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Chapter 959 Bringing things to order
In fact, Manager Lu's power as an old underground man is still considerable, but Director Li of the street naturally wants to give Fan Jinyou a break and is not prepared to kill Fan Jinyou with a stick.

"Manager Lu, do you think we should give Fan Jinyou another chance?" Director Li looked at Manager Lu in front of him with a pleading look on his face, but in fact he was begging for mercy on his own behalf.

"Oh? Director Li, what do you mean?" Manager Lu asked Director Li with a smile.

"Manager Lu, how about letting Fan Jinyou redeem himself for his crime in the tavern?" Director Li forced an ugly smile, then looked at Manager Lu in front of him and made a tentative proposal.

"Making meritorious service while serving your sentence? How can public-private partnership be carried out when this kind of destruction and obstruction of public-private partnership can happen?" Manager Lu was already certain that Director Li in front of him was not clean at this time, and he looked at Director Li in front of him with a sneer on his face and asked back.

"Ah? This..."

"Hmph! I've always been curious about where Fan Jinyou's arrogance comes from. It seems the root lies with you, the neighborhood director!"

"Ah? Manager Lu, you're too serious. I just want to give Fan Jinyou a chance as a warning." After being so ruthlessly exposed by Manager Lu, Director Li immediately kept wiping the cold sweat from his face.

"Director Li, please get this straight. This is a public-private partnership pilot project that concerns the overall situation. So many people are watching the pilot project of the tavern, and you are still so indulgent and shielding this Fan Jinyou?" Seeing that Director Li was so stupid, Manager Lu couldn't help but get furious at this moment.

"Manager Lu, what is your rule?" Director Li now realized that Manager Lu was going to completely destroy Fan Jinyou.

"Hmph! My attitude is simple. I will simply fire this Fan Jinyou and never hire him again."

"Ah? This is too serious, right?"

"If you don't give me a response within three days, I will go to the district and meet with District Chief Lin in person."

"This……"

Manager Lu didn't want to continue arguing with Director Li, so he stood up and prepared to leave the director's office.

"Manager Lu, wait a minute! The subdistrict office agrees to your request. Fan Jinyou will be fired and will never be re-employed. We will also let you serve as the public manager of the pub next door." Of course, the iron rice bowl has not really taken shape yet, so firing and dismissal are not impossible.

"Hmph! Director Li, I advise you not to do evil, no matter how small it is." Manager Lu finally couldn't help but warn Director Li.

"..."

In fact, Manager Lu has already seen through the tricks. The relationship between Director Li and Fan Jinyou is definitely not pure. This is the fundamental reason why Director Li wants to protect Fan Jinyou.

However, although Manager Lu allowed his distant relative Dongzi to do something under his nose, it did not mean that he could tolerate Fan Jinyou's perverse behavior. That was why he was willing to pay the price of ruining his relationship with Director Li of the street.

Then the confused Fan Jinyou was driven away by the overbearing Manager Lu, which scared the bunch of evildoers in the tavern into trembling with fear.

"Who among you is Ma Liansheng?" Manager Lu then continued to deal with the other people, especially Ma Liansheng who was an accomplice of the evil.

"Ah? Manager Lu, I'm Ma Liansheng." Ma Liansheng ran over in fear. The power of Manager Lu was not something a termite could withstand.

"Ma Liansheng, how much profit did you make from this batch of fake liquor you bought from your relatives?" Manager Lu looked at Ma Liansheng in front of him and asked directly.

"Manager, I don't have it! I didn't know it was fake!" Ma Liansheng, who was not good at drinking, really didn't know it was fake. He just knew it was a cheap product from a relative who wanted to line his own pockets.

"Ma Liansheng, if you confess to me now and return all the stolen money, I will give you another chance. Otherwise, you and Fan Jinyou will get out of the tavern together."

"Ah? Manager, although I do have reasons to take care of my relatives, I really didn't benefit from it."

"Hmph! Return all this batch of wine to me immediately, and then go to Niulanshan yourself to get ten jars of twenty kilograms of Erguotou." Ma Liansheng's words of taking care of his relatives immediately touched Manager Lu, and he couldn't help but make arrangements in a softened tone.

"Manager Lu, what should I use to pull it back? Our tavern doesn't have a tractor or tricycle." After the surprise, Ma Liansheng immediately looked at Manager Lu in front of him and asked in confusion.

"Ma Liansheng, that's your own business. Even if you bring back jars of wine one by one, you can't delay the business of the tavern tonight." At this time, Manager Lu acted like a rogue and was still ready to teach Ma Liansheng a lesson.

"Yes! Manager Lu."

"Accountant Zhao Yali will no longer be the tavern's accountant. She will only be considered a waitress like He Yumei. Also, Kong Yuqin will no longer be the tavern's cashier. She will be transferred to the cafeteria next door with Ma Liansheng."

"Manager Lu, what should we do with the accounts of the tavern in the future?" Except for He Yumei, everyone whose name was called was as sad as if they had lost their parents. However, Zhao Yali refused to give up and looked at Manager Lu in front of her and asked.

"Hmph! Without you, the butcher Zhang, would we still have to eat hairy pigs?" Manager Lu looked at Zhao Yali with a mocking expression and asked back.

"Ah! No! I'm just asking out of curiosity." Zhao Yali immediately explained in fear.

"The tavern's accounts are in the hands of Accountant Yu from the cafeteria next door. The tavern can't afford to support a bunch of good-for-nothings like you."

"what……"

In fact, Manager Lu made these arrangements because he believed that the tavern was easy to make a profit and could not afford to support so many employees, and some unnecessary good-for-nothings had to be transferred away.

"Xu Huizhi." Manager Lu didn't care about the group's surprise. Instead, he turned around and looked at Xu Huizhi next to him.

"Hello, Manager Lu! I am Xu Huizhi, the private manager of the tavern." Xu Huizhi immediately looked at Manager Lu in front of her with a stern look on her face. She did not feel grateful to Manager Lu at the moment.

"The dividends Fan Jinyou withheld from you some time ago will be returned to you as soon as possible. Also, please don't come to the tavern anymore. We can't let our tavern get the reputation of being run by a widow. Your monthly dividends will be paid to you in full."

"Then... then I don't have to come to work in the tavern anymore?" This means that the tavern will no longer have its own salary, and it will feel a bit depressing to only receive dividends in the future.

"The tavern makes too little profit and can't even support a few people. Currently, there are only two people, Zhao Yali and He Yumei." It is simply impossible for a small tavern to not only pay the dividends to the private manager, but also the salaries of so many people.

"Okay! Then I won't ask about the tavern anymore."

"Well, Xu Huizhi, let me give you one last piece of advice. Get your marriage settled as soon as possible. You should know that a widow is prone to gossip."

"Thank you, Manager Lu. I'll keep an eye on it."

Then Fan Jinyou was fired from the tavern, and even Xu Huizhi no longer asked about the specific operations, but only collected monthly dividends.

Ma Liansheng was transferred to the canteen's takeaway department to deliver takeaways with Dongzi and others, and Kong Yuqin was also assigned to the canteen as a waitress.

Only Zhao Yali and He Yumei were left to manage the tavern, so there was no longer the huge financial pressure from before.

……

Ever since Xu Huizhi was driven out of the tavern by Manager Lu, she hid in the backyard and cried sadly. Of course, she really felt sorry for Fan Jinyou.

"Huizhi, actually I think this is pretty good. You can just collect dividends every month without so many troubles." Xu Huizhen comforted Xu Huizhi indifferently, and also felt that Xu Huizhi was not a suitable person for business.

"Sister, I just feel bad for Fan Jinyou. He's become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to beat."

"I..." Xu Huizhen was immediately choked by Xu Huizhi's words. She felt that Xu Huizhi was really too cheap. "Huizhi, do you really like this Fan Jinyou?" "Yeah."

"Okay! I will go find the neighborhood committee director tomorrow and ask her to help you propose to Fan Jinyou's family. This will allow Fan Jinyou, who has nothing, to become a son-in-law." At this time, Xu Huizhen said her arrangement helplessly.

"Ah? Will Fan Jinyou agree?" Xu Huizhi couldn't help but look at Xu Huizhen in front of her with surprise and asked.

"Humph! He is nothing now. It's a great honor for him to be your son-in-law."

"Sister, thank you for your help."

"Huizhi, why don't you consider Teacher Xu Hesheng again?" In the end, Xu Huizhen wanted to try again, and still felt that Fan Jinyou was not a good man at all.

"Sister, Xu Hesheng is more than ten years older than me. How could you think of that?" Xu Huizhi retorted with some depression.

"Hey! Since you are so determined, I hope you won't blame me later."

"No! Sister, I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life."

Looking at Xu Huizhi, who was completely devoted to Fan Jinyou, Xu Huizhen felt really helpless.

Then Xu Huizhen had no choice but to find the director of the neighborhood committee and talk to her directly about Xu Huizhi's matter.

"Huizhen, do you mean that Xu Huizhi has taken a fancy to Fan Jinyou?" The neighborhood committee director looked at Xu Huizhen in front of her with surprise and asked.

"Yes! Although I have advised Xu Huizhi many times, she still wants to contact Fan Jinyou, so she has no choice but to come to you for help." Xu Huizhen naturally understood why the neighborhood committee director was surprised.

"Okay! I'll go to Fan Jinyou's house tonight to ask, but it might be difficult to get Fan Jinyou to be my son-in-law."

"Director Madam, it's not really a live-in son-in-law, I just need to live with Xu Huizhi."

"Okay! Now that Fan Jinyou has become a household name, I think this matter shouldn't be particularly difficult."

"Director, please help me with this matter."

"You're welcome! You're a cadre of our neighborhood committee, so this is nothing."

……

At this time, Suning had been arranged to study Western cuisine in a Moscow restaurant. After all, it would be difficult to explain if he said he could cook Western food.

Therefore, before Suning officially went to work in the institute's cafeteria, it was necessary for him to stay in the Moscow restaurant to "study" for a while.

"Manager Lu, how come you have time to come here?" Suning asked the unexpected visitor in surprise.

"I've always heard that your courtyard is very nice. I came here today to see that it is indeed very nice."

"Manager Lu, please come in! I'll make you some tea."

"Suning, I came here this time to buy your pickles."

"Manager Lu, the pickles we make are mainly for our own consumption. Just like the Erguotou in our wine cellar, we share them with our neighbors at most. We really can't supply pickles to your tavern or cafeteria."

"Oh? Then why was it possible before?"

"At that time, we were still running a tavern and a canteen, so the pickles were naturally used in the tavern and canteen first, so we didn't share them with the neighbors. If the neighbors liked to eat them, they would buy them from the tavern and canteen."

"Suning, is it really not possible to discuss this?"

"This... Manager Lu, you're putting me in a difficult position!"

"Suning, you are indeed a rare smart person. You can explain everything perfectly, but some things cannot be solved just by explaining them clearly."

"Manager Lu, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Suning, for example, you secretly supplied Niulanshan Erguotou to your neighbors. If you take it seriously, it would be considered hoarding and speculation."

"You're threatening me? Just to crack a pickle?"

"I'm not that boring! I just want to deepen our cooperation."

"Oh? Manager Lu, what do you mean?"

"Suning, I intend to have you supply the tavern with wine and pickles. This will save the tavern unnecessary expenses and also prevent the cafeteria and tavern from being in chaos."

"Manager Lu, if we want to cooperate, we have to do it for the long term. I don't like working together today and then arguing tomorrow."

"Don't worry! I'm not the idiot Fan Jinyou from before. I welcome things that are mutually beneficial to everyone."

"Okay! The pickles are 10% off the tavern's retail price. The Erguotou is 70 cents a pound, and the extra money for the gas is 85 cents a pound."

"Okay! Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

"By the way! Can we still contact the previous suppliers? It's getting harder and harder to get food and supplies lately."

"Manager Lu, ever since the food coupon rationing system was implemented, all my suppliers have switched to other businesses. That's why I've given up all my management rights. After all, the food coupon issue alone is enough to give me a headache."

"That's right! We have the same food stamp problem in our cafeteria right now."

"Can't state-owned canteens also provide open access?"

"Hey! Grain stores now only accept various grain coupons. They don't care whether it's state-owned or not."

"Then we can only accept food stamps for everything."

"That's right! But accepting only food coupons has caused business to deteriorate, and we've fallen into a vicious cycle."

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(End of this chapter)