1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 668 I Just Want to Raise the Upper Limit of the Price of Life

As soon as Li Fengzheng and his friends left, Yang Mo drove Tugou to Xialiu Village.

"Oh my, I wanted to see what 560 looks like... and the three legendary generals."

Yang Mo looked around and sighed regretfully, looking like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world: "He just left like that?"

Yan Laoxi gave a bitter smile: "If we don't agree on something, there's no point in talking... If we continue to talk, it will be uncomfortable for me and them too."

Yang Mo, who was invited into the reception room, took a cigarette and walked over, then sat down on the old sofa which was already a bit uncomfortable: "Why, didn't you reach an agreement?"

Yan Laoxi, who had long noticed that Yang Mo was very different today, glanced at Tugou, who was sitting obediently beside him. After receiving his gaze, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Well, it's not settled."

Yang Mo looked surprised: "Why? Isn't it great that there are suckers willing to pay to help you build a thermal power plant?"

In order to speed up construction, many infrastructure projects have been open to the public since the 1980s.

In later generations, the most famous things in this regard were expressways, but in the 1980s and 1990s, the most famous things were small reservoirs... After all, before the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, water was the most scarce resource in many rural areas in the north.

This is also the reason why Xialiu Sales Agency has been continuously providing money to some villages to build reservoirs.

Land is the lifeblood of farmers. Most rural areas in Shandong and Qilu have grain and cotton production tasks. If the grain harvest is poor, no matter how profitable your work is, farmers will not feel at ease... Moreover, if the grain and cotton production tasks are not completed, many problems will arise, which in turn will have a negative impact on the development of the secondary and tertiary industries in the village. After all, the mere phrase "ensuring safety red lines" is enough to bring many projects to an irretrievable end.

But many people may not be aware that in addition to reservoirs and highways, small power stations are actually open to the public... In later generations, many big bosses, after making money, invested in or contracted a small hydropower station. This situation is particularly common in Shanxi (not for the sake of selling electricity to the grid).

Of course, the Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project is about to be built, and it is not realistic to build a small hydropower station in Dezhou, so if it is to be built, it can only be a thermal power station.

However, although both thermal power stations and hydropower stations are power stations, the difference between them is huge... At the very least, the operating costs and non-operating costs of thermal power stations are much higher than those of small hydropower stations, so even if policy factors are not taken into account, the cost of building and operating a thermal power station is a huge figure.

Therefore, the question Yang Mo asked just now, on the surface, is not a problem at all. Raising funds to build a thermal power station in a rural area with weak infrastructure is definitely one of the biggest scams.

Pushing away the money that others have delivered to your door is even worse than being taken advantage of.

Yan Laoxi glanced at him and sighed helplessly: "Master Xiao Yang, you should be able to guess why our Xialiu Sales Agency is repairing those thermal power plants at all costs... Li Fengzheng and his men have ulterior motives, so I naturally cannot agree to them."

Master Xiao Yang?

Hearing this name that has not changed for more than three years, Yang Mo's eyes flashed with a complicated expression, but then he laughed: "Your Xialiu Sales Agency has quietly raised funds to launch seven thermal power plant projects, and the planned total installed capacity is as high as 7 megawatts... I have only heard about such a big thing now, how could I know why you built these thermal power plants?"

Classmate Tugou was listening at the side, but he pouted his lips in dissatisfaction.

You only found out about this now, so in the end it's all your own fault for setting those rules!
It is your own rule. Unless it involves work at the company's strategic nodes or a project above Class A, the heads of various departments have the right to approve it directly, and it will be done at the level of general assistant at most.

Although the planned total installed capacity of the seven thermal power plants is as high as 7 megawatts, they will not be built at one time, so naturally they cannot be handed over to you... Besides, even if it is reported at one time, although the total installed capacity of 1250 megawatts is a lot, it is not a big deal for behemoths like Dahua Company and Dezhou Urban Development Company. It may not even be rated as a B+ project level, so how can it be qualified to be handed over to your desk!
Yan Laoxi naturally knew this, but he also knew what Yang Mo meant by this. He was silent for a while, then sighed: "Master Xiao Yang, over the years, we in Xialiu Village have been fighting at the grassroots level in the countryside. We have experienced a lot and seen even more... It is precisely because of this that we understand the significance of the Qiangcun Company's incubation plan better than others, and we know better than anyone that if we want farmers like us to hold our heads high and live a better and better life, a Qiangcun Company's incubation plan alone is far from enough."

At this point, Yan Laoxi paused and looked at Yang Mo in front of him seriously: "Master Xiao Yang, I know you want to confirm the answer from me... That's right, our Xialiu Marketing Co., Ltd. spared no expense to build these thermal power plants through self-financing or advance payment. The purpose is nothing more than to raise the upper limit of the life value of these village collective enterprises that we farmers have incubated with great difficulty as much as possible!"

Price of life?

Upper limit?

Yang Mo subconsciously turned his head to look at Lu Yingying who was curled up like a little rabbit.

This is a phrase that was mentioned repeatedly in "Blood Pay" and "Unwritten Rules". In the beginning, apart from explaining part of the content in front of Mr. Zhao, only classmate Tugou was selectively taught some of it by me... It was obvious that this guy's old habit of not being able to hide things had come back again.

snort!
I'll settle the score with you later!
After glaring at the girl unhappily, Yang Mo turned his head and smiled at Yan Laoxi: "Old Yan, why do you think that building a few thermal power plants can increase the upper limit of everyone's life value?"

Yan Laoxi corrected him, "It's not a few thermal power plants, but dozens of thermal power plants... Seven thermal power plants may not be enough, but more than 7 should be able to play a role."

Twenty seats?
This guy is so brave!

Yang Mo smiled noncommittally: "Oh? Why?"

Yan Laoxi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Because Master Xiao Yang, you once said that this is the era of resource mercantilism. All economic and commercial behaviors, after peeling off the layers of appearances, are essentially the replacement and competition of resources!"

"Before last year, whether it was building a reservoir, a road, or a thermal power station, it would not be enough to effectively raise the upper limit of the life value of everyone... But with the end of the Southern Tour Speech and the country's full entry into economic construction, the situation is different."

Yang Mo suddenly became interested: "Oh? Can you elaborate?"

Yan Laoxi gently placed the Da Zhongjiu that Yang Mo had sent him earlier on the coffee table: "It's very simple. The more resources that seem to be everywhere in life, the more important they are... Just like the air and water that everyone breathes every day, you don't think these things are so rare on a daily basis, but if you don't have air all of a sudden, you will suffocate to death; if you don't have water, you will die of thirst."

"Why has the country vigorously developed the rice bag project and the vegetable basket project in the past two years? In addition to striving to completely solve the food problem for everyone, it is also to provide sufficient resource base and upward support for economic development... Without sufficient and cheap grains, vegetables, meat, eggs and milk as a guarantee, how can the food industry develop?"

“So, food is the lifeblood of the food industry at the bottom level!”

"Similarly, the country has begun to vigorously develop the chemical industry in the past two years, and a big consideration is also to support the development of agriculture."

“Without fertilizers, grain production cannot be increased; without cheap fertilizers, grain costs cannot be controlled, and the lower limit of price competitiveness of the food industry cannot be guaranteed;”

"Agricultural materials such as pesticides, plastic films, plastic greenhouses, irrigation hoses, etc., are also based on the same principle... They are all used to reduce the overall cost of food and to ensure the lower limit of the price competitiveness of the food industry."

“So, chemicals are food, and are one of the most basic lifelines of agriculture.”

After Weiwei gave two examples, Yan Laoxi crossed his arms and said, "After three years of industrial sinking, the rural grassroots areas of Dezhou and Lanling have already had a relatively complete low- and medium-end manufacturing base... In fact, more than 80% of the strong village companies are incubated by low- and medium-end manufacturing."

"Now that the country is striving to participate in the international division of labor, in Qilu, where the economic structure itself is already outward-oriented, in this international market environment that has turned to resource mercantilism, what is the bottom-level lifeline of these low-end manufacturing industries that have sunk to rural areas?"

Holding up three fingers, Yan Laoxi's expression was extremely heavy: "In my opinion, there are only three: manpower, raw materials, and energy!"

"Farmers are not afraid of hard work or fatigue. As long as there is a goal, they will endure a little hardship. Therefore, labor costs are not a problem for most rural areas... But our original intention is to let everyone live a dignified and good life, rather than being treated like coolies in the old society."

"As for raw materials, since they involve so many aspects, many important industrial raw materials such as iron, copper, aluminum, lead, mercury, etc. are state-owned. We simply cannot and do not have the ability to influence them."

"Then according to the impossible triangle theory you mentioned earlier, Master Xiao Yang, the only thing we can try is to be self-sufficient in energy in this area."

After a slight pause, Yan Laoxi noticed that Yang Mo's face did not show any change. He was almost suffocated by the pressure of silence and took a deep breath. "In fact, the case that Manager Lu once shared with us has convinced me that the decision to build a thermal power plant at all costs is correct."

"Manager Lu told us that Master Xiao Yang once said that raw materials such as electrolytic aluminum, which are used in all aspects of the manufacturing industry, actually compete on the cost of electricity in the international market... Whoever can stably supply sufficient electricity and have lower electricity costs will produce more competitive electrolytic aluminum;"

"Similarly, in industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, building materials, and machinery manufacturing, although high-end products compete on technology, low- and mid-end products all compete on electricity... In fact, based on my experience over the past few years, almost all low- and mid-end manufacturing industries compete on cost, and electricity is among the top three costs."

At this point, Yan Laoxi's expression was a little solemn. "The rural areas of Dezhou and Lanling have already taken on a large number of low-end manufacturing links, and the shortage of electricity in rural areas has always been an important link restricting the development of their industries. At present, the local power bureaus under the Ministry of Electric Power Industry are temporarily unable to build a centralized power supply network in the local area. Rural areas have the need to raise funds to build power plants on their own."

"More importantly, electricity is crucial to manufacturing companies, so it has become an iron hand around our necks!"

With a wry smile, Yan Laoxi explained, "Master Xiao Yang has been very busy these past two years and has not had time to go to the grassroots level, so he may not be very familiar with some situations. You probably don't know how overbearing the power supply stations at the township level are now. If they don't like something, they will cut off the power supply. In order to ensure that their own enterprises can have normal power supply and operation, many villages not only have to be cautious everywhere, but sometimes they have to..."

Halfway through his words, Yan Laoxi caught sight of the white clouds outside the window that had vaguely formed into crab claws, and he didn't dare to continue: "In short, this situation can't continue like this. If we don't want to be strangled, if we don't want to be arbitrarily troubled, if we want to live like a human being... water, electricity, and roads, these three things must be in our own hands!"

"So, this is why our Xialiu Sales Agency has invested our own income in the past two years and still borrowed money from everywhere to finance the project... As the big brother of Dezhou and Lanling rural areas, since everyone is willing to trust us, we have the responsibility and obligation to lead everyone forward!"

"At the very least, raise the upper limit of the value of our lives, so that we don't end up with mashed yam on other people's plates!"

Everyone knows that rights are only responsible for the source of rights, but few people know that rights are also divided into explicit rights and implicit rights. The implicit rights and responsibilities that are everywhere in this society are based on demand, or to be more precise, based on the shortcomings of demand and the dependence on core resources... This is especially true in the fields of social governance and economy.

So, once you don't need to rely on others, in many cases others will not be able to control you.

This is also the reason why Yang Mo has been able to maintain an extremely strong attitude in the past few years, but others are helpless against him;
Similarly, this is also an important reason why many competent authorities have been trying to deconstruct the closed-loop ecosystem of local state-owned enterprises in the past two years, and capital also hates the small peasant economy model... For many things, as long as you understand the underlying logic, you can figure it out all at once.

Of course, social governance is actually an accounting book, and all policies and behaviors are just choices made after weighing the pros and cons;

As Yan Laoxi said, simply achieving independence in electricity, energy and water conservancy in rural areas cannot completely change the disadvantaged position of farmers. At best, it can only turn them from a pile of yam paste that can be pounded however they like into a raw sweet potato that needs to be cooked over high heat before it can be eaten.

But no matter what, raising the upper limit of the price of the lives of these fellow villagers and Qiangcun companies will make it less unscrupulous for others to have evil intentions. In fact, for many honest farmers, this is already a great merit.

………………

Yang Mo tilted his head and stared at Yan Laoxi quietly for a while.

I don’t know why, but looking at this man in front of me whose hair has turned gray unknowingly, I suddenly remembered the old horse named "Boxer" in "Animal Farm".

Yang Mo, who always felt that he was the donkey named Benjamin, sighed and suddenly laughed: "Old Yan, are you sure... that everyone is willing to believe you, rather than just taking you for a fool?"

Yan Laoxi naturally knew what Yang Mo was asking, and he puffed out his chest proudly: "Although not all villages support it, more than half of the villages have expressed their willingness to raise funds to build reservoirs and power plants...It's just that everyone doesn't have much spare money now, and they have to withhold a portion of the funds every month to expand production, so we, the Xialiu Sales Agency, can only find a way to raise funds to pay for it first."

After that, he added, "Master Xiao Yang, you have always emphasized that this is an era of racing against time. Many things are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Compared with the opportunities in front of us, it is nothing for us, Xialiu Sales Company, to tighten our belts and live a hard life for a few more years."

Those who know a little about this aspect know that in China, whether it is a hydropower station or a thermal power plant, it is a project in which the input and output are seriously disproportionate. It is impossible to make a profit while ensuring normal operation without 20 to 30 years!
Therefore, unless the state or state-owned enterprises take action based on their own social responsibility, no fool would be willing to invest in such infrastructure projects... and considering the inflation level and capital shortage in the 1980s and 1990s, it would be even more foolish for private individuals to invest in such projects.

So when Yang Mo heard what Yan Laoxi said, he couldn't help but be moved: "Oh? You just paid in advance?"

Yan Laoxi showed an undisguised pride on his face: "Yes, just like all the support projects in the past two years, these thermal power plants are double-layer PPP structures, and the shares are held by villages in proportion... The contract clearly states that the money will be temporarily advanced by our Xialiu Sales Agency, and the corresponding shares will also be managed by us. Within ten years, each village must repurchase the corresponding shares in proportion and pay us interest at 3% of the commercial loan. Otherwise, the shares will be automatically transferred to the secondary distribution, and the power plant also has the right to refuse to supply electricity to the village that defaults."

Interest and the like are actually just a matter of digestion. After all, with the current inflation rate, 3% interest is not only a way to preserve value, but also a way to give it away in half. However, this equity structure, this penalty clause, and this written contract express the attitude of those villages from another perspective... At the very least, they, who have no idea about inflation, have proved with their actions that these villages do not regard Yan Laoxi and his people as suckers, but are really willing to stand together.

After a moment of silence, Yang Mo suddenly asked, "Have you calculated the operating costs of these thermal power plants? If they are really put into operation, how much do you plan to set the electricity price at that time?"

Yan Laoxi did not hesitate at all: "It is impossible to calculate the operating costs of thermal power plants in advance. After all, they are too affected by coal prices. The only thing that can be calculated is... after the first batch of 7 thermal power plants are built, the daily coal consumption will not be less than 2.3 tons!"

As he spoke, the old man puffed out his chest and said, "But no matter how the coal price changes, we have unanimously agreed that at least within the next ten years, our electricity price will only be maintained at 3 yuan per kilowatt-hour. It can only be lower, not higher. After all, after repeated calculations, we have found that only by controlling the electricity price at this level can the Qiangcun companies responsible for mid- and low-end manufacturing maintain a profit level that can achieve all-round positive development... Even if the price is raised in the future, the floating price cannot be higher than 10% of the cost price in the next five-year pricing cycle!"

Yang Mo took a breath of cold air.

3 cents per time?
You know, before 1998, although the electricity prices in various rural areas were not uniform, they generally fluctuated between 6 yuan and 1 yuan... There was no way around it. Just like some meat, eggs or electrical appliances, the price of electricity actually showed an inverted trend with the development of the economy and infrastructure.

And you have to understand that this is the residential electricity price. Unless you have policy support, the industrial electricity price will be higher!
Therefore, the price of 3 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity is even more of a welfare than a benefit at the moment.

But that's not the point.
The point is...

"Old Yan, do you mean that you plan to generate electricity yourself instead of selling it online?"

Yang Mo's brows suddenly frowned.

Whether it is a hydropower station or a thermal power station, the country's policy has always been to encourage active private participation.

But the problem is, you can build a power plant, but just like in later generations, the electricity you generate must be sold to the state, which is the so-called selling electricity online. It is illegal to privately connect to the power grid to supply electricity.

Yan Laoxi smiled and said, "Master Xiao Yang, don't worry about this. I have studied it. The country does not have any regulations that prohibit collective power plants from supplying electricity. Moreover, these thermal power plants have all been reported to the competent authorities of Linyi County and Qihe County, and they are also in the name of key industrial supporting projects. There are no problems with environmental protection, land use and other related approvals."

Dezhou is a pilot city for the tax-sharing reform, and Linyi County is trying its best to carry out the reform of county management of township finances. In addition, no one dares to offend Yang Mo, so with the endorsement of the local competent authorities, it is not surprising that the power bureaus of the two places made some concessions.

But Yang Mo knew that it was not that simple, and he frowned: "But the problem is, I will be promoted to the department level soon. Once I am transferred, have you thought about the consequences in three to five years? Besides, Lao Yan, you have been working in society for so many years, you should know that nothing lasts forever."

There are no problems now, but that doesn't mean there won't be any problems in the future. If we follow the original historical line, the State Power Corporation would have been reorganized by the end of 1996, and all grid operations would have been completely centralized... It just so happens that that time was also the year of the change of leadership, so there would definitely be big troubles by then. At least, there would be no more electricity at 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Unexpectedly, Yan Laoxi shook his head stubbornly: "I don't care about this. Since there is no problem with the procedures at the beginning, you can't regret it later!"

As he spoke, a sly look appeared in his eyes: "Anyway, we are just a bunch of peasants who only know how to stick to our principles. If you can't stand your ground... hundreds of villages and hundreds of thousands of farmers are not so easy to be bullied!"

Yang Mo rolled his eyes. Are you here to pretend to be a farmer who can't read or write?
I knew that you couldn't be unprepared for such a killer weapon!

However, although Yan Laoxi's countermeasures to future risks are very crude, it must be admitted that this move is definitely effective.

In later generations, Weichai Group became famous for building its own power plant, and its confrontation with the State Grid Corporation of China became even more famous.

Think about it, even in 2012, Weichai Group could use the name of "internal power supply guarantee" to defeat the other party, not to mention that this was the s, and the planned thermal power plants were directly related to hundreds of village collective enterprises and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of villagers?

As Yan Laoxi said, in China, as long as you are right and make a big fuss about things, as long as you control the actual scale, you can basically get a relatively satisfactory result.

He hummed softly, "So, the reason why Li Fengzheng and his team came here this time and wanted to invest in building a thermal power plant with you is to join forces and give themselves more momentum?"

Old Yan nodded. "The owner of Yu Manor has been getting more and more arrogant in the past two years. He has really lost himself. But in May this year, he failed to be selected as a representative of Tianjin to attend the 5th National Congress. I think this must have been a wake-up call for him, making him realize that some things are false after all, and that the superficial glory is not enough to rely on. So he finally wants to play his cards well."

"Unfortunately, he has been stereotyped in all aspects over the past two years. His overly arrogant words and deeds have made it difficult for him to make any progress in the system. The industry of their group is also too large to turn around. The family-style management framework makes them further away from the four words "unite the masses."

"So in this situation, finding new partners and new trump cards became their most convenient option... Unfortunately, Dezhou is very close to Tianjin, and our Xialiu Sales Agency has a good mass base, but we owe them a large sum of money. It is normal for them to come to us and then give them trump cards through project bundling."

Yang Mo smiled and said, "But why didn't you agree?"

Yan Laoxi pursed his lips and said, "First, Li Fengzheng is a dishonest person. I don't want those thermal power plants and reservoirs to become tools for balancing accounts... It's okay for Xialiu Sales Agency to suffer a little loss, but I don't want his own problems to be found out in the future, and these projects that were originally for the benefit of the people to be criticized!"

"Secondly, I am not the same kind of person as them now. We are not on the same path. The reason why the more than 800 villagers in Xialiu Village have been able to tighten their belts and suffer until now is not because we are really stupid and don't know the joy of spending money, but because we have our own beliefs and sense of value satisfaction... Once we mix with those people, we will not only be constrained in doing things, but also lose the anger that everyone has been holding back."

"If this breath is released, it will be difficult to hold it back again!"

Yang Mo nodded.

For people in later generations, the three words "essence, energy and spirit" are illusory and it is difficult to even imagine them, let alone feel them.

But for many people of this era, these three words are extremely real... Take Wang Jinxi, the famous iron man in the oil system, for example. How could people in later generations understand that a person could jump into the mud in the middle of winter without hesitation and act as a human blender?
only……

This is 1992 after all.
Thinking of the ubiquitous slogans on the walls of Xialiu Village, Yang Mo looked at him with a half-smile: "Old Yan, it's good to be energetic, but seriously speaking, the current Xialiu Sales Agency has more capital to spend money than the manor in the north... Are you sure you can keep the anger in your chest?"

Yan Laoxi looked at him calmly and said, "I can't guarantee it, but the only thing I can guarantee is that once I find that everyone has lost their temper, I will disband the Xialiu Sales Agency immediately!"

As he said that, he smiled helplessly: "I know you have always been prejudiced against me, Master Xiao Yang. I don't blame you for that. When we first met, I was just a debt collector. The first impression is hard to change."

"But what I want to say is that, Master Xiao Yang, after all, you are old and were born under the red flag, so it is understandable that you don't understand people like us."

Smoothing his still dense gray short hair, Yan Laoxi's eyes seemed a little deep: "I am already fifty-nine this year. Counting it, I just came of age when New China was founded."

"We were different from you back then. Although we had just reached adulthood, we had already experienced a lot."

"In short, we who have seen the thousand-mile red smoke and the purgatory on earth with our own eyes have a deeper respect for the teacher than you young people, and are more willing to follow him to create an incomparably better world."

"Similarly, we who have been to the Korean battlefield believe more than anyone else that man can conquer nature. We also believe more than anyone else that as long as we try our best, there is nothing in this world that is impossible!"

As he said this, Yan Laoxi turned around and said, "I know that you, Master Xiao Yang, will find this view very unrealistic and even naive, but I, Lao Sun, and the more than 800 comrades in Xialiu Village really believe this... Everything depends on human efforts!"

"Many people have told me that Xialiu Sales Agency has developed very well. Even if we leave Dahua Company and Drilling Company No. 1, we can still live well and will definitely live a more comfortable life... After all, the complicated cooperation with Dahua Company has occupied a large number of our manpower, and all of these manpower are the backbone of the agency who have been tempered for thousands of years."

"But our Xialiu Sales Agency has never stopped cooperating with Dahua Company, and has never refused those jobs that require a lot of our manpower and energy, but the labor income is not even as much as if we were to handle an ordinary commercial project ourselves."

"It's not because you are the leader, Master Yang, nor is it because Dahua Company is a central enterprise."

After a slight pause, Yan Laoxi's voice was full of sincerity: "On the one hand, I said a long time ago that Master Xiao Yang is our friend of Xialiu Village. For the sake of friends, we are willing to help you."

"But on the other hand, it's because... as our cooperation deepens, we've discovered that, although your work style is completely different from ours, and many of your views and ideas are also very different from ours, the things you actually do make us realize that you are actually our comrade!"

Squeezing out a faint smile, Yan Laoxi glanced at Lu Yingying beside him and said, "Although I know that many people don't think so, and even many members don't think so, I have always believed that how you say something is not important, and how you do it is not that important either, but the result cannot deceive people."

"In Dezhou and Lanling, there are 1147 villages in total. In just two years, the per capita annual income of 67% of the villagers has soared from less than 300 yuan to 1140 yuan, and the per capita GDP has exceeded yuan... Although the increase in wages and prices is partly to blame, the real key is your hard work, Master Yang."

"So, since we are all comrades, and we all want to lead everyone to a better life, and Master Xiao Yang, your status and ability are far greater than ours, then as for me, I naturally have to cooperate unconditionally!"

"Life is nothing more than three bowls of wheat rice and a hard bed. We in Xialiu Village are used to being poor and don't have high demands for material things... In comparison, watching everyone's life prospering step by step with our help, and then giving us a thumbs up and saying good job, really makes us happy."

"So, I hope you can understand, Master Xiao Yang, that we are willing to borrow a lot of money to build reservoirs and thermal power plants, and even willing to pay for the technical staff. It is not because we intend to imitate you and turn the rural areas of Dezhou and Lanling into a base that only obeys our orders, but because... this is the responsibility that we must bear as a leader and lead everyone towards a well-off life!"

After all, Yan Laoxi has been dealing with people in the system for so many years. Naturally, he knows that people in the system and rural people like them look at the same thing from completely different perspectives. While developing infrastructure projects with long payback cycles such as reservoirs and power plants in rural areas can certainly prevent village collective enterprises and greenhouse planting projects (version 2.0 of greenhouse planting technology has begun to require a large amount of electricity as a guarantee) from being strangled by others, isn't there a suspicion that these villagers and village collective enterprises will be converted into their die-hard fans?
Yang Mo listened quietly to what Yan Laoxi had to say, and then he just rested his chin on his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

This was the third time Yang Mo had heard similar words.

The first time was when Wang Yinuo said it to him,
The second time, it was Elder Zhao who told him;
The third time was said by Yan Laoxi.

Could it be...

Is there really such a huge difference in concepts between people born before the founding of the People's Republic of China and those born after the founding of the People's Republic of China?

Yang Mo had no answer.

I don’t know how long it has been...

Yang Mo woke up from his contemplation, then sighed softly, glanced at Yan Laoxi who was staring at him, and smiled softly: "Old Yan, given the current situation, it's very dangerous for you to play with cash flow like this... Tell me, how big is your current funding gap?"

Taking out a cigarette and lighting it, Yang Mo tilted his head towards Tugou classmate: "This girl asked me for 2000 million right away. I originally thought it was a huge ask... But now it seems that this amount is not enough!"

Yan Laoxi was stunned when he heard this, and glanced at the Tugou classmate who was whining. He didn't expect that Lu Yingying would actually ask Yang Mo for money directly, and he didn't expect that Yang Mo actually wanted to help.

After hesitating for a moment, he gave a number.

Hearing this, Yang Mo nodded without comment, then stood up and said, "Okay, I understand."

He neither said he would help nor said he wouldn't help, he just walked outside.

When he reached the door, Yang Mo suddenly stopped and turned his head. "By the way, don't use the name of the village collective to handle the thermal power station. I will let Dahua Company come forward and symbolically contribute some shares, and then both sides will do some P... Local personnel have to change every three to five years, and the risks are too unknown. Their power system sometimes has to rely on our oil system for fuel support. It will be much easier to confront them if we put Dahua Company's name on them. Don't always think about mobilizing the masses. The sequelae are too great!"

What he meant was that he intended to replicate the operations of Weichai Group in later generations if necessary.

Yan Laoxi figured it out and was immediately overjoyed: "...Okay, I got it!"

(End of this chapter)