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Zhao Shucheng smiled and shook his head, saying: "Pingping, you can't think like that. Xiaohui is a college student. He can come here, and other people can't gossip about him."

However, Zhao Shucheng did not continue to argue with Song Yunping. Instead, he helped her go back and rest for a while. He then told his mother the good news and asked her to help take care of Song Yunping when she had time.

Previously, Lei's mother and Song Yunping had a big disagreement because of their living habits and having children. So they lived separately, and since then, Lei's mother rarely came to Zhao Shucheng's house. But this time, after hearing that Song Yunping was pregnant, she suddenly changed like a different person, coming to the house every day with a smile to cook and take care of Song Yunping.

While Xiao Lei's family was developing smoothly under Zhao Shucheng's guidance, other places were not as peaceful as Xiao Lei's family.

Due to the booming economy in various regions, many enterprises have encountered the problem of insufficient working capital in production. Enterprises have begun to default on payments to each other, and the situation of first payment and then payment has begun to appear. Many enterprises have begun to fall into a tug-of-war of triangular debts. Many projects have run out of funds halfway through, or they have fallen into a situation where it is difficult to find a market for their products or there is no market at all, and the products are piled up, forming a vicious cycle of input-output, backlog-re-investment-re-output, backlog-re-arrears.

Since Zhao Shucheng insisted on payment before delivery from the beginning, the companies of Xiao Lei's family did not have the problem of defaulting on payments. However, since it was impossible for the construction team to get the full payment from the beginning, they were basically given 30% after signing the contract, 40% during the construction process, and 30% after the acceptance. Therefore, Xiao Lei's construction team began to encounter the problem of defaulting on the final payment, because it was basically a large factory or unit, and it was difficult to collect the debt at the beginning, but now they find that the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

In fact, when Zhao Shucheng first stipulated that no matter whether it was the brick and tile factory, the prefabricated board factory, or even the construction team or the purchasing station, payment must be made before delivery, the villagers did not have any objections. After all, during this period, many customers turned to cooperate with other companies instead of Xiao Lei's family because of Xiao Lei's family's rule.

But now that they know that many companies have begun to default on their payments for goods, they can't help but be glad that they did as Zhao Shucheng said. Otherwise, it would be a shame not to be able to collect so much money.

Especially Lao Wu, who is now leading the construction team, is constantly afraid. You know, at the beginning of the year, the city's wire factory wanted to build a dormitory. At that time, they found Xiao Lei's family and asked them to build it first and pay later. In order to let Xiao Lei's family start work earlier, they even offered a price 30% higher than other projects.

He almost agreed at that time, but because of the rules set by Zhao Shucheng, the villagers were not allowed to start work without the down payment.

He originally thought of asking the construction team to advance part of the money, and then wait for the wire factory to pay part of the project fee, but he didn't expect the accountant to disagree. He also thought of asking the brick and tile factory and the prefabricated panel factory to provide some bricks and tiles first because they were all Xiao Lei's companies, so that they could start the work first, but they were also rejected.

The reason was the same as what the accountant said, they would not provide prefabricated brick and tile panels without payment. We were suddenly caught in a vicious circle and could only watch the wire factory cooperate with other construction teams.

But now he could only feel fortunate, because when he was chatting with the foreman of the construction team that was building the dormitory for the wire factory, he found out that the wire factory had not paid him and had been in arrears for several months.

When Lao Wu returned to the village and told him about this, Zhao Shucheng looked at Lao Wu and said, "Lao Wu, how many projects of your construction team have not yet received their outstanding payments?"

Lao Wu looked at the other people in the village and said, "Now there are only two projects whose final payments are due, but since they are all public institutions, they should be paid back before the New Year."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said thoughtfully: "It seems that many companies are facing the problem of insufficient funds. Either the company itself is not doing well, or there are too many debts owed to others, which makes them have no money at all."

Lei Shigen also said: "Yes, now it is not only the enterprises in our county, but also many enterprises outside the province. Lao Hou told me two days ago that the woolen mill in Magic City asked for a delay in payment of the goods, but I did not agree."

"It's right not to agree. Many companies are facing the problem of triangular debts. Our financial situation is good now, but we can't let our guard down." Zhao Shucheng continued thoughtfully:

"So, because of the current shortage of funds, the brick and tile factories and prefabricated panel factories still follow the previous strategy of payment first and delivery later, and even a penny short of the payment will not work. They can't even pay in installments, they must pay in full at one time."

Lei Shigen and Sibao nodded and agreed. Zhao Shucheng looked at Lao Wu and said:

"Old Five, your construction team also needs to make some changes. The cost and profit of the project are basically half and half, so in order to avoid the situation where the construction unit does not have the final payment after half of the construction has started, from now on, you will require half of the construction funds before starting the construction. After half of the construction, ask the other party to pay another 20%, and then pay 30% after the construction is completed."

Lao Wu asked with some concern: "What if the other party can't come up with the other 50%? Should we continue to build for them, or..."

Zhao Shucheng hesitated when he heard this, looked at the old branch secretary, and said, "Uncle, what do you think?"

The old Party secretary took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Dongbao, since we can recover 50% of the cost, why not just finish the project? We can't let anyone stab us in the back. As for the remaining balance, we can wait a little bit. If the other party doesn't take the initiative to pay, we can ask the villagers to ask for it. Is that okay?"

Zhao Shucheng hesitated for a moment. Actually, according to Zhao Shucheng's idea, since he was not paid, he should just stop the construction. However, he thought that the prices and labor costs were cheap in this era. If the other party asked Xiao Lei's family to complete the project in a few years, they might lose money.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Just do as my uncle said. We will start the work as soon as we get half of the project payment. Don't even think about starting the work if we get one cent less. In addition, you should redraft the contract with the construction company and make it clear when the payment will be made and when the payment will be returned. If the other party cannot make the payment on time, we will ask them to pay interest according to the current bank interest rate."

Lao Wu looked at the others with some embarrassment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Zhao Shucheng then smiled with satisfaction and said, "Old Fifth, don't be embarrassed. We are not farmers now, but an enterprise. We should talk about business as business. Although personal relationships are important, the interests of the Xiaolei family are more important."

Zhao Shucheng looked at the old branch secretary and said, "Uncle, I have another matter to trouble you. We can't really ignore the debts owed to us. This is what I think. It's not easy for Lao Hou to do good things, but he is still good at using crooked means. So let him take the elderly people in the village to collect debts from those companies that owe money. If they don't pay, they will stay at their doorsteps. If they still have some shame, they can't not pay the money. If they are really shameless and don't pay, and cause any problems to the elderly in the village, we have the right to go and settle the accounts with them."

"But you also know the relationship between Lao Hou and the villagers, so it is you who has to mobilize those uncles." The old secretary said: "Dongbao, how about I take them with me? Lao Hou..."

Zhao Shucheng waved his hand and said, "Uncle, you are still the brigade secretary of our Xiaolei family. How can you take the old people to collect debts? And if they are nice, you can't bring yourself to quarrel with them. But the old monkey is not such a person. On the contrary, he can quarrel with them at any time and even find out the other party's situation clearly."

The old branch secretary hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng also made it clear to Lao Hou that if he could really bring the old people in the village back to get the money owed back, the village would give them a 10% commission, and the money would be divided equally. Although the commission was not high, it was still a considerable sum of money, considering the large amount of the project money.

The old monkey had been envious of the huge sums of money from the rabbit fur purchasing station. Now that he had a chance to get some money, maybe he could open his own purchasing station, so he naturally agreed readily.

When everyone else was busy, Zhao Shucheng began to think about what Xiaolei's family would do in the future. Because Zhao Shucheng knew very well that although his measures ensured that Xiaolei's family would not suffer losses, many companies would subconsciously be unwilling to choose Xiaolei's family, so in the future, whether it was a brick and tile factory, a prefabricated panel factory or a construction team, there would be fewer orders.

Brick and tile factories and prefabricated panel factories can still survive with small orders, but if the construction team has no projects, it will face losses.

Therefore, Zhao Shucheng needs to find a new way out for Xiao Lei's family. On the one hand, he needs to find suitable projects for the construction team, and on the other hand, he needs to develop new industries. When the construction team cannot find a project, he can give these people a place to work instead of just sitting there idle.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng had thought about repeating the development path of Min Ning Town in the previous world of Mountains and Seas, and letting the villagers grow mushrooms to make money. But Zhao Shucheng soon gave up this idea, because people of this era rarely eat mushrooms, and they are reluctant to spend so much money to buy mushrooms. Not to mention that if mushrooms are grown, the yield is very large, and in the transportation conditions of Xiao Lei's family, if the transportation conditions are not good, it will suffer serious losses.

After much thought, Zhao Shucheng soon set his sights on several barren hills near Xiao Lei's home.

In the past, villagers went up the mountain to chop firewood for heating and cooking in winter. Now there are basically no big trees on the mountain, only scattered saplings, shrubs and weeds.

Ever since the village started raising Angora rabbits, the weeds have been almost all harvested, leaving only shrubs and saplings still stubbornly standing on the mountain.

Zhao Shucheng felt that it was a pity that these mountains were left abandoned. Although it was impossible to flatten them and use them for farming like the farmland in the village, it was not impossible to develop other industries.

Now people's lives are getting better and better, and they are gradually starting to pursue their appetite. In the past, it was considered good to have enough food, but now people want to eat well after they are full. Eating meat is nothing, and eating fruit has also become popular.

Zhao Shucheng's idea was to make use of these barren hills and plant some fruit trees. Although it would take several years for the trees to bloom and bear fruit, it would also require a long time and a lot of labor.

When the construction team has no projects, they can come here to work, and then sell the harvest to subsidize the village. Even the villagers can eat free fruit.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng has another idea. When the time is right in the future, Zhao Shucheng will build a cannery in the village. The fruits produced by these fruit trees will be the first batch of raw materials for Xiao Lei’s cannery.

Although canned mushrooms cannot be sold outside, canned fruits also have good sales. Not to mention that Zhao Shucheng also hopes to catch a ride and allow the village to shift from light industry to the technology industry.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng would not tell these plans first. He just used the excuse that the barren mountain was ugly and asked the old branch secretary to take the villagers to plant trees. In the future, the villagers would have fruits to eat and could even sell them for money.

The old branch secretary didn't expect Zhao Shucheng to start planting fruit trees instead of opening a factory, and he was a little surprised. But he thought it was a good idea, because the Lei family was originally farmers, and farming was their duty.

Although Xiao Lei's family businesses are making money now, he still feels a little uneasy. On the contrary, things like this land matter make him feel secure.

So Zhao Shucheng didn't need to make any arrangements. The next day, the old branch secretary took the idle elderly people and women in the village to the mountain to dig holes and prepare to plant fruit trees.

Zhao Shucheng asked Sibao to manage the purchasing station, while he and Lei Shigen went to the agricultural technology station to inquire about what fruit trees were suitable near Xiao Lei's home and to purchase seedlings.

Soon the nearby villages learned about Xiao Lei's family's actions. After seeing that Xiao Lei's family did not open a factory but instead started planting fruit trees, they were all eager to learn from them.

Because they knew very well that Xiao Lei's family was doing so well, and there would be no problem following them. Although the brick and tile factory in the village lost some money at the beginning, it is now profitable. Even if it is not as good as Xiao Lei's family, at least the strong laborers in the village can get money, and their lives are much better than before.

Later, people started to make money by raising Angora rabbits, and even now it is the main source of income for many families. In other words, bamboo weaving factories and wool spinning factories cannot learn because they do not have the channels or funds, otherwise they would definitely learn as well.

Now Xiao Lei's family has started to plant fruit trees. Although no one knows what Xiao Lei's family is going to do, these simple people know that it will never be a loss if they follow suit.

However, there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. The Lei family began to plant fruit trees on the barren hills, and soon the news spread throughout Jinling County, and even began to spread to surrounding counties and cities. (End of this chapter)