I made a dime from selling tangerines and you call me heartless?

Hear the news.

Jiang Che was surprised.

"They changed their minds?"

"Why? Wasn't what I told you clear enough?"

"As long as you do what I say, you will basically not lose money if you run this pig farm."

"I don't know either. I've explained all the pros and cons to them, but they just won't agree to it."

Liu Yan spread her hands helplessly.

"To put it bluntly, it's still because they don't trust us."

Tong Yi curled his lips.

"Before I was sent to the village, I always thought that poverty alleviation was actually very simple. As long as everyone worked together, and with the support from the government, poverty could be overcome."

“But now I don’t think so.”

"Some people probably won't be able to get out of poverty in their lifetime. That's their perception."

This is why it is easy to get rid of poverty materially but difficult to get rid of poverty spiritually.

"Tong Yi, you can't say that. You're being too absolute."

“If getting rid of poverty was that easy, the organization wouldn’t have let us go.”

Liu Yan turned around and said accusingly,
"Tong Yi."

"With your level of thinking, I don't think we have much chance."

Tong Yi's face fell instantly.

Hearing this, Jiang Che was amused and looked at the two with interest.

"You two are not..."

"No."

"No."

Tong Yi and Liu Yan shook their heads at the same time.

Jiang Che smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but there was obviously something wrong with the interaction between the two.

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Tong Yi sighed.

"Let's not talk about anything else. Take the Jiangjia Village next door. The town just distributed poverty alleviation pigs the day before, and the next day the whole village was slaughtering pigs and eating pork."

"When this news reached the town, the mayor was furious."

Jiang Che was stunned.

Obviously, Liu Yan had known this news for a long time, and she also sighed.

“I really don’t know what these people are thinking.”

"These poverty alleviation pigs are not for them to eat. Can't they just raise them and eat them?"

"I guess the people from other villages were also deceived by the people from Jiangjia Village, so they changed their minds at the last minute."

"After all, those villages are all headed by old village chiefs."

“Although I have prestige in the village, it is difficult to change the long-standing perception.”

Jiang Che also thought for a while and asked,

"So how many pigs do you have in your three villages combined?"

“Probably close to 400.”

Liu Yan had done her homework long ago.

"Four hundred is enough."

Jiang Che nodded.

"What does the town say?"

"Of course the town supports it. As long as it is beneficial to poverty alleviation, they will support it."

"They also said that as long as we go through the relevant procedures and apply for it, they will give us subsidies, but I don't think the subsidies will be much this time."

"This time, we are distributing poverty alleviation materials to all the poor villages in the town. The town government is already under great pressure. Now we need to provide support as well. I don't think the town government can apply for much from the higher authorities."

Tong Yi said softly.

While talking, their eyes were always on Jiang Che.

Hear the string song and know its elegant meaning.

Jiang Che understood. They wanted to borrow money from him. No wonder these two guys had been waiting here and told him so much. It was all to pave the way for this.

"Tell me, how much do you want?"

he asked.

Both of them looked very embarrassed, looked at each other and said,
"Boss Jiang."

"Not much, probably about three hundred thousand."

"Three hundred thousand?"

Jiang Che raised his eyebrows.

“Why so much?” They already have pigs, venues, and government support. The three villages also have operating funds. How could they possibly need another 300,000?
"Is such that."

"We plan to make this pig farm the pillar industry of the three villages, so we can't be casual about the site, and many facilities need to be improved."

"There is also the issue of purchasing other piglets later."

"We must ensure that the pig farm is profitable from the beginning, in order to stabilize the customers in the market. Otherwise, it will be a one-time profit, and the initial investment will be wasted."

Tong Yi said with a smile,
“So the cost is a bit high.”

"You guys are pretty generous."

Jiang Che joked with a smile.

"Of course, if you do it, you have to do it well."

"What we need to do is to help the village get rid of poverty, not just get rid of poverty during our poverty alleviation period. If we leave, the village will fall back into poverty, and our work will be in vain."

Liu Yan said,
"We need to leave the village with projects that can bring in a steady stream of revenue."

Jiang Che admired their ideas very much.

But three hundred thousand is really not a small sum, especially since he is now in a period of growth, with branches and factories everywhere, and the investment is also quite large. If there is a problem in any link and the funds are cut off, the consequences will be very serious. So he thought about it and said,

"Well, let me think about it when I get back."

"I'll give you an answer in two days."

"Row."

"Okay, Boss Jiang."

"Thank you. Just hearing your words will put both of us at ease."

The two were very grateful.

This is really the current situation of the village. It is a poor village and no one will come to invest. They thought of many people, but in the end they only thought of Jiang Che.

After parting with the two, Jiang Che drove directly to the town.

In the town official office building.

Met the mayor.

The mayor greeted Jiang Che with a smile, and then praised him, showing his support without reservation.

Only after Jiang Che felt a little embarrassed did he bring up the serious matter.

It turned out that ever since Jiang Che said those words at the factory's opening ceremony, Mayor Zhou had always kept them in mind.

In the past few months, I have been running to the district and the city whenever I have time.

Finally, another sum of money came down.

build roads.

Road repair money.

This is what was later passed down through word of mouth: Village-to-Village Connection.

In fact, the state has already arranged this money, but overall it is still being coordinated in Nancheng, which means it has not been implemented yet.

But when Mayor Zhou heard that there was this money, he went to the district and city governments all day long, trying to persuade them with both words and tricks.

Finally, the district leaders became impatient.

The money was allocated to Qingju Town.

but.

Yes, but here it comes.

It was a lot of money, but still not enough.

After all, these poor villages are too large, and each village is far away from each other, and one even has to climb mountains and wade through water to get there.

According to convention, once the government has allocated the money, the rest will be raised by each village.

In other words, let's get together a little more.

But they are a poor village.

Many people in the village are reluctant to buy a few new clothes throughout the year.

Now we want every household to contribute money to build roads?

Mayor Zhou said.

It's hard.

So he had no choice but to set his sights on Jiang Che.

Jiang Che felt helpless after hearing this.

Spread your hands,

"Mayor."

"I really can't help it this time."

"My business has just started, and I need money from every aspect."

"Especially here at the factory. As you can see, it just started production today and hasn't made any profit yet."

"I really don't have a penny for the road construction at the moment."

...(End of chapter)