Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1153 Capitalism
Fang Jingfu saw Ye Yaodong's hesitant expression and knew that they had known each other for too short a time. Trust had to be accumulated from daily interactions and it couldn't just come out of thin air. So it was a bit too much for him to ask this question.

It's just that it's rare to meet someone who is to his liking and not petty, so he spoke a little too quickly.

"Why don't you think about it? I'm really short of funds. I've only been doing this for over a month, and I didn't do much at first, so I only made a little money, which is not enough to buy a batch of materials."

"They only give us 30% as a deposit, and we have to advance the rest of the material money. If the orders are small, we can still afford it, but when the orders increase, it becomes difficult for us to advance the money. We shipped a batch of goods earlier, and the orders in the past two days are as many as snowflakes. We can't wait until the money is in the account before preparing the materials, and it takes time for them to produce the materials."

"So now we have to hire more people and buy more materials. My brother and I don't have much money, so we have to borrow from my parents. We can't ask them for money for the coffin together. I'm very worried about this recently."

"Luckily you solved the house problem for me, otherwise I would be even more worried. The space at home is too small and can't accommodate many people at all. That's why I came out to look for a house. Now I just need money to buy materials."

Seeing that he was speaking sincerely, Ye Yaodong listened carefully and pondered in his mind.

"Brother, I'm actually quite optimistic about your lighter business. I don't know how it will be in the future, but I think it won't be bad in the next few years. But like you said, we've only known each other for a short time, so it's ok for us to be friends. At least you don't discriminate against me as an outsider, and we have a pleasant chat. Now you want to recruit me to join, I really have to think about it carefully."

"Yes, you have to think about it carefully. I heard your workers bragging to you a few days ago, and I am actually quite tempted. You should think about it carefully. If you really join, you can also keep someone to work as a supervisor, and you can also pay him a salary."

"You and your brother are the only ones working together in this workshop. Is there anyone else?"

"No, the others only borrowed money but didn't form a partnership. It's not like I haven't recruited people before, but most of them were hesitant. Besides, none of them could actually invest much money. They all had limited money, at most a few hundred yuan. If we really wanted to form a partnership, this amount of money would not be enough. There would be no need to have a bunch of partners just for a few hundred yuan. It would be better to just borrow money and calculate the interest."

"That too."

The more orders you have, the more money you have to put in the early stages. The money you earn can only be used for investment. If you want to make a profit, that will come later.

There is no need to have a bunch of shareholders pointing fingers for a few hundred dollars. If you want to find a partner, you can only look for one with more money on hand.

The boatmen's bragging yesterday was something the boy took to heart, and it seemed he thought he had plenty of money.

In fact, he was really tempted. If he missed this opportunity, he would never have it again. Anyway, he had more than 20 yuan on hand. The money would just sit there anyway. He really had no place to spend it now. A lot of ships at the shipyard had not been delivered yet.

Now it is difficult to buy and sell land on a large scale, and even fewer people are selling houses, let alone shops. The houses facing the street are generally ordinary people's houses. There are no real shops. They are all private houses. Unless they are wholesale markets specially developed by the government, they can be considered real shops.

The times have not yet developed, but money has already begun to depreciate.

"Please think about it first. I won't force you. Anyway, I will finish everything tomorrow and send the workers to your house to work tomorrow. The awning you mentioned is also very good. It can block light and rain, and it is private enough. You can close the door when you go in and out, and even the neighbors won't know what's going on here."

"Yes, you have just started. It would be a mistake to hire too many workers. What if someone reports you for your capitalist behavior?"

"I'm not afraid of that. After all, I have some connection. I keep it a secret so that it won't get out. You know, there are too many workshops in every household here, and they are all following the trend."

"Ah."

As the two were talking, there came a more rapid sound of raindrops from the awning above their heads. They looked up and then towards the door at the same time, and spoke in unison.

"Heavy rain?"

"It's not easy to go back now." Fang Jingfu frowned.

"Then let's wait until the rain subsides."

"It's only evening, and it's as dark as night outside. It gets dark so fast. I'd better go back directly. I'm afraid it will be windy and rainy later, and it will be difficult to walk on the road at night."

"Okay, then I'll lend you my raincoat. You can bring it over when you come."

"I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong handed him the straw raincoat he had just been wearing when he ran back, and then sent him out. The workers he brought with him had no choice but to follow him out in the rain.

Father Ye stood beside him and saw them off. After they left, he said, "We are almost going back, and I was thinking about making more money in the last few days. But it's still raining heavily, and I don't know when it will clear up."

"It shouldn't have much of an impact. The sun was shining brightly yesterday. It should be over in a day or two."

"Well, go take a shower now. When you got back, you sat and talked with him for a long time. We both took a shower."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and told his father what Fang Jingfu had just said about asking him for investment.

Ye's father's first reaction was to object. "No, no, we are not locals, and we are not here to watch. What if the money is wasted? If we stay here all the time, and their workshop is in our own home, it would be fine under our noses."

"We are leaving soon. We won't be here for half a year. Who knows how much money he can make from these lighters? He will just fool us. We won't know since we are not that familiar with each other anyway."

"No, no, we can't do that. It's easy to get cheated. We should just fish honestly and not do these unconventional things."

Ye Yaodong retorted, "It's not a side job, it's a serious job. If we really want to form a partnership, then we must sign a contract, divide the shares, and then hire someone to do the accounting. They must also hire someone to do the accounting for orders like this, otherwise it will be confusing and we won't know how much money has been paid and how much is left. Some materials also need to be accounted for."

In fact, he was moved.

"That's not safe either. Who knows if they'll just fool us? We're not here."

"Then of course we have to ask two people to watch here."

"Can it work? Can it be reliable?" Ye's father said disapprovingly, "Just catch your fish and don't get involved. You've made enough money anyway. You can't spend it all in this lifetime. Don't bother."

"There is no such thing as endless money. I don't have tens of millions or hundreds of millions. If I had that much, I really wouldn't be able to spend it all."

Father Ye waved his hand and said, "Don't do it. They will be gone in a few days. If you want to buy more, just buy more and bring it back. It will be fine if you can earn some money. It's better not to do it when we are not watching them."

Seeing that his father was so strongly opposed and disagreed, he could only suppress his thoughts for the time being.

It was indeed quite careless and we didn't know each other for long.

"Forget it, I'm going to take a shower first."

There was a crackling rain all night long, but the wind was not very strong. The next morning, the drizzling rain was still continuing. They did not go out to sea, and all of them woke up naturally.

When I got up, their yard was already full of assembly workers. I didn't know what time they arrived, but the sound of rain outside had long drowned out the voices of the workers in the yard.

When he got up and went out, he saw Fang Jingfu walking around, inspecting and teaching people.

"So early?"

"How can it be early? It's already 8:30. I brought people here at 7 o'clock."

Ye Yaodong also followed him as he inspected the assembly, and said, "They're pretty fast. Are you paying by piecework?"

"Correct."

"Hey? Then can't they just give me the quantity I need after they make it in the next two days? You don't have to move it from home, just pack it up and stack it in the corner for me."

"That's what I thought. Anyway, I'll give it to you once we have enough."

"It's raining today, and my ten workers are sitting idle anyway. Why don't you ask one or two of them to teach them how to assemble and do some odd jobs for you? This way, I won't delay your delivery because of my request for the goods."

"It won't work today. More than half of the people here are new. We already have veterans to guide the new people. If there are more people, we won't be able to guide them. There will be quality problems if there are too many novices."

"Oh, I thought the technology was kept secret."

"It's right under your nose. You've watched it for a long time and you almost know how to assemble it. You can't keep it secret even if you want to."

Ye Yaodong had an idea. If he knew how to assemble it, then couldn't he do it himself?

He was pondering in his mind when Fang Jingfu asked again, "What do you think about what you said yesterday?"

"My father thinks that my industry is too broad and covers too many areas, so he wants me to just keep fishing. I thought about it and decided to take the 2000 fish back to try to sell them. If they sell well, I will definitely come back to you to load a shipload of fish. We can talk about it then."

"That's fine, but if the time span is too long, I might have already raised money or found a partner. It's up to you."

"okay."

Fang Jingfu didn't stay here the whole day. After all, he had other things to do. Even though it was raining outside, he kept coming and going.

Ye Yaodong had the idea of ​​stealing someone's skills. Since he had nothing to do all day, he just watched those people assemble the lighter and even tried it himself.

However, his eyes learned how to do it, but his hands didn't. After a whole day of learning from a skilled person, he barely understood the process. But when he had dinner and went back to assemble it, he was not skilled again.

During this period, he also learned with Fang Jingfu that these accessories were all custom-made and could not be bought casually. His brother figured out the size of the accessories, and then they found small workshops they knew to customize different accessories.

After hearing what others said, he gave up the idea of ​​stealing others' knowledge. Although the assembly seemed simple, he still didn't understand the technical aspects.

If you want to steal someone's skills, you have to be an expert. There's no point in him, an outsider who knows nothing, stealing skills.

After thinking about it, he decided to just sell the goods first and then see how the situation will turn out. If financing or partnership is still needed, then they can discuss it later.

At least he needs to know what the market is like there.

If you really want to invest, you can get the goods at a cheaper price, make money from sales and dividends, and don't have to worry about anything. If you invest, there will naturally be someone to help you worry about everything and improve the technology.

Today he also saw Brother Fang Jingfu and chatted with him for a while, but he looked gentle and not very sociable, and there was an awkwardness in his words.

After a few words, he lowered his head to study his things.

The two brothers are at two extremes. No wonder one is good at research and the other is a chatterbox. The chatterbox is just right for sales.

The heavy rain turned into light rain for two days, and then it was cloudy for two more days before it cleared up and the sea became calm.

However, these days the boatmen in the family have also been doing odd jobs in the family workshop, helping to assemble a lot of lighters. They are very happy to receive two wages. I guess they wish it would rain all the time so that they don’t have to go out to sea and can continue to receive two wages.

But we didn’t stay there for many days. After the rain, although the sun was shining brightly after it cleared up, it became a little cooler in the mornings and evenings and was not as hot anymore.

The three-month heat was greatly relieved by this rain.

During this period, Ye Yaodong also visited the Fisheries Association and explained that he might not be in the city for a few months. He left the phone number of his village committee and asked people to call him if they had any questions.

During this period, he also counted the 2000 items he wanted with Fang Jingfu and moved them to his house in advance.

After everything was prepared, they waited for the weather to clear before going out to sea again to catch sea urchins.

It hasn't cooled down completely yet, it's just a little bit cool in the morning and evening, but it doesn't affect going into the water during the day at all, it's still hot during the day.

As the saying goes, every autumn rain brings a chill. It has only rained once now, and it will take a few more before the weather gets colder.

Go out to sea as many times as possible before the temperature drops.

During this period, people were coming in and out of their house every morning and evening, which had long aroused the curiosity of the neighbors, especially when they built a sunshade. Although they had told their neighbors when it was being built that they wanted to borrow the money from a friend to set up a small family workshop, people were still curious about what it was used for.

However, their confidentiality is still quite strong. You can only enter through the front door or the back door. Otherwise, no one knows what they are doing inside. After all, the roof of the yard is covered.

Although everyone was curious, since everyone coming in and out spoke the local dialect, they didn't bother to interfere, as there were too many small workshops like this in their area.

However, the sudden changes in their family were also noticed by some people.

After another rain, Ye Yaodong thought that the weather was unstable. It would be sunny for two or three days and then rain from time to time. He felt that there was no need to stay any longer. It was already the middle of the month, and he planned to go back after it cleared up in the next few days, so as to avoid wasting his salary when it didn't rain here for several times.

The money he earned from making lighters part-time was not enough to subsidize the workers' food and drink.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the sky cleared up, a large group of people came to the door, and they were from the Public Security Bureau.

When the door was knocked loudly, there were still people in the room cursing. After Ye Yaodong went to open the door, everyone became quiet.

"Whose workshop is this?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Comrade Public Security, what brings you here? What's the matter?"

"Outsider? Is this your workshop?"

"This is my home. I rented it out to a friend as a workshop..."

"Someone reported you for developing capitalism. Now it seems to be true. You actually hired so many hired workers. There are clear regulations here. Don't you know? The state clearly stipulates that you are only allowed to 'hire 1-2 helpers' and 'no more than 5 apprentices'. You are seriously exceeding the standards. Other people's workshops are run by one family, but you have or people. Take them all away first."

"what?"

Ye Yaodong was confused. It can’t be more than 5?
No one came to his hometown to cause trouble.

He looked at his hands that were handcuffed behind his back and quickly explained, "No, Public Security Comrade, you are wrong. I am a fisherman, and 10 of them are my boatmen..."

"What do you mean by fisherman? Who fishes at home? Is your table full of fish? Don't quibble. The facts are in front of us. We have seen with our own eyes that all of you were working. Go to the police station and tell us."

Damn it...

Father Ye's face turned pale, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Grandpa, Grandpa..."

"Who are you calling father-in-law? Behave yourself."

The workshop was instantly in chaos, and the workers were all shouting that they were just there to work and it was none of their business. They all cried out that they were wronged, and some of the smarter ones had already run to the back door.

But there were also people guarding the back. Fortunately, there were not many police officers in the junior high school. There were about 40 people inside. Everyone rushed to the back door, but a few still rushed out and ran away.

Because Ye Yaodong didn't think he would be caught when he saw it when he opened the door, he didn't run away and was caught red-handed.

He cursed fiercely in his heart, what is an unprovoked disaster? This is what he is.

"I have the house rental contract, comrade. I am really a fisherman. I just didn't go out to sea because it rained these two days. I'll show you the house rental contract and you'll understand."

"No one stipulates that if you rent out your house to someone else as a workshop, you can't live in it. It doesn't make sense to arrest me as well. Besides, you didn't see me working, did you? I opened the door, so it doesn't count as seeing it with my own eyes. It's unreasonable for you to arrest me. We, the people's police, must also be reasonable when serving the people and cannot arrest innocent people at will."

"And I'm not just a fisherman, I'm also the vice president of the Fisheries Association. I have a letter of appointment. I can show it to you. You'll know after reading it. How can I, the vice president of a fishery association, not be a fisherman? How can this be so deceptive?"

The police officers standing next to him looked at each other.

Ye Yaodong continued to persuade them that he must not be arrested because it would be too embarrassing.

"Don't you know about this fishery association that was established just a month ago? It's all published in the newspapers. I was recommended by Director Zeng of the Coast Guard to be the vice president. If there is a letter of appointment and a house lease contract with the date on them, I will let you go and show them to you. Then you will know that I am innocent."

The leader exchanged glances with the others, then looked at him, "Are you telling the truth?"

"It couldn't be more true. If you don't believe me, come with me into the house and I'll give it to you. Seeing is believing, hearing is not. You'll know once you see it."

"I'll go with you to check it out. Everyone else, be quiet, put your hands on your head, and squat down."

Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief after the handcuffs on his back were untied. He was just happy to be able to listen to him talk.

Father Ye heaved a sigh of relief when he saw him being released, "Dong... Dongzi..."

"Dad, wait a minute. I'll go into the house first and get them some information."

Fortunately, just in case, he actually signed a house rental contract with Fang Jingfu. Facts have proved that the house has been rented out now, and the whole small workshop is none of his business.

Ye Yaodong took out two contracts from his safe and showed them to the leading officer, who looked at them and kept looking at him.

"You know they set up a workshop and hired so many people but didn't give any feedback. This is also considered as covering up."

"I am wronged, sir. You can tell from my accent and the way I speak that I am from another place. I had no idea that the local policies were so strict. I also saw many households running workshops, but I didn't know that this was considered capitalism. And you know, I am a fisherman with little education and no knowledge of the law. I really don't know the intricacies of this."

The officer threw the information in his hand to him and said, "I'll go check it out. I'll have someone watch over here. You are not allowed to go anywhere and you are not allowed to move anything inside."

"Okay, okay."

Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that if they didn't verify it, they would be caught in one fell swoop and all of them would be arrested. It would be fine as long as they could verify it.

Just now he saw a few people running out. As long as one of them could go find Fang Jingfu, he would have nothing to fear. After all, this guy is a second-generation, his father is in the research institute, and he has strong connections.

As soon as the officer came out, he said, "Except Ye Yaodong, tie up all the others and take them back to the police station first."

"Wait a minute, sir. There are 10 of my boatmen here. This has nothing to do with them..."

"They also participated in the production. Take them away. You are not allowed to go anywhere."

Father Ye was anxious, "Dongzi..."

Ye Yaodong immediately pleaded, "Comrade, this is my father..."

"Don't fool me, how can they be similar? Just stay here honestly, I will send people to guard the front and back doors, and then we can take you away together."

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to comfort his father in their native dialect, "It's okay, I will find a way, and I will definitely not let you spend the night in there."

Ye's father was dejected and could only be taken away with the others.

All the neighbors nearby ran to the door to watch, pointing and talking. Fortunately, since they were from other places and couldn't understand the local dialect and didn't know them, they didn't feel too embarrassed.

Ye Yaodong stood in the house and couldn't go out at all. There was a policeman guarding the gate outside. After all, there were still a lot of goods and accessories in here, which could not be moved away for the time being, so someone had to guard it.

He looked at the front door, then ran to the back door to look again. There was another person guarding behind. As soon as he got to the back door, he glared at the other person, so he immediately closed the door again.

"Fuck it, who reported it? You've eaten too much shit, you have nothing to do, you really want to die."

What should he do? He can’t go out the front door, and he can’t go out the back door either. He can only wait for someone to verify it.

I don’t know if anyone was smart enough to go find Fang Jingfu. No one here knows his home, so I don’t know if any of the workers Fang Jingfu called ran away.

I don’t know if it was the neighbors who reported it or someone else.

Trapped here, he could do nothing but pace back and forth, waiting anxiously.

"Damn it, I was about to go home, but something like this happened. If I had known, I should have gone back a few days ago when the weather was clear. I don't know if Fang Jingfu can handle it."

After he cursed angrily, he could only sit down and wait, sighing.

Fortunately, because there were many goods in the yard, they could not move them all away at once, and there was no time to search, so they could only take the person away and wait for verification. His money could still be hidden.

Otherwise, nothing can be saved.

The people were captured early in the morning, so he just kept waiting without having lunch. It was not until the afternoon that Fang Jingfu and others finally arrived.

As soon as he heard the door open, he rushed to the front door. When he saw it was Fang Jingfu, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Ancestor, you are finally here."

"I'm sorry, brother. I've caused you trouble. It's okay. My dad has already sent someone to negotiate. I'll come over first. I think everyone will be back soon."

"Really? Oh well, that's fine. Damn it, I don't know which bastard reported it. His ancestors can't live in peace for 18 generations. He will have no descendants."

"The person who reported it has been found. Don't even think about getting off easy."

"Who? Who the hell did this?"

"They are the family members of the family that occupied your house. They secretly put a letter of denunciation into the mailbox yesterday, and the guard saw it and recognized it. I just went over to ask around and found out."

Ye Yaodong slammed the table, "Fuck, you want to reunite with your family. I was wondering why you were so quiet in the past month. It turns out you are secretly doing bad things and waiting for a big move. It turns out that your whole family is not good. Damn, in the end, it's me who implicated you?"

"It's not that anyone has implicated anyone. You told me in advance, so I didn't take precautions. And what I did was indeed not in compliance with the regulations. But it's okay. It will be fine soon. I'll wait here."

"You guys are so strict here? The workshop can't have more than 5 workers? You don't have more than workers at home?"

"At first there were no more than five people, but later there were more people. But who would dare to report my family? The only people who knew about it were the neighbors on both sides. We have been neighbors for decades, and no one would do such a thing. Besides, the workers I called were basically my neighbors or relatives, so nothing would happen."

"That's right. Fortunately, someone escaped today and I can still inform you."

"I received the letter this morning, and immediately went to find someone and called my dad. It took me until now to run back and forth. I'm sorry that your people were arrested. I was worried and scared."

"We are all living under the same roof, and we are all on the same boat. No one is sorry to anyone else. I let my workers participate in this and make some extra money."

"It's a good idea to do this. It will clear the way for us. Even if someone reports it later, it won't be a problem."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but give a thumbs up. It turned out that only local guys with backgrounds could make something big and strong. Otherwise, the authorities would kill you in a matter of minutes.

If you are asked to pay tribute, you have to do it honestly. If you have a background, it is different, you just have to do it appropriately.

Thinking this way, it is good to lean on a big tree for shade. If he can really get a piece of the pie, he won't have to worry about anything else except paying the money.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel moved again.

"My hometown isn't that strict... Uh, that's not right, I only hired temporary workers..."

Moreover, in the village, there are naturally village committee cadres to protect them, which is nothing compared to them.

Thinking about it this way, his workshop has always been safe and sound, thanks to the protection of the village committee.

"What does your family workshop do?"

"I make fish sauce. I ferment all the small fish I catch into fish sauce, so I also have a fish sauce workshop."

"Sure enough, your boatman is not bragging. You are really famous in your place."