Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Chapter 246 Xu Damao Eyes the Chef Service Team

The last time Xu Damao was stopped by Sha Zhu from destroying the four olds in the courtyard, after he demonstrated his strength, he became resentful and often thought of how he was bullied and beaten by Sha Zhu since he was a child. He finally became a deputy section chief but was defeated by Sha Zhu's apprentice. Now he is a popular figure around Li Huaide, and he wants to settle all the new and old grudges together.

In the steamy mist of the steel mill canteen's back kitchen, Xu Damao squinted his eyes and stared at the "Service Rules of the Chef Service Team" posted on the wall and the chef service team's shift schedule on a blackboard. His eyes gradually became sharper and the corners of his mouth slowly began to rise.

"Director Li, please take a look at this." Xu Damao respectfully placed a stack of materials on Li Huaide's desk. "Last year, Shazhu's chef service team went out to host more than 2 banquets. If we take a minimum commission of 30 yuan each time, the money on the books alone is more than yuan."

Li Huaide stood up and stretched his waist, "Da Mao, what are you doing..."

"I'm speaking up for the revolutionary masses!" Xu Damao took a half step closer and poked his finger heavily on the paper. "Why do the cooks get so much out of their 55%? The workers sweat so hard to earn a few dollars. The leaders work so hard but still don't get as much as they do." He lowered his voice. "What's more suspicious is, did the money go to places it shouldn't go?"

Outside the window, a sycamore leaf fell on the windowsill. Li Huaide's eyes stayed on the leaf for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "That makes sense. So, you take someone to check their account books."

Xu Damao was delighted, but then he heard Li Huaide add: "Remember, follow the rules. He Yuzhu is now the 'advanced model' in the district."

That afternoon, Xu Damao and his men rushed into the second canteen's kitchen. He deliberately chose the break time after lunch, when seven or eight cooks and helpers were napping on benches.

"Everyone, get up! The Revolutionary Committee is checking the accounts!" Xu Damao kicked over the slop bucket.

Liu Lan didn't even raise her head when she heard the voice: "Team Leader Xu, we don't have the Four Olds here."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Xu Damao took out a piece of official document and said to Liu Lan, "Director Li ordered us to thoroughly check the accounts of the chef service team!"

Ma Hua was about to argue, but Liu Lan stopped him with a look. She trembled and said, "Team Leader Xu may have come to the wrong place to check our canteen. All our accounts are in Director He's office."

Xu Damao frowned, "Don't you have your own accounts in each canteen? How many vegetables did you buy, how many steamed buns and rice did you steam, how many portions did you sell and how much did you charge? Don't you have a record?"

Liu Lan shook her head. "Director He arranged for me how much vegetables and food to have for next week based on the amount sold last week. This way, there will be no waste. Therefore, all our canteen accounts are with Director He. You can find Director He and everything will be clear at a glance." Liu Lan leaned back in her chair and waved her hand. "Go quickly, don't delay our rest."

Seeing that Liu Lan really closed her eyes, Xu Damao sucked his teeth but didn't dare to show them. He called people to go to Sha Zhu's office - a three-room bungalow next to the first canteen. When they arrived at the place, Xu Damao didn't dare to break in like he did in the second canteen. Instead, he knocked on the door patiently. He only entered when he heard Sha Zhu calling "Come in" from inside.

I saw Sha Zhu sitting behind an office desk. In front of him were two desks placed side by side. Behind the two desks sat two men, one middle-aged and the other slightly younger.

Xu Damao took out the document given by Li Huaide and said, "Director He, I'm sorry. I'm here to check the accounts on the orders of Director Li. Please give me all the relevant accounts of the canteen and the chef service team. I will take them away and give them to the finance department for inspection."

Sha Zhu said to the young man across the street: "Wang, take them to that house and move them there. You follow them."

Xiao Wang nodded and said to Xu Damao, "Team Leader Xu, please come with me. There are quite a few of you here, just enough to move."

Xu Damao didn't expect it to be so smooth, and looked at Sha Zhu suspiciously. Suddenly, he noticed that the other party was smiling at him.

The account book was soon emptied. Xu Damao led people to check overnight and found that every income and expenditure was clearly recorded: 55% of the chef service team's income was given as a bonus to the team members, and 45% was handed over to the factory, and the 45% was all used to subsidize the employees' one free meal per week. The canteen's purchase and sales records were very detailed, and every item was recorded clearly.

"Impossible!" Xu Damao threw the account book on the table. "How can Sha Zhu be so clean?" He paced around the office anxiously, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Go check the ingredients they bought! There must be something wrong with the price!"

The next day, the audit team went to the vegetable company and the grain station. The purchase price in the canteen's account book was exactly the same as the other party's record, and it was indeed much cheaper than the retail price. Xu Damao also secretly asked people from the two units if anyone took kickbacks, but he was almost beaten up. Can you ask and say such things casually at this time?

"Our Director He never handles money matters alone," Xiao Wang explained proudly, "We negotiated these prices together. Director He also showed off his cooking skills. Our brother units are also very supportive. The food and food they deliver are fast and fresh."

Xu Damao did not find any trouble in the accounts, but he found out the income of the chef service team. Last year, the chef service team took 268 banquets of various sizes and collected 8560 yuan in service fees. Although it was affected a lot in the second half of this year, it still took 126 banquets and collected 4920 yuan in service fees. The chefs took 7414 yuan. This amount of money may not be much for a unit, but for an individual, it is an astronomical figure. In particular, from the accounts, Sha Zhu made more than 6 yuan. These figures made Xu Damao's eyes red. He knew that the chefs in the chef service team made money, but he didn't expect them to make so much.

Xu Damao's fingers were shaking as he held the account book. The numbers burned his eyes like a red-hot iron. More than 40 yuan - this was equivalent to his entire year's salary! This was after he spent two gold bars to get on Li Huaide's boat this year, and Li Huaide gave him a raise. If he had been a level projectionist before, he would only have earned yuan! What's even more hateful is that this is only the income on the surface. Who knows how much Sha Zhu has made behind the scenes? Anyway, Xu Damao didn't believe that Sha Zhu's ass was so clean.

He slammed the account book shut, his eyes bloodshot. Outside the window, Sha Zhu was leading the chef service team to load cooking utensils onto a tricycle. It seemed that they were going to the military district to prepare a banquet. In the sunshine, the chefs were smiling so hard that their teeth were showing. Ma Hua had a brand new wool scarf hanging around his neck.

"He Yuzhu..." Xu Damao muttered with gritted teeth, and suddenly picked up the phone: "Connect me to Director Li's office!"

On the other end of the phone, Li Huaide was silent for a moment after listening to the report: "Da Mao, these money are all in the open account, we can't find any handle."

"Director Li!" Xu Damao's voice changed in a hurry. "Think about it, a cook earns more than an engineer. Is this reasonable? What will the workers think if they know?"

There was a sound of a lighter coming from the phone, and Li Huaide seemed to be lighting a cigarette: "You mean..."

"They should be restricted from taking private jobs!" Xu Damao lowered his voice, "Or...the service team should be directly managed by the factory and the income should be handed over to the state!"