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Chapter 612 Almost wiped out! (Seeking monthly votes)
"Absolutely audacious! Absolutely audacious!"

Upon hearing the explosive news from Wu Aiguo, Wu Zhi was stunned and speechless for a long time before he could recover.

He has always been honest and law-abiding, and rarely does anything out of line.

His current ride is still a second-hand 28-inch bicycle assembled at a repair shop. He hasn't gone to a bicycle manufacturing plant to get himself a new one.

With a factory director like him as a role model, the overall atmosphere at the Gulou Repair Shop is quite good.

Apart from those who already owned bicycles, the other workers who wanted to buy a vehicle generally obtained a used one from a repair shop.

Of course, the quality is absolutely top-notch.

Wu Zhi never expected that the mountain bike factory would be so bold as to give away bicycles that were meant to generate foreign exchange for export to the troublemakers in the compound.

As I said before, it's 1964 right now!

The distance between ordinary children from hutongs and children from high-ranking families was not as vast as it is in later generations.

At this time, the workers were all in high spirits!

The perception of those living in the compound reflects not only respect for the revolutionary predecessors but also a sense of ambition to replace them.

Unlike later generations, they tried every means to integrate themselves.

The attitude towards the tough guys in the compound was mostly one of disdain, like "disappointment that they are not living up to their potential".

Wu Zhi's first thought was to call his superiors.

As for the possibility of offending the tough guys in the compound, he didn't think that much about it.

When this news reached the ears of the leaders of the industrial departments in the capital, it was like dropping a bomb on a calm lake, immediately stirring up huge waves.

Wu Aiguo was not very clear about what happened after that.

I knew that soon after, the leadership of the mountain bike factory seemed to have undergone a major reshuffle.

As for the young man from the compound who received the mountain bike, Wu Aiguo only found out what had happened when he happened to run into Li Kuiyong, who was visiting Dongcheng.

According to him, a friend he met in elementary school was named Zhong Yuemin, who was also from a compound.

The information came from Zhong Yuemin: the mountain bikes were not taken back, but were instead sold for 1,000 RMB each.

It was only because the higher-ups gave them face and only accepted RMB without taking any money; otherwise, the situation would have been truly chaotic.

Even so, those spoiled kids from the compound who had their mountain bikes confiscated all faced a double beating from their parents.

Some of the beatings were so severe that one of their legs was broken.

Their family can definitely afford a thousand yuan.

The problem is, it's really embarrassing.

Who knows, their father's future might be affected.

Should!
These spoiled brats from the compound need to be taught a lesson; they don't study and just hang around on the streets all day.

Wu Aiguo disdained to utter some harsh words.

Looking at Li Kuiyong's happy and gloating expression as he said these things, you can tell how unpopular the "compound tough guys" were.

"Aren't you studying in the West City? What are you doing here in the East City?"

After listening to a bit of gossip from the neighborhood bullies, Wu Aiguo finally turned his attention to Li Kuiyong.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and he's grown quite a bit taller.

Judging from his complexion, the food he was eating was clearly not very good. "He's paving the way for my dad!"

Li Kuiyong didn't hide anything, and said with a wry smile, "The work in the west of the city is not easy, but it's better in the east of the city, especially around Deshengmen!"

"I really have no interest in going to school; I'm just waiting to get a diploma!"

I don't know why, maybe she knew Wu Aiguo had some influence in the Dongcheng Gulou area, or maybe she thought he was a good person. She poured out all the things she couldn't tell her family.

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out why the price of honeycomb briquettes fluctuated so much.
In the second half of last year, his father even earned as much as 150 yuan a month by hauling honeycomb briquettes in Dongcheng.

In just a few months, he earned more than 400 yuan by hauling honeycomb briquettes.

With this money, the family's financial situation improved significantly.

At least, we don't have to eat corn porridge every day anymore. We can eat mixed grain rice from time to time, and occasionally even have some meat.

As a result, once the year was over, the situation changed drastically.

The income from hauling honeycomb briquettes has dropped from a maximum of five or six yuan a day to a maximum of one and a half yuan a day, even with strenuous work.

The monthly income is roughly between twenty-five and thirty-five!

The key issue is that this is heavy physical labor, which is extremely harmful to the body.

Originally, Li Kuiyong's father had recovered somewhat, but now things seem to be getting worse again.

Li Kuiyong couldn't sit still any longer, so he mustered up the courage to come to Dongcheng to pave the way.

Well, the economic activity in the area from Gulou to Deshengmen in Dongcheng District has indeed been quite active over the past year.

The main reason, of course, is the sudden rise of the Gulou Repair Shop.

The economic driving force of a leading enterprise with good development momentum in the surrounding area is beyond doubt.

The factory consists of the main Gulou Repair Shop, a bicycle branch, a mosquito coil and floral water manufacturing branch, and a farm.

The total number of employees has exceeded 1,000, and related companies have also benefited.

One worker represents one family!
The rapid rise of the Gulou Repair Shop has directly benefited at least two thousand employees, which means more than two thousand families have benefited.

At this point, the purchasing power of the working class is beyond doubt!
Coal supply, honeycomb briquette production, coal making equipment sales, honeycomb briquette stove sales, and material supply for making honeycomb briquette stoves.

After that, three-wheeled vehicles and hand tractors spurred the development of vegetable cultivation and poultry farming in the surrounding rural areas.

Then, the economy of the entire region became active.

Putting aside everything else, the demand for the "Board Master" has expanded many times over, which is Li Kuiyong's father's opportunity.

Wu Aiguo naturally understood these principles and was unlikely to follow Li Kuiyong's detailed explanation. He simply chuckled and said, "Follow your father's lead and do your job well. If you encounter trouble at Gulou or Deshengmen, just mention my name!"

After saying that, he offered Li Kuiyong an ice pop before leisurely riding away on his bicycle, in a great mood.

Little did I expect there would be a sequel to the mountain biking story.

A newly emerging troublemaker in Xinjiekou, Xicheng District, was arrested and sent to a labor camp for ten years for stealing mountain bikes produced by a mountain bike factory.

The reason is simple: this guy saw that the tough guys in the compound had mountain bikes and immediately got envious and wanted one too.

This guy was just too reckless. He wasn't used to underhanded methods and went straight to steal, which led to him being caught and made an example of someone.

When Wu Aiguo heard the news, he didn't know whether this guy was lucky or unlucky.
He was lucky because he was sent to a labor camp, which naturally saved him from being beaten to death by the local bullies.

As for whether he'll still be a decent human being after his ten years of labor reform, nobody knows for sure.

(End of this chapter)