Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Chapter 456 Women hold up half the sky

The factory's start-up capital will be advanced by the Dahu Lighter Factory. After all, it is an exclusive enterprise of Feida Packaging Company, unlike the Pengfei Processing Factory which is a joint venture of several people. The procedures for using the money there are more complicated.

Later, Young Master Duan would send someone from Beijing to deliver the factory's business items and product styles.

Everything was ready, the only thing missing was the east wind. The east wind was Wang Ruihua's nod of approval, and she would call on the sisters to work for Xiarui Arts and Crafts Company. Of course, Feng Sizhe's commission would be ten times higher than the three cents per sword spike. After all, the purpose of doing this was not just to make money for himself, but to encourage the women in Dahu County to make money. So after the commission increased tenfold, the three yuan a day that used to be earned now became thirty, and nine hundred a month. In 1992, this was definitely a high-level salary.

Although not everyone can reach this standard, after all, making handicrafts still depends on craftsmanship, but if we calculate it by half, 450 yuan a month is quite amazing.

Feng Sizhe was the main speaker, and Bai Caixia supplemented the discussion by explaining the whole process. Wang Ruihua would certainly agree to it, as it was a piece of cake. What is true gender equality? It is not just talk, or giving women certain special care in policy. Specifically, in society, it means that women's income can be comparable to that of men. This is zero-point gender equality. Women can earn money, even more than men, and only then will they have their own social status.

Wang Ruihua nodded even more excitedly than Bai Caixia. After the three of them discussed it, Xiarui Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. was established, and the rest was just a simple ceremony.

Two days later, the samples of Chinese knots sent by General Duan arrived, and news came from the UK. Zhao Lirong personally called her son Feng Sizhe and told him that after investigation, there was indeed such a blank market in the UK. Products such as sword tassels, tassels, lamp tassels, Chinese knots, etc., which are unique to Eastern countries, are rarely sold here. If the products can appear here, there may be a buying and selling boom. The Republic has just started reform and opening up, and many things from other countries are considered new things when they spread here. It is said that there should be a market.

"What do you mean there should be a market? There is definitely a market." Feng Sizhe said affirmatively on the other end of the phone. "Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll have someone send you some samples of craft products later. You can show them to some local friends. If they like them, I'll send them to you in batches, and Tangsheng Group will be responsible for sales in the UK."

"What are you doing? Letting the mighty Yongsheng Group sell your handmade products is like killing a chicken with a butcher's knife." Zhao Lirong said jokingly after hearing her beloved son say this.

"What kind of metaphor is this, Mom? If I remember correctly, I still have shares in Tangsheng Group. Haha, I am a shareholder and a veteran of the company after all. How come your board of directors doesn't agree to this small request?" Seeing his mother making fun of him, Feng Sizhe smiled and replied.

"Okay, stop showing off your seniority here. I'll do it. But you also know that our Yongsheng Group has a large sales network and covers a wide range. Once this thing starts selling and the market prospects are good, you have to prepare more goods. Don't let it run out of stock when you're selling it. That would make others laugh at us."

"Okay, I got it, Mom. Don't worry about that. Go on with your work and I'll contact you later." Feng Sizhe hung up the phone with a big laugh. He knew that Tangsheng Group's sales network was indeed huge. It was indeed a waste of talent to use such a huge system for craft sales, but that was why he wanted to use it. Now he should consider whether the supply can keep up. For this reason, he arranged for Wang Ruihua to increase the intensity of the work and at the same time, he also had to strictly require the finished products. After all, they were sold to the UK. If they were not done well, it would be a slap in the face of the Chinese people.

Xiarui Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. was officially established and started operations. The establishment of this company means that more than half of the women in Dahu County have the opportunity to generate income, and a quarter of the population of Dahu County has begun to get rich. This will also play a key role in whether Dahu County can get rid of the label of being one of the top 100 poorest counties in the country.

After Feng Sizhe became the county magistrate, he opened up another way to make money. This move made more people couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. At the same time, it also made more people no longer doubt Feng Sizhe's promises and speeches in those two years. His practical actions made many people look at him with admiration and full of confidence in the future of Dahu County.

New Year's Day 1993 arrived.

Looking back at the past year, Dahu County has had another bumper harvest. Farmers have enjoyed good weather and good harvests, and their pockets have been filled up. The series of products produced by Pengfei Peanut Processing Factory have become popular in several provinces after the popularity of lighters in Kyoto, and the industry has doubled. Not to mention the foundry, because its equipment is advanced and the products it manufactures are based on market demand. There is no backlog of its products, but they are in short supply, so that the workers here make enough money and the factory also makes enough money. The most gratifying thing is that the one-year tax exemption period has arrived. Next year, the Dahu County government will collect taxes, so the county's finances will be greatly relieved. Speaking of the Dahu Lighter Factory, because the products it sells are varied and make everyone shine, its goods are also in short supply, becoming a must-have for many people of status and a frequent supplier of many large hotels and restaurants.

There is also the Xiarui Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd., which had just opened and had not seen much benefit yet, but the first batch of products had already been exported to the UK and earned foreign exchange. Although the amount was not much, it was definitely an honor to be able to earn money from foreigners in those days. Even the provincial government praised it. The first batch of women who made handicrafts earned large commissions from it, and when they met their husbands, they straightened their backs, and some even put on their men's heads. This made some people sigh that the economy is indeed a powerful driving force for social development.

I believe that after the Chinese New Year, more women will join the army of handicrafts, and the export volume will increase, which will undoubtedly benefit more people. Women hold up half the sky. If even they can get out of poverty on their own, at least one-third of the people in Dahu County will be free from poverty and no longer need to rely on government poverty alleviation funds to live. This will be a big step towards the county being one of the top 100 poorest counties in the country.

After Feng Sizhe announced the policy of development being the hard truth and appointing people on the basis of merit, the mentality of the leaders who used to make big mistakes if they did big things, small mistakes if they did small things, and good things if they did nothing changed. They knew that as long as they worked hard, even if they made mistakes, County Magistrate Feng would not blame them too much. On the contrary, those who did nothing would be punished or even sidelined. As a result, not only the county cadres, but also the cadres of various townships began to think of their own ways based on their unique environment and geographical location.

For example, some counties produce a large number of firecrackers before New Year's Day, because who wouldn't make firecrackers during the New Year? In this way, they focus on making firecrackers and can make a lot of money before and after the festival, and are known as firecracker towns. Others, relying on the many rivers under their jurisdiction, start producing lobsters and turtles, and are known as seafood towns.

In short, everyone is thinking about the method that suits them best, and is trying to generate income in addition to the main agricultural harvest. For a time, many towns and villages have achieved good results, and both the government and the people have gained a lot from it.

Feng Sizhe asked Wang Ruihua to do a statistical survey. After the Yuan Dynasty, nearly one-third of the county's population had escaped poverty and no longer needed the state's limited relief funds. He was extremely happy to hear the news. Anything would be easy as long as it was started. After thinking about it, he came up with a more radical measure, which was to have the foundry make a lot of well-off and wealthy signs overnight, and then he personally led the county government staff to hang these signs on the doors of those families who had escaped poverty with their own hands.

It is a kind of honor to hang a shining sign on someone's door. With a sign of prosperity, the owner of the house can be proud of himself in front of others, and it will even be much easier for boys in the family to find wives and girls to find husbands than others. After all, with good economic conditions, everyone is willing to marry here and everyone is willing to marry girls from here.

This move greatly stimulated those people who had not yet become rich or had no preparation at all. Seeing that people who lived the same life as themselves had become rich, but they themselves were still penniless, they immediately made up their minds to work hard in the coming year and hang the sign of well-off and prosperous on their doors.

A small sign has indeed aroused the competitive spirit of many people. Feng Sizhe looked at his masterpiece in the office and smiled sincerely in his heart. He believed that the poverty alleviation rate in the county would be even higher next year, so it would not be difficult to get rid of the label of one of the top 100 poorest counties in the country from Dahu County within two years.

Time flies, and the Spring Festival of 1993 is approaching. On the 24th day of the lunar calendar, just after the Little New Year, Feng Sizhe asked for leave from Secretary Fang Xianzhi, and took Li Shuang and Su Xi and their wife and went straight back to Kyoto.

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