Chapter 281 The whole clan is forbidden to gamble, and the prestige skyrocketed [five consecutive increases, the boss is awesome]

Poxin Village.

Zhang family.

Upon hearing that the initial investment for opening a large brick factory would require at least tens of thousands of yuan, Zhang Zhenfa, who lacked courage, immediately shook his head and refused. Mrs. Zhang Da and Mrs. Zhang Er, who had been tempted before, looked at each other and saw the timidity in each other's eyes.

If the business only requires an investment of a few thousand dollars, then they may not hesitate too much and be willing to do it.

But the investment is tens of thousands or even more than one hundred thousand, which is too high for them. Once something goes wrong and they lose money, the consequences will be too serious.

Not to mention, with such a huge investment, it is impossible for two women like them to make the decision.

Zhang Shouguo was also shocked by the investment amount, but he did not shake his head and refuse immediately like his father did. Instead, he asked, "Pingmei, the investment in this large brick factory is too large. If we don't build a large brick factory, but just build a small brick factory similar to the brigade, then the investment will not be too much. What do you think?"

Zhang Xiuping said: "If you build a small brick factory, you don't have to invest so much money, but the less investment, the less profit. This is directly proportional. Moreover, the competitiveness of a small brick factory is definitely not as good as that of a large brick factory. Instead of building a small brick factory, it is better to build other factories that we don't have here!"

Deng Yuntai, who had been listening, couldn't help but say, "My two uncles, at my father's suggestion, are planning to open a wooden clothespin factory. This is indeed a factory with low investment and good development prospects. If you are interested, you can try this."

He was not afraid of competition from his elder brother-in-law and uncle when he mentioned this. Nowadays, there is a huge demand for wooden clothespins both at home and abroad. The foreign trade department has been purchasing them, basically purchasing as much as they produce, so there is no such thing as competition at all.

Zhang Shouguo and Zhang Shoumin's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Even Zhang Zhenfa, who lacked courage, couldn't help but cheer up after hearing this, because this was an idea given by his in-laws to his two brothers-in-law, and there was no need to doubt his in-laws' vision and ability to make money, which proved that this wooden clothespin factory would definitely have great potential.

So, the father and his two sons started talking one after another about the wooden clothespin factory.

Deng Yuntai did not hide anything and told his father-in-law and two brothers-in-law everything he knew.

By the time Zhang's mother had fried the ash water dumplings, hair dumplings, and rice dumpling and brought them out, Zhang Zhenfa had already been persuaded by his son-in-law. He decided to take some time to meet his son-in-law's two uncles after the Spring Festival, and then plan to open a wooden clothespin factory together.

As for the capital for opening the factory, Deng Yuntai, the son-in-law, didn't even need his father-in-law to ask, he smiled and said: "Dad, if you are short of money for opening the factory, just tell Pingmei and let her give it to you first."

These words gave Zhang Zhenfa some peace of mind.

Although the small shop his family runs can earn several thousand dollars a year, the shop has not been open long enough. In addition, he spent several thousand dollars to build a new house last year, so he only has less than three thousand yuan in cash on hand, which may not be enough to open a wooden clothespin factory.

After all, this is a factory, not the small shop their family runs now. Even if the investment is small, it will still cost several thousand yuan.

After Zhang Zhenfa made the decision to open a factory, both Mrs. Zhang's and Mrs. Zhang's second wife's faces were filled with smiles. Although their family is now one of the best in the village, the gap is still huge compared to their sister-in-law's family whose annual income exceeds 100,000 yuan.

If the family opens another factory, the income will surely skyrocket. By then, not to mention becoming the richest man in Poxin Village, he will even have a chance to become the richest man in the brigade.

As for the richest man in the commune, I don't dare to think about it. After all, Longtan Commune is also full of talents. In the past few years of reform and opening up, everyone has shown their talents and many people have developed well! ...

During the Spring Festival, everyone is busy visiting relatives.

By the time most relatives had left, it was the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The news that the clan leader would hold a clan meeting in the old ancestral hall on this day had already spread among the clan. Moreover, this clan meeting was different from previous ones. In the past, each household would basically send one representative to attend, but this time, the clan leader required all clan members between 16 and 70 years old, regardless of gender, to attend.

As for people of other age groups, they can come or not.

No one in the tribe knew the reason for holding this special tribal meeting, and the tribe member who notified them did not say anything either. He only told them the exact time and place of the meeting.

The clan meeting was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but clansmen from each village came early to attend.

At around 1:40 p.m., a large number of clan members gathered at the entrance of the old ancestral hall, and many of them even brought their families to attend the clan meeting.

"What important matter is the clan leader going to discuss at this clan meeting?"

"The clan meeting was held on the 29th. It has only been a few days, but the clan leader has called another urgent clan meeting and invited so many clan members to participate. He must be discussing something important."

“Is there something wrong with the passenger transportation company?”

"You're overthinking this. The clan meeting was scheduled on the first day of the Lunar New Year. If there was a problem with the bus company, they wouldn't have waited until today to hold the clan meeting. They would have held it on the first day of the Lunar New Year."

"That's true, but other than the passenger transport company, what else is there that requires gathering so many tribesmen to participate?"

"I can't guess, but what is certain is that the matter discussed at this clan meeting must be related to most of the clan members."

"The clan meeting will begin soon, and we will know what they will discuss immediately!"

"The clan leader is here..."

“…”

In the crowd, the tribesmen were talking and speculating about the content of this clan meeting.

Deng Shirong came to the old ancestral hall and greeted Deng Shi'an, the brigade secretary, and other prominent figures in the village.

When the time for the clan meeting came, Deng Shirong went on stage and said, "Dear brothers and nephews, I have called you all here for this clan meeting to discuss an extremely important matter with you, which is to ban gambling. The whole clan is prohibited from gambling."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the tribesmen below showed surprised expressions.

Especially those members of the tribe who liked to gamble, they all looked at the tribe leader in disbelief. Obviously, they did not expect the tribe leader to do such a thing.

After saying that the whole family should be banned from gambling, Deng Shirong said earnestly: "Gambling has been a bad habit that is extremely harmful to families and even society since ancient times. In the old society, gamblers often sold their wives and children for gambling.

As the saying goes, nine out of ten times you lose in gambling. Once you start gambling, you are not far from losing everything.

After losing all the money in their family, they will borrow money from relatives and friends. This kind of money is basically borrowed and never repaid, because gambling is a bottomless pit that can never be filled by any amount of money.

After borrowing money from all relatives and friends and finding that they can no longer borrow money, people often choose to take risks. Those who have jobs may be so bold as to embezzle public funds to gamble, while those who are unemployed may resort to theft or robbery.

Even if you have relatively strong self-control, and gamble when you have money and don't gamble when you don't have money, then such a life is meaningless, because no matter how much money you make, you make it for others, and sooner or later you will give all the money to others at the gambling table.

In short, once a person starts gambling, his entire life is ruined.

I previously took the lead in establishing a passenger transport company, and now the company's business is booming. As long as all my brothers and nephews do not gamble, we can all become rich in the future and live a happier life that is ten or a hundred times better than others.

However, if you participate in the gambling, no matter how much money the passenger transport company makes for you, it will be useless because you will eventually give the money to others.

Therefore, the purpose of my convening a clan meeting today is to ban gambling among the entire clan. In our village where the Ye Deng family is located, no gambling venues are allowed, and all clan members are not allowed to gamble.

If you feel that you cannot survive without gambling and you must participate in gambling, then you can return your shares in the passenger transport company and leave them to other tribesmen in need. This is much more meaningful than giving flowers to others!"

As soon as Deng Shirong finished speaking, Deng Shian clapped his hands and said, "Well said, gambling is indeed very harmful. In our Bangjie Brigade, couples quarrel or even fight because of gambling almost every day. There are people who lose all their family money because of gambling, and there are even people who can't afford to buy salt for the New Year.

In the past, everyone was poor, so there was nothing to say. But now the clan leader has taken the lead in setting up a passenger transport company, and everyone can see that they can live a good life. If you still continue to gamble at this time, it would be really ungrateful.

Therefore, I support the clan leader's idea to ban gambling throughout the clan. If there are clan members who are unwilling to comply, then you should return your shares in the passenger transport company and give them to other clan members in need. From now on, the clan will no longer care whether you live or die."

Deng Changbao also expressed his opinion: "The clan leader and the secretary are right. Gambling is really not allowed, brothers. Under the leadership of the clan leader, our Deng clan is now on the road to prosperity. If you brothers and sisters gamble, you will be dragging the clan down!"

Deng Yungui nodded and said, "I also agree that the whole clan should ban gambling. Gambling will only make you get deeper and deeper. Once you get into it, there is basically no hope of getting out. Moreover, gamblers will not recognize their relatives. I hope that the brothers and nephews in the clan who gamble will wake up quickly, take this opportunity to quit gambling, and then follow the main group to the road to wealth."

"What the clan leader said makes perfect sense. If anyone is unwilling to quit gambling, then they should withdraw their shares from the passenger transport company to avoid giving them away to others."

"Rebellious son, did you hear what the clan leader said? If you dare to gamble again, I will break your legs."

"Support the clan leader. Gambling will not end well. Brothers and nephews, wake up!"

"Support the clan leader and support the whole clan to ban gambling!"

"Support the clan leader..."

The prominent people in each village responded one after another, and other tribesmen who did not participate in the gambling also echoed loudly.

In the crowd, Ah Zhuba said to her gambling husband Deng Changqi, "Did you hear that? Jiugong said that the whole family will stop gambling in the future. If you don't want to quit, you have to withdraw your shares in the passenger transport company. If you don't have the shares in the passenger transport company, what will become of our family in the future? Think about it carefully."

Deng Changqi had no idea that the reason for the ban on gambling in the entire clan was because of him. He felt extremely complicated at the moment. He also knew that gambling was bad, but he had never been able to quit it. Now the clan leader had come forward to force the clan members to quit gambling, and was threatening them with shares in the passenger transport company. He also wanted to take the opportunity to quit his gambling addiction.

However, he was very unwilling to accept this because he had lost money recently.

The psychology of gamblers is very strange. If he wins money, he will feel sorry if he is not allowed to gamble, but he will accept it quickly because he has gained an advantage. But if he loses money, it will be too painful for him to stop gambling before he wins back his capital.

However, no matter how unwilling he was, Deng Changqi had to give up this gamble. Compared to the money he lost, the shares of the passenger transport company were his only hope of becoming a rich man in the future. He certainly would not be stupid enough to give up.

At least, at this moment, Deng Changqi would never give up.

As for whether he could quit gambling, Deng Changqi himself didn’t know.

On the stage, Deng Shirong and other clan members had almost finished discussing the matter before he continued, "Then it's settled. From today on, the entire clan is prohibited from gambling. Everyone supervises each other. If you see any clan member gambling, the clan member who reports it can take over his family's shares in the passenger transport company. If there is no money to replace it, you can owe it first. This is a benefit for the reporter.

In short, if one person gambles, the whole family will suffer. If any member of the clan does not want to lose his or her shares in the passenger transport company, he or she should take good care of himself or herself and his or her family to avoid such unpleasant things from happening."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.

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You know, now in every village, there are many people who participate in gambling. If it is a family that has separated and lives on its own, then there is nothing to say. Whether to gamble or not will only affect one's own shares in the passenger transport company and will not affect others.

However, the situation is different for those large families that have not yet split up.

According to the clan leader, if one person gambles, the whole family will suffer. If one person in such a large family gambles, the whole family will have to give up their shares. The consequences are too serious.

However, no one questioned the decision of the clan leader. It was only natural for one to handle the affairs of one's own family.

As a result, some tribesmen warned their children, brothers and sisters, and some even warned their parents on the spot.

"Rebellious son, did you hear what the clan leader said? If you dare to gamble again and cause your family to lose their shares in the passenger transport company, I will beat you to death."

"Third brother, the clan leader has already said everything that needs to be said. If you still can't control yourself in the future, then you can separate from the family and live on your own. Don't drag us down."

"Dad, we told you not to gamble before, but you didn't listen. Now the clan leader has made it very clear. If you still can't control yourself, then divide the family and give us the shares of the passenger transport company. Otherwise, you won't be able to stay."

“…”

As parents, brothers, and children all started to protest, those clan members who participated in the gambling dared not say a word. Now that the clan leader had suddenly done such a thing, they had to quit gambling even if they didn't want to, otherwise the consequences would be too serious.

Addicted gamblers usually lose all their money at the gambling table, then they lose their minds and try every possible means to raise money to make up for their losses, such as borrowing high-interest loans, selling everything that can be sold at home, embezzling public funds, etc.

But before sitting down at the gambling table, these gamblers were all sober and naturally understood that the shares of the passenger transport company must not be lost.

Deng Shirong and the other clan members had almost finished discussing it before he continued, "When I say that gambling is prohibited in the entire clan, it is not just in this area. Even when you are out, gambling is also strictly prohibited. If any clan member gambles outside, unless you do it secretly, as long as there is a slight rumor back and it is confirmed that you gambled, your family must give up the shares of the passenger transport company.

So, don't take chances, either give up gambling completely, or withdraw your shares in the passenger transport company as soon as possible, so that no one will care about you anymore."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tribesmen cheered loudly again.

At this point, Deng Shirong's decision to ban gambling for the entire clan was implemented with the support of all clan members.

When the meeting was over, those tribesmen who loved gambling were dejected. They knew that from this moment on, gambling would be out of their reach unless they were really willing to give up their shares in the passenger transport company with a bright future.

But they are not fools, so how could they give up their shares in the passenger transport company? Ah Zhuba and her husband Deng Changqi walked towards home together. Deng Changqi was listless. During the Chinese New Year, he had lost all the family money. He was originally thinking about how to make some money to make up for the loss, but now that the clan leader had done this, his hope of making a comeback was completely blocked.

If he stopped gambling, he would never be able to win back the money he lost, so he naturally lost interest.

In comparison, Azhuba was in a very good mood.

Although the family is penniless now as her husband lost it all, as long as her husband never gambles again, the current difficulties are only temporary. In a few days, she will sell the two pigs in the family, and when she has the capital, she will buy watermelon seeds to plant, and then sell them when the watermelons are ripe, and she will naturally have money in her hands.

What's more, her family has invested 4 shares in the passenger transport company. As the company grows bigger, the money earned will increase.

In short, as long as my husband doesn't gamble, their family will definitely get better and better.

Thinking of this, the corners of Azhuba's mouth involuntarily turned up, and he couldn't suppress it.

There are many families similar to Azhu's eight families. Those who had gambled before were all dejected on their way back, but their family members were all smiling, happier than during the Chinese New Year. The clan leader's move to ban gambling for the entire clan was very successful.

When most of the clan members had dispersed, Deng Shian looked at Deng Shirong and said with emotion: "Old Nine, the best thing I have done in my life is to convince you to become the head of our Naye Deng clan."

This was the highest compliment, and Deng Shirong quickly said a few humble words.

Afterwards, the two peers chatted for a while before going home.

…

In the next few days, the atmosphere of the whole tribe changed completely. No one gathered to gamble anymore. Those tribesmen who were addicted to gambling, in order to divert their attention, focused on eating and drinking, and began to call their friends to eat and drink together.

Their families were very tolerant of this. Not only did they not object, but those who were good at cooking even cooked for them themselves.

Compared to a gambling game that could bankrupt the family, the cost of eating and drinking with friends is easy for their families to accept.

After all, whether it is quitting smoking or quitting gambling, the initial stage is the most difficult, and they must be given a period of adaptation.

The news that the entire Ye Deng family had quit gambling spread throughout the Bangjie Brigade that day, and then quickly spread to other brigades and even other communes.

The Ye Deng family is a large clan with more than 3,000 members. So many of them have established kinship relationships with nearby brigades and communes just through marriage. Naturally, such a big event spread quickly.

"This Naye Deng family is really amazing. Last year, the whole family made a fortune by growing watermelons. Not long after, they raised funds to set up a passenger transport company. I heard that they can make at least 400,000 yuan just from the Spring Festival travel. I didn't expect that the whole family will quit gambling now. If this can really be implemented, no other family in the entire Songshan Commune can compare with the Naye Deng family."

"I agree with what you said. Everyone knows the harm of gambling. Now that the entire Naye Deng family has given up gambling and is working together to develop the economy, it can be said that they have a bright future!"

"It's really amazing. I heard that all these things were done under the leadership of the head of the Ye Deng clan."

"I've heard about this too. That's Uncle Jiu. Who in our village doesn't know his name?"

"It would be great if our tribe also had such a powerful leader!"

"Alas, our clan leader can organize people to fight, but he doesn't have the ability to lead the clan members to become rich."

"Don't even think about it. We don't have a clan leader like the Ye Deng clan, and other clans don't have one either. Any capable clan leader would focus on developing his own economy first, and wouldn't have the time to lead his clan members to get rich together!"

"That's true. The Ye Deng family is so lucky to have met such a clan leader!"

“…”

After the passenger transport company made huge profits and the whole clan was banned from gambling, Deng Shirong's prestige in the clan not only reached its peak, but his prestige in other surnames also skyrocketed, especially in Shuangwang Territory. Almost everyone knew the name of Uncle Naye Jiu.

Prestige is something that cannot be seen or touched, and it does not play any big role in normal times. But when you really need it, you will know how beneficial high prestige is.

To give a very simple example, if a place is to be developed and the developer needs to expropriate land, but there is an ancestral tomb of a certain surname here, and people do not allow you to move it, even if the government steps in, no one dares to move it. If you insist on moving the ancestral tomb, it is likely to cause a riot, and the person in charge cannot take this responsibility.

However, if this matter is handed over to a person with high prestige to handle, after some persuasion, people will most likely give you face and discuss moving the ancestral grave.

In short, no matter what people with high prestige do, others are willing to give you face, so you can naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

To quote a saying from later generations, the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

(End of this chapter)