Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Tian Dazhuang is smart because he doesn't say things directly, but only to the point. Moreover, recently, some of the educated youth from the old city in their commune have been trying to transfer them away through their families. If they provoke the educated youth with skills, they will use their connections to transfer them back. Wouldn't that be a complete loss? !

Ge Yunfei thought for a few minutes and said, "I can't decide this matter alone. I need to discuss it with Dai Shuji before I can give you an answer."

"What do you want to discuss with me?!" Before Ge Yunfei finished speaking, Dai Aimin came out of the office. Tian Dazhuang hurriedly greeted him and said, "Dai Shuji, I am Tian Dazhuang, the branch secretary of Qingshan Brigade. I came to the commune today to apply for the brigade to run a sugar-making workshop."

"Sugar-making workshop?!" Dai Aimin muttered, and looked at Ge Yunfei with a puzzled look. Just as Ge Yunfei was about to speak, Tian Dazhuang said first: "Dai Shuji, try it, this is the sugar our team made on trial."

At this time, Dai Aimin noticed what Tian Dazhuang was holding. He pinched a handful of sugar, put it in his palm and looked at it, and asked, "What is the yield of this sugar?!" Then Dai Aimin tasted it and nodded with satisfaction.

Tian Dazhuang said: "Due to the raw materials, the output is not very high. We can only produce one or two tons of goods in a winter. We only produce during the winter. It will not affect other work."

Dai Aimin said, "Old Ge, I think Qingshan Brigade can do this."

Ge Yunfei hesitated for a few seconds and said to Tian Dazhuang, "Wait for a while at the door!" Then Ge Yunfei pulled Dai Aimin into the office. Not long after, a fierce quarrel broke out in the office. After about ten minutes, Ge Yunfei reluctantly sent someone to call Tian Dazhuang into the conference room and gave Tian Dazhuang a certificate allowing him to open a sugar workshop.

Tian Dazhuang put away the certificate, exchanged a few words with Ge Yunfei and Dai Aimin, kept half of the candy he brought, and then left the commune compound.

After Tian Dazhuang left, Ge Yunfei said, "Old Dai, why don't you agree with the commune opening a sugar factory?! If the commune opens the sugar factory, it will not only solve the employment problems of some people, but also bring some unexpected benefits to the commune. It will only sacrifice the Qingshan Brigade. At most, once the factory is established, it will give the Qingshan Brigade a few more jobs, and the problem will be solved, right?!"

Dai Aimin asked: "Do you know what the raw materials for making sugar are?!"

Ge Yunfei said: "You can go investigate."

Dai Aimin sneered and said, "By the time you finish your investigation, the other communes will know about it. Do you think they will follow suit?!"

Ge Yunfei said: "Even if they follow suit, so what? By the time they build the sugar factory, we will have already produced products here."

Dai Aimin said sternly: "Comrade Ge Yunfei, you think things are too simple! Have you forgotten the lessons of Qianjin Commune?!"

"Qianjin Commune?!" Ge Yunfei also reacted at this time. A year ago, Qianjin Commune opened a soap factory. At the beginning, the benefits were good. Later, the county transferred a few people to manage the factory. The factory that was once prosperous has now become half-dead. Seeing that the situation was not good, those people found connections and were transferred away, leaving a mess for Qianjin Commune. If their commune really opened a sugar factory. If the benefits were good, it would be very likely to attract those people again. The sugar factory is likely to become the next soap factory.

Dai Aimin saw that Ge Yunfei had come to his senses, and continued, "I also know that setting up a factory is a good thing. But the outside wind direction has not yet been completely determined. What if someone with ulterior motives holds on to this matter? How should we deal with it?! Instead of letting the commune do it, it is better to let Qingshan Brigade do it directly. Even if someone causes trouble, at most they will replace a brigade leader and village party secretary. It will not bring any other adverse consequences."

After hearing what Dai Aimin said, Ge Yunfei calmed down completely. Ge Yunfei said, "Old Dai, you are really my good brother!"

Dai Aimin said, "Your starting point is good, but you are a little too impatient. Now the wind direction is uncertain, and it is best for us to do nothing. When the wind direction is determined, the sugar-making workshops of the brigades below will be mature. We will directly take over the sugar-making workshops of the brigades and set up a sugar factory. Wouldn't everything be solved?!"

Ge Yunfei had to admire Dai Aimin's shrewdness at this time. However, they did not expect that they would meet Yan Jiekuang, a little fox. When Yan Jiekuang proposed to build a sugar workshop, he had already thought of this possibility, so he gave Tian Dazhuang and Gao Junsong a heads-up in advance.

Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang were not fools. After Yan Jiekuang's reminder, they understood what was going on. Originally, Gao Junsong planned to open a sugar workshop first, and then expand it into a sugar factory step by step. Now Gao Junsong has completely given up this idea.

After leaving the commune compound, Tian Dazhuang went to the town's supply and marketing cooperative without stopping. After parking his bicycle, Tian Dazhuang walked directly into the supply and marketing cooperative and arrived at the office door of Meng Yongsheng, the president of the supply and marketing cooperative. When Tian Dazhuang was about to push the door open, the office door opened. Meng Yongsheng just came out and was stunned when he saw Tian Dazhuang. Then he asked, "Dazhuang, what brings you here today?!"

Tian Dazhuang replied: "Sweet wind!"

"Tian Feng?!" Meng Yongsheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Sit in the office for a while, I'll be back soon." After that, Meng Yongsheng let Tian Dazhuang into the office and left. About five or six minutes later, Meng Yongsheng returned to the office and said, "Dazhuang, what exactly did you come to see me for?! Don't beat around the bush. As long as I can do it, I will definitely help."

Tian Dazhuang said, "I'm not here for personal matters today, but for official business." Then Tian Dazhuang took out a bag of sugar from the cloth bag in his hand, put it on Meng Yongsheng's desk, and said, "This is the white sugar produced by our brigade's sugar workshop. See if your supply and marketing cooperative can accept it?!"

"Sugar?!" Meng Yongsheng immediately perked up and said, "Sugar is in short supply everywhere. Brother, you are a timely help!" Meng Yongsheng grabbed a handful of sugar and put it in his mouth. He tasted the sugar carefully, took the sugar and looked at it carefully, and said, "The sugar produced by your brigade's sugar workshop is of good quality! So, I will charge you 58 cents per pound. I will buy as much as you produce."

Tian Dazhuang stared at Meng Yongsheng for a few seconds and asked tentatively: "Can you add a little more?!"

Meng Yongsheng replied: "That's really not possible. You have to give us something to eat, right?!"

Tian Dazhuang said, "For the sake of our long-time comrades-in-arms, let's round it up to 60 cents per pound."

Meng Yongsheng thought for a moment and said, "Sixty cents a pound is fine, but your workshop must at least give me two thousand pounds before the New Year. If you can't do that, I can only charge fifty-eight cents a pound."

Tian Dazhuang thought about it, gritted his teeth and agreed directly: "Okay! Two thousand kilograms, no problem!"

"Then I'll wait for your good news!" Meng Yongsheng opened the drawer of his desk, took out the official seal, wrote a purchase order, handed it to Tian Dazhuang, and asked, "When can your team deliver the goods?!"