Chapter 243 The Provincial Revolutionary Committee decided to award Comrade Su Wenchen the title of "Foreign Exchange Earning Hero"!
Provincial Guest House.
A huge banner reading "Warmly welcome the triumphant return of the foreign exchange earning vanguard team" was hung in the auditorium.
After the people from the foreign exchange earning team followed Li Mingyuan in.
The cadres who were originally greeting each other in groups of three or four instantly stood in two rows, and the tide of applause almost overturned the ceiling.
As Director Zhu leading the team from the provincial capital, he should have been the happiest to see this scene.
After all, as the head of the Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau and the leader of the team, I have contributed to this good result.
Over the years, he has participated in the Canton Fair more than once, but this is the first time that the second or third most important person in the province has come to pick him up when he got off the train.
Now that he had come to the reception hall, he felt even more uneasy when he saw this scene.
Because perhaps many provincial cadres were not aware of this, but he knew very well that the Blue Water Field was directly under the ministry.
He's been praised so highly this year, what's next year? He can't fall to his death!
After all, this year, the Yuehuazhizhen leather produced in Lanshui Field accounted for 85% of the province's foreign exchange earnings.
All other participating factories in their province only earned a total of 17 million in foreign exchange.
How should I put it? It can’t actually be compared with some major silk-producing provinces.
But compared with some provinces that are not very good, it is basically okay!
This is also consistent with their previous achievements. After all, most of their products are sold from low-level processed raw materials.
So the more grand the commendation is now, the more miserable he will be when he falls next year!
Moreover, the Blue Water Field is now a property directly under the ministry, so he had to be humble.
"Xiao Su, you should go ahead! This time we are mainly here to commend you!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he declined directly.
"Director Zhu, how can this be possible? You are the leader of this foreign exchange earning team, and you must go in the front."
After hearing this, Director Zhu quickly shook his head.
"Now that you're back, what's the point of mentioning team leadership? This is all a commendation for you!"
Director Zhu knew very well how much they were capable of, and this time they were obviously taking advantage of Yuehua Rabbit.
The more successful he is this year, the more people will kick him when he hits rock bottom next year.
So he really doesn't want to be in the spotlight.
Cao Xinmin, who was lagging behind from the city textile factory, couldn't help but feel jealous when he saw the situation in front of him.
To be honest, he had thought that the foreign exchange earned by Lanshuichang might be slightly higher than theirs.
In fact, before coming here, their city's textile industry had investigated the products of Lanshuichang.
The quality is really good, but the production is limited.
At that time, he thought that it was great if you could sell a piece of leather for two or three hundred dollars!
This would be at most four or five million US dollars, which is about the same as theirs. Moreover, they have launched new products this time, so they will definitely steal the limelight.
As a result, when Su Wenchen was forced to close the exhibition hall on the first day, he was secretly happy.
You deserve it for being the center of attention!
But he couldn't understand what happened afterwards, because the other party was directly quarantined and moved away from their floor.
He originally wanted to find out some information secretly, but he was arrested by the Canton Fair inspection team the next day.
To be honest, if he wasn't also a member of the Lan City Foreign Exchange Earning Group, he would have almost been taken away as a spy this time.
So he now has very complicated feelings towards Su Wenchen.
First of all, he was released because of the other party, but it was also because of the other party that he was almost mistaken for a spy.
Although there are some reasons why he is too curious, who would blame himself?
But Su Wenchen had no idea about Cao Xinmin's complicated feelings behind the scenes.
Because now the city's textile industry is basically no longer an eyesore to him.
As for using the tactic of earning foreign exchange to deal with them in the future, it is impossible. After all, everyone is an industry that earns foreign exchange.
If you still act arrogantly in the future and walk into the chicken farm as if eating your eggs is alms,
Su Wenchen dared to guarantee that they couldn't take away even an eggshell.
After declining several times from Director Zhu, Su Wenchen finally sat in the front row with Director Zhu.
Soon, people attending the Canton Fair took their seats one after another.
The people on the rostrum also came out from the back.
After everyone was seated, the person sitting in the center of the podium spoke first.
"Comrades, today, with great excitement and pride, we solemnly welcome the triumphant return of our province's foreign exchange-earning heroes!"
"This is the glorious practice of our line! It is also a display of the labor wisdom of our cadres and the masses."
"Here, on behalf of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, I extend my highest respect and warmest congratulations to all comrades fighting on the foreign trade front!"
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
After the applause gradually died down.
The old man sitting in the middle seat continued.
"Now, I announce that, after research and decision by the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, all members of this foreign exchange earning group will be commended."
"The Provincial Revolutionary Committee has decided to award the Blue Water Livestock Farm the honorary title of 'Foreign Exchange Earning Pioneer Group'!"
"With proletarian courage and daring spirit, this collective broke through the foreign blockade of breeding technology and achieved a miracle at the Canton Fair, with a single product category valued at over 100 million yuan. This success has brought both glory and profit to our socialism! It has also built a red bridge for the Yuehua Rabbit project to go global!"
Su Wenchen, who was in the audience, heard that their Blue Water Field had actually won a collective honorary title.
I was also a little surprised. Is this province so generous?
Knowing that the girl was about to be taken away by the department, he was still willing to give her things, which made Su Wenchen feel a little embarrassed.
He was fine, but Han Yang, who followed Lan Shuichang, had a red face.
After all, he is also a member of the collective!
Although the honorary title awarded by the provincial level is not personal, it is still of great help to him, because the honor obtained is also an important consideration for promotion nowadays.
Then the old man continued to read.
"The Provincial Revolutionary Committee has decided to award Comrade Su Wenchen the title of 'Foreign Exchange Earning Hero'!"
"This comrade, rooted in the grassroots livestock industry, overcame the difficulties of selecting and breeding high-quality rabbits with the revolutionary spirit of 'reaching for the moon'. The high-quality Yuehua rabbit he bred not only fills the gap in the industry where my country currently cannot produce top-quality leather, but also brings a large amount of foreign exchange reserves to our country. He is an advanced model that we should emulate!"
“Crash!”
Applause broke out in an instant.
Su Wenchen didn't react at first, and then thought with some surprise.
A hero and model of foreign exchange earning.
The province has invested so much money, could it be that they don’t want Blue Water Field to take it away?
But what he said doesn’t count in this matter!
Do you have any other plans by trying to win him over?
The other people in the audience also applauded and looked at Su Wenchen with complicated expressions.
After all, there is a difference between collective honor and personal honor. With this kind of provincial personal honor, you will have a great advantage in promotion in the province.
When Cao Xinmin from the city's textile industry heard about the honor bestowed upon Su Wenchen, his eyes nearly popped out with envy.
Every time he clapped his hands, he did so with great force.
He wished Su Wenchen was in his palm and could be beaten to death by him.
But he was also looking forward to it, wondering if he could also be recognized!
After all, as mentioned before, he is one of the members who are decided to be commended!
Thinking that he might also be commended, Cao Xinmin clapped even louder.
As the old man pressed his hands, the applause gradually stopped.
Continue reading the sermon.
"The Provincial Revolutionary Committee has decided to award Comrade Jiang Li the title of 'Grassroots Practitioner' Cadre Model!"
"This comrade is based in the grassroots people's commune, is self-reliant, and actively seeks opportunities. He cooperates with the Blue Water Livestock Farm and the farm community to complement and help each other, setting a new development direction for the collective economy of the people's commune. This spirit is worthy of learning for all our grassroots communes!"
Hearing this, everyone else present was a little surprised.
Except for a few people who knew the inside story after attending the provincial meeting, most of the people present were full of confusion.
They all knew that it was because the Blue Water Field was being commended, and after all, the foreign exchange earnings this time did break the record.
Their province also received considerable equipment support.
But most of them knew little about Jiang Li.
As for mutual complementarity and assistance, most people think that this is just flattery.
Does this also deserve a separate commendation?
Only Su Wenchen looked thoughtfully at the stage, while the old leader sitting on the side looked calm and composed.
The other party did not tell me the content of the commendation meeting in the car.
It is obviously impossible that he doesn't know, he can only be reluctant to say more or deliberately not say it.
There is actually no point in deliberately not saying anything, because he will know it anyway.
Su Wenchen changed his position and put himself in Deputy Director Li's perspective.
What will he do after knowing that the higher-ups are going to take away their field?
Disagree? Confrontation?
This is stupid behavior. Anyone who can reach this level would never do such a thing.
Then the remaining probability is that they have been won over.
Especially after knowing that Jiang Li was still a member of the commune, he could basically indirectly influence himself by winning over Jiang Li.
If there are other new varieties in the future, the province will still be the first to benefit.
And what is the price?
Honor is very precious to the people below, but for the province, it does not actually require much actual expenditure of resources.
Especially since Jiang Li is still a provincial cadre.
It can be said that it is really a profitable business.
Because even if Su Wenchen knew about it, he would still have to appreciate the favor from the province!
In the future, the supplies from the Blue Water Field will definitely be supplied to the province first.
After all, for several bigwigs in the province, honor is not that important, and actual supplies are more useful.
But for Jiang Li, this honor is very important and will make her subsequent promotion much easier.
So Su Wenchen couldn't help but admire him, he was really shrewd!
Of course, he didn't lose anything. After all, apart from the top-level Moonlight Rabbits, the Blue Water Farm had no other plans to supply them.
So he actually had no objection to continuing to supply the province.
As Su Wenchen's mind changed.
The old man continued.
"Finally, we commend the comrades from the Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau represented by Zhu Dezhi, the comrades from the Lanzhou Foreign Trade Bureau represented by Deng Hongxia, and the comrades from the Baocheng Foreign Trade Bureau headed by Huo Youde.
"To all the comrades who participated in this foreign exchange earning campaign, and to all the workers and cadres from all the factories who worked hard."
“It is thanks to your unremitting efforts that we can export more of our products abroad and make greater contributions to supporting the world!”
"I hope that the collectives and individuals being commended will bear in mind the two incomparables and continue to carry forward the great spirit of fearlessness of hardship and fearlessness of death."
"After that, all departments across the province should notify their subordinates and launch a campaign to 'learn from Lan Shuichang and surpass Su Wenchen.'"
"We must deeply explore the ideological connotations contained therein, strive to develop more high-quality products, and break the economic blockade of capitalism!"
As the old man put down the speech in his hand.
“Crash!”
This time, the applause was even louder than before.
But some people were dumbfounded. Aren’t two people being commended separately?
Everyone else just says "all comrades" and they're dismissed!
At this moment, Cao Xinmin felt that the more expectations he had before, the more disappointed he was now.
Because they didn't even get a collective model award, just a verbal commendation.
This is too far from what he thinks in his heart.
Especially as mentioned last, we have to organize a campaign of "Striving to Learn from Lan Shuichang and Surpass Su Wenchen" when we return.
This is simply rubbing salt into his heart!
But it wasn't just him, even Su Wenchen himself couldn't hold it anymore.
He has actually become a role model to be learned from.
How can I describe this feeling!
He always felt something was weird, but he didn't hate it. To be honest, deep down in his heart, he still felt a little happy.
But he also knew that others could not learn his way, because how could you learn if you don’t have any cheats?
He never imagined that the province would do this in the end.
But amid warm applause, Su Wenchen still walked up to the podium with others.
Watching the provincial officials personally put the model medal on him and the red silk on his chest.
The applause from the audience was enthusiastic and intense.
In an instant, Su Wenchen felt an indescribable pressure coming towards him.
At this time, he finally understood the saying that with great power comes great responsibility.
He has been given the amulet of honor and example, but of course he also has to do things that match this amulet.
But for Su Wenchen, the good things outweigh the bad things.
After all, at this time, as long as the honorary model does not cause any trouble himself, basically no villains dare to approach him.
But this is just a provincial one, and even this year Su Wenchen feels that if they are still a provincial farm.
Then the provincial model worker definitely has his own place.
However, Su Wenchen thought that this might not be the case. He believed that if he was still in the province, the province would naturally have a great say in personnel appointments.
He was not sure whether the province would still put so much effort into winning him over at this time.
The reason for investing now is that the main personnel appointment authority of Blue Water Farm has now been transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
If you can't control this, you have to win them over!
Soon, after the commendation ceremony in the auditorium was completed, a group of people left the auditorium and went to the restaurant of the provincial guesthouse for dinner.
"Xiao Su, you and your comrades from the field sit over here!"
Su Wenchen and others had just walked in and were about to take a seat in the back when they were called by Deputy Director Li.
Hearing this, Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"Leader, how can we sit in the front row!"
Hearing this, Director Wang of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, who had personally awarded Su Wenchen the Model Medal, also waved his hand.
"What's the big deal? You guys are the real heroes of this event. Without you, there would be no such meal!"
"Don't refuse, come here!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen had no choice but to take a few people over and sit down.
Basically, everyone who can sit at this table is currently the top group of people in the province.
As the dishes began to arrive.
The scene wasn't too depressing. Apart from Su Wenchen, Deng Hongxia, Han Yang and others being a little reserved, there wasn't anything special.
Director Wang took the chopsticks first.
"Come on, come on, everyone, please do as you please!" After saying that, he picked up a piece of food with chopsticks.
After everyone started to eat, Su Wenchen also took a bite and thought the food prepared by the provincial receptionist tasted really good.
It's just ordinary fried chicken, but it's also delicious and flavourful.
"Xiao Su, do you think it's possible to raise the Yuehua rabbits from your farm in other parts of the province?"
After three rounds of drinks, Director Wang suddenly asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent. The other people who were still chatting at the table also fell silent and looked at Su Wenchen.
When Su Wenchen heard this, he put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment and said.
"Director, are you referring to the top-tier Yuehua rabbit or the ordinary Yuehua rabbit?"
The other party waved his hand.
"I know what you mean. The production volume you set in Guang City is based on facts."
"When I went to the meeting, they also discussed this matter. Currently, the Soviet Union's Siberian sable leather exports are basically limited to 20,000 to 30,000 pieces per year, due to the smaller size of sables."
"So it's reasonable for us to limit production to 20,000 tons per year. Furthermore, these top-quality furs are planned for export by the institute. Our province doesn't have that plan. I'm referring to ordinary Yuehua rabbit fur."
"I've seen your samples. Ordinary Moonlight Rabbit fur isn't as dazzling as the top-grade ones."
"But it's still high-quality fur, and its warmth is comparable to top-grade Moonlight Rabbit. Even though it won't look as good after tanning, I think it still has great potential!"
"I don't know if you know about this article that was accepted by the provincial newspaper."
"It was submitted by your Beiwan Commune. I was very impressed. I think the title was 'A New Chapter of Self-Reliance: Beiwan Commune's Leather Rabbit Industrialization Sets a New Benchmark for the Development of the People's Commune's Collective Economy!'"
"It details that your Beiwan Commune will rely on the fur rabbit industry to form its own industrial chain, from fur rabbit breeding, to tanning rabbit skins, to sewing them into fur, and finally to processing rabbit meat."
“What do you think of this idea? What are the chances of success?”
Hearing Director Wang's words, Su Wenchen blinked.
Why does this sound so familiar!
Isn't this the plan I planned for Jiang Li in the beginning?
But later on, step by step, the potential of the leather rabbits was tapped more and more, and he was so busy that he didn't even take care of the commune.
So, let him evaluate his own plan? What would he say?
Say it well! It seems like self-promotion.
But you can’t say it’s not good against your conscience. If you say it’s not good, you are denying yourself!
Hesitated for a moment.
"Director, I think this plan will definitely work in Beiwan Commune."
“But in other places, that’s not necessarily the case.”
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Director Wang immediately asked seriously.
"Can you tell me what you think?"
"Don't worry, we'll just treat it as a casual chat at the dinner table!"
Su Wenchen pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.
"Director, this is it."
"This plan was actually originally discussed by Comrade Jiang Li from the commune and I."
"We originally formulated it based on the objective conditions of our commune and the actual situation of our farm at the time."
"At the time, our farm was mainly developing chicken farms, but we found that there were many follow-up restrictions on chicken farms."
"Because without sufficient food supply, the development of chicken farming is almost inevitable."
"Plus, we merged with the Shiquan Chicken Farm, which was nearly losing money. With nearly a thousand employees, we were under a lot of pressure."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Li Mingyuan next to him suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Because it was he who passed this burden to Lanshuichang at that time.
At that time, he also felt that this matter seemed unfair to Blue Water Field, which was why he directly agreed to keep all the profits of Blue Water Field in the next year for himself.
But when he thought of this, Li Mingyuan always felt that there seemed to be something left unfinished, so he was transferred directly to the province.
I thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember it.
And Su Wenchen continued.
"To increase our income, we decided to develop a sideline business, which led to the rex rabbit breeding project, the predecessor of the current Yuehua rabbit."
"Our idea at the time was to introduce this foreign breed of Rex rabbit and start breeding it based on our farm."
"The commune has contributed manpower and effort to develop the leather tanning and rabbit meat processing industries."
"Once we see that our farm is profitable, we can promote it to the families of our members. Each household can build a nest and raise five or six rabbits. It basically doesn't require much effort from the members. Most of the time, they can just let their children cut some extra rabbit grass while cutting grass for the pigs."
"This way, we can sell rabbits at least twice a year to the commune's tanneries and rabbit meat processing factories, which can help these families save an extra 40 to 50 yuan a year."
"Not only will this provide money for Wawamen's education, but we can also buy some cloth to make new clothes for our family. If we have extra money, we can even buy a few pounds of meat and have a good year."
"Director, this is why I said it would definitely work in Beiwan Commune, but not necessarily in other places."
"It's precisely because the Beiwan Commune has already made it that almost every household in the commune raises four or five."
"Some families even split up as soon as the rabbits reach adulthood, just to keep five more rabbits."
Hearing this, Director Wang nodded seriously.
Said directly to Jiang Li.
"I didn't expect your Beiwan Commune to actually make it work. But I think five rabbits for one family is too few. How can you separate a litter of rabbits?"
"I think a family should have at least ten!"
"Although our bottom line cannot be changed, we cannot stand still just because we are not making progress. A large family of members raising a large family of rabbits is perfectly reasonable!"
Hearing this, Jiang Li immediately made a promise.
"What the director said is that we are too rigid. Our commune will study and adjust the breeding numbers of various poultry species when we return."
Hearing Jiang Li's words, the others at the table echoed her.
"I think what the director said makes sense. Rabbits don't give birth to as many babies as chickens and ducks. Every family should increase the number of rabbits they raise."
"I agree. This should be communicated. Livestock are all different sizes, so a one-size-fits-all rule shouldn't be implemented."
Seeing that most people at the table agreed, Su Wenchen didn't expect that this would prompt Director Wang to speak up and directly double the number of breedings for each member.
Obviously at this time the regulations regarding poultry farming are different in different places.
There is almost a different policy for each place.
Now that Director Wang has spoken, at least the members of their commune will have a much better life in the future.
As for other places, it ultimately depends on how the specific leaders below implement them.
After all, if the higher-ups have loosened their grip, it will be useless if you don't follow through.
As the atmosphere relaxed, someone looked at Su Wenchen curiously and asked.
"Comrade Su, didn't you originally import ordinary Rex rabbits? Why did you later think of breeding Moonlight Rabbits?"
When everyone heard this question, their ears pricked up.
Obviously everyone is very curious about how this Yuehua Rabbit was bred.
Su Wenchen thought about it and said directly.
"Actually, this is all thanks to a friend of Jiang Li's at the Beijing Foreign Trade Bureau. She helped us find a lot of international leather information and prices."
"That's when we realized the huge price difference between different leathers. It was outrageous."
"At that time, we were raising ordinary blue-purple Rex rabbits."
"A normal one costs a dozen dollars, but once a pure blue mutation appears, the value will increase several times."
"In the beginning, we were actually aiming to breed this pure blue Rex rabbit."
"Later, we collected various local Rex rabbit breeds, as well as imported ones, and conducted multiple rounds of crossbreeding and selection. Through a certain coincidence, we unexpectedly created this new breed of Rex rabbit, which we named the Yuehua Rabbit."
As Su Wenchen finished speaking.
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
Director Wang was the first to applaud and said.
"Don't talk about coincidence or luck. If you hadn't gone through multiple rounds of crossbreeding and breeding from the beginning, you wouldn't have gotten this even if you were lucky."
"There are so many Rex rabbit breeding farms in our country, how come only your farm can produce the Yuehua rabbit?"
"This shows that your farm must have put in more effort in cultivation than other farms, otherwise you wouldn't have been so lucky."
Faced with Director Wang's praise, Su Wenchen could only smile modestly.
(End of this chapter)
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