1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 19 Causes and consequences

kindness……

It was actually very similar to what Sun Jian had said to Yang Mo at the beginning.

To put it simply, Comrade Yan Laoxi, the former village secretary of Xialiu Village and now the general manager of "Xialiu Marketing Commune", is, like his idol, Master Yu, a ruthless character with great ambitions in his heart who dares to change the world.

Back then, the newly established Xialiu Marketing Commune not only included all the villagers in the shareholder system, but also, through various means, incorporated several half-dead small machinery factories and small food processing factories in the town. According to him, it was to implement the teacher's ideas, lead the whole village towards prosperity, and at the same time, perfectly present the ideal commune to the world in another form.

However, in the face of the reality of the backbone, the lofty ideals are not worth mentioning.

Soon after the Xialiu Marketing Commune was established, Manager Yan faced a huge problem - the bank, with which he had finally established good relations, suddenly expressed regretfully that it could not release further loans, and that this was the policy and no one could change it.

As a result, Xialiu Sales Agency's original package plan was completely disrupted, and even the half-built new factory had no money to continue. In desperation, he could only learn from his idol, Master Yu, and start private financing.

Fortunately, although Yan Laoxi's education level is not high, he has been the village party secretary for more than ten years. Not only is his mind more flexible, but he also has some connections that may seem insignificant at ordinary times but can be used at critical moments.
So, in the first year, he used these connections to sell the small farm tools and side dishes in the warehouse, and recovered a lot of funds. Not only did he pay the high loan interest, but he also had some money left over to continue building the unfinished factory and to introduce some of the needed upgraded equipment in small batches.

If everything goes well, by selling and building at the same time, a new production line can be introduced and laid out in three years at most. Once the products are upgraded, he is confident that all loans can be repaid within two years. By then, Xialiu Sales Agency will be able to completely get rid of the burden and stride towards a bright future.

In order to make this moment of victory come earlier, Comrade Yan Laoxi took the trouble to travel around to conduct research, and finally added four short-term projects with considerable profits but not difficult to operate in one go - as long as these four short-term projects made money, the time they needed to suffer could be shortened by at least one and a half years.

The purple sweet potato planting project is one of the short-term projects that can make quick money.

The reason why I chose purple sweet potato...

That's because, although people in later generations may think this thing is strange, in fact, this thing is a new variety hybridized by the sweet potato expert Meilin Fangshu from the island country in 1982. It is a new product at the moment - the purple sweet potato exported from the island country to China is not only in small quantity, but also ridiculously expensive.

Therefore, ever since Yan Laoxi saw how popular the locals were in Shanghai two years ago, he immediately came up with the idea of ​​growing purple sweet potatoes himself and transporting them to Shanghai to sell.

Although this thing was researched in 1982, it was not officially introduced into my country until 2002. Even if Yan Laoxi wanted to plant it, he couldn't find the seedlings.

Fortunately, these years are the years when Sino-Japanese relations are the most relaxed, and Qilu is one of the provinces with the closest economic ties with the island country. Therefore, although the country has not officially introduced purple sweet potatoes, there are quite a few purple sweet potato seedlings used for research and exchanges in some agricultural research institutions.

Therefore, Yan Laoxi took great pains to buy a batch of purple sweet potato seedlings at a high price from a scientific research institution in the name of "field experiment", and then let the villagers plant them as if they were treasures.

As for whether national policy allows it...

Haha, you have to understand, it was 1987!
It has to be said that sweet potato crops are indeed tenacious. Even though the villagers of Xialiu Village did not understand the characteristics of purple sweet potatoes and did not know how to plant them, they still harvested more than 50 tons of purple sweet potatoes in the first year.

After these 50 tons of purple sweet potatoes were transported to Shanghai and Beijing at full speed, they lived up to expectations and earned more than 1987 yuan in return. Based on the price level in 1, the distribution price of sweet potatoes at yuan per kg was really a sky-high price.

After the initial victory, Comrade Yan Laoxi, who was greatly encouraged, waved his hand and said, "Increase production! 50 tons is not enough, we need to produce at least 500 tons!"
Think about it, 50 tons can bring back 500 yuan, tons can bring back yuan! If there is such a large amount of money every time, even after deducting various costs and expenses, it only takes a few more crops, and this thing alone can pay off most of his foreign debts.

As for Xialiu Village, it now has the task of growing staple food assigned by the state, so is there not enough land available for growing purple sweet potatoes?
That's easy. Why not ask the surrounding villages such as Changli Village and Xiaomei Village to help plant some? Anyway, they are both creditors and comrades. It is his duty to lead the villages to become rich together.

But, there are always unexpected events.

The following year, in September of this year, when the villagers of Xialiu Village (no, the employees of Xialiu Marketing Commune) happily informed the distributors they met last year of the good harvest...

But suddenly I found that these purple sweet potatoes could not be sold!
After asking around for help, I learned that from this year onwards, vegetables shipped from other places to these important cities must not only undergo quality inspection, but also strictly implement the access system - that is, any products that are not on the pass list, or are purchased through the supply and marketing cooperatives, will not be allowed to enter.

This time, everyone is in trouble. You know, this is the "Shanchuan Purple Sweet Potato" with a distribution price of 1 yuan/KG. At present, except for the first-tier cities in China, where else can afford such an expensive thing?
After several unsuccessful attempts, Yan Laoxi, after issuing a gag order, could only claim that purple sweet potatoes were making a lot of money, while at the same time having convoys going in and out of various villages to create the illusion that purple sweet potatoes were in short supply.

There is no way. Just like the stock market, for the current Xialiu Distribution Agency, nothing is more important than maintaining the confidence of "investors".

But what was even more unfortunate was that among the hired convoy, one of the drivers was the son-in-law of a foreigner from Changli Village.

When my father-in-law celebrated his birthday a few days ago, a casual remark made by this driver at the dinner table immediately attracted the attention of everyone present - the purple sweet potatoes collected from various villages were not transported directly to the imperial capital or the magic capital, nor to the freight station in the county. Instead, after making several large detours, they were directly unloaded at more than 20 temporary warehouses only five or six kilometers away from Xialiu Village. The warehouse was just a small house casually built with asbestos tiles, which did not look like a place to store precious things at all. However, there were many villagers from Xialiu Village on duty there, which looked quite strange.

So, after the driver's son-in-law swore to the sky and tried to approach the temporary warehouse several times without success, huge voices of doubt arose among the villages.

While villagers from various villages constantly asked Comrade Yan Laoxi to open the warehouses for inspection, they also became increasingly skeptical about whether the so-called "Xia Liu Tongxiao Commune" had really made money in the past two years and whether they could get back the money they invested.

The reason why more than a hundred villagers from three villages surrounded Yan Laoxi here today was because yesterday, the villagers who had made a private appointment rushed forward directly, broke through the defense line of the temporary warehouse guards, and saw the warehouse full of purple sweet potatoes - this made them sad and angry, and they had to find Yan Laoxi to ask for an explanation.

Logically speaking, according to the style of Qilu, the villagers who had been deceived should have rushed forward and beat the damn liar to death - even if they didn't beat him to death, beating him into a pig's head was the minimum requirement.

But even though Yan Laoxi had many faults, no one could say that he did not keep his promise. In the past two years, no matter how difficult life was, even if he had to sell his color TV, he always paid the villagers the interest without delay and without missing a single cent.

According to current values, especially rural values, it is hard to say whether he is a liar or not.

Therefore, there was a confrontation between more than a hundred people on the 152 Well Team, but they were vaguely divided into four groups. It was a strange scene that both sides had many people holding weapons, but they only sent representatives to shout and talk. To say that they were shouting would be a bit of an exaggeration, because those representatives just had slightly louder voices, and those vaguely audible words were more like begging Manager Yan to give them an answer than questioning.

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After listening to Li Yi's somewhat evasive description, Yang Mo felt that he was becoming increasingly unable to understand the situation before him.

It is obvious that Comrade Yan Laoxi's method is the most common method of collective private fundraising combined with the wall-breaking method of maintaining stability in the game.

Yang Mo did not intend to comment on this kind of rough financial operation method.

What really confused him was the reaction of these villagers.

Although he knew that "loss aversion" was a common problem among human beings and an ineradicable bad habit...but you have to understand that there are more than a hundred people gathered here. With so many people, he didn't believe that no one would fail to see that the so-called Xialiu Marketing Commune was now just an empty shell, and the money they invested would basically not be returned.

Since the probability of collective mental retardation is unlikely, there is only one possibility...

Comrade Yan Laoxi is indeed very charismatic. This charisma is so great that as long as he does not admit it, the villagers are unwilling to believe that Yan Laoxi lied to them. This charisma is so great that even Sun Jian, a drilling team leader with some real power, is willing to become his subordinate and is not hesitant to drag his own confidants into the water.
As for the fact that at this critical moment, Sun Jian would rather destroy his own future in order to buy Comrade Yan Laoxi some time to recover... Yang Mo didn't believe that the middle-aged man in the people's uniform could have such an exaggerated charm. The reason why Sun Jian was willing to let the Public Security Bureau intervene was probably due to other reasons.

However, after understanding the whole story and seeing the reactions of everyone on the field, Yang Mo breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the imagined fistfight should not happen for the time being, and his life would most likely not be in danger. This matter should not be difficult to resolve.

After bowing his head and thinking for a moment, Yang Mo turned his head and looked at Li Yi: "Deputy Li, please help me dial the general office number, I need to talk to Director Zhang... No matter what, the company's procedures must be followed... Besides, if I want to perfectly solve the problem at hand, it really can't be done without the help of Director Zhang."

Li Yi, who was standing in front of the phone, was stunned when he heard this.

What I mean is... do you have a solution?

Yang Mo looked at him, but nodded with a smile, and then added: "It should be in the phone directory of the communication room of the 127 drilling team... Please help me dial one... Please tell Deputy Li over there... There is an emergency to find Su Yu, and ask him to act faster!"

(End of this chapter)