Chapter 840: Wei Zhuren who adheres to principles

After Wei Zhuren hung up the phone, he thought for a while and walked out of the office.

He stood at the door and shouted toward the end of the corridor:

"Is Section Chief Zhao there? Come here for a moment."

A white and chubby middle-aged man immediately came out of the material section chief's office. After coming out, he first responded to Wei Zhuren with a "Yes," and then trotted to the office here.

After Wei Zhuren sat back in his seat, he pointed to the sofa for Section Chief Zhao, signaling him to sit.

Section Chief Zhao sat down, his waist straight, looking like he was listening carefully to teachings.

"Section Chief Zhao, I have a matter I want to understand from you." Wei Zhuren tapped the table lightly and said.

"Director, please speak." Section Chief Zhao immediately responded.

"I remember that our cooperative seems to have business dealings with the boss of that Happiness Acquisition Station, called Jiang Chunlin?"

Wei Zhuren actually wasn't very familiar with Jiang Chunlin's name. He handed these specific businesses to the various sections and didn't interfere much. As the head of the municipal supply and marketing cooperative, unless necessary, he wouldn't easily interfere with the operation of the various sections.

"Yes, yes. That Jiang Chunlin does have business dealings with us. He will purchase a batch of materials from us every quarter." Section Chief Zhao was called Zhao Tianxing. In the supply and marketing cooperative, he dealt directly with Jiang Chunlin.

Zhao Tianxing felt a slight sweat on his forehead at this time. Had this Jiang Chunlin caused any trouble?

He had a good relationship with Jiang Chunlin. This person was quite good at handling things. Before having business dealings with the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Chunlin had invited Zhao Tianxing to dinner several times. During festivals, Jiang Chunlin would also send some gifts to Zhao Tianxing. Although they were nothing more than ordinary things like cigarettes and alcohol, Zhao Tianxing valued the fact that Jiang Chunlin could always maintain this "friendship."

If someone can remember you during festivals, it shows that this person values affection. Of course, Zhao Tianxing wasn't stupid. Later, when this Boss Jiang started to have business dealings with the supply and marketing cooperative through relationships, he understood why this Boss Jiang had done that before.

Of course, Zhao Tianxing also had a clear conscience, because all his business dealings with the other party were official. At most, he chose the relatively pleasing Jiang Chunlin among several competitors, and the other party didn't drag on the payment that the supply and marketing cooperative should have received. This kind of thing was very normal in the supply and marketing system, so facing Wei Zhuren's questioning, Zhao Tianxing wasn't very guilty.

He was just a bit nervous, mainly because he was worried that the matter of Jiang Chunlin sending him gifts before would be dug out. Although those things didn't add up to a few hundred yuan, if Jiang Chunlin had trouble, would he bite himself out? In this era, it wasn't that there were no people tripped up by old matters.

"Then what materials does he mainly purchase? Where are these things sold?" Wei Zhuren asked Zhao Tianxing very humbly.

"They are all local specialties, as well as some goods we pulled back from Southern Xinjiang and Eastern Xinjiang." Zhao Tianxing explained, "Raisins, peanuts, dates, dried muskmelon, watermelon seeds, etc. As far as I know, he buys these things, a small part is sold to the towns below, and of course, most of them are sold to the interior."

"This Boss Jiang is not bad, he can even get a freight car to the interior." Wei Zhuren said casually.

He already understood what this Jiang Chunlin mainly relied on to make money. In this era, dried fruits from Northern Xinjiang were very popular in the interior. Think about it, some Adashis carry a bag of raisins, go south to Guangzhou and come back, and they can earn a lot. The raisins Jiang Chunlin took from the supply and marketing cooperative here were calculated in tons. How much money did he make selling them to the interior?

Not to mention now, even 10 years later, 20 years later, 30 years later, Northern Xinjiang's specialties and seasonal fruits shipped to the interior still sold for high prices.

In the mid-90s, at the entrance of the Wucheng Railway Station square, extra-large muskmelons were one yuan each. Taking a train for two days and three nights to Chang'an, getting off the train and cutting them into teeth, one tooth sold for one yuan. Such extra-large muskmelons could be cut into twenty or thirty teeth—how many times the profit?

Taking a train and carrying two muskmelons, the train ticket money would be earned back.

40 years later, the dried apricots that originally sold for 5 yuan per kilogram in Northern Xinjiang changed their names to small red apricots, and the large ones were air-shipped to coastal cities and sold for 48 or 68 per kilogram. Later, the locals couldn't even eat fresh, high-quality dried apricots, and bosses from the interior directly contracted the apricot orchards.

So don't look at Beiting's economic development as relatively backward, but shipping specialties to the interior is very profitable.

Jiang Chunlin's fortune should mainly rely on this. Wei Zhuren didn't do this, but having worked in the supply and marketing system for a long time, he still understood this aspect.

If it were at ordinary times, Wei Zhuren wouldn't care about this matter, but this Jiang Chunlin didn't open his eyes and provoked Li Long, then Wei Zhuren would inevitably interfere. Who told you to provoke someone you shouldn't provoke?

He thought for a while and said to Zhao:

"In the future, don't sell these Xinjiang specialties to outsiders first. Our locals are also quite short of things like raisins and dates. From now on, these materials will be allocated directly according to the system."

"State-run store outlets, including those small stores in towns, are all short of these materials. We cannot prioritize outsiders first. We purchase these things from Eastern Xinjiang to ensure the supply of non-staple foods in Beiting City, not to earn the price difference."

"Old Zhao, we are a state-run supply and marketing cooperative, different from those private enterprises. We cannot just think about earning money first, but must consider the needs of the people. Serving the people in state-run units is the first priority. Otherwise, what is the difference between us and those private enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households?"

With the big hat pressed down, Zhao Tianxing's face immediately sweated. Yes, there was a period of time when various trends slowly appeared in the supply and marketing system, and everyone compared who earned more money. But what is the actual role of the supply and marketing system? Old employees are very clear.

The two words "supply and marketing" already explain this point. Supply is to supply. Purchase things that are not available locally from other places and supply them to the people. Marketing is to sell, unify the specialties that the people are not convenient to sell locally, and sell them to other places.

So the essence of the supply and marketing cooperative is to serve the people. But now, many people just think about how to earn money and how to earn more and then get more bonuses. Some people have already thrown their responsibilities behind their heads, and even some young people who have entered the supply and marketing system now don't even know the responsibilities and obligations of the supply and marketing system.

With Wei Zhuren's reminder, Zhao Tianxing felt guilty. Yes, those raisins and dates purchased from other places, the purpose itself was to supply the people of Beiting City.

The supply and marketing system has that privilege, and the things purchased are all special grade or first grade, and the price is also the flat price, or wholesale price. Turning around and selling to Jiang Chunlin at the market price. This high and low, earned a lot of money in the middle. But from the perspective of the responsibilities of the supply and marketing system, things cannot be done this way. This batch of raisins itself should flow from the supply and marketing system to the state-run stores in the city and finally be bought by the people.

But now the people want to buy raisins, the state-run stores supply less, so they can only go to private stores or middlemen.

Calculating this way, isn't he derelict in his duty?

Zhao Tianxing immediately nodded, loudly guaranteeing:

"Director, please rest assured. I will immediately cancel the cooperation with Jiang Chunlin and his trading company, and these materials in the warehouse will be sent to the units in the city in strict accordance with the procedures."

Zhao Tianxing's statement stemmed partly from the guilt of not adhering to his duties, and partly from making up for his mistakes. To be honest, in this position, he didn't say he was eating oily, at least he lived very comfortably.

Since Wei Zhuren took office, he hadn't played the so-called three fires. Everyone knew he was an old man in the supply and marketing system, and at his age, he probably just wanted to pass it peacefully.

But if anyone thought Wei Zhuren was a toothless tiger, they were wrong. Just the words Wei Zhuren said just now, only need to be put at the general meeting of the supply and marketing system, or said to a certain leader privately, Zhao Tianxing's section chief position would definitely not be kept.

Some things are called unspoken rules, so there is no way to survive in the sun.

Just like the supply and marketing system, selling the materials purchased from various places through some private trading companies, this kind of thing exists everywhere, but this kind of thing cannot be said in the sun. Once uncovered, it will inevitably be dealt with—Zhao Tianxing is the clearest about who the board will hit if it is really dealt with.

This matter was handled by him personally, and it also received the tacit approval of the previous director. But new officials don't manage old accounts. If Wei Zhuren wants to dig into this matter, then Zhao Tianxing will probably be punished and removed from his post.

Now Wei Zhuren called him to the office to beat him up, Zhao Tianxing understood what was going on.

Previous matters are not blamed. From now on, do as I say.

After Zhao Tianxing returned to the office, he immediately explained to his few clerks.

A young man was a bit puzzled and wanted to ask why. It was clearly a very profitable thing, why stop doing it? Zhao Tianxing naturally understood that his subordinates should also have been won over by Jiang Chunlin.

As a section chief, he naturally didn't want to explain so much, and scolded with a dark face:

"If I tell you to do it, you go do it. Where is so much nonsense, are you the section chief or am I the section chief?"

He was not Wei Zhuren and didn't have the mood to explain to his subordinates. He was almost unable to protect himself, what kind of polite words were he playing at this time?

Several people who did things immediately went out. Zhao Tianxing knew that some of them would definitely report to Jiang Chunlin. Fortunately, on his side, although he occasionally received some gifts from Jiang Chunlin, it didn't involve money dealings, so he was considered open and honest.

In the afternoon, Jiang Chunlin knew about the supply and marketing cooperative's actions. Jiang Chunlin was very familiar with using money to buy off the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative, and now it could be considered a return.

He stayed in his small two-story building with a dark face, thinking about it, and slowly tasted the flavor.

Wei Zhuren was transferred from Maxian. When he first took office, Jiang Chunlin found someone to pull strings and invite him to dinner. Jiang Chunlin didn't expect to have any big or deep interaction with the other party, mainly to get a familiar face and build a relationship.

After all, in his view, the one who handled things was Zhao Tianxing and the people under him. Now knowing Wei Zhuren was mainly to show his face, hoping that at a critical moment Wei Zhuren would know there was such a person, so as not to ruin his affairs.

Later, Jiang Chunlin knew that Wei Zhuren belonged to the kind who was content with the status quo, wanted to pass peacefully until retirement, and had no big pursuits, so he stopped putting effort into him.

Jiang Chunlin had seen many such people in the system. They only wanted to be safe and didn't dare to accept things. If you don't touch his bottom line, he won't ruin your affairs.

So Jiang Chunlin only nodded with Wei Zhuren later and didn't understand deeply. Now that he combed through the relationship in this regard, he realized that he had ignored this person.

Actually, if Wei Zhuren hadn't directly cut off his source of goods, he wouldn't have felt that there was anything wrong with what he did. When greeting friends in industry and commerce, Jiang Chunlin had already found someone to check Li Long's relationship.

In his view, Li Long relied on Li Xiangqian, the director of the Maxian supply and marketing cooperative. And Li Xiangqian's one-third of an acre of land was in Maxian, and even in the supply and marketing system of Maxian. It couldn't be said that he was ignorant, mainly because Jiang Chunlin was born in Beiting City and naturally had a sense of superiority over the people in the counties and cities below. Even if you were a national cadre in these counties and cities, Jiang Chunlin might not look up to you.

As for Li Long's advanced individual, he looked down on it even more. In his view, that was a false name and useless.

His eyes were looking up, looking at the middle and high-level leaders of Beiting City, looking at the system personnel in Wucheng. He had goods in his hands, and those bosses in the interior were polite to him, which made the sense of superiority in Jiang Chunlin's bones even more obvious.

So in his view, how big a relationship could a temporary worker in a small place's supply and marketing cooperative have? If the relationship was big, would he still need to be a temporary worker? How important the formal establishment was to ordinary people in this era didn't need to be said. And if there was a big relationship, changing a temporary worker to a formal establishment would be just a matter of one sentence. After all, Northern Xinjiang was still lacking a lot of talent at this time. And the measurement standard of the two words "talent" was sometimes really decided by one word.

Not to mention now, even the radish post decades later wasn't like this? Including the one who didn't study medicine as an undergraduate but became a medical doctor and could perform surgery, such strange things could exist, so it was normal for Jiang Chunlin to have this kind of thinking.

He subconsciously ignored the existence of this Wei Zhuren. Because Wei Zhuren had been very low-key in the half year since he took office, so low-key that Jiang Chunlin forgot about this person.

He didn't expect that this person he usually ignored would block his path to wealth with just one sentence.

The materials in the supply and marketing cooperative were pulled from all over the Tianshan Mountains. The materials Jiang Chunlin wanted to get had to run to several places, or send his trusted subordinates to run to these places to purchase. In this way, the purchased materials couldn't be said whether the quality could meet the standards of the supply and marketing cooperative.

After all, the supply and marketing system went to various places to buy things, and it was unlikely that they would get defective products. Jiang Chunlin relied on the big mountain of the supply and marketing system and didn't need to run to the Tianshan Mountains at all, directly buying those materials from the warehouse, finding a freight car to ship to the interior, and turning around was more than double the profit.

So the income of the acquisition station wasn't very important to him, but he felt that this was slapping his face, so he wanted to deal with it and establish his prestige.

Didn't expect that this would kick his own stall away.

In two days, the goods for this quarter should be shipped out, and the partner on the other side had already paid the deposit. Not shipping the things over was a breach of contract. The merchants in the interior were very strict about commercial rules. If they breached the contract, he would have to pay them money. The money paid in the originally agreed contract was not small.

More importantly, what he worried about was not this time, but that the supply and marketing system wouldn't give him materials in the future.

Although Jiang Chunlin was not in the system, he had relatives in the system. He knew that the supply and marketing system could be connected across Xinjiang. Just like the tax bank fire protection system in later generations, if you are a person in this system, you go to another place to travel or do things, encounter difficulties, you directly find people in that system, even if you don't know the people inside, people in the same system will help you—this kind of atmosphere existed for a considerable period of time.

If the entire supply and marketing system didn't provide him with materials, wanting to complete those orders he signed in the interior, wouldn't he have to run all over the Tianshan Mountains?

Used to sitting in the small two-story building and pointing out the country, casually left hand to right hand, buying things out of the supply and marketing cooperative and selling them to those merchants in the interior, now letting him run around in the heat and cold, could he bear it?

And time was not enough. Now even if he wanted to run to the Tianshan Mountains, not to mention time was too late, he couldn't collect good things. Now it was May, the raisins of the year hadn't come down yet, and the good raisins of last year in Eastern Xinjiang had long been collected by others, how could they be left until now?

The dates in Southern Xinjiang were the same, the good dates were sold that year, and the thin-skinned walnuts were the same.

Jiang Chunlin immediately expressed that he was cowardly.

After combing through the clues of this matter, Jiang Chunlin immediately formulated his rescue plan.

He first went to tell his relationship in the industry and commerce industry that it was a mistake before. His Happiness Acquisition Station and the acquisition station in Maxian were fair competition, nothing happened, this was a misunderstanding.

Although he owed a favor and was complained about by his relationship, at least the relationship also agreed to call his friend in Maxian and end this matter.

Then Jiang Chunlin took things and found Zhao Tianxing's home, wanting to invite Wei Zhuren to dinner through Zhao Tianxing, even if it was just an introduction.

Zhao Tianxing didn't accept things this time, just said he would ask Wei Zhuren for instructions and let Jiang Chunlin go back and wait for news. The next day, Zhao Tianxing replied to Jiang Chunlin that Wei Zhuren said he wouldn't see him. He was quite busy recently. If there was anything, handle it officially.

Jiang Chunlin's heart cooled by half. Obviously, people didn't intend to end it well.

But Jiang Chunlin was also quite persistent. He expressed his recklessness and apology to Wei Zhuren through another relationship, expressing his willingness to pay a certain price to restore the relationship with the supply and marketing cooperative, such as donating a batch of materials to the supply and marketing cooperative, including washing machines and televisions.

Wei Zhuren spoke official language through that middleman, saying that the supply and marketing cooperative was not short of these things.

This road was blocked. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 841 =====