Cao Zhiqiang had just finished talking to Section Chief Zeng on the phone. Not long after, the phone rang again.
When I picked up the call, as expected, it was Director Li calling.
"Cao Zhiqiang, what's going on? Xiao Zeng called me just now and said you want two cars, four people, and guns? You, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Oh, Director Li." Cao Zhiqiang laughed quickly, "Why did I alert you?"
"Don't joke around with me." Director Li said, "How serious is it to transport a gun? Tell me clearly what you want to transport!"
Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "Director Li, I also want to make it clear to you, but I really can't explain this matter clearly. I can only say that I have something in the warehouse here that I need to send to the big leader's house immediately."
"The big leader? You mean, that one?"
"Yes, that's the one."
Upon hearing this, Director Li immediately said: "Okay, just wait, I'll go over right away, with Xiao Zeng!"
After hanging up the phone again, Cao Zhiqiang sighed softly.
Although I had called Section Chief Zeng of the Security Department directly before calling Director Li first, it was indeed a subconscious act.
But it can be seen from this small matter that even though he and Section Chief Zeng seem to have a good relationship now, to a certain extent, Section Chief Zeng is almost supported by him with money, but once it comes to major matters , people still listen to Director Li.
In other words, Director Li still has the final say in the entire machinery factory.
Not only in the machinery factory, but also in Hongguang Publishing House, Huaxia Audio and Video Company, Hongguang Department Store and other units, maybe Director Li still has the final say.
He seems to have unlimited glory and a lot of power, but that is actually only with the approval and acquiescence of Director Li.
Once Director Li wants to take back his power, not to mention Hongguang Machinery Factory, even units like Hongguang Publishing House that seem to be in control, Director Li can take it back in an instant.
In the final analysis, it is because of the different nature of the units.
As long as Hongguang Machinery Factory is a state-owned enterprise and I am a member of Hongguang Machinery Factory, I will be subject to the constraints of Director Li.
As for Factory Director Li, he will make himself the factory director after he retires...
Haha, Cao Zhiqiang felt that this was most likely just a lie.
Let's not talk about how long it will take for Factory Director Li to retire. Even if he retires, it will be difficult for him to be the factory director.
After all, the director of a state-owned enterprise does not have the final say with the secretary in the factory, but with the superiors.
As an enterprise directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy, it is natural that the leaders of the Ministry of Metallurgy have the final say.
If you want to be a factory director, although age is not the only criterion, level is definitely one of the criteria.
Anyway, with his current administrative level of Level 22, he is equivalent to the director of a large state-owned enterprise. At least for now, even if it is not a dream, it is not much different.
Well, at most, he will be given the position of deputy factory director when the time comes. This will only happen if all the superior leaders are optimistic about him, but even so, it will be very difficult.
Of course, through the trust of Director Li, Cao Zhiqiang can still do whatever he wants, but this is just like the guests from various countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He may be able to rely on the other party's power because he has the king's approval, but once If this king no longer recognizes you, or is gone, your power will be gone in an instant.
"In the final analysis, the current state-owned enterprises can only stay temporarily. In the long run, we still have to find a way to build a private enterprise that truly belongs to us. That way we can truly have the final say."
That's what he thought, but Cao Zhiqiang understood that at least for now, there was no chance.
Because if everything remains unchanged and the historical process of his previous life is the same, then at least in the second half of next year, a policy allowing private individuals to start private enterprises will be introduced.
Nowadays, if you want to start a private business, you can only set up a small-scale self-employed business, or run a business, but that's not possible.
If private enterprises were not allowed to appear and the scale of self-employed businesses was strictly limited, then the publishing sales department run by Cao Zhiqiang would not have been able to easily recruit a large number of unpaid self-employed people as contract workers.
When recruiting self-employed people as contract workers, isn't it just a relationship of mutual cooperation, or to be more clear, isn't it a relationship of affiliation?
To put it bluntly, those self-employed people, mainly Li Youfu and others, are affiliated with his Hongguang Publishing House, and then use the sales department of Hongguang Publishing House to expand their business scale and earn more legally than ordinary self-employed people. profit.
In this process, both parties benefit, and only then can the drama continue.
Of course, in this kind of affiliation-based cooperation, Hongguang Publishing House is the active party, because the right of interpretation lies with the publishing house.
Whether or not we want to continue to cooperate, and how we will cooperate is actually up to the publishing house, or in other words, Cao Zhiqiang, who has the final say.
In the same way, Hongguang Publishing House and Hongguang Film Factory are both contract management models. In theory, the machinery factory can breach the contract. After all, the machinery factory has greater initiative.
But for now, the machinery factory, or Director Li, is very happy to cooperate with him, and it is unlikely to burn bridges.
But just in case, you still need to add some insurance.
The deterrent power of a big leader is one of the insurances.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, why was Cao Zhiqiang able to achieve this in a short period of time, especially when he gained the absolute trust of the second-in-command, Secretary Dong and Director Li? To talk about the root cause, it is actually because of the big leaders.
I think back when Cao Zhiqiang was in the hospital pretending to be injured during a robbery, Secretary Dong and Director Li just hurried over to take a look, which was more like a show.
At that time, Cao Zhiqiang was already a well-known emerging poet. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get such a high royalties to frame the Wei army.
But even though Cao Zhiqiang was somewhat famous at that time, in the eyes of Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li, he was still just a nobody, and they had no intention of having a close relationship with him.
What really attracted the attention of Secretary Dong and Director Li was that Cao Zhiqiang used his identity as a fool to meet with the top leaders, and he sang on the spot and made impassioned speeches, convincing Uncle Xu to find Wang. The uncle finally agreed to let himself open a publishing house.
It's just that this publishing house cannot become Cao Zhiqiang's private publishing house. Instead, it will be opened in the name of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and Cao Zhiqiang will be contracted to operate it.
Since Hongguang Machinery Factory is to be the host, of course Secretary Dong and Director Li cannot be bypassed.
It was after this incident that Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li really started to take Cao Zhiqiang seriously.
Why? Isn't it because of Uncle Xu's relationship?
Afterwards, Hongguang Publishing House made a lot of money in a short period of time and had abundant cash flow. This made Director Li really look high and began to cooperate in depth with Cao Zhiqiang, no longer keeping a distance.
After that, Cao Zhiqiang decisively took out 20% of the profits and distributed them to Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li in private names, finally completing the bundling of interests.
At this point, he, Cao Zhiqiang, Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li have finally become grasshoppers tied to a rope.
However, if you think about it carefully, this is actually not safe.
Because the real power is still in the hands of Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li. Cao Zhiqiang can only make money at best, but when it comes to connections and power, he is still far behind.
It can be said that Uncle Xu is the real backing for Cao Zhiqiang to make money stably and to sit down and discuss matters with Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li.
Once Uncle Xu is no longer the backing, it's hard to say what Director Li and Secretary Dong think.
After all, wealth is attractive to people, but you may not be able to keep it without power to protect it.
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to use this information delivery to give people in the machinery factory a deeper impression that Uncle Xu had a very close relationship with him, and that they were also involved in some secret fronts.
Once you wrap up this mysterious veil, even if Uncle Xu leaves or stops covering you, you can still enjoy it.
Yes, Uncle Xu is already very old, and he doesn't know how long he can live.
In his previous life, when Cao Zhiqiang saw the Siheyuan, he didn't know how long Uncle Xu had lived. After all, there was basically no chance for this big leader to appear in the later period.
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang felt that he should take precautions and expand his network in advance.
In the past, he had already made contact with a group of city leaders through his relationship with Yu Deshui and on the pretext of personnel transfer, which could be regarded as expanding some of his contacts.
But this alone is not enough.
Those so-called leaders are just fair-weather friends who can do small things with a little money. If you really want to rely on these people, don't even think about it.
And there is a high probability that these people have also found out about their background, and at least they should know something about their relationship with Uncle Xu.
If nothing else, at least Director Liu of the Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Culture should know something.
So, in the final analysis, my thigh is still that Uncle Xu.
As for Uncle Wang, he seems to have a lot of power, but firstly, he is also very old, and secondly, his relationship with me is not very close.
Uncle Wang was willing to give himself a publishing house before. Most likely, he just felt that the matter of a publishing house was too small, and he was willing to help because of Uncle Xu's face, not because of how good his performance was, or because of his I feel how great I am.
Otherwise, Uncle Wang would never stop looking for him again from then on.
From this perspective, it seems that there is no benefit in providing technical information yourself, but it is not.
Even if you don't get any money for submitting those materials, you will definitely receive the attention and protection of the relevant departments.
Moreover, if we can use this to pull off the tiger's skin and make Director Li and others think that they actually have a deeper relationship, the benefits are self-evident.
In this way, if Uncle Xu is no longer around, he can still find someone else to hug him, or he won't let some people have some inappropriate thoughts in a short period of time.
Therefore, maintaining a certain sense of mystery is a kind of strength in itself.
While Cao Zhiqiang was deep in thought, Director Li brought Section Chief Zeng to the publishing house in a hurry.
Afterwards, Factory Director Li asked Section Chief Zeng to wait outside while he went directly into Cao Zhiqiang's office.
"Hey! Director Li." As soon as Director Li came in, Cao Zhiqiang stood up to greet him, "You're here so soon?"
After entering the door, Director Li frowned and closed the door. Then he walked over and asked, "What's going on? What kind of information is so important that it needs to be escorted with a gun?"
"Director Li." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "I really can't talk about this matter. Let's do this. If you are worried, just go with me to see Xu... No, big boss, if he thinks you can know, then I There is absolutely no problem here and I won’t hide it from you.”
Director Li frowned and thought for a while, then nodded solemnly: "Okay, that's it. What about the things you want to transport? Can I take a look?"
"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Everything is in my warehouse No. 1. Well, you can look at the surface, but you can't open it unless allowed by the above."
"Okay." Director Li nodded, "Then let's go."
"Wait a minute." Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Are the people from the security department here? Are they armed?"
"Here we come." Director Li said, "I asked Section Chief Zeng to double the manpower, eight people, all armed with pistols. Is this okay?"
"Okay, okay." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "That's great, let's leave now."
After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang took the lead and left the president's office.
After walking outside, I saw Section Chief Zeng and a group of his subordinates, all of whom were standing outside.
"Chief Zeng." Cao Zhiqiang took the initiative to greet him with a smile.
"President Cao." Section Chief Zeng also quickly greeted Cao Zhiqiang.
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Come with me, by the way, Lao Chen."
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said to Chen Jiabang, who was accompanying him next to him: "Let the people from the security department here take good care of this place. Everyone should do what they are supposed to do. Don't ask around or talk about it. More importantly, no one is allowed to get close to it. No. Warehouse, do you understand?"
Chen Jiabang frowned, then nodded: "I understand."
Cao Zhiqiang nodded pretending to be serious, and then said to Factory Director Li and Section Chief Zeng who were following him: "Director Li, Section Chief Zeng, let's go, let's go to the warehouse."
After a while, Cao Zhiqiang led people outside Warehouse No. 1, then unlocked the door himself, and then asked other people from the security department to stand guard outside, while he himself took Factory Director Li and Section Chief Zeng in.
"Look, these are the things." Cao Zhiqiang pointed to the packages, "This is the information the big boss wants."
Director Li clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the packages wrapped tightly in canvas, as if wrapped in quilts, and nodded: "Are you sure these are the ones?"
"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang said to Chief Zeng: "Chief Zeng, these black packages and yellow packages are the materials that need you to transport.
When you let your comrades load and unload the goods later, you must be careful and handle them with care, and no one is allowed to peek at the contents. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, I can't guarantee what will happen. The lightest sentence will be jail time. Let’s eat. "
Section Chief Zeng frowned: "President Cao, what on earth is this?"
Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "I can't say what it is specifically, I can only say that it is very important!"
"If it's so important, why put it here?" Section Chief Zeng asked.
Cao Zhiqiang smiled mysteriously, then shook his head.
"Chief Zeng!" Director Li suddenly said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Since Director Cao has this need, just do it!"
Section Chief Zeng nodded: "Yes, Director, I know what to do."
After saying that, Section Chief Zeng walked out of the warehouse and asked someone to drive the truck over to prepare for loading.
After Section Chief Zeng left, Director Li sighed to Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Xiao Cao, it seems that you... have many other secrets."
Cao Zhiqiang deliberately smiled bitterly: "Director Li, you and I know, so what's the point in that?
If possible, I would rather not know this than engage in this. I would rather make my money peacefully. That would be so comfortable.
However, sometimes being a human being is not just what you want to be.
Just like this matter, if it really comes to my head, I can't refuse it. "
"Oh?" Director Li frowned, "You mean, someone forced you to do this? Who is it?"
Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "My Factory Manager Li, please stop asking.
In this way, when I meet the big boss later, as long as he agrees, I will definitely tell the truth.
But before he agrees, I really can't say anything. This is not only for my own good, but also for your own good. "
Director Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, reached out and patted Cao Zhiqiang on the shoulder: "Well done, keep your mouth shut. This is a truly good comrade. I saw you right!"
Cao Zhiqiang blinked and smiled: "Long live understanding!"
(End of chapter)
