Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Not everyone can buy shares in the Youth Food Cooperative's expansion this time!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "In principle, the brigade cadres and the first batch of cooperative members can all become shareholders and join the cooperative!"

"As for the others, I will have to select them carefully. New members must be knowledgeable and cultured, have a sense of the big picture, have a vision, and have a sense of equity."

"After joining the company, you can give us your opinions, but I can choose not to listen. They can't interfere with our business operations too much!"

"What Zhengjun said makes sense. Quality is more important than quantity. If the members have a low level of education, they may even do more harm than good."

Lin Bingde nodded and asked, "How many people do you want to join the company?"

"I estimate that at most we can pull in ten more people, for a total of forty people!"

"Zhengjun, should we add some more people? Make it a hundred?"

Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan looked at each other and both felt that there were still too few members who had invested in the company.

"I don't dare to open a big hole now. If there are too many people, it will be a mixed bag and it will be very troublesome to manage!"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "However, I know that you really want me to lead the entire brigade on the road to common prosperity, but you can't eat a fat man in one bite!"

"Don't worry, this expansion is just the first step. We will definitely expand again in the future. Everyone will have the opportunity to join the company!"

“In addition, when we build the factory building later, all members can participate and earn some income!”

Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan thought about it and finally nodded.

"So how much money do you plan to raise?" Lin Bingde asked.

"I estimate that the factory building will cost 30,000 yuan, and purchasing various equipment will cost several thousand yuan, plus sufficient working capital. The required funds will be around 50,000 yuan!" Lin Zhengjun thought for a while before saying.

"Fifty thousand yuan?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan's faces changed drastically and they were stunned.

This number far exceeded their imagination!

"hiss!"

Lin Bingde gasped as if he had a toothache and said in shock: "With 30,000 yuan to build a factory, I guess we can only build more than 20 houses!"

"Yes, and the quality of the factory building cannot be bad. It must be a brick building with cement floors. The factory area must at least have brick roads, and preferably cement roads, otherwise it will break down after a while!" Lin Zhengjun nodded.

Wei Mingxuan's heart tightened: "It's a big project. Isn't the investment too big? Besides, after the peach production is finished, where will the next project be?"

What they are worried about is that after the factory is built and the machinery and equipment are purchased, if there are no production projects, they will lie idle, which is a huge waste!

If they can't make money, the members will be furious and will definitely skin Lin Zhengjun alive!

Lin Zhengjun picked up the enamel water cup and took a sip, then said, "First of all, the hemp candy project can continue to be produced. This time we have expanded the production scale, and it will be no problem for all 30 people to produce hemp candy!"

"Indeed, the sales channels have been completely opened up, and the production of sesame candy alone can almost fully utilize the factory!" Lin Bingde nodded.

“I will definitely not give up on the canning project!”

Lin Zhengjun said: "But this time we are not going to make yellow peaches, we are going to make spicy canned river fish!"

“现在咱们淮边县供销社的鲤鱼、黑鱼、草鱼每斤7角2分，白鲢鱼每斤4角6分，鲫鱼每斤3角6分，但鱼肉罐头在城里能卖到两块一瓶呢！”

"Spicy canned fish? That's great! We can do it for a long time!" Upon hearing this, Wei Mingxuan immediately rubbed his hands and was full of energy.

"According to this calculation, the profit is very high, there should be no problem!" Lin Bingde also looked excited.

The biggest difference between canned fish and canned fruit is that it breaks the seasonal restrictions. From now on, the food cooperative has an additional long-term production project!

Next to them, Tang Xiaofu smiled and interrupted, "In fact, Zhengjun's novel also wrote about canned spicy river fish. The people in the capital are very greedy for it, but it's not on the market yet, so it's impossible to buy it!"

Lin Bingde finally understood, slapped his thigh, and said with a smile: "Zhengjun is still smart! He has already made preparations in advance!"

"It's amazing! Zhengjun's idea is amazing!" Wei Mingxuan was so happy that his mouth was about to be crooked.

"However, the few fish from the supply and marketing cooperative alone cannot meet our production needs!"

Lin Bingde suddenly frowned and said while smoking, "If we want to do this for a long time, we have to use the fish in the reservoir, but those are managed by the county's aquatic product company. If we want to sell them directly to the county, I'm afraid we still have to get through the relationship with the aquatic product company. Even the supply and marketing cooperatives won't work!"

Lin Zhengjun said confidently: "That's right, don't worry, I will find a way!"

"Zhengjun has established connections with experts, scholars, writers, editors and directors in Yenching University. County Magistrate Bai thinks highly of you and will definitely help you!" Lin Bingde said with a smile.

What do you mean he helps me? It should be me who helps him!

Lin Zhengjun's eyes flashed with a hint of depth, but he didn't say anything more.

In the previous life, during the rainy season of the next year, the Qiaoban Reservoir on the back mountain suddenly collapsed, causing mudslides and mountain torrents.

Tang Xiaofu was drowned by a mountain torrent, and Wei Hongbing had his legs broken by rocks while he was looking for Tang Xiaofu and carrying out disaster relief work. He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Later, when the policy was relaxed, Wei Hongbing opened a liquor workshop in the commune. His grandmother died because she had no money for medical treatment. Because of his disability, he never found a wife. He was lonely and unhappy with his life. He drank all day long and lived a life of drunkenness. He died of liver cancer and alcohol poisoning in his forties.

Lin Zhengjun still remembers that it was he who saw Wei Hongbing off for the last time in his previous life.

Wei Hongbing, who was so thin that his bones were visible, was lying on the hospital bed, holding Lin Zhengjun's hand, and said with tears in his eyes that he saw Tang Xiaofu going to the river to collect grass for pigs, but he was careless and did not stop her, and he blamed himself and felt guilty!

But he completely forgot that he had his legs broken by rocks just because he was looking for Tang Xiaofu...

Not only that, the area within a radius of more than ten kilometers downstream turned into a vast swamp, seven or eight villages were completely destroyed, hundreds of people died, and more than a dozen county and commune cadres who were trying to rescue them also died. This was the most serious accident in recent years!

This dam collapse also caused obstacles in the official career of County Mayor Bai Zhiyuan.

In fact, Lin Zhengjun had dealt with Bai Zhiyuan in his previous life and knew that Bai Zhiyuan was an official who was dedicated to the people and had a spirit of reform.

But because of this dark history and two other production safety accidents that occurred in the county, Bai Zhiyuan's career was bleak for many years. In the end, after working hard all his life, he only reached the level of deputy director!

If we solve the problem of dam breach by ourselves and take precautions against it, we will definitely be able to establish relationships with the water conservancy bureaus and fishery companies in the city and county, purchase aquatic products on a long-term basis, and process and can them!

Even when the policies become more favorable, it will be no problem for us to contract reservoirs ourselves, carry out cage farming of aquatic products, and open up the entire industrial chain!

Of course, the reservoir issue is very complicated, with many issues to deal with, and one cannot rush into it. Lin Zhengjun has to take it step by step!

Retracting his scattered thoughts, Lin Zhengjun said solemnly: "I agree in principle that the cooperative should expand and increase production, but I have one condition. If you can't agree to this condition, let's break up and stop doing this!"

"What conditions?"

Seeing that Lin Zhengjun spoke seriously, Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan both looked stern.