My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 92 Is this butcher inevitable?
However, when reporting his plan to open a shoe factory to the city, Weidong also put forward a condition: "Can you put an end to this You Qili incident? He shouldn't have done anything illegal that requires detention, right?"

Unexpectedly, the response was a letter of introduction and a transfer order: "Comrade Weidong is appointed Director of the Office of the Reform Committee of the Shangzhou Municipal Party Committee..."

That’s right, what Weidong got was not the management rights of the factory, let alone shares.

In the eyes of the older generation of cadres, everything belongs to the state, private ownership is impossible, and the loss of state-owned assets is a serious crime.

Therefore, Rang Weidong was given a position in the newly established Reform Committee, and the previous trading house task force was directly transferred to this Reform Committee.

Previously, the staff from various departments including the Commerce Bureau, Light Industry Bureau, Municipal Office, Police, Procuratorate, Law, Industry and Commerce, Taxation, etc., all became Weidong’s colleagues... or even his subordinates!

Because the director of the reform committee is the old leader and only looks at the results, the office director is responsible for specific matters.

Standing in the city office, the secretary looked at the stunned office director and gently reminded him, "If you want to make any adjustments, you can submit a report for approval. But isn't it inappropriate to negotiate terms now when there are no achievements?"

Damn, You Qili has become the KPI deposit?
No, Weidong suddenly realized an important question: "I'm not a civil servant, so I don't have a position, right?"

The secretary thought he cared about this: "This reform committee has just been established, and we're just feeling our way forward. It's a temporary secondment, and we'll definitely have to wait until we've achieved some results before we can finalize the staffing and remuneration. The leaders value you so much, you're not the kind of person who would bother with such personal gains and losses, are you?"

Wei Dong almost blurted out, "I won't help you for nothing." But everyone was concerned about the establishment, so they avoided him. "That's fine, that's fine. If you confirm that there is no establishment, it won't affect my other work. This is just a business cooperation, so it counts as a temporary position, right?"

There are also other civil servants who come to work in the Taxation Compound every year. The old security guard must be aware of this relationship.

Even though there is no explicit regulation that civil servants are not allowed to engage in business, Wei Dong absolutely does not want to give anyone a chance to criticize him.

The secretary was surprised: "I didn't realize that you are so clear about the distinction between public and private affairs, Comrade Xiao Rang. The leader has high hopes for you, so you must complete your work assignments successfully."

Wei Dong laughed and turned around to make up his mind: "I was originally planning to give Shangzhou some good gifts, but since you want to get it for free, don't blame me for doing my job impartially."

Dong Xueying was a little surprised, but not too much. "It's better not to be an official. You are so young and capable, why bother to endure all that humiliation... So you want to live in Shangzhou for the rest of your life?"

Let Weidong hurriedly: "Almost, but after figuring out the situation, I must go to Jiangzhou immediately to get equipment, masters and other things."

Dong Xueying would not question whether he knew how to make leather shoes. After all, You Qili and others were more imaginative than Rang Weidong.

At least it makes Weidong feel more down-to-earth.

First, call Qin Jianjun, the manager of the military station guesthouse, and ask him to help him apply for a leather shoe company.

There are so many shell companies in the guesthouse because there are all kinds of people in the reform and opening-up situation. It is easy for various companies that claim to revitalize the economy to apply for registration, and all the processes can be handled through backdoor connections.

The manager of the guesthouse, who was good at making signs, readily agreed.

Then he took the members of the reform committee to several factories for research and investigation.

Because Dong Xueying had been investigated and detained by the special task force, she was not brought along. The two brothers Shitou and Maoer followed their elder sister to the dock to experience it more.

It is allowed to carry five people, but in fact the double rows of seats in the front and back that can accommodate six or seven people are packed. It used to be the special task force, but now they are all members of various departments of the reform committee, and they are not left out.

Of course, their purposes are definitely different.

Basically, he kept silent.

Some people, like the young policeman, want to speak but dare not, while others want to mock but don't know where to start.

It's better to just watch from the sidelines than to read newspapers and drink tea at work.

What if we can still achieve some results?

Weidong can also do it and treat all the gangsters at the dock to dinner.

There was no hospitality shown towards these people.

We only visited all the existing state-owned and collectively owned factories in Shangzhou one by one with high intensity.

But when we went straight to the leather factory, our first stop, we found that it was not the case.

First of all, the entire factory was bustling with activity and there was no urgent need for assistance.

This situation alone made Weidong no longer want to stick with the guy.

But since I'm here, I definitely have to find out more, after all, the shoe company has been established.

The factory leader who received him was quite enthusiastic. He started by introducing: "We mainly do foreign trade sales to Europe..." Weidong almost bit his tongue off.

Fortunately, I only verbally expressed my idea of ​​starting a leather shoe factory to my old leader in person, and fortunately, I maintained the habit of carefully examining the actual situation.

Otherwise, I'll be pretending to be an idiot again this time.

It is not your turn to reform and save others.

I quickly asked, "Shangzhou does foreign trade? I know it was only sold to the Allies as war reserves during World War II, but I didn't expect they also export leather?"

Others also looked at him with admiration: "Oh, few people know that pig bristles are war reserves and are still the most important bulk export commodity in Shangzhou. Even our leather products are developed based on the pig bristle business."

Thirty or forty years later, information has become so developed that people can search for information at will. It is hard to understand why different fields were so different in the past hundreds or thousands of years.

Led by the young policeman, the members of the reform committee applauded their leader for his broad knowledge!
Weidong took a look at him to confirm that he was not a seedling plant. Everyone was really impressed by him.

He didn't have time to fret about not having leather shoes made. He racked his brains to give some scientific advice: "The barrels of cannons from World War I and World War II, as well as the mechanical equipment of warships and tanks, all required bristles made of a material with just the right hardness and softness. It's said that the best bristles are found in the Sichuan area. That's why it's a coveted commodity that both Europe and America, as well as Hans from Japan, are vying for."

The factory leader spoke with even greater pride: "Yes, that's pretty much it. The unique toughness of pig bristles makes them very effective for cleaning dust-contaminated, rusted mechanical parts or gun barrels. Pigs raised throughout Sichuan, including Chengdu, are ultimately slaughtered, wooled, and pre-cut at the Three Gorges Estuary. They are then packaged as high-quality foreign trade goods and shipped to Shanghai and Hong Kong for sale worldwide. International quality standards were established in the 95s and s, and at its peak, we held a % global market share."

He even pointed to the phone on the table and said, "In the 1930s, only Rongdu and Shangzhou had telegraph offices in the whole of Shuchuan. Jiangzhou didn't have any, because of the pig bristle business. But during the temporary capital period, the focus shifted to Jiangzhou."

Then he pointed out the window and said, "Pig bristles are selling well, and we have a lot of dealings with foreign companies. Other foreign trade businesses have also developed along with it. We sell sausage casings to Daying to make red sausages, and we canned pork to sell to Soviet Union in Eastern Europe. The sausage casing factory, tanneries, fur factories, and canning factories are all built around live pigs."

The other members of the Reform Committee were all amazed. Most of them had no idea that the factories concentrated in this area on the edge of the city were mainly engaged in foreign trade. They were discussing whether there had been a gap in the past decade or so?
But Weidong immediately noticed the word in it: "From making canned food here to Eastern Europe and Sulian, it has already started a long time ago. Why do they have to use our canned food?"

In the Golden Legend, didn’t Old You exchange several train cars’ worth of canned luncheon meat for an airplane?

Could the root be here?
How was this line built?

They explained, "Canned food production in my country began during the Korean War. There was a unified national plan, and each region produced different types of products based on its output. Since we had a large pig slaughtering business, we were assigned to canned meat. After the war, we had a large surplus of canned meat. At the time, the government organized sales to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and our canned pork was very popular with the Russians. The 1950s were a perfect honeymoon period, so we sent experts here to make halal canned food tailored to their tastes."

Wei Dong suddenly realized that he was in the Shangzhou Taxation Compound and was oblivious to what was happening outside, so he really didn't know about this matter.

After a tour, I found out that the main products of the leather factory are luggage, the kind of high-quality luggage, like the password boxes in Hong Kong movies.

They are all produced according to the orders received from the foreign trade department. They do not go through the local Shangzhou line at all, and even the taxes are not paid here.

It’s over. The director was a little dumbfounded as he was planning to run a leather shoe factory.

Fortunately, he is already a mature businessman. This company does not make cheap cameras, so Xishan Factory can do it. Radio Factory No. 3 is unwilling to improve research and development, so Postal and Telecommunications Equipment Factory can take over.

Then just be patient and look at them one by one.

We visited two or three factories a day, looking at each one along the leather factory side.

When I got home that night, I discussed the matter with Dong Xueying: "Damn, this whole street is centered around pig businesses, and they're all of international quality!"

Foreign trade requirements are naturally established in accordance with national standards, so there is no place for him to talk nonsense.

Dong Xueying was picking up some food for him, surprised. "Oh, yes. I've heard since I was a kid that that street is all about the pig business. Old You seemed to have mentioned that Shangzhou has a lot of foreign trade businesses, but they must all belong to the foreign trade department, so it's not easy to tell them apart."

Weidong felt a sense of comfort as a good wife: "Then I will observe slowly and I will find some business opportunities."

Dong Xueying didn't even let her eyes linger on his face, afraid that she would be unable to leave: "Well, there must be a chance. Tell me everything else. I like to listen."

The little baby was sitting in the pouch on Weidong's chest, babbling and dancing to express his yes.

A nice and cozy scene of a family of three having dinner.

Shitou and Mao'er, sitting nearby, kept interrupting in tacit agreement: "Third sister said her family used to be in the pig bristle business!"

"Just now you said there was a pig slaughterhouse. Take me to see it. I heard that butchering pigs can easily produce experts..."

The two adults looked at each other quickly. Yes, it was the butcher who prompted them to be honest with each other.

It is true that everything is destined.

(End of this chapter)