Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

After Wang An finished speaking, Fang Xiuying looked at her watch and realized that it was almost 11 o'clock.

He then took the initiative to invite Wang Andao:

"It's almost lunchtime, why don't you and Xiao Yi, and uh..." Fang Xiuying pointed to Huang Zhong and continued:

"And you, my little brother, come along to our factory and try out the food here!"

Since the factory was built, Wang An had never eaten in the factory canteen. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and smiled:

"Sure, I'll try this big pot meal too. Hehehe, it's been so long since I've had a big pot meal."

After Wang An finished speaking, Fang Xiuying smiled and said:

“Our factory is a bit far from the county town, so Brother Ma and Brother He rented out an old factory building to a couple, which became our factory’s restaurant. And let me tell you, the food they make is really good, and the key is that it’s not expensive.”

Wang An shook his head and said:
"Eating at a restaurant is no fun. There are plenty of restaurants in the county now. It doesn't matter where we eat. Let's eat at the canteen today and see how the workers' meals are."

All employees in the pharmaceutical factory do not need to spend money on food or accommodation, because these are very small expenses for the factory and there is no need to save money on them.

Although Wang An rarely comes to the factory, as a shareholder, he has to take the initiative to discover some problems since he is here. After all, the pharmaceutical factory's annual dividends are quite substantial, and Wang An doesn't want the factory to go bankrupt.

Fang Xiuying was taken aback upon hearing this and had no choice but to agree:
"Okay, the food in our factory canteen is pretty good. Let's go try it out. To be honest, I've rarely eaten in the canteen since that restaurant opened. I've really been corrupted, hahaha."

Wang An smiled and said:

"What are you talking about? What's the point of making money? Isn't it to eat well, dress well, live well, and have fun? To put it bluntly, making money is for enjoyment. If you're going to suffer without any hardship, then you're the one who's crazy."

After Wang An finished speaking, everyone present was stunned. The main reason was that Wang An's theory was completely contrary to people's conventional thinking in this era that emphasized "remembering the bitter past and appreciating the sweet present" and "hard work and frugality".

However, upon closer examination, Wang An's words are entirely without fault.

As one of the top ten shareholders, Fang Xiuying receives a monthly salary of over one hundred yuan in addition to regular dividends. So what's wrong with her eating well every meal?

After a moment of surprise, Fang Xiuying blinked her big eyes and looked at Wang An, saying:

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel like there's nothing wrong with me eating out every day."

Wang An waved his hand, saying with a matter-of-fact expression:
"What's wrong with that? There's nothing wrong with it. Only a fool wouldn't spend the money he earns."

As he spoke, Wang An spread out his hands and said:

"Give me a few meal tickets."

Fang Xiuying quickly returned to her seat and took out a few blue meal tickets and a few red meal tickets.

It's called blue and red, but it's really just a small piece of white paper with a blue or red stamp printed on it. It looks incredibly simple and rudimentary.

However, this equipment was only used within the factory premises and had some restrictions, so its simplicity was irrelevant. Since no outsiders were allowed to enter the factory area, the canteen was completely open. Anyone within the factory, whether security guards or cleaners, could use their blue meal tickets to get food and dishes.

Of course, the blue meal tickets are all issued for free, but they are calculated on a daily basis each month. Each person has three blue meal tickets per day, and each person can only eat a fixed amount of food with one blue meal ticket.

To put it bluntly, it's useless for someone to have two meal tickets, because each person can only get one serving of rice and vegetables per meal. If someone tries to save up their meal tickets or steal someone else's meal tickets to eat more, it's all in vain.

Even if you have a hundred unused meal tickets, you can only use one when you eat. The extra meal tickets are just worthless pieces of paper.

Never think about finishing a meal, going out for a walk, and then using a stolen meal ticket or a meal ticket saved from the previous meal to buy another meal.

Normally, no one should notice, but if it is discovered, the employee will have 3 days' wages deducted. If this happens more than three times, not only will all unpaid wages be deducted, but the employee will also be dismissed and never hired again.

It is fair, reasonable, and can effectively prevent waste.

The only downside might be that it's unfair to those with large appetites.

After all, as a factory, we can't deprive people of their meals just because they have a big appetite!
However, the factory had also considered this point: people with large appetites could add some money to buy special red meal tickets from the canteen. The price was not expensive, only 3 cents per ticket.

The red and blue meal tickets serve the same purpose: each person can only take one serving of rice and vegetables per meal.

However, it must be said that these 3 cents are definitely a number that makes people with ulterior motives very uncomfortable.

People with truly large appetites don't care about those 3 cents, because spending those 3 cents will allow them to eat their fill.

However, for those who are stingy and want to take advantage of others, these 3 cents are something they absolutely do not want to spend.

There's no way around it; they're not willing to pay 3 cents for free food.

Of course, the designation and use of the blue and red meal tickets were all the work of that scoundrel Wang An, but I must say, the effect was quite remarkable.

After receiving the meal tickets, Wang An gave Wang Yi, Huang Zhong, and Yang Qiuju one blue meal ticket and one red meal ticket each. Then he turned around and led the way outside, with everyone following closely behind.

However, when everyone entered the canteen, Wang An discovered that most of the workers were holding a blue meal ticket and a red meal ticket together to buy two meals.

Wang An immediately knew that the director in charge of the canteen's procurement was probably going to be imprisoned for three to five years.

I don't know who this procurement manager Wang An is, but if he treats the pharmaceutical factory like a state-owned enterprise, then he really has a death wish.

It's important to understand that a normal portion of food in the canteen must be enough to satisfy the vast majority of workers; that's the only standard.

However, the current situation is that the vast majority of workers have to buy two meals to be full.

Holy crap, if you say there's no problem with this, that would be the biggest problem of all. (End of Chapter)