You Liqun was worried and told the employees about the content of the conversation. Now all the other staff members of the ginseng cooperative were jealous:
"President, change!"
"Yes, everything was replaced. They gave us food and penicillin!"
"That's right. Every year, there are so many ginseng farmers who get injured while picking ginseng in the mountains. Every year, there are dozens or even hundreds of them who die. Penicillin can save lives."
"Let alone the employees, we have to take care of tens of thousands of their families."
"Now that we have food, let's get through this winter first. Otherwise, so many people will starve to death or freeze to death. It's all about life!"
The workers must be thinking about their own interests first. When there's food and medicine, won't everyone have a share? As for the consequences of clearing out your ginseng warehouse...
What consequences can there be? At worst, you, Old You, will be fired. If that doesn't work out, I'll just execute you and let thousands of families be happy.
When You Liqun heard the employees unanimously demanding a trade, he also made up his mind:
"Okay, I'll go all out, but Dean Lin inside said that materials are tight right now, so we can't set prices based on market prices. What do you think is appropriate for us?"
"We need food, the more the better!"
"We need penicillin, the more the better, it saves lives!"
"We need both food and penicillin. The more the better. Both save lives!"
You Liqun rolled his eyes:
"Stop dreaming all day long. It's already not easy for Dean Lin to help us. Do you still expect to get rich?"
Vice President Sun smacked his lips at this moment:
"I think if we want food, let's not even talk about whether or not people can supply it. The transportation problem is unsolvable. If you take the highway, you have to pass through numerous regions and checkpoints. If they find the food, they'll confiscate it on the spot.
Transport by rail? The railway boss is even more ruthless. If you clearly have grain in Tonghua, they'll just take it away and hide it for themselves, then claim it's lost. At best, they'll compensate you according to the state-set grain price, but they might not give you either the money or the grain."
You Liqun nodded:
"That makes sense. I was afraid of that. That's why Dean Lin personally delivered the first batch of ginseng purchased by the Chinese Medicine Hospital. That's why I'm so grateful to him."
Vice President Zhang was older, so he stroked his chin and suggested:
"Then we should get more penicillin. It's a small bottle and easy to transport. The key is that penicillin is scarce in our Northeast. Regional hospitals only have a few bottles for emergency use, and I heard that even the major hospitals in the provincial capital don't have many either."
Think about it, before liberation, a bottle of penicillin was worth a small yellow croaker, and it is still very precious now. As long as we have penicillin in our hands, why should we be afraid of not being able to exchange it for the food, pork, and daily necessities we want?
By then, I'm afraid every unit in Northeast China will bring their products to us for exchange, which will give us a lot of options. And in the short term, we can also avoid the difficulties of transporting bulk commodities like grain."
Everyone nodded when they heard this.
"Old Sun, this is a good idea!"
"I agree. We already have 200 tons of food!"
"With penicillin, we can use it ourselves or exchange it. This is a great idea!"
Seeing that everyone agreed with this opinion, You Liqun also nodded:
"How much food and penicillin will that take?"
The employees gathered around did not dare to speak out at this time: "Boss, you have the final say."
You Liqun estimated and said:
"How about this, we ask for a thousand tons of grain and ten thousand bottles of penicillin, what do you think?
This is how I calculated it. We currently have 2,000 farmers, plus the staff at the headquarters of each branch, which adds up to about 2,300 people.
1,200 tons of food is enough for each of our employees to get 1,000 kilograms. This amount of food is enough for the employees' families to survive this long winter. We will store the remaining food as emergency food.
As for penicillin, we'll have a unified plan. Whenever our ginseng cooperative is short on supplies, we'll just take the penicillin and trade it with others. My overall goal is to ensure that every ginseng farmer and every staff member can safely survive the disaster."
Good~~~The employees applauded.
Vice President Zhang felt a little embarrassed when he heard this:
"Are we being too ruthless? Especially with ten thousand bottles of penicillin. I doubt there's that much in the entire Northeast."
Vice President Sun tilted his head and said, "Let's give it a try first. This kind of sucker is even harder to find than a thousand-year-old ginseng. What if it works? If not, we can bargain."
After half an hour, the discussion of the Ginseng Cooperative General Society came to a conclusion, and You Liqun formally put forward the exchange request on behalf of the Ginseng Society.
"One thousand tons of grain, ten thousand bottles of penicillin?"
Lin Sanqi thought, "Oh my god, more than 20,000 ginsengs, tens of billions of assets, and my own cost is only a few million yuan? How is this different from buying it for free?"
Seeing that Lin Sanqi was lost in thought, You Liqun thought that he was dissatisfied with the transaction amount, so he said a little embarrassedly:
"Comrade Lin, this is the result of our collective discussion. If you think this deal is too much, we can still..."
"Okay, I agree!"
Lin Sanqi smiled and thought that if he bargained again, he would really be struck by lightning.
Although it is only a regional ginseng cooperative, the more than 20,000 wild ginsengs are enough to support Lingnantang Company's sales for several years. As long as the hype is done properly, it can easily make tens of billions of dollars.
Having so much wealth, even if Lin Sanqi has a bad heart, he would not be so evil as to withhold the ginseng that the ginseng farmers have risked their lives to collect.
"President You, please prepare to pack the ginseng. I'll go get the supplies. The New Year is coming soon, so let's try to get it done within a few days so you can have a happy New Year. Perhaps after we get through 1961, things will gradually get better."
You Liqun clapped his hands happily:
"Okay, okay, Dean Lin is a straightforward person, so I, You, am also straightforward. I will organize people to pack the ginseng today. I'm happy today. This is Dean Lin's first time in the Northeast. Come on, I'll treat you, let's go have a meal."
Lin Sanqi became interested as soon as he heard it. This thing is the most wild game, and there is no law to protect animals these days, so can people eat it as they please?
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi's mouth started to water faster, and he was just looking forward to having a delicious meal. Isn't that what people in Huadu love?
As a result, when it was evening, Lin Sanqi was stunned when he saw the big pot of corn porridge, the big pot of pig-killing dishes, and the bottle of white wine on the table.
Where's the feast he was promised? Where's the table full of protected animals? He's eating pork like everyone's done it. He even has over 200 Tibetan pigs in his space.
The people from the ginseng cooperative were extremely enthusiastic and were all making a fuss about toasting.
You Liqun held up the bowl, bowed his waist, and was very respectful:
"Dean Lin, come and try our Northeastern pig-killing dishes. We specially slaughtered a pig to welcome you, our distinguished guest. Today, we are all benefiting from Dean Lin's kindness. And this wine, it's sorghum wine that I have hidden for many years. Let's not go home until we are drunk today! Hehe~~~"
Lin Sanqi was still sighing in his heart that without game, the wine tasted bland.
In fact, he had no idea that the ginseng cooperative had to beg for this pig by all means and slaughtered it on the spot.
With the Northeast being icy and snowy, and temperatures dropping to over 30 degrees Celsius below zero, who would dare to go into the mountains? Where would they get the game?
That night, hundreds of ginseng farmers packed 25,000 ginseng roots and sent them to the warehouse next to the train station.
They thought the ginseng was being sold to the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, so they had no suspicion that they were being scammed. They shipped the goods first without worrying about not receiving the balance.
Lin Sanqi showed up at the train station on time the next night and put all the ginseng into the space as quickly as possible.
Then 10,000 bottles of penicillin and 1,200 tons of grain were placed in the warehouse.
In order to avoid unexpected disputes, he called You Liqun through the train station duty room before leaving by train that night to inform him that the supplies had arrived.
You Liqun put down the phone and his face turned red.
Ran out of the room and yelled to the people in the corridor:
"Everyone, please pay attention! Food and medicine have arrived. To be on the safe side, all ginseng farmers at home should go out and bring their equipment. Let's rush the supplies back under cover of darkness. We must not let other units snatch them away!"
Five or six hundred ginseng farmers at home went out together, and everyone ran to the train station like crazy.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. After all, not to mention the people from other units, even the employees at the railway station did not expect that there would be so much food and precious penicillin in the warehouse next door!
By the next day, when rumors spread in Tonghua City that the ginseng cooperative had become rich, the ginseng farmers had already distributed the grain.
With food and penicillin, even in the most difficult year of 1961, none of the more than 2,000 employees and tens of thousands of their families in the cooperative died of hunger. This can be considered a contribution made by Mr. Lin.
This wave of traffic monetization is a big deal. I don’t know if this kind of grand event is unprecedented, but it is definitely unprecedented. (End of this chapter)
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