Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Everyone was smiling and talking excitedly for a while before things gradually calmed down.

Lin Bingde asked while smoking a cigarette: "Zhengjun, didn't you say you wanted to talk to everyone about dividends? How much profit do you want to give out as dividends?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Lin Zhengjun nervously and expectantly.

Except for the commune leaders, most of those present have shares in the cooperative.

How much money they will get at the end of the year is undoubtedly what they care about most!

Lin Zhengjun said: "I suggest that we take out 40,000 yuan as dividends first!"

"Take out half of it as dividends? Isn't that inappropriate?" Lin Bingde frowned.

"Why is it inappropriate? Do you think it's too little?" Lin Zhengjun said.

"I think it's too much!"

Lin Bingde said: "We must seize the opportunity! The collective cooperative will expand its scale, expand the factory and purchase more production lines."

“There must be a canned fish and meat production line, and also a canned fruit production line.”

"For next year's canned yellow peaches, we will start production from June when yellow peaches are on the market, and increase production capacity by September!"

"Yes, yes, the secretary is right!"

"Since we've already done it, let's go for the big one. As the saying goes, the bolder the people, the more productive the land!"

"Agricultural and sideline products are in short supply in the city right now. This is a rare opportunity. We must produce as much as possible, serve the city and our fellow workers well, and make more money!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, their eyes full of desire for the future, even a bit of fanaticism!

Lin Zhengjun was stunned.

When the cooperative built a factory and introduced equipment for the first time, these brigade cadres had many concerns.

Only one month has passed, how come he is even more radical than me now!

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "We will introduce equipment and build factories to expand production capacity, and we won't be short of funds!"

"Orders from our cooperative continue to come in, and our cash flow is sufficient!"

"It's because the villagers are too poor. Many people want to get married, build houses, and buy bicycles, but they don't have the money! This year, only my family built a new house. I hope that next year half of the villagers can build big tiled houses!"

"In addition, the brigade is also short of funds. We will take out 5 yuan in dividends. The village will get yuan in dividends from its % stake in the land. This will be used as a public accumulation fund and a public welfare fund. At the end of the year, we can use it to comfort poor households and lonely elderly people, and to help out-of-school children!"

Lin Bingde thought for a moment and said, "Zhengjun is right. We need to develop the collective economy, but we also need to let the villagers enjoy the fruits of economic development in a timely manner!"

In addition to the collective cooperative, Lin Zhengjun can also make money by publishing novels and scripts, but the villagers do not have this ability and are all looking forward to the year-end dividends from the cooperative!

So, the dividend plan was finalized!

After the meeting, Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "By the way, Secretary, when I went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to get the newspaper this morning, I also went to the Cultural Bureau. The film projection team will come to show a movie tonight, and our cooperative will also have a holiday tonight!"

"Oh, this is good news! Our team hasn't had a projection team since the Spring Festival this year!" Lin Bingde said happily.

There are more than a dozen communes and two to three hundred brigades in the county, as well as government agencies, industrial and mining enterprises that also need the Cultural Bureau to show some educational films or movies.

The Cultural Bureau only has a few projectors, which are not enough.

Moreover, most brigades had no electricity and used diesel engines to drive generators to generate electricity, making projection very difficult!

"Please make the announcement on the radio. Also, there is no need to prepare dinner separately. I will ask the cooperative canteen to make an extra portion!" said Lin Zhengjun.

"Good good!"

Lin Bingde immediately ran to the brigade headquarters to announce this great event via the radio.

The cooperative starts its holiday tonight, let’s watch a movie together!

As soon as the news came out, the entire Hewan Brigade was in an uproar and filled with joy.

At a time when entertainment is severely lacking, watching open-air movies is a rare and lively thing for rural people!

So, before and after dinner, in the fields, on the streets, men, women, young and old were all talking about this matter, full of excitement and anticipation!

Cheng Huiru and a group of other educated youth surrounded Lin Zhengjun and asked what movie it was.

Lin Zhengjun laughed and said, "One is the animated film "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", one is "Look at This Family", a comedy, and one is the Japanese movie "The Chase"!"

Lin Zhengjun chose these three movies to highlight that they are suitable for all ages!

Children like to watch "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", while "Look at This Family" caters to all groups.

As for "The Chase", Lin Zhengjun wants everyone to open their eyes and see the outside world!

In the evening, the projection team arrived.

The two projectionists rode two bicycles with a large iron box containing the projector and film hanging on the back seat!

The entire Hewan Brigade was immediately in an uproar. Young and old came out to watch the fun, with excitement and anticipation written all over their faces!

After a simple welcome ceremony, two projectionists first marked an area on the central street and pulled up the screen.

Then, Lin Zhengjun took them to the collective cooperative canteen to eat together!

The two projectionists praised the meals at the collective cooperative.

Everyone was so hungry for cultural entertainment that projectionists were treated with preferential treatment wherever they went, but other teams would usually just fry an egg or tofu with a little more oil.

But in Hewan Brigade, they serve braised pork and fried smoked fish cubes with lots of oil, and they are greasy as well, and you can make any kind of white flour steamed buns, brown sugar and millet porridge!

After dinner, Lin Zhengjun and two projectionists came to the place where the movie was shown.

There are already crowds of people here and it is very lively.

In front of the curtain, the children sat on the ground, behind them were the adults sitting on small stools, and further back were sitting on chairs, and at the very end, there was a large crowd of people standing.

Hundreds of people from the entire brigade were mobilized, and even young people from several neighboring brigades such as Lin He came over, totaling more than a thousand people.

There were too many people and the view was definitely blocked, so some young people climbed up trees and straw stacks to make it easier to watch.

Zhao Zhongkai led several militiamen to patrol the village, maintain order where movies were being shown, and scold those naughty children who were chasing and running.

I was also worried that while everyone was watching a movie, someone might come and steal my house.

Seeing Lin Zhengjun coming over, Tang Xiaofu, who was chatting with Cheng Huiru, came over and said, "I saved a seat for you in the front row!"

"Thank you for your hard work, my wife!" Lin Zhengjun was about to take a seat.

"Oh!"

A loud bang sounded from the back of the movie-watching line.

Lin Zhengjun was startled: "What's that sound? Damn it, don't cause a safety accident!"

Zhao Zhongkai hurried over and said, "Zhang Yang from the Linhe Brigade next door is making popcorn!"

Lin Zhengjun had an impression of this boy. He was a smart young man who liked to stand out.

He and Tang Xiaofu walked over to take a look.

Zhang Yang and a girl of about eighteen or nineteen were seen slowly turning the handle of a pressure-pressed popcorn cooker placed on a charcoal stove.

Next to it was a long cloth bag with a tied end, emitting wisps of white smoke.

Several women and children holding corn were gathered around, looking forward to it. Some had already made popcorn and were eating it happily.

Seeing Lin Zhengjun coming over, Zhang Yang hurriedly stood up and offered him a cigarette, smiling, "Director Lin, Tang Zhiqing is here! Want some popcorn?"

"Director Zhengjun, I, our policy is in line with..."

The girl next to Zhang Yang, whose face was smeared with coal dust but still looked pretty, took the handle and turned it, looking at Lin Zhengjun nervously.

They seemed to be worried that Lin Zhengjun would stop them from doing this business.

"I don't smoke!"

Lin Zhengjun waved his hand to refuse, and said with a smile: "Just be quiet! Just one thing, be careful and don't hit the children!"

"Don't worry! I'll be careful!"

Zhang Yang smiled with his white teeth, and then said to the girl: "Zhang Rui, this is Director Xiao Lin, a leader in getting rich, with an open mind, not an ordinary commune cadre!"

Zhang Rui looked at Lin Zhengjun with curiosity and admiration.

After figuring that the pot of popcorn was ready, Zhang Rui picked up the pot with both hands, pointed the mouth of the pot at the mouth of the bag, and shouted loudly: "Stay away! Don't get hurt!"