60s: I have a store

Chapter 161 Hospital General Meeting
Zhou Yimin was still catching up on sleep. He didn't get much sleep last night. He spent half the night watching the fun with the villagers.

Zhou Yimin got up after vaguely hearing someone shouting outside. He half-closed his eyes, opened the door and looked outside, and found that it was Brother Zhao.

All right! Brother Zhao is indeed a leader.

"Brother Zhao, what's the matter? Come in and tell me!" Zhou Yimin welcomed the person in.

Seeing Zhou Yimin like this, Zhao Zhenguo couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you sleep last night?"

What time is it?

Zhou Yimin nodded: "I didn't sleep much. Last night, wild boars came to harass the village and killed 11 of them. I..."

"Wait, how many?" Zhao Zhenguo couldn't help but ask, with a look of horror on his face.

"11, what's wrong?"

Zhao Zhenguo took a deep breath. 11 wild boars, what does that mean? It's not easy to fight so many wild boars. He has seen how powerful wild boars are.

"11? Any more?"

He also wanted to get a few for his instant noodle factory. Who wouldn't want meat? Every factory and every unit was short of meat.

Although the flour mill handles a lot of flour, it doesn't mean that the people in the mill don't go hungry. The food is grown by farmers! Aren't they still hungry? In fact, the farmers are the ones who have the most difficulties.

In addition, noodles are noodles and meat is meat, and having noodles does not necessarily mean you can eat meat.

Zhou Yimin shook his head: "No! The steel plant got five, the street office took three, two were given to my uncle Zhang, and one was eaten by the villagers."

"Yimin, remember to save some for our instant noodle factory next time!"

Zhou Yimin replied perfunctorily: "We'll talk about it next time, we'll talk about it next time."

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenguo told Zhou Yimin the content of the previous meeting, focusing on the popularity of that instant noodles and the accelerated construction of their factory.

"I also heard that at the end of this year, our factory will be rewarded with 10,000 US dollars in foreign exchange," Zhao Zhenguo said happily.

Only $10,000?
Zhou Yimin complained in his heart, if the instant noodles are marketed well, it would not be a problem to earn tens of millions of dollars a year, but only 10,000 dollars is given as a reward?

You know, this is not just for him alone, but for the entire factory.

But in Zhao Zhenguo's eyes, the above was already very generous.

Nowadays, the country is short of foreign exchange, and they are all very clear that they want every dollar to be used wisely. In order to encourage overseas Chinese to send foreign exchange back home, the country has specially launched "Overseas Chinese Remittance Vouchers".

Many people are not aware that remittances are not only a guarantee of livelihood for returned overseas Chinese and their families, but also one of the sources of foreign exchange in the early days of New China.

Since the planned economy, the country has implemented a unified purchase and marketing policy, and daily necessities such as grain, cotton and oil are supplied in a fixed quantity and planned manner. Even though returned overseas Chinese and their families have money, they still cannot buy more things.

Therefore, the state introduced a policy of issuing remittance coupons based on the amount of remittances. With the coupons, people can buy some scarce materials and goods in overseas Chinese supplies stores or designated stores.

The Overseas Chinese Remittance Vouchers were first issued in Fujian and were only implemented nationwide this year.

In order to obtain foreign exchange, the country had to make special arrangements for returning overseas Chinese.

Zhao Zhenguo said excitedly: "When the time comes, we will be able to get foreign exchange coupons, and Yimin, you will definitely get quite a lot too."

At this time, what was even more powerful than the Overseas Chinese Remittance Coupons was the Foreign Exchange Coupons, which were exclusively used for shopping by foreign embassy and consulate staff and foreign guests visiting China.

Foreign exchange coupons themselves can be used as currency. They can be used to purchase grain, oil, cotton and other items at Friendship Stores without having to purchase them in fixed quantities. One can also buy the latest styles of clothes, shoes and cosmetics, even foreign brands. One can also buy imported televisions, air conditioners and so on at a lower price than in ordinary stores.

When Zhou Yimin heard the word "foreign exchange coupons", his eyes lit up.

If he is rewarded with foreign exchange coupons, he can use them to purchase some special goods without worrying about being checked by others.

"That's great." Zhou Yimin said with a smile.

"Director Yang asked me to ask you if you have any good suggestions." Zhao Zhenguo did not forget why he came.

At present, their factory attaches great importance to Zhou Yimin's opinion. Zhou Yimin shook his head slightly: "Not yet, this instant noodle should be enough to meet the needs of the overseas market. I still say that we should study the tastes of different places and produce them in a targeted manner."

He believes that there is no need to launch bucket noodles so quickly now and can wait until next year.

The two chatted for a while before Zhao Zhenguo left in a hurry.

The aunties and grandmas in the yard came to Zhou Yimin to inquire about the identity of the man just now.

"The director of the instant noodle factory, the son of Director Li from our street office, he has been to our courtyard before. Don't you remember him?" Zhou Yimin said to them.

"I thought so! He looks familiar."

Some people suddenly realized.

"Before I came by bicycle, this time I came by car, who would dare to recognize me?"

"It turned out to be the director of the instant noodle factory. I heard that their factory is still recruiting workers. I don't know if it will be Haitang's turn."

……

The news that the instant noodle factory was recruiting workers had spread a long time ago.

Many people from their hospital have also gone to the street office to register. Whether they can be assigned a place depends on how the street office arranges it. Everyone is waiting for news.

Then, everyone asked Zhou Yimin about the news of the instant noodle factory.

After all, Zhou Yimin is familiar with the director of the instant noodle factory, so he should know some inside information, right?

"I heard that they want to speed up the expansion and complete the enrollment expansion ahead of schedule. So, I think you don't have to wait too long, there will be news within a week." Zhou Yimin might as well reveal it to them.

When the residents heard this, they were all happy.

After Zhou Yimin returned to the house, he was no longer sleepy.
In the evening, someone knocked on his door.

"Brother Yimin, come out for the meeting!"

A full house meeting?

This is a classic scene from a TV series! But after traveling through time for so long, this was the first time he was notified of a meeting.

The plenary session is held in the Central Court.

Residents from the front and back yards all came, carrying stools.

Unlike in some TV dramas, where the three uncles put on a grand show and acted like officials, in their courtyard, the three uncles did not sit, but stood in front, as if they were reporting their work to the residents.

This is the difference.

Zhou Yimin nudged Li Youde and asked, "Did you hear anything?"

Li Youde shook his head: "I don't know, I just got out too."

Their community only holds a few meetings a year, and every time they do, it's always about something important. They don't bring up any trivial matters. Small matters are basically resolved privately between the three uncles and the residents.

The three uncles knew that everyone worked hard and wanted to have a good rest after get off work. Therefore, there was no need to disturb the residents of the whole hospital for small matters.

Luo Dapeng came over and said, "Looking at the expressions of the uncles, it shouldn't be a bad thing."

Indeed, the first uncle, the second uncle and the third uncle all had their mouths raised, indicating that it was a happy thing.

Someone couldn't wait any longer and asked the uncle, "Uncle, what's the matter?"

Everyone fell silent and looked at the three old men.

"Great! Is everyone here?" asked an old man.

(End of this chapter)