1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 219 Now it seems that the Rex rabbit industry seems to give me more and more surprises.

Looking at the photos sent by the Foreign Trade Bureau, Su Wenchen held a glutinous rice stick in his hand and pondered secretly.

He actually didn't know much about fur before, and at first he just thought that the price was determined by the quality and feel of the fur.

Now it seems that color is also an important factor.

However, Su Wenchen thought about it and roughly understood that current technology should not be able to dye fur without damaging the fur at all.

Not to mention the risk of color fading due to artificial dyeing.

This kind of Rex rabbit skin is generally used to make mid- to high-end clothing and accessories, so it is naturally impossible to use artificial dyeing, which is currently extremely immature.

Otherwise, if people spend a lot of money to buy a piece of fur, but it fades after wearing it for a year, there is no way to explain to these consumers, because at this time, even in the West, the people who can afford this kind of mid-to-high-end fur must be middle class or above.

After Su Wenchen took a look at it, he found that the fur of the Rex Rabbit did seem to have some meaning, especially after he cultivated it, it tended to be a pure-colored Rex Rabbit fur.

In this way, he can completely provide breeding feed to the Rex Rabbit cubs from the surrounding brigades without having to feed them breeding feed.

For their own farms, they select a batch of feed to feed and cultivate, and only cultivate the highest quality pure-color Rex rabbit fur.

After all, if there is too much of something, it will not be that valuable.

In this way, if they can earn a lot of foreign exchange in the market, then they will naturally be more confident.

Just like the Municipal Textile Department, why did they dare to stop production and even confront the new secretary directly? Moreover, they did not show any fear when problems were found in both departments.

They even dared to organize other factories to protest together.

After all, they can earn foreign exchange, and it is actually very easy to do things with this big sign. Of course, Su Wenchen feels that the other party seems a bit too arrogant this time, and he is afraid that there will be no good ending in the end.

However, how much does this pure color Rex rabbit skin cost and how to find buyers is a problem.

After all, even the Foreign Trade Bureau doesn’t know the price of this pure color Rex rabbit fur.

"Hey, Ah Li, if we have pure-colored Rex rabbit fur, can we exhibit it at the Canton Fair?"

"what?"

Jiang Li suddenly found it difficult to keep up with Su Wenchen's thinking.

"No, are you serious?"

"Isn't that kind of thing said to only appear in very rare cases? Do you already have one in your field?"

Having said this, Jiang Li shook her head again.

"Even if we have it, we still can't meet the standards for the Canton Fair. First of all, we can't produce it stably. This is the first problem."

"Another thing is that now it has been impacted. Although it has not been suspended according to the prime minister's special approval, the requirements for products to be exhibited have become much stricter."

"They are basically all bulk transactions. The reason why I could only sell to the Foreign Trade Bureau is that our scale is too small. Many factories are like this now."

"With our level of production, we can't even meet the standards of the Canton Fair!"

"Their foreign trade bureau has very strict review. It's impossible for you to sell anything. Only those products that we think have the potential to bring back a lot of foreign exchange for the country, or that are in line with the theme of 'self-reliance', can be put up for display."

"Generally speaking, all the goods are purchased directly by the import and export companies under them, and then exported uniformly."

Su Wenchen understood what Jiang Li meant, because there were only so many booths, and if everyone rushed in to buy everything, it would become a vegetable market.

In short, the ones that can go up at present are either large state-owned enterprises or products that can earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country.

Or the exhibits displayed to the public usually revolve around the theme of "self-reliance".

According to Su Wenchen's understanding, this category basically includes industrial equipment such as machine tools developed by themselves under various blockades, or some of their unique handicrafts.

So if they want to be included in the exhibition, they either need to quickly increase production or comply with the theme of self-reliance.

If we want to increase production quickly, we currently need the cooperation of Dongfeng Commune, because without large amounts of feed, it is impossible to increase the number of Rex rabbits significantly even if they are very fertile.

As for feeding grain, even if you can earn foreign exchange, the risk is still very high because rabbits, unlike chickens, are not one of the main poultry specified by the state.

It is basically difficult to get approval from the city, not to mention that now is not the time when Secretary Li is in office.

Therefore, at present, quality is still the best solution.

Moreover, Su Wenchen also thought, could he also take advantage of the theme of self-reliance?
If he could breed a rare colored Rex rabbit that was not available in the world now, wouldn’t that be a breakthrough?
Doesn’t this conform to the principle of “self-reliance”?
Although the original breed of rabbits were introduced, the breeding technology of rare colored rabbit breeds certainly will not be taught. Who says this is not self-reliance?

As for domestic machine tools and equipment, in fact, many of them are imported finished products. Then, after being disassembled by countless scientists, they gradually understood the principles inside and gradually developed their own domestically produced ones.

Although there is suspicion of plagiarism, who can build an atomic bomb directly from primitive people?

By then, they will have the market, reputation, and foreign exchange.

Although the US dollars earned cannot be spent directly and need to be exchanged into one's own currency, it is not without benefits. Otherwise, there would not be so many state-owned enterprises obsessed with earning foreign exchange.

If your factory exports a large share and earns a lot of foreign exchange, most of the local resources will actually be tilted towards you, and the local authorities will also give the local area a certain amount of foreign exchange usage based on the foreign exchange you earn.

If we need to introduce foreign technology and production lines in the future, they will be given higher priority.

Just like their city's textile factory, the pork from the city's meat processing plant, and the eggs from their farm are actually supplied to other factories at a preferential price.

If you argue with him a little, he will say that you are deliberately delaying the task of earning foreign exchange.

Su Wenchen was also completely convinced. It seemed that you would feel weak if you didn't eat a few more bites of eggs, right?

Anyway, they have encountered this situation several times. If there is one company they are least willing to deal with, it is the Municipal Textile Company.

He was too arrogant and relied on his large scale to demand the highest output every time and also offered the lowest price.

If it weren't for the foreign exchange earning signboard, he would be so arrogant that the grass on his grave would be three feet high.

Su Wenchen even felt that even with the protection of the Chuanghui brand, it might not be able to last for too long.

After all, the factory is not yours alone. As long as dealing with you will not cause major turmoil, he estimates that with Secretary Zhou's attitude, he might be able to curb it. The city's textile industry looks like it is the best in the world in Lan City.

However, Su Wenchen didn't care about their fight. He was thinking that if it could be exhibited, the price of this rare color rex rabbit skin would definitely be higher than the ordinary price!

At the very least it cannot be lower than the normal purple-blue color, otherwise it is not a rare color.

Su Wenchen calculated based on the breeding trends of the rabbits currently in the farm.

If the number of babies born in this litter continues at a geometric rate, it is estimated that there will be 10,000 to 20,000 by the end of the year.

By then it would cost at least several hundred thousand dollars!

It may not seem like much, but in comparison, this share is already quite a lot. After all, the total textile transaction volume in their city last year was more than 6 million US dollars, and this is a large factory with thousands of employees.

Su Wenchen read in the newspaper that the total transaction volume of the Canton Fair in the Spring of 68 was only 1.2 million US dollars.

That includes all the large state-owned enterprises in the country!

Moreover, this is their first year. With the brand name of Earning Foreign Exchange, they can also be known as Lanshi Small Textile Company locally.

In the future, they can also demand to eat pork and eggs, otherwise there will be no point in raising rabbits.

However, they support themselves, so there is no need to be as arrogant as the city textile industry, otherwise there will always be a time to settle the accounts.

So no matter what, Su Wenchen felt that making this happen was an extremely worthwhile thing, both from the perspective of political asylum and from the perspective of resource allocation.

So Su Wenchen spoke directly to Jiang Li.

"Ali, I came at the right time today. I originally thought that this Rex rabbit business was an unnecessary side job."

"Now it seems that the Rex rabbit industry is giving me more and more surprises."

Jiang Li looked at Su Wenchen in surprise, who was somewhat excited.

"You really plan to put our furs on display!"

"Although my friend works in the Foreign Trade Bureau, she is also working at the lower level. It is not her turn to make decisions on such important matters."

"And if we want to exhibit, we have to first apply to the Municipal Foreign Trade Bureau. After approval, we still need to go through the preliminary review of the Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau and the final review of the Ministry of Foreign Trade."

"It's not as easy as you think."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"I know, let's do our best!"

"And don't you want to be able to directly exhibit the leather we process to earn foreign exchange?"

Jiang Li pouted.

"Of course I thought about it. I even dreamed about it before, but the more I wrote to my friends, the smaller the chances seemed to be."

"Because there are so many state-owned enterprises lining up! It's not that easy."

Su Wenchen stood up and hugged Jiang Li, comforting her.

"Don't worry, we will succeed if we work together."

"It's no big deal even if I fail!"

"Then just sell it to the Foreign Trade Bureau at the normal price!"

However, Su Wenchen also knew that if they sold it to the Import and Export Corporation under the Foreign Trade Bureau, not only would the price be extremely low, but it would also have nothing to do with their business in the future.

The foreign exchange earned will not be counted towards their local area, but will be directly counted towards the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

If the local government doesn't get any benefits, it will naturally be impossible for them to allocate resources to you.

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Jiang Li nodded.

"Okay, let's give it a try. I'll contact my friend when I get back to see what materials and requirements are needed for the exhibition."

"Just focus on production and try to get it at the Canton Fair so we can earn more foreign exchange!"

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Don't worry, I will work overtime to research and cultivate the best quality fur. Then we can show the foreigners that although our country's breeding technology is backward, we still have something that can shock them."

The two of them talked sweet nothings for a while.

Jiang Li looked at the twilight outside and said unhappily.

"How come time goes by so fast!"

"It's dark in the blink of an eye."

Although she was a little reluctant to part with Su Wenchen, she didn't want Su Wenchen to walk at night if she couldn't let him stay overnight after dark.

"Achen, you should go back earlier! Although the distance is not far, it is still not safe if it is too late."

After hearing Jiang Li's words, Su Wenchen looked outside and found that it was indeed getting darker.

If we delay any longer, the road will become very difficult to travel on when it gets completely dark.

Because he didn't bring a flashlight, and there were no street lights in the commune at that time, and when the moon was not that round, it was really dark.

"Okay, I'll leave first and come see you again on the weekend."

Jiang Li locked the office door and said with a smile.

"No need to wait until the weekend. Once I finish my work here, I will go to the nitrate workshop and lead people to study tanning technology."

"After all, I can't hold you back here. Otherwise, even the best leather will be useless if the tanning technology is not good."

Su Wenchen deeply agreed with this. Indeed, no matter how good the color of the Rex rabbit he bred was, if the technology was not good during the tanning process, it would still be unqualified.

Especially considering that they will most likely export to Eastern and Western Europe in the future, Su Wenchen gave instructions as they walked.

“You don’t have to pursue the chemical tanning technology of those large state-owned farms too much.”

"Although our vegetable tanning process is slow and labor-intensive, if it is exported to Europe, especially for high-end leather, it may actually be a plus point."

"People there are very particular about things like environmental protection, naturalness, and health, especially those with a little money."

Su Wenchen also knew that if you are poor, you don’t have the energy to be particular, because just living is tiring enough, so who cares about environmental protection or not?

Jiang Li said thoughtfully after hearing this.

"So that's how it is. No wonder my friend said that since the year before last, the Ministry of Foreign Trade has been sending documents to various places, saying that the traditional vegetable tanning process should be restored in exchange for foreign exchange."

"In the past two years, the old masters who mastered the tanning technology have stopped managing many places. So this is what it means!"

"It seems that the gap between us and those large tanneries in terms of exports is not that big!"

"Because of the reasons in the past few years, they all used chemical tanning. If they want to pick it up again now, I guess they won't be much better than us."

As the two were talking, they had already walked to the carport at the door.

"Okay, no need to send me off, go back and rest!"

Jiang Li shook her head and refused.

"It's okay. Our dormitory is right in the commune compound. Are you still worried that I might get into an accident when I go back?"

Hearing the noise on the other side, the gatekeeper of the commune happened to come out and heard Jiang Li's words, and spoke directly.

"Don't worry, Director Su. I, Old Wang, will guard the door. I won't let any unauthorized people in." "Besides, most people who don't live in the dormitory after get off work have left. I'll have to close the door after you leave."

Su Wenchen said with a smile.

"So it's me who delayed Brother Wang from closing the shop. I'm really sorry."

"Then no, I can't close the door until it's dark!"

When they reached the door, Su Wenchen spoke directly to Jiang Li who was following behind him.

"Okay, just drop it off here! Go back! If you go out again, it will be my turn to worry."

Jiang Li nodded, knowing that what Su Wenchen said made sense, but she just felt a little reluctant.

"Then be careful."

Su Wenchen replied with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'm a grown man, there's nothing for me to worry about!"

"Okay, let's go back!"

As he spoke, he took a few steps, swung his long legs, and straddled the bicycle.

"Hey, slow down. It's getting dark now. If you ride too fast, you might end up in a ditch."

Su Wenchen listened to the voice behind him and waved his hand behind him.

"Don't worry, I'm very skilled. No one can ride me in the ditch."

Jiang Li, who was standing behind, stopped looking only after Su Wenchen disappeared into the night.

The gatekeeper, Old Wang, joked.

"Director, Director Su has left. If you don't want to leave, just follow him."

Jiang Li glanced at the other person.

"Comrade Lao Wang, when you are guarding the door, you still need to concentrate and not focus on other things that you don't want to close."

"Otherwise, what if someone takes advantage of the loophole?"

Hearing Jiang Li say this, the other party instantly realized that he had said the wrong thing, because even though Jiang Li looked easy to talk to, she was also the third most important person in the commune and not someone he could joke with casually.

So he quickly said.

"I said the wrong thing. Director Jiang is right. I will definitely focus on guarding the gate of our commune in the future."

Seeing the other party say this, Jiang Li didn't say anything. After all, if you are too unreasonable in some things, you will suffer losses.

Since Su Wenchen was no longer in sight, Jiang Li had no plans to return to the office.

Go straight to the side dormitory where the lights were on.

After all, there are still quite a few people living in the commune dormitories inside the compound in the entire commune, and they are basically young men and women who have been separated not long ago.

Because at this time, most married people will move out.

While riding his bike, Su Wenchen was thinking about how to breed rare colored Rex rabbits.

He even wondered if he could customize the color according to his own preferences. That would be great if that were possible.

After all, the rarer the color, the higher the price will definitely be.

Just as he rode to the entrance of the village, a dark shadow rushed out from the pitch-black path.

Su Wenchen was so frightened that the whole bike fell into the ditch in an instant.

At this time, only ten minutes had passed since he said that he had good skills and would not ride into the ditch.

Su Wenchen picked up the bicycle and said in an unhappy tone.

"Who the hell suddenly jumps out on the road in the middle of the night? It's going to scare people to death!"

At this time, a somewhat timid voice sounded.

"Director Su, I'm sorry, I want to ask you something!"

When Su Wenchen heard that it was a woman, his heart suddenly shuddered and his vigilance instantly increased.

Damn it, they are not coming for me!

After all, it's dark now, and if the other party pounces on us, I'll shout and call you a hooligan.

Then his future will be a bit bumpy.

Even if the matter is finally sorted out, it will still be very difficult to wash off the mud that has stuck to it.

So Su Wenchen pushed the cart directly, and without going on the road, he pushed it directly towards the village along the ridge at the edge of the field.

And said while pushing.

"Well, comrade, I don't know you. If you have anything to say, just tell me in the daytime. We can't talk about it at night."

"I'm telling you, don't come down, or I'll call for help!"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the other party seemed to realize that Su Wenchen had misunderstood, so he hurried to explain.

"Director Su, that's not what I meant. Don't worry, I'm not that kind of woman. I'll come see you tomorrow morning!"

Then Su Wenchen waited for a while downstairs, and when he found that the person seemed to have indeed left, he breathed a sigh of relief and pushed the car out of the ditch.

He immediately rode towards the door of his home without looking back, not daring to stop for a moment.

Afraid that some stranger would pounce on him.

When he rode to the doorstep of his home, Su Wenchen felt that he would never be able to come home at night again.

Fortunately, the woman didn't seem to mean that today, otherwise it would be difficult for him to deal with it today.

Open the gate to the yard and move the bicycle over the threshold.

The lights in the yard were still on at this time.

Thanks to the light from their field, several nearby teams have been connected to the power lines, but most of them are still reluctant to turn on the lights at ordinary times.

Even their family is like this.

Father Su, who was sitting in the yard, said with some concern when he saw Su Wenchen coming back.

"Why are you back so late?"

"I heard from your sister-in-law that there's a new instructor in your field who likes to put labels on people. Is that a problem?"

Since Su Wenchen's sister-in-law also works in the field, even if Su Wenchen doesn't tell others about some of the things that happen in the field, his family can basically get a general idea from his sister-in-law.

After Su's father heard about what happened in the field, he saw Su Wenchen coming back so late again and thought that the matter was serious.

Otherwise, Su Wenchen is usually the most active after get off work.

Their production team hadn't finished work yet, but Su Wenchen would usually have already returned on his bike.

After hearing what Su's father said, Su Wenchen explained directly.

"Dad, what are you thinking? I went to the commune to see Ali. It has nothing to do with the instructor."

"Don't worry! Besides, she can't affect me at the moment."

Father Su nodded, and was relieved when he heard that Su Wenchen was going to the commune.

After all, although the limelight is not as great as before, there are still a lot of things to do.

This is also the reason why he is unwilling to move up. The greater the power, the greater the risks.

Sometimes he actually wanted Su Wenchen to just return it.

Just live an ordinary life.

But after thinking about it, he realized that it would be useless to tell such things to young people. After all, when he was in his twenties, he would not listen if someone told him these things.

After all, when he was young, he was brave enough to fight the Japanese devils with guns just by picking up a knife, and the old people in the village couldn't stop him.

And sometimes risks are not always a bad thing. If he hadn't gotten carried away at that time, he wouldn't have met anyone in the army later, and he might not have been able to join the team later.

If he had not followed the team to fight in battles and had always stayed in the village, he probably would not have the knowledge he has now, so who can say for sure about such things?

He was silent for a moment and looked at Su Wenchen who was wiping the car.

"Youngest brother, if you really encounter difficulties, just come back and tell me that I still know a few people."

"It's not a big deal. I should be able to save your life."

When Su Wenchen heard what his father said, he felt warmed in his heart, knowing that the other party was worried that Zheng Xianghong would frame him.

But Father Su quickly added.

"But if you did something stupid, I'd be the first one to tie you up and send you to a rehabilitation center."

When Su Wenchen heard this, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Dad, don't worry, am I that kind of person to your son?"

"I didn't even have time to hide. Just now, a woman suddenly jumped out from the path of the educated youth center."

"He said he had something to discuss with me, and I was so scared that I hid in a ditch."

As he spoke, he brushed off the dirt on his body.

"Look, he's still covered in mud!"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Su's father actually believed it, because it wasn't just Su Wenchen who was involved, but also the eldest and second oldest sons.

After all, he is the team leader, the eldest is a tractor driver, and the second is the manager of the earthworm breeding farm.

It can be said that they are all good locally.

Although it can't be compared with big cities, these people can't be compared with big cities now.

As for returning to the city, there is no hope at all now, because there are still batches of mobilization behind.

I could only sigh.

"Why are all the girls in the city like this?"

"Why can't you endure a little hardship?"

Su Wenchen smiled.

"You're making it seem like no one is willing to endure hardships. Do the girls in our team like to endure hardships?"

"Don't say anything about girls. I don't like to suffer, otherwise why would I go through so much trouble?"

Moreover, Su Wenchen was also clear that the reason why such things happened more often to female educated youth was entirely because the resources of each brigade were controlled by men.

If male educated youth wanted to make connections, they had far fewer options.

Basically, they are targeting the daughters of brigade cadres who have a little power.

However, Father Su did not like Su Wenchen's words. After all, they liked dedication the most in this life.

"Humph, in my opinion, they should be sent down to be re-educated by the people."

"The country's policy is indeed correct. They should be sent down to be properly trained. It seems that they should not be given special treatment."

"The members should be allowed to do what they are supposed to do. Tomorrow I will talk to several production teams about distributing all the work fairly. They can't just be weeding."

"They do what everyone else does, they plow the soil when they need to, compost the soil when they need to, whatever everyone else does."

After saying that, he went back to the inner room with his hands behind his back, obviously unable to listen to what Su Wenchen said.

Su Wenchen was also speechless.

My goodness, his words seemed to make the educated youth in their team suffer even more.

But Su Wenchen could only wish them well.

But it's all a matter of time.

We may be arranged to do some easy work in the next few months, but as time goes by, members will surely become more and more dissatisfied. We have to go through this, after all, there are still more than eight years before the college entrance examination.

They can keep pulling out weeds, pulling out weeds for eight years.

There was no way the members would agree to this. Even if Father Su didn't make arrangements tomorrow, they would have to endure the hardships of being farmers until the summer harvest.

Then they will find out how happy it is to pull weeds now.

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