Chapter 542 Commendation Conference (1/2)

These ten-thousand-yuan households had too many problems. Li Duoyu had already explained them all, and they were still not planning to leave his room.

But compared to the farming knowledge, Li Duoyu found that these people preferred to hear what he saw and heard in the island country and Hong Kong Island.

The most frequently asked question is salary.

"Is the salary in the island country really that high? You can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month just by washing dishes?"

Li Duoyu replied: "Island countries are almost the same, but Hong Kong Island is not very clear."

"Do they really have that kind of train that runs underground?"

Li Duoyu nodded. Maybe it was because of the lack of information. No one knew that the capital already had a subway.

An old man asked: "Director Li, I just want to ask if the girls from the island country are more beautiful. The biggest regret in my life is that I can't go to the island country, otherwise I will let them taste the power of the iron rod."

After the uncle said this, everyone laughed. Someone said: "Uncle, how old were you at that time? Did your hair grow all the way? You are still an iron rod and an earthworm."

"Damn, I joined the fight when I was fourteen, okay? At fifteen, many people around me are having babies."

Li Duoyu smiled: "They are not pretty, they are all tiger-toothed girls. If they start talking, be careful to bite you."

"Director Li, you have tried it before, otherwise how would you know so clearly."

"No, don't talk nonsense."

When the group of people came to the back, their questions became more and more outrageous. They even asked how they managed to cross the border illegally, but Li Duoyu was unwilling to answer.

In the end, the staff came to the rescue and invited these people back to their rooms.

Li Duoyu had just finished taking a shower and was about to lie down and sleep. Unexpectedly, someone came and knocked on the door in the middle of the night.

Li Duoyu said angrily: "Go back, it's too late today, I'll talk to you next time when I have the chance."

"Duoyu, it's me."

The voice sounded familiar to Li Duoyu. When he opened the door, he saw a look of surprise on his face.

"Brother Ou, why are you here?"

Ou Wusheng smiled and said, "I am also here to attend this commendation meeting."

Li Duoyu patted his forehead and then remembered that Brother Ou also had a household worth ten thousand yuan and would definitely come to the meeting.

Ou Wusheng continued: "It was too busy here just now, so I didn't come to look for you. Now there is finally no one. It's so late, so I shouldn't have disturbed your rest."

"No, I don't go to bed that early either."

Ou Wusheng scratched his head and took out a pack of Ganoderma lucidum from behind: "It's like this, Duoyu, I have something to ask you."

Li Duoyu quickly refused: "Take it back quickly, you don't have to be so polite."

"No, if you don't accept it, I won't ask you for advice. I'll ask someone else."

After saying this, Li Duoyu frowned slightly and had no choice but to keep the pack of Ganoderma lucidum and give him some fish maw next time he went to Dazhu Village.

Ou Wusheng said: "It's like this. After discussing with you the year before last, I went to build a bamboo factory. Unexpectedly, I was lucky enough to let me start it. I made a lot of money last year."

"Congratulations then."

Ou Wusheng sighed: "But this year, I don't know why. The business has obviously become bigger, but the profit is much less than in previous years. I feel that if the scale continues to expand, I may lose money."

Li Duoyu frowned slightly: "Please explain it carefully, I can't understand it."

"That's it. You see, I've made money. There are several villages nearby this year."

After listening to Ou Ge's words, Li Duoyu finally understood that several nearby villages had seen Ou Ge making money, so they imitated him and started a bamboo processing factory with him.

Li Duoyu had heard from Xiaochao and Shitou that Ouge's bamboo processing factory produced relatively simple things, such as baskets, dustpans, and baskets.

People from several nearby villages could also do it, so they copied each other and the competition grew.

But Li Duoyu feels that this is not the reason why Brother Ou can't make money. Because Brother Ou started doing business earlier, the business is quite good. On the contrary, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and he has to ship a truckload of goods in two days.

The problem is that there are more bamboo factories and the purchase price of raw materials has increased, which means bamboo has become more expensive, but bamboo product manufacturers like them have rolled up.

This phenomenon is still relatively common. To put it bluntly, low-end manufacturing has rolled up. If raw materials continue to rise, the bigger the business, the more losses it may have. By then, the profits will be eaten up by workers and transportation costs.

Li Duoyu frowned and thought for a while. This was considered a relatively common situation. He didn't know how many such cases he had watched while watching short videos in his previous life.

Li Duoyu feels that this kind of thing is relatively easy to deal with in this era, and the development potential of bamboo products is still quite large.

Bamboo chopsticks can be produced. Summer is coming, and bamboo mats are also in great demand. They can even be used to make high-end mahjong mats.

In addition to these, bamboo products are also very suitable for export. Islanders have a soft spot for bamboo products.

At that time, you can take some samples to the islander who bought the eels to see if there are any sales channels. If possible, Li Duoyu would also like to invest some.

After listening, Li Duoyu nodded seriously and said, "You are right. If you continue, it will probably be difficult for you to make money."

Ou Wusheng also knew very well, but he was helpless: "Duoyu, you have seen the world. Is there anything I can do about my situation?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while: "Your threshold is too low. Everyone can do it. Unless the industry is upgraded, there is nothing we can do?"

Industrial upgrading?

Ou Wusheng was a little confused when he heard this word for the first time: "What does this mean?"

Li Duoyu frowned and said: "I won't be able to tell you clearly for a while. To put it simply, it is to make relatively high-end things."

"Does anyone want high-end products? But we seem to only be able to make bamboo baskets and baskets."

Li Duoyu asked: "Let me ask you something, how are the skills of the bamboo weaving craftsmen in your village?"

"It's not bad. Several of them can even weave animals out of bamboo, and they also made all the lantern frames."

"That's pretty awesome."

Li Duoyu glanced at the room, and there happened to be a pen and paper: "Let's do this, I'll draw something first, and then you let them follow the pattern above."

Li Duoyu drew designs on the spot, such as bamboo vases, bamboo chandeliers, and bamboo storage baskets.

These things are quite common in the island countries and the frequency of use is quite high. It can be said that since the bamboo weaving culture was introduced to the island countries, they have always attached great importance to it and applied bamboo weaving products to all aspects of life.

Speaking of which, this is the birthplace of bamboo culture, but for some reason, everyone seems to think that bamboo products are cheap, and seem to prefer the so-called luxury woods such as mahogany and nanmu.

But when Ou Wusheng saw what Li Duoyu painted, his mouth opened a little wide. He wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to do so.

Abstract, really too abstract.

To be honest, he is not as good at painting as his daughter Miaomiao. Ou Wusheng said quite against his will: "Duoyu, your painting is very sensitive."

Li Duoyu naturally knew how good he was in drawing, so he said a little embarrassedly: "You should be able to understand it, right?"

Brother Ou nodded and said, "Okay."

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "As long as you can understand it, it doesn't matter what you weave. The most important thing is to show off our bamboo weaving skills."

"Who should we show it to?"

Li Duoyu said seriously: "That's it. In about twenty days, a guest from the island country will come to me. He may be interested in these things. Let's show them to him."

Brother Ou became excited when he heard this: "Duoyu, are you planning to do foreign trade?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "Isn't what I'm best at doing foreign trade?"

"Oh, yes, yes." Li Duoyu continued: "When I went to the island country, I found that they particularly like bamboo products. I thought that as long as we make good things, there might be something to do."

After hearing this, Brother Ou was a little worried but also a little excited: "But can people from the island country appreciate these things like us?"

Li Duoyu said: "How do you know if it will work without trying it? Maybe they are bumpkins too?"

Ou Wusheng was startled and said, "Okay, after I go back this time, I will ask those old craftsmen to try their best to make these things as good as possible."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "If the negotiation can be successful this time, maybe we can cooperate."

Ou Wusheng said with hot eyes: "Then this time, I will do a good job and strive to cooperate with Director Li on a business as soon as possible."

In fact, even if the foreign trade negotiations are not concluded, these things that Li Duoyu gives Ou Ge will help Ou Ge expand his ideas for bamboo products.

Especially the mahjong mat. If I remember correctly, it will be a very popular bamboo product in the next few years.

After the two of them finished chatting, Li Duoyu asked: "Brother Ou, Miaomiao, are you feeling better now?"

"It's much better." Brother Ou said, "It's been much better since I stayed on your island for a while last time."

Ou Wusheng said: "If I hadn't been too busy and your sister-in-law wanted to help me, I would have sent her to your island to live for a while."

"welcome."

The two chatted until very late. When Li Duoyu woke up the next day, he was quite listless and had a pair of panda eyes.

When he came to the auditorium where the meeting was held, he looked around and saw that it was full of people. It seemed that there were many households worth ten thousand yuan in the entire county. It was indeed a place where smuggling had been done.

A banner hung on the podium, with the words "Develop production, work hard and get rich" at the top.

On the lower row are the words "Lianjiang County Commendation Conference for Hard-working Wealth".

Everyone who entered the venue was given a small red flower by the staff, and Li Duoyu's red flower was different from everyone else's. It seemed a little bigger.

After entering the chapel, Li Duoyu wanted to sit with the villagers, but the villagers said, "Director Li, your seat is not here, it is in the first row in front."

Li Duoyu really found his place in the first row, and his name was posted on the back of the seat.

[Li Duoyu in Shangfeng Town]

I don’t know whether it was intentional or not, but the seat next to Li Duoyu at this commendation meeting was [Nanri Town Zhang Sanming].

After the two met, they all smiled and nodded. Zhang Sanming smiled and said: "Director Li, long time no see."

After seeing Zhang Sanming, Li Duoyu asked unceremoniously: "Mr. Zhang, my second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua was taken care of by you some time ago."

"It should, it should."

Li Duoyu continued: "It's hard to raise eels recently. I don't know how Mr. Zhang is doing. I heard that you have a medicine in your hand that is very effective."

Zhang Sanming was slightly surprised: "Director Li, did you raise the eels this time?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "Every now and then, one or two eels die. I have no idea what's going on."

Zhang Sanming's face turned dark when he heard this. During the recent period, he had been losing three to four thousand eels every day.

This Li Duoyu must have heard something and came here to show off. Zhang Sanming really didn't want to pay attention to him at this moment.

The last time he came here for a meeting was the Rongcheng Fisheries Conference. At that time, the big leaders came to attend the meeting, but this time Li Duoyu looked through the table cards on the podium, and there was no big leader's name.

There was not even Secretary Huang's name, just these leaders in the county.

After all, commendation meetings are different from work meetings. If the leaders come here and don't go to the next place, then other places will have opinions.

So this kind of commendation meeting is either to go to all or not to go at all.

Li Duoyu found that the people sitting in the front row were not the so-called ten thousand yuan households, but all entrepreneurs, a total of ten.

There were two people in the breeding industry, him and Zhang Sanming.

One from the cannery, Lin Jinghua.

Ren Chengyi from the textile factory.

There was also a young man who came back from Nanyang. This person was dressed slightly differently from them. He didn't wear a white shirt and trousers, but a casual outfit, which made him stand out from the crowd.

But there were many people around him flattering him. Even County Magistrate Tao said very politely when he saw him: "Boss Lin."

A group of millionaires flattered him. Li Duoyu had seen this man several times in the newspaper and heard about his family's story.

Their family was also one of the early people who went to Southeast Asia. Later, they made a lot of money in Southeast Asia and returned to their hometown to invest in a sugar factory. I heard that the scale was quite large.

After the commendation meeting began, Boss Lin naturally spoke as a guest and celebrity entrepreneur.

What he said was relatively routine, mostly about homesickness, and the investment he made when he returned to China in the hope of contributing to the motherland, etc. ”

After the overseas Chinese finished his speech, the whole audience burst into warm applause.

As an outside investor, Zhang Sanming also spoke as a guest. He mostly praised Lianjiang County and said that they felt that their county had great potential.

After he finished his speech, the meeting entered the next agenda and began to award the "Hardworking Wealth Award" to the millionaires.

The people of Xiasha Village saw Li Duoyu sitting in the first row and thought he was going to speak, but they didn't expect that the commendation meeting was almost over and Li Duoyu was not invited to the stage.

At this time, some people in the audience started to talk about it. Some people who were jealous of Li Duoyu couldn't help but speak on the spot.

"I thought the leaders valued him very much, but now it seems that he is just so-so."

"The people who spoke were so amazing, he certainly couldn't compare."

"I said, if he really spoke this time, I couldn't help but wonder if Li Duoyu was the leader's illegitimate son. "

"Hahaha. "

The people of Xiasha Village were very upset after hearing these words, and several of them were very unhappy.

"Why did you let Zhang Sanming speak instead of Brother Yu?"

"Brother Yu's eels are much better than Zhang Sanming's, and he also earns foreign exchange. Now he has set up a shrimp farm. In the whole county, our village has the most millionaires. "

But Li Duoyu didn't care at all. When he was drinking with County Magistrate Tao the night before, he already knew the list of speakers. He deleted the three words "Li Duoyu" from the list of speakers.

At first, County Magistrate Tao refused, so Li Duoyu had to bring up the big leaders and said that the loan for his shrimp farm was approved by the big leaders.

Everything is just for stability, not too high-profile.

So the spokesperson changed from Li Duoyu to Zhang Sanming, but Zhang Sanming didn't know about this at all.

If he knew that Li Duoyu gave up the opportunity to speak because he thought it was troublesome to write a speech, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

At the end of the commendation meeting, Li Duoyu took the oath as a representative of the new party members.

In this era, everyone is very concerned about joining the organization. The weaving thing is still very positive and enthusiastic. Every person who swore an oath shouted very loudly.

Li Duoyu also shouted very loudly. People like him who have been abroad know very well that only when the motherland is strong will others treat you as a human being, otherwise they will treat you like a monkey.

Of course, there are some people who don’t want to be human beings and want to kneel down and be dogs, but such people are often neither human nor human, and their lives are quite uncomfortable.

After all, foreigners are not stupid. If you don’t even love your own motherland, how can others believe that you love their country? Often, after using you, they will directly throw you away as a rag.

At the moment of swearing, Li Duoyu had a lot of thoughts. He wished his small family would always be happy and safe, and at the same time, he also wished that the motherland would always be prosperous and never be bullied again. (End of this chapter)