In 1959, what's wrong with me pedaling a tricycle?

On the second day of the business closure, Director Yang couldn't sit still any longer. Now the pressure was on the district commerce bureau and the municipal bureau.

A group of leaders finally showed up and came to the compound, where they held a meeting with Wang Xingguo and Gan Ping.

They promised them money, granting them permission to use a sum of money to buy year-end bonuses.

Wang Xingguo glared and said, "Bullshit! We don't want money, we want fairness, we want justice! Everyone knows that supplies are hard to come by right now. If you don't help us allocate supplies, where are we going to get supplies to distribute as year-end bonuses?"

Director Zhou tapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Director Wang, watch your words. This is a meeting, not a market where you're haggling. Let's discuss things calmly and not get so agitated."

Wang Xingguo snorted and said, "Director Zhou, you make it sound so easy. Let me ask you, why do other units have supplies, but our night market doesn't?"

Director Zhou frowned and said, "You have to understand us. Supplies are really scarce, and there's nothing we can do. Anyway, your night market has channels for getting supplies, so why don't you spend some money to get a batch yourself?"

Wang Xingguo asked, "So, is our night market an illegitimate child? If we don't get the benefits we're entitled to, then our night market doesn't necessarily have to follow you around like a shadow."

After saying that, he said to Gan Ping, "Director Gan, I don't think this meeting is necessary. Our night market is like an adopted child; we need to find a loving mother who treats everyone equally. I don't believe that with our night market contributing so much gold recycling, we can't find a loving mother."

Gan Ping, also harboring resentment, nodded and said, "Director Wang is right. Let's go and communicate with the leaders of other systems and transfer our night market to their system."

These words from the two men left the leaders looking at each other speechlessly.

Because the night market needs to change its system and its female character, this is actually a feasible plan...

The reason things have turned out this way is because everyone's positions and stances are different, which leads to different outcomes.

From Wang Xingguo's perspective, the night market was like a stepchild. Despite their significant achievements, the higher-ups seemed to ignore them, and they had to figure out how to get their year-end bonuses themselves.

From the perspective of the Municipal Bureau, the night market is a capable force that can also bring in resources, so it should take on more responsibilities and not add to the burden of the Municipal Bureau.

As for the district bureau, it goes without saying that if the night market raises its own supplies, they will have one less unit of supplies, which is a good thing for them to reduce their burden.

However, they overlooked one problem: Wang Xingguo is no ordinary person!

Although they shouted for him to stop making trouble, Wang Xingguo ran away in a flash, went to the security room at the gate, and made a phone call to Minister Liu.

Wang Xingguo had Minister Liu's phone number; he had left it with him when he came to the night market last time. So he called him and poured his heart out.

Both the municipal and branch bureaus have behaved themselves!

From Minister Liu's perspective, he was a general commanding troops, with a team under him continuously earning money to purchase equipment for him. However, his other subordinates were causing trouble, trying to seize the benefits that rightfully belonged to them.

Is this still available?

Minister Liu was furious and summoned Director Zhou and the others together, giving them a severe scolding.

Then he personally allocated a batch of supplies to support the night market in continuing its operations, and even specially approved a 100-pound pig as a reward to the night market as an end-of-year bonus for everyone to share.

That's what a good leader is like!

Anyway, Wang Xingguo held Minister Liu's hand, thanking him profusely and praising his wisdom. With Minister Liu's care, the night market was finally no longer an unwanted child.

The results of the night market speak for themselves. Minister Liu was genuinely angry this time, so the angrier he was towards Director Zhou and his team, the more amiable he was towards Wang Xingguo.

Minister Liu earnestly instructed Wang Xingguo: "Don't act like this again. I've given you my phone number. Call me if you need anything. Don't resort to passive resistance by closing down and shutting down your business, do you hear me?"

Wang Xingguo nodded repeatedly and said, "I heard you, Minister Liu, please rest assured. Although we have been closed for a few days, we have been procuring and stockpiling supplies. Once we reopen tonight, we will be able to make up for the losses of the past few days immediately. It will definitely not affect the overall situation. All the staff of our night market are confident that we will do our job well and live up to your expectations and trust."

Wang Xingguo reported on the recent work situation. Minister Liu was very satisfied with the night market's performance. Before leaving, he urged them to continue their efforts and achieve even greater success. He said he would come to celebrate the night market's achievements in person.

After seeing Minister Liu off, Director Yang said with a frustrated expression, "Director Wang, why did it have to come to this? It was just a small matter; why escalate it like this?"

Wang Xingguo said sternly, "Director Yang, this is not a trivial matter; it's a matter of principle! Our night market has made significant contributions and worked incredibly hard. Why should we be treated like this? If you think we're rich, I can hand over my money to you for free, but we are legitimate workers, not temporary employees. We deserve every single benefit we are entitled to!"

Director Zhou sighed, "Director Wang, please calm down. We really have no choice; supplies are extremely scarce. We originally thought you had procurement channels, and that it would be easier for you to find a solution than for us. Who would have thought you would think like this?"

It can only be said that different perspectives lead to different viewpoints.

Anyway, everyone at the night market was holding back their anger. The issue of not having separate rooms before was explained and then forgotten.

This year they're making a fuss again about not providing year-end bonuses. Who can tolerate that?

Wang Xingguo wasn't one to hold a grudge, and now that Minister Liu had vented his anger, the matter was over.

So he said to Director Zhou, "Director Zhou, I understand the difficulties faced by the district and municipal bureaus, but as the person in charge of the night market, I have to be responsible to the staff in my team. I am willing to hand over 20,000 yuan, 10,000 to the municipal bureau and 10,000 to the district bureau, just asking that you arrange the year-end benefits properly so that the staff will not be disheartened."

Director Yang slapped his thigh and said, "You should have said so earlier! If you had given us money to support our work, would we be having such a headache? The problem is simply that our district bureau's finances are too tight, and we don't have enough funds to procure supplies..."

Anyway, they vented their anger, handed over the money, and the leaders who had been scolded looked much better.

Getting scolded is nothing; at least I got 10,000 yuan in funding, which can buy a lot of supplies, so it wasn't a complete waste of the scolding...

The night market reopened that evening, and all the supplies that had been stockpiled over the past few days were sold out overnight.

Even the pig given to them by the leader was slaughtered and sold on Wang Xingguo's orders. The pig's offal was used to make dishes to supplement the nutrition of the experts in the compound, while the pork was all used to exchange for small yellow croakers.

As for the pork as year-end bonus, Wang Xingguo will just take some out of his storage space and distribute it to the employees.

What he wanted was never supplies, but the anger he couldn't swallow. If Minister Liu also sided with him, he was planning to complain to his old leader!

It's important to know that the existence of the night market was approved by the old leaders. If they didn't take care of it, Wang Xingguo would have a reason to file a complaint and have the night market separated from the commercial system.

As for where to affiliate with, he had already thought it over, and affiliating with the military was the best option.

Unfortunately, after learning about this, Minister Liu not only did not side with them, but instead became very protective of his own.

They were all scolded in front of him, which made it impossible for Wang Xingguo to complain to his former leader, since Minister Liu had stood up for him like that.