Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

If it was just for the lottery, Tan Yuan would have done it when the franchise store opened, but she didn't. She chose a day like National Day.

When we were selling the Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes, we specifically mentioned the lottery. Now we are doing it as a reward to the factory employees who ordered the gift boxes.

"Uncle Zhang, everyone, this is what I think. Let's take a look and listen." Tan Yuan straightened up and explained to everyone.

"Our lucky draw was originally set up for the Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes. However, in order to repay everyone's love, we have added an extra condition to encourage everyone to participate. That is, you can enter the lucky draw once for every ten yuan of dried tofu purchased. And if you don't win, it doesn't matter. We will also give everyone a bag of dried tofu for free to try..."

"Isn't ten yuan too much? Who can buy so much dried tofu at once..."

Without waiting for Accountant Zhang to speak, the young man expressed his doubts himself. He was a team leader in the brigade, and his monthly salary was less than ten yuan. No matter how rich the city dwellers were, they would not buy ten yuan worth of dried tofu at a time!

Besides, the tofu from their tofu factory only costs a little over one yuan per pound, so who could finish so much?

His point of view was agreed by most people, and everyone nodded, thinking that it was too much. Unconsciously, everyone was led astray by Accountant Zhang and Tan Yuan, and shifted their focus. No one paid attention to whether the prize was too heavy.

Tan Yuan was very satisfied with this reaction. She smiled and nodded, "Ten yuan is indeed a lot, but I didn't ask your family to buy ten yuan worth of dried tofu."

"If it's not just one family buying it, then there must be many families buying it?"

The outspoken young man blurted out, then immediately realized the crux of the matter: "Oh! Director Tan, you mean... so? That's fantastic!"

He was young and his mind worked quickly. Many people didn't think as quickly as him, but they also reacted slowly.

Oh, so it can be done this way. Several families can buy together. If they really win a prize, they can discuss and share it among everyone. And if you want to draw it yourself, you can also draw from the small prize pool.

But if it were them, they would definitely choose the grand prize. No matter what, you still have to have dreams. What if you win?

Even for this tiny bit of hope, they will find someone to partner with them. In this way, word will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. I believe more and more people will know about their tofu factory and the tofu produced in their factory.

And this is exactly what Tan Yuan wants!

"That's not right. From what you said, Director Tan, the lottery will take several days to complete. What if all the prizes are taken away in advance?"

This worry is reasonable. Once all the grand prizes are taken away, the enthusiasm for the lottery will naturally decline.

And Tan Yuan already had this idea in mind.

"The jackpot won't be taken away all at once."

As for how to do it, Tan Yuan has her own way, so I won’t explain it in detail to these people here.

Since Tan Yuan was so confident, no one could say anything more. Accountant Zhang nodded slightly after hearing Tan Yuan's explanation. Anyway, if they didn't focus on the money, Tan Yuan's method would not do any harm to the tofu factory.

Besides, even though he is no longer in charge of the accounts between the tofu factory and the store, he still knows the profits of the tofu factory. The money spent on this lottery can be earned back during the event.

No one objected anymore. Instead, they began to think about it. The tofu factory's Mid-Autumn Festival gift box team had distributed one to each of their households. They could also go and draw a prize in the future. What if they won one? Even if they didn't want it, they could sell it for hundreds of dollars.

Everyone chose to ignore one question, which is where the prizes for the lottery come from.

There is no problem with the dried tofu, but the problem is the bicycle and the pen. Where can I get these things?

Others may ignore these things, but Zhou Zhigang did not. As soon as the meeting ended, he called Tan Yuan alone.

"I have the bicycle ticket here, and I have a pen ticket here. I'll figure out the rest later."

These things were given to him when he retired from the army. He wanted to buy them for himself at that time, but unfortunately he was busy after he came back. In addition, the brigade had two bicycles for cadres to use, so this matter was delayed. Unexpectedly, they would come in handy now.

These things were exactly what Tan Yuan needed. She took them without hesitation and held them in her palm.

"Secretary Zhou, I've accepted the items, but they're for the factory's use. I can't take them for free. I'll have the annual accountant record this, and this receipt will be considered as the factory's purchase."

Public is public and private is private. It is unreasonable for a factory to use the branch secretary's things for activities. After Tan Yuan said this, Zhou Zhigang did not object and nodded in agreement.

"I'll get the ticket as soon as possible. First, ask Comrade Guan Jianguo to take you to the county supply and marketing cooperative to see if you can buy the stuff."

The things were in great demand, and it was hard to tell when they would be available and when they would be gone. Tan Yuan didn't say much and just went out. When she got out, she happened to meet Nian Lin who was waiting for her outside to go to the county together. Tan Yuan said something to her when she saw her.

"Linlin, Secretary Zhou sold the factory a bicycle ticket and a fountain pen ticket. Please give him some money. Guan Jianguo and I are going to the county first. Please come back by bike later."

In fact, everyone in the team calculated wrongly. It cost about one thousand yuan to buy a bicycle and a pen at the supply and marketing cooperative, but this price did not include the ticket. If it had been included, it would have been less than two thousand yuan.

However, Tan Yuan and the others would not remind them either. If these people knew about this, they would probably oppose it again.

Zhou Zhigang said he would get the tickets, but Tan Yuan didn't want to ask how he would do it, whether he would use his own connections or buy them on the black market. But either way would require money, and there was nothing wrong with withdrawing money from the account.

Nian Lin was also a man of action. He immediately went to get the key to unlock the door and paid the money. Zhou Zhigang was stunned when he saw the stack of money.

"This money is the turnover from the past few days. I haven't had time to save it yet."

The money in the account is deposited once a week. Today is Thursday, so it is not the time to deposit it yet.

Zhou Zhigang accepted the money, and just as Nian Lin was about to leave, he called out to her, "Comrade Nian, wait a moment."

Nian Lin, who thought she needed to report on her work, stopped and waited for Zhou Zhigang's next words.

Zhou Zhigang did not ask Nian Lin to report on his work. Instead, he took out the key to open the drawer, pulled out a letter with stamps and postmarks on it, and handed it to Nian Lin.

The moment Nian Lin saw the letter, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly arose in her heart, but this emotion was concealed very well and not revealed at all. She reached out to take it.