Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Lin Zhengjun said loudly: "The production process of canned yellow peaches is not complicated. I have read the technical books on canning. Believe me, I can do it well!"

"Yellow peaches are now 400 cents per pound. One pound of canned peaches requires grams, or taels, of yellow peaches. The cost of the fruit is about cents, plus the canning bottles, syrup, transportation, storage, and labor costs, the total cost is less than cents. Now the market sells for yuan per bottle, and the supply is in short supply. The profit is four or five times, it can be done!"

Canned yellow peaches in syrup are very popular and in short supply now.

When visiting relatives during festivals, if anyone can bring two bottles of canned sugar water, that would be a valuable gift and very face-saving!

Someone in the audience shouted, "Everyone knows that canned peaches make money, but they are what you eat. If they are not made well, or they taste bad, or they go bad, you will lose a lot of money!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "We use three sterilization procedures. The first is pre-cooking and heating, the second is steam sterilization, and the third is cooling sterilization to avoid thermophilic bacteria. Believe me, I know the process very well, there will be no problem at all!"

At this time, an elderly member stood up and said, "Captain Lin, I want to ask, how much does it cost to invest in a canning factory?"

"In order to save costs, I plan to use traditional methods instead of high-pressure sterilization equipment, continuous or intermittent sterilization boilers, or microwave sterilization. The cost is basically yellow peaches, sucrose, citric acid, glass canning bottles, and labor, so..."

Lin Zhengjun said calmly: "It will cost 10,000 yuan!"

When everyone heard that no advanced equipment was needed, they gradually felt relieved.

But when he heard that it cost another 10,000 yuan, he immediately got furious!

"Ten thousand yuan? Where did the money come from? You just said that the team bought fertilizers and wheat seeds, and has no money left!" someone else shouted.

"Loan! Interest-free loan! Director Xu and the commune credit cooperative strongly support it!" said Lin Zhengjun.

When they heard about the loan, the members became even more agitated and expressed strong opposition, some even using foul language.

"Still want to take on debt? If I lose money, I'll never be able to pay it back!"

"Oh my god, a 10,000 dollar loan! This is too scary!"

"That's not so great. We have 500 adult members, and we may not be able to pay it back even if we work for a year!"

"No, this business is too risky, we can't do it!"

"Yeah, Zhengjun, what a stupid idea you have!"

Lin Zhengjun was not surprised at the members' reactions.

In fact, these days, collective economy is still the main economy!

In the past, production teams and production brigades would only take out loans when they needed funds to purchase agricultural materials. Individual members basically did not need loans, nor would they take out loans!

For a long time in the past, credit unions did not have any relevant regulations and systems for personal loans and would not lend money to individuals at all.

Over time, everyone has become accustomed to being debt-free and is extremely disgusted with being in debt.

As long as I owe some money, no matter whether it is to a private person, the public or a credit union, I will feel uncomfortable all over, unable to sleep or eat, and will be eager to pay it back.

It’s not like the later generations, where those who owe money are the boss!

"Comrade members, what's wrong with you? You just expressed your strong support for Comrade Lin Zhengjun, but why did you change your mind when the time came?" Xu Zhigong was a little anxious and stood up and said.

An elderly member said in a gloomy tone: "We trust Zhengjun, so we let him be the youth team leader, but why does he find ways to bully us?"

Lin Zhengjun remembered this person, his name was Chen Laoshi.

He is not a bad person, he is just extremely cautious and always worries about nothing.

Chen Laoshi's speech attracted a lot of support, and many people opposed the cannery.

Xu Zhigong said loudly: "Comrades, Lin Zhengjun is knowledgeable, educated and skilled. He has made a lot of money by making hemp candy. Haven't you seen it? Don't you still have confidence in him?"

"no!"

Chen Laoshi stiffened his neck and said, "We country folk can make hemp candy, and some people have made it before."

"But canned food is made by a big factory in the city. Lin Zhengjun can't make it well. If he loses money, the ten thousand dollars will be wasted!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Director Xu, Comrade Zhengjun, the yellow peaches have been delivered. Everyone, come and move them immediately!"

At this time, several tractors came with a "thump thump thump" sound. A fat director of the supply and marketing cooperative jumped off the tractor and shouted loudly.

"What? Lin Zhengjun, why did you buy the yellow peaches without saying hello?"

When everyone saw the truck bed was filled with baskets of yellow peaches, they immediately became anxious and came forward to watch and ask questions, causing a commotion.

"I really didn't tell you about this in advance!"

Lin Zhengjun said calmly: "Just this morning, the yellow peaches of Linhe Brigade were unsalable and almost broke the supply and marketing cooperative. I thought that the yellow peaches could be canned, so I immediately borrowed 10,000 yuan to buy them!"

"How much did you buy it for per pound?" someone asked.

"It's 3600 cents a pound, and I spent yuan. There are still tens of thousands of pounds to go, so the total cost is yuan!"

"Lin Zhengjun, aren't you being reckless?"

Chen Laoshi was furious, veins popping out on his forehead: "You weren't even the youth team leader this morning, how could you decide to buy yellow peaches on your own?"

This sentence was like lighting a powder keg. At that moment, many conservative members jumped three feet high in excitement and started to demand an explanation.

"That's right! Isn't this pushing everyone into the fire pit?"

"3600 yuan! This is all our hard-earned money!"

"You are too overbearing. You don't have any democracy at all!"

"If we do nothing and allow you to continue doing this, you will become more and more rampant. Aren't you going to become the second Wei Shanhu?"

"Two cents a pound? I know the price of yellow peaches from Linhe Brigade. Isn't it a little over one cent a pound? I feel greedy."

In fact, Lin Zhengjun was very calm at first and understood the members' reactions.

After all, the brigade’s money is collective, that is, it belongs to every member.

If the cadres in the team use this money to invest recklessly and suffer losses, then the vital interests of every ordinary member will be damaged.

In addition, with the recent incident with the Wei family, the members felt deceived and fooled, and became suspicious. They began to look at every brigade cadre with a critical eye.

But after hearing the last few words, Lin Zhengjun got a little angry, slammed the table, and said with great momentum: "Everyone be quiet and listen to me!"

The crowd immediately quieted down.

"Since you don't trust me, you don't have to participate in the construction of the cannery!"

Lin Zhengjun shouted: "It's up to you if it rains or not, and my mother is going to get married!"

"I'm making this clear today. I won't force anyone who doesn't want to participate. You don't have to work or pay!"

"But when the cannery makes money and distributes dividends, you won't get any!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell into complete silence.

Lin Zhengjun's domineering statement immediately shocked everyone present. No one expected Lin Zhengjun to be so domineering and resolute. They were all stunned for a moment.

Chen Laoshi reacted and said, "Why don't you give us dividends? You took out a loan in the name of the brigade. It's the collective money. Every one of us should get a share!"

Someone immediately agreed: "That's right, the loan belongs to the brigade collectively. If the business fails, it's the brigade's fault. Everyone bears the responsibility. If they make money and don't give us dividends, it's Lin Zhengjun's! What a wishful thinking!"

"When did I say I took out a loan in the name of the brigade? I took out a personal loan and owed 10,000 yuan!"

Lin Zhengjun said loudly: "I was full of confidence and wanted to start a personal business, but Director Xu asked me to lead everyone out of poverty and become rich, so I mobilized everyone to start a collective sideline business!"

"But since you are useless and can't lead me, I won't force you. A forced melon is not sweet!"

Everyone was once again stunned by Lin Zhengjun's domineering speech. They were dumbfounded and there was dead silence!

Lin Zhengjun actually took out a loan of 10,000 yuan by himself. Regardless of whether he could make money, his courage and boldness were astonishing!

"Besides, you guys are really too arrogant!"

Lin Zhengjun glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze and said coldly, "Do you think I would be interested in the little money and food assets of the brigade?"

"All the funds of the brigade combined are not as much as what I make in a month from making sesame candy! Why should I focus on those little things?"

No one spoke, and everyone exchanged glances with complicated emotions.

"It seems that there are big differences among our brigade members regarding the canning factory. We should not work together if we have different ideas!"

Lin Zhengjun said loudly: "I have changed my mind. I plan to gather a group of young people who have ideas and drive and trust me, and together we will take on the debt and contribute money to establish a youth food collective cooperative!"

"This youth food collective cooperative will be completely self-sustaining and will not take a single blade of grass or grain from the brigade, nor will it take a single cent from the brigade!"

"Whoever is willing to do it, stand up now!"

"Everyone else, the meeting is adjourned. Goodbye!"

Seeing this, Xu Zhigong sighed unwillingly.

Although he was determined to develop the collective economy, he couldn't say anything more.

Lin Bingde also shook his head with regret.

Lin Zhengjun said all the nice things and gave a moving mobilization speech, but he just couldn't motivate the members. What else could he do?

He is the only one who can make a fortune!