1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 384 You Idiot!
It may be difficult for most people from other provinces to understand the complex emotions that later generations of Qi and Lu people had when reading "Righteousness of Man". Even many of the obscure plots and contents can only be understood by Qi and Lu locals.
But no matter what, in this hit TV series, when it comes to the most impressive character, Mr. Zhao must be one of them.

Of course, 99% of the "Mr. Zhaos" in this world are just small fry compared to the prototypes in the drama, but this does not prevent everyone from doing the same work.

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Zhuo Junyue went back to eat barbecue with a somewhat unnatural expression.

But the young man who had served her the roast leg of lamb stayed.

It was not surprising that the young man, who claimed to be surnamed Zhao, had elders in his family who wore leather, the kind of clothes that later had the last three digits embroidered on them as 00X.

In addition, under an unspoken rule, two young men soon came over with stools and started fishing here.

"Brother, have you heard that there is another wave of underperforming units in the county that are planning to reorganize, including three agricultural machinery factories, two textile factories, and two agricultural supply companies... Tsk tsk, this is quite a big deal."

The first person to speak was a young man who joined later, named Li.

Yang Mo glanced at him lazily and said nothing.

The young man surnamed Zhao grinned: "There was a huge argument in the county over which unit should lead the restructuring and whether it was necessary to introduce central enterprises and collective capital to carry out mixed ownership reform during the restructuring process;"

"Why……!"

"This is a big project involving hundreds of millions of yuan in total assets. It is said that the non-performing assets that need to be divested alone may be as high as 3000 million yuan, and this does not include the factory buildings and land... Although the news of the tax-sharing reform has spread, it has not been officially implemented after all. The county's caution is understandable!"

It seemed like he was just chatting about ordinary gossip, and after he finished speaking, the young man surnamed Li stopped talking.

Introduce central enterprises and collective capital?
Disposal of bad assets?

Yang Mo glanced at the other person's impatient face and said lightly: "It is said that Dahua Company has completed all the capital planning for this year. It has no funds and no intention to participate in other restructuring projects."

The young man surnamed Li tilted his head and smiled indifferently: "Whether it is Dahua Company or Drilling Company, their names are very useful now... Many people in the county believe that confidence is more important than capital for restructuring. With a main body with rich experience joining in and taking charge of future operations and management, the county can make appropriate concessions."

The young man surnamed Li emphasized the word "appropriate" a bit.

Yang Mo smiled and said, "State-owned enterprises have their own systems and regulations. Whether it's Dahua or the drilling company, any investment needs to follow the process... I dare not leave a bad reputation for making money out of nothing. There are so many eyes watching us!"

The young man surnamed Li frowned. "It may not be necessary for the Drilling Company and Dahua Company to go through the formal process. The county just hopes that an experienced entity can be involved in the restructuring. Qingfeng Food..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Mo interrupted him:
“First, although Qingfeng Food is a subsidiary of the drilling company, it also owns shares of the drilling company;”

“Second, Qingfeng Food’s business scope is limited to food processing, food sales, agricultural planting and poultry breeding.”

The young man surnamed Li hesitated as he was about to speak, his face suddenly becoming ugly...

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"Brother, I heard that your drilling company has set up a lot of medicinal material planting bases and processing plants in the villages on this side of the county, and even a lot of chicken feed raw material bases?"

As if he saw his friend being humiliated, or maybe it was just his natural personality, the young man surnamed Zhao who had been pestering Zhuo Junyue spoke in a somewhat arrogant tone.

Yang Mo glanced at him with a half-smile: "This kid is very concerned about the developments of our company... Why, are these small projects hindering the county's affairs?"

Although they are about the same age, Yang Mo had been qualified to have an equal dialogue with these people's parents as early as the end of last year. Therefore, it was not strictly speaking excessive for him to adopt the attitude of an elder and call them "little friends".

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across the young man Zhao's eyes, but he laughed: "Brother, you are joking. The county has repeatedly used these grassroots projects as advanced deeds to praise them. How could they be a hindrance?"

After saying that, he handed over another cigarette: "What I mean is, there hasn't been a decent rain so far this year, and summer is about to come... If the county still can't approve the money to build a water conservancy project, do you think these medicinal herbs will die?"

Yang Mo frowned: "What do you mean?"

The young man surnamed Zhao laughed: "It's nothing, I just want to say that the county doesn't have much money now, so even if we want to build reservoirs and canals to ensure the production of these medicinal materials and feed raw materials, I'm afraid we are not able to do it... Medicinal materials and feed, although they are also agricultural production, they are not considered staple food;"

"In addition, the planting bases set up by the drilling company are either in remote corners or on small hills. The county is not rich to begin with, so we can only invest our limited funds in ensuring the production of staple food. There is nothing we can do about it."

At this point, the young man chuckled twice: "So, I wonder if the drilling company will contact the county for these planting projects and take the initiative to build a few reservoirs or a few decent canals?"

After a slight pause, the young man surnamed Zhao held his chin up and said, "I heard that the Dongying Command is very rich. Since the drilling company has jointly established a company called Dahua Investment with them, the relationship between the two sides must be very good. It should not be difficult to seek support from them."

"If it really doesn't work... I heard that DZ City has a very good relationship with Dahua Company, and it is said that these medicinal materials are also very important to Dezhou. I wonder if Dahua Company can also ask Dezhou to allocate some money to build these water conservancy projects in the name of seeking assistance!"

"Hehe, although Dezhou is only a county-level city, it is still the superior unit of Linyi after all. The amount of transfer payments from the court to them in the past two years is not small. As long as they are willing, it should not be difficult to support the lower-level counties!"

At this point, the young man sighed: "However, Dezhou is only a county-level city after all. There are still many inconveniences in connecting with the financial affairs of Linyi, and the timeliness cannot be guaranteed..."

"So, seeing that the water shortage problem is imminent, it is possible that Dahua Company will apply to the other side to request a third party to rush the construction of these water conservancy projects... Texas will surely not reject this method of earmarking funds for specific purposes."

After a few chuckles, the young man surnamed Zhao crossed his legs and turned to look at Yang Mo: "So, buddy, there's nothing to do if you just fool around all day. How about we find someone to set up a new company and try to bid for this project? It's hard to say if you're lucky, but you can get the general contract by just randomly bidding a few numbers."

Yang Mo glanced at him calmly, and then turned his attention back to the fishing rod in front of him: "It is said that the company's medicinal herb planting bases and feed planting bases are not that remote. Compared with the surrounding counties, Linyi is not short of water. There are many large and small rivers including Panhe River;"

"Besides, each village has a stake in those projects. If there is a real water shortage, the villagers can organize themselves and dig two earthen canals several hundred meters long to divert water. It doesn't cost much."

At this point, Yang Mo laughed softly: "The people in Texas are not stupid. After knowing the real situation, the money they are willing to allocate will definitely not be much... Setting up a company specifically for this matter to bid is a bit too much of a loss."

As mentioned earlier, the situation between county-level cities and the counties below them is very delicate. Although they are nominally under the same jurisdiction, their finances are relatively independent. Therefore, even a fool can see what this young man surnamed Zhao is planning.

Although Yang Mo is not opposed to building good relationships with some local people, he has to know when to stop. The construction cost of several reservoirs and more than a dozen ditches is indeed not low.

If Linyi County, like some of the surrounding counties, really lacks water, and it is really necessary to go to great lengths to divert water to build reservoirs and construct a corresponding canal network to ensure agricultural production, then that's fine... As a farmer's son, Yang Mo would never be reluctant to apply for a special fund from the headquarters to give to others to fleece them, or simply swallow his pride and ask DZ City for a favor.

But the problem is, judging from the actual situation in Linyi County, there is really no need for this at present. Moreover, as the vanguard of economic development in Dezhou area, he does not quite believe that the county cannot come up with the money.

Regardless of how much of this money will actually be invested in water conservancy projects according to what this guy said, the matter itself is full of unspeakable meanings.

Oh, you want me to give away some evidence and then try to make me take sides?

Are you dreaming?

There are some situations that outsiders don’t know, but how could he not know?

Thinking of what Su Yu had emphasized this morning, that his uncle didn't want to get too involved in some things, and didn't want to easily involve himself, Yang Mo felt a little gloomy.

Although the original purpose was to cover up for Vice President Feng, and the vegetable basket project was indeed a good thing that benefited the country and the people, his excessive involvement still brought him trouble.

It seems...

It's time to cool down some people and withdraw from them.

Alas, it's a pity that Dezhou still needs another four years to be promoted to a prefecture-level city. The status of a county-level city is really embarrassing. If it can be promoted earlier, I can encounter less such crappy things. Just as Yang Mo was secretly sighing about something, the young man named Zhao became angry after being bluntly rejected.

"Brother, I heard that in order to respond to the spirit of the document, the county has now increased the safety management of logistics and transportation... Although the escort teams organized by the villages have good intentions, they have inevitably gone too far during this period. I am afraid that if we are not careful, we will be affected!"

The young man sighed heavily, his tone full of compassion, but the arrogance in his eyes could not be concealed.

Hearing this, Yang Mo just smiled and said, "It is everyone's responsibility to protect state-owned and collective assets, and ensuring the smooth operation of the Hope Project will benefit future generations."

"As you said, the original intention of the village escort teams was good, but the current social security is not good. In order to deter the scoundrels, sometimes they use too much force... But the flaws do not outweigh the merits. Overall, the merits still outweigh the faults."

As he spoke, Yang Mo threw away the unlit cigarette in his hand, and took out a Yuxi cigarette from his pocket and slowly lit it: "It is said that in order to respond to the call of the document, the province and the city are planning to interview and report on the escort teams organized by various villages in various places, and use them as a positive image for publicity... Although this is just an idea, and we don't know when they will come to interview us, I guess the county shouldn't be so upset, right?"

The people in the northern region are simple and honest, and many places have a rather tough style of work, with a strong sense of promoting "moral ethics over the rule of law". Therefore, after believing that what they are doing is a very correct and just act that benefits all villages and towns and will benefit future generations, the escort teams that were originally formed spontaneously by the villages to escort the construction of Hope Primary Schools and the materials used for expenses have become more and more radical when faced with the endless stream of highway thieves.

Therefore, there have been quite a few serious conflicts in the past six months... Even the members of these escort teams, with the tacit approval and support of the village elders, are taking on the role of "internal law enforcement officers" of the village while each village is working hard to improve its overall scores. If you dare to do anything that will cause the village to lose points, they will be ruthless.

If the drilling company had not actively coordinated with some local authorities, and if these escort teams had not talked about maintaining the honor of the Qilu X region all day long and gained great support from public opinion, it is hard to say that a large number of them would have been arrested long ago.

In fact, Yang Mo had no objection to the escort team's behavior, which was obviously excessive and even beyond the line. He even supported it.

Chinese men should have the blood of Chinese men. What bullshit restraint, what bullshit convincing people with reason... Since you have the courage to do such a shameless thing, you should bear the corresponding consequences.

"Retribution in this life" is the most just retribution in the Chinese moral values, the ending that all people are most happy to see, and the truly deterrent means.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. If you want to purify the social atmosphere of a region, it is useless to rely on just a few soft slogans. You have to draw red lines with practical actions!

Hearing that Yang Mo was not afraid of his threat at all, the young man surnamed Zhao had an ugly expression on his face.

Indeed, the smoothness of logistics is directly related to the survival of several major projects under Yang Mo. In this regard, the escort team that plays an important protective role is the key at the moment.

But the problem is, you have your three axes and I have my ladder. Although when necessary, his father can indeed crack down on and rectify the escort team that has many problems, but at the same time, a report from an authoritative media or a special column on TV can also make his father pay the price... These days, the media is truly a sword of Damocles.

And he had no doubt that Yang Mo could mobilize the power of these media... It was a well-known fact that Yang Mo and his group were highly regarded by the provincial media, especially the Texas Daily and Texas TV.

With a cold snort, a trace of hostility flashed across the face of the young man surnamed Zhao: "I heard from a friend who used to work in the epidemic prevention station that when the weather gets hot, it's easy for chicken plague to occur... the kind that kills a large number of people."

"Alas~ With the expansion of the 817 broiler project, broiler breeding has become one of the potential industries that the county attaches great importance to."

"As the weather gets warmer, the county believes that large local enterprises such as the Fifth Farm and Red Star Farm are able to effectively prevent various emergencies because of their well-equipped hardware."

"But the same may not be true for collective farms at the village level."

As he spoke, the young man sighed, "So, some people in the county believe that in order to ensure the healthy and orderly development of the broiler farming industry in Linyi County and to prevent the outbreak and spread of chicken plague, it is necessary to conduct a strict epidemic prevention inspection on village-level chicken farms and strengthen science popularization and education on avian influenza. If necessary, in order to prevent the possible occurrence of avian influenza, chicken farms that do not meet the relevant hardware conditions can even be fined and closed down!"

At this point, the young man squinted at Yang Mo and said, "It is said that among all the villages, Yangjia Village, Baiyang Village, Qiancang Village and other villages have the largest breeding scale, and they also have a special purpose 817 broiler breeding project... These special broilers and the medicinal eggs they produce are used as export projects, and the county attaches great importance to them."

Yang Mo frowned when he heard the other party actually mentioned his village. Although the second generation in small places are mostly idiots, known for being ignorant of the immensity of the world and arrogant, it is not common to see guys who are this stupid.

He sneered and said calmly, "The prevention and control of avian influenza is a serious matter. I believe that all villages will actively cooperate... It's just that we rural people have little education, little knowledge, and are more straightforward. If there is reason and evidence, it's easy to talk. If sick chickens are really found, there is no need to say more. They will definitely destroy them on the spot and disinfect the entire shed;"

"But if the chickens are not sick, a few unknown experts will point fingers and make all kinds of suggestions for rectification without any basis... I am afraid that ordinary people like us will be impatient and directly clash with them."

As he spoke, Yang Mo sighed compassionately: "You also know that Qilu is a war-ready province, and there are many things left over from history. Although the militias in many villages have been disbanded, they still retain the habit of training until now... Once a conflict occurs, I'm afraid it will be on the news the next day!"

The reason why Yang Mo attaches so much importance to grassroots rural areas is not only based on some obsessions in his previous life, but also because these grassroots rural areas themselves have very obvious decentralized characteristics, which can enable him to seize considerable initiative when necessary.

Playing magic?
OK!

He said it as if no one would know how to do it.

It’s just a battle of magic, let’s see who can beat who!

Hearing the meaning of Yang Mo's words, the young man surnamed Zhao took a breath.

Damn, isn’t this too cruel?

If they really play like this, he doesn’t know what will happen to Mr. Yang, but he and his father will definitely be torn to pieces!

He didn't think that Yang Mo was just talking. Given the current social situation, this kind of thing was very possible!

For the first time, he realized that the things he had been proud of before were useless in front of others. A deep fear flashed in the eyes of the young man surnamed Zhao, and the arrogance on his face disappeared without a trace.

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This idiot who won't listen to advice!
The young man named Chen, who was the first to offer the cigarette, glared at his friend with disappointment.

I told you before I came here that this lord is as equal to our fathers. Don't think that you can take advantage of the home field to defeat him just because he is about the same age as us and is a local layman.

Now look, people are unhappy now, you just wait for your punishment when you get home!

If this leader really takes the initiative to move closer to the Ma side because of you, Uncle He won't need to do anything, your father will be the first one to beat you up!
A waste that fails to succeed but fails to succeed!
Thinking of this, the young man named Chen quickly handed over a bottle of iced drink, which was full of apology.

Seeing that Yang Mo just lazily waved his hand to refuse, he did not feel embarrassed, but showed a sincere smile: "Boss Yang, my brother is a brainless person, he is used to being domineering at home, and speaks without thinking... Don't take what I said just now to heart."

"Uncle He specifically told me before we came here that you are a friend that he and all the uncles value very much. Although it is not convenient for us to come directly to drink tea and discuss with you due to objective reasons, we can only let the younger generation come here to build friendship with you and ask you how to deal with the historical issues left over after the transfer of General Manager Wang Yinuo;"

"Even when discussing solutions, our words may be offensive... But no matter what, please believe that we respect you very much, and you are an idol in the eyes of many of us. There is absolutely no disrespect in our eyes."

Seeing that the other party suddenly stopped hiding his true feelings and directly called out his name, Yang Mo looked at this ordinary-looking young man with some surprise.

How to deal with the historical issues left over after Wang Yinuo’s transfer?

What are the historical issues?
Could it be... ?
Thinking of this, Yang Mo frowned and looked at the young man named Chen in front of him suspiciously.

Seeing this, the young man surnamed Chen looked at him strangely, then sighed softly, "Boss Yang, to be honest, if the matter had not really reached the point where it had to be resolved immediately, we would definitely not dare to rush over and disturb you while you are attending the social gathering."

At this point, the young man turned his head to look at Zhuo Junyue who was looking over here from time to time in the distance, then explained with a wry smile: "But there is no other way. We once went to Dezhou to look for you, and even waited at your door for many days in a row, but it was a pity that we just missed each other... So there is no other way. After we got the news today, we can only come here to disturb you rashly."

Oh?
Does that mean you are among the people queuing at the entrance of Texas?

But logically speaking, dealing with the historical issues left behind by Wang Yinuo is considered serious business. Why don’t you come to my office directly?
and also,

Hasn’t Mr. Wang already taken office? As his successor, you can ask him for help with this matter. Why do you have to ask me?

Yang Mo was filled with doubts...

(End of this chapter)