Chapter 838 Zhou Tian's Teaching
He couldn't believe that such a thing happened in the steel rolling mill where his father started his business.
So for the whole afternoon, he couldn't understand why there were such unspoken rules in the factory.
After hearing his son's words, Zhou Tian smiled, patted his shoulder and said, "Why, are you confused, or even a little confused?"
Seeing his son nod, he smiled and said, "In fact, this kind of thing is not only in the steel mill, but also in any factory. Everyone has even formed a kind of tacit recognition of it!"
"But why? Dad, didn't the factory manager pay them? Why did they still do this?"
Zhou Zhiqiu asked in confusion: "And by doing this, aren't they digging into the country's corners and undermining national construction?"
As a student who had just graduated from school, Zhou Zhiqiu was very confused. This was obviously in conflict with the education they had received in school.
"It's very simple, it's driven by desire!"
Zhou Tian looked at his sons helplessly and explained. He knew that the kids had just graduated and had little social experience and didn't understand the ways of the world, so he was very patient in explaining.
"Human desires are insatiable. Just like the canteen director you mentioned, his salary is actually not low, enough to support his family, but the problem is that the money he handles every day is far more than his salary!"
"When a person comes into contact with more money, he will not be satisfied with his salary and will gradually develop a desire for more, and this desire is the root cause of crime!"
"But Dad, why didn't anyone catch them when they did this? Did no one report it?"
Zhou Zhiqiu still asked in confusion.
"No, it's not that no one reported it, but many things cannot be said openly!"
Zhou Tian shook his head. If he remembered correctly, the current canteen director of the steel rolling mill should be Li Huaiyu. Although he didn't know this person's background, just from the name, he knew that this person should be related to Li Huaide.
The canteen director of Uncle He Daqing was also replaced by this person. To put it bluntly, he should be a pawn planted by Li Huaide in the logistics department.
Seeing that his son was still confused, Zhou Tian had no choice but to take him to the study. After all, some words were not suitable for children to hear. He entered the study and motioned for his son to sit down.
He then poured his son a cup of tea made from spiritual spring water and spoke slowly.
"If I'm not mistaken, your canteen director is called Li Huaiyu, right?"
The son took the tea and nodded.
"Then have you ever thought about the relationship between Li Huaide and Li Huaiyu?"
Zhou Tian asked immediately, and Zhou Zhiqiu was dumbfounded for a moment. Li Huaide and Li Huaiyu, the names only differ by one character. No one would believe that the two had no relationship.
"Dad, are you saying that Li Huaide is actually involved in this matter?"
Zhou Zhiqiu was not stupid. His father had explained it so clearly, so why didn't he understand the meaning? He asked in a daze.
"Well, Li Huaiyu is Li Huaide's cousin, otherwise how could your uncle He be removed from the position of canteen director?"
"But isn't this nepotism?" Li Huaide said.
"Haha, nepotism. There is no such thing as nepotism in the organization. And if I'm not mistaken, since Li Huaiyu took office, the food in the cafeteria has more oil and water than usual, right?"
"That's true!"
Zhou Zhiqiu recalled the food in the cafeteria, and even though he was reluctant to admit it, he still nodded.
Although he had not been at the steel mill for long, don't forget that he still had a master, and he had heard a lot about the food standards in the cafeteria, which were indeed much better than before.
"That's it!"
Zhou Tian smiled and continued, "Obviously, although Uncle He's interests were sacrificed, compared to the workers in the entire factory, changing the canteen director is not so unacceptable!"
"And you mentioned that the two of them took kickbacks. This actually happens in every factory and it's impossible to eliminate it. There's also the issue of buying at a low price and selling at a high price. To put it bluntly, although this is illegal, as long as they're not caught, there won't be any problems. As long as they don't sell anything in the warehouse or anything that's not on the account, the factory won't know about it. Do you understand?"
Zhou Zhiqiu was stunned by what his father said. He didn't expect that such a thing could be explained in this way.
"Okay, I know you don't like these people, but sometimes, when we look at a person's ability, we often don't look at whether he is hardworking, brave, or kind, but whether he can benefit the majority of people!"
Zhou Tian finally said one more sentence, but seeing that his son still seemed confused, he could only shake his head. He understood that what he said today might have a great impact on his son.
But this world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. He can't always teach his son to be an honest man. After all, honest people don't always have a good ending, whether in this life or in the previous life.
After all, this is the nature of the world. All he can teach his son is to learn to think tactfully while keeping some moral bottom line in his heart.
"Okay, think about it carefully!"
After saying that, Zhou Tian picked up the tea and started to drink it. After these years of cultivation, the tea trees in the space are getting older and older. Even the two ordinary tea trees that he bought casually at the beginning have been watered with spiritual spring water for such a long time.
Some changes have also taken place. There are already hundreds of tea trees in the space, and there are no less than fifty tea leaves that are thousands of years old. The tea leaves picked from the thousand-year-old tea trees and soaked in spiritual spring water give people an indescribable fragrance.
In his opinion, it is not inferior to the mother tree Dahongpao allocated from above, and it even has a lingering fragrance in the mouth.
"Dad, I understand!"
Zhou Zhiqiu is, after all, a very smart man, and also someone who is very good at thinking. Although his father's words did subvert the beliefs he has always held, he is not a person who does not know how to adapt.
He quickly came to his senses from his confusion.
"Okay, I understand. Let's go. I think your Aunt Wu has prepared the meal by now. It's time for us to go out and eat!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the study.
"Dad, I have a question for you?"
Just as he was about to step out of the study, his son's voice came from behind.
"what is the problem?"
Zhou Tian couldn't help but stop and turned to look at his son.
"Dad, is Aunt Wu really a relative of Mom's?"
An expression that looked like he was asking for a beating instantly appeared on Zhou Zhiqiu's face, and he said in a somewhat mean way.
"Ahem, stay out of adult matters!"
Zhou Tian originally thought that this boy wanted to ask something, but he didn't expect that he would ask this question. This made him cough several times in succession. Then he pretended to have a gloomy face, scolded him, and left the study room without paying any attention to the boy.