Back in Li Haidong's office, Li Haidong called in a pretty girl and said arrogantly, "Xiao Yao, we have a guest. Quickly pour some tea and bring me the Tie Guanyin I bought two days ago."
"Okay!" Xiao Yao quickly walked out.
Li Haidong said excitedly, "Brother Lu, what do you think? Not bad, right?"
"This is?" Li Haidong treated him as a guest. Lu Yiwei did not care about these trivial matters.
"I hired her. She usually works in the office, answering phone calls and cleaning. Anyway, it's just miscellaneous work. And she's a university student! Haha. "That proud laughter made Lu Yiwei even more uneasy.
"Where did you hire her from?"
"She's from Banpo Village. She graduated from university two years ago and has been unemployed at home. Her family kept asking her daughter to work in the mine. I thought she looked good, so I kept her. She's paid 2,000 yuan a month."
"How much?" Lu Yiwei thought he heard wrong and raised his voice.
"2,000 yuan."
Good heavens! A clerical worker actually earned more than him. In Nanyang County, a temporary worker's salary was only 300 yuan. The highest salary was 500 yuan. If he squandered his money like this, it would only take him a few days to squander the family's money.
Lu Yiwei was very dissatisfied with Li Haidong's work since he arrived. He had not discussed the coal mine in detail. It was probably a mess. How could he manage the mine like this? He did not say much and asked, "Where did Old Pan go?"
"How would I know!" Li Haidong seemed to be angry with Old Pan and said, "She never tells me where she's going. She's always driving around in her car and nowhere to be found. Brother Lu, I'm not saying that Old Pan is bad, but I'm worried about an outsider managing the mine. Aren't you afraid that she'll run away with the money? "
How could Lu Yiwei not be worried? Otherwise, he would have placed Li Haidong here. On the one hand, he could watch over Pan Chengjun, and on the other hand, he could supervise Pan Chengjun. After all, Pan Chengjun was a foreigner. If he really ran away, it would be impossible to find him.
Lu Yiwei didn't answer and asked, "What do you do every day?"
"Me?" Li Haidong said, "Didn't you ask me to be in charge of finance and logistics? There are so many messy things every day. Today, it was either this worker quitting work and wanting to pay the bill and leave, or it was buying this and that. Anyway, it was these kinds of things. Don't worry, I promise to complete the task you gave me. By the way, Brother Lu, I'm thinking of buying an off-road vehicle. We have to run on the mountain roads every day, and the car's chassis is low, so it's not very convenient to get in and out. "
Lu Yiwei said doubtfully, "I didn't feel anything when I drove in."
Seeing that Lu Yiwei didn't agree readily, Li Haidong grumbled again, "Brother Lu, I have to talk to Old Pan. He really doesn't feel bad if he doesn't spend his own money. He specially hired a chauffeur to drive him everywhere every day. It's almost becoming his personal car. I have to go out to do some things, and I have to ride a motorcycle. It's too inconvenient. "
"If that's the case, we should buy it."
Hearing this, Li Haidong jumped up excitedly and said, "Brother Lu, does that mean you agree?"
Lu Yiwei didn't know about Old Pan's situation and said, "You can discuss with Old Pan about this matter. If he really needs it, then buy it. But we don't need to be like other coal bosses. They don't have a good foundation, and they don't have that much money. Just buy a good one."
"Alright! Thank you, Brother Lu! "Li Haidong said excitedly. As for what Lu Yiwei said, he didn't hear it at all.
Lu Yiwei continued to ask, "Is there any turnover this month? Bring the financial report over and let me see. "
"This …" Li Haidong said, "The accountant isn't here. Old Pan took him away."
"Who's the accountant?"
"He's the village's accountant." Li Haidong started to complain again, "Brother Lu, Old Pan is the one who hired the accountant. I really don't trust him. If the two of them work together to fool me, I really don't know what to do. I don't know anything about finance. In my opinion, we should find a reliable person from Nanyang County. It's best if it's one of our own people. That way, these problems won't happen. "
"Agreed!" Lu Yiwei agreed with Li Haidong's point of view and said, "As for the candidate, I'll go back and look for him. Once I'm done, come back and bring him over." On this issue, he must not be careless.
"Alright, no problem." Hearing that Lu Yiwei was on his side, he was very pleased.
"What else?"
Li Haidong continued to complain and said, "Brother Lu, there's also the issue of the workers' salaries. Previously, the workers in this coal mine only got about 40 yuan per worker. But Old Pan's salary was suddenly raised to more than 60 yuan. They're all from the same town. Go and ask around. Who would do such a thing? "
Everything Li Haidong said was only his side of the story. From the bottom of his heart, Lu Yiwei still trusted Pan Chengjun. Since he wanted to raise the workers' salaries, he must have his reasons. He could see that Li Haidong was extremely dissatisfied with Pan Chengjun. This was just the beginning, and the two of them already had such strong opinions. When they made money in the future, who knew what would happen.
Everything would have to wait for Old Pan to come back first. Lu Yiwei stood up and said, "Let's go out for a walk."
After leaving the office building, they reached the workers' dormitory after walking a few steps. Like the others, it was a simple prefab house. This kind of house was easy to build, easy to dismantle, and had decent insulation. Basically, every coal mine was like this.
The workers were cooking dinner on the stove in front of the door. Lu Yiwei walked over and opened the pot to take a look. It was a pot full of stewed meat. Such a generous way of eating was rare in Nanyang County. At this moment, a miner walked out of the house and stared at Lu Yiwei.
Lu Yiwei smiled and asked, "Old friend, are you having a good time here?"
The fellow said in non-standard Mandarin, "Boss Pan is very good to us."
"That's good," Lu Yiwei nodded and said, "It's not easy to go out. You have to be careful when you go down the mine."
"Yes, I know. Boss Pan talks to us about safety every day. We know that too. Who isn't afraid of death? My whole family is counting on me to work and earn money, "the fellow said honestly.
"That's good. You have to put safety first." Lu Yiwei did not say much. He believed that Pan Chengjun could do it. He lifted the curtain to take a look and saw seven or eight people sleeping in the dark room. There were also a few people playing cards in a corner.
Li Haidong explained, "They have to work the night shift tonight, so they are taking an early break. The few who are playing cards have just come out of the mine. This place is in the middle of nowhere, so they are playing cards to pass the time. "
Lu Yiwei did not object to this. He said, "You are in charge of logistics. You have to take care of their lives. Do you hear me?"
"Oh."
The miners stopped playing cards and stared at Lu Yiwei with wide eyes. There was a hint of fear and envy in their eyes. Lu Yiwei could not stand this kind of look. He could often read the bitterness of life. As the director of the Bureau of Statistics, Li Guolong, had said, life was a helpless sigh after going through a lot of tempering. Miners were also human. Why were their lives so different? Was it arranged by God or was it fate? Perhaps their hard work today was to let their descendants get rid of the identity of farmers and the hat of poverty, so that they could live a good life in the future. However, the hard work and the rewards were obviously not comparable. The ones who really earned money were those who controlled the operation of the resources.
"Comrades, let me introduce you. This is …" Li Haidong was about to introduce but was stopped by Lu Yiwei, who shook his head.
Lu Yiwei walked forward and threw the remaining pack of Chunghwa cigarettes on the dirty bedding. He looked at the cards in the hands of a miner and asked, "What are you guys playing?"
"Exploding Golden Flower!"
"How much are we playing?"
"At least 10 yuan, no upper limit."
"Come, give me a deck of cards. I will play with you." Lu Yiwei said with interest.
The miner panicked and looked for Li Haidong's eyes. He did not know who the person in front of him was. Li Haidong could tell. He nodded and said, "What are you standing there for? Give me the cards. Just call me Brother Lu!"
Lu Yiwei did not mind that the miner was dirty and sat down next to him. He took out a cigarette from a poor-quality cigarette box and lit it. He got into a fighting stance and was ready to go all out. When the other people who were sleeping saw that there was an outsider joining in, they all got up and surrounded him. One of them came forward naked. Li Haidong glared at him and said, "Aren't you afraid of blowing your balls? Hurry up and put on your clothes."
"Haha …" Li Haidong's words stirred up everyone's emotions.
After a few rounds, Lu Yiwei lost all of them. He had spent a few hundred yuan. Li Haidong was particularly serious. He saw that Lu Yiwei clearly had a flush in one round, but he threw more than 100 yuan in the end. He was so anxious that he gesticulated.
Unknowingly, the sky had turned completely dark. Lu Yiwei lost all his money. He took out his empty wallet and said with a smile, "Brothers, I've lost all my money. You guys can continue playing."
A miner who had won money threw a few hundred yuan to Lu Yiwei and said, "Brother Lu, this is your capital. Continue playing."
Lu Yiwei waved his hand and said, "You guys can continue. I still have something to do."
"Then why don't we have some food here?" a miner said enthusiastically.
Lu Yiwei thought for a moment and said, "Sure."
With that said, the miner put away the poker cards, jumped out of bed, and went to get food for Lu Yiwei.
Li Haidong quickly said, "Brother Lu, I've already arranged for the stove to prepare a sumptuous meal for you. Let's go over and eat."
Lu Yiwei shook his head and said, "Let's eat here."
Lu Yiwei's easygoing manner quickly won the trust of his miner friends, who were especially enthusiastic about him. He brought over a bowl full of fat meat and said warmly, "Here, Brother Lu, the food is not good. Eat it while it's hot."
The people of Nanyang never ate meat like this. They would get tired of eating too much, so they usually cut it into small pieces and stir-fry it. It was hard to refuse such hospitality, so Lu Yiwei had to bite the bullet and bring it over.
"Miner Li, would you like some?"
Li Haidong quickly waved his hand and said, "No, I'm full just looking at it."
With the warm-up just now, the miner friends gradually became familiar with Lu Yiwei. They all asked at once, "Brother Lu, what exactly do you do? Are you looking for a job in the mine? "
"Nonsense!" A miner said, "Look at his clothes. Brother Lu looks like a big boss. He looks like us poor people."
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