Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 844 Thankless

After Liang Dehua finished his call with Wu Aiguo, he happily put the phone back on the landline and then quickly walked out of the office.

Liang Dehua walked a few steps and stopped at the door of an office. He saw the middle-aged man sitting in the office. He first reached out and knocked on the door, then asked the middle-aged man with a smile: "Dean Zhang! What are you busy with so early in the morning?"

Dean Zhang knocked on the door and instinctively looked up. When he saw Liang Dehua walking into the office from outside, he asked Liang Dehua curiously, "Lao Liang! How come you have time to come to my office today?"

When Liang Dehua heard Dean Zhang's question and thought of the purpose of his visit, he immediately introduced to Dean Zhang: "Dean Zhang! Yesterday I heard from our Xiaojing that the Trade Department got more than a thousand unplanned bicycles from Fei Ge Bicycle Factory!"

"Lao Liang! What did you say? The Trade Department got thousands of unplanned bicycles from the Fei Ge Bicycle Factory? Is this true?" When Dean Zhang heard the news Liang Dehua told him, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. Without waiting for Liang Dehua to finish his words, he immediately couldn't wait to confirm the news with Liang Dehua.

Liang Dehua saw Dean Zhang's reaction, nodded very affirmatively, and replied: "Dean Zhang! This is absolutely true. I just called my son-in-law and he has confirmed this matter."

Dean Zhang confirmed the authenticity of the news, and his mind immediately became active. He smiled and said to Liang Dehua, "Lao Liang! There are so many people in our People's Hospital, and the Ministry only gives us two bicycle tickets every year. Now the Trade Department has bicycles that don't require tickets. Can you go find your son-in-law and ask him to give us a few bicycles?"

Liang Dehua heard what Dean Zhang said and saw the flattering expression on Dean Zhang's face. He smiled and asked Dean Zhang: "Dean Zhang! Why do you have such a small appetite? A few bicycles can satisfy you?"

Dean Zhang and Liang Dehua have been colleagues for many years. Dean Zhang naturally knows Liang Dehua's character very well. When Dean Zhang heard Liang Dehua's words, he immediately realized that Liang Dehua had asked Wu Aiguo for bicycle quotas, and hurriedly asked Liang Dehua: "Old Liang! Judging from your appearance, you should have obtained a lot of bicycle quotas from Director Wu, right?"

Liang Dehua heard Dean Zhang's question and saw the other party's expectant expression. He said to Dean Zhang in a mysterious way: "Old Zhang! How about you guess how many bicycle quotas I got from Aiguo? If you guess correctly, I will treat you to two drinks. If you guess wrong, you can just treat me once."

Dean Zhang was delighted when he heard Liang Dehua's words and saw his smug expression. He quickly asked Liang Dehua, "Old Liang! Did you get the quota for ten bicycles?"

When Liang Dehua heard the result of Dean Zhang's judgment, he complained to Dean Zhang in a bad mood: "Dean Zhang! Although Wu Aiguo is the director, I am his father-in-law after all. There are only ten bicycles on duty. Do you think I should make this call in person? Aren't you looking down on me?"

When Dean Zhang heard Liang Dehua's words, he immediately realized that Liang Dehua had obviously obtained more than these indicators, which undoubtedly made him very happy. Then he thought about it and stretched out five fingers to Liang Dehua.

Liang Dehua saw the five fingers that Dean Zhang held out, shook his head smugly, and said, "Old Zhang! Be bolder and guess more."

"Guess what? Lao Zhang! Lao Liang! What are you two guessing?" Liang Dehua's words had just fallen when Vice President Liu walked into President Zhang's office from outside and asked the two of them curiously.

Dean Zhang heard what Liang Dehua said and learned that the quota Liang Dehua wanted was far more than 50. He was so happy that he did not wait for Vice Dean Liu to ask, and immediately introduced to Vice Dean Liu: "Old Liu! The Trade Department has more than 1,000 bicycles, which are not planned!"

"After Lao Liang learned the news, he personally called his son-in-law and got some indicators from Director Wu. I was just guessing the specific number of indicators."

When Vice President Liu heard what President Zhang said, he was shocked and asked Liang Dehua, "Lao Liang! Is what Lao Zhang said true?"

Liang Dehua nodded very affirmatively when he heard Vice President Liu's question and replied, "Old Liu! This is absolutely true. Since you are here, guess how many bicycle quotas I got from the Trade Department?"

When Vice President Liu heard Liang Dehua's question, he recalled that he seemed to have heard the number 50 before he even reached the door of President Zhang's office. Then, he heard Liang Dehua ask President Zhang to guess higher. He was shocked and asked Liang Dehua, "Old Liang! Did you get the quota for 100 bicycles from your son-in-law?"

When Liang Dehua heard Vice President Liu's guess, he showed a look of contempt on his face and replied, "Old Liu! I originally thought that you would be braver than Old Zhang, but I didn't expect you to be just like that." "After all, I am the vice president of our hospital, in charge of logistics. If I only want 100 indicators, will these indicators be enough for the employees of our hospital? By then, those employees who don't get the indicators!"

"Lao Liang! Are you trying to get a quota of one bicycle for each employee in our hospital?" Dean Zhang finally reacted when he heard Liang Dehua's words. He stood up from his desk and confirmed the news to Liang Dehua with a shocked look on his face.

"What! Lao Liang! You want to give each employee in our hospital a quota of one bicycle? Is this true?" When Vice President Liu heard President Zhang's judgment, he also showed a shocked expression on his face and hurriedly confirmed the news with Liang Dehua.

Liang Dehua saw the reactions of Dean Zhang and Vice Dean Liu, nodded proudly, and replied: "Lao Zhang! Lao Liu! I did ask for a quota of one bicycle for each employee of our hospital. To be exact, I got a total of 300 quotas from Aiguo."

Dean Zhang and Vice Dean Liu were both very aware of how scarce bicycle tickets were. When they learned that Liang Dehua had obtained a quota of 300 bicycles from the Trade Department, they were shocked and excited. Dean Zhang happily said to Liang Dehua, "Lao Liang! If our staff knew that you helped them get an unplanned quota of bicycles, they would definitely cheer for joy."

Liang Dehua heard what Dean Zhang said, but this time he did not show a smug expression. He introduced to Dean Zhang: "Dean Zhang! Lao Liu! This batch of bicycles will be able to be transported to Kyoto City after the new year, so I believe that there must be many companies eyeing this batch of bicycles."

"In order to avoid any more trouble, I think we need to hold a meeting of the whole institute to announce this news to the public, and then let the employees prepare the money to buy bicycles, and send the money to the Trade Department after the New Year to make it a fait accompli."

When Dean Zhang heard Liang Dehua's proposal, he immediately understood Liang Dehua's idea and replied in agreement: "Old Liang! You are right. Although Director Wu is the head of the Trade Department, once the news of the bicycles spreads, there will definitely be many people who are eyeing these bicycles."

"In order to avoid further complications, we should not wait for the employees to pay, but advance the money to finalize the purchase, and then collect the money from the employees, or deduct the money for the purchase of bicycles from the employees' wages."

When Vice President Liu heard President Zhang's suggestion and thought about the hospital's financial system, he reminded President Zhang, "President Zhang! If we use the money in the account to help the hospital staff pay for their expenses, once the higher-ups investigate, we will probably be held responsible."

"Also, if the hospital finance department advances the money, once the department sends someone to investigate, they will definitely use the excuse of public procurement to take away the bicycle quota we have worked so hard to obtain. Not only will we have worked in vain, but it will also cause dissatisfaction among the hospital staff."

Dean Zhang heard Vice Dean Liu's reminder and then he remembered the hospital's financial system. Thinking of Vice Dean Liu's analysis, he felt that Vice Dean Liu's analysis was not unreasonable, and agreed: "Old Liu is right. If we use the hospital's money to help the employees pay for the bicycles, once someone reports it, I'm afraid we will all be in trouble!"

Liang Dehua thought for a moment after hearing what the two said, and then he said, "Director Zhang! Old Liu! I think we should notify all the staff in the hospital immediately and hold a meeting in the hospital auditorium this afternoon to tell the staff in the hospital about this matter."

"If the staff want to buy bicycles, let them go to work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year and bring money to the logistics department to register. After all, we are helping the staff of the hospital to seek benefits, and we can't help them take risks!"

When Dean Zhang and Vice Dean Liu heard Liang Dehua's proposal, they felt that it was not unreasonable.

Dean Zhang made the decision directly: "Lao Liu! You will notify the office later, and have the office notify the staff in the hospital to come to the auditorium for a meeting at 2:30 pm."

When Vice President Liu heard what President Zhang said, he immediately nodded and replied, "President Zhang! I'll go to the office later to implement this work."

Dean Zhang heard Vice Dean Liu's answer, thought of the extra indicators, and asked Liang Dehua with a smile: "Lao Liang! How are you going to arrange the extra indicators?"

When Liang Dehua heard Dean Zhang asking about the remaining bicycle quotas, he pondered for a moment and said to Dean Zhang, "Dean Zhang! I believe that after this news spreads, someone will definitely come to us for quotas. I see that we have extra quotas, so we will add 20% to 50% and we can use these quotas to deal with it when someone comes looking for us."

(End of this chapter)