Reborn in 1981, starting by smashing my iron rice bowl.

Hearing this, Liu Weidong understood that the skinny man named Wu Fei was the restaurant's purchasing agent. In those days, purchasing agents in state-owned enterprises, of course, lived very comfortably.

Liu Weidong sold the eggs to the restaurant without going through Wu Fei, missing out on an opportunity to profit from the sale, which explains his dissatisfaction.

What puzzled Liu Weidong was that the purchasing agent was, after all, the restaurant manager's subordinate. The waiter had clearly told Wu Fei that it was their manager, Li Yongjiu's, order, yet this guy still acted this way. It meant he must have some other powerful backer, which was why he didn't respect Li Yongjiu.

Thinking of this, Liu Weidong said to Wu Fei in a deep voice, "Comrade Wu, you weren't here when I came to sell eggs last time, so I went directly to Manager Li. We can talk about it; there's no need to make things so tense. Don't you think that makes sense?"

Liu Weidong's meaning was clear: Wu Fei could make any requests, and he could reciprocate any benefits others offered him.

After all, for Liu Weidong, the egg business was essentially a risk-free venture. So, as long as the eggs could be sold smoothly, giving Wu Fei a small benefit wasn't out of the question.

However, even though Liu Weidong had already made concessions, Wu Fei was completely unmoved and instead sneered, "Begging for mercy now? Too late! Take these eggs and get out of here right now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Even a clay figure has some integrity, let alone Liu Weidong, who hadn't done anything wrong. Seeing that the other party was still relentless, he slowly hardened his expression and said, "Saving face is mutual. If you keep going like this, things won't end well!"

"Damn it, do you think you can teach me how to do things?" Wu Fei immediately cursed at Liu Weidong and kicked a basket of eggs away.

The eggs in this basket were just weighed by the waiters; they weighed exactly twenty pounds. Most of the eggs were broken, yolks and whites spilled all over the floor, making a mess in front of the state-run restaurant.

Unexpectedly, Wu Fei resorted to violence without warning, leaving even the sales clerks, including Lao Song, dumbfounded. People these days are very frugal, and seeing so many eggs deliberately broken by Wu Fei, many looked regretful, feeling that this guy had gone too far.

Hao Jianjun flew into a rage, rolled up his sleeves, and glared fiercely at Wu Fei, saying, "Kid, are you asking for a beating?"

"Heh, if you're not afraid of going to jail, go ahead and make your move. There's a crackdown going on right now!" Wu Fei sneered, then mocked Hao Jianjun, "This is a county town, not the countryside where you usually hang out. If you dare to make a move, we'll arrest you in the blink of an eye!"

"Even if I go to jail today, I'll teach you a lesson!" Enraged, Hao Jianjun didn't take Wu Fei's threat seriously and was about to step forward to attack.

Liu Weidong quickly grabbed Hao Jianjun's shoulder and said to him in a deep voice, "Don't be impulsive. If you really make a move, you'll fall into this guy's trap!"

Hao Jianjun angrily said, "Brother Weidong, this kid broke so many of our eggs, we can't just let this go!"

"Who said we'd just let it go like that?" Liu Weidong smiled slightly at Hao Jianjun. "Don't be angry. Everything that gets broken has a price. In any case, we definitely won't lose out!"

Only Liu Weidong was able to calm the enraged Hao Jianjun down. Although Hao Jianjun was still furious, he managed to control his temper and stop clamoring to teach Wu Fei a lesson.

Wu Fei sneered, "What, you want me to compensate you? Even if you smash all these eggs, you won't get a single penny!"

Liu Weidong said unhurriedly, "Alright, we'll see!"

Just then, Li Yongjiu returned and saw a group of people standing in front of the restaurant. He immediately shouted, "What are you doing? Are you all crowding around the restaurant entrance? Don't you want to do business?"

Seeing the manager return, the waiters all breathed a sigh of relief. Old Song quickly went up to him and whispered, "Manager Li, something bad has happened! Wu Fei won't let us buy Comrade Liu's eggs, and they've started arguing!"

Upon hearing the name Wu Fei, Li Yongjiu frowned immediately, muttering to himself with a bitter expression, "How did I offend him? This is really troublesome!"

However, Li Yongjiu had ordered the purchase of Liu Weidong's eggs, and now that a problem had arisen, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with it.

Before Li Yongjiu could even speak, Wu Fei preemptively attacked him: "Manager Li, I've always been in charge of procurement. What kind of nonsense is this, meddling in like this? You're overstepping your bounds!"

Faced with his subordinate's public criticism, Li Yongjiu showed no dissatisfaction whatsoever. Instead, he patiently explained, "Xiao Wu, here's the situation. The supply and marketing cooperative has been short of eggs, and I saw that Comrade Liu's eggs were quite good, and the price was reasonable, so I planned to buy some from him to tide me over. You weren't at work the past few days, so I didn't have a chance to tell you, haha!"

Despite Wu Fei's appalling attitude, Li Yongjiu patiently explained things to him, which amazed Liu Weidong, who was watching from the sidelines.

The identities of these two seem to be reversed. If it weren't for Li Yongjiu's exceptionally good temper, Wu Fei would have a powerful backer that even the hotel manager couldn't afford to offend.

Liu Weidong was certain that while Li Yongjiu was fairly easy to get along with, he was definitely not a pushover. Therefore, the only explanation for the current situation was the second possibility.

Wu Fei was clearly used to being arrogant. Even though Li Yongjiu had explained the whole story, he still wouldn't let it go, saying, "Even if eggs are out of stock, you can't bypass me to buy them! There's a reason the store assigned me as their purchasing agent. Your reckless behavior clearly shows you don't respect me!"

Wu Fei didn't give him any face at all, which angered Li Yongjiu. He frowned and said, "You're a purchasing agent, yet you couldn't even buy eggs. I had to step in to clean up your mess, but I still get blamed. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Wu Fei sneered, "Whether it's going too far or not, you can explain it to my uncle. I'm going to call him over right now!"

After saying that, he angrily went back to the store to make a phone call, leaving Li Yongjiu, who was looking embarrassed, standing outside.

Liu Weidong glanced at the clock in the restaurant and said to Li Yongjiu indifferently, "Manager Li, your subordinate has quite a temper. It seems he's got nothing to lose!"

"Sigh, don't even mention it!" Li Yongjiu, still furious, didn't hide anything and sighed heavily, "Wu Fei has an uncle who is a section chief in the county. That kid uses that to act arrogantly in the office and doesn't even respect me, the manager!"

Hearing this, Liu Weidong understood why Wu Fei was so arrogant. Just as he had guessed, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly and say, "Arrogance always brings trouble. Just because he has an uncle who is a section chief, he's so arrogant. This kid won't have a good ending!"