Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

"Brother, are you hiding something from me?" Li Youjie sensed a conspiracy from Li Youcai's words.

"Do as I say first, and I'll tell you later." Li Youcai pushed his brother Li Youjie and said, "Go!"

Li Youjie glanced at Li Youcai, turned around and walked into the production workshop with a lot of questions in his mind.

Inside the room, Zhang Laoer and the others were all sitting and resting.

Li Youjie's face was long and drawn, like a bitter gourd. He walked to the big plastic bucket filled with milk and kicked it hard as if to vent his anger.

The empty big plastic bucket was kicked to the ground by Li Youjie, making a loud clanging sound.

"Fuck!" Li Youjie cursed unwillingly.

Seeing Li Youjie lose his temper, everyone understood that it must be related to the price drop of ice cream in recent days.

Now everyone knows that there is a company outside that also makes ice cream and is competing with them. It has been lowering prices to compete with them. There are so many ice creams in the cold storage that cannot be sold. That is all money. It would be strange if Li Youjie was not anxious.

Among these people, Zhang Laoer and the two brothers of the Li family were the most familiar. Seeing that Li Youjie was in a bad mood, he patted his buttocks, stood up and walked up to Li Youjie.

Zhang Laoer comforted him, "Youjie, don't get angry and get yourself into trouble. Cheer up, we have to fight them!"

Li Youjie sighed, his face full of helplessness. "Brother Zhang, how can I not be anxious? These peddlers are so cunning and they're trying to drive down the price. Now it's down to 5 cents. For every ice cream we sell, we lose 5 cents. Who can handle this?"

"If this continues, we two brothers will be left with nothing in a few days!"

Li Youjie complained.

The sound was quite loud and could be heard clearly throughout the entire workshop.

"Or, let's just buy some steamed buns and pickles for lunch. We are all country people, we don't need to eat such good food every meal." Zhang Laoer said.

The factory is in trouble now, and Zhang Laoer doesn't want the Li brothers to spend so much money anymore, so every penny saved is a penny earned.

After all, ordering food from restaurants every day costs a lot of money.

"Yeah, we just need some steamed buns. We're all from the same team, so we're not picky."

"Yes."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

Du Yong and his wife sat there with their heads down, not daring to look at Li Youjie.

They didn't expect that things would develop like this. Just because they leaked the ice cream recipe, the factory was damaged to this extent.

While I feel deeply guilty, I am also deeply afraid.

They were afraid that everyone would know that it was the couple who leaked the secret, and they were afraid of facing everyone's contemptuous looks.

Li Youjie felt that he had performed well enough, and then he said, "Our ice cream isn't selling well right now. My eldest brother suggested that we make a smaller batch, only 600 yuan at a time, and then we can make adjustments later."

"Okay, we got it." Zhang Laoer spoke first.

Li Youcai and his team have reduced production, but Chen Tuzi and his team are now exhausted.

The price of 5 cents a piece attracted all the ice cream vendors to their side.

The big pot is boiled one after another, and the ice cream is produced in batches.

People are extremely tired, but they don’t make a penny, and they even lose some.

"Brother, if Mr. Li doesn't lower his prices, all these peddlers will come to us."

Baldy Chen sneered, "Li has goods that he can't sell, so he'll be in trouble sooner or later. Let's get the brothers to work harder and make more goods so we can squeeze them out of business."

"Okay, I'll go tell my brothers."

For two consecutive days, there were few peddlers in Li Youcai's ice cream factory. Even though production had been reduced by half, the ice cream produced still could not be sold out.

The ice cream piled up in the factory is as high as a mountain.

Li Youjie was so worried that he kept walking around the workshop all day, and everyone else was anxious too.

If the ice cream factory goes bankrupt, these people will be unemployed, and it will be almost impossible for them to find such a good job again.

That morning, Li Youcai came to the factory and looked at the mountain of ice cream. In front of everyone, he said, "Lower the price! We'll also sell it for 5 cents a piece!"

Li Youjie was heartbroken: "Brother, if we sell it for 5 cents, we will lose money!"

"Losing money is better than watching these goods rot in your hands! Listen to me, lower the price!" Li Youcai was really anxious, and his voice was trembling.

The ice cream factory couldn't bear it and lowered the price again, and Baldy Chen soon got the news.

"Okay! You also sell it for 5 cents, let's see who can outlast the other!" Baldy Chen gritted his teeth.

The battle has now reached a white-hot stage. Whoever can't hold on will die first. It's a competition of which of the two families has stronger foundation.

That night.

Baldy Chen once again led his men to ambush near Li Youcai's factory in advance.

The ice cream factory closes on time at 5 o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Laoer and his group left the factory together.

Du Yong and his wife did not learn from the last lesson at all. In order to save money, they still chose to walk home.

As a result, he was intercepted by Chen Tuzi and his men again at the same position.

"Why are you here again? I've already told you the recipe, what else do you want?" Du Yong was a little angry.

Baldy Chen grinned, grabbed Du Yong by the collar, and pulled him in front of him: "I don't have the patience to listen to your nonsense. Let me ask you, what is the current situation of your factory?"

"I don't know! Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you." Du Yong was much tougher this time.

"If you don't tell me, I will tell Mr. Li that it was you who sold the formula to me. Then I'll see if Mr. Li can still tolerate you!" Baldy Chen grabbed Du Yong's hand and pushed it hard, almost knocking Du Yong down.

Du Yong and his wife's faces tightened. What they feared most now was that Li Youcai would find out that they were the ones who leaked the secret.

"Please just let us go, okay? We are just workers who work to make a living. Please don't harm us anymore." Du Yong said.

Baldy Chen sneered: "Harm you? I'm saving you now!"

"Tell me everything I want to know now. When Mr. Li falls, you two can still come to work for me. I promise that no matter what Mr. Li pays you, I will give him 10 yuan more, and I will also keep your secret."

"But if you don't tell me, I'll tell Li tomorrow. Then you'll be in trouble and lose your job. Isn't that a big deal?"

When Du Yong and his wife heard these words, they had complicated expressions.

Morally, they didn't want to betray Li Youcai at all, but they really didn't want to lose this high-paying job.

The couple felt like they were being roasted on the fire, and they would feel uncomfortable no matter what choice they made.

Seeing that the couple remained silent, Baldy Chen called out to his younger brother, "Go find Mr. Li tomorrow morning and tell him who betrayed him. Remember, you must clearly point out the person to Mr. Li."

The younger brother laughed and said, "I know, big brother!"

"No! Don't tell them!" Du Yong's wife shouted.

"If you want us to keep it a secret, just tell me everything about your factory. I promise that Mr. Li won't know about it." Baldy Chen said with a smile.

Du Yong's wife glanced at him, and seeing her husband lowering his head in agreement, she then spoke:

"The factory is losing money selling ice cream. The deputy director said they lose 5 cents on every piece sold."

"There are a lot of ice creams piled up in the warehouse that can't be sold. If those goods can't be sold, the factory will really be finished."

"We used to eat food from state-owned restaurants at noon every day, but now we have steamed buns and pickles. That's all we know."

Baldy Chen listened to what Du Yong's wife said.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

His calculations turned out to be correct; Mr. Li indeed lost much more than he did.

"Don't worry, I mean what I say. From now on, you all just have to cooperate with me and tell me any new news. When Mr. Li's factory goes bankrupt, you can come work for me. I guarantee you'll earn more than you do now."

"Let's go."

Baldy Chen smiled and led his men away.

Du Yong and his wife continued walking home with a nervous heart.

No one noticed that there was a bicycle parked behind a mud house in the distance. Li Youjie was lying in the corner, taking in everything that was happening here.

"Brother is right! These people are really colluding!"

"Du Yong, you two are the ones who betrayed us!"

Li Youjie was so angry that his teeth were itching.