Chapter 14 No Returns

Zhao Hu was choked by the guard, I won't tell the difference between left and right, and his face suddenly became depressed. As a regular employee of a state-owned enterprise, Zhao Hu is also considered a bit of a status, where has he received such contempt.

However, Zhao Hu also knows that this is someone else's territory. The so-called strong dragon does not overwhelm the snake, not to mention that they are the dragon.

Li Weidong didn't care. When he went to RB as a trainee in his previous life, he was often discriminated and bullied by RB people. Many trainees who went to RB with Li Weidong even received corporal punishment. A few words about the guard Cynical and sarcastic, Li Weidong didn't take it to heart.

The two followed the doorman's instructions and walked directly into the door.

It's a dog-like thing! A gatekeeper, what's so great! If you don't give him a cigarette, you don't care! What a work attitude! Zhao Hu said cursingly.

Li Weidong smiled: Don't talk about other people, don't others respectfully hand over cigarettes when they ask us to repair their cars?

You can still laugh? Zhao Hu snorted coldly, and then said: By the way, where is the gatekeeper going to direct us? I haven't said our purpose!

You'll know if you go and see. It's the front, the first room on the first floor. Li Weidong pointed to the building on the left.

It was a three-storey building, and it looked very new. It should have been built in the last two years.

Our company is also going to build a new office building. I heard that it is also a three-story building. It will definitely not be worse than this after it is built! Zhao Hu said with some dissatisfaction.

Li Weidong didn't talk to him, but walked in directly, turned into the corridor on the left, and saw a row of people standing in the corridor. On the door of the first room, there was a sign of Sales Office.

Zhao Hu also looked at the brand, and he whispered to Li Weidong: We are here to return the goods, how did you direct us to the sales office?

That guard thought we were here to buy goods! Li Weidong said, gesturing at the people in the corridor with his eyes, and then said, Have you seen these people, they are all here to buy goods.

But we are returning the goods! Zhao Hu said seriously.

Li Weidong glared at Zhao Hu: How about you go out and ask the gatekeeper, where is the return store?

I don't want to go, the King of Hell is better, the kid is difficult to deal with, I don't want to provoke that kid again. Zhao Hu paused, then said: Besides, how can there be a special place for returning goods!

The two were talking when a middle-aged man in his thirties approached.

The two comrades are also here to buy goods? the middle-aged man asked.

Yes, we belong to the Qingshui area transportation company. Li Weidong said.

Do you have any local specialties in Qingshui? The middle-aged man asked again.

Special products? Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, and then said, We really don't have any local products there. If we have to look for them, the chestnuts grown in our mountains are quite good.

It's just chestnuts! People may not be able to see it! Hey... The middle-aged man sighed, then shook his head.

Li Weidong felt that there was something in the middle-aged man's words, so he took out a cigarette and handed it to the middle-aged man. Then he took out a match and lit the middle-aged man. Then he asked, This old man, this is our first time. Come, tell me the doorway here!

The so-called cannibalism means that the person took Li Weidong's cigarette and could no longer hide it, so he said, Little brother, since you asked, I will tell you the truth, you want to get a cigarette from the Red Star Factory. To get the goods, it’s not enough just to have money, you have to bring some local specialties, and you have to be seen by others.”

According to this, if you come to buy their things, you have to give them gifts! Li Weidong asked curiously.

Isn't that true! The products of the Red Star Factory are so in demand. If you don't give gifts, they will sell them to you? Just like our Huai County Agricultural Tractor Factory, every time you come to pick up the goods,

Don't take two cars with our specialty tangerines!

The middleman took a puff of cigarette and continued: Our tangerines are juicy and sweet, so the Red Star Factory can see it. If it is chestnut, it is not a rare thing. I guess the Red Star Factory is I can't see it.

I see, thank you for reminding me. Li Weidong said, and looked at Zhao Hu next to him. Both of them felt that the return trip this time might not be so smooth.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the primary task of large state-owned enterprises such as the Red Star Factory was to meet the production requirements of the planned economy. All products in the plan must be turned over to the state. When the production tasks in the plan are completed, the products produced can be sold on the market.

Rubber products are always in short supply, and you can’t always buy them with money. Therefore, the products of the Red Star Rubber Factory are also in short supply. If you want to buy products from the Red Star Factory, gifts are necessary. If the gift is not what the Red Star Factory wants, they may not sell it to you.

This is a phenomenon unique to the transition from a planned economy to a market economy. The planned economy guarantees the survival of enterprises, so that enterprises can maintain income during droughts and floods, so enterprises can ignore the laws of the market economy and do not have to worry about competition. Selling off-plan products is just the icing on the cake.

At the moment when the planned economy is completely abolished, these enterprises that are used to ensuring income during droughts and floods and do not understand how to compete in a market economy are often dead ends.

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Li Weidong and Zhao Hu waited all morning, and finally it was their turn to walk into the sales office.

A clerk in his twenties was sitting at his desk. He looked up at Li Weidong and asked directly, Which unit are you from?

We are from the Qingshui area transportation company. Li Weidong said and handed over the letter of introduction.

The young man did not read the letter of introduction, but asked directly, What do you want to buy? How much?

We're not here to buy things. Li Weidong paused, then continued; We're here to return the goods.

Return? The clerk at the sales office suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Weidong with a confused expression.

For the clerk, the word return is indeed very unfamiliar. He has been in the sales office for so long, and this is the first time he has seen someone come to return.

The products of the Red Star Factory have always been in short supply. If you can buy the goods from the Red Star Factory, you are already thankful. How could anyone return it!

After being in a trance for a few seconds, the clerk said, We are a sales office here, and we don't care about returns.

Then do you have a department responsible for after-sales? Li Weidong asked.

The clerk pondered for a while before he understood what after-sales meant. He shook his head: As soon as things are sold, they are sold. I have never heard of after-sales.

That's okay. If you buy something that is not suitable, if you want to return it, you must buy it from someone, and you will come to someone to return it. The thing is bought from your sales office, and of course you will be asked to return it! Li Weidong smiled. said.

The clerk nodded blankly. He felt that although Li Weidong's words were reasonable, there seemed to be something wrong.

Looking at the clerk with a confused face, Li Weidong said, You can't control this matter, why don't you lead the way.

The clerk nodded, picked up the phone on the table, dialed the internal number, and narrated the situation. After a while, the door opened, and a chubby middle-aged man walked in. This man was in his thirties and brought Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, he looks a bit intellectual.

Someone wants to return it? Who wants to return it? The man with glasses shouted as soon as he entered the door.

This is Section Chief Liu of our sales office. The clerk said.

I'm Liu Xueqin, the sales section chief. Are you the one who wants to return the goods? Which unit do you belong to? Section Chief Liu asked.

Li Weidong handed the letter of introduction to Liu Xueqin, and said at the same time, We are from the Qingshui area transportation company.

Liu Xueqin took the letter of introduction, glanced at it, and asked arrogantly, What do you want to return? Why do you want to return it?

Our company bought a batch of auto parts from you, mainly gaskets and rubber rings. The quality of these parts is substandard, so we can only return them. Li Weidong replied with a smile.

Unqualified quality? Nonsense! Our Red Star Factory is a national second-level enterprise. How can our products be of unqualified quality! There is no hair on it, are you here to make trouble!

Li Weidong pointed to the letter of introduction and said, Section Chief Liu, do you think the troublemaker will take the letter of introduction from the unit?

Liu Xueqin was stunned for a moment. Back then, a letter of introduction was like an official document, and it was impossible for someone who wanted to make trouble to come with a letter of introduction.

Li Weidong still had a smile on his face, and he continued: We also know that the products of the Red Star Factory are in short supply. If there is no real quality problem, we will not be able to return them.

Humph! If you say that there are quality problems, then there are quality problems? Liu Xueqin snorted coldly, and then said: The products of our Red Star Factory cannot have quality problems. Don't slander our Red Star Factory!

Okay, as long as you help to return the goods and give us the money, if there is any quality problem, it's up to you Red Star Factory. Li Weidong said.

That won't work. If we return the goods to you, doesn't it mean that the products of our Red Star Factory really have quality problems! Liu Xueqin shook his head.

Senior Liu, can't you be accommodating? The goods are returned to you, and you can sell them to others! Anyway, your products don't worry about buyers. Li Weidong said with a smile.

If you say you can't go back, you can't go back! Liu Xueqin said decisively: If you guys continue to mess around, I'll ask the security to kick you out!

If you don't give it back, you won't give it back. Why should you yell at us? We also work for the public family. You don't need to embarrass us two young people! Li Weidong still had a smile on his face.

Li Weidong is always smiling, and Liu Xueqin is not good at being rough with Li Weidong.

Okay, I'm not embarrassing you. I'll just say a word here. It's impossible to return the goods. Don't waste your time here. Let's go! Liu Xueqin waved his hand, ignored Li Weidong, turned around and left. Sales Office.

Looking at the back of Liu Xueqin's departure, Li Weidong didn't look depressed. He still had a smile on his face, but this time, his smile seemed meaningful.