1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 346: The Second Battlefield Has Taken Shape

Texas has three treasures: cotton, watermelon and roast chicken.

Like many cities in the Central Plains, this old industrial city tried to walk on two legs in the 1980s and 1990s, but each step seemed a little difficult. In the end, only the roast chicken was known by people from other provinces.

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"Tsk tsk, these socks are so ugly, and the elasticity at the neck is almost non-existent... The worst part is that the workmanship at the toe is so crude, with such a jarring line inside, how can it be comfortable to wear!"

"Tsk! Such good cotton is wasted!"

Yang Mo rubbed the socks in his hand with a look of disgust, then took out two new pairs of socks from the box and threw them to the two women opposite: "Try them all, and then give me some suggestions."

Miss Mu gave him a reproachful look: "How could you let a girl put on socks in front of you!"

The eggplant girl next to her didn't care at all. She took the socks and took off her Martin boots and put them on.

After walking back and forth for two steps, Lin Luosu curled her lips and said, "Sure enough, these socks are hard to wear. The feeling of the socks sliding down at any time is terrible, and the seam inside the toe is too uncomfortable... Who would want this thing!?"

Although Miss Mu was embarrassed to expose her feet in public, she took the socks in her hands and looked at them over and over again: "The style of these socks really needs to be changed, and the colors need to be increased. Now everyone is beginning to care about appearance. It won't do to produce this style that is more than ten or twenty years old... If it really doesn't work, buy a few pairs of socks from Zhongying Street and imitate them. There are rubber factories in Texas. There won't be much problem with the raw materials or the craftsmanship. It should be easy to change."

Yang Mo nodded: "That's what I meant. I'll communicate the rectification opinions to Director Liu and others when the time comes... Although we welcome the brother units in DZ City who are willing to help solve their problems, the entry standards of the Commodity Exchange Center are there. I can't just let them go, right?"

Watching Yang Mo writing and marking on a list, Lin Luosu glanced at the dozens of small boxes filled with various samples in the office, her eyes full of jealousy: "This time around, just for this pair of socks, at least a few hundred jobs have been secured, right?"

Yang Mo gloated over the girl who had been having a hard time recently. "Hundreds of jobs? Miss Lin, you underestimate such a small pair of socks. Texas cotton has price and quality advantages. As long as the distribution channel resources are well connected... even if we have to give priority to the employment indicators in Texas, the number of jobs allocated to us should at least be this number!"

Looking at the two fingers that Yang Mo showed, Lin Luosu sucked her lips with some toothache, feeling that life was as uneven as this.

The operating concept of the commercial demonstration zone created by Yang Mo was somewhat different from what she had imagined.

At first, she thought that the biggest source of revenue for this commercial demonstration area should be the crowded Commercial Street 1... After all, most of the goods and main raw materials of most shops on Commercial Street 1 were directly supplied by Qingfeng Food, the Fifth Farm and Xialiu Marketing Agency, which was an obvious small closed-loop ecosystem;
But she soon discovered that although the circulation effect brought about by the popularity of Commercial Street 1 was enviable, the real gold mine was the B-side business and fast-moving consumer goods projects derived from this street...Since preliminary proofing and data selection had been carried out, and it was possible to see consumers' enthusiasm and attitude towards various products on site, a considerable proportion of the large number of projects thrown out by the investment promotion company were favored by the invited investors, and even snapped up.

Well, when she thought that the real value of this commercial demonstration zone was the foreign investment amount that had accumulated to nearly 4 million yuan, it took less than a month for Yang Mo to tell her with reality that compared with these investment amounts, the social resources and channel resources behind nearly a thousand investors from all over the country are the truly priceless treasures.

As an additional condition, these investors must, without violating any principles, use their own social resources to circumvent regional protection barriers and share their distribution channels in other provinces…It was with the help of these channel resources that, under the JIT operating concept, the trading market for traditional Chinese medicines, medicines, agricultural products, and light industrial products in that commodity exchange center took the lead in operation with its extremely attractive water price and quality.

OK, as of five days ago, she thought that this was the framework of the commercial demonstration zone.

In other words, in her opinion, a project with an initial investment of 1.3 million yuan can generate a profit of 750 million yuan per month just by relying on the direct supply of raw materials in the commercial street, attract nearly 4 million yuan of foreign investment, more than 110 investment projects, plus an initial estimated B-end commodity circulation of up to 15 billion yuan per year. This has already exceeded her imagination.

But it turns out that the value of this commercial demonstration zone has not yet reached its peak.

Just two days ago, the competent authority of DZ City invited Yang Mo to attend a consultation meeting. In addition to the leaders in charge of economic work, there were also a large number of leaders of state-owned enterprises.

The theme of this symposium was also very simple... The leaders of the competent authorities of DZ City wanted to use the amazing distribution potential of the commercial demonstration zone to help some potential local companies get out of their business difficulties, and at the same time recommend DZ City's advantageous resources to all parts of the country as much as possible.

Therefore, Eggplant Girl now has complicated feelings towards Yang Mo.

Why is it that we are all young people of similar age, but you can make others look confused?
Why is it that everyone works in state-owned enterprises, and I can only stay in the office all day to deal with all those shitty things, while you can run around outside?
Why is it that I, a girl with a good family background and resources, can't do anything, while you, a newbie, can create such a big wave?
more importantly……

Why can I only struggle in Dahua Company until now, while you have broken through all the causes and effects here in just a few months and opened up a second battlefield outside?

This is a consultation meeting led by the leader in charge of economic construction... Anyone with a little common sense knows what the other party is requesting!
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Yang Mo was obviously not interested in knowing what this androgynous girl was thinking. He just lazily dragged over another box containing two radios, several core accessories, and a technical document.

Since the leader had spoken, Yang Mo couldn't refuse, but he had to show the minimum attitude.

This is why, even though this kind of evaluation and screening work could obviously be handed over to Xialiu Sales Agency, he still did it himself... No matter what the final reply is, at least you have to make them feel that you really attach great importance to this matter, right?

People in Qi and Lu are very concerned about their reputation.

After just picking up the samples and looking through the technical data, Yang Mo threw the data back with a lack of interest.

This tape recorder is an assembled product, and many of its core components are directly produced by units in Tianjin and Jinling.

There is no advantage in performance, no advantage in price, and even the assembly process is nothing to praise, it's just a clumsy thing!
Kill it!

Yang Mo directly drew a cross on the list.

Unlike the socks mentioned earlier, although the radio is considered a very fashionable thing nowadays, there is actually no comparison between the two.

Although socks look extremely low-end, the market capacity is actually astonishingly large. Even though it is impossible to have a market capacity of several billion pairs a year like in later generations, there are still four or five billion pairs... In addition, Texas is one of the most important short-staple cotton producing areas in China. Therefore, before Zhuji and Foshanlishui became the production centers of socks, it was not unimaginable for them to improve the shape and quality of the socks and use their own raw material advantages to replace them.

what?
You mean Xinjiang?

Sorry, leaving aside the issue of logistics and transportation costs, the long-staple cotton produced in Xinjiang has completely different usage scenarios from short-staple cotton.

At first glance, the radio does seem to be able to leverage the advantages of DZ City's semiconductor technology. Even without considering its strategic significance, it is now 1990, and there is still a long time before the end of the radio era. Therefore, it can be considered a commercial project worth looking forward to.

But the problem is that many of the core semiconductor electronic components of the radio in front of him are not produced in Texas. Although he doesn't know what the tricks or causes are, no matter what, from the perspective of comprehensive value assessment, this thing is not worth Yang Mo's efforts to graft resources on it... The lower the proportion of localized accessories, the fewer new jobs can be provided.

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Half past five in the afternoon.

As the bell for getting off work, which was very characteristic of the times, rang, the eggplant girl, who had been pulled over by her sisters to work as a strong man for the whole day, said goodbye dizzy and had no desire to stay and continue to be a light bulb.

Without the people getting in the way, Mr. Yang, who was also busy and tired and dizzy, returned home. He didn't even have the heart to discuss what to eat tonight. He just laid his head on Miss Mu's long and elastic legs like a mangy dog.

It is now late spring and the weather has warmed up completely. Miss Mu, knowing her lover's character, had tactfully changed into a long skirt a week ago.

Allowing her lover to hold her waist with his backhand, Mu Liya stretched out her hands to gently help Yang Mo massage his temples, with a hint of anger in her tone: "You are still so bad-tempered. Luo Luo can't save face and speak up, can't you take the initiative to change the topic? You let others help you do the evaluation for a whole day without saying a word, how can you do it."

Today, Eggplant girl ran to Yang Mo's office and stayed there for the whole day. Apart from the fact that there was still no business worth her taking care of in the asset preservation department, she mainly wanted to avoid some peace and quiet...Now that most of the funds on Dahua Company's books have been divided away, the competition for the right to use the remaining funds has become increasingly fierce. Therefore, every day, the heads of various departments would come to visit Lin Luosu for no reason, and this girl was really annoyed.

In fact, this was not the first time that Eggplant Girl had come to Yang Mo for some quiet time. Due to some well-known reasons, the leaders of various departments of Dahua Company kept their distance from Yang Mo. This attitude became more and more subtle as the commercial demonstration zone gradually got on track. Therefore, as long as Eggplant Girl entered Yang Mo's office, those people were unwilling to even let someone pass on a message.

However, although Lin Luosu often went to Yang Mo's office in the past, she would only stay there for two or three hours at most. When the time was up, she would find an excuse to go out on business. It was the first time that she stayed there for a whole day like today. It was obvious that the eggplant girl had something to ask of Yang Mo, but she couldn't speak at once, so she was so persistent.

Yang Mo hummed and turned sideways, then nudged his head towards Miss Mu's belly: "Sister, how can I speak? I am just a deputy minister who can't even speak. How can I be qualified to intervene in the open and secret struggles of those great gods?"

Although Lin Luosu didn't say what she wanted to ask for help, Yang Mo could guess roughly.

It's nothing more than that as the competition for the full use of the remaining funds in Dahua Company becomes more and more intense, there are some boundaries between the factions that cannot be broken through the struggle, which makes it difficult for the eldest lady who stays in the middle office department all day long. It is not possible to get herself out, but if she has to make a choice, she doesn't know how to choose.

Second-generation people like Lin Luosu already have close ties with various factions, but her father seems to be staying out of it and always maintains a relatively neutral attitude, which makes things even more difficult for her... They are all uncles and aunts with whom she has a good relationship. It is not right to stand on this side or that side.

Anyone with an eye could naturally guess that this was a small experience given by Miss Lin's father to his daughter. However, for someone like Miss Eggplant who actually hasn't figured out what she wants, it is difficult to estimate the value of the detailed resources owned by each party to herself... If even the most basic constants cannot be coded, this math problem is naturally unsolvable.

So, when she realized that she actually needed a military advisor, she thought of Yang Mo at the first time... Although this guy was born a commoner, judging from the commercial demonstration zone, a project that has been growing step by step under her nose, Yang Mo is not only decisive in killing, but his ability to judge the value of various social resources and network resources has reached a level that terrifies her.

But it was obvious that Yang Mo didn't want to get involved in the mess between the big guys in Dongying, and he didn't really think much of this best friend of Miss Mu, so he just pretended to be stupid and ignorant for the whole day... As long as it doesn't touch one's psychological bottom line, "restraint" is the most useless thing in the workplace and interpersonal relationships. Even with the relationship with Miss Mu as a support, she still couldn't bring herself to ask Yang Mo for advice. This was the limit of Miss Lin's potential. No wonder she was not regarded as a person worthy of key training by her family.

Thinking of this, Song Wenxuan's handsome face appeared in Yang Mo's mind again. Although this fellow's methods were indeed full of stale smell, it must be said that he was willing to let go of his dignity and lower himself to ask for resources from his love rival. It was no wonder that the guy was trained by his family.

Seeing Yang Mo playing dirty, Miss Mu pouted in dissatisfaction: "What do you mean you are now just a deputy minister who can't even speak? I didn't ask you to help Luo Luo speak in front of those people in Dahua Company and give some advice. Is it necessary to embarrass yourself like this?"

"Also, what do you mean you are not qualified to intervene in the open and secret struggles among those great gods? You, Mr. Yang, have never taken those uncles seriously from the beginning, okay!"

"Do you know that when the investment in the commercial demonstration zone exceeded 300 million, you had already roasted those uncles and aunts on the fire; the DZ city authorities only invited you and a group of direct members of the investment company and the comprehensive management company to attend the forum, but did not invite Ding Xiang and several vice presidents, which was equivalent to giving them a slap in the face... But it's hard to undo what has been done. Since they have dismissed you, you can only grit your teeth and fight with bare arms; are you sure you are not mocking them when you say this now?"

Yang Mo was in a good mood when he heard this not-so-subtle flattery. He leaned to the side, put his right hand on Miss Mu's long legs that looked like a work of art, and drew circles inconspicuously: "Actually, Miss Lin's problem is easy to solve. I am too lazy to ask her what she wants in the future... Since you are now caught between those old men, why don't you learn from me and not choose any of them, but just jump out and raise your own flag?"

Miss Mu, whose face turned red from the tingling sensation on her thigh, was about to slap away someone's mischievous hand, but was stunned when she heard the words: "How is it possible to pull the flag yourself!?"

But as soon as she said that, she reacted.

No, Luoluo has the potential to be able to take the lead.

Unlike Yang Mo, who relied on the previous verbal agreement to set aside the cause and effect entanglement in Dongying and forcefully opened a second battlefield; if Lin Luosu jumped out now and applied for funds to fight against the big banner, it is possible that he would succeed.

First of all, everyone knows Lin Luosu’s current dilemma. Since her father has always maintained a neutral attitude, it is difficult for her to make a choice among the uncles and aunts in the same camp. Therefore, suddenly jumping out and wanting to take up the banner is a very clever way of escape... Appearing in front of the other uncles and aunts as a competitor can actually avoid offending both sides.

Secondly, unlike Song Wenxuan who has already ended up in the situation, everyone knows that Lin Luosu is not the Lin family's key training target and cannot represent the Lin family's true will at all. This girl can neither inherit the Lin family's resources nor establish a real small mountain. Therefore, in the eyes of those uncles and aunts, Lin Luosu jumping out to take the lead is more like a little niece making a fuss after being forced into a corner.

Now that Lin Luosu's intentions and decision are clear, as uncles and aunts, everyone can only laugh it off for the sake of their friendship and the face of Lin's father who has always remained on the sidelines. They will probably have to give Lin Luosu some rights to use the funds to prevent people from accusing them of making things difficult for their little niece and to avoid embarrassing Lin's father.

In a word, if there is no danger, there will be no challenge; if there are no conditions, there will be no hostility; if there is no hostility, the attitude will naturally be much softer.

What’s interesting is that more than a month ago, Yang Mo had said that when the logistics company consisting of the first batch of more than 100 trucks suffered irreversible losses, it would be an opportunity to preserve part of the assets. If you think about it, the time is almost up.

In other words, if Lin Luosu intervenes in and takes over the management of the loss-making logistics company in the name of preserving the company's assets, and uses this as an excuse to apply for funds from the company and jump out to take the lead, Dongying should not mind approving a little bit of funds, and then throwing this somewhat tricky task of blanching yam to this little niece.

What happened next was not difficult to imagine. Since Lin Luosu himself stepped forward to take the lead, the others naturally felt embarrassed and had no reason to come over to visit at every turn.

Do you want Miss Lin to cast a vote so that she can help you get project funding?
I'm sorry, Miss Lin is also very short of money. Dahua Company only has this much capital on its books. If she helps you get the project approved, what about her own money-eating monster?
"Great! He is indeed the man that Mu Liya likes... I will go tell Luo Luo tomorrow!"

Miss Mu's face was full of pride, and she even forgot about the hand that was slapping her thigh.

Women are strange creatures. Ever since she officially confirmed her relationship with Yang Mo and had her first kiss taken away from her, the usually reserved Miss Mu has become unabashedly frank in private.

Yang Mo was tempted by the subtle fragrance of Miss Mu, and after hearing these words, his blood boiled. He immediately turned over and pressed her under him.

"The man that I, Mu Liya, like? Hehe, Comrade Yaer, I will become your real man as you wish!"

Yang Mo, whose eyes sparkled green due to the spring spirit of April, laughed wickedly and raised his hands which were around Miss Mu's waist directly upwards.

Mu Liya screamed immediately, holding the pair of hands that were already approaching the city tightly, and her tone was full of pleading: "No, not before marriage."

"And, and, I forgot to tell you, my dad will be here the day after tomorrow... If you, if you mess around, how am I going to see my dad the day after tomorrow?"

Yang Mo was stunned when he heard this: "Your father will come over the day after tomorrow?"

Miss Mu nodded: "Yes, you called me last night. I've been busy today, so I thought I'd tell you later."

Yang Mo smacked his lips with a bit of toothache: "Isn't there a lot of things going on with your dad? Why did you suddenly want to come here?"

Dongying has gradually increased its efforts in personnel optimization, and the resistance has suddenly increased. Therefore, Mu Siyuan is now really overwhelmed by a lot of troubles.

Miss Mu glared at him in dissatisfaction: "Why do you look like you don't want to see my dad! The commercial demonstration zone you set up has achieved so many results in the past month, and you have secured quite a few preset positions. Naturally, my dad has to come and take a look... Of course, this time he came in a private capacity, not for a work inspection, so the company was not notified."

At this point, Miss Mu's face suddenly flushed deeply, and she looked at Yang Mo shyly: "My father has always had some prejudices against you, but at this moment, you have achieved such wonderful results in just over three months, so he naturally looks at you with new eyes, so, so...he came here this time with the intention of observing you."

Eh?
What you mean is that the father-in-law wants to test his son-in-law?
Since the commercial demonstration zone has already finalized the cooperation projects, all of which are in the form of multi-party shareholding, Yang Mo has reserved a lot of employment indicators according to the additional conditions. If the derivative supporting projects are added, the number of jobs that can be provided in three months will be so many that it will be jaw-dropping.

But he knew very well that since someone like Mu Siyuan came to visit in a private capacity, these employment indicators related to his work initiative were certainly an extremely important factor, but more importantly, they were coming for the lifelong happiness of his own daughter.

Gee...

You know what, even though I’ve lived two lives as a human being, I’m still a little nervous when encountering something like this!
Yang Mo raised his body and touched his chin with a somewhat strange mood, somewhat struggling with how to face his future father-in-law with what attitude and measure.

However, when his eyes moved to that pretty face with a blush of shyness, he chuckled.

"Never mind. I'll just have to deal with it. At worst, your dad will scold me for the whole day. I'll just bear with it. But as a little compensation... hehe!"

Halfway through the words, Yang Mo pressed his body down, completely blocking that pink little mouth.

Miss Mu was startled at first, but she realized that this guy finally didn't do anything excessive, so she didn't resist and continued to cooperate awkwardly...

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PS: I have asked for leave in advance. I have to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow. I don’t know how long it will take, so I may not be able to update.

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