Chapter 304: Naye Deng's Community
1:30 pm.
The Deng Clan Ancestral Hall in Naye was crowded with people, all of them were members of the Deng clan who came to attend the clan meeting.
When the clan meeting begins, the first thing to be done is naturally the scholarship awards.
The list had already been registered in advance by someone specifically responsible for this matter. After the clan leader Deng Shirong delivered a routine speech, he and other clan elders distributed scholarships to outstanding students in the clan one by one.
The economic conditions of the tribe members are much better now than before, and they don’t attach as much importance to the scholarship as before. However, this scholarship is not just a matter of money. If a family’s children can get a scholarship, it means that they have good academic performance, which is a very proud thing in the tribe.
Therefore, parents whose children were able to go on stage to receive scholarships all had smiles on their faces and enjoyed the compliments from other brothers, uncles and nephews next to them.
By the time the scholarships were distributed, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
Next, it was time to discuss important matters, and all the tribesmen looked at the clan leader.
Deng Shirong sat on the rostrum, looking at the tribesmen below, and said, "Let me first tell you something. I'm sure everyone already knows about the operation of the passenger transport company, so I won't say any more here. After the Spring Festival travel season is over, we can discuss the dividend issue."
"Very good!"
"The company can finally distribute dividends!"
"Last year, we only had 10 vehicles, but we made over 400,000 yuan during the Spring Festival travel season. This year, we have 25 vehicles. If everything goes well, we can expect to make over a million yuan. If we use this money to distribute dividends, basically every family can get over a thousand yuan!"
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When the clan members heard the clan leader talking about the company's dividends, they became excited. The money they invested was finally starting to pay off.
After the tribesmen digested this information, Deng Shirong spoke again: "We will discuss the company's dividends after the Spring Festival travel rush. Next, I want to discuss a very important matter with everyone. Some time ago, a local in the county got a Guangzhou car and wanted to compete with our company. I believe everyone has heard about it, right?"
"We all know about this!"
"Those three brothers are really blind to dare to mess with our company."
"Speaking of this, the clan leader is indeed very powerful. He has such powerful connections in the county that he scared the three brothers so much that they changed Guangzhou to Maoming the next day!"
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In the previous Guangzhou car incident, dozens of young men from the clan were temporarily transferred to the county town. Naturally, the news had spread in the clan a long time ago. Everyone knew what had happened, and even the whole process of the incident was clear.
After the tribesmen finished speaking, Deng Shirong continued, "What happened before will definitely happen again in the future, because passenger transport is so profitable. The passenger flow will be higher every year, and there will always be people who are interested in this industry and want to grab a share of the pie, and there will definitely be more and more such people.
The three brothers involved in the Guangzhou car incident did not have much power in the county, and I still had some face in the county, so I was able to subdue them so easily.
However, no one knows what the background of future competitors will be, or how powerful they are locally. We cannot do as we did last time, where we temporarily transferred people from the tribe to take charge when something happened. We must learn from the leader to "strike the first blow to prevent a hundred blows from coming."
We should show our muscles whenever we have the chance, so that others know that we are not easy to mess with. This will reduce a lot of trouble, and those who want to come in and compete with our company will think twice and dare not easily start a war with us. "
Deng Changxiong continued, "Jiu Gong, what you said makes sense. After the founding of New China, many countries did not take us seriously. After the outbreak of the Korean War, even though we repeatedly warned the Americans not to cross the line, they just ignored us.
Only after the two sides had fought and realized that our volunteer army was not easy to mess with, did those countries start to take us seriously. So what you said, Jiugong, is that we must show our muscles when we have the chance. It is very necessary. "
Deng Yungui said: "In the previous Guangzhou car incident, our company was able to show off its strength, right?"
Deng Changbao said: "Of course it counts, but I don't know if it can intimidate others!"
Deng Yunqiang asked: "Uncle Jiu, since you mentioned this, you should have some ideas, right?"
Deng Shirong nodded and said, "The biggest advantage of our passenger transport company is that we have a large number of people. This is a company owned by our entire family. What we need to do is to make use of this advantage and let the outside world know that our company has a large number of people, and those people will naturally not come to provoke us."
Deng Changjue (Land Mine) said loudly: "Jiu Gong, tell us what to do, we will listen to you."
Deng Shirong said: "My idea is to build a Naye Deng's community in the county seat and make it our second home."
After these words were spoken, all the tribesmen below looked at each other in confusion, not quite understanding the concept of a community.
Although the concept of residential communities, which became well-known in later generations, existed in this era, it had not yet become popular. Even in county towns, there were only some housing estates for family members, and there was no such thing as a residential community. People living in rural areas had no idea what a residential community was.
However, from the literal meaning, it can be understood that this means building a house in the county town.
"Jiu Gong, what is a community?"
"Uncle Jiu, do you mean for us to build a house in the county town?"
"Nine Lords..."
Deng Shirong also knew that the tribesmen did not understand the concept of a community very well, so he explained: "To put it simply, this community is similar to our village. For example, if we go to the county town to get 100 acres of land, and then build more than ten buildings to form a whole, it can be called a community.
My plan is to raise funds to build a Naye Deng community in the county, with one house for each household. Once the community is built, everyone will move in and live there. Then we will be no different from the locals in the county. If there is any problem with the passenger transport company in the future, we can mobilize a thousand or several hundred people at any time. Who would dare to mess with such a force?"
With this community, it will not only provide protection for the passenger transport company, but also the Suifeng Hotel will benefit.
Moreover, if someone in the clan does business in the county in the future, they will also benefit. If nothing else, at least no one will dare to collect "protection fees".
"Oh, so this is what a neighborhood is!"
"If we have a house in the county town, does that mean we are also city dwellers?"
"That's great. If I build a house in the county town, my relatives and friends will all be envious. But I wonder how much it will cost to build this house?"
"Jiugong, I absolutely support raising funds to build a house in the county town, but I don't have much money right now. It's okay to use it to build a house in the countryside, but I'm afraid it's not enough to build a house in the county town!"
"Jiu Gong, can you tell me how much it will cost to build a county town?"
"Nine Lords..."
All the clan members spoke up. They all agreed with building houses in the county town from the bottom of their hearts. After all, owning a house in the county town was a matter of great face. What's more, this would be helpful to the passenger transport company. They had absolutely no objection.
The only worry is that there is not enough money.
Seeing that the tribesmen were worried about the money, Deng Shirong comforted them: "Don't worry about the money. It only costs money to buy land and building materials. We will build it ourselves when the time comes. Each family can contribute 5,000 yuan, which is enough."
Now there are about 660 households in Naye Dengshi. If each household contributes 5,000 yuan, there will be 3.3 million yuan. Without paying for labor, they can buy land and build buildings. Even if it is not enough, it should not make much difference. Anyway, the community can not be built all at once, so if it is not enough, they can raise funds later.
5,000 yuan is an astronomical figure for villagers in other villages and it is impossible for them to come up with it. But the Deng family in Naye has dividends from the Tenglong Passenger Transport Company, and they have saved a lot of money from growing watermelons this year. If it is not enough, they can borrow some from relatives and friends. Most families can come up with the money.
Even if a few families cannot come up with the money, there is still time. When the watermelons are harvested again next year, basically every household will be able to come up with the money.
Deng Changbao said proudly: "Jiugong, if you need fire bricks (red bricks) in the future, my brick factory can fully support you and charge you the cost price directly."
The old clan leader Deng Shian excitedly replied, "The fire bricks are supported by Changbao boss, and we have no shortage of sand, stone, and wood. We just need to send someone to get them, and then pay for the freight to be shipped to Bobai. In this way, only steel bars and cement will cost money, so we should be able to save a lot of money."
"If that's the case, 5,000 yuan per household would be more than enough!"
At this point, Deng Shirong glanced at the many clansmen below and asked, "Is there anyone who has different opinions about raising funds to build a community in the county? If so, please raise them now. If there are no objections, then this matter is settled."
"Jiu Gong, I want to ask, when should the money be paid?"
"After the Spring Festival travel rush is over and the passenger transport company has distributed dividends, it won't be too late for everyone to pay. If you don't have enough money by then, you can pay part of it first and make up the rest later."
"Jiugong, this family has a house. I want to ask what this house is like?"
"One house is tentatively planned to be about 160 square meters, with four rooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen and two bathrooms."
"Uncle Jiu, my family is big. Can I pay more and get an extra house?"
"Of course you can. My requirement is that no one in the entire Naye Deng family should be left behind. Every household must have a house. If anyone wants more houses, that's fine. Anyway, you just need to pay as many installments as you want."
"Nine Lords..."
Building a house in the countryside is a big deal, let alone building a house in the county town. All the clansmen asked the questions in their hearts, and Deng Shirong answered them one by one.
More than ten minutes later, all the tribesmen who should ask questions had asked them. Seeing that no one had any questions, Deng Shirong made the decision, "Then it's settled. We'll set up a real estate company to specialize in this matter."
After discussing this matter, Deng Shirong thought of the pests and diseases of rice next year, so he took the opportunity to guide them: "There is one more thing I want to tell you. After the Chinese New Year, everyone will have to work hard to prepare wood, sand and stones, and go to the county town to participate in the construction of the community. You may not be able to take care of the fields at home.
Therefore, next year I suggest that you stop planting rice and just plant some sweet potatoes or something in the fields. That way, there won’t be so much trouble. Let’s focus on building the community in the county first. By then, our Naye Deng family will be famous throughout the county!”
"Okay, listen to Jiugong. Next year, we'll just plant some sweet potatoes in the fields and concentrate on the big things first."
"No problem. If the community in this county town is built, everyone in the surrounding area will envy us!"
"I have a 160-square-meter house in the county town. I am so excited just thinking about it. We will start working right after the Chinese New Year and try to complete the community as quickly as possible."
"Jiu Gong, you come and arrange the work for everyone!"
“…”
Seeing that the tribesmen had listened to his words, Deng Shirong smiled with satisfaction and said, "After the New Year, I will hold a small meeting with the team leaders of each village (although the production team has been disbanded this year, it is still okay to call them that, just like the monitors in school) to assign tasks to each village. Some will pan for sand, some will break stones, and there will be special people to make the supporting wood and templates. At that time, we will also need the Xiangtou (construction engineer) of each village to lead the team to the county town to build houses. In addition, we will also select some women to go to the county town to help with laundry and cooking.
In short, our entire clan must mobilize, and the main goal for next year is to complete the construction of this Naye Deng Clan Community."
Upon hearing this, all the tribesmen naturally cheered, rubbing their hands, and couldn't wait to start working.
The clan meeting is basically over here.
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Deng Shirong then answered some questions from the clan members. Seeing that everything that needed to be said had been said, he announced, "The clan meeting today will end here. Everyone should go back and discuss with their families how many houses they need. There are also various other matters that should be dealt with as soon as possible. After the Chinese New Year, we will be busy with the Naye Deng Community in the county town."
All the questions that needed to be asked had been asked, and after the meeting the tribesmen did not stay any longer, but went home together.
On the way home, everyone was talking about this big event.
The whole family went to the county town to build a residential community. This kind of thing has never happened in this era, let alone in later generations. It is definitely a major event that shocked the entire county.
After returning home, each family closed the door to discuss the matter.
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Bangba Village.
Deng Changxiong and his family had just returned home. Li Xiaolan, who had been patient all the way, couldn't help but ask, "Lao Xiong, do you think we should get a few more houses?"
Deng Changxiong sat down, took the pipe next to him, nodded and said, "We must buy a few more houses. Now that the whole family has worked together to build this county community, the cost of the house has been reduced to the lowest. If we miss this opportunity, we will miss it!"
Although he didn't know that the house would continue to appreciate in value in the next few decades, he was one of the first people to start a business in this era and had a relatively flexible mind. He naturally knew that the county community led by Jiu Gong had the lowest housing cost, and it would definitely be cost-effective to build a few more houses.
Li Xiaolan said: "Then we should have four sets?"
Deng Siji asked, "Dad, Mom, four houses cost 20,000 yuan. Can our family afford it?"
Deng Changxiong took out some tobacco and matches and said, "If we don't count the dividends from the passenger transport company, then our family really can't come up with that much money. But if we count the dividends from the company, there shouldn't be any problem. If we want four houses, one for each of you four brothers and sisters, that would be the most appropriate."
Among the current Naye Deng family, the richest person is naturally the clan head Deng Shirong. There is no need to explain more about this.
The second place should be Deng Changbao from Jimaoling. His brick factory business is getting more and more prosperous, which has made him a lot of money in the past few years. This is also the main reason why his shares in the passenger transport company rank second.
The third person should be Deng Changxiong. He opened a bamboo weaving factory. His business is very good and he earns tens of thousands of yuan a year.
Four houses for 20,000 yuan is not a big pressure for their family.
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Naye Village.
Deng Yunqiang's family is also discussing this matter.
Deng Changfu asked, "Dad, do you plan to buy one or two houses in this community in the county?"
Hearing his eldest son's question, Deng Yunqiang was a little hesitant. He has five children in total, three sons and two daughters. The ideal situation is naturally to have a house for each son, but with their family's financial resources, the pressure of three houses is too great, and they may not even be able to raise so much money.
Last year, in order to get more shares in the passenger transport company, Deng Yunqiang sold all his belongings and formed a partnership with his in-laws to acquire 10 shares, of which his family owned 6 shares and his in-laws owned 4 shares.
After emptying my family’s money, I made a total of more than 5,000 yuan from lychees and watermelons this year. I finally made back a lot of money.
When the passenger transport company distributes dividends after the Spring Festival travel rush, 6 shares will probably get more than 2,200 yuan, which adds up to less than 7,500 yuan. If you want two houses, you have to add the income from lychees and watermelons next year. If you want to get three houses, the pressure is really too great.
Deng Yunqiang sighed and said, "The clan is offering this house at a very good price. I would like to buy one for each of you three brothers, but unfortunately I don't have enough money!"
Guan Yongying continued, "Dad, if we want three houses, how much money do we need? If the difference is not much, I can go back and borrow from my parents." This year, the lychees and watermelons from her mother's family brought in more than 4,000 yuan, so her parents still have a lot of cash.
Deng Yunqiang said: "I have more than 5,000 yuan in my hand now. If the company's dividends are included, it will be more than 7,400 yuan. If the income from lychees and watermelons next year can be as high as this year, I can probably get about 12,000 yuan."
Guan Yongying said, "That's not much of a difference. When the company distributes dividends, my parents will have at least 1,500 yuan in their bank account. Then I can ask them to take out another 1,500 yuan in cash, which will be enough for three houses."
Changfu's mother, who gets along with her eldest daughter-in-law like a mother and daughter, said with emotion: "Aying, I am so sorry to have to trouble my in-laws every time I encounter difficulties."
Guan Yongying smiled and said, "Mom, this is not a big deal. My family is what it is today thanks to you. So it's settled. I'll go back to my parents' house on the second day of the Chinese New Year and tell my parents about this."
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Most members of the tribe, as long as their financial conditions allow, would like to own one or more houses.
After all, no one is stupid. It would cost several thousand dollars to build such a big house in the countryside, let alone in the county town.
In the countryside of this era, every family has several children. A four-bedroom house is not big enough for most families except for a few. Even if there is enough space, don't expect to give each family a room. If conditions permit, they will naturally build one or two more houses.
However, even though they think so, not every household has the financial resources like Deng Changxiong or Deng Yunqiang. For many families, the best they can afford is one house, and they cannot afford more.
There are also some families who, although they know that a house in the county town is definitely worth 5,000 yuan, their assets are all in the countryside, and they think that having one house in the county town is enough, and there is no need to build so many houses.
After all, they don't have jobs in the county town, so they can't just move there and do nothing, right? In short, everyone has their own ideas, and Deng Shirong doesn't want to interfere with the choices of his clansmen. Anyway, as long as every household has a house in the county town, whether to get more houses depends on the ability and vision of the clansmen.
After Deng Shirong returned home, he also discussed this matter with his sons and daughters-in-law.
Deng Yuntai and several other siblings were also present at the previous clan meeting. When they heard their father propose to build the Naye Deng Family Community in the county town, they were all shocked and at the same time shocked by their father's generosity.
Only their father would dare to think of and do such a thing as moving the entire family to the county town.
Deng Yuntai asked first: "Dad, how many houses do we plan to buy?"
Deng Shirong said: "I plan to take a unit."
Deng Yuntai asked in confusion: "How many houses are there in one unit?"
Deng Shirong explained: "My plan is to build seven-storey buildings, each divided into three units, each unit is not connected to each other, with a separate entrance and staircase. Each unit is designed to have four houses on each floor, so one unit is 28 houses."
When these words were spoken, all the sons, daughters and daughters-in-law were stunned.
Deng Yunzhen asked in shock, "Dad, why did you build so many houses?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "It's not that many actually. When we build it, I'll have someone design it individually and connect the four houses on each floor into one. That way, there will only be seven houses in total, which is just right for each of you seven brothers and sisters."
Even Deng Yunheng, who had seen a lot, was shocked by his father's generosity. According to what his father said before, one house is 160 square meters, and four houses are connected into one house, that is 640 square meters. What a big house! Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping were also shocked. You know, the first floor of Suifeng Hotel is only more than 1,000 square meters, and the house they live in now is 640 square meters per floor. It's really too big. I can't imagine what kind of house it is.
Deng Yunzhu asked in surprise: "Dad, even if it's 5,000 yuan per house, 28 houses would cost 140,000 yuan. Where can we get so much money?"
Deng Shirong waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the money. I borrowed 2 million from a credit union some time ago, so I don't have to worry about not having money."
Hearing this, the sons, daughters and daughters-in-law all widened their eyes.
Deng Shirong had previously borrowed 800,000 yuan from a credit union, which had already made them a little worried, fearing that they would not have enough money to repay the bank.
Now the old debt has not been paid off yet, and a new debt of 2 million has been added. This operation is really scary.
(End of this chapter)