That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1326 I represent all the workers

Jin Peng, as expected of a senior foreign trade veteran who has been based in Suzhou for seven or eight years, prepared all the necessary supplies for Li Ye within a day and then sent the list to Li Ye.

Li Ye and Sun Xianjin handed the list to Deputy Director Liang, who was very pleased after reading it and praised the two of them repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, I called home yesterday to complain about how even a hero can be brought down by a penny. They said the earliest they could give us any definite support was after the Spring Festival."
I was so worried. Luckily, you two are really capable, so now I'm not worried at all."

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Liang Fu praised the two men in this way, but Li Ye and Sun Xianjin became even more cautious. The domestic authorities said that support would not be provided until "after the Spring Festival at the earliest." What if it was "at the latest"?

You at least need to give an explanation, arrange for someone to formally hand over the work, and have them sign and affix their fingerprints to the outstanding accounts!
Is this definite support? Does signing and affixing a document count as support?
Li Ye has a heart set on reviving Chinese agriculture and is willing to make sacrifices for certain things, but Bian Jingjing may not be so willing, after all, her wealth is nothing compared to Li Ye's.

A billionaire donating 100,000 yuan is nothing to him, but an ordinary family donating 10,000 yuan would mean they'd have to skip a dish at dinner!

Furthermore, the way the mainland shirks responsibility and passes the buck in certain matters is also highly objectionable. What if you produce something and keep a record of it, but the other party denies it later?
However, just as the two were lost in their own thoughts, Liang Furu suddenly straightened his face and said seriously, "Let me tell you, I reported your situation to the government yesterday, and they have agreed to send a finance team after the New Year to be specifically responsible for mobilizing supplies."
I'll be in charge until the finance team arrives. This list only has an index, not prices, so you'll have to fill in the prices so I can sign it off. If you wait for the finance team to arrive, you'll have to go through that complicated process again.

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Li Ye and Sun Xianjin both felt embarrassed.

Although Liang Furu spoke in a serious tone, his meaning was very much like that of a "buddy".
[Just fill in any price you want and I'll sign it. That way, the deal is done. If we wait for the finance team, what kind of people are they? They'll scrimp and save for two cents.]

It's actually similar to being drafted into the Party on the front lines. In the heat of battle, when things are urgent, the company commander can make a phone call to the rear, and you can become a Party member in just one minute.

When peacetime arrives, if you want to join the Party, your application, recommender, and active member status will all be publicized. You'll have to be careful and patiently wait it out! Be sure to keep your temper in check, otherwise that bad seed might secretly sabotage your plans.

Li Ye and Sun Xianjin could not refuse Liang Furu's kind offer, otherwise they would be "ungrateful".

The two communicated with Jin Peng and Bian Jingjing on the spot and wrote down the price in front of Liang Furu, but it was in US dollars.

"Director Liang, the exchange rate in Moscow is unstable right now, so these daily necessities are priced in US dollars. Therefore, they advise us to remain calm as much as possible."

“That’s right, that’s what the embassy told me too.”

Liang Furu nodded, then pointed to the list and said, "Divide this list in half. First, send half of the list to Kamas, then have them give us a list of projects they are interested in collaborating on."

Sun Xianjin paused, then hesitated before saying, "These figures are based on the number of workers at the Kamaz automobile factory. If we reduce them by half, won't they think we're being stingy?"

The list of supplies drafted by Bian Jingjing and Jin Peng was based on the welfare standards of state-owned enterprises in mainland China during the Spring Festival. It was enough to feed the family for half a month, no more and no less, which could be described as "clever".

But if you reduce it by half, it will be awkward.

You go to someone's house to offer help, but there are eight people in the family and you only brought four apples. How can you not feel uneasy?

What's wrong? Giving each of us half an apple—are you trying to humiliate us?

"Too stingy?" Liang Fu waved his hand and said, "This is plenty of money. Your generation has never experienced hardship growing up, so how would you know what a difficult life is? Let me tell you, a life of uncertainty about where your next meal is coming from is what a difficult life is."
I inquired about the market situation with the embassy yesterday. They're already struggling financially, so we absolutely can't let them overextend themselves.

Well, since Liang Furu has put it this way, even if Sun Xianjin still feels that the product is not presentable, he has to keep quiet and then go to the Kamaz Automobile Factory with Lao Shao, Li Ye, and the translator to deliver the list.

On the way, Sun Xianjin was a little uneasy, but once he delivered the list to Kamas's people, he was no longer flustered.

A thin list was passed around among a group of Kamas's management. Most of them looked at it with a friendly expression, and two of them even swallowed a few times, whether unintentionally or not.

Sigh, either they're hungry or they're craving something.

Li Ye sighed softly, recalling a small incident mentioned by a Suzhou student in his previous life.

While studying in Suzhou, she encountered elderly women at the supermarket more than once who asked her, "Could you buy me a big loaf of bread? I'm a little hungry."

The problem is that these old ladies are all very clean and well-mannered; they are clearly not beggars on the street.

In the words of that international student, "When your daily wage can buy a month's worth of steamed buns, you can't imagine the despair of facing hunger."

After everyone had reviewed the list, Factory Director Sumonkov said, "On behalf of Kamas, I thank you for your help. Please unload the goods into the warehouse first!"

Lao Shao and Sun Xianjin were both stunned.

How come you pack up so quickly?

Old Shao, being older and more experienced, and also the head of the liaison group, immediately smiled and said, "We are indeed prepared to transport supplies at any time, but could you also give us a list of projects we can cooperate on?"

Sumonkov frowned, and was about to speak when the person who had interrupted him that day spoke up again.

"You should send the goods over first. We have a lot of advanced technology; any one of them can be exchanged for ten or twenty times the amount of supplies."

Li Ye felt a wave of disgust.

If you say that Su'e has a lot of good stuff, then Li Ye is willing to acknowledge that, but if you say that Kamaz Automobile Factory can just offer some technology and exchange it for the most sought-after materials, that's pure nonsense.

Jiangsu's military technology was quite advanced in the 1990s, but in terms of civilian technology, it was like panning for gold in the sand; after picking and choosing, only about a third of the technology was usable.

It was only because Kamaz benefited from the military industry that it invested heavily in technology in the 1970s; otherwise, Li Ye wouldn't have believed a word of it.

Sun Xianjin suddenly asked the man, "Excuse me, comrade, what aspect of your work are you in charge of?"

The other party glanced at Sun Xianjin and said arrogantly, "I am Zelyushinko, in charge of union affairs. I represent all the workers of the Kamaz plant."

Upon hearing the name Zelyushinko, Li Ye immediately recalled the list Sofia had given him, which included Zelyushinko's name followed by the label "capitalist lackey."

(End of this chapter)