The film and television city starts from the courtyard

Chapter 2186 Already Planned

In fact, Zhao Shucheng had really expected this, and it was all thanks to Director Li.

When Zhao Shucheng went to the provincial capital to look for steel bars and cement, he had agreed with Director Li that Xiao Lei's construction team could build dormitories for the steel bar factory.

However, when it came to signing the contract, Director Li asked Zhao Shucheng whether their construction team had personnel with relevant construction technical qualifications.

This made Zhao Shucheng stunned for a moment. After all, there was no such saying in that era, and most construction teams just did their work directly, and no one had ever examined the situation in this regard.

Director Li saw Zhao Shucheng's expression and knew that Zhao Shucheng had not paid attention to this aspect. He couldn't help but said, "Dongbao, don't think I'm deliberately making things difficult for you. Although I know that you are an engineer, your construction qualifications are definitely no problem. But the provincial capital is different from other places. There are some related requirements, and there are certain qualifications. If you don't have them, you can find a university architecture student and have them affiliated with your construction team. At least this way, you won't be blocked from taking on projects because of this."

When Zhao Shucheng left the provincial capital, he stopped by the university and talked with the teachers of the Department of Architecture for a long time. He also knew how to obtain the relevant qualifications. He even had the corresponding certificates a long time ago, but he just forgot to take them out.

I still remember that Zhao Shucheng talked a lot with the teacher in the Department of Architecture at that time. Many of his ideas about architecture were things that the teacher had never thought of before, and even had not appeared in many foreign academic journals.

At that time, he wanted Zhao Shucheng to work in the school so as to spread some advanced architectural knowledge, but Zhao Shucheng refused. However, this teacher was also very considerate. Knowing that Zhao Shucheng did not have time to take the architectural qualification certificate, he directly asked someone to make one for him and mailed it to Zhao Shucheng.

The reason why Zhao Shucheng didn't take it out now was to teach Xiao Lei's family a profound lesson so that they wouldn't always be proud and complacent.

In fact, he had already discovered that since Xiao Lei's family's life was getting better and better, even the inspection team couldn't make things difficult for them. After Xiao Lei's family was even reported in the provincial newspaper, everyone became a little too proud of themselves.

Although they were still the same when facing Zhao Shucheng, but when they were outside, they were arrogant and looked down on others.

Zhao Shucheng knew that if this continued, Xiao Lei's family would become proud and complacent, and would suffer sooner or later, so he just stood by and watched, waiting for someone to pour a basin of cold water on them, so that they would be humble and calm down and develop with peace of mind.

Lei Shigen and Shi Hongwei didn't know what Zhao Shucheng was thinking, and said with some embarrassment: "But we don't know where to take the exam. We haven't even studied much, and we rely on experience. How can we take the exam?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "If you don't know, go and learn. The night university and TV university are right there. Don't you know how to go and learn? Why did the village run night school before? Wasn't it to let you learn more knowledge? Now that we need a qualification certificate, it's time for you to contribute. Take advantage of the fact that the construction team is not busy now and hurry up to register for the TV university and take the exam. You should know that this time we only require construction technical qualifications, and there may be other certificates to take later. Are we going to disband the construction team because of this?"

Shi Hongwei nodded fiercely and said, "Don't worry, Dongbao, I will definitely get this qualification certificate and ensure that the construction team will not encounter such a problem again."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "That's the best. Also, don't just focus on the technical qualification certificate. You should also learn more about construction-related certificates. If you have the chance, take all the exams to avoid such a bottleneck again."

"Okay, Dongbao, don't worry, there will never be such a problem in the future, unless the county deliberately makes a new certificate, and it is specifically for our Xiao Lei family."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "That won't happen. After all, the Lei family is now a name card in the county. They can suppress them secretly, but they can never put it on the table, otherwise it will be embarrassing for everyone."

After Shi Hongwei and Lei Shigen left, the old branch secretary sat there, looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Dongbao, have you been prepared for this?"

Zhao Shucheng pretended not to know and said, "Uncle, what are you talking about?"

"Don't play tricks on me. I know that a teacher from the architecture department of the provincial university mailed you something. Although I don't know what it is, I can feel it. It seems to be a book or a certificate. But why didn't you tell Shigen and the others so that they don't have to worry about the construction team?"

Zhao Shucheng didn't expect that the old branch secretary had guessed it. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Otherwise it would have to be you. You are really knowledgeable."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Shucheng continued, "Uncle, I think Shigen and his men have become a little arrogant recently. Since our village no longer has to worry about money, and now it's even on the provincial newspaper, they look down on others. Although there's nothing wrong with this, I still know that arrogance will lead to failure."

"Although the Lei family is very active now, in fact, none of our factories have much technical content. The brick and tile factory is facing competition now, and other companies will also face such competition in the future. It's just that we have the support of foreign trade orders from the bamboo weaving factory, so we can persist. But if one day, foreign trade orders are gone, can we still keep fighting price wars with others like this?"

After hearing this, the old Party Secretary sighed and said, "What can we do? You can see that the people in our village are not well educated, so they can only do manual labor like this."

Zhao Shucheng said, "Uncle, I know the current situation, so we need to let the villagers learn more knowledge. In the future, the village must not only do manual labor, but also run some technological enterprises to widen the gap with other villages and avoid having the same competitors in the county. Of course, it is impossible to completely eliminate competition. After all, we can't do anything too high-tech."

Zhao Shucheng stood up and looked at the village outside. He said, "Uncle, just because we can't do it now doesn't mean we can't do it in the future. Our generation suffered from lack of education, but we can't let the next generation continue like this. So I want to cultivate a love of learning in the village, and let the children be influenced by it. In the future, we will strive to have college students in every household. Then our Xiaolei family can study technology on their own and make it impossible for other companies to compete with us."

  The old branch secretary didn't expect Zhao Shucheng to say this. You know, Xiao Lei's family doesn't have a college student yet, but now he wants every household to have a college student. Is this possible?

But he hoped that this was true, because if it could be realized, then even if he died, he could speak loudly to his ancestors.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng had another idea. If Xiaolei's family wanted to develop better, they would have to go abroad sooner or later. After all, although Xiaolei's family was close to the county town, the surrounding transportation environment was not very good. Previously, the foreign trade orders of the bamboo weaving factory faced the problem of transportation. They were specially transported to the dock of Liangyuan City by tractors, transferred to the Magic City, and then transported out.

This is not the future. Large-scale highway construction has not yet begun. Most of the roads in the county are still dirt roads, and transporting materials is not as easy as it will be in the future.

The handicrafts of the bamboo weaving factory can be made in this way, but if the Lei family develops other factories in the future, will they have to keep transporting them out in this way? Even if the Lei family wants to build the road themselves, it is not so easy to solve, especially when a village is leading the road construction. Not to mention other things, whether the surrounding villages are willing or not is a big problem.

After all, if you build a road, widening the road will occupy farmland. Xiao Lei's own farmland is easy to solve, after all, they are still willing to listen to Zhao Shucheng's words. But other villages are a bit difficult, especially when farmland is more important than one's life, it is even more difficult.

Especially since Xiao Lei's family is so rich now, those whose farmland may be occupied will definitely ask for a lot of money. Even if Zhao Shucheng asked County Magistrate Xu to come forward, it would be difficult at that time. Because in this way, it will become a fund-raising situation. The local government will pay a little, the higher-level government will subsidize a little, and the rest will depend on the villages around the highway to pay.

After those people knew about Xiao Lei's instigation, they would definitely ask Xiao Lei to pay the most, or even the full amount, which would undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among Xiao Lei. In the end, it was because Xiao Lei's location was not good, not along the railway or near the waterway.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng never mentioned these things to anyone else. After all, it is not so easy for people to accept working away from home now.

Not long after, Lao Hou and Sibao also returned triumphantly from the Magic City. This time they gained a lot in the Magic City. Not only did they sell Xiao Lei's family's current rabbit fur, they even made agreements with many manufacturers regarding the future supply of rabbit fur.

Not only will Xiao Lei's family have a source of rabbit hair this year, but there will be no problem even if the rabbit hair production doubles in the future.

The old monkey was very careful this time. Not only did he sign the contract, he even got to know several wool spinning mills in the Magic City very well. They had a huge demand for rabbit hair, and the current output of the Lei family was far from meeting their needs.

"Secretary, I want to discuss something with you. You see, the demand for rabbit fur in this Magic City is so great, and our county encourages everyone to raise Angora rabbits. Do you think we can also set up a purchasing station in our village?"

Zhao Shucheng looked at the old monkey and said, "Sit down and talk!"

"Look, every year we buy rabbit fur from the county and sell it to Shanghai. The prices of both are easy to control. You see, if we fluctuate a little bit, we can make a lot of money."

Zhao Shucheng looked at the old monkey and said, "You want to be the manager of this rabbit fur purchasing station, right?"

"Haha, I just want to learn from the secretary and make contributions to our village. I was thinking that we could contract the land and the brick factory to work on a piecework basis. If you let me contract the purchasing station, I promise to pay enough levy to our brigade every year."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "No way. If you really want to do it, I can pay you a monthly salary, or even a year-end bonus, but contracting is impossible."

"No, why not? I know this well, I can definitely do it well, and I won't let the village suffer any loss."

Zhao Shucheng looked at the old monkey meaningfully and said, "I know what you are thinking, but this cannot be true. First, you do not have enough capital. The purchasing station needs the village to advance the funds for the purchase, but the profits go into your own pocket. The villagers will not agree to this."

"Secondly, the purchasing station can earn a certain amount of difference from the price, but in principle, it is still to find a market for the rabbit fur in the village, and making money is not the main purpose."

"Finally, if you were asked to do it, the farms would definitely have objections. After all, they can find sales channels themselves, or even set up their own purchasing stations. Then, price wars would inevitably occur, which would not be worth the loss."

Zhao Shucheng originally wanted to set up a purchasing station at the rabbit hair farm, but after much hesitation, he decided to directly set up a special rabbit hair purchasing and sales company. However, he could let Lao Houhuan be the sales manager, and when other people in the village have figured out the channels, he could take up the position to prevent the old guy from causing any trouble again.

Although the old monkey was somewhat unwilling, he knew that his financial resources alone were not enough to support the establishment of a purchasing station, so he had no choice but to agree to Zhao Shucheng's request.

Xiao Lei's rabbit hair purchasing station was officially established and began to purchase rabbit hair from all over the county at high prices, which were much higher than the prices of the county purchasing stations. Therefore, rabbit hair breeders from all over the country sent their rabbit hair to Xiao Lei's purchasing station.

The purchasing station in the county did not understand the situation at first. They just felt that the amount of rabbit hair delivered was decreasing. But not long after, they discovered that the purchasing station's warehouse was empty. Only then did they realize that Xiao Lei's family was competing with them.

The county brick factory could no longer compete with Xiao Lei's family on low prices. After all, Xiao Lei's family produced mostly hollow bricks, which had lower costs than them. Moreover, they received subsidies from other industries in the village, so they could hold on even at lower prices. However, the county brick and tile factory was different. They had to be responsible for their own profits and losses. Seeing that they were losing money and couldn't even pay their employees' wages, they had no choice but to stop production and seek reconciliation with Xiao Lei's family.

Unfortunately, Zhao Shucheng no longer had the final say. After all, even if Zhao Shucheng and his team restored the original price, the brick and tile factories in other villages might not agree. After all, the price war was started by the county brick and tile factory, and they had suffered an unexpected disaster and were on the verge of bankruptcy. Now they could sell the bricks on hand at a slightly higher price. As long as they could cover the cost, they could support themselves for a while longer. Naturally, they were not willing to sell at the same price as Xiao Lei's family.

After all, their brick and tile factory was established only a short time ago and is not as famous as Xiao Lei's. If they lose their price advantage, their competitiveness will definitely not be as good as Xiao Lei's.