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

Wang Jianzhong also realized that Liu Weidong's relationship with Wei Guohui's family was better than he had imagined, so he quickly stopped and asked, "Comrade Liu, is there anything else?"

"I just wanted to tell you that Wu Fei deliberately damaged my property." Liu Weidong pointed to the broken eggs on the ground and said, "He deliberately kicked over a basket of my eggs, which weighed a full twenty pounds. Everyone can testify to that!"

"That's right, twenty jin, no less!" Old Song, the sales clerk, was the first to stand up and loudly testify for Liu Weidong: "These eggs are worth at least twenty-four yuan, but Wu Fei deliberately kicked them over. Comrade Liu has suffered a great loss!"

Everyone can see from the current situation that not only is Wu Fei going to be in trouble, but his uncle will also be implicated. The days when this guy could do whatever he wanted in the state-run restaurant are over; there's no need to be afraid of him anymore.

So the others also rushed to say that Wu Fei did indeed deliberately break those eggs, causing Liu Weidong to suffer heavy losses!

Wang Jianzhong's lips twitched as he listened to these people's words.

Wu Fei did do it on purpose, that's true, but that basket of eggs is worth at most twenty-odd yuan. It's really a waste of his talents to have a criminal investigation team leader like him handle such a small case.

However, since it concerned Liu Weidong, Wang Jianzhong couldn't ignore it. He nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, every crime this criminal has committed will be punished. We will definitely not let him off easily!"

After Wang Jianzhong finished speaking, he hurriedly left with Wu Pengming and his nephew, fearing that Liu Weidong might cause some trouble again.

"Heh, serves you right!" Liu Weidong sneered, then smiled at Wei Wanqing and said, "Senior sister, everything's alright now, let's go to the printing factory!"

The strong woman exclaimed in surprise, "Weren't you supposed to be selling eggs? You're leaving like this?"

"Just leave the egg business to Jianjun and Manager Li. We're all old friends, and I absolutely trust them!" Liu Weidong casually deferred the egg-selling business to others, and earnestly said to Wei Wanqing, "Compared to my little matter, Senior Sister's matter is definitely more important, and we must get it settled as soon as possible!"

These words made Wei Wanqing feel very comfortable, and she smiled smugly, saying, "Hmph, at least you have a conscience!"

Liu Weidong said in a serious tone, "That's a must, my senior sister's affairs are my affairs!"

Li Yongjiu could also tell that this beautiful woman must be someone important, otherwise Wang Jianzhong wouldn't have had that attitude earlier. He quickly seized the opportunity to say, "Brother Liu, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly with Xiao Hao, and I will absolutely not let you suffer any losses."

"Then I'll have to trouble Manager Li." Liu Weidong nodded with a smile, then whispered to Hao Jianjun, "Listen to Manager Li in everything. Today the eggs are 1.2 yuan a pound, don't overcharge them. We have to be honest in business, understand?"

Hao Jianjun nodded quickly and said, "Brother Weidong, don't worry, I understand!"

Liu Weidong nodded, and soon pushed his bicycle and left the restaurant with Wei Wanqing.

The strong woman told Liu Weidong that she had contacted a printing factory near the county town. However, the factory had never printed anything for private individuals before and sounded very indifferent on the phone.

Liu Weidong said confidently, "Now that the market economy is gradually being implemented, there's no reason not to take money that's offered to us. I'll talk to them, and I guarantee they'll agree. Senior Sister, you don't need to worry!"

After comforting Wei Wanqing, Liu Weidong said seemingly casually, "Senior sister, you know Captain Wang too?"

"Yes, during the last theft at the state-run store, he came to me and Dad to ask about your whereabouts on the day of the incident." The strong woman didn't lie to Liu Weidong, but she still didn't tell him that Wei Guohui was now a county magistrate.

Liu Weidong was happy to pretend he didn't know, so that their relationship would appear more genuine. He simply smiled and told Wei Wanqing, "When Jianjun and I were selling eggs last time, we ran into Teacher Wei. It seems he got promoted. He's the Dean of Students now, isn't he? Impressive!"

Wei Guohui had already instructed his daughter not to let Liu Weidong know about her job transfer for the time being. Now that he had brought it up himself, even the strong-willed woman didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, the two had already arrived at the entrance of the printing factory, and Wei Wanqing quickly changed the subject: "We're here!"

Sun Tao, the director of the printing factory, received the two men. After looking at the design drawings, he said with some difficulty, "To be honest, our factory has no problem printing this. But we are a collective factory and have never printed anything for individual businesses before."

These days, self-employed individuals are not as enviable as they would be ten years later, especially for factory leaders like Sun Tao. Self-employed individuals are even less desirable to them, and they have a natural resistance to doing business with them.

"Director Sun, there's a first time for everything," Liu Weidong said with a smile. "Right now, the country is strongly promoting the private sector, and more and more individual businesses will come to you for printing. You can't possibly refuse them all, can you? Otherwise, it will be difficult for the factory to survive!"

These words struck a chord with Sun Tao, who couldn't help but frown and say, "Don't even mention it. The factory has been shut down for half a month. If we don't get any more work, we'll have trouble paying wages next month!"

These collective enterprises differed from regular state-owned enterprises, where all expenses were borne by the state. Collective enterprises, however, were smaller, typically employing only a dozen or so people, and thus had to cover a portion of their own expenses. Therefore, the half-month printing shutdown greatly worried Sun Tao, causing him to develop many more gray hairs.

The more difficult the printing factory's situation, the more advantageous it would be for Liu Weidong, so he immediately continued, "As long as we take on this job, we'll solve the problem of sunflower seeds, and you'll solve the problem of the workers' wages. Isn't that perfect?"

Sun Tao hesitated and said, "That's true, but..."

Before Sun Tao could finish speaking, Liu Weidong decisively said, "One hundred trademarks cost one yuan. Let's print ten thousand first, and we'll cover the plate-making fee!"

Such good conditions tempted Sun Tao, and he couldn't continue after saying "however".

Liu Weidong then pressed his advantage, saying, "Besides the trademark, we also need two sizes of kraft paper bags, in the same quantity as the trademark. The large bags are two cents each, and the small ones are one cent each. They will all be made in your factory."

Besides the income from the trademark, there was also income from the bags, which made Sun Tao even more hesitant, and he felt that taking on this job was not a bad idea.

Liu Weidong, observing Sun Tao's expression, knew that Sun Tao was already very interested, and then said unhurriedly, "This is just the first batch of work. As long as our sunflower seeds sell well, we will need more trademarks and packaging bags in the future. We will make them all here with Director Sun!"

Sun Tao finally stopped hesitating and immediately decided, "Okay, I'll take the job!"