Chapter 350: You're here to cause trouble! I won't entertain you then.
The cold wind of December swept across the Huanghuaihai area with frost.
However, in the special zone for saline-alkali land management and aquaculture development in northern Jiangsu and Anhui, there is an unprecedented enthusiastic atmosphere.
Time passed quickly and it was the eve of New Year's Day. More than half a year had passed since the establishment of the Special Economic Zone and Su Wenchen had made plans for each county.
In the past six months, the Special Administrative Region seems to have been accelerated.
Large-scale chicken coops are springing up and cement roads are connecting them.
The scale of the rabbit base for saline-alkali land treatment is even larger, and a steady supply of rabbit manure is transported to various saline-alkali land treatment points as planned.
The white frost on the saline-alkali land has faded away, and in the planned area for winter wheat, the once barren land has turned into a vibrant green.
Special Administrative Region Management Committee Building.
This three-story office-style building is located opposite the farm headquarters.
Office workers were constantly coming in and out of the building.
After half a year of development, it is obvious that there are quite a few staff members.
In an office on the third floor.
Su Wenchen looked at a photo with a look of longing.
His entire expression softened.
The photo shows a baby being held by Jiang Li, with a pair of curious little eyes staring at the camera intently.
It seemed to be wondering what this thing was.
Su Wenchen looked at the photo and could vaguely see some of his own shadow in the baby's eyebrows and eyes.
The longing in his eyes was even stronger.
Just then, there were knocks on the office door, and then Guo Xiangyang's voice came from outside.
"Lao Su, the food is back!"
"I guessed you hadn't been there first, so I printed one for you. Otherwise, it would have been gone by the time you got there."
"Let's go! Come out and eat!"
Seeing that Su Wenchen didn't reply, Guo Xiangyang walked in curiously and looked at the photo in Su Wenchen's hand.
Just start teasing.
"Okay, stop looking. If you keep looking, your precious son won't be able to get out of the photo."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he rolled his eyes.
"Go away, your son needs to get out of the photo!"
Guo Xiangyang curled his lips.
"It would be great if my son could come out of the photo, but unfortunately I only have one daughter."
Say what you thought of.
"Oh, by the way, my daughter is about the same age as our son. What do you think about arranging a marriage between them?"
After saying that, he took out a photo from his arms, and it was a color photo.
Said to Su Wenchen excitedly.
"Old Su, I tell you, my daughter will be a beauty when she grows up. What do you think of your daughter-in-law?"
Su Wenchen was speechless when he heard this. He put the letter he had written on the table into the drawer while cursing.
"roll!"
"What era is this? You're still betrothing children. Aren't you afraid that she'll blame you when she grows up?"
However, Su Wenchen took a look at the little girl in the photo and found that she should be a few years older than his son.
Especially the photography technology in Jing City is obviously much better than that in Lanshui County.
Looking at the smiling girl in the photo, Su Wenchen didn't say anything final.
"It's better to wait until the child grows up and let things take their course! Otherwise, it will only cause more trouble."
Hearing this, Guo Xiangyang nodded and put away the photo.
"You have a point. If we really can't get along, don't let it end up like we're both cut off from each other forever."
"I still want to hold your thighs forever!"
Su Wenchen also discovered that after getting to know Guo Xiangyang, he had a bit of a funny temperament.
"Okay, the more you talk, the more nonsense you become."
After saying that, Su Wenchen stood up and walked to the tea room outside with Guo Xiangyang.
I saw Chen Guodong and Ren Dachuan from the Protocol Department and several other cadres eating around the stove.
"Hey, why are you all eating here now?"
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Chen Guodong said helplessly.
"Director Su, your cafeteria is getting more and more crowded. If you go too late, there won't be any place to sit."
"If not here, where else can you come?"
Su Wenchen looked at Ren Dachuan with a smile.
"How come you, the logistics director, can't even find a seat in the cafeteria?"
Ren Dachuan also looked at Su Wenchen helplessly.
"Director, regarding the cafeteria, at your request, we converted it into a public dining hall over the past six months. We built it to accommodate three thousand people dining at the same time."
"But there are so many people! Especially since you asked to send chefs to various companies to learn some special dishes."
“The quality of this dish has really been elevated to a higher level.”
"Now, various research institutes, agricultural science academies, and soldiers from the engineering corps often come to our cafeteria to improve their meals."
"Why are they all gathered together? If we go too late, there won't even be any seats!"
After hearing this, Su Wenchen understood the situation of the cafeteria. After all, the engineering corps and the like would have to evacuate, so it would not be appropriate to expand it further.
And at this time, many people actually don’t have such a high demand for seats.
As long as the food is good, you can eat it while standing, squatting, or taking it back.
For employees, there is not much difference.
Su Wenchen walked over and opened his aluminum lunch box. The first thing that caught his eye was a golden chicken leg, as well as a dish of fried fresh mushrooms and a bowl of noodles.
Su Wenchen said with some surprise.
“There are chicken legs today!”
"Were these mushrooms sent from Fengxian?"
"Is their mushroom greenhouse producing?"
Ren Dachuan nodded.
"Director, they delivered it this morning, saying we should try it. Isn't New Year's Day coming soon?"
"The harvest at this time is just enough to last until the New Year."
At this time, Guo Xiangyang also came over and sat opposite Su Wenchen, and complained directly.
"I heard from the research institute that Director Shi is very cunning. He even deliberately discussed with the researchers and deliberately delayed the launch until now."
"It's said that in Xuzhou's market, the products are sold out as soon as they are put on display at the supply and marketing cooperatives. The demand simply cannot keep up with the supply!"
Su Wenchen glanced at Guo Xiangyang.
"It was me who suggested he time the launch!"
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Guo Xiangyang blinked.
"Haha, it's you, Director!"
"I was wondering why Director Shi suddenly became so cunning!"
"That makes sense."
But then he looked at Su Wenchen's narrowed eyes.
He quickly changed the subject and pointed to the chicken leg in the lunch box.
"Director, try this chicken drumstick. I grabbed it specially for you!"
"Director, you're right, but the method you proposed, this method of slaughtering and cutting the animals ourselves, is really good."
"Many members below think a whole chicken is a bit expensive and are reluctant to buy it."
"If we cut it up into drumsticks, wings, and breasts, the price is much cheaper if we buy them individually!"
"Many members can't afford a whole chicken, so they can buy a chicken drumstick or breast to give them a taste of meat."
"At worst, you can buy some of the cheapest chicken wings or chicken feet and cook them at home, then nibble on them to satisfy your craving."
As soon as Guo Xiangyang finished speaking, Ren Dachuan beside him sighed.
"Deputy Director Guo, it would be great if it were really as I told you."
"We have a lot of chicken wings and feet piled up at our slaughterhouse right now."
"The cold storage is almost full, and the supply and marketing cooperatives don't want to buy them. We have to sell chicken breasts and drumsticks at a discount to get some out."
"Especially because many supply and marketing cooperatives don't have freezers, and chicken feet aren't as popular as chicken legs, which are sold out as soon as they arrive, so this inventory is very difficult to handle."
"It's winter now, so I can still sell some of the goods. After winter, I'm really worried about what to do with all the leftovers like chicken wings, chicken feet, and chicken necks."
Hearing Ren Dachuan say this, Guo Xiangyang hesitated.
"So, if we slaughter and cut the chickens ourselves, we're still losing money? Why not sell the whole chickens?"
Ren Dachuan put down his chopsticks and shook his head.
"That depends on how you calculate it. If you're just looking at the farm's accounts, selling whole chickens is definitely the best option. It's more convenient and saves time."
"But considering the overall account of the Special Administrative Region, it is more appropriate to slaughter and divide the meat ourselves."
"After all, one thing is that it can provide a lot of jobs, and the other thing is that the leftovers, whether they are chicken feathers or chicken offal, are just extra things."
"Except for those edible chicken gizzards and chicken hearts, the rest are sent to the Peixian feed factory for cleaning and drying, and then turned into high-quality pig feed."
"In general, if we process the chicken ourselves, the profit margin per chicken can be increased by at least 50 percent."
"But the downside is that chicken wings, feet, heads, and necks, which have a lot of bones and little meat, are a bit difficult to handle."
"We've received feedback from the supply and marketing cooperatives that the market generally prefers chickens with more meat. Even chicken gizzards and chicken hearts are selling much better."
"But chicken skeletons are an exception. Our chicken skeletons are not cleaned very cleanly on purpose, so many members in rural areas don't want to buy a whole chicken and just buy the skeleton to make soup."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he thought about it and felt that it was normal.
This is not the time to buy chicken. Even urban workers do not consume enough meat. People in urban areas will definitely mainly buy chicken breasts and chicken legs with more meat.
As for rural areas, people are tight on money and are even less willing to buy things like chicken wings that are full of bones.
However, Su Wenchen felt that if he found the right market, this kind of product would be easy to sell.
Thinking of this, Su Wenchen said while eating.
"I think we can make chicken wings and chicken feet like we do at our main farm and sell them as ready-made dishes."
"As long as it tastes good, there will definitely be a lot of people buying it as a snack."
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Guo Xiangyang hesitated.
"Director, do we in the Special Zone make our own cooked food?"
"Isn't that bad?"
After all, in Guo Xiangyang's mind, although their Special Administrative Region Management Committee is not yet the Special Administrative Region Government, it will be changed into one sooner or later.
How can there be such a place that sells this kind of prepared food?
As soon as Su Wenchen saw Guo Xiangyang's expression, he knew what he was thinking.
"I didn't ask you to sell it. This kind of prepared food business doesn't have the conditions to sell it on a large scale right now."
"Let's leave this to the people in the production teams down there who are willing to do it!"
When Guo Xiangyang heard this, he frowned.
"Director, isn't this private operation inappropriate?"
"After all this"
Su Wenchen put down his chopsticks and looked at the other person speechlessly.
"Can you think a little more about how the roadside breakfast shops in Beijing operate?"
"Don't tell me the government has people in charge of it!"
Guo Xiangyang immediately shook his head.
"That's definitely not the case. How could they possibly manage this? Apart from state-owned restaurants and small breakfast shops on the street, each subdistrict office is basically in charge of its own business."
At this point, Guo Xiangyang immediately understood.
"So this is what you mean, Director!"
"Let the production team set up a commune-level delicatessen and then send someone to connect with our special zone's slaughterhouse!"
Su Wenchen picked up the chopsticks and said while eating.
"They are all small businesses. They come to our slaughterhouse early in the morning to pick up the goods. After they are marinated in the morning, they can be sent to the surrounding XZ cities or sold to various mining areas. The wages of employees in these places are quite good."
"Especially for those workers who are tired after working in the mines at night, as long as the stew tastes good, some of them will definitely buy it as a snack!"
Su Wenchen knew very well that ordinary people would definitely not be willing to spend money on things like chicken wings and chicken feet at this time.
As for rural areas, we are even more reluctant to do so.
No matter how good it tastes, it is not suitable in their eyes.
On the contrary, it is the workers in the mining area who, because of the high intensity of their work, often drink something to relieve their fatigue after getting off work at night.
Because of their profession, these people have more meat supply and therefore have higher demands on taste.
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Ren Dachuan thought about it and nodded.
"Director, your method is good."
"But I'd like you to send a negotiation letter to the mining district."
"Otherwise, the people from our production team below might not be able to get in."
After all, at that time, the control over such matters was still quite strict. Without a letter from Su Wenchen's special zone, people would not be allowed to sell it.
I guess they have to be caught on the spot and sent over.
Su Wenchen also knew what Ren Dachuan meant and made arrangements directly.
"Old Guo, I have to go around the counties this afternoon. Why don't you take some time to visit the nearby mining areas?"
"Bring something with you. I still trust you very much when it comes to building relationships!"
Su Wenchen was very clear about this kind of thing. If it was Guo Xiangyang or he himself who showed up.
Then, those production teams that sell braised goods in the future will have relatively less trouble.
To the best of his ability, Su Wenchen will try his best to clear most obstacles for his subordinates.
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Guo Xiangyang nodded.
"Okay then, I'll just call the heads of the mining areas together and arrange a meal!"
"They will definitely give us this little bit of face. After all, they are already negotiating with our farm to purchase live chickens to distribute to their employees this year."
"This will help us digest our leftover inventory, there will definitely be no problem!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen also spoke directly to Ren Dachuan.
"Lao Guo has negotiated for you, and the rest is up to you!"
"We'll set up a non-staple food management team, and if the communes want to do something, we'll arrange for people to come and participate in the training."
"In the name of the Special Administrative Region, we can go to various cities and look for a few well-known stewed food chefs. We can directly recruit them back."
"As long as the food tastes good enough, the SAR can immediately provide stable jobs, and even allocate housing so that you can bring your family over."
"I only have one request: no shady dealings, no cutting corners on anything that bears the SAR label."
"Your food management team needs to do a good job in this regard."
"We need to send people to conduct spot checks from time to time. I will also arrange for spot checks in this regard sometimes!"
Ren Dachuan also made a promise when he saw that there was hope of dealing with the backlog of inventory.
"Director, I will definitely pay close attention to this aspect and ensure that our SAR's reputation is not tarnished."
Su Wenchen nodded.
"As for the profits, you can discuss it with the production team."
"It's mainly to help the slaughterhouse deal with its inventory."
"Even if there are unsold braised foods, we can bring them back in the evening. Our special zone cafeteria will be able to digest them by then."
"Our farm workers, especially those at the breeding farm, have started receiving their salaries now, so they still have some spending power."
"Not to mention the soldiers from the engineering corps."
Su Wenchen's words were not an exaggeration. After more than half a year of development, the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences successively established scientific research stations in the Special Administrative Region.
In addition, news came later that the president would come by special plane, so a reception airport had to be built at the request of the higher-ups.
Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province each dispatched an engineering team to build a temporary airport for reception.
Therefore, in the past six months, their site has already developed the business scale of a small city.
Various supply and marketing cooperatives and direct sales cooperatives have been opened in different areas.
Su Wenchen believes that if he is given a few more years, the Special Administrative Region will truly become a city with strong consumption potential.
After lunch, Su Wenchen didn't stay in the venue for long.
As New Year's Day approaches, he also plans to visit the counties in person.
At the end of last year, Su Wenchen conducted a detailed investigation here for the location of the branch.
He still remembers some of the circumstances at that time vividly.
This time, he also wanted to see whether the four counties were moving in a positive or negative direction after a year of development.
After all, Su Wenchen asked himself honestly that his various policies in the second half of the year basically did not mobilize the people's power.
The military engineering corps is also the main force in various infrastructure projects.
However, Su Wenchen still had to go and see in person how the specific policies were implemented and whether there were any changes.
Afternoon.
The wind was blowing bitterly on the west bank of Weishan Lake, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the edge of the water. However, there were still many fishermen wearing thick coats, sailing on the water in their fishing boats.
A production team located in the west of the lake.
Village entrance.
"There's a car coming!"
"The car is coming!"
Su Wenchen looked through the passenger window at a group of half-grown kids with runny noses who excitedly surrounded the car, running and shouting around it.
Obviously, it is a very rare thing for these children to see a car.
Seeing this, Su Wenchen spoke directly to Zhou Qiang who was driving.
“Stop the car!”
"I'll go down and take a look."
Zhou Qiang looked around.
"Director, why don't we wait for their production team leader to come over?"
Su Wenchen smiled and waved his hand.
"It's okay, they're just a bunch of kids, what are you afraid of?"
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Zhou Qiang had no choice but to stop the car.
Seeing Su Wenchen get off the bus, a group of curious children in the distance, one of them, a little girl with pigtails, immediately pointed at Su Wenchen excitedly and shouted.
"It's Uncle Can."
"I remember you. You came to our village last year."
After hearing what the little girl said, a slightly older boy next to her asked.
"Caoya, do you know this uncle? Is he a relative of yours?"
"No, have you forgotten the canned meat we ate last year? It was given to us by Uncle Canner!"
"Uncle, are you here to bring us canned food again?"
As he spoke, he looked at Su Wenchen expectantly with his big eyes.
When Su Wenchen heard this, he immediately replied with a smile.
"There are no canned goods today, but there is candy!"
"Two candies each."
As he spoke, Su Wenchen took out a handful of candy and shared it with everyone.
"Why don't I see any adults from your village? When I came here last year, didn't I see quite a few of them sunbathing at the entrance of the village?"
Apparently, Su Wenchen had also been here last year. At that time, many people gathered at the entrance of the village to bask in the afternoon winter sun.
Su Wenchen still has a very deep memory of it.
Upon hearing Su Wenchen's question, a little boy immediately raised his hand.
"I know, I know. My grandparents are fishing in the lake. They can use the money to buy a new dress this year."
Su Wenchen was thoughtful when he heard this.
Then he gave an extra piece of candy to the little boy who had just spoken.
"Here, I'll give you an extra piece."
“How are things in your village this year?”
Hearing this, the little boy was a little confused.
"day?"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen realized that the other party might not quite understand.
Just wave your hand.
"Okay, I'm fine, go play!"
Seeing Su Wenchen say this, the group of children were not disappointed. They took the candies and ran away in a swarm.
Only the little girl in front stayed and spoke to Su Wenchen.
"Uncle, let me tell you in secret, we're having a great time this year. The small fish that we used to feed the ducks can now be sold for money."
"You can also catch fish secretly and sell them."
"Not only can it be sold for money, but it can also be exchanged for food!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he smiled and touched the other person's pigtails.
"Why do you have to sell it secretly? Can't you sell it openly?"
The little girl shook her head.
"My elder said that wealth should not be exposed. Only when it is stolen can bad people know whether we have money or not."
"I won't tell anyone else, but Uncle Can, you were willing to give me canned food before, so you must be a good person."
Su Wenchen, who was given a good guy card this time, burst into laughter.
"Haha, I didn't realize you were so cautious!"
As he said this, he took out a handful of candy from his pocket.
"Here, this is your reward for telling me this news."
"But those who are willing to give you food are not necessarily good people. They might be human traffickers."
Su Wenchen didn't know how useful his reminder was, but he still reminded him.
After saying goodbye to the little girl, Su Wenchen stepped into the village and found that it was not much different from when he came here last year.
But the only thing missing this time was a lot of middle-aged people.
There were people in the village, and quite a few elderly people were sitting at the gate with stools in their hands.
While basking in the sun, they were busy with their hands, some were weaving backpacks, and some were repairing fishing nets.
After seeing Su Wenchen and the jeep behind him enter the village, he just took a curious look at them.
Apparently, quite a few people must have driven here in the past six months.
Su Wenchen walked to a house he had visited last year.
Looking at an old man leaning against the door frame, he was skillfully weaving a backpack.
Su Wenchen walked over.
"Master, it's still being made up!"
"Do you remember me?"
After hearing the noise, the old man looked at Su Wenchen carefully.
He immediately slapped his thigh.
"Young man, it's you!"
"What kind of research are you doing?"
As he said this, he stood up by holding onto the door frame.
"Come on, come on, young man, come in and sit down!"
"Thanks to you last year, we were able to have a delicious meal of meat during the New Year. Just wait for us tonight!"
"Just eat at my house. I tell you, I'll have the boss go to the market and buy you a chicken."
As she said this, she threw the things into the half-woven basket, pulled Su Wenchen and walked towards the yard.
And he shouted inside.
"My dear! My dear!"
"Hurry up and make my tea. The young man from last time is here again."
Su Wenchen, who was pulled into the yard by the old man, shook his head when he heard this.
"Old man, I won't eat here. I didn't bring any canned food today."
"I can't eat your food for free."
The old man waved his hand.
"What do you mean by free food? The last time you came over, we ate several cans of meat from you!"
"This time I'm treating you back."
"I tell you, we've had a much better time this year."
“And we are the people of the District now.”
"Young man, do you know what a special zone is? It means a special area. Now, those little things we used to look down on can be sold there for money."
This was the first time Su Wenchen heard the Special Administrative Region explained it this way!
As they were talking, the two of them walked into the house.
The old woman in the room poured a bowl of water for Su Wenchen, and complained directly when she heard what the old man said.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"This young man is from Hebei Province. He can go to the capital, so how could he not know what a special zone is?"
The old man curled his lips.
"We just established this, what if he doesn't know about it!"
"Young man, don't you think so?"
"I tell you, not only can we sell it for money, we can also directly exchange it for food."
“You can even swap it for chicken!”
After saying this, he looked at Su Wenchen with pride.
"Let me tell you, here in our Special Zone, even the production teams can buy chicken in fixed quantities."
"Although the monthly ration is only one or two taels, if you save enough, you can buy half a chicken by the end of the year."
Su Wenchen smiled and said when he heard this.
"I do know about the Special Zone for Elderly People, but I just wanted to ask how you are doing now!"
"Are you dissatisfied with anything, or do you have any opinions about the Special Administrative Region?"
The old man was stunned and looked at Su Wenchen suspiciously.
"Opinion?"
"So, you were also sent here by the higher-ups to conduct the inspection?"
Su Wenchen thought about it.
"That's fine, isn't it?"
"If there's anything the Special Administrative Region isn't doing well, or if there are any problems in your county, you can tell me about it."
"I can see if I can help you solve the problem based on what you said."
Hearing this, the old man immediately became unhappy.
"So you're here to cause trouble!"
"It's so hard to get a capable leader, but why do we always have people like you who are always looking for trouble?"
"Then I won't entertain you."
"Go away!"
As he spoke, the old man took away the bowl of tea with tea foam floating in it in front of Su Wenchen.
Su Wenchen was also stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect things to turn out like this.
Especially when he saw that the old man was so stingy in the end that he even took away the tea he had poured, he felt a little bit amused and helpless.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
