AWB Chapter 1023 I regret so much that my intestines are blue
Chapter 1023 I regret so much that my intestines are blue
I couldn't stand it any more: "Director Zhou, let me ask you a frank question. Are the people who come to buy wine for Tanggou wine or for the brand of Jueshi Fenghua?"
"This is mainly to buy peerless elegance..." Zhou Kang hesitated.
"But is this the most beautiful winery?" Zhou Qi asked suddenly.
Zhou Kang hurriedly explained: "Comrade Tian, they signed an agreement with us. We just help with OEM production, and they are responsible for ** sales..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Qi interrupted him: "Have you signed the agreement? The kind written in black and white?"
"Of course...of course!"
Zhou Kang agreed, but his heart was beating fast.
Where is the proper contract?
The father and son simply exchanged their own wine for **, which was even more casual than Zhou Qi's cooperation with Shen Bing Winery.
Zhou Qi suddenly slammed the table and said, "Director Zhou! This is all the country's money! You are so bold to sell it at a low price without a contract!"
"How can we sell it at such a low price! We sell it at a price higher than the wholesale price!"
Zhou Kang's hands were shaking so much that he couldn't wipe the sweat off properly. Assistant Li beside him quickly came to the rescue: "Director, you have been too busy recently. Didn't we sign a purchase agreement with Manager Zhou?"
"Look at my memory!"
Zhou Kang slapped his shiny forehead fiercely: "I'm so busy all day long..."
"Then please bring the contract to me for review." Zhou Qi stretched out his hand and asked for it.
Zhou Kang froze on the spot - what was the contract? He could only bite the bullet and say, "Comrade Tian, this is against the rules, isn't it?"
"How about I ask the city to send a working group to check the accounts?"
When Zhou Qi said this, Zhou Kang was so scared that his mouth dropped open.
Who in those days could stand up to scrutiny? Who didn't have something to hide?
Zhou Qi flicked the ash from his cigarette, leaving half a jar of cigarette butts in the white porcelain ashtray. "Director Zhou, the whole country is cracking down on economic problems right now. If your contract can withstand scrutiny..."
He deliberately prolonged the last word, his eyes sweeping across the bronze plaque of advanced enterprises hanging on the wall: "Even if it is a clean government, we have a way to investigate it thoroughly."
Zhou Kang's neck was covered in cold sweat. He looked at the "comrade Tian" from the province and regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. If he had known earlier, he should have insisted that it was a new product of the factory. Maybe he could have become a model of reform and innovation.
"I really opened my eyes at Shen Bing Winery yesterday."
Zhou Qi suddenly took out his notebook and flipped through it loudly: "They signed a contract with a guy called Zhou Qi. What did they produce?..."
He frowned and tapped his temple with a pen: "Oh, look at my memory!"
"A prosperous world!" Zhou Kang blurted out, wishing he could bite off his tongue after saying it.
"Yes!"
Zhou Qi slammed his notebook shut and said, "The trucks are now lined up on the national highway. Your factory..."
Office Director Li Li trotted in with a file bag in her arms. Zhou Kang was so anxious that he glared at her: "Hurry up and show Comrade Tian our contract with Jueshi Fenghua!"
Zhou Qi took a sip of tea slowly and said, "Is the boss of this peerless Fenghua reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable!"
Li Li rushed to answer: "It's our Director Zhou's son."
Suddenly realizing he had said something wrong, he hurriedly covered his mouth.
The lid of the teacup in Zhou Kang's hand clanged and the tea leaves spilled all over the table.
Zhou Qi put out his cigarette, and the spark flickered in the ashtray: "Mr. Zhou is young and promising. The line of cars outside is longer than that of a state-owned store."
His tone suddenly turned cold: "But this public red line..."
"Comrade Tian, rest assured!"
Zhou Kang shivered as he struck a match, nearly burning his sleeves. "I'll ask my son to sort out the accounts! Li Li, go get the purchase order and remittance voucher!"
Zhou Qi crossed his legs and watched the father and daughter busying around. The chirping of cicadas outside the window suddenly became shrill.
The large ceiling fan stirred up the smell of smoke in the room, and the "Advanced Enterprise" banner on the wall was rustling in the wind.
"Let's skip the contract process."
Zhou Qi flicked the ash off his cigarette and said with a smile, "Director Zhou has been able to run the winery so prosperously, so I think he must have a good sense of justice. But I would like to open my eyes and take a look at your flagship wine, the Peerless Fenghua Wine."
The researcher looked around the office as he spoke, actually wanting to find out the details of the new product development. Zhou Kang hurriedly called out, "Xiao Zhang, quickly move the two boxes of hardcover editions from the warehouse!"
In a blink of an eye, four collector's editions in blue and white porcelain vases were placed on the coffee table.
"Wow! Even Jet Li is advertising for it?" Zhou Qi stroked the celebrity signature on the bottle.
"What about this?"
Zhou Kang hesitated and scratched his head. His son had only taken over the winery for half a year, so where did he get the money to hire an international superstar? He had only hired an imitator to shoot a promotional video.
"Is this the advertising fee?" Zhou Qi gestured.
"Almost, almost." The old factory manager's palms were sweating. He didn't even know the endorsement prices of popular stars.
“How old is this brand?”
"This secret recipe has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 300 years!" Zhou Kang straightened his back.
"I mean the trademark 'Peerless Beauty'."
"Oh...I've been registered for a while."
The old man's eyes began to wander, but in fact the receipt from the Trademark Office was still in the drawer and had not been opened.
Zhou Qi glanced at the darkening sky outside the window, grabbed his briefcase and stood up: "The inspection team will compile the materials tonight, and some factories may need special attention."
"Director Tian, please give me a simple meal!" Zhou Kang hurriedly grabbed the other person's arm and said, "We have freshly caught grouper at the fishing port, paired with 30-year-old wine..."
He was interrupted before he could finish his words.
"Next time."
Zhou Qi shook the file bag and said, "The rectification notice and the celebration banquet all depend on how carefully you prepare the materials."
As soon as Zhou Qi finished speaking, Zhou Kang's heart, which had just been relieved, rose to his throat again.
If the province sent a supervisory team to the factory for on-site inspection, he, as the factory director, would be in big trouble.
"Director Tian, please sit down first!" Zhou Kang quickly closed the door and drew the curtains.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's be friends!"
Zhou Kang took out five stacks of cash from his desk drawer, brand new ten-yuan bills neatly tied together.
"Director Zhou, you can't do that!"
“This is definitely my personal savings!”
Zhou Kang unzipped the other party's briefcase as he spoke: "Just think of it as saying a few good words for our winery in the report."
"I don't feel comfortable doing this." Zhou Qi refused, but the zipper of the briefcase in his hand slipped open somehow.
"To be honest, I've just launched the 'Peerless Elegance' series, and a lot of pre-sale copies have been sold in the past few days."
Zhou Kang stuffed the money into his bag quickly: "If the supervision team comes to inspect, it will delay the launch of the new product, right?"
"Understand, understand."
"You really don't want to stay for a quick meal?" Zhou Kang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He wanted to tie Zhou Qi to his office. After all, if the supervision team really moved in, it would take at least a month or half a year. How could the factory's shady dealings over the years stand up to the old accounts?
Not to mention that his son Zhou Weixing has just made a name for himself in the liquor market - just looking at the trucks lined up in front of the factory these two days, you can tell how popular "Jueshi Fenghua" is.
Zhou Kang's heart began to beat fast when he thought of the stack of money his son had given him as a filial gift the day before.
A full ten thousand yuan, that amount the father and son had saved for several years without eating or drinking.