Gao Jiajia, being a local and more familiar with the market conditions of Baliushu, quickly organized everything in an orderly manner. Her paternal uncle bought the goods at twenty cents per pound, and the two of them added five cents to the settlement for each pound.
Gao Jiajia and Qin Chizian are moving into a vacant house together once they gather enough belongings to fill a sack. They plan to invest equally and split the profits fifty-fifty. It seems that this energetic girl is a good match for Qin Chizian's temperament.
Qin Chizian made up his mind: "Xiao Gao, if we're going to do it, we'll dominate the market!"
This statement exceeded Gao Jiajia's understanding. Qin Chizian explained: "The leaders' concerns are very reasonable. The other party is a private business, very easy to lose the spirit of the contract. They haven't even paid the deposit to us. When they come to inspect later, they can easily find an agent to push us aside. By then, we will have lost control over the products and prices..."
Gao Jiajia took a sharp breath: "I didn't believe it when my uncle said you were meticulous, but now I do. Okay, I'll do as you say. I was thinking of making a profit, but your approach has increased the scale of the project and the risks significantly, hasn't it?"
"Your uncle? Who is your uncle, and how does he know me?" Qin Chizian felt a bit confused.
Gao Jiajia changed the subject, "Brother Qin, get ready with the money. Each of us will probably need over ten thousand!"
In an era where there were hardly a few millionaires in Baliushu, ten thousand was no small amount!
Qin Chizian emptied out everything he had, and it was just under 2000 yuan in total!
He called Brother Xiong: "Brother Xiong, wishing you a happy new year!"
Brother Xiong scolded him: "It's not even August 15th yet, what new year are you celebrating?"
Qin Chizian: "Miss you, but I also need something from you!"
Brother Xiong: "Short on money? How much do you need, tell me the amount?"
Qin Chizian: "Brother Xiong understands me... About seven to eight thousand? Will it put you in a difficult position?"
Brother Xiong: "Nonsense! How about this, you give me an address, I just bought a car, I'll come see you and show off at your place."
Qin Chizian remembered a saying from a past life: "Friends are meant to be used!"
On one side, the money hasn't arrived yet, on the other side, Gao Jiajia is already impatiently urging her paternal uncle to start working. I don't know where this girl got the courage and persistence from.
2
Half a month later, there was news from the Huacheng Commercial Bureau: the goods were received and delivered to the Customer, who was very satisfied! They also faxed a new order contract, with a total payment exceeding 500,000 RMB.
In addition, Deputy Director Jia also called Qin Chizian: he asked about the progress of the vegetable processing equipment, and provided him with the manufacturer's phone number.
In addition to verbal thanks, Qin Chizian personally paid to buy wood ear mushrooms and dried mushrooms from the Villagers and sent them over.
Favors are built up bit by bit through daily interactions.
Secretary Wan was promoted from the second-born to the top position, feeling accomplished, while Chief Wu aimed to strengthen and expand the rattan weaving industry to accumulate political achievements for himself, completely forgetting about Qin Chizian, the original instigator and executor.
He Hongmei privately stood up for Qin Chizian, but the leaders didn't listen to her.
Soon, Magistrate Wu announced that he would personally make a trip to Huacheng to meet with the first party to show sincerity in cooperation. He also instructed the Party and government office to prepare special gifts from Wenyuan County.
However, he did not mention bringing any accompanying personnel...
3
Qin Chizian was sent to the countryside to inspect and supervise the quality and progress of rattan weaving in each village, transforming from a glorious "salesperson" to a "quality inspection officer."
The work was too complicated, and at the beginning, Qin Chizian was so busy that he almost collapsed from exhaustion.
Later, he simply adopted the management style of the previous company: designating a quality inspection employee in each village, rewarding those who excel in quality management with increased procurement targets, and providing rewards to the quality inspection employees in the villages. Those who perform poorly in quality management will have their procurement targets reduced in their respective villages. After all, there are many wolves and little meat now, and if you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.
In order to increase their procurement volume, each village competes to work faster and better.
The village spent very little money, not only improving efficiency but also reducing the pressure of quality inspection and control.
Not only Gao Jiajia, but even He Hongmei was deeply impressed by Qin Chizian's unique approach. Vice Township Head Sang Longjian, Jian Junzhan, and Qiu Aimin, who had initially looked down on him, gradually came to recognize the skills and abilities of this young man. Jian Junzhan was a local cadre, a true native of Baliushu Township.
In the past, the village had little development; it was basically just a small, unnoticed place. Now, after work, when returning home or visiting relatives, he is surrounded by the praise and recognition of the villagers:
"Our village is doing well! Your sister-in-law can earn a couple of hundred yuan a month just by weaving something at home. Plus, now that I’m also getting involved, life is much better than before!"
"Junzhan, could you talk to the person in charge of our township? We need more work for our village. My brother and sister-in-law are not afraid of hard work!"
"......"
Isn't this the concrete embodiment of "serving the people," which many leaders often mention?
Thinking about it, at just under 45 years old, I'm not old. Instead of talking about "progress," isn't it better to do more practical things for the Fellow Villagers?
Deputy Township Head Jian quietly began to provide support for Qin Chizian at work.
As a local, he was more familiar with many of the folk forces outside the system. These individuals valued clan and blood relations, sometimes wielding more influence than the village committees. If you couldn't manage them, it would be very difficult to get work done.
Xikou Village had three brothers: the eldest was named Dahang, the second-born was Erdan, and the youngest was called Gangdan. Along with their father Zhao Kuiyong, nicknamed Iron Hammer, the four of them were quite unreasonable. When it came to rattan weaving work assigned to the village, they would take more than their share, but the finished products they produced were nothing of value.
Qin Chizian went to Xikou Village for inspection and was almost in tears when he saw the goods they delivered: the rattan used was uneven in thickness, and the workmanship was rough. Not to mention presenting them in Huacheng, even in the local area, they were not up to standard. They could pass as crafts for rabbits or wild chickens, but presenting them as handicrafts to others would only tarnish our reputation!
Seeing Qin Chizian looking distressed, the boss said, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and pay. We are four brothers, and we received a total of 37 pieces!"
Qin Chizian just said, "This work is too rough..."
the second-born took the conversation: "The money isn't coming out of your own pocket, so stop being so picky!"
Qin Chizian firmly refused: "You guys are not qualified, the village won't accept it."
The old man spoke up: "You're the kid surnamed Qin, right? Whether it's qualified or not, I don't care. Just pay up and it's settled! If you dare not accept it, I'll show you what I can do!"
Third Brother glared menacingly on one side, making the nearby Quality inspection staff and village cadre too scared to speak.
Jian Junzhan understood the situation and specifically came here, just in time to see the Zhao family playing around. He immediately pointed at them and scolded, "You don't care about reason at all, do you? Look at what you've made, is this some kind of artificial toy? Xiao Qin worked hard to secure an order from the South, and you can't mess it up like this!"
The deputy village chief in charge of quality inspection said again: "None of their four uncles will be hired for work anymore. If anyone dares to mess around, I'll have old Tao from the police station arrest them."
"In the past, it was us cadres who were poor and had no ability. Now that we've found a way to make a living, you guys are causing trouble again. Whoever dares to bully the newcomer Xiao Qin is picking a fight with me!"
After a round of scolding, the four uncles didn't dare to say a word of dissent and went back with their tails between their legs, taking their defective work to redo.
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