Wang Jianshe was annoyed when someone stopped him. Such a valuable tuna, such a rare tuna, was just carried away right in front of him, all fresh and clean.
But for some reason, Village Chief Fu's hands were like iron clamps, and no matter how hard he tried to shake them off, he couldn't break free.
They could only watch helplessly as Ye Lin loaded the tuna into the car.
"Hey grandpa, are you crazy? Why are you dragging me like that!"
Seeing Fu San ride away, Village Chief Fu finally let go, saying, "I wanted to ask you, Wang Jianshe, what are you planning to do after swindling so much money out of our village!"
It's already quite difficult for this old man to manage over a hundred people in the village, but there are always some short-lived fools who take the wrong medicine and cause trouble.
Not only people from this village, but even people from other villages came to join in the fun.
Village Chief Fu had just finished his chores at home when he heard his wife, Liu San Niang, muttering to herself.
Wang Jianshe from the next village was competing with Fu San for business at the Fujia Village wharf. His prices were higher than Fu San's, but only by a fraction of a point. It was utterly disgusting.
It's disgusting enough that Wang Jianshe did this, but what's even more outrageous is that he didn't pay cash when people received the goods; he just gave them a purchase receipt instead.
This sounds a bit like Fu San's model, but Fu San pays everyone else in the village on the spot after clearing out their goods, because they don't have much stock, mostly just common fish, shrimp and crabs.
Only Master Fu gives you the order first, and you get paid after the seafood is sold.
Because Master Fu's seafood is diverse and especially valuable, he couldn't give a specific price in a short time.
But he also had his own principles and didn't want to overpay for Fu Laojia's money.
At first, not many people were interested in Wang Jianshe's small favors, but he quickly explained his payment method.
That means you put the money from selling seafood with him, and he charges interest once a month, which is 20% of the principal.
In other words, if you put ten yuan's worth of seafood with him, you can earn two yuan's worth of interest every month!
It won't affect the principal from selling seafood!
The villagers had never seen anything like it before. Just the thought of getting two yuan in interest on a ten-yuan principal was enough to confuse them, so they all sent seafood to Wang Jianshe.
Only Liu San Niang and Wang Xiu'er believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch, and they insisted on selling the goods to Fu San.
Having served as village chief for most of his life, Old Village Chief Fu was certainly not stupid. He only needed a moment to ponder before he grasped Wang Jianshe's intentions.
Isn't this just ancient usury, or modern-day high-interest lending, only disguised as seafood?
Upon hearing Village Chief Fu recount what Wang Jianshe had done, Fu Wan, who had initially paid no attention, now glared angrily at Wang Jianshe.
This trick has been used in many later generations, namely the sensational illegal fundraising by the public.
Those scammers first used various pretexts to lure people in with high interest rates, getting them to invest their money in gas cards or gold. But who knows when the cash flow will dry up and these people will run away.
At that point, not only will the interest be lost, but the principal will also be taken away by the scammers without a trace.
In the end, only ordinary people who lost huge sums of money were left to cry every day, and many even lost their families and were separated from their spouses because of this.
But Fu Wan didn't expect that someone would start doing this in the 1980s, and that it would happen right around her.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was utterly immoral!
"Wang Jianshe, you're asking everyone to sell their seafood to you, and you're only giving them interest each month instead of principal. How can you guarantee that the money from selling the seafood will actually come back to everyone?"
"What if you run away with the money? Where will we find you then?"
Faced with Fu Wan's questioning, Wang Jianshe blurted it out without even thinking.
"I have a conscience, I would never cheat my fellow villagers out of their money!"
Fu Wan chuckled at these words.
"Conscience, the least valuable thing in this world is conscience."
"Anyone can say nice things, but when you run off to another place or even overseas, your uncles and aunts will just have to accept their bad luck!"
Village Chief Fu nodded repeatedly. What A-Wan said was exactly what he was worried about. If Wang Jianshe ran away with the money, the villagers would only look for him, the old village chief, every day.
“Ah Wan is right. You people have all lived most of your lives, but you don’t see things as clearly as young people.”
Whether this is a windfall or a trap, you should carefully consider it yourselves.
I'm telling you this now: if you still don't listen and trust Wang Jianshe, then don't come looking for me to seek justice if anything goes wrong in the future.
"I can't control that!"
Village Chief Fu sighed deeply. He was already looking for the next village chief. All the work every day was simply torturing this old man.
With Village Chief Fu making such a threatening statement, many people in the crowd who had just sold their fish to Wang Jianshe began to hesitate.
Several timid individuals hurriedly approached Wang Jianshe, pleading, "Boss Wang, I'm not selling anymore! Give me back the seafood! Otherwise, just give me all the money back; I don't want any interest!"
I feel more at ease when I have the money in my own hands.
Now it was Wang Jianshe's turn to be annoyed. Without thinking, he refused, "No way. The deal is already done, and the goods are already loaded onto my car. How can I just back out like that?"
"Are you treating this like children playing house?"
Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Upon hearing Wang Jianshe's words, the group immediately launched into a tirade of curses.
"You little brat, you really don't keep your word! The village chief was right, all that talk about monthly interest is bullshit!"
"Fellow villagers, there are many of us. Let's go and take our things back ourselves!"
"Let's see if Wang Jianshe dares to stop us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people surrounded Wang Jianshe's trailer, and many of them even reached out and pulled the seafood off the trailer.
Wang Jianshe could stop one person, but he couldn't stop a group of people.
Forget about stopping people, many people even took advantage of the chaos to stomp on Wang Jianshe's feet.
There wasn't much seafood on the cart, so it didn't take long for everyone to find their own type of seafood.
Since there were scales at the dock, people simply weighed their seafood and carried it in their hands.
This left Wang Jianshe completely dumbfounded. His story had worked perfectly in his own village, so why was it not working in Fu Family Village?
This is a new trick he learned to make a fortune; the villagers shouldn't have found out!
Not only did these people take the seafood back, they also threw the note that Wang Jianshe had written back at him.
The note landed heavily on Wang Jianshe. Even though he was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead, he could only stand up, push the cart, and slink away.
There was nothing he could do; if this village didn't welcome him, other villages would. Whether he received the fish was a minor matter; getting the money in place was the bigger issue.
He's never been this pathetic since he made his fortune selling seafood. Fu Family Village, you just wait!
After Wang Jianshe left, Boss Fu then called on Fu Ming, Fu Liang, and the others to move the fish.
Fu Wan ran home and brought over a handcart, but the tricycle was still too small; she would need several carts to load the load.
After moving all the fish baskets, only one big fish remained. Fu Ming didn't even take the baskets; he just grabbed the fish and ran out.
The crowd, which was about to disperse, immediately started singing traditional Chinese songs upon seeing the fish that Fu Ming was holding.
"Holy crap, Amin, is that a giant grouper you're holding?"
"My goodness! This is the first time I've ever seen such a large grouper! It's truly an eye-opener!"
Fu Ming proudly showed off, saying that if it weren't for Boss Fu's objections, he would have liked to put it on the back of the motorcycle and drive around the town.
He couldn't wait to let the whole world know that he had caught a giant grouper!
"Wow, I caught this myself!"
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