Material Empire

"Isn't this rule too overbearing?" Qin Hai frowned and said.

The wine table culture is prevalent in Chinese society, and Qin Hai has some experience of this. But if you don't want to talk about things without drinking enough wine, this is an overlord's behavior. Could it be that the mine managers in Quwu are already so bullish?

"Can I still lie to you?" Li Shangming said, "What's the matter with the overbearing? He has the capital of the overbearing. The coal is so tight now. After a year in Quwu, the amount that can be freely deployed is about one million tons. Enterprises from all over the country have come here. Does it depend on what the mine manager says to give or not? Let me tell you, this drinking is just the beginning. After drinking well, you will have a chance to talk to the mine manager. If you go further down, you will see the real chapter."

"What is Zhenzhang?" Heizi asked pretending to be silly, how could he not understand what Li Shangming was referring to, the purpose of asking this was just to set Li Shangming's words.

"You don't even understand the real chapter?" Li Shangming was indeed blinded by Heizi, and seeing that the two young men in front of him were both newcomers who didn't know the world, he couldn't help but have a desire to teach them a little bit. He took a cigarette from Heizi, lit it again on Heizi's fire, took a deep breath, and pretended to be cool enough, then said in a low voice, "Zhenzhang, it is to be affordable. There is coal in it, you can give it to anyone, if you don’t exchange it with some benefits, why should they give it to you?”

"What are the general benefits?" Qin Hai asked.

Li Shangming said: "That's not sure. It depends on what is lacking in the mine. For example, if you are from the south, if you buy some rice in exchange, the mine usually prefers it. For example, apples and green onions are produced in our side. You have to get one or two wagons to exchange for coal. In other places, you can exchange industrial products, such as steel, cotton cloth, and chemical fertilizers. In short, if you lack something, you can get it. wrong."

"What does the mine manager want these things for? Especially what kind of fertilizer, what does it have to do with the coal mine?" Qin Hai really didn't know much about these things, so he simply asked without shame. At this time, the dishes he ordered had already been served, and he hurriedly put some meat with chopsticks into Li Shangming's bowl, in exchange for Li Shangming's favor.

Li Shangming nodded to Qin Hai, which probably meant that he was satisfied with Qin Hai's attitude, and then explained while eating and drinking: "These things are all made for the mine, and some are made for the local government. The coal mine is under the management of the head, but the people in the mine have to live in Quwu. At the very least, the children of the mine have to go to Quwu’s middle school, which has to give Quwu some benefits. Like what kind of fertilizer, Pesticides are all made for the local area.”

"Wait, why do I think this is a bit complicated." Qin Hai was dazzled by the relationship diagram described by Li Shangming.

Coal mines have coal, so they can be used to exchange various materials with units that need coal. After these materials are exchanged, not all of them belong to the coal mines. The coal mines still need to take out some to please the local government in exchange for the local government's care for the coal mines. For example, each coal mine has its own mine-run primary and secondary schools, but generally speaking, the quality of teaching is appalling. The children of the mine want to study in a good school in the city, so they need the convenience provided by the local government, and these conveniences are obtained in exchange for materials from the coal mine.

In a society of human affection, no one can do without others, and the unit with scarce supplies can be exchanged for various benefits. And units that need these materials have to come up with good things to pay tribute. This is what Li Shangming called "true chapter".

"Brother Li, I want to ask again. The things you mentioned are all for the mine. The mine manager himself...do we have to express it too?" Qin Hai asked cautiously.

Li Shangming thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say. If you want to talk about sending some cigarettes to the mine manager, getting some bottles of good wine, that's a must. As for talking more..."

Speaking of this, he leaned his head towards Qin Hai, pointed to the southerners at the table next to him secretly, and said, "I heard that those southerners were 'discovered' directly, but I didn't I have seen it with my own eyes, and I dare not talk nonsense. The two of you are also state-owned enterprises, how dare we state-owned enterprises engage in this kind of thing, because we can’t pass the test just financially.”

"You have such great knowledge, Hei Zi, it seems that our trip was wasted." Qin Hai said to Hei Zi pretendingly.

Heizi understood Qin Hai's hint, and immediately replied: "Boss, the leader told us to come, we have to meet the people in the mine, or we will be scolded by the leader if we don't go back."

"That's right." Qin Hai pretended to be distressed, and said to Li Shangming: "Brother Li, you see that neither of us has much experience, we don't know much about Qu Wu's situation, and we don't know how to make an appointment with the mine. Long. Look..."

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Li Shangming said apologetically, "You want me to take you to meet the mine manager, right? To be honest, it took me a lot of effort to get the mine manager down. If you bring other people there, I’m afraid it’s a bit unreasonable.”

"Oh, I understand, we were abrupt." Qin Hai said. Strictly speaking, he and Li Shangming belonged to a competitive relationship. Of course, the relationship that Li Shangming found with great effort could not be used by them for free.

Li Shangming probably felt that he had eaten Qin Hai's food, but he couldn't help Qin Hai, so he couldn't help himself, so he said, "Well, you all just arrived in Quwu, haven't you found a place to live yet? I'll give Let me introduce you to a cheap place to live. You should stay here first, and you will know some things after you inquire about it. In the business of purchasing, what you pay attention to is first-time raw and second-time familiarity. If you really want to get coal, you have to prepare in Qu Wu stayed for a while."

"Then thank you, Brother Li." Qin Hai said.

The next thing is to continue to drink naturally. Li Shangming introduced a lot of rules in purchasing to Qin Hai and Heizi, which opened their eyes. During the period, Li Shangming also inquired about Qin Hai's origin, but was prevaricated by Qin Hai with some half-truths and half-false words. Li Shangming recognized that these two were just fledgling novices, so naturally he didn't think of anything more.

After dinner, Li Shangming didn't break his promise, and he took Qin Hai and the two to find a small guest house that looked quite neat. After entering the door, he found out that the daily accommodation fee was only 20 cents per person, which was indeed very cheap. Qin Hai paid the ten-day room fee for two people, then took the keys, washbasin, slippers and other things, and went to the room.

This is a large room shared by eight people, with four double-decker iron canopy beds, similar to a university dormitory. Qin Hai and Heizi happened to live in the upper and lower bunks of the same bed, and Heizi still had some awareness, so he quickly threw his things on the upper bunk and left the lower bunk to Qin Hai.

"Yo, here are two young people."

Seeing Qin Hai and Heizi making the bed, a man who was reading a novel on the opposite bed turned his head and greeted them with a smile.

"Yes, I just started this job. May I ask your master's name?" Qin Hai clasped his fists at the man, then took out a box of peony cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it over. Qin Hai himself doesn't smoke, nor does he have the habit of putting cigarettes in his pocket. But this time when he came out to run raw materials, he specially bought a few good cigarettes and put them in his bag for various entertainments. In a situation like this where eight people live in one big room, if you disrespect each other for a few cigarettes, it is difficult to get along with everyone.

"Wow, Peony!" Seeing the cigarette case Qin Hai took out, the man hurriedly dropped the novel, turned over and got off the bed, took the cigarette respectfully, and said, "It's a pity to spread such a good cigarette."

"Master, what do you mean by that? How can it be a pity that there is no separation between tobacco and alcohol?" Qin Hai said with a smile.

The man saw that Qin Hai didn't intend to smoke, so he put the cigarette in his hand to his ear, and said, "I have a few boxes of such good cigarettes in my bag, but they are only sold by people in the mine." For our own people, it is a luxury to take a bag of Nanhai. By the way, my surname is Su, Su Yabo, from Hongyuan Province, what do you call me?"

"My surname is Qin, Qin Hai; this is my colleague, Fu Zhihao, we usually call him Heizi. We are from Anhe Province." Qin Hai said.

Su Yabo said: "Anhe Province, a good place, I have been to your place several times, and your meat is very cheap, only one yuan or seven or eight cents a catty, while the meat in our Hongyuan Province has risen to two yuan, five or six. .”

"This... I haven't really paid attention to it." Su Yabo knocked Qin Hai down. He is a big man who pays attention to the price of meat all day long. Doesn't this seem to be a promising thing? Qin Hai himself didn't understand the price of meat. His younger sister Qin Shan took care of the grocery shopping for his family, so he didn't need to worry about such things.

"Are you also here to get coal?" Su Yabo seemed to be familiar, and asked Qin Hai why he came here.

"How did Master Su find out?" Qin Hai asked with a smile.

Su Yabo curled his lips and said: "I didn't see it, I guessed it. Ninety-nine out of one hundred people who came to Quwu came to buy coal. Such a ghost place, if it wasn't for coal production, Who wants to run here?"

Qin Haidao: "So, you are also here to get coal?"

"That's right, our house is all here to get coal. Including the two who just left today, Lao Li and Lao Liu, the people who lived in the shop where you two used to live are all here to get coal." Su Yabo said carelessly Said.

"What about them?" Qin Hai pointed to the room, and the other five bunks in the room were all empty. When they came in, only Su Yabo was there.

Su Yabo said: "What else can I do? I've all gone to the mine. It's like going to work every day. I go out early in the morning. When the mine gets off work, they also get off work and come back to brag and play cards. Who will be there someday?" Come back later, well, it's time for him to treat."

"What?" Qin Hai asked with a smile.

Su Yabo said: "I still don't understand. He must have met someone from the mine and went out to drink together. If he can meet someone, it means that he has taken the first step in the Long March. Although there are still snowy mountains and grasslands ahead, But after all, the dawn is ahead, shouldn’t it be a treat?”

Qin Hai was amused by Su Yabo's metaphor. He pointed to Su Yabo and asked, "What about you, where is the Long March?"

"Me?" Su Yabo pointed to his nose, and said in a teasing tone: "I was left behind during the Long March, and I have died with honor."