Chapter 251: Allocating by need, by labor, or by clamor—none of these is appropriate!

Unnoticed, a crowd had already gathered at the scene.

Cui Henian's face burned; his wife was fine in every way except she was too domineering—she always snatched up anything good. In the days when material goods were scarce, that was considered a virtue, but now… Ha Gong Da's benefits are so good, what more could you possibly want?

What's wrong with the old house? Living in the old house is also comfortable; over these years I've grown attached to it! Everywhere are things full of memories, there's absolutely no need to change to a new house.

At least we have a place to live; those faculty and staff without housing have been feeling stifled these past few years! Now, the new houses should rightfully belong to them!

Thinking this, he stepped forward a few paces and grabbed his wife's arm.

"Come on, let's go back, don't cause trouble for the leaders! Ayiyo……"

Cui Henian's face burned even more! Moreover, he could feel liquid welling up—it was as if a peach blossom had bloomed all over his face!

Before, Cui Henian would just put up with it, after all it was at home; this time…

Cui Henian raised his arm, wanting to slap his wife; out in public, a man must save face—if you don't give him face, I won't give you face either. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Can you beat me?

"Section Chief Cui, Section Chief Cui!" At this moment, Qin Miao leapt forward and quickly grabbed his arm.

"It's just an apartment, no problem—if sister-in-law wants to live there, let her! It's not a big deal."

"Hmph, look, it's still the young people who know how to respect their elders!" Yang Guizhi stood with hands on hips, very pleased.

Beside him, President Liu's expression was complex.

Nationwide, any unit involved in housing allocation will inevitably stir up conflict; Ha Gong Da had anticipated this, so this time they planned to build enough housing in one go so that everyone without a home could have one, thus solving the housing problem, right?

Who would have thought, now that the houses exist, there are still people dissatisfied—it's all about houses, with distinctions between new and old, good and bad floors, and yet people still kick up a fuss……

Now, Qin Miao is a good comrade! President Liu sighed.

The school wanted to give Qin Miao the best, while Qin Miao wanted to keep the best for the school…… No, absolutely not, this loophole cannot be opened! If Yang Guizhi makes a fuss about it, others might follow suit, rendering the original regulations unenforceable, turning needs-based allocation into noise-based allocation, or even whoever grabs it first gets it!

"Comrade Qin Miao, the school's housing allocation naturally follows school regulations; if an employee takes a liking to it and occupies it, it becomes theirs—how would the school continue to operate then?" President Liu's face darkened: "What about the Security Section staff? Before housing is properly allocated, anyone who dares to move in privately will be cleared out outright! Staff of cadres who occupy housing will be dealt with to the end!"

Yang Guizhi was dumbfounded.

On the first day of construction, she came to watch, seeing the house rise floor by floor with her own eyes; after finishing renovation, she came in once and was almost blinded by its brightness—spacious and bright, this is absolutely the best house in all of Ha Gong Da, no, in all of Ha Cheng!

Being able to move in here would surely make one laugh awake even in dreams.

So she turned her mind to it, having told Cui Henian many times, but he never budged; thus she decided to first buy a batch of furniture and occupy the house—this is called "turning raw rice into cooked rice"!

Moreover, she looked into the policy: good houses must first go to leading cadres and young people, with others queuing behind! In Ha Cheng there are some units where new houses are always for leaders—why can't Ha Gong Da do the same?

Now, not only did she fail to get a house, if she keeps causing trouble her husband might lose his job, and she panicked right then.

"President Liu, President Liu, please don't be angry, don't quarrel with me, a mere housewife." Yang Guizhi hurriedly said: "We don't want this house! Our old house is fine—hey, what are you standing there for? Quickly move my furniture out!"

"Old Cui, come, I'll help you to the infirmary—how could you be so careless, tripping and scraping your face……"

Cui Henian felt bitter inside; from now on, in front of the elders, he would hardly be able to lift his head, this wife……

Watching several people leave, President Liu finally relaxed; he had also been a little afraid just now—what if Old Cui's family, this tigress, doesn't follow the usual play and ends up giving him a big black eye……

"Old San Shui, what do you think of this house? Without you, there would be no Ha Gong Da today; this house should be prioritized for distribution to you all who have made contributions……"

"President Liu, what kind of allocation system do we have for these houses now?"

"Before it was needs-based allocation; now we plan to allocate according to contribution……"

"Then how do we measure whose contribution is greater and whose is smaller?"

"This……"

To be honest, President Liu also felt a bit overwhelmed.

Needs-based allocation has problems here—everyone can shout 'I need a house!' My family has many people, so I need a large area; my family has elders, going up and down stairs is inconvenient, I want a low floor. This would create many contradictions.

If we talk about contribution-based allocation, how do we measure contribution? People like Qin Miao, whose contribution hasn't been spoken of, is absolutely the greatest! But many others' contributions can't be measured—those handling logistics, the cafeteria, these create no value, how do we speak of their contribution?

"Old San Shui, do you have a new solution?" Just then, Professor Zhao reacted, realizing Qin Miao had discovered the problem and was about to solve it!

"Everyone, have you heard of the Shen City East Lake Beautiful Garden Residential Area?"

"I know, in 1978, the Port City businessmen and the Shen City government teamed up—Shen City provided the land, Port City businessmen put up the capital, making it our country's first commercial housing estate; we never expected these houses could become commercial…… Wait a minute, Old San Shui, are you saying we shouldn't allocate these new houses but sell them instead?"

President Liu only felt a boom in his head—Qin Miao's suggestion…… is practically a bombshell! Those who have been desperately waiting for housing suddenly realize they'd have to spend money to buy a house—this…… this will surely earn Qin Miao a torrent of abuse!

Qin Miao has always been bold; past reforms made other units headache-inducing, and now he's directly giving Ha Gong Da a headache?

"Professor Zhao, how much does the construction cost work out to for these houses?"

"Well, I haven't actually calculated it, just wait a moment." Professor Zhao casually pulled out a slide rule from his pocket, did a quick calculation, and announced a figure: "About a hundred yuan per square meter."

This spacious house is over eighty square meters, which works out to over eight thousand yuan!

In 198?, the average annual wage of urban units was 848 yuan—meaning it would take ten years of not eating or drinking to afford this house!

President Liu felt his head growing even bigger.

"Since this is staff welfare housing, we can't make all faculty and staff pay; President Liu, let's not compare it to genuine commercial housing—how about the school pays half and the staff pays half?"

"Well…… Old San Shui…… our school's teachers probably can't come up with four or five thousand yuan each—this is a huge sum……"

Although ten-thousand-yuan households have appeared, they are merely exceptional cases; even if Ha Gong Da's benefits are good, teachers earning two hundred yuan a month would only make two thousand a year, and besides, those who earn more also spend more, so they can't save half.

"Then how about letting the teachers owe it first, to be repaid within ten or even twenty years, calculated with bank interest?"