Era: Starting from cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi

Chapter 272 Conditions for borrowing money!
"Cousin, I can lend you money, but you can't lend it for free, right?"

In fact, Sun Xiangyang was not opposed to lending money to the other party, and the money was not for providing benefits to certain people, but for resuming production at the carton factory and for high-end health-preserving dates.

Without money, it is absolutely impossible.

Instead of waiting for others to lend the money, it would be better to lend it to Su Huiwan directly.

At least with Su Huiwan's guarantee, it won't become a bad debt.

"What are you planning? The county doesn't have anything to mortgage you, and you shouldn't care about the interest."

Su Huiwan said suspiciously.

"I don't want collateral or interest. I'll just lend it to the carton factory for free and pay it back when they make money."

Sun Xiangyang said with a smile.

"Just tell me, what do you want?"

Su Huiwan was too lazy to guess any further. After all, her relationship with Sun Xiangyang was special.

"I want a sign, a sign recognized by the county."

Sun Xiangyang expressed his plan.

"Sign? What sign?"

Su Huiwan was stunned for a moment and looked at Sun Xiangyang with confusion.

A sign of good people and good deeds?

Or is it the signboard of an advanced production team?

However, judging from Shuangshuiwan’s performance this year, it is a foregone conclusion that it will win the honor of advanced production team. If Shuangshuiwan doesn’t win it, which other production team will have the nerve to win it?

"Shuangshuiwan has been known as the hometown of paper-cutting paintings for a while, but there has been no major movement. So I hope the county can recognize Shuangshuiwan as the hometown of paper-cutting paintings and publicize it in the county and regional newspapers. It would be best if it was grand."

Sun Xiangyang said.

"Has the demand in Hong Kong increased?"

Su Huiwan's eyes suddenly lit up and she stared at Sun Xiangyang closely.

Until now, the county has not carried out large-scale publicity, in addition to the fact that it had hit a wall in Shuangshui Bay and made a mess of itself, another reason is that there have not been many "exports" of paper-cut paintings from Shuangshui Bay, and they are just small-scale publicity.

In addition, Shuangshuiwan itself did not want to be famous, so the county pretended not to know about it.

Apart from the initial publicity, no further news came out afterwards.

Even many people who saw the newspaper at the time thought it was fake and exaggerated. After all, such things didn't happen too often in the past, and producing 10,000 kilograms of wheat per acre of land was considered normal.

At this moment, Sun Xiangyang suddenly wanted to publicize it in the county. It was no wonder that Su Hui had such an association.

“Not yet.”

Sun Xiangyang shook his head. Although Huang Defa had been working hard to expand the influence of paper-cutting paintings after returning to Hong Kong, this kind of thing could not be developed overnight, and the Chinese New Year and other festivals were the peak seasons for paper-cutting painting sales.

"Then why are you promoting paper-cutting paintings? Aren't you afraid that someone will come and ask for money?"

Su Huiwan asked in confusion.

Being able to sell paper-cut paintings to Hong Kong is the first thing in China. Although paper-cut paintings are a matter of skill, it is very easy to find people who are good at paper-cut paintings, whether in the county or in the region.

Why was the county in such a hurry to pick peaches in the first place?
Isn't it because this kind of paper-cut painting is too easy to 'copy'?
You don’t need to invest anything, just a pair of scissors and some red paper.

Therefore, what is important about this paper-cut painting is not the cutting process, but the sales channel.

"I heard that the professional title evaluation will be resumed, and paper-cutting is also a serious art that can be attributed to the arts and crafts industry. Craftsmen who make ceramics can all be evaluated for professional titles.

Since Shuangshuiwan has this advantage, I plan to take this opportunity to first seize the title of the hometown of paper-cutting painting, and by the way, get a few professional titles to put paper-cutting painting on the right track.

In this way, when the scale of paper-cutting painting expands in the future, Shuangshuiwan will be able to firmly occupy this reputation, which is something that cannot be bought with any amount of money, and is equivalent to a brand. "

Sun Xiangyang slowly stated his plan.

"You are so ambitious."

Su Huiwan glared at Sun Xiangyang and said.

She didn't know about his job title because she didn't pay attention to it, but she didn't doubt Sun Xiangyang's words. After all, Sun Xiangyang's source of information was no worse than hers.

Since Sun Xiangyang said he wanted to recover, it must be true. It is just a matter of time. If you try to do it in advance, maybe it will be possible.

But compared to the professional title, she cares more about what Sun Xiangyang called the hometown of paper-cutting painting.

Sun Xiangyang had mentioned this plan before, but never took any action. Now he actually took the initiative to ask for it. It was obviously caused by some changes. In short, the time has come.

"I have no choice but to do this. Shuangshui Bay is a little small after all, and the scale of paper-cutting paintings cannot be expanded."

Sun Xiangyang shook his head and said.

Unfortunately, the amount of paper-cut paintings that Hong Kong can currently absorb is very limited, otherwise, he would like to make a bigger fuss, directly put an advertisement in the newspaper, and purchase paper-cut paintings in the entire Yulin area.

By then, Shuangshuiwan’s income will increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

Compared with daily necessities such as porcelain, the market size of paper-cutting paintings is undoubtedly too small.

Even in later generations, when it is an intangible cultural heritage and exported to many countries, its annual sales volume is not even a fraction of that of porcelain.

Many people will buy some porcelain or the like to a greater or lesser extent. After all, plates and bowls used for eating are also porcelain and are essential daily necessities.

Even things like couplets will be posted in every household during the Chinese New Year.

But how many people in China would buy paper-cut paintings?
Even if someone likes it, who doesn’t have a pair of scissors at home?

Just buy a piece of red paper and cut it yourself, it doesn’t cost any money.

Therefore, Sun Xiangyang never expected to sell his paper-cut paintings in China.

The Chinese in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are the potential buyers of paper-cutting paintings.

And the best way to sell paper-cut paintings is to make them into exquisite booklets.

Since we can't earn much in terms of benefits, we can only compensate with fame and some practical things.

"Okay, I'll help you contact the newspaper later and have someone go to Shuangshui Bay to look for you."

Su Huiwan agreed readily.

Even without mentioning her current identity, it would be easy for her to help Shuangshuiwan promote paper-cutting paintings with the connections she made when she was a reporter.

As for the hometown of paper-cutting paintings, it is just a matter of a word in the county. How much can a signboard made and sent to Shuangshui Bay be worth?

Compared with the money borrowed from Shuangshui Bay, it is nothing and no one in the county will object.

"Okay, I'll have the accountant come to the county tomorrow and round it up to 500,000 yuan. The remaining money will be kept for emergencies."

Sun Xiangyang said finally.

Although five hundred thousand is not a small sum for Shuangshuiwan, not to mention that Shuangshuiwan still has a lot of foreign debts, but given Shuangshuiwan's current situation, taking out this five hundred thousand is not a big deal.

Because of the greetings from the Mining Bureau, the coking plant now settles accounts with Shuangshuiwan once a month. This is simply impossible in other production teams or other coal mines.

Under normal circumstances, coal mines like the one in Jinjiagou usually issue IOUs and settle accounts once a year. They even have to fight countless battles just to settle the accounts. It is impossible to get all the money back, so it is normal to delay the payments year by year.

It was incredible that Shuangshuiwan Coal Mine could receive such treatment. The debts in various forms later on were all the result of IOUs.

Some factory leaders didn’t settle their debts when they were in office, so do you still expect the next factory leader to settle them?
What good things are you thinking about?

So this time, Shuangshuiwan owed a lot of favor to others.

This kind of thing is not impossible with the Su family's ability, but it is easy to give people a chance to criticize.

But when the Sun family did this kind of thing, no one could say they were wrong.

Although the fact that Sun Xiangyang helped him with his treatment was kept secret, it could not be hidden from some people who really cared about it.

But for those people, what does a small coal mine, which is supported by policies, mean?
However, for other small coal mines, they can only envy and be jealous.

As long as the purchasing indicators are not relaxed and free buying and selling is not allowed, it is impossible to make a lot of money.

The coal bosses in later generations just happened to catch the good times, but before that, life was not easy.

Only those big coal mines with connections and resources can live comfortably.

Due to its limited scale, it is not easy for Shuangshuiwan coal mine to achieve the current level.

As for what happens in the future, that is ultimately a matter for the future.

In Sun Xiangyang's plan, the coal mine only provides start-up funds for Shuangshuiwan and accumulates the initial capital. Only after the research institute produces results will it be the time for real take-off.

In this regard, all Sun Xiangyang can do now is: wait.

Wait for the opportunity and practice hard.

Until it soars into the sky.

After parting with Su Huiwan, Sun Xiangyang returned to Shuangshui Bay, and then found the old branch secretary and Sha Hongcheng, and told them about Su Huiwan's borrowing of money.

The old branch secretary didn't even hesitate, he just waved his hand and said: Lend it to me!
Now he does have the confidence to say this.

Especially after the expansion of the coal mine, the output will increase by several times, and next month, the coking plant will settle the money.

In the eyes of the old branch secretary, Shuangshuiwan is not "short of money" at all.

Su Huiwan is not only Sun Xiangyang's cousin, but also Shuangshuiwan's backer. The old branch secretary sees this very clearly.

Even Sha Hongcheng rarely refrained from singing a different tune.

Although he has connections in the region, there is still a layer of separation, and the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

His connections in the county are far less useful than Su Hui's late arrival.

At the same time, Sun Xiangyang also talked about the plan to build a town of paper-cutting paintings. The county will ask people from the newspaper to interview, take photos, and then publish the news in the newspaper. The county will even send a plaque of the town of paper-cutting paintings.

After hearing the news, the old branch secretary suddenly became excited.

what is this?
It's an honor!

It is the honor of Shuangshuiwan and also the honor of Sun Yude.

Under his leadership, Shuangshuiwan finally moved out of the commune and even out of the county.

This will also be an indelible mark in his career as the branch secretary and must be recorded in the village annals for future generations to admire.

He had even forgotten about the matter of borrowing money and asked Sun Xiangyang to notify accountant Sun Qingyu himself. He planned to transform the working environment of the paper-cutting painting group.

What if people from the newspaper come and see that we are all crammed into a few small rooms? That would be embarrassing.

In fact, after the village branch moved to the new brigade office, the original office became the residence of the paper-cutting painting group. This place is relatively spacious. Although the offices are not connected, they are much more spacious than ordinary cave dwellings.

However, due to the long time it has taken, it is obviously impossible to expect it to be great inside.

Especially after this "transaction" with several surrounding production teams, they also sent people here to do paper cutting and have been living here, causing those offices to become a bit cramped.

As for relocation, not to mention that there is not enough space, but it can be spruced up and the construction team can be mobilized to make it more spacious and cleaner.

Then we will hang up a plaque saying “Hometown of Paper-cutting Painting”.

Live together.

The old branch secretary left excitedly, and Sha Hongcheng hurriedly followed him. How could he let the old branch secretary take the limelight alone for such a good thing?

After all, he is now also the branch secretary of Shuangshuiwan, but he is only the branch secretary of the second production brigade.

In his words, he is now a part of Shuangshui Bay.

Sun Xiangyang didn't care when he saw this. He believed that the old branch secretary would make all arrangements properly before the people from the newspaper arrived. In this regard, the old branch secretary had never let him down.

Afterwards, Sun Xiangyang came to the brigade office again. Now it was Sun Qingyu who led two people and was stationed here every day.

However, since Sun Jiangang went to school, his workload has obviously increased a lot, and now he is responsible for all the accounting work at the coal mine.

Although he is much busier than before, he enjoys it.

"Xiangyang is here, come and sit down."

When Sun Qingyu saw Sun Xiangyang coming, he immediately stood up and personally made a cup of tea for Sun Xiangyang, and looked at Sun Xiangyang with as much favor as he could.

Ever since his son went to college, he has always had a smile on his face.

That's a university.

Even if I am just an auditor, studying on a temporary basis, and don’t have a diploma, so what?
The cats in college are not the same breed as the cats at home.

When his son comes back from college, things will naturally be different.

He even thought that his son could take over his business in the future, and no one would be able to find fault with him.

Because his son went to college, this alone gave him the confidence to shut everyone up.

"Has Jiangang written back recently?"

Sun Xiangyang knew what the other party liked to hear, so he just said it.

"No, that bastard has been on a roll since he left. Apart from the letter he wrote back at the beginning, there has been no movement in the past two months."

Although Sun Qingyu complained, he looked relieved.

After all, in that letter, Sun Jiangang told everything he saw and heard after arriving at the school, and he has completely settled down there. Although he is an auditor, he has not suffered any discrimination there.

The only problem is that my foundation is too weak and I need to work harder to keep up.

In his reply, Sun Qingyu naturally told him again and again to study hard over there and not to disappoint Sun Xiangyang's expectations of him. As for family, he would take care of everything and told his son not to worry.

"How about taking some time off some other day, Uncle Yu, bring Aunt, and Jiangang's wife to visit him."

Sun Xiangyang thought for a while and said.

"No need, right? Isn't this causing trouble for him?"

Sun Qingyu was obviously moved, and his words were not sincere.

"What's the problem? The school has a reception desk that specifically receives parents. Besides, it's normal to go and see your son. You can also check on how Jiangang is doing over there. This way, you can feel at ease."

(End of this chapter)