"So you didn't know." Tang Xiaobao nodded and said, "Then this matter will be much easier to handle. Can you ask Deputy Mayor Luo to come over? I want to talk to him."
"Okay, you wait."
Zhang Jian took out his cell phone and started making a call.
Putting his phone away, Zhang Jian said, "He's having dinner outside and will be there soon. By the way, Mr. Tang, did he fail to handle this matter properly?"
Tang Xiaobao smiled and said, "No, we just haven't come to an agreement yet. I just came back and heard about this matter, so I came to ask."
"Mr. Tang, if there's anything, you have to speak up."
"It's nothing, I just came to understand the situation."
Soon, Deputy Mayor Luo Xu arrived.
He must have had some wine at noon, his face was flushed and he reeked of alcohol, but he wasn't drunk. He was taken aback when he saw Tang Xiaobao as soon as he entered the room, and quickly came up to shake his hand enthusiastically: "Mr. Tang is here. Oh, I was just having lunch with the village director of Luoping Village, and we were discussing your medicinal herb planting base."
"How's the progress?" Zhang Jianxian couldn't help but ask.
Luo Xu looked embarrassed and said, "It's not easy to negotiate. Their demands are a bit high. They want a subsidy of 5,000 yuan per mu of land per year and a 50% stake in the planting base. Otherwise, they won't give up the land."
Tang Xiaobao frowned immediately.
The subsidy of 5,000 yuan per mu is much higher than the standard of Dehancheng Village. Dehancheng Village is Tang Xiaobao's own village, and the subsidy per mu is only 3,000 yuan. As for the shares, the village committee finally holds 30%, which was finally decided by Tang Xiaobao. According to Chen Mengyao, it can only hold 10% at most.
Now, the rent has suddenly increased by 2,000 per mu per year, and they also want a 50% stake.
It's complete bullshit.
However, Tang Xiaobao has not expressed his opinion yet.
Zhang Jian was taken aback and exclaimed, "Are you kidding me? Five thousand per mu? Even if we grow rice, the income per season won't exceed fifteen hundred yuan. If we grow rapeseed a season, it will definitely not exceed three thousand yuan a year. They actually want five thousand yuan? And they want a fifty percent stake. This is bullshit."
"That's what I said. I've actually done a lot of work. This period of time has been almost entirely devoted to this one thing. Finally, we were still discussing it over dinner just now. The result is 4,500 yuan per acre per year in rent, and 40% of the shares. This is their bottom line."
After saying that, Luo Xu turned around and said to Tang Xiaobao with a guilty look on his face, "Mr. Tang, I've tried my best. I really have. Although the whole county is encouraging the cultivation of medicinal herbs, farmers value land as their lifeblood. They value it too much and lack vision. There's nothing I can do. How about I go and negotiate again? I think I can get them to make some concessions."
Tang Xiaobao suddenly laughed.
"Were you having dinner with their village director just now?"
Luo Xu nodded: "Yes."
"Then, you call and ask the village director to come over, and we'll settle this matter here today, okay? Money and other things can be discussed. We're doing things for our hometown. I'm not that stingy. The key is to make a decision as soon as possible." Tang Xiaobao said generously.
Upon hearing this, Luo Xu was delighted and said yes repeatedly. He took out his phone and said, "Then I'll go out and make a call and ask him to come over immediately."
Zhang Jian had been observing Tang Xiaobao's reaction. He saw it clearly the moment Tang Xiaobao frowned. Although Tang Xiaobao was smiling now, he instinctively felt that things were not that simple. So he said to Luo Xu, "Why go out and fight? Let's fight here."
Luo Xu was stunned, said okay, and made a phone call.
He was not lying. He was indeed drinking with the village director of Luoping Village. He arrived in less than ten minutes.
Tang Xiaobao took a look at the person who came in. He was bald, probably in his forties, and seemed a little familiar.
"Hello, Mayor Zhang, Mayor Luo." The bald village director greeted them warmly as he came in. He must have really drunk some wine, as his face was extremely red, but he was not drunk either.
"Come, come, Xie Hua, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang from Shenlong Pharmaceutical. You must have heard of him. Mr. Tang, this is Xie Hua, the village director of Luoping Village." Luo Xu also helped to introduce.
Xie Hua?
Tang Xiaobao remembered it all at once.
In Yong'an Town, Xie Hua is somewhat famous, but his reputation does not seem to be very good. A few years ago, some villagers went to the county to sue him, saying that he had embezzled funds for returning farmland to forest. In the end, the matter became quite a big deal. Of course, he was not brought down. It seems that this guy has a relative in the city.
Thinking about Li Ming's speculation, Tang Xiaobao began to believe it a little.
It was obvious that Luo Xu and Xie Hua must have some shameful dealings, otherwise Luo Xu wouldn't have been in such a hurry to go out and make a phone call just now.
Xie Hua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly came over to shake hands with Tang Xiaobao: "Mr. Tang, I've heard a lot about you."
"Director Xie, you are too polite. I have heard a lot about you." Tang Xiaobao said with a smile.
Xie Hua was stunned and a little confused, but he still laughed and sat down.
Zhang Jian asked, "Xie Hua, Mr. Tang hopes to turn your village into a medicinal herb planting base. This is a great thing. But Mayor Luo seems to be asking for quite a lot. Our government strongly supports this kind of thing, but it's not fair for you to do this. Think about it, once the medicinal herb planting base is built, all the surplus labor in your village will have jobs and earn money. They can also receive dividends and rent from their land every year. This is such a great thing. You should think it through."
"Yes, yes, we do too. The villagers were also very excited when they heard the news. But Mr. Tang, Mayor Zhang, the villagers have been living on a few acres of thin land for generations. Now they have to use all their land to grow medicinal herbs. They have to think about food. They have to buy rice all year round. It is understandable that they cannot change their mindset. Don't worry, I am doing ideological work for the villagers and will strive to reach cooperation as soon as possible to set up a medicinal herb base." Xie Hua said quickly.
Tang Xiaobao smiled and said, "Okay, Director Xie, it's great that you have such an idea. However, what I want to ask now is, how did the discussion between you and Mayor Luo go?"
Xie Hua looked at Luo Xu, his eyes rolling, and said, "Didn't Mayor Luo report to you?"
Luo Xu was very smart and immediately took over the topic, saying, "I've already reported it, but you're insisting on asking for 5,000 yuan per mu per year. I don't think this is a good deal. Also, your shareholding is unreasonable. 50% means you own half of the base, which is impossible. If you ask me, how about a rent of 4,000 yuan and a 30% shareholding? Mr. Tang has plenty of money, but after all, we're all locals, not foreign investors. Make some concessions."
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