The film and television city starts from the courtyard

Chapter 2179 Canton Fair

Zhao Shucheng didn’t think too much about it at first. He had respect for Lei’s mother and love for his wife.

But in Lei's mother's eyes, Zhao Shucheng had married a wife and forgotten his mother. Her son used to be all by himself, but now he has someone to share with, so she is naturally unhappy.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng knew a good solution, which was to give birth to a child quickly and let her take care of the child. However, Zhao Shucheng did not want to have a child so soon. On the one hand, he and Song Yunping were very busy and had no time to take care of the child. On the other hand, the family was now a little better off. Raising a child would reduce the quality of life and make the child suffer.

After much thought, Zhao Shucheng finally came up with a solution, which was to build a new house for his mother first. Then they would not live together in the future, and naturally there would not be so many conflicts.

When Zhao Shucheng told Song Yunping about this, Song Yunping's eyes lit up. In fact, she didn't really care that her mother-in-law said bad things about her, but she was embarrassed to mention it because of Zhao Shucheng.

Now that Zhao Shucheng had taken the initiative to propose it, she naturally agreed and began to calculate how much money was left in the family and whether it was enough to build a new house.

The two men calculated that the combined income of the past few months was just enough to build a new brick house, so Zhao Shucheng went to find someone to level the land and renovate the house the next day.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng was actually thinking of buying a TV so that Song Yunping could go to TV University without leaving home, so she wouldn't have to run around all day.

Time flies, and the Canton Fair is approaching.

Zhao Shucheng had already obtained the quota for the Canton Fair that County Magistrate Xu had applied for. After discussing with the village cadres, he and the old branch secretary took several workers from the bamboo weaving factory to Guangzhou, while the others stayed in the village to manage the work according to the division of labor.

Zhao Shucheng saw that many people were actually looking forward to going to big cities to broaden their horizons, so he said, "Don't worry, I will go with the old secretary to explore the way this time. Later, our village will continue to participate in the Canton Fair. Everyone can take turns to go and broaden their horizons. Don't just focus on the small piece of land in front of you."

After hearing Zhao Shucheng say that they would take turns going, those who couldn't go became happy. Especially Siyan and Sibao, one was worried that he was not Zhao Shucheng's direct subordinate, and the other liked such things, so naturally he hoped to go and broaden his horizons, so that he could show off when he came back.

Zhao Shucheng and the villagers set off with large and small bags on their backs. They first took the village tractor to the bus station in the county town, then took a bus to the provincial capital, and then took a train from the provincial capital to Guangzhou to attend the Canton Fair.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng and his team mainly brought some samples, such as bamboo handicrafts and wall hangings, which were basically the same. It was impossible to transport living things directly to the Canton Fair.

The old branch secretary was still somewhat calm, but after those young people got on the train, they looked around excitedly like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

This made the old branch secretary a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but scold them a few times, asking them to restrain themselves and not bring shame to Xiao Lei's family. In fact, they had already been amazed when they were on the platform before. After all, for a few people who had never been to the county town, all this was too incredible.

Especially when they were waiting for the train to arrive on the platform, a locomotive as big as a hill came running towards them with the whistle blowing, almost scaring several young people to death, and they all looked terrified.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng understood them very well. After all, these people had never seen a train before, so their reaction was a bit exaggerated. This also made Zhao Shucheng deeply understand that Xiao Lei's family should not be so complacent. At least they should have a TV so that the villagers can better understand the outside world through TV.

After the train started, accompanied by the sound of clanging, Lao Wu said excitedly: "Brother Dongbao, the train is moving. You see, this train is made entirely of steel and is so large, how big an engine must it have to drive it?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "You are surprised by what you have seen. Haven't you seen that the train is moving on the rails, so there is less resistance. Now I tell you that you still don't understand. The literacy class in our village needs to teach you more knowledge."

"Do we still need to attend classes? We can already read and write, and we have no problem reading a newspaper."

Zhao Shucheng said: "Being able to read newspapers is not enough. You have all seen the development of Xiao Lei's family in recent times. Now we have a brick kiln factory, a breeding farm, and a bamboo weaving factory, but this is just primary processing and does not require much technology. Sooner or later, other villages will see us making money and they will follow suit."

"The simplest one is the brick kiln factory. I heard that several nearby villages are preparing to build brick factories. When the number of bricks produced increases, if the supply exceeds the demand, we will face price competition."

After hearing this, the old branch secretary asked curiously, "Dongbao, what do you mean by oversupply and price competition?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "Uncle, actually, supply exceeds demand, which means that the bricks produced are more than the people need. After all, the purchasing power around is limited, and it is impossible for people to build houses every day. When sales decrease, other villages will continue to produce bricks and tiles. When they cannot be sold, supply exceeds demand. Price competition is very simple. When other villages see that bricks and tiles cannot be sold, they will lower the price, and then a price war will be triggered. You sell for five cents a piece, I sell for four and a half cents a piece, and then others sell for three cents, and in the end, the price may not even be enough to cover the cost."

"Dongbao, no one would be so stupid, right? Who would do such a thing to gain publicity at a loss?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "If I have no other options, I will do something that will make me lose money but gain publicity. Then we will see who can't stand it first. The village that can't stand it will naturally close the brick kiln, or even demolish it in anger. Then I will persist. Others will know that the brick kiln business is a losing business and will no longer enter this industry. Then I can monopolize the business of the entire county, and naturally I can restore the original price, or even raise the price, and I will naturally be able to make back the money I lost."

"In fact, this is similar to farming and breeding. For grain, which is regulated by the government, it is not so difficult to say that there will not be too big price fluctuations. However, it is different for other agricultural products. For example, some cash crops, at the beginning, few people plant them, so naturally the price is high. But when others see the high price, they follow suit and plant them. However, when there are too many of these things, the price naturally cannot go up. In the end, they lose money and no one plants them, so the price goes up again."

"The situation is similar in the breeding industry. For example, in the beginning, there were few people raising pigs, and the price of pork was high. Others saw that raising pigs was profitable, and they all started raising pigs, which naturally caused the price of pork to go down. Then, there were naturally fewer people raising pigs, and the price of pork went up again. Of course, this is a situation that will only occur after the market is liberalized. Now we still have a planned economy, so this situation is unlikely to occur."

After hearing this, the old branch secretary said worriedly: "Dongbao, you don't think there will be a price war like you mentioned, right? The brick kilns in our village are fine, but if this happens in the breeding farm, the villagers will not be able to afford it." Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, our village will not have such a situation. Because I don't intend to let our village only engage in the most basic breeding. If our trip goes well, I think if we can make money, or even if the order volume is large, we will purchase a batch of machinery and open a factory directly. The price of rabbit hair is so high, and the price of products produced from rabbit hair will naturally not be low."

After hearing this, the old branch secretary patted Zhao Shucheng on the shoulder and said, "Dongbao, I feel relieved when you say that. Go ahead and do it. I will support you from behind."

When the other young people heard this, they blinked their eyes from time to time. Although they didn’t quite understand what Zhao Shucheng was going to do, as long as it was for the good of Xiao Lei’s family, they were naturally willing to do it.

Just as the group was imagining how much money they could make and how to make life better for the village after arriving at the Canton Fair, the old branch secretary had another question.

"Dongbao, do you think we need to find a translator after we get to Yangcheng? We want to sell things to foreigners, but if they can't speak foreign languages, how can we communicate?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled after hearing this and said, "Uncle, don't worry about this. I picked up my wife to go to TVU and learned a little foreign language. Although I can't write, I have no problem communicating."

The group chatted and laughed on the train and successfully arrived in Guangzhou a day later.

After taking the invitation letter and asking passers-by for directions, Zhao Shucheng and his friends went straight to a guesthouse near the Canton Fair and settled down, waiting for the Canton Fair to open.

During the period, Zhao Shucheng and his colleagues also saw many other companies participating in the Canton Fair. Many of them brought dozens of masks, including some women and children, who obviously took the opportunity to travel on public funds.

Actually, it makes sense if you think about it. After all, Guangzhou can be said to be the first place to open up and has developed the fastest. Especially compared with many cities in the north and inland areas, it is incredibly prosperous. The various foreign products are very tempting to many people.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng could still feel that many companies still attached great importance to this Canton Fair. After all, if they could successfully make a deal, it would be a legitimate way to earn foreign exchange, which would be of great help to the factory.

During these few days, Zhao Shucheng and the old branch secretary were not only in the hotel, but also setting up booths at the Canton Fair, striving to give outsiders a better sense of the product craftsmanship of the bamboo weaving factory, thereby attracting orders.

However, for the young people in the village, they were a little curious at first, but after the Canton Fair booths were actually set up, they felt that it was similar to the market in the town, except that the products here had more technological content.

Zhao Shucheng and his team's stall was not big, just a space of more than 30 square meters. There were some crane vases, flower baskets, fruit baskets, etc. placed in the front, and a wall hanging directly at the back with a picture of a panda eating bamboo shoots.

This is a pattern carefully selected by Zhao Shucheng. After all, the panda is a national treasure of China and is still very attractive to foreigners.

The full name of the Canton Fair is the China Import and Export Commodity Trade Fair, so not only domestic companies set up stalls here, but also foreign companies have stalls here. Moreover, the entire Canton Fair lasts for half a month. Zhao Shucheng is not in a hurry. Instead, he plans to let the old branch secretary and others receive other people here, and he will go shopping first to see if there is anything that Xiao Lei's family can use.

After walking around, Zhao Shucheng analyzed a little bit, that is, the domestic exhibition area is mostly some mineral resources, rough processing fragments, and local specialties, such as porcelain, tea, silk thorns, and of course agricultural products, such as wild vegetables, etc. Zhao Shucheng's bamboo weaving products should actually be considered local specialties.

It can be seen from these stalls that the country still relies on resource exports in exchange for foreign exchange, and light industrial products, handicrafts and agricultural products with low profit margins are just icing on the cake.

On the contrary, foreign companies are different. Most of them have agricultural machinery products, seed products, fertilizer stands, pesticide stands, and mid- and low-end mechanical processing machine tool booths, which are mainly related to mid- and low-end industrial products and agricultural equipment.

After Zhao Shucheng took a look around, he preliminarily decided on the equipment that Xiao Lei's family would purchase in the future, but he did not go up to communicate directly. After all, he did not know how many orders he could get this time, nor did he know the specific amount of money.

However, Zhao Shucheng is very sure of one thing, if Xiao Lei's family wants to develop, they can't just engage in such low-end products. In the future, they must have their own characteristics, or at least their own technology, so as not to be controlled by others.

After Zhao Shucheng returned to Xiao Lei's booth, the old branch secretary quickly pulled Zhao Shucheng aside and said that many people had come here to check the situation, but they did not understand foreign languages, so they could only take out the note Zhao Shucheng had left here and asked them to come back tomorrow to discuss cooperation.

Seeing that the old branch secretary looked a little anxious, Zhao Shucheng comforted him and promised that he would not wander around again, which made him feel relieved.

In the next half month, Zhao Shucheng received many foreigners and introduced them to the products of Xiao Lei's bamboo weaving factory, especially some exquisite wall-mounted photos, which fascinated them. So they quickly signed the order and even paid part of the deposit, waiting for Zhao Shucheng and others to deliver the goods.

The old branch secretary looked at the orders one by one, counted the amounts on them, and smiled happily. Other people in the bamboo weaving factory were also very happy. After all, the bamboo weaving factory had always relied on the brigade's salary to survive. Now that it can make a profit, it can finally hold its head up in the village.

Zhao Shucheng was naturally very happy. Even if he couldn't spend such a large amount of foreign exchange directly, after returning to the county, the Xiao Lei family would be the heroes of the county. Even if others wanted to cause trouble for the Xiao Lei family, they would have to think twice.

What's more, Zhao Shucheng has already thought of a use for the money, which is to repay the loan from the credit union first, and then expand the scale of Angora rabbit breeding in the village and the production scale of the bamboo weaving factory.

After getting the next order at the Canton Fair next year, Zhao Shucheng will build an angora rabbit hair processing factory in the village to process the rabbit hair and produce corresponding products.