From Chief to Ball

It is undeniable that sometimes some strange ideals are more attractive than money. Even if it is difficult to become mainstream, it is not impossible.

Chen Jian sent Lin Xi away, and before going to Nan'an County, he met such a person when he was preparing to take shape of the business company that would paint him and prepare for future sales.

This person did not go to the place where the business company recruited people to report his name, but came directly to Chen Jian's home to find Chen Jian. Chen Jian had heard of this person's name, and the other party was also a member of the Fujian County Council, named Hu Lin.

Before, I only heard his name but didn't see his person, and only after meeting him did I know that what I heard before was true.

This person is about 30 years old, wearing a very simple short shirt that ordinary people usually wear, but it is very clean.Under his feet is a pair of very ordinary cloth shoes. He is tall and strong. This kind of person is easy to see in places like docks. At first glance, he looks like a very ordinary person.

It's just that this person is not ordinary. First of all, his character is Zhugan. Compared with Chen Jian, who doesn't even have a character, he doesn't know how high he is.

Secondly, when it comes to family background, if the richest people in Mincheng get together to talk nonsense, Hu Lin's father can sit in the last row and chat and laugh happily with a group of energetic and influential people.

His father's family has a silk weaving workshop and a sea boat. He also received a good education when he was a child, and he is the eldest son of the family. Keep left and forward.

However, Hu Lin killed himself and wrote a book called "Dream City" when he was 23 years old. It described a city that moved many people's hearts: since it is in a dream, naturally there is no distinction between upper and lower levels. Everyone eats and lives together and works together, all income is redistributed by the public, and children receive the same education since childhood... There is no poverty and no wealth.

By the way, I also want to buy a piece of land to build a real dream city after inheriting the family property in the future. If I can't build a city, then first build a dream village, dream workshop, dream factory...

This book is actually quite well written, described in the form of sleepwalking, and written some real ugliness with pungent brushstrokes-he has seen a lot since he was a child, so the writing is more life-like and makes people feel alive.

This aroused his father's fury, announcing that he would either write a book to apologize and declare that the previous statement was all nonsense, or he would not be allowed to inherit the family property and be swept away.

Hu Lin was young at the time, and without a word, he announced that he refused to accept his father's family property and left the upper class Yinggeyanwu.

At the beginning, I lobbied everywhere in the hope that rich people could fund some funds to build an ideal city, but the result was obviously a failure.

Relying on his proficiency in judiciary, pen and ink, and the advantages of seeing more business contacts and big scenes since childhood, he can't go hungry.

Sometimes I also help some small craftsmen who can't afford so much money to fight lawsuits for free, and appeal for some beneficial speeches to the middle and lower levels. These years can be regarded as a rise to fame.

People who don’t have enough property or real estate have any right to vote, and even if they reach that line, it’s still a registered vote. However, a large part of the middle-level people still think that Hu Lin is a good person, so Hu Lin can be elected to the county council member, and gets the most votes every year.It's just that the county council elects thirteen more people who go to the capital to participate in the national council, that is, the county council elects, so he gets the fewest votes every year.

When such a person came to see Chen Jian, Chen Jian could not be negligent. At first, he murmured in his heart, for fear that this person would ask him to pay for him to build a model handicraft workshop or a village community. Would not throw money into it to do such a good deed.

At this point in the development of the times, there is also a basis for this kind of fantasy. The whole world inside and outside the fog is actually the same.

There is Sun City Utopia in the west, and He Xinyin Judgment Hall in the east. The foundation has already emerged. No matter how large the base is, it is easy for this trend of thought to appear. This is unavoidable and even independent of differences in cultural traditions.

After the meeting, Chen Jian was ready to cry poorly to prove that he was powerless, because he was really short of cash if he didn't have such great feelings.

However, Hu Lin didn't mention this matter at all, but praised Chen Jian after exchanging pleasantries.

"Brother Chen, I am a few years older than you, and I have heard a lot about your reputation. When I saw the paper you posted a few days ago, I felt that I am not alone in my way. Silver coins are the only ones in Mincheng who do such kind deeds."

"Brother Zhu Gan is admirable. I have heard a lot about Brother Zhu Gan's deeds, and I really admire them. It's just because I have always been on the sidelines. To be honest, I did this because I was moved by what Brother Zhu Gan did. It's just that No matter how big the bowl is, how much food I eat, I can take out these three thousand silver coins at most, and the little money I earn every year is just a drop in the bucket..."

Hu Lin smiled and said: "A drop in the bucket is better than a long drought without rain. The two people I admire the most in the past two years are Lei Zhengxing who has never seen the beginning and the end, and the second is you, Brother Chen. The play is well written. , not to mention that you have made such achievements in the study of chemical natural history, and that Mr. Mu in the capital can accept you as a student, and it is even rarer to have a heart of goodness."

"I saw your notice saying that you want to set up this business company. I thought in my heart that I would naturally contribute to such a good thing. Even if it is not much, it is at least better than nothing. I wonder if Brother Chen is willing to accept me?"

Chen Jianxi said: "I can't ask for it."

His words of wanting nothing really came from the heart. This trading company is not only for self-glamour, but also for the future to be able to transship and sell the products produced by its own workshop. First of all, it has such a reputation of charity, and then it is the best advertisement.

It's just that his ability is limited, and the fact that running a business company cannot be supported by himself, especially some commercial things are too much thought-consuming, if you don't devote all your energy, you might as well not do it, but he doesn't have the time and thought.

Hu Lin's reputation has always been excellent, and this is no longer just fishing for fame. With such a family background and talent, there is no need to fish for fame. As long as you don't kill yourself and inherit the family property smoothly, it is a life that is out of reach for many people.

Moreover, the other party came from a family of merchants, and he was very familiar with this kind of thing since he was a child. Although he was thrown out of the original circle, he was still familiar with him.

The most important problem is that this kind of people probably don't look down on their little money. Of course, this is not a pie in the sky. There will be no contact with oneself, which is a two-way street.It is not that the bravest captain always meets the fiercest waves by coincidence, but that the less brave captain avoids the small waves.

Chen Jian threw down a very special fishing rod, and naturally a very special fish would take the bait.

Hu Lin was also very happy about Chen Jian's wishful thinking, and the two chatted for a while, and Chen Jian proposed to have a few glasses of wine by himself, and chat while eating.

The other party didn't refuse, he could live in rich clothes and fine food, and lived in simple tea and light food. He had experienced it so he took it lightly, so there was nothing to twitch.

I found a restaurant near the sea in the city, ordered Accord and ordered some wine and food. At this time, spirits are still the favorite of the middle and low class and soldiers. Most rich people drink softer rice wine or fruit wine, and Chen Jian doesn’t want to drink it either. In a daze, I ordered some at random.

Chen Jian deliberately flattered him again, and he didn't say that the other party's fantasies were meaningless, but just picked up good ones and praised them for their progressive meaning.

The wine was very light, but after a few glasses of wine, a few seabirds happened to be chirping and floating by the water, Hu Lin thought of something and sighed.

"Brother Chen, I have heard your evaluation of Sun Yizheng's scene, especially the last paragraph of the article about seabirds and petrels is still fresh in my memory. It reads like thunder and blood. I wrote "" from 23 "Dream City", and then gave up the inheritance of family property. It has been so many years now, but until now, there is no hope at all. Is it possible that in the future, as Brother Chen said, the sky will be turned upside down, and the sky will be turned upside down. Do you have to howl and howl in this fierce wind and howl in the face of lightning and thunder, so that you can see the sun for thousands of miles?"

Chen Jian shook his head hastily and said, "Brother Zhu Gan, you think too much, I'm just talking nonsense, where did you think about such a thing?"

Hu Lin laughed and said: "If there is no thunderous heart, how can there be words that break the sea? Forget it, you don't want to talk about these things, and I don't talk about them. What you can do. After all, besides advocating splitting and enforcing the state at this time, there is no crime for words, so you don’t have to think too much. Even those advocating hereditary, aren’t they good?”

Chen Jian raised his wine glass and said, "Brother Zhugan, the sky is clear and clear today, and there are neither storms nor dark clouds on the sea. When the clouds are densely covered, the wind should roar wildly, but if the wind and rain have not come, why not build stones and trees to protect the embankment?" What about the waves? We want sunshine, not wind howling."

"Today's weather is calm, just for fishing. I have a fishing rod, and one fish can relieve a person's hunger. However, I have no fishing rod, and I have the ambition to relieve people's hunger, but I don't have the heart to fish and wait, and I don't have the skill to catch the rod and throw food. "

"Brother Zhugan, when fishing, you don't waste your time thinking, and you can catch fish to relieve people's hunger. I don't know if brother Zhugan is willing to hold this fishing rod and bait? When the wind and waves rise, even if you want to catch it, you can't catch it. Brother Zhu Gan, whether he wants to roar against the wind or repair dikes to protect the waves, he always sees the wind and waves before others."

Hu Lin picked up the glass, looked outside at the early spring sun and the calm water, but did not drink the glass, but held it in the air.

"I only catch and resell the fish that are available for exchange between the north and the south. I don't catch the fish that are hoarding soaring, the fish that can't be smuggled, and the fish that are highly poisonous and deadly."

Chen Jian smiled and did not speak. Instead, he picked up his own cup and touched Hu Lin's in mid-air.

Chapter 45 Leaving the city

When the wine was about seven minutes old, Chen Jian briefly talked about the operating model of this business company, and Hu Lin asked again: "I don't know what this manager Brother Chen is talking about?"

"A person who manages and manages. It's like... I am the boss and you are the shopkeeper, not that I am the boss and the shopkeeper. I am actually not good at running and managing trading companies, and I have no clue, so I want to find someone to do it for me. Reason, just don’t let these three thousand silver coins go to waste. If I earn more every year, I can help a few more children who can’t eat porridge and broth. I can’t do much, and I only hope that That's it."

Chen Jian said that he seemed to be in tears, and then he talked about some things he had seen and heard in the slums, such as the story of women selling men silently. Even Hu Lin couldn't help sighing, and then talked about the business company.

"Financial matters have their own rules and are managed by others. Brother Zhu Gan can use all the money of the company to take full responsibility for the operation and management. The more money Brother Zhu Gan earns, the more poor children he can help, although for Zhu Gan It’s not the same as my brother’s dream, but after all, it’s closer, not the opposite.”

Hu Lin hummed, and asked a few more questions. Chen Jian took out a few pages of survey reports on Min County's businesses and workshops written last year and handed them over, saying: "This is some of the things I wrote when I visited Min County last year. Things. I can’t touch many things, because my level is not enough, and people won’t talk to me.”

"So I hope that in his spare time, Brother Zhu Gan can write out the surveys that I can't access according to the style above. If you are doing business, other counties and capitals can also try to write about it. Our business company is still good."

"If you know the fruit is poisonous, you don't eat it; if you know what is scarce and what makes money, you can throw the money there. I will leave the matter of this business company to Brother Zhu. I will go to Nan'an in a few days to do other things. Don’t worry about it, brother Zhugan, take your time. Within two months, brother Zhugan will write a general plan, and we will discuss it later.”

Hu Lin didn't care either, he didn't think the things on those few pages were useful, and he didn't really care about Chen Jian's idea of ​​establishing a standardized internal system of the company, but he didn't object.

After saying a few more words, it was getting late, so Chen Jian said that he would tell him the address when he arrived in Nan'an, and the two of them wanted to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Chen Jian couldn't help but said suddenly: "Brother Zhugan, your "Dream City" drew a big cake. But you didn't say how you caught this cake, that's the most important thing. Don't say how If you catch it, what is the difference between not having it? You know that one plus one equals two, and one plus two equals three, so you can know that the sum of three ones equals three."

After saying this, Chen Jian bowed his hands and said goodbye to Hu Lin who was there in astonishment, and rode away.

……