Chapter 348 Urgent Mission

Chapter 348 Urgent Mission

Chapter 348 Urgent Mission

The next day.

Today it is Bai Jie's turn to teach, but no one is looking forward to it as much as last week. The reason is very simple: if you are in Bai Jie's class, you won't understand what she is saying.

It takes more time to re-understand the content after class. In comparison, everyone prefers Yan Wanbin's class.

At least when I take his classes, even if I don't understand, I can still learn most of it by myself with the books.

Time flies and it's time to get off work.

Li Kailang packed up and prepared to go off work, when Wan Shen suddenly came to him.

"Master Li, are you free now? Director Yang wants to see you."

"Secretary Wan, it's almost time to get off work. What does Director Yang want to talk to me about?"

Li Kailang glanced at his watch. It was almost time to get off work before he came to look for him. Wasn't that just looking for trouble?

"It's urgent, otherwise I wouldn't come to you after get off work." Wan Shen said lightly.

"That's true. Let's go then." Li Kailang could only agree reluctantly. Since he was already here, they would naturally not let him leave.

Besides, I have received a lot of help from Director Yang, so I can't just refuse him directly.

Following Wan Shen, Li Kailang came to Director Yang's office. In addition to Director Yang, there was another person.

"Factory Director." Wan Shen greeted him and stood aside.

Director Yang introduced: "Let me introduce you, this is Zong Changyi, the head of the fourth purchasing department."

"This is Li Kailang, the driver of the transport team. He is a college student at our factory."

"Hello there!"

"Hello there!"

Zong Changyi looked Li Kailang up and down. He didn't expect that Li Kailang was actually a college student. If he graduated successfully, he would at least be a cadre in the future.

As for the driver's identity, it is not worth mentioning compared to the title of college student.

Li Kailang was also looking at Zong Changyi, who was the competitor of Sun Yongkai in the third purchasing department.

Director Yang did not give the two extra time and got straight to the point. "You two should be familiar with the road. I have an important mission to bring you here this time."

Hearing this, the two immediately looked at Director Yang.

"It's autumn harvest time now, and the fields have harvested grain. The higher-ups have already ordered grain for our factory, but not pork."

"Our factory is in large-scale production right now and we urgently need to supplement nutrition, especially meat, so that everyone can eat meat."

"I know a place that sells pigs. I need you to get there as soon as possible. Otherwise, they will be gone if you are too late."

"This place is quite far away, outside the borders of our Sijiu City. If you go there, you will be stealing pork from other territories, which may be dangerous."

Director Yang quickly summarized the matter.

To put it simply, it means running to other areas and purchasing pigs as soon as possible before the factories in those areas react.

The journey is long and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. It will be one or two o'clock in the morning when I get back from shopping.

Being a little tired is not a big deal, the main thing is the danger. If you are stopped by someone, losing your money is the least of your worries, and you will most likely be beaten up and sent to the hospital.

After all, this behavior is like two restaurant owners, one going to the other to solicit customers, which in itself is crossing the line.

It would be fine if you failed to attract customers, but the key is to successfully attract them, and the customers will spend a lot of money. Isn't that infuriating?
Director Yang continued: "This matter is time-sensitive, the task is heavy, and the process is somewhat dangerous. Currently, only the two of you can complete it. Of course, you two can choose to refuse."

As soon as Director Yang finished speaking, Zong Changyi immediately expressed his opinion.

"Director Yang, I'll take this mission and I promise to complete it. As long as it's good for the steel mill, the danger is not worth mentioning."

Director Yang was delighted: "Great! Chief Zong, if you can buy some pigs, I will have the publicity department broadcast your deeds to the entire factory so that everyone will know."

Hearing this, Zong Changyi couldn't help but look delighted.

Compared with material rewards, the factory-wide broadcast can make his name spread widely.

This will be of great benefit to him in competing for the position in the purchasing department later. At least he will be much better than Sun Yongkai.

Zong Changyi immediately looked at Li Kailang and persuaded him: "Master Li, this is a contribution to the factory. What are you hesitating about? The steel mill supports us just for today."

"Maintain troops for a thousand days but deploy them only for a moment. I think Master Li should know this principle."

Zong Changyi naturally didn't want Li Kailang to refuse and indirectly ruin this great opportunity.

If Director Yang hadn't designated Li Kailang, he would have wanted to find someone else.

Zong Changyi didn't know that this opportunity was originally prepared for Li Kailang. If Sun Yongkai and Li Kailang had not had a conflict, it would not have been his turn.

Li Kailang looked at Zong Changyi, and then at Director Yang who was smiling secretly. If only this matter was that simple, there must be something hidden.

But now is not the time to think deeply. Since Director Yang is looking for him and is showing his righteousness, this is not an excuse for him to refuse.
Li Kailang immediately said: "For the good of our steel mill, I have no choice but to do this!"

"Good! Good!" Director Yang immediately shouted happily.

"With the two of you helping out, we will definitely be able to purchase the pig. There is no time to lose and you two should leave as soon as possible. The sooner you go, the sooner you can return."

"If you can procure it, I will give you two a great credit and inform the whole factory. You don't have to come to work tomorrow."

"Yes!" the two responded. This last sentence meant that they must succeed. Otherwise, not only would their hard work be in vain, but they would also have to go to work tomorrow.

"Go and prepare, and come back as soon as possible." Director Yang waved his hand, signaling the two to go and prepare.

The two of them left the office and went after getting ready.

Wan Shen on the side was very confused. Director Yang said it was very serious, but in reality it was not. The pork price was just temporarily not coming down, and it would be fine in a few days.

As for letting two people go, there are so many people in the factory, it doesn't have to be them, anyone else can do it.

Seeing this, Wan Shen asked, "Director, is this task really that urgent?"

"Urgent?" Director Yang muttered, "It's urgent, but it's urgent. We don't know when the pork above will be delivered. We can't just wait."

"We have to prepare first. If the higher-ups don't give us any, how are we going to explain to the workers in the factory? It's been several months, and we have to let everyone eat something good."

"Then there's no need for both of them." Wan Shen said.

"You don't understand this. It's really you two." Director Yang said, without explaining to Wan Shen.

Li Kailang packed up and waited for Zong Changyi at the gate.

"It seems that I can't attend this class today. I have to work overtime on the weekend to learn it, otherwise I won't be able to keep up with the progress. Today I am learning a new textbook, which is difficult!"

This was the first time that Li Kailang missed class. He had never been absent before. This time the class was using a new textbook, so he had to make up for what he had missed.

Li Kailang didn't plan to make up for it tomorrow. After all, things hadn't been done yet, and it was meaningless to draw conclusions too early.

Li Kailang was just thinking about it when Zong Changyi opened the door and sat down.

"Master Li, let's set off quickly."

Zong Changyi was very anxious and wished he could reach the place in the next second. After all, this was one of the few opportunities to attack Sun Yongkai.

It is not easy for him to move up to the position of purchasing section chief, after all, he will be in charge of more than just the purchasing department.

Therefore, Zong Changyi not only had to be evaluated within the procurement department, but also had to be evaluated with people from other departments.

One step further would be like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, who wouldn't be tempted?

"Hold on tight, let's go." Li Kailang started the truck and set off.

We quickly left the city, after all, it was not time to get off work yet.

Li Kailang looked at Zong Changyi who was very excited, "Chief Zong, the journey is still quite long, why don't you take a rest so as not to be exhausted when you get there."

Zong Changyi thought about it and felt that it made sense, "That's true. It would be bad if we get stuck somewhere."

"Then Master Li, please take some time to work. When we get there, just take a rest. I will buy the pigs, so I won't bother you any more."

"Row."

Zong Changyi calmed his anxious heart and prepared to go to sleep.

"Bang!" The truck suddenly rose up and fell down, frightening Zong Changyi so much that he shuddered, "What happened? What happened?"

"It's okay, Chief Zong. The car just passed a big pothole. Did it affect you?"

"Is that so? It's fine. Just drive your car. It won't affect you."

After saying that, Zong Changyi fell asleep again. Now that he was prepared, he could breathe steadily and sleep no matter how turbulent the truck was.

"So amazing?" Li Kailang couldn't help but marvel at it. He couldn't learn this skill.

"Since he's asleep, let's hurry up." Li Kailang speeded up the truck.

After all, a round trip takes about 10 hours, and he couldn't stand it. He had to speed up and go and come back early to avoid coming back empty-handed without even a rest.

After several hours, we finally arrived.

Li Kailang let out a long sigh and shook Zong Changyi who was sleeping soundly, "Chief Zong, we're here."

"Hmm? We're here!" Zong Changyi rubbed his eyes, looked out the window, and found that there were villagers gathered around the truck.

Everyone looked at him and the truck curiously.

Zong Changyi: "That's enough, Master Li, I'll take care of the rest. You take a rest. I'll finish this quickly and we'll leave soon."

"Okay, Chief Zong, it's up to you from now on." Li Kailang agreed without hesitation. He was really tired.

After all, it was his first time here, he didn’t know the road, and he had to drive fast, so Li Kailang had to do two things at once.

While driving, you also have to pay attention to the map to avoid deviation, and also be careful to avoid potholes of all sizes on the road.

It took more than 4 hours to drive after dark. He had to concentrate all the time. Due to various situations, Li Kailang had to do three things at once. Only the driver could understand the hardship involved.

Seeing that Li Kailang fell asleep without hesitation, Zong Changyi got out of the car and started to work.
"This is the village chief, right?" Zong Changyi took out a cigarette and handed it to the village chief.

As for how he recognized the village chief, after all, he had been a purchasing agent for so many years, so his vision must have improved.

The village chief took the cigarette and said, "Looking at you, you must be a local. Why are you here?"

Zong Changyi agreed directly: "I am indeed not a local, but when buying pigs, it shouldn't matter whether you are a local or not, right?"

The village chief said: "It is indeed not closed, but you are not afraid of being blocked by others. It will be difficult to leave then."

"This is my business, so I don't need you to worry about it. I have only one solution. I wonder if you will sell this pig?"

The village chief was curious about how confident Zong Changyi was. He wondered where the confidence came from for a foreigner.

But he didn't care, "For an outsider, the price is not cheap."

"Village Chief, are you raising the price?"

The village chief said calmly: "Yes, I don't care how you know that my village sells pigs, I just know that you will definitely not go back empty-handed after coming here."

The village chief was sure that Zong Changyi would buy the pig, otherwise he would have trouble explaining himself when he returned.

Zong Changyi's face suddenly became angry, his palms trembled, and he glared at the village chief, "Okay, how much?"

The village chief raised his index finger and said, "2 yuan per pound."

"Okay, I'll accept the price." Zong Changyi replied angrily.

Zong Changyi looked very angry on the surface, but he was actually very calm in his heart, and he had a very thorough understanding of the issue of raising the price.

After all, if their identities were reversed, he would also raise the price, and he had already been mentally prepared for that.

He originally thought that the village chief would ask for more, but at just 2 yuan per catty, the price was not much more expensive than that in Sijiu City.

With the current market conditions, let alone 2 yuan, there are many factories that would want it even at 3 yuan.

After all, before the food shortage, the price on the black market was already 1 yuan per pound. Now that there is a food shortage, the price has doubled. To be honest, it is too cheap.

Zong Changyi was already very happy. At this price, it was basically impossible to buy a pig in the old city. He didn't expect to be able to buy it here.

"Okay, I'll take you there!" The village chief was very happy. This price was already a high price for him, but he didn't expect that someone would agree.

This was dozens of dollars more for no reason. "Hurry up, hurry up," Zong Changyi said anxiously, fearing that the village chief would go back on his word. He also wanted to finish the job quickly and return to the factory to avoid being stopped by the locals.

Li Kailang, who was resting in the truck, watched Zong Changyi complete the transaction through the rearview mirror and felt a little confused.

"Logically, it's been more than four o'clock, and the local factory should have bought all the pigs. Why does it look like none of them have been sold?"

"What kind of ability is Director Yang? It's bad enough that he extends his hands beyond the boundaries of the land, but he even makes the local factories not know that pigs are sold here?"

For a moment, Li Kailang couldn't help but speculate about Director Yang's abilities.

Pork is no small matter. If any village in the vicinity of Sijiu City wants to buy pork, many buyers will come in less than an hour.

No matter how bad other places are, the wait time is no more than 2 hours, but it has been several hours and no one has come. It's very strange.

Li Kailang shook his head. "Forget it. It's best if they don't come. It will save us trouble."

On the other side, it’s Sounaga Yoshi’s side.

"Here are three pigs. Do you want them all?"

"No, I want two." Zong Changyi looked at the three pigs and was very tempted, but he still controlled his heart.

"It's a rare trip, but you want two?"

"I want two ends. Weigh them quickly."

The village chief didn't understand what Zong Changyi meant, but he didn't ask much and took him to be weighed.

"It's 202 kilograms in total, just give me 400 yuan."

The clan leader said nothing and took out 400 yuan. "Here's the money. Please help me get the pig to the car."

"Don't worry, it's no problem."

The village chief asked several villagers to lift the pig onto the cart, and Zong Changyi also asked them to help tie up the pig to prevent it from moving around.

"Okay, let's go." Zong Changyi got in the car and said to Li Kailang.

"Rumble--"

Li Kailang drove out of the village quickly and started his return journey.

But this does not mean the end, on the contrary it is the beginning.

If they were blocked by people from the local factory before leaving the territory, it would not be easy for them to escape.

Sure enough, not long after Li Kailang drove away from the village, a truck came from a distance and blocked his truck.

"Beep!"

A man walked over, looked at Li Kailang's license plate, and immediately came over to ask for accountability: "Hey, comrade, you've crossed the border!"

"Hum--" At this time, the two pigs grunted at an inappropriate time.

"Damn it, I should have blocked his mouth earlier!" Zong Changyi hated in his heart, and said to Li Kailang, "Master Li, I'll go and deal with it, you stay in the car and don't move."

Zong Changyi quickly got out of the car and handed over a cigarette: "Comrade, let's talk it over!"

"Get out of the way. I won't fall for it," Xie Ding slapped Zong Changyi's hand away.

"Damn it, don't you have pigs there? You came to our territory to steal pigs. Don't you take us seriously?"

"Comrade, look at what you said, how dare we do that?" Zong Changyi said with a smile.

Looking at the four or five people gathered in front of him, when they heard the word "outsider", they all had weapons in their hands, including pistols.

Bald said greedily: "How dare I? You all did it, luckily I came in time, if you know what's best for you, send the pig out, otherwise don't even think about going back!"

Looking at the two pigs, I could steal some and split it with my brother, and at least earn 2 yuan.

"Comrade, this is not good. I have already paid the money." Zong Changyi said with embarrassment.

Xie Ding shouted, "No, what's wrong with that? You, an outsider, came to my territory to steal food. I haven't settled the score with you yet, and you still want to take the pig away. How can such a good thing happen!"

"I'll give you two choices. Either you stay with the pig, or we'll beat you up and leave the pig behind. What do you choose?"

"Ah, this." This is not a choice, this is forcing him to let go.

They didn't care that Zong Changyi was hesitant, and surrounded the truck with their weapons.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, get out of the car." Xie Tutou knocked hard on the door of Li Kailang's seat with his weapon.

This action of his immediately earned him a contemptuous sidelong glance from Li Kailang, who vented his murderous intent, and frightened him so much that he stepped back.

Tu Tou was instantly furious: "Good boy, you dare to scare me, you don't want to live, you run to my territory and dare to look at me like this, I must beat you to death!"

Li Kailang was too lazy to talk nonsense and just took out his gun and pointed it at Tu Tou.

"Comrade, let's talk it over nicely. Let's talk it over nicely!" Tu Tou was so scared that he dropped his weapon and raised his hands above his head.

"What are you doing! Put the gun down! Put it down!"

Li Kailang's behavior scared Xie Dingtou, who was holding a gun next to him, so he pointed the gun at Li Kailang.

Zong Changyi watched the situation suddenly fall into chaos and felt great pain for a moment.

"Comrade, let's talk it over nicely. Let's talk it over nicely!"

"What is there to say? You actually dare to point guns at my brothers. I think you don't want to live!" Xie Ding shouted.

They originally came here to steal food, and now they even pulled out guns and provoked him again and again. If he doesn't show his power, does he think they are sick cats?

If other outsiders knew about this, they would treat us as easy targets!
"Master Li, let's talk nicely. Put down your gun first?" Zong Changyi said.

"Let him go? It's not impossible. Ask him to apologize to me!"

Xie Dingtou shouted, "Apologize? What are you apologizing for? You pointed a gun at this old man's brother, and you still want him to apologize. I think you should apologize to my brother!"

"That's right! Put down the gun and apologize to me, otherwise none of you can escape!" Tu Tou shouted while being pointed at by a gun.

The companions nearby gathered around him, weapons clenched in their hands.

"I want to see which is faster, your gun or mine!" Xie Ding said coldly.

"Apologize!" Li Kailang said coldly, looking directly at Tu Tou, "Even if I die, I will drag you down with me!"

After hearing what Li Kailang said, Xie Ding realized that things were not that simple, so he asked Xiang Tu Tou, "What the hell did you do?"

Tu Tou looked innocent, "I didn't do anything? I just let him get down!"

"Bullshit, if you didn't do anything, why are people staring at you? Tell me, what happened to you when you fell to the ground?"

"I just knocked on his car door, that's all." Tu Tou looked innocent.

"Knock on the car door?" Xie Ding immediately went to look at Li Kailang's car door, which was dented by his companion's knock.

"Damn it, who told you to hit him so hard!" The bald man slapped Tutou on the back of his head.

Then Li Kailang apologized: "Comrade, I'm really sorry!"

Only those who are also drivers will know how much damage it will cause to a driver if a dent is knocked into his beloved car.

Although they can repair it, it doesn't mean that anyone can harm their car. In the eyes of the driver, this behavior is a blatant disdain for Li Kailang.

"Put down all your weapons!" Xie Ding immediately signaled his companions to put down their weapons.

This gave Li Kailang and Zong Changyi, who were originally in a passive position, the opportunity to take the initiative.

Seeing this, Zong Changyi would naturally not miss this opportunity.

"I'm sorry? You can just say sorry and it's over? It's such a big dent, you're also the driver, tell me yourself, is this something that can be solved by just saying sorry?"

"If saying sorry is useful, then what is the use of the police? How about I drive your car and say sorry to you."

Seeing Zong Changyi's aggressive attitude, Xie Ding knew he was in the wrong and did not dare to retort.

Originally they came to cause trouble for Li Kailang, but now Li Kailang is causing trouble for them. It's all because of this guy's reckless behavior. Now they are in trouble.

Zong Changyi continued, "You want a pig, don't you? I'll give it to you now, but you quickly repair this dent, or I won't give you the pig."

"How can I fix it this late at night without any tools?"

Zong Changyi: "I don't care about that. This dent was caused by your people. You should fix it. Fix it immediately!"

"Look at what your people did when it could have been solved with just a few words. Why? I came to your territory, can you treat me like this?"

Zong Changyi's continued aggressiveness completely turned the situation to their side.

"Oh, this is really true." Xie Dingtou was very helpless, "In this case, we don't want the pig anymore, you take it."

Zong Changyi waved his hands and said, "Oh, no, you guys should just take the pig away. We don't want it anymore. I just want you to fix the dent no matter what."

Li Kailang sat in the car, watching Zong Changyi's performance quietly. He didn't expect Zong Changyi to be so amazing.

The two of them chatted back and forth, and Zong Changyi took the situation into his hands. No wonder he was the head of the fourth purchasing department.

"No, no, no, just consider it my fault. We don't want this pig anymore. Just consider it as apology."

Hearing this, Zong Changyi was overjoyed. The matter was finally resolved, but it was not the end yet.

"You really don't want it anymore?"

"I really don't want it. Just drive away. I just ask you not to blame me."

Zong Changyi: "I am not an unreasonable person. Since you said so, if I don't admit it, I will not give you face."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

"I won't take advantage of you for nothing. I'll give you some information. There should be three more pigs in the village. You can still buy them if you rush over now."

"Really?"

"Really? How could I lie to you?"

"Thanks, brother. I'll treat you to a drink next time you come."

The two of them pulled and tugged, and then separated and went back to their respective cars.

"Master Li, let's go quickly!" As soon as Zong Changyi got in the car, he anxiously asked Li Kailang to drive away, not at all as calm as before.

"Boom--" Li Kailang naturally sped away.

Fortunately, we had a smooth journey on the way out and did not encounter any other trucks.

"Oh, I was scared to death." Zong Changyi felt relieved, slumped in his chair, and patted his chest lightly.

"That's great. Chief Zong didn't expect you to be so capable." Li Kailang exclaimed.

"No, no, it's just so-so. If it were in the past, it could be solved in just a few sentences. But not now." Zong Changyi said proudly.

On the other side, when Xie Ding and others arrived at the village late, they were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet when they learned that there was only one pig left.

"Damn, I got cheated by that kid."

You can't catch up even if you want to.

That wasn’t all. When they were about to settle the bill, another truck came and blocked the settlement.

In order to compete for this pig, both parties kept raising their bids.

This is also why Zong Changyi left one pig behind. If he bought all of them, they would have to catch up.

Once they caught up, there were no three pigs.

After several hours of trucking, Li Kailang finally returned to the steel mill.

After putting the pigs away and parking the car, Li Kailang went straight to sleep in Zhang Jinwu's office.

Zong Changyi also returned to his office to sleep.

Coming back so late, everyone is asleep, who would open the door for them, and they would also like to avoid waking others.

(End of this chapter)