Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 166 Lunar New Year is here
That night, the family gathered happily around the fire, eating snacks and chatting. Every time Wang Jiankun came back, he would buy some delicious food when passing by Hong Kong or Guangzhou. Sometimes he would put the food in the waste recycling station in the county town before returning to his hometown and let his father take it home. This time he also brought a big bag back.

There are dried fruits such as dried mango, almonds, pistachios, thin-skinned walnuts, etc., and there are many kinds of sugar. At this time, the food manufacturing in Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries has been quite large, so there are many kinds of snacks. Hong Kong is also a major transit port in the East, and many snacks exported to Europe and the United States can also be bought in Hong Kong.

In addition to leaving some for his family, Wang Jiankun gave a lot to Wu Xiaoyi and several of his major disciples in the county as New Year gifts.

My younger sister is the happiest at this moment. She opens and tastes every snack. If they are delicious, she puts a few handfuls in her pocket, and if they are not to her taste, she doesn’t take them.

"Eat less sugar. You eat a lot for dinner. Eat more walnuts to nourish your brain." The mother scolded her sister when she saw her sister peeling candy and eating it.

"Walnuts are so hard to peel. Eating one is too much trouble."

My sister loves to eat but has no patience. Although the walnuts have thin skins, her hands are not strong enough, so she has to use a hammer or put them under the crack of the door to crush the walnuts. After eating two, she thought it was too troublesome and stopped eating.

"Your father is very strong, so ask him to help you peel it and put away all the sugar. You can't eat sugar at night. You have cavities, and new teeth won't grow if they are damaged."

My sister had already replaced most of her teeth at this time, so my mother was worried that her teeth would be decayed and kept restricting her from eating sweets.

Wang Jiankun watched happily from the side, and then thought that his superpowers could be used to do some physical examinations. For dental problems like this, using superpowers to eliminate the worms in the cavities did not seem to have any effect on the body.

So he activated his superpowers and carefully checked his sister's teeth. He found that two of her teeth were indeed infested with worms. He then carefully mobilized the elements, and the worms decomposed from the inside out. Watching the worms disappear one by one under the effect of his superpowers, Wang Jiankun realized that his superpowers seemed to be of great use in the field of biology.

However, he did not dare to touch the elements in his body rashly, because the human body is a dynamically balanced system. If he moved one part, the changes in other parts might be detrimental to his health.

However, this operation of eliminating harmful bacteria and tooth decay on the human body surface is still no problem. After removing the tooth decay for his sister, he used his superpowers to repair the teeth that had been eaten away with black gaps, but retained a little black substance on the surface, which his sister could then brush off by brushing her teeth a few more times.

Then he checked the teeth of his parents and grandparents and found that none of them had cavities. It was just that they didn't have the conditions before and they simply brushed their teeth with gauze dipped in salt or chewed willow branches. Therefore, his grandparents had a lot of dental plaque, and his parents had slightly less.

Although the family's conditions have improved since last year, Wang Jiankun bought a lot of toothbrushes and toothpastes for the family. Now the family brushes their teeth every day, but the plaque left over from before cannot be brushed away.

Wang Jiankun thought about it and didn't dare to use his super powers to remove the plaque from their teeth. He decided to take out a few tubes of toothpaste at night and say that they were the kind that could remove plaque. If they kept using that kind of toothpaste for a period of time, the plaque would be slowly brushed off. He could then use his super powers to remove a little plaque from their teeth every day and try to cure all their teeth during the New Year.

"Kun Le, do you want to get two big sea fish to share among the team members?" Grandpa asked while smoking a filter-tipped cigarette.

"Yes, Sihai Fisheries has made great profits this year, and our team has sent many people to the sea to fish. Just now at the bridgehead, I saw that they were still very afraid of things at sea, so I planned to get something to show them, and by the way, to give some benefits to the team members. The team members have worked hard for a year, and we have earned a lot, so we should give them some good things."

"The processing fee you give to the team is very high. Now, the minimum wage for anyone who enters the factory is 60 yuan. Those who have skills and work overtime can get almost 150 yuan a month. So I don't plan to ask the team to buy more things to share. I just plan to send some rice, flour and rapeseed to a few elderly people when the time comes." said the grandfather.

"We don't send sea fish very often, but Grandpa, has the team distributed this year's dividends?"

"I plan to distribute it the day after tomorrow. Your father has been too busy with the accounting these days, and your mother will be back in a few days. If we sort out the accounts, we can distribute this year's dividends the day after tomorrow."

"The accounts have been calculated, but the money won't be sorted and distributed until tomorrow. This year's dividends will be distributed according to the ratio agreed upon when the shares were purchased. Each share will be 1200 yuan. The total number of shares purchased by each family in the team is 260 shares. It will take a while to distribute the money." The mother said with a smile.

"Tomorrow I will help you count the money." After hearing this, my sister offered to help.

"Then you have to get up early tomorrow and don't stay in bed. Then come with me to the factory office to count."

Now the processing fee of the team's factory and the proceeds from sales to several dealers found by Wang Jiankun are separated. At the end of each month, the team's processing fee will be separated from the collected sales proceeds and deposited in the factory's finance office. The family's safe will be used to store their own money, separate from the team's.

In the second half of this year, Wang Jiankun provided his family with two large safes to store the gold and cash brought back from Yangzhou.

Cheng Xing began to deposit the sales proceeds into several major banks in Guangzhou, and he brought back passbooks.

There are now 120 kilograms of gold and more than 800 million in cash in the safe at home.

This is while we are still using cash to purchase raw materials from the steel mills in Duweiqiao in Dexing and Guangfeng Town, otherwise we would run out of cash at home.

However, things will be much better this year. Several large group companies have begun to invest in the country. Wang Jiankun plans to use the proceeds from the sales of lighters to pay part of the RMB portion, and gradually convert this private income into corporate accounts.

Because most transactions nowadays are still based on cash, there is nothing wrong with Wang Jiankun's operation, but it will become more and more strict in the future. The country will definitely be aware of the taxation issues of the private economy and will strengthen management at that time. Therefore, Wang Jiankun has asked Chen Xingdong to set up a trading company to take over the sales of lighters. The trading company will then settle accounts with the team and pay taxes according to the current tax law. Otherwise, Wang Jiankun would not dare to pay taxes in the name of an individual business owner because the amount is too large. It is even larger than the combined transaction amount of several people arrested in Wenzhou last year.

"Kun Le, your uncle plans to go to BJ to buy the previous house after the New Year. What do you think?"

"My uncle wants to buy my grandparents' house? Oh, right? Aren't we redressing the previous case now? The house should be returned and there's no need to buy it, right?"

"Hey, it makes me angry when I talk about this. Your grandparents passed away too early, and no one is willing to come out to testify. The organization said that they couldn't find evidence that the house was ours. I think it was our mortal enemy back then who was causing trouble. So your uncle thought of buying it with his own money instead of fighting with that gang. Now they are still in power, and we can't beat them. We'll settle the score later."

"Okay, I support it. Is the money enough? If not, we can contribute some."

"We have enough money. Your uncle also has shares in the Xingyao Electronics Factory. This year's dividends are not small, so we don't have to pay. Your uncle wants to buy it when the time comes. You can live there when you go to BJ to study. He usually stays in Guangzhou. If the house is bought and no one lives in it, it will deteriorate quickly."

"Ah? It's not good for me to live there. I'm planning to buy a house in BJ. You can ask your uncle to hire someone to clean and take care of it. The houses I bought in Shanghai were managed by someone else."

"You're not going to live there? Then I'll tell your uncle to find someone to take care of it. You should also go and take a look when the time comes, in case the person you hire doesn't take care of it."

"Okay, no problem. I'll come and check it out often. Maybe the house we bought is nearby, which will be more convenient then."

Wang Jiankun had originally planned to go to BJ to find a house outside the school. He had thought of looking for one near the school, but after going there, he found that the area near the school was almost entirely a rural area, and the houses were either self-built houses by farmers or office buildings, so there were no good options.

Now my uncle is planning to buy the old house, so I might as well buy one nearby. Although it is a bit far from the school, I will definitely be able to get a car by then, so commuting should not be a problem.

"Jiankun, many people in the team want to buy motorcycles and asked me how you bought your motorcycle. Can you help?" The father waited until the mother finished speaking before continuing.

"Are they about to buy a motorcycle? There are so many families out there, they can't hide their money at all? Their houses have just been renovated, and many of them are getting married, so they probably don't have much savings!"

"I've asked everyone about it. This year's dividends are quite a lot, so many families are planning to buy a motorcycle. However, they're not buying motorcycles just for face, they also plan to ride them to pick up customers and do business."

"Riding a motorcycle to carry passengers and do business? Carrying passengers is not cost-effective. If you charge too little, you will lose money. If you charge too much, no one will ride it!"

"It's mainly because there are a few people who have been to Jingdezhen, Quzhou, Xiuning and Huangshan with their cargoes. They plan to buy motorcycles so that they can transport more goods each time, and they can also pick up customers in those places, after all, the cities there are bigger."

"Okay, after the New Year, you can ask Chen Xingdong to help get more goods from the Jialing factory, and then send some of them over. The price will be based on the ex-factory price plus some freight. We won't make any money from them. You can go to the team and ask how many vehicles they need in total, and then send them to Chen Xingdong."

"Okay, hey, Jiankun, how about we buy another one?"

"Ah? Dad, you want to ride one yourself, right? Then you can sign up for one more, no, two. Mom, you can get one too. Dad, choose the medium-sized one, and Mom, you can use the light one." Wang Jiankun thought that by then many people in the team would have motorcycles, so of course his family could buy two more. It shouldn't be the case that all the employees are riding motorcycles while the boss is still riding a bicycle.

"I don't need it, right? I don't go out often."

"Mom, you can ride a motorcycle, so let's get one. It's easier to ride a motorcycle. Dad is often out and about, so it would be convenient for you to have one. We can afford it."

"Yes, I will report it to Lao Chen tomorrow. Our family can afford it."

That night, Wang Jiankun chatted with his family until very late, so he got up late the next day. When he got up, only his grandmother was at home.

Now the lighter factory has not opened all the production lines, because there are always some people who have to prepare for the New Year at home, so the team decided to open half of the production lines. If there is something to do, just let them know in advance and they don’t have to go to the factory.

After Wang Jiankun got up, he went to the kitchen. His grandmother was preparing to make fish with fermented lees. When she saw Wang Jiankun coming, she hurried to cook him a bowl of fermented lees and eggs.

"Grandma, did you brush your teeth with the new toothpaste I gave you this morning?"

“I used it, but it didn’t make any difference.”

"That's just the first time, just use it more often."

After Wang Jiankun was sure that his grandmother had used the toothpaste, he began to use his superpowers to treat his grandmother's tartar a little, loosening the surface plaque. It should be able to be brushed off a little when she brushes her teeth at night.

After eating the eggs with distiller's lees, he watched his grandmother busying herself, so he moved to the stove and started helping to light the fire.

"Kun Le, go out and play, grandma can handle it all by herself."

"I haven't helped to light the fire for a long time. Grandma, I'll go out later. It's cold outside now, and it's quite comfortable to light a fire at the stove." Then Wang Jiankun chatted with his grandmother while lighting the fire, telling her about some interesting things at school and some things he saw in big cities outside.

Grandma was happily making fermented fish with fermented lees while listening to Wang Jiankun, and at the same time she was also talking about some gossips in the team.

Wang Jiankun was very happy to see that his grandmother was in good health and full of energy. When the fermented fish was ready, he picked up several pieces and ate them before leaving.

The weather changed a bit at this time, and the north wind began to blow. Although the sun was quite strong, the skin exposed outside was still very cold when the cold wind blew.

Although it is the beginning of spring, judging from the changing weather conditions, there may be a spring snow.

Wang Jiankun walked to the team's parking lot and just saw Wang Liping driving back a new tractor.

"Jiankun, are you back?" Wang Liping greeted from a distance.

“Yeah, this tractor is easy to use, right?”

"It's very useful, Jiankun, thank you so much. Come to my house for dinner tonight. I'll ask my mother to cook something delicious."

"You're welcome. Your family is busy too. You don't get to rest during the New Year!"

"Fortunately, starting today, I will only run twice a day, one in the morning and one at noon. I will not run in the evening, so I can go home and rest early."

"How's business? It should be better than driving in the team!"

"Hehe, thanks to your help, Jiankun, otherwise I wouldn't be able to buy this car. It's better than when I was in the team." Wang Liping replied with a smile.

Seeing how happy he was, Wang Jiankun knew that he must be doing good business as a freight driver.

Now the several tractors in the team are always transporting materials needed by the factory and only occasionally pick up passengers, so Wang Liping’s tractor business should be pretty good.

Wang Jiankun also helped to repair some of the wear and tear on the tractor, and then left the parking lot. Because there was no one here today, all the vehicles were delivering goods, and the apprentices in training also left with the vehicles.

I wandered to the factory office and saw a young girl carefully helping to fold up the 10-yuan bills, and then wrapped them up in small bundles of 10 pieces of paper, and then in large bundles of 10.

People from several other offices were also bandaging or checking counts, while my mother was doing the accounts on the side.

"Jiankun, you're here. When will our country be able to issue large-denomination banknotes? The largest denomination is only 10 yuan now. 1 yuan is very conspicuous and difficult to hold in your hand."

My mother had seen Hong Kong dollar bills and US dollars and British pounds with a face value of 100, so she asked Wang Jiankun this question.

"It may take a few years. Right now our economy is just starting out and 10 yuan is considered a large note. We have to wait until the economy develops and the money depreciates to a certain extent before we can issue notes with denominations of 50 or 100 yuan."

The mother was obviously tired of counting money, so she was thinking about the large-denomination notes. However, Wang Jiankun judged that it would take several years. It was because he had superpowers that he helped the team to develop the lighter industry, so people would have the illusion that 10 yuan was too small. In fact, 10 yuan can buy a lot of things. Many families only have a monthly living expense of about 10 or 20 yuan. In rural areas, 10 yuan is rarely seen, and 5 yuan is considered a large bill.

After counting the money, my mother sealed it with a note and packed it in a box. Then she took people to take the money to the team's finance office, preparing to distribute dividends in the team's conference room tomorrow.

In the afternoon, the team made a broadcast, telling the team members that each family should send a representative to collect the dividends at 10 a.m. tomorrow and bring proof of shares. Because many families have split up, the team does not know how they divided the shares, so at that time one dividend will be issued for each share certificate.

The next morning, more than 70 people crowded into the team's meeting room, and Wang Jiankun also went to join in the fun.

Although everyone had seen the money before, they were very excited when they saw more than 30 yuan in cash placed on the long table in the conference room, like a small mountain.

"Dear shareholder representatives, please take your share certificates and line up to the right to register. After registration, come to the front in turn to collect your dividends. Each share certificate can be used to collect 1200 yuan, 100 yuan a bundle, one share is 12 bundles. Those who receive it should count it on the spot. Do not leave the meeting room. Wait for confirmation and personally press your fingerprints at the door before leaving. If you have any questions, please speak in the meeting room. After you sign and press your fingerprints and leave, I will not recognize your questions. Did you hear me? If you hear me, hurry up and line up."

The person in charge of distributing the dividends was the accountant of the team. He held a tin loudspeaker and repeated the precautions over and over again, and from time to time he scolded those who wanted to cut in line or did not line up properly and tried to squeeze forward.

The entire conference room was noisy. The militiamen in the team were holding sticks and maintaining order at the front and back doors, fearing that these people would do something irrational after seeing so much money.

Finally everyone followed the rules. A few arrogant people lined up obediently after being taught a lesson by the militia, because if they didn't line up properly, the team would deduct their dividends.

After working for almost 2 hours, I finally distributed all the dividends. However, this year is better than last year. Last year we had no experience and it took a long time, but this year everything went very smoothly. It may also be related to the fact that everyone has gained more experience. After all, everyone received a salary of several thousand or tens of thousands this year.

In the afternoon, the team's loudspeaker sounded again, because two bluefin tunas weighing about 300 kilograms had arrived from Shanghai, and everyone was notified to divide the fish.

The person in charge of escorting the fish was Wang Yongjin, who had just returned on vacation. He brought a long knife along with the fish, which he learned from a Japanese restaurant in Shanghai.

"Wow, such a big fish, bigger than a pig."

"The fish's head is half a meter long. If it opens its mouth, it can eat a person."

“This fish won’t eat people, right?”

"This is a tuna. It eats other small fish but not people. It is sharks that eat people." Someone with some knowledge in the team explained.

"Come on, come on, make way. I'm going to start killing the fish. The knife is long, so stay away!" Wang Yongjin looked at the people who were close to the fish and urged them to stay away.

When everyone saw him pick up the half-meter-long slender knife, they all stepped back a little for fear of hurting them.

The tuna had not been put in ice to keep it fresh after being brought ashore from Sizhou Town, and it had been thawed all the way until now, so Wang Yongjin easily cut the fish meat into pieces.

The fish meat was divided according to the accounts. This was an extra benefit. No one knew whether the meat was good or not. They just took whatever piece they were given.

Wang Jiankun took a piece of the fish belly and prepared to go home and cut it into slices, add some seasoning, and prepare to eat part of it raw and fry the rest.

That night, each family cooked the tuna according to their own understanding. Those with good cooking skills fried, steamed, or sliced ​​and ate raw a piece of the fish, so they thought the fish was good. Those with poor cooking skills cooked it sloppily and thought it was not as delicious as pork, and complained the next day about wasting the seasoning.

Wang Jiankun didn't take it to heart. As the weather got colder over the next few days, he stayed at home to help out and also tutored his sister.

After the family used the new toothpaste for a few days, with the secret help of Wang Jiankun, the tartar began to slowly decrease and could be brushed off every time they brushed their teeth.

On New Year's Eve, snowflakes started falling from the sky. My little sister was so excited that she ran out in her new down jacket without even an umbrella.

By the afternoon, there was snow on the road, but the concrete road could not hold the spring snow, so it was just wet, with only some snow left on the trees and grass.

This year, the conditions for each family are very good. Many families prepared offerings for ancestor worship early. After noon, each family went to the ancestral house to worship.

The ancestral house was also renovated this year and the lights were bright. When Wang Jiankun and his family came, there were already many pairs of big red candles on the candlesticks in front, and they were all big ones, unlike the small ones in previous years. Some of them were second-hand candles made by collecting waste wax and using bamboo tubes.

After paying homage at the ancestral home, Wang Jiankun stayed behind and set off a string of firecrackers with his sister. His sister stayed behind and set off the unlit small firecrackers before running up to catch up.

When she got home, her mother saw her black hands and muddy sleeves and scolded her.

After arriving home, he visited three more places, then put the cold dishes among the offerings aside, and put the other hot dishes and rice back in the pot to heat them up and eat them in the evening.

That night, the family was having a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and watching TV happily. From time to time, several text message machines in the house were ringing with messages. These were some partners and subordinates sending New Year's greetings via text messages.

Unfortunately, this communication tool cannot be used on a large scale in the mainland and is currently only used within a few groups.

After dinner, the family gathered around the fire to watch the news. After the news, there was a new TV program, a new program called the Spring Festival Gala. Wang Jiankun watched it with great interest. There were many new songs, crosstalk and sketches, etc. The whole family was very curious.

Wang Jiankun thought that since the central TV station had begun to change, resulting in more and more television programs becoming increasingly numerous and richer, it would be the right time to develop color television after that year.

The show that night lasted until after midnight. Wang Jiankun watched the fireworks on TV and realized that he didn't have any equipment at home. He decided to prepare some big and nice fireworks next year.

The Lunar New Year has arrived accompanied by the songs on TV.

(End of this chapter)