Nearly ten o'clock, Zhao Xiaoqing finally called.
"There was an emergency meeting this morning, and I just got back to the exchange. Are you still at the exchange?"
Zhao Xiaoqing asked on the phone.
"Yes."
Upon learning that Tang Li was at the物资交易所 (Material Exchange), Zhao Xiaoqing quickly sent someone to pick her up and take her to her place.
For the past month, whenever she had the chance, Zhao Xiaoqing would invite Tang Li over. Tang Li had long grown accustomed to it.
Tang Li already knew that Zhao Xiaoqing was a face-con.
The reason she was so friendly towards her was purely because of her good looks.
Of course, if Tang Li were just pretty and didn't have material allocation coupons, she would likely be like in her previous life; even if they had met while distributing relief supplies, there would have been no further interaction.
It was precisely because Tang Li was the prettiest among the "VIPs" who possessed a large number of material allocation coupons that Zhao Xiaoqing sought her out from time to time in this life.
"Oh, Xiao Tang, you don't know, that cold snap last night killed quite a few people!"
"At 6 AM this morning, leaders at all levels of our A City officials convened a meeting to discuss how to cope with this sudden severe cold."
As soon as they met, Zhao Xiaoqing said.
Although Tang Li already knew the official response plan for A City, she graciously asked, "Director Zhao, how does the government plan to respond?"
Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoqing briefly explained the content of the morning meeting to Tang Li.
The first was the requisition of anti-cold and warming supplies.
"Xiao Tang, the compensation for the cotton clothes and quilts in your warehouse has already been increased. And they are listed as mandatory requisition supplies."
"I'll have someone come to your warehouse to inventory them later. I estimate the compensation will be at least 5,000 material allocation coupons."
The second was to continue requisitioning houses to resettle disaster victims.
The temporary disaster relief points temporarily set up by A City before had poor anti-cold and warming capabilities. At least, they could not cope with the severe cold of minus 50 degrees Celsius.
Now, the disaster victims in those temporary resettlement points all needed to be resettled.
"Xiao Tang, don't you still have several properties that were previously flooded? As long as they have strong anti-cold and warming capabilities, they will now also be requisitioned to resettle disaster victims."
The third was about the "official cooperative partners."
"The temporary material exchange points this morning were really met with widespread discontent."
"Whether it's our staff distributing supplies or the citizens coming to exchange for them, the dissatisfaction is immense."
"The leadership has decided to select suitable locations in residential areas across the city to set up fixed indoor material distribution centers, making it convenient for nearby residents to exchange for and collect relief supplies."
"However, with just the manpower from our material department, this cannot be achieved."
When Tang Li heard this, it finally touched upon the purpose of her visit, and she immediately perked up.
"Xiao Tang, I heard you own quite a few properties that are shops? And you run a supermarket?" Zhao Xiaoqing asked.
Tang Li nodded and said, "Yes. The supermarket just finished its renovation yesterday and is preparing to reopen."
"What a coincidence!"
Zhao Xiaoqing clapped her hands and asked with a smile,
"Would you be willing to become an official cooperative partner?"
Tang Li raised an eyebrow and still asked, "What is an official cooperative partner, and what do I need to do?"
Zhao Xiaoqing explained:
"Didn't I just say that with only the manpower from our material department, we cannot set up fixed material distribution centers city-wide?"
"Official cooperative partners are responsible for assisting the government in managing the material distribution centers in various areas. Generally, reputable merchants are selected from each region to take on this role."
"What the merchants need to do is recruit personnel from their respective areas to help manage the materials stored there, making it convenient for nearby residents to exchange and collect them. The government will provide these recruited individuals with a daily remuneration of 10 points, and will also dispatch armed forces to protect these materials."
Tang Li naturally knew about these matters.
She immediately nodded and said, "To help the government and benefit the people of the region, I will not shirk my responsibility!"