In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

These millionaires had so many questions that Li Duoyu talked till he was exhausted, but they still had no intention of leaving his room.

But compared to the breeding knowledge, Li Duoyu found that these people preferred to listen to what he saw and heard in the island country and Hong Kong Island.

The most frequently asked question is salary.

"Is the salary in the island country really that high? Can you make tens of thousands of dollars a month just by washing dishes?"

Li Duoyu replied: "Island countries are similar, but Hong Kong Island is not very clear."

"Do they really have trains that run underground?"

Li Duoyu nodded. Perhaps due to the lack of information, no one knew that the capital had already had a subway.

An old man asked: "Director Li, I just want to ask, are girls from the island countries prettier? The biggest regret in my life is that I can't go to the island countries, otherwise I would definitely let them taste the power of the iron rod."

After the old man said this, everyone laughed. Someone asked, "Uncle, how old were you at that time? Did your hair grow out? Iron rods and earthworms are still the same."

"Shit, I joined the battle when I was fourteen, okay? At fifteen, many people around me had babies."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Not very pretty, they all have tiger teeth, if they open their mouths, they will bite you carefully."

"Director Li, you must have tried it, otherwise how would you know it so clearly?"

"No, don't talk nonsense."

As the group of people asked more and more outrageous questions, some even asked how they had smuggled themselves across the border. Li Duoyu was unwilling to answer.

Finally, the staff came to the rescue and asked these people to go back to their rooms.

Li Duoyu had just finished taking a shower and was about to lie down to sleep, but he didn't expect that someone would come and knock on the door in the middle of the night.

Li Duoyu said angrily, "Go back. It's too late today. I'll tell you next time if I have a chance."

"Duoyu, it's me."

Li Duoyu thought the voice sounded familiar. He opened the door and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Brother Ou, why are you here too?"

Ou Wusheng smiled and said, "I am here to attend this commendation meeting as well."

Li Duoyu slapped his forehead and then he remembered that Brother Ou was also a millionaire and would definitely come to the meeting.

Ou Wusheng continued, "It was too busy over there just now, so I didn't come over to look for you. Now there's finally no one around. It's so late, I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

"No, I don't go to bed that early."

Ou Wusheng scratched his head and took out a bag of Ganoderma from behind him: "It's like this, Duoyu, I have something I want to ask you."

Li Duoyu quickly refused: "Take it back quickly, there's no need to be so polite to one of our own."

"No, if you don't accept it, I won't ask you for advice. I'll ask someone else."

After saying this, Li Duoyu frowned slightly and had to accept the package of Ganoderma lucidum. He will get some fish maw for him next time he goes to Dazhu Village.

Ou Wusheng said, "It's like this. Two years ago, after I discussed it with you, I went to set up a bamboo factory. Unexpectedly, I was lucky enough to succeed. I even made a lot of money last year."

"Congratulations then."

Ou Wusheng sighed, "But this year, I don't know what happened. The business has obviously grown, but the profit is much less than in previous years. I feel that if the scale continues to expand, I may lose money."

Li Duoyu frowned slightly: "Please explain it in more detail. I don't quite understand."

"It's like this. You can see that I've made money. This year, several nearby villages have made money."

After listening to what Brother Ou said, Li Duoyu finally understood. Originally, several nearby villages saw that Brother Ou was making money, so they followed his example and set up bamboo processing factories.

Li Duoyu had heard from Xiao Chao and Shitou that Ou Ge's bamboo processing factory produced relatively simple things, such as baskets, winnowing baskets, and baskets.

People in several nearby villages also know how to do it, so they follow suit and the competition becomes fierce.

But Li Duoyu felt that this was not the reason why Brother Ou could not make money. Since Brother Ou started early, his business was quite good. Instead, his business was getting bigger and bigger, and he could ship a truckload of goods every two days.

The problem is that there are more bamboo factories and the purchase price of raw materials has increased, which means that bamboo has become more expensive, but these bamboo product manufacturers have rolled up their sleeves.

This phenomenon is quite common. To put it bluntly, low-end manufacturing has been slammed. If raw materials continue to rise in price, the bigger the business becomes, the greater the losses may be. By then, the profits will be eaten up by workers and transportation costs.

Li Duoyu frowned and thought for a while. This was a relatively common situation. He had no idea how many such cases he had seen when watching short videos in his previous life.

Li Duoyu feels that this kind of thing is relatively easy to handle in this era, and that bamboo products still have great potential for development.

Bamboo chopsticks can be produced. Summer is coming, and bamboo mats are also in great demand. They can even be used to make high-end mahjong mats.

In addition to these, bamboo products are also very suitable for export, and the Japanese have a special liking for bamboo products.

At that time, I can take some samples to show the Japanese who purchased the eels to see if there is any sales channel. If possible, Li Duoyu would also like to invest some.

After listening to this, Li Duoyu nodded seriously and said, "You are right. If you continue like this, you will probably have a hard time making money."

Ou Wusheng also knew it very well, but he was helpless: "Duoyu, you have seen the world, is there any solution for my situation?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while and said, "Your threshold is too low. Everyone can do it. Unless the industry is upgraded, there is no other way."

Industrial upgrading?

Ou Wusheng was a little confused when he heard this word for the first time: "What does this mean?"

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "I can't explain it to you clearly in a short time. To put it simply, it is to make relatively high-end things."

"Is there anyone who wants high-end products? But it seems that we can only make bamboo baskets and baskets."

Li Duoyu asked: "Let me ask you a question. How good are the skills of the bamboo weaving craftsmen in your village?"

"Not bad. Several of them can even weave animals out of bamboo. They also made the lantern frames."

"That's pretty awesome."

Li Duoyu glanced at the room and saw a pen and paper: "How about this, I'll draw something first, and then you can ask them to make it according to the pattern above."

Li Duoyu started drawing patterns on the spot, such as bamboo vases, bamboo chandeliers, and bamboo storage baskets.
These things are quite common in the island countries and are used quite frequently. It can be said that since the bamboo weaving culture was introduced to the island countries, they have always attached great importance to it and applied bamboo weaving products to all aspects of life.

Speaking of which, this place is the birthplace of bamboo culture, but for some reason, everyone seems to think that bamboo products are cheap, and seem to prefer the so-called luxury woods such as rosewood and nanmu.

But when Ou Wusheng saw what Li Duoyu painted, his mouth opened a little wide. He wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so.

Abstract, really too abstract.

To be honest, it was not as good as his daughter Miaomiao's painting. Ou Wusheng said reluctantly: "Duoyu, you painted it with feeling."

Li Duoyu naturally knew his own level of painting, and said a little embarrassedly: "You should be able to understand it, right?"

Ou Ge nodded and said, "Okay."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "It's good enough that you can understand it. It doesn't matter what you weave. The most important thing is to show our bamboo weaving skills."

“Who are we showing it to?”

Li Duoyu said seriously: "It's like this. In about twenty days, a guest from an island country will come here. He may be interested in these things. Let's show them to him."

Brother Ou got excited when he heard this: "Duoyu, are you planning to do foreign trade?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Isn't foreign trade what I am best at?"

"Oh, yes, yes." Li Duoyu continued, "When I went to the island country, I found that they particularly liked bamboo products. I think as long as we make our products well, maybe there will be hope."

After hearing this, Brother Ou was a little worried but also a little excited: "But with all these things of ours, will the Japanese people be interested in them?"

Li Duoyu said: "How do you know if it works without trying? Maybe they are just country bumpkins too?"

Ou Wusheng was startled and said, "Okay, when I go back this time, I will ask those old craftsmen to give it a try and try to make these things better."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If we can come to an agreement this time, maybe we can cooperate."

Ou Wusheng said with envy: "Then I must do a good job this time and strive to cooperate with Director Li in a business as soon as possible."

In fact, even if the foreign trade deal was not reached, the things that Li Duoyu gave to Brother Ou would help him expand his thinking on bamboo products.

Especially the mahjong mat, if I remember correctly, will be a very popular bamboo product in the next few years.

After the two finished chatting, Li Duoyu asked, "Brother Ou, Miaomiao, are you feeling better now?"

"Much better." Brother Ou said, "I've gotten much better since I stayed on your island for a while last time."

Ou Wusheng said, "If I wasn't so busy, and your sister-in-law wanted to help me with things, I would have wanted to send her to your island to live for a while."

"welcome."

The two chatted until very late. When Li Duoyu woke up the next day, he felt quite listless and had a pair of panda eyes.

When he arrived at the auditorium where the meeting was held, he looked around and saw that it was full of people. It seemed that there were quite a few people with an annual income of over 10,000 yuan in the entire county. It was no wonder that this was a place where smuggling had taken place in the past.

There was a banner hanging above the podium, with the top line reading "Develop production, work hard and get rich."

There are also a few big words in the row below: [Lianjiang County Hard Work and Wealth Commendation Conference].

Every person who entered the venue was given a small red flower by the staff, but Li Duoyu's red flower was different from everyone else's, it seemed a little bigger.

After entering the chapel, Li Duoyu wanted to sit with the villagers, but the villagers said, "Director Li, your seat is not here, it's in the first row in front."

Li Duoyu actually found his seat in the first row, with his name on the back of the seat.

【Shangfeng Town Li Duoyu】

I don’t know whether it was intentional or not, but at this commendation meeting, the seat next to Li Duoyu was [Zhang Sanming from Nanri Town].

After the two met, they all smiled and nodded. Zhang Sanming smiled and said, "Director Li, long time no see."

After seeing Zhang Sanming, Li Duoyu asked without hesitation: "Mr. Zhang, my second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua was taken care of by you some time ago."

"Yes, it should."

Li Duoyu continued, "It's been hard to raise eels recently. I wonder how Mr. Zhang is doing. I heard you have a medicine that's very effective."

Zhang Sanming was slightly surprised: "Director Li, you didn't raise the eels well this time?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "Every now and then, one or two eels die. I have no idea what's going on."

Zhang Sanming's face darkened when he heard this. Recently, he had to kill three to four thousand eels every day.

This Li Duoyu must have heard some news and came here to show off on purpose. At this moment, Zhang Sanming really didn't want to pay attention to him.

The last time he came here for a meeting was the Rongcheng Fisheries Conference. At that time, the top leaders also came to attend the meeting. But this time, Li Duoyu looked through the nameplates on the podium, and there was no name of the top leader.

There is not even Secretary Huang’s, just the leaders in the county.

After all, commendation meetings are different from work meetings. If the leader comes here and does not go to the next place, other places will have opinions.

So at this kind of commendation meeting, you either go to everyone or not go at all.

Li Duoyu discovered that those sitting in the front row were not so-called millionaires, but entrepreneurs, a total of ten of them.

There are two people in the breeding industry, namely him and Zhang Sanming.

One from the cannery, Lin Jinghua.

Ren Chengyi from the textile factory.

There was also a young man who had returned from Southeast Asia. His dress was slightly different from theirs. He did not wear a white shirt and trousers, but casual clothes, which made him stand out from the crowd.

But there were many people around him complimenting him. Even County Magistrate Tao said very politely when he saw him: "Boss Lin."

A group of millionaires were fawning on him. Li Duoyu had seen this man several times in the newspaper and had also heard of his family's story.

Their family was one of the early people who went to Southeast Asia. After they made a lot of money there, they returned home to invest in a sugar factory, which I heard was quite large.

After the commendation meeting began, it was natural for Boss Lin to speak as a guest and star entrepreneur.

What he said was relatively conventional, mostly because he missed his homeland and came back to invest in the hope of making a contribution to his motherland, etc. ”

After the overseas Chinese finished his speech, the audience burst into warm applause.

As a foreign investor, Zhang Sanming also spoke as a guest, and mostly praised Lianjiang County, saying that the county had great potential.

After he finished his speech, the meeting moved on to the next agenda and began to present the "Hard Work and Wealth Award" to each of the millionaires.

When the people of Xiasha Village saw Li Duoyu sitting in the first row, they thought he was going to speak as well. However, they didn't expect that the commendation meeting was almost over and Li Duoyu was not invited to the stage.

At this time, people in the audience started to talk a lot, and some who were already jealous of Li Duoyu couldn't help but speak out on the spot.

"I thought the leaders valued him a lot, but now it seems that he is just so-so."

"The people who spoke were all so amazing. Of course he couldn't compare to them."

"I told you, if he really speaks this time, I can't help but wonder if Li Duoyu is the leader's illegitimate son."

"Hahaha."

The people of Xiasha Village felt very uncomfortable after hearing these words, and several of them were quite unhappy.

"Why do you let Zhang Sanming speak but not Brother Yu?"

"Brother Yu's eel farming is much better than Zhang Sanming's, and it also earns foreign exchange. Now he has set up a shrimp farm. In the whole county, our village has the most millionaires."

But Li Duoyu didn't care at all. He already knew the list of speakers when he was drinking with County Magistrate Tao and others the night before. He was the one who deleted the three words "Li Duoyu" from the list of speakers.

At first, County Magistrate Tao refused, so Li Duoyu had to bring up the senior leaders and said that the loan for his shrimp farm was approved by the senior leaders.

Everything is just for stability, not too high-profile.

So the spokesperson changed from Li Duoyu to Zhang Sanming, but Zhang Sanming had no idea about this matter.

If he knew that Li Duoyu gave up the opportunity to speak because he found it troublesome to write a speech, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

At the end of the commendation meeting, Li Duoyu took the oath as a representative of the new party members.

In this era, everyone is still very positive and enthusiastic about joining the organization, and every person who takes the oath shouts very loudly.

Li Duoyu also shouted very loudly. People like him who have been abroad know very well that only when the motherland is strong will others treat you as a human being, otherwise they will treat you like a monkey.

Of course, there are also some people who don't want to be human and just want to kneel down and be dogs, but these people are often neither human nor human and live a very uncomfortable life.

After all, foreigners are not stupid. If you don’t even love your own country, how can others believe that you love their country? Often after using you, they will just throw you away like a rag.

At the moment of making the oath, Li Duoyu was filled with thoughts. He wished his family would be happy and safe forever, and also wished that his motherland would be prosperous forever and never be bullied again. (End of this chapter)