County Magistrate Xu didn't expect Zhao Shucheng to wait for him here. After a moment of stunnedness, hesitated and asked, "Do you have to use foreign exchange to purchase?"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "After going to the Canton Fair this time, I learned about the current wool spinning equipment. There is a big gap between our domestic equipment and foreign equipment."

As he said that, Zhao Shucheng sighed and said, "Actually, I know that even the equipment I saw at the Canton Fair is not the most advanced abroad. It's just that they are already a bit backward, so we can't compare to it."

"If we want to run a wool mill, we must use the best equipment, which is competitive internationally. But we cannot get the most advanced equipment, and second-hand equipment can only allow us to get lower-level orders."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Xu couldn't help but sigh and said, "This is nothing to do. We are too far behind them and can only catch up step by step."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "So we cannot start catching up with the most backward machines, but we must start catching up with the second-level products, so that we can still have hope of catching up. My idea is to purchase a batch of equipment, develop new equipment while producing, and on the basis of this set of equipment, improve the quality of wool products as much as possible and strive to catch up with the most advanced level in the world. Even if we cannot master the pricing power, we cannot become a place for them to dump at low prices."

County Magistrate Xu looked at Zhao Shucheng who was ambitious in front of him and said, "Developing new equipment is not as simple as you think. Your Xiao Lei family does not have such technical conditions..."

In fact, he was embarrassed to say that there were not many college students in the Xiao Lei family, and they were all farmers. How could it be possible to develop the most advanced machinery and equipment in the world?

Of course Zhao Shucheng knew his thoughts, but it doesn’t matter if the villagers don’t understand, just Zhao Shucheng can understand it himself. You should know that Zhao Shucheng has traveled through many worlds. Even though he has not been engaged in wool mill business or equipment research and development, he has read many books.

Now looking at advanced equipment, after the millennium, it has long become an eliminated equipment, so you can see detailed situations in some mechanical books. If you adjust it according to the existing equipment, you can almost reach the same level.

But Zhao Shucheng could not really master this knowledge out of thin air, so those second-hand equipment are the best excuses Zhao Shucheng found.

County Mayor Xu was still hesitant and said, "Do you have to build a wool spinning factory? The scale of your own farm is not enough to support a factory, right? Besides, you are now reaching cooperation with companies in the Magic City, so you should not have to worry about sales."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "County Magistrate Xu, we are planning ahead. After all, the price of rabbit fur is OK now, but the future situation is not clear. Moreover, the pricing power is in the hands of the wool spinning factory. Maybe one day the price will drop sharply, and the villagers may not be able to accept it. Moreover, rabbit fur is just a primary agricultural product, and the price after processing is different. Simply put, rabbit fur seems to be more than tens of dollars per pound, but if it is processed into clothes, it will be less than one hundred dollars. If it is processed into handicrafts, it will be as few as hundreds or as many as thousands. The profit here is too great, and our Xiao Lei family cannot give up."

"Okay, I'll go back to a meeting to discuss this issue. If there is no problem, I'll notify you at that time and ask the Ministry of Commerce to help purchase equipment."

"Thank you, County Magistrate Xu."

County Magistrate Xu smiled and said, "I should thank you. If ordinary people achieve such results, they will be so happy long ago. Instead, you are so crisis-conscious, good, good."

Zhao Shucheng said: "This is all right. We are different from county enterprises or state-owned enterprises. We are village-run enterprises. Any risks are a devastating blow to us. We can't help but be careless. So our Xiao Lei family must seize every opportunity to make ourselves stronger and resist more risks, so as to survive. In fact, I also want to thank us for being in a period of planned economy and unplanned economy, so that our Xiao Lei family still has opportunities for development. If we were really in a market economy, small businesses like our Xiao Lei family might have been directly swallowed up by those big companies. Whether we can survive at that time is a question."

"Are you so pessimistic?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and did not answer. After all, County Mayor Xu would not have thought that in the era of real market economy, many well-known companies would face external competition, and were one by one by one, and finally disappeared from the public's sight.

Zhao Shucheng didn't want the Xiao Lei family to go on this path, because he knew very well that by then, the Xiao Lei family would not only not have any development, but even the villagers could rely on only a few thin fields in the village. So he had to do everything possible to make the Xiao Lei family go faster and have a larger size, so that he could face the wind and rain outside calmly in the future.

County Magistrate Xu suddenly thought of something and said to Zhao Shucheng: "Dongbao, when I was in the county before, I heard from people that your construction team and village-run enterprises require advance payments, and even account for half of the order amount. It is very stressful for other enterprises and individuals. You Xiao Lei family is in the eyes of money. What do you think?"

Zhao Shucheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Secretary, that is, you ask, otherwise I wouldn't say it if I beat you to death."

When County Magistrate Xu saw Zhao Shucheng like this, he immediately became serious and said, "Did you notice any problem?"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't want to do this at the beginning. After all, doing this will reject many customers. But last time, because of steel and cement, I went to the provincial capital to find a source of goods and chatted with the manager of the steel factory."

"Although their steel bars are now in short supply, a large part of the funds cannot be recovered in time, so they can only owe debts and produce them while others owe their debts, which makes them a little trouble."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Although this situation is only a small part, it sounded a wake-up call for the Xiao Lei family. After all, the Xiao Lei family cannot compete with the steel bar factory. They have no money and can get loans from superiors or banks, so they will not be unable to survive. However, if the Xiao Lei family owes debts, it will be difficult for them to get a loan, and they cannot even apply for help from the county."

County Magistrate Xu blushed when he heard this and said, "Dongbao, I know you are blaming me. The last time the inspection team came, I didn't help Xiao Lei's family, but I also have my difficulties."

"Although the country is constantly advancing reform and development, I did not expect that the old and new forces will collide in the local area. The diehards are firm and stubborn, and there is a lot of resistance below. Anything I propose is a lonely hand, and the Xiao Lei family has been depressed for so long."

As he said that, County Magistrate Xu looked at Zhao Shucheng and asked, "Lei Dongbao, tell me honestly, have you ever been afraid?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, I am not afraid at all. I have a clear conscience and can withstand any investigation. And I am not blaming you. In fact, Xiao Lei's family is a village-run enterprise, and they must rely on themselves to make a breakthrough. If we rely on the county to survive this time, but next time we encounter competition, will we still rely on the county? If we compete with enterprises from other counties and cities, or even from other provinces next time, should we seek help from the government level? If we encounter competition from foreign-funded enterprises, should we also seek help from the government? Everyone has to walk on their own. Others helping you is a love affair, and not helping you is a duty. Only by breaking out by yourself can we face the ups and downs outside, rather than just the flowers in the greenhouse and cannot go outside."

County Magistrate Xu slapped his thigh and said, "Dongbao, what you said is so right. Many of our companies nowadays are greenhouse flowers and have no competitiveness at all. This will not work."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said with a smile: "I think so, County Magistrate Xu, to be honest, our Xiao Lei family took the initiative to make peace this time, otherwise the county brick factory and the acquisition station would definitely go bankrupt. But we can't do so in the same county and city, but if they don't find a way to change themselves, in the future, I'm very worried about whether they can persist in the competition outside. Will they still have to make peace with others? If they don't want to, what will they do?"

County Magistrate Xu sighed after hearing this. In fact, he knew that this problem was not only the existence of enterprises in the county, but many large enterprises had problems of one kind or another. The situation is not serious now, but if a solution cannot be found, in the face of competition from outside enterprises, these enterprises will sooner or later become burdens and even hinder the development of society.

He was also looking for a solution, but he did not dare to change it rashly. The situation of the Xiao Lei family is to a certain extent an experimental field, providing him with many ideas to solve the problem.

The Xiao Lei family was rated as an advanced one by the county and became a pioneer in reform. In just three years, not only had they escaped from years of poverty, but even had a few thousand yuan per capita living in buildings, becoming a wealthy village in the county.

The New Year is here. To celebrate the good life of Xiao Lei’s family, Zhao Shucheng not only distributed dividends to the villagers, but also invited the opera troupe to sing operas to the village and set off a lot of firecrackers.

Xiao Lei’s wool mill has started construction, and the machinery and equipment has been discussed with foreign manufacturers. It will be sent to you after the New Year and prepare for debugging after the New Year.

In a blink of an eye, Xiao Lei’s wool mill started construction. Because there were not many orders at the beginning, the village paid for buying rabbit fur and then sent it to the wool mill for processing.

I spent all these big money, but I didn’t see much profit, which made the villagers of Xiao Lei’s family feel so distressed. I don’t know how many people scolded Zhao Shucheng’s eighteen generations of ancestors behind their backs. Many people fanned the flames and received a lot of reports from Xin County.

However, none of this made Zhao Shucheng shaken. Instead, he stared at the wool spinning factory working overtime, and the wool spinning products produced were piled up in the wool spinning factory's warehouse.

When the new Canton Fair opened, Zhao Shucheng once again brought the villagers to the exhibition with Xiao Lei’s bamboo weaving products and wool spinning products.

The orders for bamboo weaving products are better, but the wool spinning products are not satisfactory. After all, Zhao Shucheng and others are more expensive than similar products, so their competitiveness is really not very good.

However, no one wants it, especially some companies that know Xiao Lei Family's products. After seeing that the wool spinning products are exclusive brands of Xiao Lei Family, they still ordered some of them.

Zhao Shucheng did not wander around at the Canton Fair this time. He would introduce Xiao Lei’s products to foreigners who came to negotiate business to foreigners, especially focusing on explaining Xiao Lei’s brand philosophy.

Hard work pays off, and Xiao Lei’s brand has been sold out. Although wool spinning products are not as popular as bamboo weaving products, at least the annual output of Xiao Lei’s family is sold in the form of orders.

Those who were in Xiao Lei’s family thought about Zhao Shucheng, but those who followed Zhao Shucheng to the Canton Fair were somewhat impressed by Zhao Shucheng when they saw Zhao Shucheng’s orders and transactions were sold at a much higher price than other companies.

When the Canton Fair ended and the order amount was summarized, they no longer complained about Zhao Shucheng spending money to build a wool spinning factory. Instead, they hoped that there would be so many orders next year, and even the family would raise more rabbits.

After returning to the village, the villagers heard the amount of the transaction and swallowed Zhao Shucheng's complaints. They were so excited that they felt that they could pay more dividends this year.

In a blink of an eye, Song Yunhui was about to graduate, and their classmates were busy with their respective futures. Song Yunhui heard that Jinzhou Chemical, a leading company in the entire system, was going to recruit workers in the school, and this year it would also introduce an advanced foreign production line, so he wanted to see the world.

However, Jinzhou Chemical only has one recruitment quota in their school this year, and the competition is very fierce, especially Yu Shanqing in Song Yunhui's dormitory, who also has to take the exam. The other party has much higher emotional intelligence than Song Yunhui and is very familiar with human relationships, so he is thinking of ways to establish a good relationship with Jinzhou Chemical staff.

Song Yunhui didn't have this idea. He felt that his professional scores ranked first for four consecutive years and performed well during the interview. His professor even helped to recommend his graduation thesis to General Manager Liu of Jinzhou Chemical, and the quota was firmly in his hands.

Unfortunately, Song Yunhui was disappointed, and the only place fell into Yu Shanqing's hands. Because Song Yunhui missed the allocation period, he could only be assigned to the city chemical factory in his hometown that he had always wanted him.

But how could Song Yunhui, who was determined to see the world, be willing to return to his hometown and go to the broken and old chemical factory that has no future development?

After graduation in the blink of an eye, the roommates of classmates packed up their things and left, but Song Yunhui insisted on staying at school just to wait for the impossible situation.
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