In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

When Tao Jingyuan saw the statistical table, his eyes widened. The average export price of an eel was about three yuan.

In addition to the first-class dried kelp from Dandan Island and Langqi Island, Dandan Island earned more than 400,000 in foreign exchange just from this order.

Before Tao Jingyuan became the county magistrate, he had eaten grilled eels given to him by others. He also heard that Li Duoyu's eel farming was very profitable, but he never expected it to be so profitable.

Of the more than 400,000 foreign exchange, 350,000 belong to Li Duoyu, and the rest belongs to the kelp farmers on Dandan Island and Langqi Island.

And this is when not all the eels are sold. If they were all sold, it would not be a problem for Li Duoyu to make more than 500,000 alone.

After seeing this number, the leaders present were all silent. No wonder the reporter specifically asked him whether he wanted to make it public.

To exaggerate a bit, some counties that are not good at foreign exchange may not earn as much foreign exchange as Li Duoyu in a whole year.

This amount of money is not much compared to the overall foreign exchange reserves, and some large state-owned enterprises are also quite good at earning foreign exchange.

But there is a difference in nature here. Li Duoyu is a local company. It is not a restructured state-owned unit, nor is it a company invested by overseas Chinese.

Starting from scratch and building up his business step by step, it can be said that Li Duoyu is a leader in this field.

"Ugh!"

Tao Jingyuan sighed. No wonder the big boss valued him so much. This Li Duoyu really speaks with his strength.

After both parties finished the statistics and confirmed that there were no problems, they began the transaction. For convenience, both parties used cash transactions directly as they did last time.

Norio Oda took out a suitcase he carried with him and opened it, revealing it was full of large-denomination Japanese yen notes.

This time, without waiting for Director Jin to speak, Ms. Jiang, who was accompanying him, took two staff members to start checking and counting the money.

The three of them started to order together, and it took less than half an hour to finish ordering.

After counting the money.

Director Jin put the Japanese yen into his own box and sealed it. Several people were guarding the money, including two soldiers wearing military uniforms and carrying submachine guns.

Director Jin smiled and said, "Director Li, are you in a hurry to use the money now? If we want to cash in so much foreign exchange, we may have to prepare for a while."

"Personally, I'm not very anxious, but those kelp farmers might be a little anxious." Li Duoyu was not worried at all that Director Jin would default on his debts. He suddenly remembered something:

"By the way, Director Jin, I have a loan of 600,000 yuan. Can you take out 200,000 yuan from me to pay off part of it first?"

But Director Jin was stunned when he heard this, then he pulled Li Duoyu aside and said, "Money has been depreciating recently, so you don't have to rush to pay it back."

Li Duoyu was naturally well aware that due to the "failure to break through", the situation in the next few years would be even more serious.

It is true that he does not need to pay back the money in a hurry, but this money is really different. The 600,000 yuan loan he took out to buy equipment was not ordinary money, but foreign currency.

Now that I have earned so much money, if I don’t pay it back, people will definitely gossip about me.

Moreover, the person who approved the IOU for him had a rather special identity, so Li Duoyu could not be vague about the repayment.

Facing Director Jin's statement, Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If you borrow and pay back, it won't be difficult to borrow again. Otherwise, the leader will not approve it for me next time."

Director Jin understood as soon as he heard it: "Okay, I will report this matter to the leader after I go back and then I will do it for you."

"Thank you, Chief Jin."

The quality of the eels this time far exceeded Norio Oda's expectations. It can be said that in the past two years he and Li Duoyu have only been trying to cooperate and have not started formal cooperation.

The eel market in the island nation is very large.

On average, each person eats 3 to 4 eels per year, and there are more than million people in the country, which means that they eat nearly million eels in a year.

The 100,000 eels imported from Li Duoyu could not make any waves in the face of such a huge market.

Norio Oda thought for a while and said, "Director Li, if possible, I plan to buy 300,000 eels from you next year."

After hearing about this order.

The eyes of the Foreign Exchange Bureau, the Fisheries Bureau, and County Mayor Tao all lit up and they all looked at the two of them.

The opportunity to improve performance has come.

But to everyone's surprise, Li Duoyu did not agree immediately, but said: "Mr. Xiaotian, let's not be anxious. I want to introduce a new cooperation project to you first."

At this moment, Wu Yuping felt like he was being scratched by a cat. If there were no outsiders present, he really wanted to go up and pat Li Duoyu on the head.

"What a ridiculous project you're introducing. Three hundred thousand eels. Sign the order first!"

If it is still based on this year's price, it would be nearly 900,000. You have to know that a few years ago, the foreign exchange reserves of the entire Rongcheng were not even 900,000.

Tao Jingyuan also took a breath of cold air and couldn't help cursing Zhang Xianjin, the big idiot. Why didn't he treat Li Duoyu as a treasure and gave so much foreign exchange quota to the Fisheries Bureau in vain?

If it was hundreds of thousands of dollars, he might not try to rob, but this time it was really too much. Although he and Lao Wu used to be colleagues and had worked under a big boss, they had a good relationship privately.

But when it comes to foreign exchange, we have to get it back even if it means a fallout.

As soon as Li Duoyu said that, he understood that he should take Mr. Xiaotian to see the shrimp farm.

But it's different on the shrimp farm side. He is involved in the whole process. If foreign exchange is generated here, it will not belong to their Fisheries Bureau.

Tao Jingyuan felt that if he used this as an entry point, he might be able to get a piece of the pie in the eel project.

County Magistrate Tao smiled and even spoke to Li Duoyu in a friendly manner: "Duoyu, you must introduce our Mr. Xiaotian to the shrimp farming base you set up in our county."

Wu Yuping frowned slightly when he heard this. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Then he suddenly realized:
"Lao Tao, what you said is not right. What do you mean by it was set up in your county? This shrimp farm was obviously set up by our Fisheries Bureau. Are you planning to just reap the benefits?"

"Besides, your county committee was not friendly to Duoyu before and made things difficult for him. How dare you come to ask for favors now?"

Tao Jingyuan snorted, "That was done by Zhang Xianjin. What does it have to do with me? Our county committee is fully supporting Li Duoyu now. We will give him whatever he wants."

Wu Yuping cursed: "How can you be so shameless?"

Tao Jingyuan said with a nonchalant look: "I am telling you the truth, this Dandan Island belongs to our county, Li Duoyu also belongs to our county, eels are also raised in our county, and the shrimp farm is also in our county. There is no reason for us not to take care of Duoyu's company."

Wu Yuping was so angry that his chest heaved: "You are trying to change the concept."

"I don't need to change the concept. If you give me some of the foreign exchange earned by Rongcheng, I have no objection."

Wu Yuping blew his beard and glared, "Damn it, how did someone like you become a leader? Why are you such a gangster? Anyway, I won't give it to you."

"It's not up to you to decide whether to give it or not." Tao Jingyuan looked at the people from the Foreign Trade Bureau and said, "Old Jin, if everyone was like Old Wu and went to the county to pick peaches, wouldn't everything be in chaos?"

Director Jin coughed twice, then looked up at the sky and said to himself, "Oh, that egret is so white and beautiful."

"Oh, here comes another one."

Tao Jingyuan gave him a look of disdain: "Tsk, we were in the same brigade when we went to the countryside, and you won't help me."

Wu Yuping glared and said, "Lao Jin and I live in the same community. He lives across the street from me. Who do you think he is helping?"

As the two of them were arguing, they both looked at Li Duoyu. Before they could say anything, he ran away: "Wait for me at the dock, I'll take you to the shrimp farm by boat." Wu Yuping and Tao Jingyuan looked at each other. The two people who originally had a good relationship were unwilling to give in at all on the issue of foreign exchange.

Even when they were on the boat, the two of them were still glaring and showing no leadership image at all, which stunned all their subordinates.

These subordinates thought that their leaders could just discuss the matter properly, but they didn't expect that they would be dragged into the battlefield as well.

"Jialu, come over and tell County Magistrate Tao how long we have been cooperating with Li Duoyu. Not to mention this shrimp farm, even this wind power project on the island has the shadow of our Fisheries Bureau."

"Oh my, why didn't you say that Dandan Island is under the jurisdiction of your Fisheries Bureau? The wind power project was clearly reported by our Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao, and the land in Qixing Bay was also rented to Li Duoyu by the two of them."

These subordinates were quite helpless. After looking at each other, they had no choice but to join the quarrel.

In order to avoid being drawn into the whirlpool, Li Duoyu, the person in charge, kept chatting with Mr. Oda in the cab.

Seeing how intense their argument was, the Japanese man couldn't help but wonder: "Li Sang, what are they arguing about?"

Li Duoyu pondered for a while and said seriously: "They are discussing something called official literature."

"Swoosh, it turns out they are also literature lovers. I also like your country's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Jin Ping Mei" very much."

"Ah~"

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, and then said in agreement: "I like it too, but I like The Nine-tailed Turtle more, it's much better than your The Tale of Genji."

Hearing Li Duoyu talking about The Tale of Genji, Oda Norihiro was also greatly shocked and could not help but admire him even more: "I wonder if there is a translated version in our country. If there is, I must read this Nine-tailed Turtle carefully."

When Norihiro Oda visited Li Duoyu's shrimp farm, he was quite surprised to see so many advanced equipment.

He asked on the spot: "Mr. Li, how many shrimps can you raise in a year?"

Li Duoyu replied: "The shrimp farm is currently in its infancy. If all these shrimp fry are put into breeding, at least ten tons of shrimp can be produced this year."

After hearing about this scale, Norio Oda was shocked. When he saw these breeding equipment, he had already guessed that what Li Duoyu said might be a bit conservative.

With so many shrimp fry, as long as the breeding is well controlled, twenty tons of shrimp can be raised.

After looking at the prawns, Li Duoyu led everyone to a corner of the factory where many exquisite handmade bamboo products were displayed.

Ou Ge and several other veteran craftsmen were standing there. It was the first time for them to see so many leaders and foreigners, and they looked a little restrained and nervous.

On the ground are placed exquisite bamboo lamps, bamboo curtains, bamboo fans, bamboo racks, and even a bamboo umbrella and a bamboo handbag.

After seeing these things, Norio Oda's face was full of surprise, because many of the styles here were what they liked over there.

"Li Sang, did you guys do all this?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "It wasn't me who did it, but these old gentlemen. I was just helping them sell it to see if Mr. Xiaotian needed it."

Norio Oda couldn't put down the bamboo-woven teahouse and said, "What exquisite craftsmanship."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If Mr. Xiaotian likes these things, I can give them to you."

"really?"

Li Duoyu nodded, but the next second he said: "We have a lot of things like this. If any of Mr. Xiaotian's friends like it, please recommend it."

At this point, Oda Norio understood, and bowed to Li Duoyu and the craftsmen: "Thank you very much, I like the things you gave me very much."

Seeing him suddenly bow, Brother Ou and the other veteran craftsmen were instantly at a loss as to what to do and quickly followed suit and bowed.

As a result, both sides kept bowing lower and lower.

After visiting the shrimp farm, Norio Oda made a decision on the spot and used the extra 5 million yen he brought with him as a deposit.

He not only wanted 300,000 eels, but also 10 tons of shrimps. The two parties signed a cooperation agreement directly at the shrimp farm, witnessed by local county leaders, the Fisheries Bureau, and the Foreign Trade Bureau.

As for the bamboo products, he did not make a decision immediately, but took away all the bamboo products that were given to him.

After leaving the shrimp farm, Tao Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh: "This guy is really a talent. He can probably replace the entire investment promotion department of our county."

Inside the county, the person in charge of the Investment Promotion Bureau who came with him wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said quickly: "Director Li, you are really excellent."

"If you understand, then study hard."

On the third day after the ship left, the TV station, Rongcheng Daily, and even the XinX News Agency all released news related to Dandan Island.

The TV station even launched a special feature titled "A Million-Dollar Project Leveraged by an Eel."

As soon as this special feature was broadcast, it immediately caused a sensation in the province. After all, those who have a television nowadays are all wealthy enough to earn 10,000 yuan.

But many of them have just broken through the 10,000 yuan mark, and suddenly they see others trying to move towards the 1 million mark.

A word suddenly popped into my mind.

Millionaire!

At the Haixin Eel Factory in Nanri Town, Zhang Sanming's face turned so dark after watching TV that he almost smashed the TV.

Everyone in the factory has been feeling gloomy recently and their faces are not very good. After a year of torture, everyone feels that raising eels is too difficult, even more difficult than raising children.

After learning that Li Duoyu from Dandan Island had made a lot of money again, he felt even worse. Many people here had laughed at him last year.

Although Zhang Sanming was angry, he knew very well that it was the eel that dragged him into the whirlpool. Now, if he wanted to turn things around, he could only rely on the eel.

In a small room, Zhang Sanming asked, "Have all the things been transported?"

Zhang Xuejin nodded and said, "They have all been shipped over. The channel over there said that they will help us distribute the goods, but they will charge us 40% of the profit when the time comes."

"Four percent?"

Zhang Sanming frowned and said, "This is too high."

"I have already talked to the other party, and their attitude is very firm. If the ratio is lower than this, they will not help us distribute the goods."

Zhang Sanming thought for a while and said, "Okay, 40% is 40%, but we must get the money back as soon as possible. Let's spread out the cost for this year first."

As long as there is no loss in the accounts, the head office should not be able to do anything to him. After all, the shrimp farm was also making a loss in the beginning.

At that time, as long as he uses this as an excuse, he will still have a chance.

But what Zhang Sanming didn't expect was that not long after he put his goods on sale, someone developed stomachache after eating the grilled eels.

The serious ones were also infected with hepatitis. For a time, the local hospitals were overcrowded. When the criticism was directed at the grilled eels, the people who helped them distribute the goods saw that the situation was out of control and ran away overnight.

There was not even time to call and scold Zhang Sanming, but he, the instigator, was completely unaware of these things.

With the money earned from the grilled eels, he was planning to return to Ludao to explain to the company, but he never expected.

As soon as he arrived at the company, he was immediately taken away by the local police and a pair of silver bracelets were put on him. (End of this chapter)