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

Not only was Gan Ping excited, but the district bureau and the municipal bureau also showed excited smiles after Minister Liu gave them instructions over the phone.

From before the Chinese New Year until now, they owe the night market hundreds of thousands of yuan. In terms of gold recycling alone, the night market under Wang Xingguo's management has handed over as much as 122 kilograms of gold.

This is double the total of the other seven night markets combined!

Although the seven night markets had railcars, they couldn't get much high-value cargo to transport back to the capital to sell. Unlike Wang Xingguo, they weren't doing business with no initial investment.

They bought every pound of goods with real money, so the cost was high and the profit was naturally not much, and they didn't recover much gold.

Wang Xingguo began to think about the restructuring. Although the plan was troublesome, he would still write it.

In mid-April, Minister Liu went to see his former leader and reported on Wang Xingguo's recent situation.

The old leader rubbed his forehead and asked Minister Liu, "Old Liu, what do you think of this mischievous monkey?"

Minister Liu replied with a smile, "He may be a bit cheeky, but he's capable. Regardless of who he colludes with, he hasn't sought personal gain. Look at the gold he handed over at the night market; it was all exchanged for research equipment and raw materials that we urgently need. He's contributing to national defense. You don't object to me saying that, do you?"

The senior leader nodded, acknowledging Minister Liu's statement, and then asked, "Could you allocate a batch of pork to support Old Li's side?"

Minister Liu said with a wry smile, "Sir, there's really no other way. If I had the choice, I would have done it this way even without you telling me."

The old leader sighed and said, "The research work on Ma Lan's side is also urgent. Talk to that brat and ask him to help us find a batch of nutritional supplements to support us. Anyway, he's very daring and will do anything. Whether he covers one lid or two, it's all the same. Just let him do it."

Minister Liu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Sir, what if there are too many lids and it can't be covered up anymore?"

"Sending him to the army to toughen him up is good; who would dare to go to the army to arrest him?"

After thinking for a moment, Minister Liu pointed to the northwest and said, "Sir, how about this: after this is over, arrange for him to go over there to be in charge of the base's logistics and transportation?"

"Fine, that brat is infuriating. If I weren't so old, I'd really like to teach him a lesson. I just cleaned up his mess in Guangzhou, and now he's causing trouble for me in Beijing. Even Sun Wukong, who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, couldn't cause him any more trouble..."

Two days later, Wang Xingguo was a little confused because Minister Liu came in person and asked him to do his best to get a batch of grain and nutritional products for him.

Wang Xingguo chuckled awkwardly, "Minister Liu, you must be joking, right?"

Minister Liu shook his head and said, "I'm not joking. Now you need to find a solution as soon as possible. The night market needs to be restructured ahead of schedule. This is an instruction from the leadership. The night market will be closed and restructured in May, and your work will be reassigned."

Wang Xingguo frowned and asked cautiously, "Is it about the grain issue? Did the old leader finally lose control?"

Minister Liu glared at Wang Xingguo and said, "That's not a problem. The key is that you're too arrogant. The old leader doesn't like you anymore and wants to send you somewhere else to toughen you up and temper your rebellious nature."

Wang Xingguo said with a wry smile, "Then what about my wife and children?"

"Whatever you do, just do it the way it is."

Wang Xingguo asked in bewilderment, "My child is so young. You and your former leader want to send me to the army. How am I supposed to take care of my wife and child?"

Minister Liu said irritably, "Who said I was going to send you to the army? I'm just assigning you to another job that involves more business trips, not sending you to serve in the army. Anyway, don't worry about it. Just use your connections. I don't care who you're colluding with. As long as I see the supplies arrive, you can designate someone to take over the restructuring of the night market, and then they can take up their new positions."

Wang Xingguo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He had thought that his old leader had gotten into trouble for cleaning up his mess and was going to send him to the army.

If it's just a change of job position, business trips are no problem. After all, he's young, and a little hardship is nothing.

He fears he won't see his wife and children for several years, and that would be too hard for his wife to raise their son alone.

He tentatively asked, "Minister Liu, I can indeed bring back another batch of goods, but won't we exchange them for gold?"

Minister Liu shook his head and said, "Gold is not as important as nutritional supplements, especially those that are durable and easy to store and transport. They are in particularly high demand right now. Try to bring back as many canned goods as possible. Use your night market's secret stash to pay for it; I don't have any money here for you to buy things."

Wang Xingguo curled his lip and said, "Fine, you all like to freeload off the night market's little treasure chests, I'm used to it."

Minister Liu grabbed Wang Xingguo's ear and said, "Stop talking nonsense! What do you need so much money for? This is to help the leader vent his anger. He said if he weren't too old and no longer in the army, he would have given you a good beating, you little rascal!"

Wang Xingguo quickly begged for mercy, but the leader really pinched him hard, making him grimace in pain, yet he dared not resist.

After seeing Minister Liu off, Wang Xingguo rubbed his ears, feeling a bit curious about his new job.

I finally became Director Wang, do you expect me to become Bureau Chief Wang?

Thinking of this, Wang Xingguo couldn't help but chuckle.

Although the old leader said he would deal with him, Wang Xingguo saw very clearly that this was actually a way to help him get out of trouble sooner.

Because working at the night market is becoming increasingly difficult; too many people are eyeing his secret stash of money.

Others might think this was an attempt to freeload off the night market, but Wang Xingguo knew it was a way to secure his escape route. He could take out all the goods at once, empty his slush fund, and then convert it into a trust shop. This way, the night market would be penniless, and naturally, no one would be watching it anymore.

That evening, after discussing it with the clansmen, everyone felt that Wang Yongli was the most suitable person to take over the restructuring work because he was good at accounting.

Therefore, it was decided that Wang Yongli would take over, and Wang Xingye would serve as the deputy director to assist him in his work.

Wang Xingguo explained the situation to Gan Ping, and Gan Ping's face lit up with joy, because the reform would benefit him.

In reality, he was under a lot of pressure, after all, he always owed money to the night market, and the district bureau couldn't solve the problem, always telling him to figure it out himself.

Now that the night market is over, the trust shop's work will be much easier.

Ten days later, Wang Xingguo brought all the grain, canned goods, medicine, and sugar from the space back to the closed night market. He openly took 300,000 yuan of the 330,000 yuan in the account, leaving only 30,000 yuan in the account as expenses for restructuring.

Then the items were taken away by people arranged by Minister Liu, but Wang Xingguo didn't know where they were taken.

After going through this process, the night market officially started its restructuring, but Wang Xingguo was no longer needed for those tasks.

He was waiting for notification; Minister Liu told him to stay home and wait for his new job assignment.

On May 3, 1961, people from several departments visited Wang Xingguo's neighbors and workplace, and spoke with his relatives.