Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 161 Head Office Meeting!
"Patriot! Where did you go at noon?" Wu Aiguo helped Chen Xiaodong buy furniture and rode his bicycle back to the supply and marketing cooperative. He had just walked into the office. Li Xiangdong followed him into the office and asked Wu Aiguo.

Wu Aiguo heard Li Xiangdong's inquiry and replied with a smile: "Chief Li! I have something to do at home, so I went back home during lunch time."

Hearing Wu Aiguo's answer, Li Xiangdong thought of the announcement of the meeting from the Procurement Section of the head office, and immediately said to Wu Aiguo: "Patriotic! The purchasing department of the head office called at twelve o'clock in the morning and informed me that it was [-]:[-] in the afternoon. It's already [-]:[-] to go to the head office for a meeting, if we don't hurry up, we will definitely be late."

Wu Aiguo heard the news that the head office had notified the meeting, and while following Li Xiangdong out of the office, he asked curiously: "Section Chief Li! Shouldn't the meeting be notified one day in advance? How could the meeting be notified temporarily? In addition, the purchasing department of the head office It’s enough for you, the section chief, to attend the meeting, why do you want to bring me, the deputy section chief?”

Wu Aiguo was not only curious about the sudden notification of the meeting from the head office, but Li Xiangdong was also puzzled. Facing Wu Aiguo's inquiry, Li Xiangdong said with confusion: "Aiguo! To be honest, I just received this call. At that time, I also felt very puzzled, because this was the first time I encountered this kind of thing.”

It took the two of them half an hour on bicycles to arrive at the Supply and Marketing Headquarters.

"Old Li! You're here!" The two of them had just arrived at the entrance of the General Supply and Marketing Cooperative. A middle-aged man riding a bicycle saw Li Xiangdong and immediately greeted Li Xiangdong enthusiastically.

When Li Xiangdong saw the person coming, he immediately greeted him warmly and said, "It's Lao Qiu! Long time no see, why did you lose so much weight?"

Hearing Li Xiangdong's inquiry, Lao Qiu thought of the work pressure during this period, and complained to Li Xiangdong with a sad face: "Old Li! Is it because the rations allocated by the head office are getting less and less, and the people in the jurisdiction can't buy things?" , just at the gate of the agency, our director has troubled me a lot because of this incident, it’s strange that I don’t lose weight.”

After Lao Qiu's words were introduced here, he saw Wu Aiguo standing next to Li Xiangdong. He asked Li Xiangdong curiously: "Old Li! This little brother! Could it be that you guys from the Purchasing Department of Chaoyang Society just came?" That deputy section chief, Comrade Wu Aiguo, right?"

Hearing Lao Qiu's question, Li Xiangdong immediately introduced to Lao Qiu: "Old Qiu! You guessed it right, this is Comrade Wu Aiguo!"

Li Xiangdong introduced here, and then introduced to Wu Aiguo: "Patriotic! Let me introduce you, this is Section Chief Qiu of the Procurement Section of Fengtai Society, Comrade Qiu Changqing!"

Upon hearing Li Xiangdong's introduction, Qiu Changqing quickly greeted Wu Aiguo enthusiastically: "Comrade Patriot! Although this is our first meeting, I know your name very well!"

When Wu Aiguo heard Qiu Changqing's praise, a flattered expression immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly replied: "Chief Qiu! I'm just a recruit. What you said really makes me feel ashamed."

Hearing Wu Aiguo's answer, Qiu Changqing said to Li Xiangdong enviously: "Old Li! I really envy you. You have Comrade Patriotic, a capable man, as your assistant, and you are comfortably waiting to retire."

Li Xiangdong heard Qiu Changqing's words, saw Qiu Changqing's envious expression, and thought of the fact that the purchasing department of the headquarters suddenly notified the meeting today, so he asked Qiu Changqing curiously: "Old Qiu! Do you know that the purchasing department notified us this time?" What's going on in the meeting?"

When Qiu Changqing heard Li Xiangdong's inquiry, he thought about the reason why the head office notified the meeting. A sad expression immediately appeared on his face, and he introduced to Li Xiangdong: "Old Li! When I received a call from the purchasing department at noon, I asked a lot of questions on the phone. One sentence."

"People from the procurement department told me that due to the large-scale steelmaking movement, the supply of materials was insufficient. The head office decided to decentralize the purchasing power. All the materials in the future will be purchased by the branches in each district."

Li Xiangdong learned of the purpose of the head office to convene a meeting, and thought of the difficulty of purchasing materials with this idea, he couldn't help frowning, and said with a sad face: "Decentralization of procurement rights seems to increase the rights of the branches, but it is actually a waste of time. , it seems that today's meeting is destined not to have a good result."

Qiu Changqing nodded in agreement when he heard what Li Xiangdong said, and replied: "Your Chaoyang branch has a patriotic person who is there, so naturally you don't have to worry about the shortage of supplies. We and other branches, from now on. I'm afraid it's going to be hard!"

During the chat, the three of them parked their bicycles and came to an office. At this time, the office was already filled with cadres who came for the meeting.

When the cadres in the office saw the arrival of Li Xiangdong and Qiu Changqing, they greeted them enthusiastically.

"Comrade Aiguo! Hello!" Just as everyone greeted Li Xiangdong and Qiu Changqing, a middle-aged man walked up to Wu Aiguo and greeted Wu Aiguo with enthusiasm.

When Wu Aiguo saw the middle-aged man greeting him, he immediately recognized him as the head of the procurement section of the Changping Branch. He quickly reached out to shake hands with him, and greeted him politely, "Section Chief Jiang! Hello!"

Section Chief Jiang greeted Wu Aiguo, and quickly said to Wu Aiguo: "Section Chief Wu! There are vacant seats over there, let's go and sit there."

"Old Jiang! Who is this young comrade? Why don't you introduce us all?" Just as Section Chief Jiang and Wu Aiguo were walking towards the empty seat in the corner, a middle-aged man saw him Wu Aiguo, who was traveling with Section Chief Jiang, immediately stepped forward and asked Section Chief Jiang.

Section Chief Jiang heard the middle-aged man's inquiry, and introduced to the middle-aged man with a smile: "Old Gong! Let me introduce you, this is our Chaoyang branch, the deputy chief of the purchasing department, Comrade Wu Aiguo!"

Section Chief Jiang introduced here, and then introduced to Wu Aiguo: "Section Chief Wu! This is Section Chief Gong of the Purchasing Section of the Daxing Branch! Comrade Gong Derui!"

After hearing Section Chief Jiang's introduction and knowing Wu Aiguo's identity, Gong Derui immediately stretched out his hands and greeted Wu Aiguo enthusiastically: "Comrade Wu Aiguo! I have heard of your name a long time ago. Finally got to see you in person today."

When Wu Aiguo heard Gong Derui's words and saw the other party's attitude, he immediately realized that what he did at Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative must have spread within the system.

Facing Gong Derui's compliment, Wu Aiguo pretended to be flattered and replied: "Chief Gong! I'm just a new recruit in our supply and marketing cooperative. You really make me feel ashamed when you say that."

(End of this chapter)