The Era of Hard Work

Quannan, facing the south gate of the botanical garden, is the famous Nanjiao Hotel.

Ten years ago, this was the southern suburb of Quannan, but now it belongs to the city center. The name of Nanjiao Hotel has not been changed. Unlike Dongjiao Hotel, Nanjiao Hotel has always been at the top of the hotel and conference business in Quannan. .

Not to mention Quannan, even many public receptions or conferences in Taidong Province are held in Nanjiao hotels.

The activities organized by the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce are held in the banquet hall of the Nanjiao Hotel.

The theme of this event is to raise funds for the Hope Project.

As an enterprise grows bigger and its income increases, it must bear certain social responsibilities.

Therefore, Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin came to attend on behalf of Lu's Catering and Lu's Food Company, which received the invitation.

I met many acquaintances here, Mu Kun and his son, Du Xiaobing's father Du Dahai, Yu Jing who came here on behalf of Qiansheng Group, Zhang Mingyu from Ginza, and so on.

After saying hello, people from the Federation of Industry and Commerce came to guide them to the seats, and the seats for the representatives of each enterprise were arranged in advance.

Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin were located in the second row slightly to the side. The people at the same table were not familiar to Lu Dong, but there were a few Lu Zhenlins who knew each other.

"Oh, Lu Zhishu, nice to meet, nice to meet." Someone at the same table greeted.

Lu Zhenlin responded with a smile: "Secretary Gao is being polite."

Then, Lu Zhenlin introduced Lu Dong, and both sides were polite.

There were five or six people sitting at the eight-person table, and after greeting each other, they each spoke something.

Lu Zhenlin said to Lu Dong in a low voice: "The situation at the same table is similar to ours, and they are all from village collective enterprises."

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "I see."

"However, some have jumped out of the village collective enterprises." Lu Zhenlin roughly said: "There are still some that have turned the village collective enterprises into their own private properties."

Lu Dong said: "Third Grandpa, as long as I and Wen Yue are still here, no one will turn the Lu Family Village Group into someone's private property."

Lu Zhenlin's thick eyebrows were like swords: "Dongzi, I am very relieved of you. People in the future...we can't talk about it if we are far away. After all, society and policies are changing, and the future is for you people to worry about."

He glanced at the high party secretary who was leaving: "This is the leader of a village in Huaiyin District. The owner of the village-run enterprise makes fire-fighting equipment. When we first started, didn't I visit and inspect places where many villages started businesses collectively? Here in Quannan I have been to many places, including their village, and I was very envious at the time, thinking that this guy did a really good job.”

"It's only been a few years since this guy stepped down from the position of party secretary, but turned the firefighting equipment company into his own business. The people in his family are said to hold more than 70% of the shares."

Lu Dong quietly took a look, similar situations are not uncommon, the most typical one is Weiqiao, which turned a company under the supply and marketing cooperative into a family business of the Wei family.

This is an era of rapid development and change, and people's minds change.

But again, some people still stick to their principles.

Many people present knew Lu Dong, and people came over to say hello one after another. Less than ten minutes before the banquet started, another person came over from this table.

Lu Zhenlin glanced at it and said, "Gai Shiying, the boss of Gai Shi Logistics, when I visited in 1998, the place of Gai Shi Logistics was still called Gaijia Village, and Gai Shiying was still the secretary of Gai Jia Village. They started their business a little earlier than us. It has also developed rapidly in the past two years, and it is said that it is now the largest private logistics and storage company in the province."

The name was very familiar, and Lu Dong immediately thought of what he said to Jiao Shougui yesterday, and asked, "Third Grandpa, I heard that Geshi Logistics has become a personal company?"

Before Lujia Village started its business, Lu Zhenlin traveled a lot in villages in the province that started businesses collectively. At that time, Gaijia Village, which had just started its business, was an important stop.

Although there was no business contact afterwards, I knew some related news.

These branch secretaries who led the village to start a business and made achievements actually have a small circle of exchange of news.

Lu Zhenlin quickly said in a low voice: "It should have changed at the beginning of last year. I heard that it was through the opportunity of bank loans and investment. Gai Shiying took the opportunity to control more equity, changed the nature of the company's ownership, and completely turned Gai Shiying into its own company. family business."

Lu Dong said softly, "It should be related to the higher authorities."

If you think about this kind of thing, you will know that when Gaishi Logistics has grown bigger, it needs a lot of operations to transform the village collective enterprise into a privately owned enterprise.

"It is said that there are many troubles." Lu Zhenlin shook his head: "I heard that there are many people in Gaijia Village, and they all ran up here to respond to the problem."

While the two were talking, the staff led Ge Shiying to this side and sat on the chair next to Lu Zhenlin.

As soon as he saw Lu Zhenlin, Gai Shiying recognized him and shook hands: "Secretary Lu, we haven't seen each other for a while."

Lu Zhenlin stood up and shook hands with others: "Mr. Gai is busy with business..."

Taking advantage of the time when the third grandfather was greeting others, Lu Dong quickly looked at Gai Shiying.

Gai Shiying also saw Lu Dong, maybe he had met him before, and said hello, "Is this Mr. Lu from Lu's Catering?"

Lu Dong shook hands with someone, and said politely: "I have admired Mr. Gai for a long time."

Gai Shiying said with a smile: "I should say this, Mr. Lu is famous! Who doesn't know Qingzhao Lu Kuisheng?"

The two exchanged a few polite words.

Because I mentioned Unrivaled Logistics to Jiao Shougui yesterday, Lu Dong paid special attention to it.

Gai Shiying is about fifty years old, tall, with a flat head, a Chinese character face, wearing a suit and leather shoes, giving the first impression that he is magnificent, a bit like the one who played Wu Song in "Water Margin" in 1998 An actor, with a heroic temperament in every gesture.

Perhaps in ancient times or the Republic of China, this person could become a local hero.

Of course, these can be interpreted in another way. Gai Shiying has a quack air about him.

After a few polite chats, the banquet officially began, and eating and the like were secondary. This luncheon is an event.

It is inevitable that the leader will speak on stage.

For some things, it is inevitable that there are indicators, and there are no express regulations, and everyone knows it well.

Therefore, after the banquet started, it was not surprising that several donation boxes appeared.

Now that he is here, he must pay for it. Lu Dong also knows that to become bigger and stronger, a company must bear certain social responsibilities.

When a staff member came here, Lu Dong roughly glanced at the fundraising forms filled out by other people at the same table, whispered to Lu Zhenlin, and followed the crowd to sign for 500,000 yuan.

Similarly, Lu Zhenlin also signed 500,000 yuan on behalf of the Lu Family Food Company.

Gai Shiying sat close to Lu Zhenlin, saw the numbers he wrote, and said with a smile: "Old Secretary Lu, those of you who started later than Geshi Logistics all pledged to donate 500,000 yuan, and Gai Shiying pledged... um, one million!"

The voice was not loud, but it could be heard by everyone at the same table.

It seemed that Ge Shiying was using this method to tell the people at the same table that he was the most outstanding one at this table.

Of course, with the heroic demeanor of this person, maybe he is usually so forthright.

Gai Shiying earned the top spot at this table, and he was very active during the meal. Not only did he chat with his fellow tablemates, but he also had a few drinks with people at several nearby tables.

This kind of occasion is originally suitable for socializing.

Many people who usually want to meet but can't meet, or people who have relatively few circles, may be able to meet at this semi-official event.

The event didn't last long, and ended in less than three hours.

When Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin came out, they planned to have a chat with Du Haihai. The first phase of his resort project will open soon.

The two parties have initially negotiated that the hotel in the resort should be officially opened before the Winter Solstice Lujia Village Folk Food Festival.

But before Du Dahai could reach him, Gai Shiying approached him.

"Secretary Lu, President Lu." Gai Shiying invited: "The tea house here is very good, may I invite you two to try it?"

Gaishi Logistics can develop to the present, even if it has changed from a collective nature to a private enterprise, there are always merits. Lu Zhenlin also went to Gaijia Village, which was previously called Gaishi Logistics, to learn from it. After thinking about it, he agreed.

The three of them went directly to the tea house of Nanjiao Hotel.

The tea art master performed the tea art, and the three people who actually didn't know the tea art at all, although they were tasting the tea, their energy was not on the tea at all.

Gai Shiying seems to be very straightforward, and he speaks straightforwardly: "Secretary Lu, we are old acquaintances. Before your Lujia Village developed, I had this logistics company. It has developed smoothly over the years. It can be counted, and the business has expanded to many surrounding provinces.”

With the third grandfather here, Lu Dong kept silent most of the time.

Gai Shiying's intentions were very obvious and he made no secret of it: "Your company's business, except for some provinces in the west, seems to have spread all over the country. Lao Lu, why don't we cooperate? Look, your goods are going to be shipped to all parts of the country. , Let anyone do the logistics, it's better to leave it to Unrivaled Logistics."

When he came out of the banquet hall, he gave people a brief understanding of the situation: "Is the freight business of Lu's Food Company subcontracted to different companies? Is this a mess? Dealing with multiple logistics companies at the same time, It must be a headache. You only need to contract it to Geshi Logistics, and I guarantee that Geshi Logistics will handle it properly!"

Putting down the small porcelain cup in his hand, Lu Zhenlin was seriously considering what Gai Shiying said.

The scale of Lu's food company is getting bigger and bigger, and its business is about to spread all over the country. Freight distribution is a key point. The production base is Lujia Village.

If there is a unified logistics company to deploy, the workload and problems arising from it will definitely be much less.

Lu Zhenlin asked: "Mr. Gai, as far as I know, your company's logistics business is currently mainly in Taidong and the surrounding provinces of Taidong..."

Ge Shiying said with a smile: "Where the business in Lujia Village goes, Ge Shi Logistics can reach there."

This is very powerful.

The two sides chatted for a while, and Lu Zhenlin finally said, "Let's discuss it first in Lujia Village."

The two sides exchanged contact information, and Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin left first.