1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 225 This Moonlight Rabbit also represents a breakthrough in our agriculture and animal husbandry!
In the meeting room of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee.

As soon as Su Wenchen and He Zhenbang walked in, they found that there were already quite a few people sitting inside.

Su Wenchen looked around. On the right side were representatives of the import and export company. Sitting at the top was a middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. When he saw the two people come in, there was a look of disdain in his eyes.

Then he lowered his head and wrote something on the notebook with a pen.

Sitting on the left side were people from the Foreign Trade Bureau. Sitting at the top was a middle-aged woman in a Lenin suit, who was looking at the two people who came in with great interest.

Secretary Zhou and Mayor Zhai were also sitting at the front row. Judging from the layer of ash on the table, Su Wenchen had been waiting for at least two cigarettes.

It is obvious that they attach great importance to this matter.

Mayor Zhai looked at his watch and spoke directly.

"The municipal office received a call from Lao He. Secretary Zhou and I, along with this large group of people, have put off a lot of work and are waiting for you two."

"If you don't come up with something satisfactory, I tell you, you'll be punished!"

"Secretary Zhou, what do you think?"

Obviously, Mayor Zhai said this to protect the two people. If things don't meet expectations, he will be responsible for the punishment.

After all, He Zhenbang is his man.

After hearing what Mayor Zhai said, Secretary Zhou did not comment and did not plan to do anything about it.

After all, earning foreign exchange is also for the benefit of the city. Besides, his main attention is now on the city textile industry. The city textile industry relies on the foreign exchange it can bring in and has ignored him several times.

If there were other industries in the city that could generate foreign exchange, would the other party still dare to do this? And at that time, the resistance he faced in dealing with the other party would not be as great as it is now.

Therefore, Secretary Zhou is one of the people who most hopes that Lanshuichang will succeed in earning foreign exchange.

So he said it directly.

"Old Zhai, you're too harsh in beating people all the time. It's not that easy to earn foreign exchange."

"As far as I'm concerned, as long as you don't just catch a couple of rabbits and say you want to take them to the Canton Fair to earn foreign exchange, everything else is understandable."

"After all, we are comrades, and we are committed to local development!"

"If you beat people with a stick at every turn, who would dare to work voluntarily in the future?"

Then he turned to the woman in the front row from the Foreign Trade Bureau and said.

"Director Deng, when you go back, you can also notify other state-owned enterprises in the city and ask them to bring out any good things they have. As long as they can generate foreign exchange, the city will support them!"

"Okay, Secretary Zhou. I'll send the document to the city government when I get back."

Su Wenchen also understood at this time that Secretary Zhou's desire to earn foreign exchange was probably even greater than Mayor Zhai's.

Then Su Wenchen glanced at the middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses from the import and export company.

I noticed that the other party's face instantly stiffened when he heard what Secretary Zhou said.

It is obvious that if there are more state-owned enterprises earning foreign exchange in the city, the first one to be dealt with by the other party will probably be the city's textile industry.

By that time, not only the city, but also the province may not have as many people protecting them as they do now.

Of course, Su Wenchen would definitely not have any mercy on them. Who wouldn't want to develop a relationship with him?
When the people from the Municipal Textile Import and Export Company heard what Secretary Zhou said, although they were unhappy, they still didn't dare to confront the city's top leader.

After all, he is not the director of the municipal textile industry.

After looking around, he could only vent his anger towards Su Wenchen. After all, he was the lowest level in the whole audience, so he would definitely pick on the weak.

"Humph, Lanshui Farm is a chicken farm. Why are you raising rabbits instead of chickens?"

"You're still thinking about going to the Canton Fair. Do you know what foreigners like about our country?"

"What people like is finely woven cotton, beautiful silk, and fine imitation woolen cloth!"

"If the leather is easy to export, why would you need your little place to be in the spotlight? It's just wishful thinking!"

"Secretary, I think coming here today is a waste of time. You shouldn't believe that such a small market can generate foreign exchange."

"If this kind of thing is really so easy, will it still be their turn?"

Seeing that the other party was actually coming towards him, Su Wenchen felt really speechless. This bastard really only bullies the weak and fears the strong.

It was clearly Secretary Zhou who wanted to deal with them, but he chose to target himself.

But Su Wenchen would definitely not tolerate this, so he said directly.

"Comrade, the sign in front of you should be the Municipal Textile Import and Export Company."

"You are so short-sighted that you are actually in charge of the import and export business of the city's textiles. To be honest, I am really worried about the future of the city's textiles."

"And as far as I know, the city's textile orders have been declining slightly in recent years. If they continue to decline, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the threshold for signing orders in a few years."

"You! Are you trying to discredit our city's textile factory?"

"Secretary Zhou, I think he is deliberately slandering our factory. Once such remarks are spread, it will easily cause psychological unrest among our factory workers, thus affecting production and further affecting foreign exchange earnings."

"Maybe he was sent from somewhere else to deliberately sabotage our city's mission of earning foreign exchange."

"I asked the city to investigate him."

After hearing Su Wenchen exposing their scars, the other party could no longer bear it and directly put the blame of destroying foreign exchange earnings on Su Wenchen.

However, Su Wenchen was not panicked at all, because he understood the situation on the scene, which was why he spoke like this.

It is obvious that the two current bosses in the city have little patience with the city's textile industry.

I guess they all want to give the other party a beating. The reason they are not taking action now is, one, they are worried about the impact on foreign exchange earnings, and the other is they are worried about the pressure from the province.

After all, the bulk of the foreign exchange earned actually goes to the national treasury first. The province usually gets 30% of the usage quota, and the remaining 20% goes to the city.

Of course, the ratio is not fixed. Anyway, the majority of the money from their city comes from the province.

This is also the reason why the city's textile industry dares not to give face.

But now it is obvious that the two bosses in the city can't stand this, so naturally I have to stand on the side of the city.

As for whether the province will be held back by this matter.

Su Wenchen was not worried at all, because the province wanted foreign exchange and there was no reason to stop him from earning foreign exchange.

Even if some people cannot distinguish between public and private affairs, not all bigwigs are like this.

Besides, among those who can reach the provincial level, there is no such person as a fool who acts on impulse every day.

So we have to face the accusation from the other side that we are destroying foreign exchange earnings.

Su Wenchen directly retorted.

"Comrade, if you ask me, your factory always uses the foreign exchange earning cap to pressure others. No wonder your factory offends the most people."

"When they came to our factory to purchase eggs, the city clearly gave them a quota of 1,000 kilograms, but they insisted on purchasing 2,000 kilograms."

"If we don't want to, we'll use the impact on foreign exchange earnings to pressure you. It seems that in your city's textile industry, if you don't eat eggs, you won't have the energy to work, right?"

"If that's the case, I think some of your comrades in the factory have even been corrupted by hedonism. Otherwise, why would they be unwilling to work without eating eggs?"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the other party immediately became anxious.

"you!"

Su Wenchen pressed his hand.

"Comrade, please listen to me. You said earlier that I was deliberately defaming your factory."

"I don't know how you came to this conclusion. Isn't it true that your annual order volume is decreasing?"

"Almost all the employees in your factory know this. The comrades from our Foreign Trade Bureau are here today. I'm afraid they also have records of the annual import and export orders."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the female cadre from the Foreign Trade Bureau looked at Su Wenchen meaningfully.

But still said.

"This comrade is right. The city's textile orders have indeed been declining in recent years. Our Foreign Trade Bureau has indeed recorded this. It is no secret. Although it is not open to the outside world, any state-owned unit that intends to earn foreign exchange can and we will provide this kind of basic information."

Su Wenchen spread his hands.

"Comrade, you see, I didn't make up lies to discredit you. I just stated the facts."

"Why are you not allowed to tell the truth?"

"Now let's go back to your original statement. I really don't know what foreigners like."

"But I think a lot of beautiful things are connected. There was no leather before because our breeding industry and leather industry were developing."

"When our country held its first Canton Fair, agricultural and sideline products and traditional handicrafts were the main products."

"Just because light industry was underdeveloped at that time, does that mean foreigners don't like our textiles and industrial products?"

"As for last year, I looked at the information released by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and found that the orders for our textile products, such as cotton, silk and woolen cloth, were all on the rise. We also saw sales in the light industry, such as bicycles, paper, stationery, ceramics and glass products."

"Even our heavy industry is developing very rapidly now, and we have even exported our own machine tools and boring machines to some African countries."

"In recent years, only agricultural and sideline products have developed slowly. The emergence of our native Yuehua rabbits means that our agriculture and animal husbandry are also developing."

"If the leather of this kind of Yuehua rabbit can be exhibited at this time, it will also prove that our agriculture and animal husbandry are not inferior to foreign varieties."

As he spoke, Su Wenchen opened the package he had brought and directly spread out several pieces of tanned Moon Rabbit leather.

When the first moon-colored fur was unfolded, the sunlight outside the window just happened to shine obliquely on the fur.

The golden sunlight and the silvery-white fur reflected each hair, which had just been greased and polished, giving it a silvery luster.

Under the sunlight, it seems that every hair is glowing.

As Su Wenchen began to move, his hair rose and fell layer by layer like flowing silver light.

For an instant.

Almost everyone's attention was attracted.

The middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses who had been arguing with Su Wenchen earlier.

What's more, he stood up suddenly the moment he saw it. Because he moved so quickly, his clothes knocked over the enamel teacup on the table without him noticing at all.

The tea dripped down the table, soaking the other person's clothes.

At this time, the other party didn't care about all this and immediately questioned.

"I've seen Rex rabbit leather in Guangshi, and they were all bluish-gray, never silvery white like yours."

"And judging from the glossiness, this is definitely not rabbit fur. It could be sable."

"No, it could also be a white fox."

Su Wenchen looked at the other person like a fool.

"Do you think we can raise sables here? Or white foxes?"

"And if we can raise live sables and white foxes on our farm, we can just raise them! Why do you say this is rabbit skin?"

"I thought you might be a bit mentally handicapped, and now it seems to be true."

"Secretary Zhou, Mayor Zhai, this is the Yuehua rabbit that we bred on our farm. It is a variant of the Rex rabbit."

"But this should be a color that belongs only to our country."

"Also, you can tell whether this is a rabbit by the area of the skin. Sables and white foxes are usually slightly larger than this."

"But I dare say that in terms of fur quality and color brightness, our Moonlight Rabbit is in no way inferior to the top-grade sable fur."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Director Deng of the Foreign Trade Bureau said with a look of longing in his eyes.

"Captain Su, can I touch it?"

As the only woman present, Director Deng was most attracted by this kind of fur. She even wondered what it would look like if it was cut into fur.

But she only dared to think about it. If she dared to wear it now, she would probably be laid off the next day.

On the third day, you have to go to the farm to feed the rabbits yourself.

When Su Wenchen heard this, he immediately nodded.

"Director Deng, wait a moment. We have brought several samples. I will let you taste them now." As he said this, he and He Zhenbang handed the six samples to Secretary Zhou and Mayor Zhai respectively, with two samples each for the Foreign Trade Bureau and the Municipal Textile Import and Export Company.

But after getting it.

The official from the Foreign Trade Bureau who followed over was a little confused.

"Hey, why does this photo of mine look different from the one in Director Deng's hand?"

"It's the same here. Both of them seem to be defective."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Among these six samples, three are top-grade. They are specially bred by feeding them common medicinal herbs and special feeds, so their hair is finer and more lustrous."

Then he pointed to the three pieces of leather in his hand and gave them to the people who followed him.

"This is the fur of the Yuehua rabbit, which is raised on grass and straw. We compared it with the fur of the purple-blue Rex rabbit imported from abroad."

“Whether it’s the quality of the fur or the texture of the hair, it’s superior!”

After hearing Su Wenchen's words, several staff members who were originally tasting ordinary Yuehua rabbit fur skins came to the rescue.

Suddenly I felt that the fur in my hand no longer smelled good.

Because Su Wenchen didn't say anything at the beginning, they felt that although it seemed that they could not keep up, they were not too far behind.

But after hearing about it, I now look at it again, especially at the special fur in the hands of Director Deng and Secretary Zhou and Mayor Zhai above.

This contrast instantly paled in comparison.

Secretary Zhou stroked the soft hair with his hand. The surface fur was as soft as clouds and mist. For a moment, even he felt like possessing it for himself.

But the thought only lasted for a moment.

Because if you really wear this, you'll be a sitting duck.

Therefore, this thing is destined to be exported only abroad, and no one in China dares to wear it.

"Not bad, very good!"

"When you touch it, it feels like frost and snow falling on silk, soft, fine, comfortable and smooth."

"Old Zhai, what do you think?"

Mayor Zhai also smiled and nodded.

"I think it's good too. If this can't earn foreign exchange, I'm afraid that the leather won't be attractive to those foreigners."

Then he tried to ease the tense atmosphere a little.

"I think if our troops had been wearing this kind of leather to aid North Korea, their high-tech night vision goggles would have been blinded."

When everyone heard what Mayor Zhai said, they all burst into laughter.

Secretary Zhou was probably really shocked when he thought of the scene of hundreds of thousands of soldiers wearing such luxurious coats charging forward collectively!

He shook his head and said helplessly.

"You are so bold!"

Then he spoke directly to the Foreign Trade Bureau.

"I think the Foreign Trade Bureau should hurry up and start reporting to the province. There are only a few days left before this year's spring Canton Fair, and I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up."

"But if everything goes well, the fall season should be fine."

"Director Deng? What did your Foreign Trade Bureau say? Are there any difficulties?"

After hearing what Secretary Zhou said, Director Deng quickly came back to his senses.

After a moment's silence, he replied.

"It's not difficult at all. We will definitely cooperate, but in whose name?"

Su Wenchen said immediately after hearing this.

"Director Deng, I heard from my friends in the Foreign Trade Department that we need qualifications to export our products, so we are going to jointly establish a leather import and export company with the county's state-owned tannery to take charge of this matter."

"Then declare it in the name of this import and export company."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the other party was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Su Wenchen knew the process so clearly.

Generally speaking, although these processes are not confidential, most units are not aware of them.

Moreover, the other party was able to obtain information from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, which really surprised her.

However, it can also save her a lot of time, because it means that Su Wenchen must know the general process.

This greatly increases the probability of a successful application.

Even if the other party has someone in the foreign trade department, it might be possible to successfully declare it in one go.

So after hearing Su Wenchen's words, he nodded directly.

"Yes, if it involves export, you do need to apply for qualifications at the Foreign Trade Bureau, so you can just submit the application materials to our Foreign Trade Bureau when the time comes."

Then he glanced at the two leaders above.

"But, under which unit is your personnel management registered?"

Hearing this, Secretary Zhou simply waved his hand.

"It is directly registered with the city, but the personnel are still managed by people sent by Blue Water Livestock Farm and Blue Water Tannery."

Apparently, He Zhenbang had already discussed this before. Naturally, the city would not do the same as the city's textile industry this time and let them control the business themselves. They were afraid that there would be another company like this that was not under the city's control and only took orders from the province.

So Su Wenchen asked He Zhenbang to go to the city to discuss this matter. After several rounds of negotiations, the import and export company was registered in the city.

However, the personnel are still managed by people sent by Blue Water Livestock Farm and Blue Water Tannery, and the final profits belong to those two parties, and the city does not take a penny.

To Su Wenchen, the one from the city was just a bonus and didn’t cost a cent.

However, the personnel management rights are currently in their hands.

As for registering it under his own name like the city textile factory, although he wanted to, based on the information revealed by He Zhenbang.

The city will never give in on this issue, and even Mayor Zhai will not give in at all.

After all, as we have learned from past experience, the textile industry in one city is already a headache enough, so who will be the boss among several cities?

However, the city also compromised, that is, Su Wenchen and his team would still send their own people to manage the personnel, and the city would not get involved unless something major happened.

After all, if it really fails, the city will be the one that suffers in the end.

After hearing what Secretary Zhou said, Mayor Zhai and his subordinates Su Wenchen and He Zhenbang had no objection at all.

Director Deng also knows about this and probably communicated with him in advance.

"Okay, let's go back and wait for Director Su and the others to submit the materials. Then we can lead the team to the provincial government to apply."

"Blue Water Field, you need to prepare your product descriptions and samples in advance. Oh, and also go to the exhibition for promotion."

"The current foreign trade policy in this regard is to reflect our country's self-reliance, so the propaganda tone cannot be in the direction of luxury."

"It has to reflect our hard-working spirit, otherwise the Ministry of Foreign Trade will have a hard time."

Su Wenchen nodded.

"Okay, Director Deng, our propaganda has always been centered around the breakthrough of the localized Rex Rabbit."

"It mainly explains why this unique color was cultivated here, which fully reflects the advantages of our advanced socialist system."

Anyway, for Su Wenchen, this kind of publicity plan is for internal use only.

At the Canton Fair, the main thing will still be communication.

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Director Deng from the Foreign Trade Bureau looked at Su Wenchen in surprise.

She didn't expect that Su Wenchen was so sensible.

Anyway, she doesn't know whether it is true or not, but it is true that this kind of publicity plan is the easiest to be successfully declared.

Secretary Zhou also nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay then, if everyone has no objection, then it's decided."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people from the import and export company stood up and made a final effort.

"Secretary, I think it's too complicated to set up a new import and export company, and it will take up more staff. I think we can just apply in the name of our company."

"We have had a successful application once before, and I guarantee that we will be able to apply successfully and bring more foreign exchange quotas to our city."

Obviously, he also understood that if the Blue Water Field really succeeded, their good days in Lan City would probably not last long.

So after thinking for a long time, he felt that the best way was to take this matter into their own hands.

Not only can it bring more profits, but it can also give your unit more say.

Hearing this, Su Wenchen rolled his eyes. He didn't want to refute the other party at all.

Because of this matter, not to mention him, the other two people in the city can't get over it.

I was planning to deal with you in the first place, so how could I let you gain more bargaining chips?

Su Wenchen felt that the wisest choice for the Municipal Textile Company at this time was to separate the import and export companies under the Municipal Textile Company.

Then, restrain your own strength. If you know what's best for you, you might have a chance of survival.

Of course, it is also possible that he will be treated even worse because of losing his biggest bargaining chip.

Who knows!

Otherwise, looking at the current situation, Su Wenchen feels that even if their market does not have the problem of earning foreign exchange, the good days of the city's textile industry will not last long.

After all, Secretary Zhou's working style was different from that of his predecessor Secretary Li from the very beginning.

The situation here is much tougher. If the confrontation continues, it will be difficult for the municipal textile industry to win. After all, the province is far away and sometimes it is impossible for it to come to the rescue every time.

The fact was exactly as Su Wenchen expected. Upon hearing this, Secretary Zhou snorted coldly.

"As for the city textile industry, let's first put our own orders in place before we talk about other things."

"If the foreign exchange earning quota is reduced further, even if our city has no objection, the provincial government will probably have objections."

Then he looked at his watch.

"It's getting late. I have a meeting with the Light Industry Bureau soon. You can go back and discuss it among yourselves. If there are any new surprises, you can come to me directly."

"As long as it helps earn foreign exchange, the city will give priority to building roads."

Having said that, he was the first to walk out of the meeting room.

As soon as Secretary Zhou leaves.

The leader of the city's textile import and export company also clenched his fists with an unpleasant look on his face.

Today he came with the intention of seeing the joke.

As a result, it seems that not only will the joke not be seen, but the city textile company itself will gradually become a joke. In the end, he actually knows that it is unlikely that the city will agree.

But what if, what if Secretary Zhou agrees!
And this can also help to see if the situation with Secretary Zhou can be eased.

Now it seems that I was overthinking it. Given the other party's temper, the day that Lanshuichang gets the foreign exchange order will be the day that their city's textile industry will be in trouble.

Workers' protests and provincial pressure won't work forever.

"Zhai Shi, if everything is alright, we will go back first."

As Secretary Zhou left, Mayor Zhai stood up and nodded.

"Everyone, get busy! If there is anything, you can communicate with the city."

Then he spoke to Su Wenchen and He Zhenbang.

"Come on, both of you go to my office and have a chat! I'm really curious about your field!"

(End of this chapter)