1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 234 The Yuehua rabbit industry in Lan City is a resounding song that heralds the revolution in breeding technology!

A group of people from the Foreign Trade Department left the rabbit house.

Lei Bailiang also took a look at the researcher from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences who seemed a little reluctant to leave.

He turned around and prepared to say goodbye to Su Wenchen.

"Director Su, we are done here. All you have to do is make sure that there are no problems with the Moonlight Rabbit population."

"About a month after we return, the Ministry of Foreign Trade's letter of introduction to Guangzhou should be ready for delivery."

When Su Wenchen heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, leaders. We will prepare carefully and achieve good results. We will not disappoint the Ministry of Foreign Trade."

Lei Bailiang nodded.

"This time, the leaders above stepped in to stop the dispute and helped you shoulder some of the pressure. I hope you can produce excellent results and use your actual achievements to shut up those who doubt you."

Su Wenchen knew what Lei Bailiang meant and replied directly.

"We will use our achievements to prove that the leadership's vision is correct."

"Well, it's almost noon, how about going to our cafeteria for a quick meal?"

Hearing this, Lei Bailiang hesitated for a moment.

When Su Wenchen saw the other party's hesitant expression, he immediately knew what the other party was worried about and added directly.

"Don't worry, we will definitely not violate the document issued by the higher authorities against using company funds for food and drink. We will serve the same meals as the employees!"

Lei Bailiang heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Su Wenchen's solemn promise.

They drove all the way here in a dusty state, and to be honest, they were all very hungry.

Seeing that Su Wenchen said that he did not give them special treatment, he agreed. After all, the document was just issued at the beginning of the year, and it would be a shame if they violated it blatantly at this time.

When the news gets out, as the leader of the Foreign Trade Department, he will definitely bear the main responsibility.

In the cafeteria.

Since the employees have not yet left work, several large iron basins are already filled with steaming hot meals.

There was hot water under the iron basin, covered with wooden lids to keep it warm.

After all, there are hundreds of people in the field now, and it is impossible for the canteen to wait until the employees get off work to prepare the food.

Su Wenchen walked in with Lei Bailiang and a group of people.

Direct introduction.

"The public tableware area here has been cleaned. Comrades can come here to get their own tableware, and then go to the window to get their meals."

Then he shouted directly to the cafeteria chef at the distant window.

"Master Sun, please arrange for the staff to serve meals to these comrades in the work group!"

After hearing Su Wenchen's words, a group of people walked to the food window holding plates that looked like plates.

I saw that there were actually quite a few dishes, especially the green leeks wrapped in golden scrambled eggs.

Lei Bailiang's brows suddenly wrinkled into a "川" shape, and he looked at Su Wenchen with a little dissatisfaction.

"Director Su, didn't you say that we don't need to add more dishes?"

He pointed inside the cafeteria.

"Why do you add extra dishes for us?"

"I know you mean well, but this is useless. Besides, everyone who comes here will pay for their meals!"

Su Wenchen, who was queuing behind, was confused when he heard this, because he really didn't ask anyone to order more dishes.

But when he thought about whether it was that smart guy's own decision, he was not sure.

After all, some people do try to guess their superiors' intentions and then cause unexpected events.

So Su Wenchen looked at Miao Yuan sharply.

Miao Yuan quickly shook his head and explained.

"Director, I didn't make any arrangements. You specifically told me to do so. How could I do it on my own?"

Besides, he is not stupid. He has seen everything in the department. It would be fine if the higher-ups hadn't issued any document, but the document has just been issued, and you are knowingly breaking the rule. Aren't you just asking for trouble?

Hearing Miao Yuan say this, Su Wenchen was a little confused. It was impossible for Miao Yuan to act on his own if he didn't arrange the canteen!
So Su Wenchen walked to the window and looked at a pot of fried shredded potatoes, a pot of fried cabbage, and a large pot of fried eggs and leeks at the edge.

Su Wenchen immediately understood a little and explained with a helpless smile.

"Leader, we really didn't add extra dishes on purpose. This is a normal meal for employees!"

"You mean this egg?"

"This is not a special dish. We have more than 70,000 chickens in our two farms, and we can produce 6,000 to 7,000 kilograms of eggs a day."

"From picking up the eggs, loading them onto trucks, transporting them to the egg warehouse, and finally being taken away by the supply and marketing cooperative, the eggs often get damaged due to bumps and bruises along the way."

"The supply and marketing cooperatives can't sell broken eggs like this because they'll go bad in two days at most!"

"So these newly broken eggs have a short shelf life and are usually sent directly to the canteen for the staff to eat."

"Basically, we have dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of eggs every day. Because they are damaged during loading and transportation, these eggs are really not a snack. Our employees all know this."

When Lei Bailiang heard Su Wenchen's words, his expression immediately relaxed. As long as it wasn't done alone, it would be fine. However, he was still a little surprised.

To be honest, their review was based on Su Wenchen's family background and relevant information about Yuehua Rabbit.

As for the chicken farm, we only know that it was established a year and a half ago, and we did not conduct a detailed investigation because, after all, the chickens are not exported.

But he really didn't expect that the Blue Water Farm had such a large scale of laying hens.

In just one and a half years, not only did the chicken farm grow to more than 70,000 chickens, but a new breed of fur rabbit, the Yuehua rabbit, was also bred.

He even found out that the other party had traveled all the way from Qianjin Farm in Shanghai and brought back a white pig that could be bred.

Although it seems that there is no result now.

But he really admires Su Wenchen's hard work.

So he said it directly with apology.

"I'm sorry, Director Su. I was rude!"

Su Wenchen waved his hands repeatedly, half-jokingly trying to ease the atmosphere.

"No, the main thing is that our food is really good, so it's normal for the leaders to misunderstand."

"After all, even the cafeterias in our municipal government offices don't have as good food as ours. We are a livestock farm after all."

"There are not only these broken eggs, but also the skins of the Rex rabbits raised here are sold to the leather factory, and the meat is processed to the cannery, where they are made into canned rabbit meat."

"Some leftovers such as rabbit heads and rabbit racks are sent to our canteen, where they are braised and made into cold dishes."

"But this will cost extra money, because many employees will buy some to drink at night. Leaders, do you want to try it? Don't worry, I will pay for it out of my own pocket!"

"The price is not expensive, but there is not much meat, I just want to enjoy the taste."

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the other party walked to the cold dish area on the far left, sniffed the spicy aroma in the air, and immediately swallowed his saliva.

He immediately waved his hand.

"No, I'll pay for it myself. To be honest, I'm from Sichuan Province, and I really want this spicy taste!"

Then he turned around and shouted to the working group.

"The department will reimburse the normal staple food, but if you want to eat the braised side dishes here, you have to pay for them yourself!"

As he said this, he asked the food server to give him several rabbit heads.

Seeing this, many others chose to pay for a spicy side dish for themselves.

After a while, the singing of workers leaving work was heard in the field.

A large number of employees began to pour into the cafeteria, and many of them rushed to the cold dish area to find that there was only a little left.

He suddenly started wailing.

"Ah! I was clearly the first one to come out today, how come I'm gone again!"

The person serving food in the cold dish area immediately gestured towards Su Wenchen.

The employee fell silent immediately, then he remembered that a leader seemed to be coming to inspect the rabbit house today.

Moreover, Lei Bailiang, who was having a meal here, heard the shouts of the employees and found that the Blue Water Field was indeed developing very well.

So many ordinary workers are willing to eat rabbit heads which cost only two cents each.

To be honest, if he hadn't tasted spicy food for a long time, he might not have been willing to eat a rabbit head that cost only two cents each.

But when you take a bite, it’s spicy and delicious.

Well, the money was not wasted. He even wanted to buy some to bring back for his old friends.

After meal.

Su Wenchen and a group of leaders in the field saw off the people from the Foreign Trade Department. Han Yang watched the jeep driving away, raising thick smoke and dust.

"Director, the foreign exchange earnings should be stable now!"

"It's just that last leader Lei spent his own money to buy several cans of rabbit meat. We could have given them a few cans each!"

Su Wenchen glanced at the other person.

"Don't you see that we have to pay for our meals?"

"If the relationship is not in place, how can they owe us a favor?"

"If you go down there and check, and someone gives you a few cans and asks you to help arrange the work, can you do it?"

Han Yang quickly shook his head.

"Director, I don't have that ability! Besides, even if I can arrange it, I can't do it! A job position is worth a lot of money!"

Su Wenchen was a little speechless.

"Even you know it, how could they not know it? As the leader of the foreign trade department, his words are more important than a job position. Do you think they can just take your things casually?"

Obviously that's why Su Wenchen didn't keep moving forward.

It is precisely because the relationship is not in place that people from higher-level departments are naturally more vigilant than local officials.

If you are too enthusiastic, people will worry that you have other intentions.

But he still said to Han Yang.

"Go back and inform the field that if there are any employees who are willing, they can submit their articles to the city and provincial newspapers."

"Let's take the Moonlight Rabbit that we breed in our farm as the theme."

"For every article that is adopted, we will give you extra ticket subsidies!"

"If you publish in the municipal newspaper, you will get egg coupons. If you publish in the provincial newspaper, you will get industrial coupons. If you publish in the people's newspaper, you will get a bicycle as a reward."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, everyone was a little surprised.

Han Yang scratched his head.

"Director, is this too much of a reward?"

Even Zhang Zhenhua and Zheng Xianghong nodded.

"Yes, just tell the employees directly. This is a good service to the field."

Su Wenchen said with finality.

"It's not a big deal. Besides, there's almost no remuneration for submitting articles to newspapers now, so it's only right that we provide some subsidies. Otherwise, the employees won't have much motivation to submit articles."

To be honest, sometimes he couldn't stand these guys in the field treating the money in the field as if it were their own.

I feel like giving a little bit of stuff to employees is a bit too much.

It's like giving away your own money.

If you don’t give any rewards, employees may take some action at first, but without the motivation of interests, their initiative will definitely not be high. Most likely, they are just fooling around.

The chances of such a sloppy article being accepted are extremely low. It is not written with any care at all, so how could it be accepted?

This is also the reason why Su Wenchen proposed material rewards.

After Su Wenchen made the final decision, the others didn't say anything. After all, a few bills were not a big deal.

Even Zhang Zhenhua felt that Su Wenchen was a bit sensational. Why would he submit his manuscript instead of focusing on production?

After arranging things on the field.

Su Wenchen went to the commune again and asked Jiang Li to ask the educated youth to submit their works as well. Taking advantage of this opportunity, once the commune was exposed, it would be beneficial to both her and the commune.

However, he didn't care after hearing what was said here. Whether he could seize the opportunity depended on the arrangements of the commune.

Time flies, and more than a week goes by in the blink of an eye.

Chasing the early morning mist, workers in dark blue work clothes walked into the site with their heads held high, following the sound of broadcasts coming from the loudspeakers.

Almost every employee greeted Su Wenchen with surprise when they saw him.

"Captain, we've reported it!"

"Director, our field has become famous!"

Su Wenchen could only smile and encourage every employee.

"Come on, everyone. This is the result of our joint efforts. We are not far from earning foreign exchange! Maybe we can even be featured in the People's Daily!"

Hearing this, an employee immediately said with a smile.

"If it really gets published in the People's Daily, I'll have to cut it out and publish it separately!"

"Haha, even if they are reporting on others, they are still reporting on the scene. What does it matter to you as a worker?"

"Then I am also a part of the field, so it doesn't matter!"

When Su Wenchen heard this, he smiled and nodded.

"We are all part of the field, so of course this is an honor for everyone."

Then I pushed my bicycle and listened to the contents of the newspaper being broadcast on the loudspeaker in the field.

Listening to the Mandarin spoken by the female announcer who was not that up to standard.

"The following is the front page content from Lanshi Daily, "Fighting against heaven and earth to create miracles! Our city's Lanshuichang Livestock Farm independently bred a new variety of Yuehua rabbits, and the Rex rabbit breeding technology has leapt to the forefront of the world!""

"Under the leadership of Director Su Wenchen of our city's Lanshui Livestock Farm, all the cadres and employees of the farm worked closely together to tackle key problems and finally successfully bred the Yuehua rabbit, an unprecedented new branch of the Rex rabbit."

"This great victory has successfully filled the gap in our country's high-end quality leather, which means that we have leapt into the forefront of the world in terms of high-quality leather!"

Su Wenchen blushed a little when he heard this. This was both a battle between heaven and earth, and a great victory. It was not really as difficult for him to fight between heaven and earth.

When they arrived at the carport, Han Yang was also locking the car. When he saw Su Wenchen, he immediately said with surprise.

"Director, have you read the newspaper?"

Su Wenchen nodded and pointed to the loud speaker that was still playing.

"Next is the content from the provincial capital's daily newspaper, contributed by Tong Xiaofan, an educated youth from Lijiapu Brigade, and the title is "A new chapter of self-reliance: Beiwan Commune's fur rabbit industrialization sets a new benchmark for the development of the collective economy of the people's communes!""

"After combining with the Lanshui Livestock Farm industry and complementing each other, under the leadership's guidance of 'taking grain as the key link and developing in an all-round way', the leaders and all members of Beiwan Commune have successfully achieved an annual increase of 50 yuan per capita income without affecting grain production."

"Finally, here is an article from Red Flag magazine, contributed by Guo Tingting, a breeder at the third rabbit house at Lanshui Livestock Farm. It's titled "Holding high the banner of socialism, the Lan City Yuehua rabbit industry is sounding the loud song of the revolution in breeding technology!""

It can be said that as the announcer's broadcast progressed, almost the entire Blue Water Field suddenly started a heated discussion, as if a bomb had been dropped.

After all, although ordinary people at that time said that various forms of capitalism in foreign countries were corrupt, everyone also knew that foreign countries were stronger than them, otherwise they would not have been invaded in the first place.

Now that one of their teams has leapt into the forefront of the world, it is naturally a very honorable thing. After all, it shows that they are catching up little by little.

Especially the employees of the Blue Water Field, they all walk with their chests puffed out.

I even want to tell everyone I meet that I am an employee of the Blue Water Field and talk about how great my achievements are.

All the newspapers that had been passed were read out through the loudspeaker, and then the red songs were slowly played at the end.

Han Yang gave Su Wenchen a thumbs up.

"Director, you are really smart. Someone from the Foreign Trade Department called our import and export company last night and said that our exhibition project has passed the final review."

"And I heard that now that people see that the newspapers are full of support, the opposition voices have become much smaller."

"It's a pity that the provincial newspaper passed on the manuscript from the commune. It would have been better if it was also from our field."

Su Wenchen smiled when he heard this.

"That's pretty much it. After all, they said it was a joint effort between the club and the community! We should have contributed half of the credit."

Moreover, Su Wenchen felt that the province had chosen the commune's report which focused on the integration of the field and the commune.

Are you planning to promote the collective economy of the community?

In Su Wenchen's opinion, at a time when private economy is prohibited, appropriately developing collective economy of production teams and brigades can help fill some market gaps.

Especially now that a large number of educated youth from cities are going to the countryside, although there are a lot of scoundrels among them.

But there were also many talented people who possessed insights and knowledge that were extremely lacking in rural areas at that time.

If it can be organized, it will indeed revitalize the collective economy of the commune, which is currently stagnant.

Then he looked at Han Yang and asked.

"Since it's approved, have you been notified when we'll leave? We can prepare early."

Han Yang nodded and said with a hint of excitement.

"Notified."

"The letter of introduction to Guangdong said that it will be sent to the provincial capital. We need to go to the provincial capital half a month in advance to receive foreign affairs discipline training and learn the foreign-related confidentiality code."

"Then we will wear the same uniform over there and take a special train by province!"

"This year's autumn Canton Fair will open on October 15 and last until November 15, a month."

"That means we just have to go to the province before October."

"In addition, they said that there can't be too many exhibitors. Basically, three to five people are enough, including the leader of the team, the supervisor of foreign trade business, and the core technical personnel. We will arrange whoever goes there."

Hearing Han Yang's question, Su Wenchen thought about it.

He had to go, after all, he had no psychological burden in fooling foreigners, and Su Wenchen was also worried about letting other people take independent responsibility for the first time.

As for Han Yang, he will be in charge of foreign trade business in the future, so it would be best for him to go with him.

As for technical backbones, we have to ask Jiang Li to send an old master who understands tanning, so that he can explain to others questions such as the source of fur, and there will also be someone to explain when others ask about leather tanning technology.

There are three of us now, and for the remaining two places, one will be arranged by the Municipal Foreign Trade Bureau!
The last one, Su Wenchen, will come and see if Jiang Li is willing to go.

Thinking of this, Su Wenchen said directly.

"I'll lead the team this time, and you can follow along. The remaining places will be arranged by the county and the Municipal Foreign Trade Bureau!"

Han Yang was not surprised when he heard it.

After all, at most five people can go, so at least two can go from their side.

As for the county and the city, two people go there and one goes there, it has nothing to do with Han Yang.

While the two were talking, they parked their bikes and came to the office.

Su Wenchen saw Zhang Zhenhua standing at the door holding an enamel teacup, standing there motionless with a distracted look on his face.

Su Wenchen was a little confused.

"Comrade Zhenhua? What are you doing?!"

"Holding a teacup and not moving!"

Hearing the voice, Zhang Zhenhua suddenly came to his senses and saw Su Wenchen and Han Yang coming over.

shook his head.

"It's okay, I just got a little distracted."

Just as he was about to go back, he turned around and said to Su Wenchen.

"Director, now I am really impressed by you, really!"

Earlier, Su Wenchen encouraged some employees with some cultural knowledge to submit their works.

At that time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a way to attract attention. But when the day came when the story was published in the newspaper and he heard the description on the loudspeaker, only he knew how sad he felt and how much he wanted to replace it.

He really didn't expect that the newspaper would adopt the article, especially when he saw the content that was adopted, which was a miracle, a world leader, and a great victory.

At this moment, he wished the person above was talking about him!

He dreamed of becoming such a person, but unfortunately he has only been in the field for a year.

The chicken farm grew little by little, but he was unable to produce a new breed of laying hen that could rival the one Su Wenchen had created before.

During this year, the supply and marketing cooperatives brought in a lot of chickens from all over the country for hybridization.

But in the end, without exception, either their disease resistance was not as good as the chickens at the beginning, or their egg production was not as good.

In short, the variety of silk sutured by Su Wenchen at that time was the best solution.

At first he was very unconvinced, but after a year of fruitless efforts, he had no choice but to accept it.

In the past, he always felt that he could catch up if he tried hard.

However, the content broadcast this morning made him completely sober up. It seemed that the gap between him and the other party was not only in breeding technology.

This is also the reason why he is a little discouraged. The gap is too big and he feels he will never catch up in this lifetime.

Meanwhile, Han Yang looked at Zhang Zhenhua, who seemed to be suddenly paralyzed, and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Director, what happened to Lao Zhang?"

"Why do I feel so discouraged all of a sudden? Isn't the field thriving now?"

In Han Yang's opinion, although the other party's luck was not as good as his, he went directly to the import and export company.

But now the chicken farm is also developing rapidly. Every day, supply and marketing cooperatives from various counties and cities, as well as factory buyers come to buy eggs.

With the endless supply of golden eggs from the chicken farm, it can be said that everyone has to be coaxed to come to the supply and marketing cooperative, and it is easy to buy whatever you want from the supply and marketing cooperative.

He simply couldn't understand why the other party was so discouraged.

Su Wenchen also noticed the loneliness in the other person's eyes. After all, he could feel that the other person had been thinking about competing with him.

So Su Wenchen just shook his head.

"I hope I can think positively, otherwise life will be too tiring!"

Su Wenchen could actually always feel Zhang Zhenhua's feeling of unwillingness to accept the defeat.

Although compared with Han Yang, Zhang Zhenhua seems to be more capable of working, and even his appearance is closer to the lower class.

But Su Wenchen knew clearly that the other party was extremely arrogant in nature, which was actually a kind of confidence created by his acquired family environment.

It's completely different from Han Yang, who is at the bottom of the society and tries his best to improve himself bit by bit.

Han Yang can be said to be like a piece of plasticine. He can become whatever shape his leader wants him to be, as long as he can make progress.

Following the right leader is actually very important for people like Han Yang!
As for Zhang Zhenhua's words, Su Wenchen felt that the other party was more like a stone, a stone with edges and corners.

But now, it seems to Su Wenchen that the edges of the stone are not as sharp as they were at the beginning.

After all, Su Wenchen still remembered that when the other party first came, he dared to confront him on the first day!

Listening to Su Wenchen's words, Han Yang nodded as if he understood. In fact, he didn't understand Zhang Zhenhua. Why did he always want to compete with Su Wenchen?

But since the other person has a background, he wouldn't say much, and he felt that the two of them were at the same level now.

But in ten years, that may not be the case. After all, he is now in charge of the foreign trade company.

(End of this chapter)