Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 1003 Guiding the Way!

Twenty minutes later, Jiang Kun finally arrived at Li Huaide's house.

The person who opened the door was Jiang Yan, Li Huaide's wife. Seeing Jiang Kun carrying a briefcase and looking worried, Jiang Yan asked him with a puzzled expression, "Little brother! Why are you here at this hour? Have you had dinner yet? If not, why don't you eat something here?"

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's question, Jiang Kun, recalling the events of the day, asked her with a depressed mood, "Sister! Is my brother-in-law home? I need to talk to him."

Upon hearing Jiang Kun's question, Jiang Yan immediately replied with a smile, "Little brother! Your brother-in-law just got back not long ago and is on the phone in his study. Is there something you need him for?"

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's reply, and recalling the reason he had come to see Li Huaide, Jiang Kun, feeling depressed, instructed Jiang Yan, "Sister! Go and cook two dishes. I want to have a good drink with my brother-in-law later."

Seeing Jiang Kun's furrowed brows, Jiang Yan immediately realized that he must have encountered something troublesome, so she smiled and nodded, replying, "Okay! Then I'll go cook two more dishes, and when Guobin and the others come back later, they can have a drink with you."

Jiang Kun walked into Li Huaide's house, casually tossed his briefcase onto the coffee table, and then strode to the study door. Seeing Li Huaide making tea in the study, he immediately complained, "Brother-in-law! I originally planned to use Jia Dongming's connections to purchase imported goods from Hong Kong, then use these imported goods to expand my network and achieve some success. But I didn't expect that before these imported goods even arrived in Beijing, my phone would be ringing off the hook. If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have started that pilot program."

Hearing Jiang Kun's complaint and seeing his sullen expression, Li Huaide picked up his teacup, poured Jiang Kun a cup of tea, and asked him unhurriedly, "Xiao Kun! Judging from your appearance, are too many people asking you for quotas, and you don't have enough to allocate?"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's question and seeing Li Huaide's nonchalant expression, Jiang Kun reached for the teacup Li Huaide had poured for him, drank the tea in one gulp, and then complained to Li Huaide, "Brother-in-law! You don't know, I had originally agreed with the General Administration that fifty color television sets would be shipped back, with ten quotas for the General Administration, two quotas for each of the deputy heads of the bureau, one quota for each of the middle-level cadres, and the remaining twenty-four quotas would be allocated by myself."

"According to this allocation plan, although I still don't have enough quotas, I can at least manage. But after I just allocated a dozen or so quotas, Deputy Director Chen from the General Administration called and asked us to give the General Administration ten more quotas. Now I don't know how to allocate them."

“I was already in a bad mood, and when I got home, Lin Feng and Jiang Hao, without even saying hello, directly promised their boss that they would get them a quota. I told them that I didn’t have any quotas on hand, and Lin Feng started arguing with me. I couldn’t stand her anymore, so I came here to see you.”

When Li Huaide heard Jiang Kun's explanation, he wasn't surprised at all. Remembering that he still had thirty color television sets, Li Huaide smiled and asked Jiang Kun, "Xiao Kun! You just said the quota wasn't enough to go around. Tell me specifically, how many more color television sets are you short?"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's question, Jiang Kun, recalling the quotas he had already agreed to that afternoon, carefully calculated in his mind before explaining to Li Huaide, "Brother-in-law! If the General Administration hadn't asked me for those extra ten quotas, after deducting the thirteen I had already agreed to, I would still have eleven quotas left. Even if I gave Lin Feng and Jiang Hao two quotas each, I would still have nine quotas for contingencies." "Now that the General Administration has directly taken away ten more color television sets, I only have one quota left. In the coming days, there will definitely be many people asking me for more quotas, even me!"

Jiang Kun, after explaining this, suddenly realized something and asked Li Huaide with an incredulous look, "Brother-in-law! Could it be that there are more than fifty color television sets being shipped back this time?"

When Li Huaide heard Jiang Kun's question and saw the expectant look on Jiang Kun's face, he smiled and nodded, and slowly introduced to Jiang Kun: "Xiao Kun! Actually, Jia Dongming asked Wu Tianlin to purchase one hundred color television sets. After giving fifty sets to your Commerce Bureau, he gave me thirty of the remaining fifty sets, and kept twenty for himself."

“We don’t intend to profit from these color televisions. Instead, we plan to use them to maintain our own network of relationships. Since your quota is not enough, I can give you five color televisions. The price of these color televisions is based on the cost price plus fifty yuan, which is cheaper than what you sell them for. You can give these five color televisions to the people you are closest to.”

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Jiang Kun's face immediately lit up with ecstatic joy. He quickly thanked Li Huaide, saying, "Brother-in-law! You really saved my life! These five color televisions can be sold to my connections at the price we sell them for."

Upon hearing Jiang Kun's suggestion, Li Huaide subconsciously shook his head and instructed Jiang Kun, "Xiao Kun! The reason we asked Wu Tianlin to transport fifty more color television sets is not to profit from them, but to use them to maintain our network of relationships. If we were to profit from them, not only would we fail to maintain our network, but they might also become a tool for our political enemies to use against us."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's reply, Jiang Kun, recalling those bloodless struggles, nodded in agreement and said to Li Huaide, "Brother-in-law! You're right. With our salaries, we really don't lack that little bit of money. We sell these color televisions for 1,088 yuan, while you can get them from us and sell them for 938 yuan, which is a full 150 yuan cheaper than our price. This way, we can maintain our relationship and also make the person who benefits remember our kindness."

Upon hearing Jiang Kun's reply, Li Huaide reminded him, "Xiao Kun! Although we didn't intend to profit from the price difference, you must remember to tell him not to tell anyone else the price, to avoid your friends harboring resentment towards you because of the price discrepancy."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's instructions, Jiang Kun immediately nodded and said to Li Huaide, "Brother-in-law! I understand what you mean. I certainly won't do something so thankless."

Hearing Jiang Kun's assurance, Li Huaide thought of the twenty color TVs Jia Dongming had and smiled as he reminded Jiang Kun, "Xiao Kun! Jia Dongming still has twenty color TVs, and his niece-in-law Tang Yanling is now your subordinate. You can try to get one or two more color TVs from Tang Yanling."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's reminder, Jiang Kun's eyes lit up. He gave Li Huaide a thumbs up and thanked him with a smile, saying, "Brother-in-law! Thank you for your reminder. I'll think about how to handle this matter when I get back."

(End of this chapter)