Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

Chu Jianghe stayed in the village for a few days and then returned to the capital. He had already made arrangements for the rest.

Before leaving, he met with Uncle Lei, the accountant of the brigade. He discussed it with his father, Chu Dayou. Uncle Lei's son, Chu Qingsong, was in his thirties and in his prime. He was also kind-hearted. He and Chu Jianghe The relationship with Chu Qingsong was also good, and he decided to fully support Chu Qingsong as the next Party Secretary.

With him and Chu Da fully supporting him, others would have almost no chance to compete with Chu Qingsong for this position.

Don't underestimate this position. For some people, this is a sweet spot, especially those villages with resources. A capable party secretary can almost influence or even control the allocation of resources in the entire village.

Everything from land distribution to various benefits to the people, and even the right to enjoy certain policies can all be decided with a single word.

People in the village usually have a close relationship with the party secretary, and those who have a good relationship are naturally placed first in the allocation of resources.

For example, if a family has a new member and needs to be allocated farmland, good land will be allocated to those who have a good relationship with the party secretary, while poor land will be allocated to those who have a bad relationship. If there is a holiday, it will not be given to you, and you will be asked to wait in line indefinitely. It leaves you completely speechless.

It can be said that a strong party secretary can penetrate into every corner of the village and every aspect.

With Chu Jianghe's wealth, he naturally looked down upon the resources in the village. He was far away in the capital and could not watch in the village all the time.

With Chu Qingsong at the front and secretly supporting him, all matters in the village, big and small, can be carried out according to his own will, which also saves some people with ulterior motives from taking advantage of this position for their own personal gain.

Of course, in order to prevent Chu Qingsong from having other evil thoughts, before leaving, Chu Jianghe also asked Zhang Li to contact Chu Qingsong more while setting up a factory in the county, so that he could take care of him.

Zhang Li naturally obeyed Chu Jianghe's words. Since hearing Chu Jianghe's plan, he is now full of energy.

Zheng Yueyue also had her own little thoughts. She was always beside Zhang Li and giving advice, hoping that he could do something good in the county as Chu Jianghe said.

Zheng Yueyue felt that what Chu Jianghe said was very reasonable. Needless to say, if she could achieve that level in the county, if she could achieve that level in a region or a province, she would be much more prestigious than she was on Hong Kong Island.

The current situation in the county is not very good. There are too many state-owned factories with poor profitability. After Zhang Li spent 3 million to build a road, he proposed to contract several state-owned factories.

When the county heard Zhang Li's request, it was exactly what they wanted. Nowadays, contracting state-owned factories is nothing new. There is no obstacle at all in terms of policy. They directly gave Zhang Li a list of state-owned factories in the county that were not profitable and asked him to just pick.

No matter which factory is chosen, the county will fully cooperate.

Zhang Li was not polite. He selected a few state-owned factories located next to national highways. With a large investment of funds, construction was about to begin.

With Chu Jianghe's support and no shortage of foreign exchange on hand, the material problems that troubled others were no problem at all for him.

Zhang Li's large-scale investment made people in the county dumbfounded and made him a big celebrity in the county. Countless people began to inquire about his origins and wanted to curry favor with this wealthy businessman from Hong Kong Island.

After Zhang Li established his reputation, he also started to handle matters assigned by Chu Jianghe. The first person he approached was his former acquaintance Zhao Jinpeng.

Zhao Jinpeng couldn't believe his eyes when he saw him. A few years ago, the two of them were drinking and chatting in the town. Who would have thought that after not seeing each other for a few years, this tension would suddenly transform into a returned overseas Chinese and a big investor? As a result, he directly became the God of Wealth in the county.

Zhao Jinpeng kept asking about Zhang Li's experiences in the past few years, but Zhang Li couldn't tell the truth to him. He chatted with him for a while, laughed and said haha, and then changed the subject.

"Jin Peng, how are you doing these days? You are quite capable now. You have several mines in your hands. You are living a happy life these days."

Zhao Jinpeng saw that Zhang Li didn't want to answer his question, so he stopped asking questions and said with a smile: "I am just making a small fuss. I am not as wealthy as Brother Zhang. Now the electricity is relatively tight, so this is the reason why We have lost the place where small coal mines like us exist, and even if we dig out coal, we can’t sell it at a high price.”

In the past, coal, as a strategic material, was strictly restricted in both price and output. That is to say, after the reform, coal output was in short supply and power outages occurred frequently.

In order to solve the electricity dilemma, vigorous development of local coal mines and small coal mines was written into the white paper. Farmers, workers, and households with tens of thousands of yuan have joined the army of coal mining.

As a result, small coal mines have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. This year, tens of thousands of small coal mines like Zhao Jinpeng have sprung up across the country.

Zhang Li patiently listened to Zhao Jinpeng's complaints for a while, chatted with him for a while, and then asked: "What is your current annual output?"

When Zhao Jinpeng saw Zhang Li asking this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "There isn't much production now, about 3 tons a year. Why does Brother Zhang also want to buy some coal?"

Zhang Li smiled: "How much clean coal do you have now? How much does it cost per ton?"

Zhao Jinpeng didn't understand what Zhang Li meant. After thinking about it in his mind, he tried to say: "There are about 2 tons piled on the site now. The market price is now 40 yuan a ton. If you want it, Brother Zhang, I will It’s 3 yuan cheaper for you.”

Zhang Li smiled and said: "Let's do this. I want all the coal on your site. It's not easy for you to dig out the coal and sell it. I'll give you 5 yuan per ton and give me 45 yuan per ton. How about it."

Zhao Jinpeng couldn't believe his ears. He had heard of other people setting prices when buying things, but this was the first time he heard people setting prices like this.

2 tons? Still want them all?

The two had known each other before. Zhao Jinpeng thought he was familiar with Zhang Li's style of doing things and thought he was being sarcastic. So he gritted his teeth and requoted Zhang Li a price: "Brother Zhang, if you really want it, I will give you the clean coal." You pay 30 yuan per ton."

This is really the lowest price he can quote. If he didn't want such a large quantity, he would definitely not have such a low price.

Zhang Li laughed and patted Zhao Jinpeng on the shoulder, seemingly satisfied with the price he quoted.

"Don't say that your brothers don't take care of you. Just sell all 2 tons to me at the price of 45 yuan."

Zhao Jinpeng was stunned for a while, and it took him a long time to react, and then he was overjoyed.

"Brother Zhang... whatever you want me to say, you must give me a chance today to thank you properly."

After saying that, Zhao Jinpeng wanted to make a phone call to talk to his family first, and then ask the restaurant in the county to prepare some special dishes, and have a good meal with Zhang Li at noon.

"It's easy to talk, but let's agree in advance that I will find someone to take away the coal first, but I will only give you 6% of the down payment, and I will give you the rest on a monthly basis in six months."