"I heard from my grandfather that Uncle Zhao also wants to develop a side business in the brigade?" Li Jinfeng looked at Zhao Zhongxing.
Zhao Zhongxing nodded, "Indeed! To be honest, the brigade next door has a textile factory, so even people from our own brigade have to shamelessly go to the people in the textile factory if they want to earn some pocket money.
They work themselves to death all day and earn less than 50 cents. Although I also hope that they can be more diligent, earn more money and improve their living conditions, I don't want their labor to be exploited like this.
Weaving itself is not an easy job.
The money given is too little.
Unfortunately, as the team leader, he doesn't have the ability to set up a collective side business in his own team.
If it were right next to their house, they could start a collective side business, and everyone could make money without having to worry about other people's feelings.
"What's Uncle Zhao's main problem now?" Li Jinfeng asked.
Although she wanted to discuss cooperation with Zhao Zhongxing, Li Jinfeng couldn't reveal her cards all at once. She had to talk slowly.
"We have no money, no space, and no good solutions! Although there's a textile mill nearby, the cloth they weave is no match for the cotton and synthetic fabrics woven by machines in the state-owned factories. Furthermore, there are huge problems with dyeing. The cloth we make can only be sold in the countryside. We rely on collecting fewer cloth coupons and less money to make money from the villagers. I don't want to do this!"
Zhao Zhongxing is a person who sets very high standards for himself.
After he became the team leader and was able to manage the affairs of the entire team, he became very strict when it came to farming.
Not only did he cultivate his own brigade's land, but he also led the brigade to open up wasteland.
In recent years, the county has always been the first in paying public grain.
In the county town, the Red Flag Brigade is always ranked among the best brigades.
So as a side job, he didn't want to just supply the countryside, but had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the county town so that people in the city could also use the products produced by their brigade.
Actually, Zhao Zhongxing felt quite embarrassed to say this.
This is like a fisherman who doesn't even have a fishing net and dreams of catching a thousand kilograms of fish by the end of the year.
But if I don’t say it, I’ll feel bad.
Li Jinfeng was quite satisfied with Zhao Zhongxing's honesty.
She said, "Uncle Zhao, I have a way to solve your current anxiety."
Zhao Zhongxing looked at Li Jinfeng, and for a moment he was not sure what she was going to say.
"To be honest, Uncle Zhao, I came to you to discuss cooperation. As far as I know, it won't be long before the government allows private enterprises to engage in individual businesses.
By then, individuals will be able to set up stalls, sell goods, and even start factories. Of course, their scale will certainly not be comparable to those state-owned factories in the city.”
Zhao Zhongxing looked at Li Jinfeng and motioned him to continue.
Li Jinfeng saw deep interest in his eyes.
Next, she got straight to the point. "I can provide Uncle Zhao with funds. Setting up a factory requires funds, mainly in four areas: site, labor, raw materials, and publicity." Without a large amount of funds, even if Uncle Zhao set up this small collective, he could only make some homespun cloth like the neighboring brigade, and sell it to some township supply and marketing cooperatives in the county, and finally to farmers.
Moreover, this model won't last long. There's a chance that cloth coupons won't be needed in the future, and farmers' living standards will improve. Do you think the collective textile mill nearby will still be able to survive by then?"
Of course not!
Who would want to use homespun cloth from the countryside when they can buy good floral cloth from the city?
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