Chapter 241: Drawing cakes! He is already an old craftsman
Guangshi.
Inside the room at Guangshi Hotel, a pile of newspapers was already placed on the table.
Jiang Li was holding one of the cards and reading.
“Myths and legends temper reality, and labor and wisdom create glory!”
"Under the leadership of Comrade Su Wenchen, an outstanding cadre of our Party, our vast number of agricultural technicians and poor and lower-middle peasants worked tirelessly day and night to successfully overcome the difficulties in breeding technology and turn the myth into reality."
"The quality of its fur far surpasses what is known as sable fur in the West. At the Canton Fair, a single piece fetched over $4,000. This demonstrates the superiority of our socialism, and foreign merchants exclaimed, 'This is an oriental miracle!'"
After reading, Jiang Li looked at Su Wenchen.
"Excuse me, our outstanding cadres, how do you feel when you hear others praise you like this?"
Looking at Jiang Li's funny look.
Su Wenchen leaned back on the bed and said.
"Want to know?"
"I won't tell you!"
Seeing Su Wenchen like this, Jiang Li immediately sat on the edge of the bed and pushed him.
"Hurry up and tell me!"
"I really want to know. So many newspapers are reporting on you. It's almost catching up with the old "Agriculture Learns from Dazhai" and "Industry Learns from Daqing" campaigns."
"Even my dad probably can't catch up with you."
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"Not really. I'm just lucky to have arrived at this time."
Because he had talked with Minister Chen before, and they were considering how to send a signal to the US side to draw their attention!
So I guess the big fanfare this time is also intended to attract attention from over there.
Although Su Wenchen does not remember the exact time when the two countries established diplomatic relations, the contact time should have started around now.
For such a major matter, it is impossible for both parties to agree on it all at once. It will definitely take multiple rounds of negotiations before it can be achieved.
Su Wenchen was about to say something else when there was a knock on the door.
"I'll go open the door!"
Jiang Li quickly held Su Wenchen down.
"You're a great hero, I'll go open it!"
As he said that, he opened the door and saw Lei Bailiang holding a pile of newspapers.
"Director Lei?"
Lei Bailiang felt a little embarrassed after seeing Jiang Li.
"Haha, that didn't bother you guys, did it?"
Jiang Li felt a little embarrassed when she heard this.
"No, Director Lei, please come in! I just want to go talk to Sister Deng."
After saying that, he walked straight towards the door.
Lei Bailiang walked in excitedly with newspapers and placed a pile of newspapers directly on Su Wenchen's bed.
"Xiao Su! Xiao Su!"
"You've become famous this time."
Su Wenchen was speechless when he saw this. He had been staying in the house these days to avoid the foreign businessmen who wanted to treat him to dinner.
So before Lei Bailiang came, Han Yang and Ali delivered newspapers to him.
When Su Wenchen saw the newspapers Lei Bailiang brought over, although he was touched, he still pointed to the thick stack on the table.
"Uncle Lei, I have so many newspapers here that I can paste them on the walls!"
Lei Bailiang looked in the direction Su Wenchen pointed and said with a smile.
"Haha, so your partner sent it to you!"
"But it's okay, I have something she doesn't have!"
"The Canton Fair is almost over."
"Since the equipment purchase list was sent to those foreign companies, many of them have gone back."
"Now there are media reports in Europe saying that many foreign businesses have been deceived by us."
As he said this, he took out one of the reprinted foreign media comments.
"Look at what Reuters said: The East is using fur diplomacy to break its isolation, and their Western merchants are becoming Trojan horses for their technology smuggling."
"Haha, you probably don't know what a Trojan Horse is. I only found out after I asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to check it out."
"When the Greeks couldn't capture the city, they designed a giant wooden horse, hid their elite soldiers inside, and pretended to retreat."
"Then the Trojans regarded the wooden horse as a 'trophy' and took the initiative to pull it into the city to celebrate their victory."
"At night, the Greek soldiers rushed out of the wooden horse, opened the city gates, and joined forces with the troops outside to capture the city."
"But I always feel that this plan is very fake. How stupid must the Trojans be to pull the things back without even looking at them?"
"But their meaning is very clear. These foreign businessmen are helping me import cheap equipment. They are the fools who are bringing the Trojan Horse back to the city."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he was a little surprised.
"These news have no impact on us!"
Lei Bailiang smiled and shook his head.
"No, now they have become a laughing stock in the West."
"Even AFP compared themselves to the Trojans, saying the Saxons were even more timid than rabbits. If it weren't for the Channel, their ancestors would have planted their flag in London long ago."
"Then, other Western media outlets are mostly just jokes."
"Basically, no one thinks that some of their obsolete equipment will help us develop."
"However, the four samples we brought were taken away by those companies that auctioned off the items. I heard it caused quite a stir."
"Some companies that have not participated have already contacted our diplomatic department, hoping to participate in our equipment replacement program."
"But the problem now is that 10,000 is too few, and we lack too much industrial equipment."
"Some people have even suggested that you raise more rabbits. After all, it's just rabbits!"
Su Wenchen sat up immediately after hearing this.
"Uncle Lei, the higher-ups haven't agreed!"
"This problem really can't be solved by increasing production. The annual sales volume of this kind of luxury product is basically fixed."
“This is the time to create scarcity.”
"If we expand production at this time, the price will inevitably drop, and then those who took the photos won't make any money, and no one will take the initiative to ship equipment here later."
Lei Bailiang nodded.
"The above is the same as your idea. Ten thousand furs alone cannot solve the huge industrial gap."
"So, we plan to pay for the equipment shipped in with foreign currency and give a certain amount of fur as a gift."
“It mainly serves the purpose of maintaining relationships.”
"This is much better than before when we had to search all over the world for manufacturers ourselves."
"But now the Yuehua rabbits in your farm have been listed as a national special resource."
"From now on, you will have fixed planned tasks every year."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he waved his hand nonchalantly.
"I'm mentally prepared for this, but how much of this 40 million foreign exchange will we get?"
"I can't be left with nothing!"
Lei Bailiang shook his head.
"I don't know about that. It depends on you guys to fight for it."
"Your Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has secured quite a bit of foreign exchange this time. If you have any needs, you should raise them now."
"Otherwise, once all the foreign exchange has been converted into equipment, even if your minister is willing, he or she will still have to apply step by step to the higher-ups, and it's uncertain whether it will be approved by then."
After hearing this, Su Wenchen began to think about his next development direction.
Although their Blue Water Farm is now a directly affiliated farm, compared with other directly affiliated farms, it is just a small Karami.
Because others who can achieve this achievement have basically developed into large state-owned farms with at least hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land and tens of thousands of employees.
Therefore, it is definitely not enough to just rely on Yuehua Rabbit at the moment.
If we want to develop the animal husbandry industry, we cannot do without the planting industry. Without a large amount of land for growing grain, the animal husbandry industry cannot develop.
Over there, Lei Bailiang looked at Su Wenchen who was in deep thought.
"Have you figured out how to fight for it?"
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"Uncle Lei, what do you think about us setting up a branch in the Yellow River flood area?"
"What is the attitude of the higher-ups towards this place now?"
When Lei Bailiang heard Su Wenchen's words, he was stunned for a moment.
He blinked for a moment, then reached out and touched Su Wenchen's head.
"I don't have a fever!"
"Why are you still confused?"
"You can't sacrifice yourself just to get this little bit of foreign exchange!"
"That's not a good place."
Although Su Wenchen was touched, he still slapped Lei Bailiang's hand away with a helpless smile.
"Uncle Lei, I'm serious. I'm not kidding you."
Lei Bailiang thought about it and shook his head.
"I don't think it's very good. Although I haven't actually been there, I've heard colleagues from other departments mention it many times."
"There's actually a national-level farm over there called the Yellow River Flood Area Farm."
"The farm was established at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. A lot of resources were allocated from above. At that time, the idea was to restore agriculture in the Yellow River flood area as soon as possible. Now some of it has indeed been restored, but it is still limited to the area around Henan Province."
"Later, as funding from above gradually decreased and the area was incorporated into the national agricultural reclamation system, daily management has been gradually decentralized to Henan Province."
“Only major personnel transfers and production plans need to be reported to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.”
"I know you want to take this opportunity to develop your field."
"But even if you choose to go to the Great Northern Wilderness, it's still better than that place."
"The land in the Great Northern Wilderness can be used to grow crops as long as it's reclaimed, but that's not the case in the Yellow River floodplain. It has to be repeatedly washed to remove the salt and alkali before crops can be grown."
"This is simply a thankless task for you."
Su Wenchen said with a smile.
"Uncle Lei, saline-alkali land is a disadvantage for other farms because they can't grow crops. But it's perfect for a farm like ours that mainly develops animal husbandry."
"If we can really grow food, I'd be sorry to use it to grow grass."
"And what I want to know is what the higher-ups think of the Yellow River floodplain now."
Seeing that Su Wenchen had made up his mind, Lei Bailiang didn't say much.
"The higher-ups definitely want to deal with this as soon as possible. Otherwise, it's like having a patch of psoriasis on someone's body. Even though it's not fatal, it can't be left there forever!"
"If you really want to build there, you can get a lot of strong support from above."
"But you have to think it over carefully! If you really decide to go, it will be difficult to back out later."
"Otherwise, everything you do now will be at stake, so I still don't recommend you go into this salt pit."
Su Wenchen smiled.
"If I don't go in, someone else has to!"
"And I made this choice only because I was certain of it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be telling you this, Uncle Lei."
"We call it a farm, but we only have a few dozen acres of land. I'm too embarrassed to say I'm the head of the farm."
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Lei Bailiang also said with a smile.
"That can't be helped. Most of the farms today were established during the famine ten years ago. There's nowhere else to find so much land except in the border areas."
"But if you're sure, the Yellow River floodplain is indeed a good place for your development. The total area there is at least 50,000 square kilometers, or 70 million mu of land."
"After all these years of restoration, it's estimated that less than half of the land can be restored to growing food."
"So there is indeed enough land over there for you to cultivate. Which province do you plan to start with?"
"There's already a Yellow River floodplain farm being developed in Henan Province. Your presence there won't be much use."
"Where do you start with the remaining three provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui?"
Su Wenchen spread his hands.
"I don't know either. I don't know how the Yellow River floodplain is distributed. How can we make a decision?"
Lei Bailiang was speechless.
"You don't even know how to distribute it, and you dare to call for governance!"
"Why do I feel like what you said before about being prepared is just nonsense?"
Su Wenchen looked at Lei Bailiang with a smile.
"Uncle Lei, don't worry! That means there are still 30 to 40 million mu of untreated saline-alkali land left over there!"
"Even if we only grow grass for livestock farming, we can still develop it little by little."
"Only when we can properly manage all this saline-alkali land can our farm be considered a true national-level farm!"
To be honest, Su Wenchen actually knew that although they now had the sign of a directly affiliated farm.
But there is no foundation at all.
As time goes by, their country's foreign exchange earnings will gradually increase.
When foreign exchange increases, Yuehuatu's foreign exchange income at this level cannot support the brand of the direct farm.
After all, 40 million in foreign exchange a year was considered a lot at that time, and it was among the top foreign exchange earning companies in the country. However, ten years later, 40 million in foreign exchange was completely incomparable to what it is now.
By that time, its importance had declined and demotion was a foregone conclusion.
It is very likely that it will be the same as the farms in the Yellow River flood area in Henan Province mentioned by Lei Bailiang earlier, and will gradually be reduced to the jurisdiction of the province.
So he had to take advantage of this window of opportunity to strengthen the foundation of their blue water field as much as possible.
As for land, most of it has been reclaimed, except for the land in the Great Northern Wilderness.
So Su Wenchen looked around and found that if their farm wanted to continue to develop, they had to either reclaim the saline-alkali land in the Yellow River flood area or reclaim land in the Great Northern Wilderness.
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Lei Bailiang stood up.
"Alright, I'll help you find out about this. You're at the peak of your career right now. If you really plunge into the Yellow River flood area, it will indeed save you a lot of unnecessary trouble."
"After all, quite a few farms have been very interested in this rare Moon Flower product you created these days."
"But you don't have to worry too much. We, the people of the Third Field Army, don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either!"
"As long as you don't get into trouble, those things won't find you."
When Su Wenchen heard this, his heart warmed.
Because it is related to earning foreign exchange, since they can raise it on their farm, other farms naturally want to introduce this kind of Yuehua rabbit.
But now he is really not afraid of others picking peaches.
The two ministers were standing behind him, and each of them was a powerful being.
As long as he himself doesn't have any problems, the next ten years will be basically worry-free.
"Uncle Lei, thank you!"
Lei Bailiang waved his hand.
"What's there to thank me for? You'd better do your best, otherwise I won't pay any attention to you."
"Okay, I'll go help you find a map of the Yellow River flood area."
Watching Lei Bailiang walk out of the room.
Su Wenchen rested his hands on his head, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.
He was thinking about what Lei Bailiang said. If he didn't have this relationship with his father, would the other party help him like this?
Su Wenchen felt that it was very likely that this would not happen. Perhaps the other party would try to win him over in a normal way, just like Minister Sha did at the beginning, but they would not treat him as one of their own from the beginning.
If it weren't for this relationship, he wouldn't be as at ease as he is now.
Because at that time there would definitely be countless mosquitoes flying up, looking for an opportunity to take a bite.
However, it is better to become strong on your own than to rely on others all the time. Thinking of this, Su Wenchen got up from the bed and walked to the table.
Start writing about your own development plan for the subsequent Yellow River flood area.
The current authority in charge of this matter is the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which was formed after the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Forestry.
Therefore, Su Wenchen felt that since he was on the same side with the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, he could gain greater support.
It's just empty talk!
He is already an old craftsman.
Besides, his cakes were always baked on time and in the right quantity. He never made empty promises.
Now, through Yuehua rabbit fur, their country has introduced large-scale fertilizer production equipment more than three years ahead of schedule.
Therefore, he must strive for the subsequent share of fertilizer distribution.
We also need some agricultural talents, financial support, and policy support.
Su Wenchen quickly listed a long list of things he needed.
Then he scratched his head and looked at the letter that listed a lot of things he needed.
"How did I accidentally write so much? Will you agree with this part?"
"Forget it, it's better to be prepared. This way it will be easier to bargain!"
"As someone who has made such a great contribution, I took the initiative to explore such a difficult place. It would be unreasonable not to give me some support!"
"No, I have to add a little more. After all, Comrade Tang Taizong said that if you learn from the best, you will only be average. If you learn from the average, you will be below average."
"This way, even if the higher-ups compromise, they'll still be able to gain considerable support!"
Three days later, the Canton Fair officially came to an end.
Beijing City.
A small conference room within the red walls.
Minister Sha handed the entire summary report of the Canton Fair to an old man with gray hair.
The old man read the entire summary report from beginning to end.
After seeing the final list of equipment and knowing that foreign businessmen had already started contacting their patriotic merchants in Hong Kong Island to ship the equipment, the old man took off his reading glasses and pointed his finger heavily at the report on the table.
"Good! This is a good move!"
"In the current situation, it is very necessary for us to take advantage of the contradictions between the two poles and strive to seize the diplomatic initiative."
"The US is a realist country. As long as their interests require, they can adjust their policies, and we must also respond flexibly."
"We must seek common ground while reserving differences. We must always strive for one extreme and not engage in a two-pronged war."
"At the end of the year, we can definitely send out some signals and see how the US reacts."
As he spoke, the old man lit a cigarette, pointed at the report and said with the cigarette in his hand.
"Twenty thousand rabbit skins were exchanged for over 40 million in foreign exchange, and three large-scale fertilizer production lines have already been shipped."
"Minister Sha, your agricultural and forestry system has finally struck gold this time!"
Hearing the old man say this, the other people at the scene also burst into laughter.
"Haha, leader, you don't know, Minister Sha has been running back and forth for the past ten days."
"I'm afraid his treasure will be taken away by Old Chen."
The old man was curious when he heard this.
"Oh! There's also this matter. I think this young comrade would be good at diplomatic work!"
"It's clear they're very smart. This proactive production restriction will not only maximize the competition among others, but also conserve our breeding resources, allowing them to be used in more urgent areas, and maximize benefits for our country."
"It's like killing three birds with one stone!"
Hearing the old man say this, Minister Sha immediately felt aggrieved.
"Leader, our system finally produced such a talented person, how could it be snatched away by the diplomatic department?"
"Due to low grain production, our animal husbandry has not developed smoothly in recent years. Now, with great efforts, we have acquired several large-scale urea production lines, which can significantly increase the output of our own fertilizers."
"Grain production will continue to increase in the future, and our animal husbandry will develop in the future. Our department is in need of comrades like Xiao Su!"
"Not only do they not assign talent to us, but they also steal our talent!"
"The Canton Fair just ended here, and Xiao Su wrote to me, asking to go to the Yellow River flood area to open up a new battlefield. To be honest, I'm having a headache right now!"
When the old man heard this, he asked curiously.
"Oh! Did you ask to go there on your own initiative, young comrade?"
Minister Sha nodded and said with a headache.
"Yeah, I'm worried too!"
"To be honest, the Yellow River flood area is really in need of talent right now. We haven't been able to find anyone to take charge of the situation, but our department is reluctant to let them go!"
"I was planning to transfer him in two years to lead the national animal husbandry work. Grain production has been gradually increasing in recent years."
"Now that we have more and more fertilizer production lines and grain production is increasing, the livestock industry, which has been stagnant for so many years, must begin to make steady progress."
“We can’t always wait until things hit the cusp to start developing.”
"There are very few talented people in the livestock industry right now. I finally found one. Leader, do you think I can safely assign him to that position?"
The old man flicked the ash from his cigarette and waved his hand.
"You should steadily advance animal husbandry, which is indeed what you should do. If you try to cram at the last minute, even Buddha won't be willing to help you."
"However, since it was the young comrade who took the initiative to request this, your department cannot but consider the comrades' desire to serve the people."
"I think we should agree to this young comrade's request first."
"Didn't you also say you'd transfer people in after two years?"
"Young comrades like these are just right for tempering themselves in such a difficult environment. No matter how well they perform, it's only natural to promote them!"
"To deal with the long-standing problem of the Yellow River flooding area, I think we really need people like this who volunteer to go."
"Otherwise, even if we forcibly assign someone there, they will only do a superficial job."
“Those people wouldn’t even touch the really difficult jobs!”
Another old man next to him also agreed.
"That's true. We've discussed the Yellow River floodplain many times in our institute, but no one has volunteered."
"Over the years, apart from the Yellow River flood farms that were established at the beginning, other places have relied on local governments to slowly manage the floods themselves."
"We've sent several teams to investigate, and the areas with the fastest water management are the Yellow River floodplain farms. Elsewhere, due to the lack of a unified management organization, large-scale conflicts over water resources often break out."
"This shows that to manage such a large saline-alkali area, there must be a unified governance organization to coordinate governance."
"Otherwise, they will just mind their own business, diverting water upstream to flush out the saline-alkali fields, leaving downstream with no drinking water and left to watch the river dry up."
When Minister Sha heard what the two leaders said, he could only smile bitterly.
"We at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry are aware that just to manage this area, we need to build new water conservancy projects and dredge the river, which requires a huge amount of resources."
“We can’t come up with so many resources on our own.”
Then he said it with some toothache.
"And you don't know, this guy was playing tricks on me and wrote a letter that took up five pages."
“You didn’t see the things listed!”
"I don't think there would be that many even if we emptied our department."
When the old man heard what Minister Sha said, he immediately laughed.
"Ha ha!"
"That's your department's business. You guys should discuss it among yourselves. I won't get involved!"
"But the institute still needs to provide some support. The Yellow River flooding must be eliminated on our land as soon as possible."
"It's a shame that such beautiful land is left to waste."
(End of this chapter)
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