Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 270 Lift the restrictions, let the birds fly as high as the sky
Xu Jichang was not surprised: Mishan County itself is located in a mountainous area and is in a remote location with inconvenient transportation. It is normal that there is no public transportation in the current era.

"Okay, I see."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Early the next morning, Xu Jichang went to Dongfang Fertilizer Factory and found Director Wu: "Does any of the logistics trucks in the factory pass through Mishan County?"

Director Wu thought for a moment and gave the reply: "There is a truck transporting grain passing through Mishan County. Are you okay?"

"Take a ride and go over there to do errands."

Xu Jichang said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you."

After speaking, Director Wu raised his face and looked at the office clerk on another desk in the room, "Xiao Wang, go and tell the driver of car No. [-] and tell him that Manager Xu of the distribution company is going to Mishan County for business. , and asked him to give Manager Xu a ride."

"Okay, Director."

The clerk immediately got up and walked outside.

……

Half an hour later, Xu Jichang boarded the logistics truck transporting grain from Dongfang Fertilizer Factory and sat down in the passenger seat.

"Comrade, when will your car return?"

After sitting firmly, Xu Jichang threw half a pack of cigarettes at the driver next to him and asked him.

The driver took the cigarette and said with some trepidation: "No need, boss, we are returning at three in the afternoon."

While speaking, he tried to return the cigarette to Xu Jichang.

"Take it."

Xu Jichang blocked the driver's hand and said, "I'll follow your car when I get back. Just remember to wait for me where you get off."

The driver promised: "Yes, leader."

He knew that the man in front of him was once the youngest department leader at Dongfang Fertilizer Factory.

Although I heard the news a few days ago that the other party is no longer working at Dongfang Fertilizer Factory, but has been transferred to a certain distribution company as a manager.

But in his eyes, the other party is still a figure many levels higher than himself.

In the middle of winter, a layer of white mist formed on the car windows.The driver pressed the wiper button while talking, started the Dongfeng car after the view was completely clear, and drove out of the gate of Dongfang Fertilizer Factory onto the road.

It is a long distance from the center of Beijing to Mishan County.

Xu Jichang sat in the passenger seat and watched the scenery outside the car window change from urban areas to suburbs, mining areas, and finally into a vast white wilderness.

It was very cold, and the ground was covered with a layer of white frost. When passing through the village, I could occasionally see children playing outside.

"Manager Xu, there are still 5 kilometers to go to Mishan County."

After a long journey, the driver reminded Xu Jichang, "Just tell me where you are going, and I will take you there."

"Otherwise, Mishan County is quite big and you will have to go through a lot of trouble after getting off the bus."

Xu Jichang was not polite: "Excuse me, I'll go to Peony Commune."

"Oh, Peony Commune? It's the place that sells flowers, plants and seedlings, right?"

The driver said casually.

Xu Ji saw the driver's appearance and thought he might be familiar with this place, so he asked one more question: "Have you heard of it too?"

"That's not the case. We all in Sijiu City know that it used to be a place dedicated to planting flowers and trees for the palace, and it was quite famous."

The driver said enthusiastically, "I heard that the seedlings from Peony Commune are of particularly good quality, with a high survival rate and beautiful colors."

“All major state-owned nurseries in the city are supplied by their commune.”

Hiss, it seems that I have found the right place now.

Xu Jichang said no more, but said happily in his heart.

The truck turned around and drove onto a country road, then stopped after a while.

"This is Peony Commune."

The driver pointed to the front of the car window.

Xu Jichang thanked the driver, opened the door and jumped out.

Mishan County is obviously much colder than the city. Xu Jichang felt a biting chill as soon as he got out of the car.

The feet stepped on the withered grass on the ground, making a creaking sound from time to time, which was the frost that had not yet melted away.

Through the white mist, Xu Jichang vaguely saw a row of tile-roofed houses in front of him, so he trotted over.

As the distance shortened, Xu Jichang clearly saw a figure coming in and out of the tile-roofed house. He looked like he was not dressed like an ordinary member of the society, but looked like he was eating from the government.

As he approached, Xu Jichang stopped a middle-aged man in a cotton-padded jacket: "Hello, comrade, I'm here to buy seedlings."

"Who should I go to?"

"Go to that house to find the director of the nursery stock office. His surname is Hu."

The middle-aged man pointed his finger diagonally across. Xu Jichang said thank you and walked quickly in the direction of his finger.

It seems that Peony Commune's seedling business is quite large, and there is a special office to take care of this matter.

In the current era, some villages have developed their own collective economies.

The foundations for ginseng cultivation in the Northeast and silk weaving in the South were laid at this time.

After the reform, many township and village enterprises emerged on the basis of the rural collective economy in the 60s and 70s.

Walking to the door of the tile-roofed house pointed by the middle-aged man, Xu Jichang knocked on the door twice and found that the door was ajar, so he pushed it open.

The room was dimly lit and the facilities were very old. A man in his forties, wearing a ragged cotton-padded jacket, was leaning over his desk writing something.

The only thing that catches the eye in the whole house are the two bonsais placed on the desk, which are so green that they catch the eye.

"Hello, Director Hu, I am Xu Jichang, the manager of Pioneer Distribution Company in Haiding District. I am looking for you today because I want to..."

Xu Jichang closed the door behind his back and stepped forward to say hello.

"Oh, Manager Xu, right? Hello, I answered the call yesterday."

Director Hu put down his pen, stood up and agreed, "You want to buy a bonsai, right? Come sit down and talk."

Xu Jichang then told Director Hu all his needs.

"1000 pots, that's a lot..."

"Yes, so see if you can give me a discount."

"discount?"

When Director Hu heard these two words, he narrowed his eyes and kept touching his chin with his hand.

Xu Jichang was not in a hurry and waited quietly for his answer.

"Let's see. Originally, a large bonsai costs three yuan, so I'll give you two and eight cents. A small bonsai costs one yuan, so I'll give you eighty cents."

"That's all right."

Director Hu looked at Xu Jichang with a questioning look.

"Okay, deal. Give me three hundred large bonsais and seven hundred small bonsais."

Xu Jichang replied happily.

Director Gao originally only asked for 1000 bonsais, but he never told Xu Jichang how they would be composed.

Xu Jichang gave these two figures based on his understanding of the architectural layout of Dongfang Fertilizer Plant.

"Okay, let me do the math."

After speaking, Director Hu brought out the abacus and rattled it for a while, "The large bonsai is 840 yuan, the small bonsai is 560 yuan, a total of 1400 yuan."

"In addition, according to the rules, I will give you 30 large bonsais and 70 small bonsais to prevent any of them from surviving."

"Then it's settled. I'll bring someone to pick up the goods tomorrow, and you can pack the bonsai in advance."

After Xu Jichang finished speaking, he took out a stack of papers from his pocket, took one out and handed it to Director Hu.

"This is……"

It was Director Hu's first time dealing with me and he was hesitant to accept the call.

Xu Jichang's hands were hanging in the air, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

But he quickly defused the situation: "This is a business card with my phone number on it." "Oh, thank you, thank you."

Director Hu was relieved, took the business card, and put it carefully into his pocket.

Ordering 1000 pots in one go was a big customer for their commune.

The next day, Xu Jichang rented a truck from Dongfang Fertilizer Factory and transported a full 1000 bonsais back.

If you order from urban nurseries, the price will be increased 10 times.

Xu Jichang has really saved a lot of procurement costs this time.

"Uncle Gao, I bought the bonsai."

"300 big pots, 700 small pots."

After unloading, Xu Jichang found Director Gao's office and reported to him.

"Easy to do things."

Director Gao put down his pen, stopped reviewing the documents and praised, "Quote a price."

"Just 5000 yuan."

Xu Jichang said cheerfully.

"Oh? So cheap."

Director Gao was slightly surprised.

He still knows how much the bonsais on the market cost.

Generally, small bonsais are sold in a pot for 10 yuan, and large bonsais are sold for more than 30 yuan.

Where did Xu Jichang order it? It was so cheap.

"Of course I can save money by doing things for the factory."

"Sold to other units, it will definitely be more than this price."

Xu Jichang looked at Director Gao and said.

Director Gao felt his sincerity: "Yes, with your distribution company, I don't know how much money the factory can save."

"I'll say hello to the Finance Department, and you can go to them to get the money."

After speaking, Director Gao quickly approved a note and handed it to Xu Jichang.

Xu Jichang reached out to take the note and was about to get up and leave when Director Gao stopped him again: "Wait a minute."

Xu Jichang sat back and asked, "Uncle Gao, is there anything else?"

"It's not a big deal. It's just that the dealership you stayed at is going to be cancelled."

Director Gao pulled out a piece of paper from the pile of documents on his desk and pushed it in front of Xu Jichang, "This is the notice of cancellation."

Xu Jichang took the document and read it for a while, then put it back on the table: "Oh, there aren't many people in the office, right?"

"You have transferred everyone to the distribution company."

Director Gao took back the document and said, "Tong Guoliang is going to be promoted as the assistant to the factory director, and everyone else has their own arrangements."

"In fact, to a certain extent, the dealership has been robbed of its job by you."

Xu Jichang heard something and asked Director Gao: "Does the fertilizer sales part of the plan also have to be handed over to us?"

Director Gao confirmed his guess: "This is exactly what I meant. Your staff is more streamlined, more efficient, and it can better represent the image of our factory to the outside world."

"It's not easy for 11 people to handle so much business."

"Maybe it's because there are fewer people that it's more efficient?"

Xu Jichang said cautiously, "Sometimes there are too many people, but they hinder each other."

When he said this, Director Gao's face suddenly showed solemnity: "Yes...seeing the number of people in the factory increasing day by day, I am worried."

"Not only did this fail to bring about an increase in work efficiency, it actually led to an increasingly serious phenomenon of buck-passing..."

"What will happen if this keeps going on for a long time?"

Xu Jichang did not answer the question immediately, but remained silent and pretended to think. After a while, he stared at Factory Director Gao and slowly said: "Wait for now. When the opportunity matures in the future, why not implement the business department system in the factory?" ?”

When Director Gao heard the new term, he showed great interest: "Business department system? What do you mean..."

"It means to separate the departments responsible for different businesses in the factory and implement independent accounting."

"Which business unit does not do well and deserves no bonus."

Xu Jichang introduced slowly, and finally tapped lightly on the table with his knuckles.

Director Gao was very excited: This is a good idea!
Through internal competition, we can reduce the phenomenon of eating from the same pot and dawdling around.

"Well, when the time comes, I will do it."

Director Gao cast his admiring gaze on Xu Jichang and said, "You still see far and can always come up with good solutions."

"Uncle Gao, you're welcome."

Xu Jichang spoke concisely and to the point, got up and went to the finance office to collect the payment.

……

A few days later, the announcement of the cancellation of the dealership was issued.According to Factory Director Gao's wishes, all its functions were transferred to Pioneer Distribution Company in parallel.

As a party involved, Tong Guoliang took several capable cadres to the company to handle the handover with Xu Jichang and others.

"Congratulations to Gao Sheng, it's time to call you Director Tong from now on."

At the end of the handover, Xu Jichang congratulated Tong Guoliang.

Tong Guoliang smiled sheepishly: "Where. Just call me Assistant Tong."

After saying that, he looked around Xu Jichang's office and sighed sincerely: "You still have the ability to run this place in a short period of time..."

"That would be inseparable from the talents originally trained by our dealership."

"Your contribution is also included in this."

Xu Jiqiao said a few words of courtesy, and then invited Tong Guoliang and his group to eat.

For the purpose of streamlining personnel, Pioneer Distribution Company did not have a canteen when it was established, and meals were eaten at outside restaurants.

Everyone was acquaintances, and the meal was enjoyed by the host and the guest until the evening.

After eating, Tong Guoliang was already a little drunk, and it was only Xu Jichang's support that kept him from falling.

Xu Jichang understood why he drank so happily today: he had been the head of the department for so long and was finally promoted to the factory leader without warning.

Everyone would be happy.

There is no need to worry about real power or not. Being promoted to a level is better than not being promoted.

No matter how powerful they are, they are still superior leaders.

"Jichang, I... I will tell you... news."

When he walked out of the hotel, Tong Guoliang opened his tongue and stammered to Xu Jichang.

"Say it, I'll listen."

Xu Jichang only thought that Tong Guoliang was talking drunkenly and didn't take it too seriously.

"That's right, a friend of mine... also works as a distributor in a state-owned factory, and he knows some people from above."

"According to him...he said that the current calculation method of flexible sales indicators may...have to be adjusted."

"In the future, as long as the planned sales volume is completed, the rest of the production can... be sold by myself. There is also... no limit on the price."

When Tong Guoliang said this, he patted Xu Jichang's shoulder hard, "So brother... your company has a great future!"

Xu Jichang was slightly startled: Has the indicator calculation method been adjusted?
That is indeed a big deal.

Isn't the biggest restriction of Pioneer Distribution Company the flexible sales limit?

If what Tong Guoliang said is true and sales quotas are given according to the new method, then the ceiling of Pioneer Distribution Company will be greatly raised.

Even though he was surprised in his heart, Xu Jichang still looked very calm: "I hope it's true."

"Where is your home, I will take you back."

(End of this chapter)