His plan was to locate the transformer station at the junction of Yangziling and Liucun, provided that the electricity had to pass through at least Mijiacun.
"So you tell me if it's difficult or not. If you only mobilize people, I can think of a way, but money is hard currency. Even a penny can stump a hero. If everyone is out of money, there's nothing I can do. Nobody can just conjure up money out of thin air."
Wang Tianxiao nodded. He understood Zhao Dabao's words. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Brother Dabao, you just said that not many companies are willing. How many exactly? Approximately how many?"
"Let me do a rough calculation."
Zhao Dabao lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Today I am only doing a preliminary survey. It would be good if about 13 out of 10 households were willing."
"Thirty percent, that's indeed a bit low."
Wang Tianxiao sighed, "Can you roughly predict how many of these unwilling people can be changed through ideological work?"
"It's hard to say," Wang Dabao shook his head. "Even if I risked my reputation, I could only manage to recruit 20% at most. That would only be about halfway there."
"Half, there are probably two hundred households in our team, right?"
"Yes, two hundred and nine households."
"Even if there are two hundred households, half of that is one hundred households, which is five thousand yuan, right?"
“That’s the number.” Wang Dabao still didn’t quite understand what Wang Tianxiao was planning to do.
Wang Tianxiao offered him another cigarette, his mind racing as he considered a solution.
He noticed early on that after his rebirth, his mind worked incredibly fast whenever he thought about a problem, as if his IQ was slightly better than in his previous life. He wondered if this was just a small perk of being reborn.
He quickly came up with a solution.
“Brother Da Bao, we definitely have to get the electricity. Electricity will be a very important thing in the future society. It’s just that people haven’t experienced the convenience of electricity yet. But if we miss this opportunity because we are unwilling to get electricity, who knows when the next project will be delayed.”
"That's exactly right. Some people are just stubborn and inflexible; you can't reason with them no matter what. I'm so worried my hair is turning white. Right now, all three lines are progressing at the same time. If our team delays the overall progress of the village, how can I face the team leader?"
"Whether or not you have reported the actual situation to the village is important, but you can't force people to do things their own way. After all, these are people's affairs, and you can't make decisions about them all by yourself. Everyone has their own reasons for living their lives."
“That’s right… Hey, you almost led me astray,” Wang Dabao was almost led astray by Wang Tianxiao, so he quickly changed the subject. “You can say that, but I can’t. When you do this, you have to take responsibility.”
"Haha, that's true." Wang Tianxiao smiled.
"Alright, I won't chat with you anymore. I'm going downstairs now. My aunt is here... By the way, Brother Tianxiao, your family won't object, will they?"
“I will definitely support you, but as you know, I don’t live in the village anymore, so you’ll have to ask my mother about these things.”
"Oh, I thought that would save us some trouble," Wang Dabao said regretfully.
"Go talk to my mother. If she agrees, great. If she doesn't, just say that I'm willing and I'll pay for it."
"Haha." Wang Dabao was overjoyed. "Then you're still in charge. You're a government employee, you've seen the world, that makes all the difference."
"Isn't this to support Brother Da Bao's work?"
"That's right. If every family were as sensible and knowledgeable as you, I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble, running around until my legs were sore and my mouth was sore."
Wang Tianxiao smiled and said nothing more.
He watched as Wang Dabao was about to step down from the pit courtyard, then suddenly called out to him, "Brother Dabao, even if I agree, you can convince half of the people, but what about the other half?"
"What can I do? I'll just have to see how things go. I can't exactly hold a knife to someone's throat and force them to agree, can I?"
Seeing that Wang Tianxiao seemed to have something to say, Wang Dabao tentatively asked, "Tianxiao, do you have a solution?"
"Well, I do have a solution, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate to share it?"
"What's wrong with that? Things have come to this point, what's the point of hiding anything? Just speak freely."
"So, shall I really tell you?"
"Oh, just tell me, are you trying to drive me crazy?"
Wang Tianxiao chuckled inwardly at Wang Dabao's impatient manner.
From the moment he met Wang Dabao today—no, it should be from the day he heard Wang Tianxin say that the village was going to get electricity, but many people disagreed—he already had a vague idea in his mind.
He knew from the beginning that the issue of bringing electricity to the village would not be easily resolved.
This is basically similar to what happened in my previous life.
No matter how good something is, if the people don't accept it, there's nothing anyone can do.
In the end, there was no other way. The electricity connection was repeatedly delayed, and some people were still unwilling to pay. So the village paid for it in advance, and then the villagers had to repay it by doing volunteer work.
But since the voluntary labor was supposed to be unpaid, it turned into a messy debt, which led to a series of troublesome events and countless village meetings.
Therefore, Wang Tianxiao had already made plans from the beginning.
Since the team members couldn't come up with the money, he decided to take over the contract. He would sign an agreement with each household that didn't want to have electricity installed, and he would pay for everyone's electricity. Then, if anyone wanted to switch back to electricity later, they could just give him the money.
This way, the line can be laid smoothly, and a good impression will be left in the minds of the villagers.
He knew that all users would eventually have electricity in their homes, and even if he lost money, it would only be a loss of wealth. However, the impression he left on the villagers would be the basis for his later invitations to work at the power station.
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