Xu Dong nodded: "Each person has a big bag, which contains more than a dozen kinds of snacks, and there are also two boxes of yogurt. Uncle Sun, you can choose whatever you want, I will take a rest."
"Okay, I'll take it myself." The male colleague picked a bag, opened it, looked at it, and then gave a thumbs up:
"Xiao Xu, you didn't say anything. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to my uncle. If he can help, he will definitely help you."
With so many snacks, I can save enough to feed my grandson for a few months. Given the current situation, this is much more cost-effective than simply having a meal. It is indeed a great favor.
Xu Dong shook his head and said modestly: "Not much. My family opened a convenience store before, and I still have some inventory on hand."
"No wonder! Let me tell you...there are so many snacks that can't be bought in the market now. I don't know when this day will end?" the male colleague said with emotion.
Xu Dong curled his lips, "Where are we now? The hard days are still to come!"
Especially in a country-wide system like Daxia, when the situation is really at a critical moment of life and death, no matter how wealthy businessmen or powerful people are given an order from above, everyone will have to suffer along with them.
"It should be soon!" Xu Dongyan agreed insincerely.
Next, colleagues from the security department came to work one after another. Everyone received a big gift package, and everyone was surprised.
The three female colleagues even tried their best to "rob" a lot of snacks under the guise that men should not eat snacks, which almost caused public outrage and made the whole office noisy.
It even attracted many people from other departments to watch.
When Section Chief Li came to the office, he saw such a scene.
"Why are you making such a fuss? Go and change clothes quickly. You're going to work soon."
Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and Xu Dong took a deep breath. These old fritters in the group system were not active at work, but they were good at quarreling and bickering.
Section Chief Li glanced at Xu Dong and said in a serious voice: "Come to my office later."
Xu Dong did not dare to delay, carrying a big bag and two boxes of yogurt, and followed Section Chief Li into the office.
"Uncle Li, this is your share." Xu Dong casually put the things on the sofa.
Section Chief Li nodded, and then softened his tone: "Next time, keep a low profile. If you do this, everyone in the company will probably know about it, and it will have a bad impact."
"I'm sorry, Uncle Li, I didn't think well. I really didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic." Xu Dong said awkwardly.
"Okay, let's forget it this time. Be careful next time. If you have something to do, try to do it after get off work and don't make it known to everyone."
Xu Dong nodded.
Section Chief Li then asked, "I see there is another bag on your desk. Is it for Director Su?"
"Yes, you also know..."
"I understand! It's not appropriate for you to come forward now, so I'll deliver it for you!"
Afraid that Xu Dong would misunderstand, Section Chief Li then explained: "Everyone is staring at you. You will stay at the north gate today and don't go anywhere. You'll want to avoid the limelight first."
"I understand, I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Li!" Xu Dong thanked him quickly.
"Okay, go to work quickly!"
Hearing the word "go to work", Xu Dong suddenly slapped his thigh hard and said angrily: "Oh no, I forgot to clock in this morning!"
Section Chief Li waved his hand: "It's okay. I'll give you a note later and tell you to arrange for you to go out."
"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Xu Dong thanked him again.
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After the "snacks" incident, Xu Dong became famous throughout the electric power company. Everyone knew that there was a capable person "Xu Dong" in the security department who could get the goods in short supply, so they all came to inquire.
Xu Dong was extremely annoyed and explained over and over again. After hiding for half a month, the incident completely subsided.
At this time, May has quietly arrived.
On the first day of May, as Wang Xiujuan said, the prices of water, electricity and gas have increased across the board, and the price increases have been astonishing.
Among them, the price of tap water has risen the most exaggeratedly. Although the tiered charges have been cancelled, the unit price has increased by twenty times from the original 5 yuan per ton.
Came to 100 yuan per ton.
The whole country was in an uproar for a while, but it also triggered a fanatical pursuit of desalination plants by private capital.
After all, with the current level of technology, people can successfully control the cost of seawater desalination to about 5 yuan per ton.
The profits from this can be imagined to be huge.
However, it should be noted that this cost is the cost before the solar flare broke out, not the current cost.
As for the current cost, no one knows. After all, the domestic industrial chain has only recovered less than 35%, which is already far ahead of other countries.
In addition to water prices, the increase in electricity prices is also not small. The residential electricity price alone has risen to 3.8 yuan per kilowatt hour, and unnecessary tiered charges have also been cancelled.
Calculated based on this price, a normal household consumes about 300 kilowatt hours of electricity per month, which means that the electricity bill alone will cost more than 1,000 yuan.
Especially in the current climate, air conditioning is a necessity. Even if the power consumption doubles, it is normal.
Who is willing to spend this money?
Suddenly, many families no longer dared to turn on the air conditioner, and electric fans suddenly became popular.
Fortunately, the price of heating has not increased much, at least people will not freeze to death at night.
The one that has risen the least is gas. Thanks to the plummeting global raw material prices, gas prices have only increased "slightly" by less than 50%.
However, none of the above has much to do with Lao Xu's family. Even if the water price rises sharply, they can still afford it.
At the moment, Xu Dong and his family are mainly focusing on how to sell electric fans. The sudden outbreak of electric fan fever has made the family ecstatic.
Xu Dong also agreed with selling electric fans. Firstly, this thing took up too much space. Secondly, the price was high enough, not much less than that of later generations.
"Mom, let's sell it ourselves. How long will it last? Maybe we will be targeted by the Price Bureau. Then fines and fines will be trivial. If we get caught by the Bureau, it will be troublesome." Xu Dong advised.
Making money is a good thing, but it cannot make you stupid.
"Mom, I know, you can also find a wholesaler, but the price can't be too low."
Xu's mother thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth. Besides, her younger son had just joined a state-owned enterprise. If something happened to him, he might not even be able to secure his job, which would be more of a loss than a gain.
When Xu Dong saw that his mother had agreed, he immediately called Boss Wang. Boss Wang was the person who sold him the electric fan last time.
"Hey, is this Boss Wang?"
"I am, who are you?"
Xu Dong was a little embarrassed. It seemed that Boss Wang was so angry last time that he even deleted his phone number.
"I'm Xu Dong. I bought a warehouse of electric fans from you before. Have you forgotten?"
After being reminded, Boss Wang suddenly remembered and asked quickly: "Mr. Xu, have you sold those electric fans?"
"not yet!"
"Congratulations, you are going to make a fortune." Boss Wang said sourly.