Chapter 224 A New Way Out
After running around the city, Haisheng took Guo Lei to several nearby cities. It took them almost half a month to get back. Xu Lingjun called together several leaders of the production team to listen to Haisheng's work report.
Haisheng's work was quite effective. He got a stall in the city's largest farmers' market and a counter in a department store. Both places could be used to sell the production team's various specialties, including porcini, quail eggs, and the Cordyceps and yellow mushrooms they picked and dug in the mountains.
At the same time, we reached cooperation with several high-end hotels and became their supplier.
The markets in several nearby counties and cities were also taken over. Now is an era when supply cannot meet demand. As long as the goods can be shipped out, there is no need to worry about sales. The market in one county cannot consume so many quail eggs and porcini mushrooms, so there will be no problem if it is expanded to several counties and cities.
"Haisheng, you have worked hard. After the business is handed over, I will give you two days off to have a good rest! Market development this time is very important, and you will be included in the dividends when it comes at the end of the year." Xu Lingjun praised.
If nothing unexpected happens, with this work plus his usual performance, Haisheng will probably get the highest dividend in the entire production team this year. Xu Lingjun's performance must be even better, but he would never rank himself or Li Xiuzhi first.
Anyway, he has earned enough money by picking yellow mushrooms, digging cordyceps and hunting in his spare time. He should let others compete for the first place, which will stimulate their fighting spirit.
"Guo Lei has performed well recently. When I went to Tumen County, he went to Hongsha County and made an agreement with the locals. From now on, they will come to the city three times a month and bring money to the farmers' market to exchange goods for money." Haisheng has not forgotten Guo Lei's achievements.
"Xiao Guo is making rapid progress. You should take a few days off first. Once you've rested, I'll see what kind of job I can arrange for you." Xu Lingjun wanted him to go to the city to be responsible for permanent work, but he had to ask Haisheng carefully about his performance first and then have a good talk with him before making a decision. Just relying on Haisheng's current words was not enough.
Hearing this, the young men in the back row were full of envy. They came back at about the same time as Guo Lei, and now Guo Lei has been valued by the leaders, while they are still rotating in various departments.
Xu Lingjun saw the change in their expressions and immediately encouraged them, "Don't worry, in our production team, as long as you work hard, there will be plenty of opportunities. Haisheng is very busy now, and the feed factory needs a deputy director to help. The quail farm is also short of people. I plan to select people from you to fill the position in a while."
They immediately straightened their backs and sat upright, wishing that Xu Lingjun would call on their names right now and let them take up these important positions.
The next day, Xu Lingjun called Haisheng and Guo Lei and asked them about their experience in developing the market. He also had a private chat with Guo Lei and finally made a decision, "We have to set up a sales point in the city. Guo Lei will be in charge temporarily. You rent a house near the farmer's market and bring someone with you. You two should not only manage the farmer's market and the department store, but also pay attention to maintaining those big customers. Do you have the confidence to complete the task?"
"Yes!" Guo Lei answered seriously, his heart was already beaming with joy. The city was much more prosperous than the production team, and how many young people didn't like the big city?
“There are so many delicious things and fun things to do in the city. I don’t care what you do in your spare time, but you can’t interfere with your work and you can’t hang out with those messy people. Otherwise, if something happens, I won’t be able to explain to your parents! I will tell your parents these words later. If anything goes wrong, I will call you back immediately.” Xu Lingjun didn’t want the talent he had discovered with great difficulty to be lost due to temptation.
"I remember!" Guo Lei calmed down immediately and gave Xu Lingjun a serious assurance.
It is definitely not enough to rely on his self-awareness alone, so Xu Lingjun will also restrain him in other aspects, such as strict financial management system, reconciling accounts every month, and not giving him the opportunity to get something for nothing.
When Guo Zizi and others went to deliver the goods, they would also ask people around them about the situation of the two people so as to discover problems in time and correct them in time.
With the expansion of sales channels, their quail egg business became even more prosperous. Even though there was competition, Xu Lingjun could still receive a large number of quail eggs every month. The surrounding people made money, and more and more people started raising quail eggs.
Usually, if there is one family in a village that raises quails, their relatives and friends will follow suit, and then the word spreads, until most people in the village start raising quails.
Even if the quail farm has expanded in scale, most of the quail eggs produced are used to hatch quail chicks, and the quail eggs sold to the outside world are almost all purchased from the surrounding people.
When he went to report to Director Dong at the end of the year, Director Dong directly asked him to speak first. The data reported by Xu Lingjun surprised them again. The output of the pig farm, chicken farm, and porcini cultivation base had at least doubled, and the performance of the quail farm and feed factory had improved even more.
After the meeting, they went to Team 5 to pull the pigs, just like they did last year. This time everyone learned their lesson and brought their own tractors to the meeting. Those who didn't have tractors also brought horse-drawn carriages to ensure they had time to pull the big fat pigs back.
Director Dong and his colleagues ate and drank their fill, and left with the fat pig. The next day, Xu Lingjun held a dividend distribution ceremony. He had promised last year to double everyone's dividends, and now he had fulfilled his promise.
In the entire production team, anyone who worked hard received more than 2,000 yuan in wages and dividends. Those who were particularly outstanding, like Haisheng, even earned more than 3,000 yuan a year.
On average, that's more than 200 yuan a month in salary. Every leading cadre in the county earns more than them. Even in the city, only the top leaders have such income.
So this year, they lived an even more glorious year than the previous one. After receiving their dividends, the whole family went to the city together to buy new clothes at the department store. Guo Lei and several young people even went to the city for large purchases.
Not only them, but even the people in the surrounding villages could have a more affluent New Year. They bought firecrackers, cut fat meat, and spent the New Year comfortably.
When asked about the relatives who came to pay New Year's greetings, they went straight to the quail farm after the New Year because they also wanted to raise quails.
In just one month, the quail farm's supply of seedlings could not keep up, so they quickly expanded the scale again to avoid letting the people down.
But soon a new problem arose. There were too many people raising quails, and the markets in the city and surrounding counties were unable to absorb the demand. They had to find a new way out.
(End of this chapter)
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