Village chief, your township enterprise sells laser cannons?

The door was open, and sounds could be heard from inside, but Lin Man didn't go in immediately. Instead, he stood at the door and knocked. Only after receiving a response did he carry his breakfast inside.

As I entered the courtyard, my gaze swept across the room and I noticed a middle-aged man squatting in the corner, busy repairing a fishing boat engine.

Lin Man placed the breakfast on the table next to the middle-aged man, squatted down, examined all the parts in front of him, and asked, "Uncle Mo, is the engine bearing broken again?"

"Yeah!" Mo Chenghai tossed the parts in his hand onto the ground, clapped his hands, then grabbed a pair of clean cotton gloves from the side, rubbed his hands on the gloves to wipe off the machine oil, before turning to Lin Man: "What's up?"

"Something's up!" Lin Man nodded readily. Mo Chenghai thought for a moment, then turned and pointed into the room:

"Let's talk inside, it's too hot outside."

Lin Man picked up her morning tea and followed him into the house. Mo Chenghai immediately turned on the air conditioner and set the temperature to 22 degrees Celsius.

Turning around, he brewed another cup of tea for Lin Man, put the tea down, and then asked:

"You're looking for me...?"

"I've been back for over ten days now, and things here are mostly settled. I was thinking of rebuilding the village committee, but according to regulations, establishing a village committee requires an election, which in turn requires an election committee. Originally, the election committee was composed of the former village director and deputy director, as well as the village committee's mediators. But because of Lin Yaozu's case, the entire village committee was wiped out, leaving only a gatekeeper. So I had to select a few suitable people from among the village's party members and non-party members to form the election committee."

After explaining the purpose of his visit, Lin Man reached for the tea, but instead of drinking it, he held it in front of him, ready to explain to Mo Chenghai at any moment.

On the chair opposite, Mo Chenghai clicked his tongue and said, "That's right, I'm a veteran member of the Communist Party in the village. It would be strange if you didn't come to me."

"However... I still have to get my fish fillets sorted out, so I probably won't have much time to waste with you bunch of Lin guys messing around."

Having received a polite refusal, Lin Man brought the tea to his lips, took half a sip, put down the teacup, and placed his hands on his knees.

"You can curse Lin Yaozu directly, curse him, curse his father, curse his grandfather, but you can't curse my ancestors."

"Furthermore, when the organization needed you, Mo Chenghai, as a Party member, you actually chose to shirk your responsibilities, which is a real betrayal of the organization's trust in you."

Having been falsely accused, Mo Chenghai merely rolled his eyes. He picked up a shumai from the table, stuffed it into his mouth, and retaliated as he chewed:

"I have no desires or wants, so labeling me won't work on me."

"That's true!" Lin Man rubbed his knees with both hands, a hint of embarrassment appearing on his face.

Labeling people was a common practice in the past, but in recent years it has only been effective within the system. For someone like Mo Chenghai who has no ambitions, labeling him is really useless.

We still need to use something else.

He abandoned the idea of ​​appealing to emotions and reasoning with people, and instead focused on scientific development:

"Uncle Mo, how much can you sell your batch of pearl gentians for?"

"Yes... the weather has been good this year, and the food in the sea is plentiful. We should be able to catch a full crop in about 14 months." Having mentioned the timeframe, Mo Chenghai began calculating the fish yield. After a while, he raised his right hand, extending four fingers:

"4000 kilograms!"

"Hmm!" Lin Man nodded and began counting on his fingers:

"You're raising fish in net cages along the seawall, a cycle of 14 months. I remember you bought the fry."

"We won't count the time spent raising seedlings; we'll only count the time and profits from raising fish."

"4000 kilograms. The grouper we sell here is basically between 400 and 600 grams. Let's say 600 grams, which is 1.2 jin."

"These kinds of grouper cost about 27 yuan per kilogram in the market."

"4000 kilograms, or eight thousand catties, that's 216,000 yuan. As I just mentioned, you seem to have bought seedlings, so the cost of the seedlings needs to be deducted."

"After deducting the cost of seedlings, we still have to calculate the cost of feed, various fuel costs, and the food for people and horses."

"How much money will be left?"

"It doesn't matter how much money I have left. What matters is that I have a clear conscience," Mo Chenghai retorted, stuffing another shumai into his mouth while looking smugly at Lin Man, waiting for her reply.

Knowing that the other party was talking about Lin Yaozu, Lin Man didn't waste any time and chose to directly change the subject:

"I went to Guangzhou these past two days and took the opportunity to meet a professor from Ocean University."

"This professor's main research area is eel farming and hatching."

"I invited him to come here and asked him to help us solve some problems."

"My idea is to get the aquaculture cooperative running again after he comes, build a professional aquaculture farm in the village, study eels, and then control the eel spawning, hatching, and seedling emergence."

"By then, we will be able to control the entire eel industry chain. Others who want to expand their eel farming operations will have to defer to us."

When he mentioned eels, Mo Chenghai's smugness turned into sarcasm:

"Do you think I've never raised eels? If eels were that easy to raise, would so many people be researching them?"

Lin Man spread his hands: "Let me put it bluntly, it's because the technology is not good enough. Without a breakthrough in technology, it's naturally impossible to raise them. But now, we have accumulated enough technology, and all we need is a flash of inspiration."

"Once we control the entire industrial chain, even if all 572 households in Hongxing Village, divided into seven groups, stay at home every day, they will not starve to death and will live very well."

"Of course, it's impossible to stay at home all day. Labor is the most honorable thing, and those who don't work will be whipped."

"Fine, even if you say this thing will ensure that the 572 households in Hongxing Village won't starve in the future, then let me ask you, where will the money for research come from? Building an eel farm and all this stuff requires money, so where will the money come from?" With a few words, Mo Chenghai posed a new question, and it was the core question.

99.999% of the world's problems can be summed up in one question: Where does money come from?

When it came to money, Lin Man straightened his back even more.

He had been busy for the past ten days or so, all for this moment. He held up two fingers and said very calmly, "The company that I run in my father Lin Yaobei's name received its first payment for parts processing on the 22nd."

"The total is 24469816.01, and taxes have not yet been paid. After paying taxes, there will probably be 1900 million left."

"This is just one business opportunity. This time, we went to Guangzhou and successfully showcased our products to audiences across the country."

"And we also secured two overseas orders, which, when converted, amounted to tens of millions."

"Once the village committee is reorganized, I will convene the professors from Ocean University, Hongxing Village, and the company under my father's name to sign a tripartite cooperation agreement."

"The company provides funding to support professors in researching and developing technologies, while Hongxing Village provides land and personnel. Everyone works together to make money."

"Of course, this is just the initial investment; later on, you'll need to raise the animals yourself to make money."

"Money is not what we lack most. What we lack most is a team that can execute this task rigorously and consistently."

"I don't want a bunch of people to come out and obstruct the project when it starts, and then after we finally make some progress, a bunch of people to come out and steal our profits."

"I find this kind of thing annoying, and I think you probably are too. So that no one is annoyed, we should take action now."

"Uncle Mo, what do you think?"