When will I have a long tassel?

After being force-fed dozens of bowls of chicken soup for the soul by Tang Zifeng, Zhang Jianyang felt that his waist no longer hurt, his legs were no longer weak, and he could climb more than ten floors at a time without needing to breathe. He picked up his handbag, took Tang Zifeng out of the labor service company's office building, and began to inspect the company's properties one by one.

"This market is called the East District Market in the factory. It mainly provides vegetables and non-staple food for the employees who live in the east area of ​​the family courtyard. Part of the vegetables and non-staple food sold in the market are purchased from the city's non-staple food companies, and the other part is sent by trucks regularly from the factory. Go to several vegetable wholesale markets in the city to purchase them, and then sell them to the employees with a slight price difference."

In a large-scale vegetable market, Zhang Jianyang introduced the situation to Tang Zifeng.

The wet market is a two-story building with an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters on each floor. It is divided into several counters for meat, aquatic products, vegetables, fruits, dry goods, etc. The salespersons at the counters are all employed by labor service companies. Family members of employees.

There are many people buying food in the market, and there are even queues in front of some counters. The salespersons are measuring the products in a leisurely manner. The people in the queue are not in a hurry. They are chatting leisurely. They are obviously not surprised by this rhythm. Weird.

Tang Zifeng looked at both floors of the market, and then asked Zhang Jianyang: "Lao Zhang, how much money can such a market make in a year?"

"It's unthinkable to make money. Taking into account wages, water, electricity and other consumption, the annual income is barely even." Zhang Jianyang replied calmly. Seemingly feeling that his answer was a bit of a failure, he quickly added:

"The purpose of setting up this market in the factory is mainly to facilitate the employees, not to make money, so our price difference between the purchase and sale of non-staple food is not high, that is, 15%. Things like vegetables and non-staple food, in the transportation and sales links The loss is also relatively large, so the actual gross sales profit is less than 5%.

"The annual sales of the market are about 1 million, and the gross profit of 5% is about 60,000 to 70,000. The market has 40 employees, and the annual salary is more than 30,000, and various consumption such as water and electricity costs more than 20,000. , in the end, it’s pretty good to be able to break even.”

Tang Zifeng showed a strange smile and asked, "Does the loss you mentioned also include the fruits and vegetables sent to the leader's home?"

"This..." Zhang Jianyang was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Sending vegetables and fruits to factory leaders' homes is very public in Linyiji.

As the deputy director of the office, Zhang Jianyang often took advantage of the market in the past. Now that he is the manager of a labor service company, he is even closer to the water. Going to the market to pick up some vegetables, fruits, etc. is not a big deal. Just now, Tang Zifeng went to his office, and he was making arrangements to ask the market to deliver fruit, which obviously he would not pay for.

It is a common practice in enterprises to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to eat the water. It is a common practice for the drivers of the fleet to use their official vehicles for private use, and it is also a common practice for the chefs in the cafeteria to eat for free. Workers in the workshops take some scraps home to build attics and furniture. This is also something that everyone thinks is normal. Who would find fault with this?

However, anyone with common sense also knows that this kind of thing is actually illegal. It doesn't matter if everyone does it in private, but if the factory leaders personally intervene, the taste will be different. Zhang Jianyang knew clearly why he was demoted to the labor service company.

Fortunately, Tang Zifeng did not intend to prosecute Zhang Jianyang for such a thing. He said:

"Old Zhang, let's forget about the past, and don't have any psychological baggage. From now on, please keep your pockets tighter. Whether it is a market or a small shop, property rights must be strictly maintained. Not only must public and private be distinguished, Even among various public departments, there can be no free adjustments.

"For example, if the factory needs fruit snacks when entertaining, you can't let people in the office just go to the market to get them. Instead, they have to buy them at market prices, or keep accounts first, and finally unify the financial settlement with the factory. Including me, as well as factory leaders such as Director Zhou, Chief Engineer Qin, and Chief Ning, if you need to buy groceries at home, you can ask someone to help deliver them, but you have to collect money. For many things, you can get used to it. Do you think these factory leaders are the ones who are short of food money?"

"I understand, I understand. Assistant Tang, don't worry. From today on, I will strictly manage you." Zhang Jianyang responded repeatedly.

He knew that Tang Zifeng's words did not represent Tang Zifeng himself, but Zhou Heng behind him.

Two days ago, Zhou Heng had asked his office to sell the Mercedes-Benz sedan specially allocated to him, claiming that he wanted to share the joys and sorrows with all the factory employees. This move once again won unanimous praise from the entire factory.

Regardless of whether Zhou Heng is doing it out of sincerity or for show, at least he is creating an image of a clean and honest leadership team.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Jianyang gave Zhou Heng and other factory leaders free vegetables and fruits from time to time, he would be committing a crime against the odds. Zhou Heng had already borrowed his brain from him once, and there was no pressure to borrow it again.

He is not a nine-headed beast, so there are so many heads for Zhou Heng to chop off.

After Tang Zifeng said this, he brought the conversation back to the market and said, "Lao Zhang, I have two questions about the situation you just mentioned. First, you said that the market's annual sales are more than 1 million. , but I did the math. There are more than 20,000 people in the factory including employees and their families, and they buy food at two markets in the east and west. So our East District market should theoretically be able to serve more than 10,000 people. At 1 yuan per person per day Calculated by Qian Caijin, it is reasonable to have sales of at least 4 million a year, but why is it only more than 1 million now?"

"Well..." Zhang Jianyang was stunned for a moment, then turned around and shouted to a middle-aged woman standing aside: "Hong Liu, come here and explain this problem to Assistant Tang."

The middle-aged woman named Hong Liu was the person in charge of the East District market, and she had been accompanying Zhang Jianyang and Tang Zifeng on their inspection just now.

After Tang Zifeng completed his inspection, he stood in an empty space to discuss the issue with Zhang Jianyang, and Hong Liu stayed with him. She could also hear clearly the questions Tang Zifeng asked Zhang Jianyang. When she heard Zhang Jianyang's instructions, she took two steps and came to Tang Zifeng, smiling and saying:

"Assistant Tang, the situation you are talking about is like this. The number of employees and family members serving our East District market is indeed more than 10,000. Assistant Tang is really amazing. He figured it out all at once. Otherwise, how would I have heard about Assistant Tang? They are top students at Renmin University, but their knowledge is different. If my two children were half as capable as Assistant Tang..."

"Uh, let's get to the point..." Tang Zifeng quickly interrupted Aunt Hong's stream of consciousness. Once this building gets involved in the problem of children's study, even eight cows can't get it back.

"That's right, look at my mouth, how come I'm talking about this." The CPU installed in Hong Liu's head obviously supports multi-threading, and her thinking changes very quickly. She said: "These 10,000 people buy vegetables a year." The cost of non-staple food must be more than 1 million. Assistant Tang said that it is 4 million. I don’t think it can be reached, but more than 3 million is definitely available. However, the employees in the factory do not only buy food in In our two markets, they sometimes go to the market outside to buy food. The food outside is fresh, cheap, and diverse, and I often..."

"Hong Liu, you are off topic again!" This time it was Zhang Jianyang's turn to intervene. Aunt Hong's first words were normal, but what she said later was obviously not right.

You are the direct person in charge of the food market, and I, Zhang Jianyang, am the indirect person in charge of the food market. You said that the food outside is fresh, cheap, and has many varieties. Doesn’t this mean that your own food market is not good? Whose fault are you trying to tear down?

"Manager Zhang, everything I said is true..." Hong Liu felt aggrieved. Why can't he tell the truth? Don't I look like an honest child... Mom?

Tang Zifeng held down Zhang Jianyang, who was about to get angry, and said to Hong Liu: "Master Hong, I have also noticed what you said. The vegetables in our market do not look very fresh, but you said that our dishes It’s more expensive than the vegetables outside. I don’t quite understand. Manager Zhang just said that in order to take care of the employees in the factory, the price difference between the purchase and sale of vegetables in our market is less than 15%, while the general price difference between the purchase and sale in the market should be 30 More than %. Why is our price between purchase and sale low, but the price is more expensive?"

Hong Liu said: "Because the vegetables in the markets outside are all grown by farmers at home, and some are collected and sold in the village. How can there be any price difference between the purchase and sale? The vegetables we purchase from the wholesale market have already passed through one hand. The wholesale price is higher than other people's retail prices, and if you add in the difference between the purchase and sale, the price is completely high. Let me put it this way, if it weren't for the trouble of going out to buy food, who would be willing to buy food in our own market? "

Zhang Jianyang heard that Hong Liu handed over all the details like pouring beans, so he stopped hiding it. He said to Tang Zifeng: "Assistant Tang, there is nothing we can do about this situation. We can't be like those farmers who pick vegetables from home and sell them. We can only go to the wholesale market to purchase, and naturally the prices are not competitive. .”

"I understand." Tang Zifeng nodded. He turned around, looked at the entire market, pondered for a while, and asked the two of them: "So, Manager Zhang, Master Hong, in your opinion, is there any room for improvement in the operation of this market?"

Although Hong Liu is a quick talker, she also knows that answering the leader's questions requires seniority. It is not convenient for her to answer Zhang Jianyang before he speaks.

Zhang Jianyang was not prepared for this question, and now that Tang Zifeng was asking it, he couldn't avoid it. He thought for a while and said: "I haven't had time to seriously consider this issue. I think there is definitely room for improvement. For example, we can send vehicles to the farmers' markets in several surrounding counties to purchase. Then The vegetables nearby will be cheaper and fresher than those in the wholesale market in the city. Also, can we consider delivering vegetables to the employees’ doors for the convenience of the people and saving them from having to go outside the factory to buy vegetables... "

Some students said earlier that food in 1994 was not that expensive. Here we say that food costs 1 yuan per person per day. I guess some students will question it again, so I have to explain: According to the National Price Information Center, on November 25, 1994 The average prices in major markets across the country are: boneless fresh meat 13.48 yuan/kg, cucumbers 2.36 yuan/kg, tomatoes 3.25 yuan/kg, green peppers 2.74 yuan/kg, eggs 6.77 yuan/kg, apples 4.14 yuan/kg, Level 2 Soybean oil is 8.15 yuan/kg. According to data from the Anhui Provincial Urban Survey Team, the monthly per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents in the first half of 1994 was 198.03 yuan, of which food expenditure was 105.52 yuan. To be honest, these data seem to be different from my own memory, but they are historical data from that year.