The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 235 Vanguard

What is socialism? It’s about sharing poverty together. It’s definitely not like this.

The people at the top want everyone to live a good life and want everyone to become wealthy.

But more than 20 years after liberation, people still don’t have enough food to eat.

Common poverty is not socialism, but some people take poverty for granted. Not only do they not admit their poverty, they also shout slogans such as "It's an honor to be poor."

This time, Ouyang Chengfeng was summoned only because he was the president of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. If he was not the president, he might have summoned Sima Wudi or Murong Xiaoyao.

Jiang Cheng did not expect that today would be an unforgettable day for him, because the boss did not discuss some issues with the people in the reception room. Instead, at around ten o'clock, he asked Jiang Cheng to drive the car while the boss sat in the car and asked Ouyang Chengfeng about some livelihood issues.

Supply and marketing cooperatives run through cities and rural areas, and a lot of data can be verified from the development of supply and marketing cooperatives. From the data, the country is moving forward, but the pace is too slow, so slow that it has been dragged down by the growing population.

"How can we make everyone live a good life~." After hearing some of the data said by Ouyang Chengfeng, the boss sitting in the back seat sighed.

Jiang Cheng knew that his chance had come. If he wanted to take a photo with the boss, it would be useless to just ask. He had to make the boss appreciate him and be willing to take the initiative to give him the opportunity to take a photo.

"D, it's too difficult to achieve common prosperity. We have to make some people rich first, and then drive others to get rich, like me~~."

"Jiang Cheng, don't talk nonsense."

Jiang Cheng bravely continued what D said, but was interrupted by the president Ouyang Chengfeng halfway through. It was because D had not recovered his identity, otherwise Ouyang Chengfeng would have been frightened by Jiang Cheng's words.

Originally, Jiang Cheng took the initiative to change the subject by talking about the leader coming from Sijiu City in the morning, and Ouyang Chengfeng's lowered impression of him actually reversed.

But it can't happen again. Who dares to go up and talk to him? No matter how good such a driver is, Ouyang Chengfeng doesn't dare to keep him around.

Because no matter how capable you are, if you interrupt at every turn, if you face ten leaders, nine of them are satisfied, but you anger one, Ouyang Chengfeng may face an unexpected disaster.

"President Ouyang, it's okay, let this young comrade continue speaking." Mr. D stopped Ouyang Chengfeng and smiled, allowing Jiang Cheng to continue speaking boldly.

After hearing this, Jiang Cheng felt relieved. As long as Guy D was interested, he was afraid that he wouldn't even have a chance to speak.

Then he began to boldly talk about how to make some people rich first, and then how to bring some people along. The "some" Jiang Cheng mentioned was not a few dozen or a few hundred, but a few based on the national population base.

But if you want to make people rich, even if it's just to make some people rich first, it's very difficult under the current domestic situation. Because there's no such environment, individuals can't do business and can only rely on working, and work is a long-standing problem in China. If there really were enough jobs in China, how could there be so many educated youth going to the countryside?

As the conversation in the car continued, Ouyang Chengfeng felt that he should not be in the car. There were some things he could listen to. Jiang Cheng was a rebellious person, and he directly assumed some things that could be "speculated and profited".

But the key point is that when Jiang Cheng was talking later, Mr. D asked Jiang Cheng to get out of the car with him and walk around, and they talked while walking, but he did not "point out" that his thinking was wrong on the spot.

This is Mr. D protecting Jiang Cheng, because there are some things that cannot be said casually in this era.

After getting off the bus, it was cold outside, but it didn't affect them. This requires socialism with Chinese characteristics. How to achieve these characteristics? How to ensure that the rich are willing to lead the poor.

Another thing is how to make a group of people rich first. We can't just treat everyone as fools by adding the word "characteristics" and force capitalism to be socialism.

Jiang Cheng had no choice but to continue talking. If he didn't continue talking, Mr. D would still regard him as the cancer of capitalism.

We can only start by developing export through urban pilot projects to earn foreign exchange for the country. Without export and foreign exchange, domestic resources will always be the same, and the so-called getting rich first is really just concentrating domestic resources in the hands of a certain group of people.

In that case, a certain group of people will become rich, but the total wealth of the country will not change. So we must open up to the outside world, and we cannot prevent domestic products from going out and foreign products from coming in. But the country is currently practicing a planned economy, and if we want to open up, there must be a prefix, and the country must first ~reform~.

The conversation lasted until lunchtime.

Jiang Cheng's purpose of coming here this time was exceeded. Not only did they take group photos, but D also gave Jiang Cheng a fountain pen with his name engraved on it. However, Jiang Cheng also took on an extra responsibility.

Because Mr. D hopes that one day Jiang Cheng can become a pioneer and do what he said.

Just like Jiang Cheng said, the first group of rich people cannot guarantee that they can feed back to others. We can only select a group of people in the early stage. If ten out of a hundred rich people can lead the others, it will be good enough.

When it comes to human nature, one cannot expect too much. When D asked Jiang Cheng if half of the rich would give back to others, Jiang Cheng simply shook his head.

If you think that if one person becomes rich, his whole family will benefit, and if one person becomes rich, he will bring his relatives to make a little money, that's fine. But half of those who expect to get rich will let strangers follow them to get rich, which is completely unrealistic.

Even the 10% that Jiang Cheng mentioned would do so was because there was no money at the beginning. Many people contracted factories in the 1980s and implemented the employee shareholding system. Later, less than 1% did so.

Jiang Cheng was willing to be the pioneer, but he did not think of bringing a group of bosses with him. His idea was that the employees would be paid enough to live a comfortable life.

On the way back, Jiang Cheng drove the car calmly, while Ouyang Chengfeng sat in the back without saying a word. The two leaders who came with him in the morning stayed in the county town and did not need to go back with him.

During these days of the year, Ouyang Chengfeng would definitely let Jiang Cheng drive for him. As for after the New Year, he would definitely not ask Jiang Cheng to drive a car for him exclusively.

Ouyang Chengfeng didn't want to teach Jiang Cheng how to be a driver. After D Lao went to Sijiu City and restored his identity, Jiang Cheng had D Lao's pen, and no one could touch him in a small place.

After returning to Changcheng, Jiang Cheng directly sent the president home, and then drove home himself.

When he got home, Jiang Cheng took out all the food he had brought from the hotel that morning, and of course, he also got some barbecued pork buns and steamed dumplings from Hong Kong.

"So many breakfasts, it's great to be driving for the boss. Just these can save the family several pounds of fine grains." Zhou Lingying took the things from Jiang Cheng, put them on the table and said in surprise.

"The weather is cold, so it can be kept for several days. You can just heat it up and eat it every morning." Jiang Cheng also said with a smile.

"Jiang Cheng, can I take a few for my neighbors to try?" Zhou Lingying couldn't help but ask as she looked at the variety of breakfasts.

"This is fine grain, you are willing to give it away." Jiang Cheng replied.

“I won’t give more.”

"It's up to you. I don't care about family matters anyway."

After hearing Jiang Cheng's agreement, Zhou Lingying went out with a bulging belly and some breakfast.

In fact, these breakfasts are not rare, except for the ones Jiang Cheng brought from Hong Kong. Steamed buns, steamed buns, and flower rolls can be bought at breakfast shops with money and food stamps.

Zhou Lingying gave some to her neighbor. Her real intention was not to drink the wine, but to show off that this was the money her husband got for free in the hotel when he was driving for his boss.

The meaning is different. If she bought it herself, even if the quantity doubled, Zhou Lingying would not be willing to give one to others for free.

The purpose of competing with a tree and a human being is not to show off. Even if a family is given only one steamed bun, they will give eight.

(End of this chapter)