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Chapter 2180 Contradictions

The old branch secretary had a different opinion. After all, the money was a lot and could be used to improve the lives of the villagers.

In particular, there are many elderly people in the village who cannot participate in the work in brick and tile factories, breeding farms, or even bamboo weaving factories. They can only farm.

Compared with the income from farming and working in the factory, these elderly people have become the low-income group in the village. Therefore, the old branch secretary hopes to use part of this money to pay pensions to the elderly, so as to achieve wealth equality.

Zhao Shucheng has a different opinion on this. It is not that he is unwilling to pay pensions to the elderly in the village, but he is very clear that the pensions paid now cannot solve the fundamental problem.

If Xiao Lei's family cannot develop rapidly and loses its competitive advantage, not only will they be unable to pay pensions, but even their current situation will collapse.

By then, even if the villagers are grateful for everything Zhao Shucheng has done, Xiao Lei's family has already lost a great opportunity. If they want to catch up, it will take more time and money than it does now.

However, Zhao Shucheng was not really stubborn. He knew that the villagers still had some complaints about the current situation of Xiao Lei's family, so after much hesitation, he agreed to take out a sum of money to subsidize the elderly in the village. Of course, Zhao Shucheng also made it clear that this subsidy was limited to those over 60 years old, and there would be no subsidy for others, but they could be provided with Angora rabbit breeding so that they could make money on their own.

After the Canton Fair ended, Zhao Shucheng took his orders and the contact information of those customers, and led the villagers back to the city.

Before Zhao Shucheng and his friends returned to Xiao Lei's house, they were stopped at the long-distance bus station by people sent by County Magistrate Xu. They asked Zhao Shucheng and the old branch secretary to go to the county government to discuss the proceedings of the Canton Fair.

In fact, after Zhao Shucheng and others signed the order, the deposit had already been transferred to the county's account. It was noticed at the first moment and caused a great sensation in the county.

If it was a few tens of thousands of dollars, it would be fine, but the Lei family had made a big move this time, hundreds of thousands of dollars, which had already exceeded the county's foreign exchange earning mission, and the Lei family was even now well-known in the province. Moreover, this was only the deposit, and the full amount would be over a million.

The director of the county finance bureau was shocked when he saw such a large amount of foreign exchange. You know, the county's foreign exchange earning situation has been very poor in the past two years. When he went to the provincial meeting, he couldn't raise his head and was criticized by name.

Last year, the county's total foreign exchange earnings were less than 200,000 US dollars, and most of it was earned bit by bit from agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery products, such as rice and pickles, but these things are worthless.

Now that Xiao Lei's family suddenly has such a large amount of foreign exchange, they can hold their heads up high when they go to the provincial meeting this time, and can even make a separate report.

County Magistrate Xu was also very happy. After all, it was with his support that the Lei family was able to achieve such good results.

Originally, he thought that even if Xiao Lei's bamboo weaving factory could earn foreign exchange, tens of thousands of US dollars would be considered good. But now it seems that it far exceeds his expectations, so he is eager to understand the specific situation.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Shucheng and his team were able to obtain so much foreign exchange was entirely because their products were excellent, and they were not sold at the price of ordinary agricultural products, but rather at the price of handicrafts.

Although the current official foreign exchange exchange rate is 1:1.5, and the rate for foreign trade export companies is slightly higher, at around 2.8, the county's additional foreign exchange subsidy to Xiao Lei's family has reached a rate of 1:5.

Zhao Shucheng and the old branch secretary were immediately happy after hearing the foreign exchange ratio. You know, when they planned the allocation before, they calculated it according to the official exchange rate, so they were very careful, but now they can use it freely.

By the time Zhao Shucheng and the old party secretary set off on their return journey, the villagers had already received the news and were standing at the entrance of the village with smiles on their faces to welcome them back.

"Secretary Dongbao, the old branch secretary is back!"

"Secretary Dongbao!"

Deafening cheers resounded throughout Xiao Lei's home and finally reached the sky.

Zhao Shucheng, the old branch secretary and the villagers gathered together. The old branch secretary even announced in person the distribution plan that he and Zhao Shucheng had agreed upon, which made the villagers cheer even more.

After everyone left, Zhao Shucheng and the old branch secretary returned to the brigade headquarters and held a meeting with the village cadres to discuss the next steps.

Zhao Shucheng looked at the others laughing so hard that they couldn't stop, and couldn't help but pat the table and said, "Okay, it's enough to be happy for a while. Now let's talk about the problems we encountered this time. First of all, I am the only one in the village who can speak foreign languages. I will go to the Canton Fair this time, but what about next time? What about the next time? There are more and more things in the village, and it's impossible for me to solve them all. Someone has to step up. So the village needs one or more people who know foreign languages ​​to make Xiao Lei's products sell better."

After hearing this, the old branch secretary nodded and said, "Dongbao is right. This Canton Fair really opened our eyes. But our village does lack people who know foreign languages. When Dongbao went to see exhibits at other booths, many people came to our village booth, but because they didn't know foreign languages, they missed a few orders. Otherwise, we could have sold more bamboo products. So we have to continue the literacy class in our village, and add foreign language classes!"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Yes, the next problem is that the bamboo weaving factory has a lot of orders. Although we have a lot of products before, it is far from enough. Next, the bamboo weaving factory will expand its production scale and must complete the orders with quality and quantity. Everyone should guard against arrogance and impatience, and don't be complacent with a little achievement."

"If we fail to complete the orders on time, the reputation of our bamboo weaving factory will suffer. Those customers may not do business with us in the future, or even choose other people's products. You know, the bamboo weaving business is not only something we can do, but others can do it too. What we need to do is to improve the quality of our products and make our Xiao Lei's brand famous so that customers will give priority to our products..."

Zhao Shucheng began to arrange the next work for Xiao Lei's family. The old branch secretary occasionally checked for deficiencies and soon made everyone very motivated, eager to work hard now. Of course, Xiao Lei's current projects are going well. The new brick kiln of the brick kiln factory has been shipped, and the cement prefabricated board factory has also begun to receive orders from the outside, and the construction team's business is one after another. There is also good news from the breeding farm. A new round of rabbits were born, and the breeding farm expanded the breeding scale again. Many people in the village who did not work in the factory also followed to learn Angora rabbit breeding.

Song Yunping made a simple statistic and found that the number of Angora rabbits raised by the entire Xiaolei family has now reached more than 10,000. In the next year, the number is likely to increase several times.

Zhao Shucheng was very happy to see this happen, and even wished that the number of Angora rabbits in Xiao Lei's family could reach hundreds of thousands, or even millions. In this way, he could start a new business, start processing Angora rabbit fur, and produce related rabbit fur products to increase added value.

Everything in the village was in order, and even when Zhao Shucheng felt he could relax a little, troubles began to come knocking.

That day, Lei Shigen came to Zhao Shucheng's house early in the morning and knocked on the door. Zhao Shucheng was very upset when he was woken up. He opened the door and asked, "Shigen, if there is nothing urgent, let me show you how to deal with you."

Lei Shigen didn't care about Zhao Shucheng's bad face, he looked at Zhao Shucheng with sweat on his forehead and said:

"Dongbao, the neighboring villages have all built brick kilns, and they've even learned from us, riding bicycles everywhere to advertise, and the price of bricks is two cents cheaper than ours, the same price we used to offer compared to the county brick and tile factory. What do you think we should do?"

Zhao Shucheng chuckled after hearing this and said, "Shigen, are you anxious now? This is not normal. It's the same strategy as before. We advertised at a low price at the beginning to attract customers. This is all normal business operation. But what about the quality of bricks from their brick kiln? Have you ever learned about it?"

Lei Shigen was stunned for a moment and said, "I came here as soon as I received the news, and I haven't had time to understand it yet."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Let's wait until we understand it clearly. If their quality is similar to ours, then we'll see how it goes. If it's worse, then there's no need to worry. You get what you pay for. As long as our quality is good, there's no need to worry about the price. As for the price war in the future, our Xiao Lei family has millions of dollars on their books. Do you think we need to be afraid?"

Zhao Shucheng actually felt that these people were a little slow to react. Xiao Lei's family had already been working for half a year and had made a lot of money, but they were just starting to follow suit, not keeping up at all.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng was also very clear that if the other party kept the same price, they would inevitably face a price war. However, the Lei family would not be afraid and could even continue the price war until they defeated the other party.

After all, the brick and tile factory of Xiao Lei's family is not the factory that makes the most money. Instead, it is just a place for Xiao Lei's family to absorb labor. Whether it is a breeding farm or a bamboo weaving factory, they can subsidize the brick and tile factory and are not afraid of any price competition.

As for other villages opening bamboo weaving factories or breeding farms like Xiao Lei's, Zhao Shucheng didn't care at all. After all, breeding farms can't be opened just like that, and rabbits can't be found just like that. Moreover, since Xiao Lei's Angora rabbit breeding farm was established, the price of Angora rabbits has risen because of the profit from supplying Angora rabbit fur. A rabbit costs at least a dozen yuan, and at most dozens of yuan. It's possible for an ordinary village to raise dozens of rabbits, but if it's the same scale as Xiao Lei's family, it can only be said that even if the whole village takes out their savings, it won't be enough, and they can't even afford it with a loan.

As for the bamboo weaving factory, Zhao Shucheng was not afraid at all, because if they could not go the foreign trade route, then even if they opened it, they would only sell within the province or domestically, and the price would not be comparable to Xiao Lei's. They could only earn some labor fees and had no way to provide subsidies to the village enterprises.

Lei Shigen was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Shucheng say this, and finally nodded and said, "I see. I'll go back and find out what's going on."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Shigen, you are the most educated person in our village, don't be so surprised. I'll tell you the truth, we will only run the brick and tile factory business for two or three years, and then I will open a new business for the village, and the people from the brick and tile factory will be gradually transferred to work in the factory. If your knowledge cannot keep up, you will not be able to hold an important position in the new factory. So you can't just focus on the brick and tile factory, you have to learn knowledge, especially management knowledge, understand?"

Lei Shigen nodded and said, "I understand, Dongbao, I will study hard and will not let you down."

After Lei Shigen left, Song Yunping came out of the house and asked, "Dongbao, is this really okay? The brick and tile factories in other villages may not sell at the same price as us. Will we really lose money to gain publicity?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Of course not. The brick and tile factory is making a good profit now, but the costs are rising, and the profit will gradually decrease in the future. If we can't find a way to reduce the costs, we will either raise the price or close it down."

In fact, Zhao Shucheng had already prepared for the possibility of competition and even lower profits. After all, a brick and tile factory was not something with high technical content, but the Lei family was the first to try it out, so they could reap the initial benefits.

However, when other villages saw that Xiao Lei's family ate meat, solved the village's labor problem, and handed over profits to the team, they naturally became jealous and began to follow suit.

But in Zhao Shucheng's opinion, these people are already too slow, and can even be said to be eating shit faster than hot ones. Especially this time, many villages have started brick kilns and factories, and they will inevitably fall into a price war. Some villages may not even be able to recover their costs and will have to close their brick factories again.

In fact, Xiao Lei's other industries do not have much technical content, but they are one step ahead of others, so they can make a lot of money.

Although the bamboo weaving factory is better off, with foreign trade orders, so the profit is huge. However, Zhao Shucheng is very clear that when the Canton Fair comes next year, many similar competitors will inevitably appear, and they may even face the same price war. After all, in the eyes of others, as long as they can earn foreign exchange, it is worth it even if they lose a little money.

Therefore, Zhao Shucheng now needs to build a reputation for Xiao Lei's products, and even strive for perfection in bamboo weaving products, turning them into his own luxury brand, so as to differentiate himself from the competition and avoid falling into the vortex of price wars.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng had started planning this a long time ago. For this purpose, he specially asked County Magistrate Xu to contact the chemical factory and purchase a large amount of plastic, preparing to develop products such as bamboo baskets that can hold water, bamboo basins, bamboo vases, bamboo bags, etc.

Of course, what is more important is that the factory that Zhao Shucheng and Lei Shigen talked about, things like this that require large investments and have slightly higher technological content, are the key to the Lei family being able to widen the gap with other villages and even companies.