last night. When he heard Jia Dongming's question, he immediately said to Jia Dongming, "Boss! You need to pay eleven small yellow croakers for the gold bricks. As for the wood and furniture, you need a total of ten small yellow croakers. If it's feasible, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the things to you tonight."
When Jia Dongming heard the price offered by Master Lei, he calculated it silently in his mind, nodded in agreement, and replied, "Okay! Then we'll settle it according to this price, but don't send the furniture here, send it to Gulou East Street. I'll tell you the specific address tomorrow."
When Master Lei heard Jia Dongming's request, he nodded instinctively, and then said to Jia Dongming: "Boss! My friend asks you to pay a deposit. Is that convenient for you?"
When Jia Dongming heard the request made by Master Lei, he immediately realized that Master Lei was worried that he didn't have that much money, so he was testing him. Jia Dongming didn't say anything about this, but smiled and said to Master Lei: "Master Lei! Wait here for a while, I'll go back to the house to get the deposit for you."
Not long after Jia Dongming went back to the house, he walked back to the courtyard, took out five small yellow croakers from his pocket, and said to Master Lei: "Master Lei! This is a deposit for your friend. Please check the goods first."
When Master Lei heard what Jia Dongming said and saw Jia Dongming directly take out five small yellow croakers, he had a better understanding of Jia Dongming's financial resources.
Master Lei took the yellow croaker from Jia Dongming, took a bite, and after making sure it was fine, he immediately put it in his pocket and said to Jia Dongming happily, "Boss! I'll take the deposit on behalf of my friend. The wood and gold bricks will be delivered to you tonight, and the furniture will be delivered to your designated place tomorrow."
When Jia Dongming heard what Master Lei said, he replied very generously: "Master Lei! Just take care of the arrangements. I'm going to work first. If there's anything, we can talk when I come back."
After saying goodbye to Master Lei, Jia Dongming rode his bicycle to the steel rolling mill.
After parking his bicycle, Jia Dongming did not go directly to the office as usual, but walked towards the logistics office.
"Good morning, Director! You came to our logistics department so early, do you have any instructions?" Zhang Guoping saw Jia Dongming appearing at the door of the office, and immediately stood up from his desk and greeted Jia Dongming respectfully. Jia Dongming heard Zhang Guoping's greetings and said to him with a smile: "Comrade Guoping! The day before yesterday, I heard you say that the canteen is going to recruit another kitchen helper. Have you recruited this kitchen helper yet?"
Seeing Jia Dongming suddenly asking about the canteen's recruitment of kitchen helpers, Zhang Guoping asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look on his face: "Director! I have been busy these past two days, and I haven't made any specific arrangements about recruiting kitchen helpers. You suddenly asked about this matter. Is it difficult to find a suitable candidate?"
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Guoping's question, he did not deliberately hide it and introduced it to Zhang Guoping: "Guoping! The situation is like this. Yesterday on my way home from get off work, I saw two children rummaging through the garbage dump. Later, I learned from my nephew that these two children actually lived in the same compound as me."
"I felt so sorry for these two children. After returning home, I went to my mother to find out about their situation. I then learned that their parents were killed by bandits when they went out of town to dig wild vegetables two years ago. They are now living with their grandmother."
"The grandmother of the two children is 47 years old this year. She relies on doing odd jobs outside or collecting waste to sell to support the two children. I saw that this family was really pitiful. It just so happened that our canteen was looking for a kitchen helper, so I thought of helping this family."
Zhang Guoping immediately understood what Jia Dongming meant when he heard what he said. However, considering the actual situation of the small canteen of the Security Department, Zhang Guoping reminded Jia Dongming: "Director! The kitchen helpers we recruit in our canteen are formal positions, and the age of the old lady you mentioned has exceeded our recruitment regulations. I am afraid this matter will be difficult to handle."
After hearing Zhang Guoping's reminder, Jia Dongming pondered for a while before he said to Zhang Guoping, "Guoping! Do you think this will work? We will recruit kitchen helpers as usual, and we will also recruit a temporary worker who will be responsible for cleaning the cafeteria and office building. He will be paid 18 yuan a month and will be directly assigned to the cafeteria."
Zhang Guoping originally thought that Jia Dongming was going to use his power as director to forcibly change the recruitment regulations, but he didn't expect Jia Dongming to come up with this best of both worlds solution. He immediately nodded in agreement and said, "Director! Although our security department's office building is not big, the men in the department rarely take the initiative to clean the department. If you hire someone specifically to be responsible for the sanitation of the department, I won't have to supervise everyone to clean the department in the future."
After hearing Zhang Guoping's answer, Jia Dongming smiled and said to him, "Guoping! Let's arrange it this way. I will go to the street office later and ask the people there to find the old lady and talk to her about the work of our security department."
"Chief! Why don't you go find the old lady yourself?" When Zhang Guoping heard Jia Dongming's words, he was obviously stunned and asked Jia Dongming with a puzzled look on his face.
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Guoping's question and thought of Jia Zhang's reminder, he smiled and replied, "Guoping! You don't know that although the old lady's family is not doing well, she is unwilling to accept help from the neighbors. In addition, there are more than a dozen families living in my compound. If other neighbors know about this, I am afraid I will not be able to live in peace in the compound in the future."
Zhang Guoping heard Jia Dongming's answer and finally understood the intention of Jia Dongming's arrangement. He couldn't help but give Jia Dongming a thumbs up and said to him with admiration: "Director! You are doing good deeds without leaving a name!"
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Guoping's praise, he did not feel proud of it. Instead, he replied modestly, "If I hadn't met this person, it would have been fine. But since I have, I will help this family within my ability so that the two children don't have to rely on picking up waste to fill their stomachs."
(End of this chapter)