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Song Peifeng came to pick up Jiang Wu and Grandpa Jiang.
Jiang's mother thought Jiang Wu was a love-minded person, but in fact Song Peifeng was no less so in the eyes of the Song family. However, because of Jiang Wu's own excellence, no one said anything, but instead they were happy to see it happen.
When school started on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Jiang Bai's main scenes were all filmed, and they just had to shoot some scenes of the lotus pond in spring and summer. Jiang Bai and Jiang Wu started school, and Jiang Guotai's contract procedures were finally completed. Not only was he relieved, but the Shijian Township Government and Wucheng County Government were also grinning from ear to ear.
Jiang Guotai always did things in a way that aimed at one thing and attacked another. His main goal was actually to take over the river beach in his hometown and the mountain stream in Shijian Township. The mountain was a good starting point.
But when he went to the county committee and county government to discuss this matter, he never mentioned the vast and uninhabited river beach in Linhe Brigade, nor did he mention the mountain stream that was washed by the swift stream all year round and prevented the villagers of the two townships from leaving the deep mountain ravine. Instead, he said that he wanted to develop "Wugong Mountain" into a tourist attraction and wanted to contract "Wugong Mountain".
From the perspective of the county committee and county government, if they wanted to develop a tourist area in this area, there was indeed only one "Wugong Mountain" that was worth doing. Other places were either blocked by roads or had inconvenient transportation.
So they talked to Jiang Guotai about contracting "Wugong Mountain".
Wugong Mountain is a real historical site, and there are still many legends that are familiar to local people. Therefore, the contract fee of Wugong Mountain is not a small amount. Even
Jiang Guotai kept bargaining. Finally, seeing that the price had been pushed down to the lowest and could not be lowered any further, he simply said: "Okay, if you can't give me a discount on the price, then give me a few more partners."
The person in charge of this area in the county committee was so angry that he almost laughed: "This is the first time I heard that someone gives partners when contracting a mountain!"
"What's the big deal? When you go to buy vegetables, people know to add a few green onions. Why can't I add some when I buy a mountain? Let's put it this way. We are all brothers who grew up together. You know, I came from Linhe Brigade. To get from Linhe Brigade to Wugong Mountain, you have to wade through a stream. This stream connects to this mountain. How about giving it to me?"
Jiang Guotai said with a smile, "Give me this stream and I will build a bridge here. In the future, people can go from Linhe Brigade to Wugong Mountain. Instead of taking a boat to Shuibu Town, and then taking a one or two hour car ride from Shuibu Town to Wugong Mountain, we can just cross the bridge and save half the distance. What do you think?"
The county committee member and Jiang Guotai were old classmates. They knew that their old classmate was smarter than a monkey with hair on his face. When they heard that he was willing to build a bridge, they couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Are you so kind? Are you willing to build a bridge?"
Jiang Guotai slammed the table unhappily on the spot: "Who do you think I, Jiang Guotai? When have I ever cheated one of our own people? ? The Shahe Bridge has been proposed every year, but there has been no progress. Not to mention that it should be directly connected to Shuibu Town? It shouldn’t be difficult to build a bridge at our ferry to Tanshan? In recent years, people in Henan want to go out. They take boats in summer and wade in winter. Which child has not waded through water in winter to study? Now that I have some ability, I want to build a bridge for my hometown. Do you think of me like this? "
Seeing that Jiang Guotai's words were sharp, he was really angry. His classmates only thought that Jiang Guotai was a very loyal person. He treated them well all these years. There was no need to argue with these old classmates. They hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you. This hilltop connected to Shanjian in Shijian Township is right? I can give it to you as a connection, but I say, a connection is a connection. We can't save on the necessary procedures. The fee can be a little less, but it can't be completely free!"
Jiang Guotai was really angry: "If you want money, I'd rather not have it. If it weren't for the fact that it's close to our Linhe Brigade, and our Linhe Brigade needs to pass by there to go to the 'Wugong Mountain', and we have some kind of relationship with
it, do you think I want it?" "Instead of this hilltop, I can use the river beaches and river dikes under our Linhe Brigade as a connection." Jiang Guotai looked like a rogue.
His old classmates were so angry that they laughed: "You are already forty years old, can you stop being such a rogue like you were when you were a kid? You are giving me the river beach and river dike instead of the mountain top. Can this river dike be used as a dike or left to you? It has been taken away by others and used to raise fish."
Jiang Guotai said angrily: "We don't know how much money will be invested in the development of Wugong Mountain, and we may not see a return even if we invest. With such a huge investment, you are not willing to give me an unwanted mountain top and a broken ditch as a dike. I also promised to build a bridge for this ditch, and you are still talking to me about these nonsense!" Jiang Guotai slammed the table: "Just tell me whether you can give me this river beach?"
His old classmates were also annoyed by his words Nian was helpless and said, "The beach is fine, but the river embankment is really not. If you want the river embankment, you need to re-sign the contract. In this way, I can give you a discount on the price. As for the mountain top and the mountain stream, as long as you can really promise to build a bridge, I can also contract it to you."
This mountain stream is 20 to 30 meters wide, and some places are 70 to 80 meters wide. The mountain water is turbulent and is used by nearby women to make pulp for washing clothes all year round. In summer, it is the swimming pool for the children around. The water is natural mountain spring water, clear to the bottom, and the bottom is all pebbles formed by long-term erosion of the stream. The deepest part of the water is as deep as an adult man's chest to neck, and the shallow part is as deep as the thigh.
If you want to build a bridge here, you will have to spend at least 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.
Although their wages have increased, it is a thankless job for the township government to spend 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to build a bridge that is useless for promoting the economy and invisible to the leaders above. Who would do it? Only local people like Jiang Guotai who care about the villagers are willing to spend money to build a bridge here. Who else can cross this bridge except the nearby villagers? In addition to making
it convenient for Linhe Brigade and the brigades and Linxian people to the west of Linhe Brigade to come to Wugong Mountain, it can be said that the economic benefits are extremely weak. This is also one of the reasons why the government is unwilling to spend money to build a bridge here.
Hearing what the old classmate said, Jiang Guotai's expression eased a little, and he said, "After all, we have been classmates for so many years, and I have so little credibility in your heart?" The
old classmate was pestered by Jiang Guotai and had no choice but to say with a smile, "Okay, okay, you, Jiang Guotai, have the most credibility, okay?"
Jiang Guotai's credibility was naturally not a problem, but he was too shrewd. Sometimes he seemed to want A, but the final result might be C, or D. Anyway, he had never suffered a loss. Now he suddenly said that he wanted to lose money to build a bridge, and they couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
However, there seemed to be nothing to doubt, and they quickly completed the procedures. When the beginning of March in the solar calendar came, all the procedures were completed, and Jiang Xin led the villagers of Jiangjia Village and nearby villages who were idle at home and did not go out to work to the river beach to plant lotus roots.
For these people who live by the river and see endless lotus flowers, planting lotus roots and raising fish are like skills engraved in their genes, which can be learned by just looking at them.
Jiang Guotai spoke in a pleasant way, saying, "I can't make money by myself. It's only when everyone makes money that we can really make money. I'll teach you how to grow lotus roots on this river beach. When the lotus roots grow in the future, you can dig them as you like in winter, but in summer, I want to grow lotus flowers as scenery. I won't say anything if people from our team pick a few lotus flowers and lotus heads, but if outsiders pick the lotus flowers and dig the lotus roots that our Linhe team has worked so hard to grow, I'd like to ask you to keep an eye on them for me!"
Hearing this, the villagers who were jealous of Jiang Guotai's money all cheered loudly: "Guotai, don't worry. If there is any fool who picks your lotus flowers, I will be the first to break his hands!"
"That's right! We will help you chase him away!"
Jiang Guotai laughed and said, "That's not the case. It's just that all the lotus roots on this river beach have been drowned this year. I, Jiang Guotai, paid the money, and you did the work. Outsiders don't pay or work, but want our river beach and dig up the lotus roots we picked with great effort. Do you agree?"
The villagers' emotions were stirred up at once: "No!"
"That's right! Why are the lotuses we planted with great effort being dug up by others?"
Jiang Guotai said: "Why did I spend so much money to contract this useless river beach? Why did I spend so much effort to plant lotus roots? Isn't it because I want to make our hometown more beautiful, attract tourists from outside, boost the economy of our Linhe Brigade, and let everyone make more money? When people from outside see this vast river beach and the endless red lotus, do you think the scenery is beautiful?"
The villagers who always thought their hometown was the most beautiful were immediately aroused and roared excitedly: "Beautiful! Linhe Brigade is the most beautiful!
" "I also think Linhe Brigade is the most beautiful! Our hometown is the most beautiful! I will work hard to make it more beautiful! Just like the Nanhu Lake in Hangzhou, when everyone sits at home, people will come to us to buy lotus root powder, water chestnuts, and eat fresh fish and shrimp. After eating, they will not want to leave! Let everyone sit at home and make money! "
A big pie made the villagers very motivated. No one was lazy. They worked hard like chickens. It took more than ten days to plant lotus roots all over the river beach. We
just need to wait for the lotus roots to sprout and grow, and grow into the appearance of "the lotus leaves are endless and green, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun". Once
the lotus roots are planted, it is the season for planting wolfberries .
Since no one had ever grown wolfberries before, and no one knew how productive they were, the villagers did not just follow the crowd and plant them. Instead, a few families, including Aunt Jiang, who were willing to take the initiative, planted a few acres of land to try it out.
Aunt Jiang wanted to try it because the idea came from her niece, and she was good at planting, so she wanted to plant some. Try two acres of land.
After the experts come and lead the villagers to plant the appropriate varieties of wolfberries, with the coming of spring rains, it is almost time to pick the Mingqian tea.
Not to mention the new tea varieties planted last year, even the tea leaves from the old tea trees in Huolu Mountain are ready to be picked, and all their tender buds must be picked before the Qingming Festival.
Mingqian tea is the best tea, with less insect damage, tender buds and leaves, green color, faint fragrance, mellow taste and beautiful shape. Therefore, there is a saying in the market that "Mingqian tea is as expensive as gold."
Jiang Guotai attaches great importance to this Mingqian tea picking activity, because after the Mingqian tea is picked and the tea is made, it will be almost time for CCTV to come and shoot "The Legend of White Snake". It's time to film.
In order to promote Wugong Mountain, Jiang Xi, as one of the screenwriters, quietly added a scene about the temples of Wugong Mountain to promote Wugong Mountain. Of course, the premise of all this is that it does not affect the overall completeness of the plot.
All the gg backgrounds are for the service of the plot. Only if the plot is good, these promotions will be effective, otherwise everything will be in vain.
Therefore, Jiang Xi attaches great importance to the plot and will never change it randomly.
Moreover, producer Li and screenwriters Yuan Feng and Tang Jiang will not let her change it randomly. After she changes the plot, it must be re-polished and reviewed by screenwriters Tang Jiang and Yuan Feng. After producer Li and the director have read and reviewed it, they have the final say on whether it can pass.
Anyway, it seems that everything has been approved now. The director still needs to personally check the later editing.
In the spring of 1999, Jiang Guotai was so busy that he had no resources to spare. He made use of all his relatives and friends. Even his most lazy lover, Shen Hongyun, was recruited to the company as the financial director, taking charge of all finances.
This is a bad thing about a family-based business like theirs. There are various relationships in it. In the initial stage, with the help of these relatives and friends, it will start very quickly, but it will also often lead to many disasters.
But Jiang Guotai couldn't control that much at this time, he was really too busy.
In addition to arranging for aunts from all over the country to pick tea leaves, various tea packaging gift boxes are also customized.
Jiang Miao also asked someone to design the logo of Wugong Tea and the brand name of Wugong Tea. All of them were processed and made by factories. As a good gift, it must give people a very expensive and high-end feeling. The
current Wugong Tea is actually divided into several varieties. The first one is the specialty of the original Huolu Mountain, Wugong Tea. The second batch is several new varieties planted from August to the end of November last year.
Yes, the new tea tree varieties planted last year were not just one variety, but became the test fields of professors from the Agricultural University. Because the plots of each field were different, the light and soil were different, and these professors and experts inserted sticks and called them "Wugong No. 1 Tea", "Wugong No. 2", "Wugong No. 3", "Wugong No. 4" and "Wugong No. 5".
Yes, these experts and professors named it so simply and crudely. They want to select the tea varieties that are most suitable for growing in the soil and have higher amino acid and other nutritional content than the original tea leaves of Wugong Mountain from the new varieties of tea leaves that are suitable for the soil here.
Therefore, the tea leaves in these experimental fields are picked by professional tea pickers who go to the south to pick tea for a living every spring.
Professors from the Agricultural University and experts from the Agricultural Bureau also came to Huolu Mountain in Jiangjia Village early before Qingming Festival to observe the growth of these tea leaves, record their data, and ask people to pick some and stir-fry them, and then take them back to check the content of various amino acids and other nutrients to compare with other similar tea leaves.
This year, they are going to give the visitors from CCTV the old "Wugong Tea" they picked. The old "Wugong Tea" is more guaranteed in terms of taste, color, and nutrition.
This Qingming Festival is still the Qingming Festival that Jiang Xi did not go back to.
Nowadays, the Qingming Festival tomb sweeping in his hometown has completely shifted from Grandpa Jiang, who led Uncle Jiang and Father Jiang, to Uncle Jiang's branch.
What is rare is that Jiang Guoan took his wife and son back to Jiangjia Village during the Qingming Festival this year even though it was raining. As soon as he got back to the village, he asked everyone: "Huh? Where are Xiaoxiao and Baizi? Xiaoxiao Baizi didn't come back?"
His younger brother Jiang Guoliang couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and said sarcastically: "You don't come back every year, isn't it normal for Xiaoxiao Baizi not to come back occasionally?
Jiang Guoan, who was scolded, didn't mind Jiang Guoliang's scolding him. He smiled and greeted Jiang Guoliang's other wife: "You are my sister-in-law, right? Guoliang sometimes has a childish temper, you have to bear with it."
He is six years younger than Jiang Guoliang. In Jiang Guoan's eyes, isn't Jiang Guoliang just a child?
In their generation, apart from Jiang Bai and Jiang Luo, Jiang Guoan is the whitest. He didn't have to work since he was young. He only needed to study every day. He was not a naughty child. Others kept talking to him and making trouble everywhere. He was the one who read books at home when his uncle and grandmother told him to. He never ran around. Therefore, he has never done any farm work and is very white!
He has short hair, wears gold-rimmed glasses, wears a spring white shirt, speaks slowly and leisurely, and looks like a beast in human clothing.
Jiang Guoliang's wife, who is obsessed with appearance, looks at Jiang Guoan and then at Jiang Guoliang.
Jiang Guoliang is a primary school PE teacher. He is completely different from Jiang Guoan, who is white, clean, and elegant. He is very healthy and energetic. There are no math and Chinese teachers in primary school. He never misses a PE class. Jiang Guoliang has no other hobbies except playing basketball. Although he is tanned, his skin is still honey-colored.
Jiang Guoliang was so angry at his wife's look that he quickly turned his wife's head back to look at his face.
This year's Qingming Festival was particularly lively. All the hills and fields in Wucheng were dug up by groups of students and their parents, because this year the teachers assigned a task that everyone should bring a wild flower back to school after worshipping their ancestors on Qingming Festival, and go to the flowerbed outside the moat to build and beautify our beautiful and ancient Wucheng. After sweeping the
tombs of the martyrs in the morning, these students went up the mountain with shovels in the afternoon.
For adults, this is a tiring task, but for children, digging flower seedlings and planting flowers is particularly interesting, especially, they have to take responsibility for planting their own flower seedlings in a small pit and feel the joy of growing them. The teachers said that when these flower seedlings bloom and bear fruit, and when they wait until next spring, they can take a baby flower seedling home and take care of it by themselves.
Who can resist this temptation!
So these students are extremely active, and their enthusiasm for planting flowers is unprecedentedly high.
Grandpa Jiang’s birthday has not yet arrived, and the most famous "519 Big Market" in the stock market in 1999 has come.
The reason why it is called the "519 Big Market" is that on May 19 of that year, the National Academy of Finance released great news about vigorously developing the capital market, which made the domestic stock market start the most exaggerated wave of rising prices so far. In just one month, the stock market soared from about 1,000 points to 2,000 points. A year later, it soared to nearly 2,500, an increase of more than 150%. Note ①
Jiang Gui Now everyone's savings, house mortgages, etc., are all invested in the stock market, and the stocks bought are still the monster stocks that everyone knows in the future, with a total increase of more than 10,000%.
She has published three books in a row in recent years, with sales exceeding 10 million. Although the total sales of White Snake are not as good as those of Song Dynasty and Guards of the Imperial Guard, with White Snake signed a contract with CCTV to become a self-produced drama, the influence of CCTV has not yet exploded in the market, but Jiang Xi has already received eight-digit income from the cooperation with the publishing house.
She did not keep a penny of her income. She bought all of it at the lowest point of the stock market crash last year and invested it in the stock market, waiting for this bull market and preparing for the semiconductor industry earthquake next year.
Her little bit may be just a drop in the bucket in the eyes of the entire industry, but she still wants to do her best before the great era comes.
Besides, this era is not without heroes!
The fifth day after the 519 market started was Grandpa Jiang's birthday, which happened to be Saturday. Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng flew to Shanghai on Friday night.
She did not meet Grandpa Jiang immediately, but called Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai in advance and asked Jiang Bai to order a big cake in the shape of a longevity peach with the words "good health and longevity" written on it. This was Jiang Xi's most sincere blessing to Grandpa Jiang. Then she booked a hotel and ordered dishes.
She did not choose to cook at home. She actually knew that Grandpa Jiang, who had never eaten in a big hotel, was actually very happy to try these new and different things, so she directly booked a hotel with a good reputation.
On Grandpa Jiang's birthday, Jiang Bo and Tong Jingang closed the shop early and took Grandpa Jiang to the hotel.
Grandpa Jiang originally thought they were taking him somewhere, but when he saw the decoration of the hotel, he was so scared that he couldn't move and said he would not go anywhere and wanted to go home for dinner.
"I'm already old, why would I go to a place like that to eat? I won't go!"
"You have to go, Lingling has already ordered the food and paid for it!" Tong Jingang came over and supported Grandpa Jiang, who was no longer skinny but still frail, "Grandpa Jiang, just come with us~"
Grandpa Jiang was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking here and there, looking at the magnificent hotel as if his eyes couldn't see enough.
In fact, he was still very nervous and a little timid in his heart.
This place looks so expensive~!
How much does it cost to have a meal here~!
Grandpa Jiang's heart was trembling all the way as Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang helped him into a private room.
Many people were already sitting in the private room, including Jiang Xi, Song Peifeng, Xu Xiuli, Jiang Bai's tutor, his classmates, etc.
As soon as Grandpa Jiang entered, Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng stood on the chairs in a pretentious manner and pulled out a banner that read: [Wish Grandpa good health and a long life! ]
Two people behind them pulled out a couplet: May you be as blessed as the long-flowing water of the East China Sea, and as long-lived as the evergreen pines of the South Mountain!
Jiang Xi smiled at Grandpa Jiang who walked in with his fingers still trembling, his crooked eyes full of admiration and gentle smile: "Happy birthday to my beloved Grandpa!"