"Lin Chen, once you brought back the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, all these young people lost their motivation to work. You need to think of a solution!"

Lin Fugui looked worried.

With twenty or thirty fewer people working, the team couldn't even allocate tasks anymore.

Gao Qiang was also worried. It wasn't that he couldn't let them take the exam, but he couldn't let it affect production!

That's why they came to Lin Chen for help.

Lin Chen has a lot of influence among this group of young people.

Seeing that he was a little embarrassed, Jiang Ning leaned down and whispered a few words in his ear.

Lin Chen looked at her questioningly: "Aren't you afraid this will affect your rest?"

Jiang Ning shook her head.

He then said to Lin Fugui and Gao Qiang:

“I have an idea, what do you think? The team will pay for a generator, and I will provide the venue. Everyone can work during the day and come to my house to study at night.”

I can also provide everyone with review materials.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately started discussing it.

"Studying with the lights on is something I never even dared to dream of."

"And review materials, I don't even have high school textbooks now."

Hearing everyone's discussion, Lin Qiao also spoke up for her brother:

"I'm in high school now, so I can help everyone borrow textbooks."

Lin Fugui thought the model was good, but wondered if the generator was too expensive.

Even the smallest diesel generator costs over a thousand yuan!

Just as he hesitated, Meng Jiao squeezed in and said:

“Secretary, team leader, I know you may think the generator is too expensive, but this generator isn’t going to be scrapped after a few months of use. It can still be used for agricultural production in the future.”

Besides, if Chayuan Village really produces a college student, you'll be proud of yourselves.

I don't have money now, but once I graduate from university, start working, and earn money, the money to buy the machine will definitely be sent over.

Her words received a positive response from everyone.

Some even suggested that whoever gets into university should split the cost of the machine after they start working.

Lin Fugui was persuaded and gestured for everyone to be quiet.

“I think we shouldn’t split the cost among those who get into university. As long as we want to take the exam and come to study, we should all sign an agreement that each of us will give the team fifty yuan over the next five years.”

Gao Qiang agreed: "Fifty yuan isn't much. If you agree, I'll organize a trip to the county town to buy a generator tomorrow."

Everyone's enthusiasm was ignited, and those who disagreed raised their hands in agreement.

Before long, everyone had signed the agreement.

The next day, all the young men went back to work.

Lin Chen and Gao Qiang went to the county town to buy a generator.

By evening, the generator was brought to Lin Chen's courtyard.

He and Gao Baoliang studied the instructions for a while and then started the electricity.

"Quick, plug it in."

Gao Baoliang excitedly handed Lin Chen one end of the wire connected to the light bulb.

At this point, the plug and power cord were simply two strands twisted together, very rudimentary.

Lin Chen pinched the plug, inserted it into the generator, and pressed the switch.

The light bulb was instantly lit.

They specifically chose a 50-watt light bulb, and the entire yard instantly became bright.

That evening, the courtyard was filled with tables and benches, all for people to study.

For a moment, apart from the slightly stuffy summer night breeze, the only sound in the courtyard was the rustling of pages turning.

This was a rare opportunity to turn things around. The generator only ran until 10 p.m., and everyone was engrossed in reading, forgetting to eat or sleep. No one made a sound, afraid of wasting time.

Jiang Ning and Lin Chen also joined the reading group, and the book they were reading was Lin Qiao's first-year high school textbook.

After graduating from junior high school, Lin Chen joined the army. He struggled with the first year of high school, so Jiang Ning carefully guided him.

During halftime, Wang Xiufen cooked mung bean soup for everyone.

After drinking mung bean soup, I felt refreshed and relaxed, and I didn't feel tired at all.

After a night of studying, everyone was highly efficient and agreed to come back tomorrow.

"But there's so little review material; just reading books isn't enough!" someone complained.

"Brother Chen, we still need you. Do you know where we can find some review materials? I heard there's a set of 'Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Series' on the market, but we don't have many connections and can't get our hands on them. Do you have any connections, Brother Chen?" someone suggested.

Jiang Ning and he often go to the county town; maybe they can find a solution.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll think of a way."

Actually, he had been thinking about something for the past few days, but the idea wasn't fully formed yet, so he hadn't told Jiang Ning about it.

Since everyone wanted his help, he told her his thoughts while lying in bed that night.

After hearing this, Jiang Ning blinked her starry eyes and hugged him.

"Ah Chen, you're so smart. You even figured out a way to make money from the college entrance exam."

After listening to everyone's opinions, she was just thinking about how to share the information in the space with everyone and then charge a small amount of money.

Lin Chen, however, thought of collaborating with a printing factory to print these materials into booklets and sell them to everyone.

Of course, the twenty or thirty customers in Chayuan Village are not enough; his target customers are all those taking the college entrance examination.

Jiang Ning roughly calculated that 5.7 million people took the college entrance examination in 1977. If a book was priced at two yuan, even if it was only sold to 10,000 people, it could earn 20,000 yuan. After deducting costs, there would still be a profit of 10,000 yuan.

Besides, who wouldn't want to stand out in the college entrance exam? Let alone two yuan, some people would be willing to spend twenty yuan on a book!

The next day, Jiang Ning and Lin Chen arrived in the county town.

The two went their separate ways; one went to the scrap yard, and the other went to the printing factory.

Jiang Ning's space happened to contain a set of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Series", which was a very rare resource.

She searched around the junkyard and found some relevant review books. She put them together and prepared to go find Lin Chen.

To everyone's surprise, as soon as I reached the entrance of the printing factory, a broom flew out from inside.

The people inside started fighting.

Several people wearing printing factory work clothes and several people wearing cadre shirts were in a standoff.

Jiang Ning found Lin Chen, pulled him aside, and asked him what was going on.

Lin Chen took the thick book from her hands and whispered in her ear:

"The higher-ups came and ordered the printing factory to close down, and all the old employees had to go home and wait for employment. Uncle Shen and the others were furious. They refused to close the factory because there was no reasonable way to resettle them, and that's why they started arguing."

He paused after speaking, then continued:

"Honey, what do you think about us buying the factory?"

Jiang Ning looked up in confusion: "How can an individual buy state-owned assets?"

Just kidding, this kind of operation won't be possible for several years.

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow at her, "I can't buy the factory directly, but I can become the manipulator behind it."

As he spoke, he walked over to Chen Bo, pulled him aside, and told him his thoughts...