Chapter 708 Cause 1
In fact, before Li Huaide arrived at the training base yesterday, Lin Yu had already learned about his purpose from Zhou Hong's telepathic communication, and also knew that this time Li Huaide was schemed against by Chang Changzheng and Liu Changhe.
Although Zhou Hong was always paying attention to the situation around him, he would not bother to pay attention to it unless it involved his master's affairs. It was just that Chang Changzheng and Liu Changhe had communicated in advance before holding this office meeting, and it was during the conversation that the two mentioned Lin Yu's name, which attracted Zhou Hong's attention.
Due to a notice from the Municipal Meat Processing Plant, the amount of pork supplied to the Red Star Steel Mill will continue to be reduced from next month, and it will be reduced by one third.
Chang Changzheng was immediately paralyzed when he saw the notice with the official seal of the Meat Processing Plant in his hand. Since the first time the pork supply of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was reduced, he had contacted the Municipal Meat Processing Plant and reported to the ministry. Unfortunately, the replies he got were all that this was a unified arrangement by the superiors. An old leader in the ministry who had always admired him privately revealed some information. As all places were carrying out the Great Steel Production Movement, most of the pigs raised collectively in the communes and villages were slaughtered to support the local area. Therefore, even the Meat Processing Plant was now faced with the dilemma of having no pigs to kill. The ministry supported the various units and enterprises below to find ways to solve the problem of material supply.
Chang Changzheng wanted to take this opportunity to enhance his prestige in the Red Star Steel Mill. If he could get a large amount of pork at this time, as long as he promoted it properly, his reputation in the Red Star Steel Mill would definitely undergo a tremendous change.
Unfortunately, ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Chang Changzheng contacted several friends he had good relations with, but in the end he got nothing. A close friend directly reminded him that Chang Changzheng was desperate and tried all kinds of methods. It was obvious that the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill had a large amount of grain and meat, but as the secretary of the Red Star Steel Mill, he actually went far away to get what was nearby.
How could Chang Changzheng have the nerve to explain to the other party? After hanging up the phone, he couldn't help but secretly annoyed. How could this young Lin Yu not respect an old comrade like him? Moreover, knowing that the Red Star Steel Mill was extremely short of meat supply, he Lin Yu would not take the initiative to provide help to the steel mill. This guy was too inhumane.
Although Chang Changzheng was extremely dissatisfied, he still had some self-awareness when it came to asking Lin Yu for help. He knew that Lin Yu had a very bad impression of him and would definitely not give him face.
At this moment, Chang Changzheng couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Not long ago, the ministry directly issued a document to relieve him of the position of director of the Red Star Steel Mill, which he concurrently held, and replaced it with Liu Changhe. Now that Liu Changhe is the director of the steel mill, he can no longer ignore this major event that concerns tens of thousands of cadres and employees as he did before.
So Chang Changzheng called Liu Changhe directly and invited him to his office.
When Liu Changhe saw the notice that Chang Changzheng handed him, his head suddenly went numb. The high spirits he had just felt when he became the director of the Red Star Steel Mill immediately vanished. Oh my God, he had worked so hard to become the director, but he didn't expect that the Meat Processing Plant would give him a heavy blow. Before, he was only the deputy director in charge of production, and when something like this happened, he could push the blame on the logistics supply department and stay out of it. But now he had just become the director of the Red Star Steel Mill. If he could not handle this matter properly, it would be a major blow to his reputation in the steel mill.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Liu Changhe still couldn't think of a solution. He was previously in charge of production at the Second Steel Rolling Mill and had never been involved in logistics and supply. Just now, he thought carefully and found that none of his acquaintances had such a relationship.
Now is the time to let my friend die rather than my own. Although Liu Changhe didn't want to be enemies with Li Huaide, after all, his father-in-law was the main leader of the department. However, if he couldn't solve the problem of tens of thousands of cadres and workers eating meat in the steel rolling mill in time, he would be in big trouble. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Deputy Director Li has always been in charge of the logistics supply of our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. It seems that the more capable, the more work should be done."
Chang Changzheng looked at him with some disdain and said in a flat tone: "The last time it was also because the meat processing plant reduced the supply. We said in the meeting that everyone would try every means to contact their own relationships and try to buy more meat for the factory. As a result, you, me and Deputy Director Xue didn't get much pork. Instead, Comrade Li Huaide got an extra supply of 2,000 kilograms of pork per month from the department. Some people have already spread this matter in the steel mill. Who among the cadres and workers in the factory doesn't praise Deputy Director Li? Similarly, those workers have a lot of opinions about us. As far as I know, someone has said that if the three of us can get 2,000 kilograms of pork each, then the steel mill can eat pork every day."
Liu Changhe's face changed slightly after hearing this. In fact, he had also heard these rumors, but he was in charge of production at that time, so he didn't take it to heart. But now he is the director of the steel rolling mill. If he can't get some meat for the employees in the factory, I am afraid that many cadres and employees will privately scold him for incompetence.
But even if he racked his brains, Liu Changhe could not think of any channel to obtain a large amount of pork. If it was a hundred or eighty kilograms, he could buy it on the black market at his own expense, but if it was a thousand kilograms of pork, not to mention that it was unlikely that there would be so much pork on the black market, even if there was, he could not afford to pay so much money. The steel rolling mill obtained pork from the meat processing plant at 76 cents per kilogram, but now the first-grade pork on the black market is one dollar and fifty cents per kilogram.
Seeing Liu Changhe's conflicted expression, Chang Changzheng couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He looked down on those guys who used to tinker with machines in the base's arsenal. He and his comrades had braved bullets and shells to get their current status, but Liu Changhe and other technical workers who were originally in the arsenal were now on an equal footing with him. It was a pity that even if they wore dragon robes, these people could not become emperors. They might be good at looking at blueprints and tinkering with machines, but when it came to strategy, he could definitely leave them behind.
Ever since he replaced the clerk, Chang Changzheng finally had some understanding of the major and minor things in the steel rolling mill. Liu Changhe and Xue Yongheng were getting together, obviously wanting to get him out of office, but these two guys were a bit too fanciful.