Training the Heavens

Chapter 224 New Way Out

After running around the city, Haisheng took Guo Lei to several nearby cities. It took almost half a month to get back. Xu Lingjun called several leaders of the production team together 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, such as porcini mushrooms, quail eggs, and Cordyceps and yellow mushrooms that they picked and dug in the mountains.

At the same time, we have reached cooperation with several high-end hotels and become their supplier.

The markets in several nearby counties and cities were also taken over. Now is an era where 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. When the dividends are distributed at the end of the year, yours will also be included." 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 is definitely better, but he never puts himself and Li Xiuzhi in the first place.

Anyway, he has earned enough money by picking yellow mushrooms, digging cordyceps, and hunting in the mountains in his spare time. Let others compete for the chance to be the first, so as to inspire 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. 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 has made 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 first carefully ask Haisheng about his performance and have a good talk with him before making a decision. Just relying on Haisheng's current words was not enough.

Hearing this, the eyes of several young men in the back row were full of envy. They came back at about the same time as Guo Lei. Now Guo Lei has been valued by the leaders, while they are still rotating in various departments.

Xu Lingjun noticed 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 right now. The feed factory needs a deputy director to help, and the quail farm is also short of staff. I plan to select people from among you to fill the position soon."

They immediately straightened their backs and sat upright, wishing Xu Lingjun would call their names right now and let them take up these important positions.

The next day, Xu Lingjun called Haisheng and Guo Lei over and asked them in detail about their market development. He also had a private chat with Guo Lei before finally making a decision. "We need to set up a sales point in the city. Guo Lei will be in charge temporarily. You rent a house near the farmers' market and bring someone with you. Not only will you manage the farmers' market and department store sales points, but you must also pay attention to maintaining those major customers. Do you have the confidence to complete this task?"

"Yes!" Guo Lei answered seriously, his heart already beaming with joy. The city was much more prosperous than the production team, and how many young people didn't like big cities?

"There are so many delicious foods and fun things 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 immediately calmed down a lot and gave Xu Lingjun a serious assurance.

Relying solely on his self-awareness wasn't enough, so Xu Lingjun also enforced other constraints, such as a strict financial management system and monthly reconciliation to prevent him from taking advantage of the situation. When Guo Chenzi and his companions were delivering goods, they would ask around about the two men's situation, so they could identify any problems and rectify them promptly.

With the expansion of sales channels, their quail egg business has become even more prosperous. Even though there is competition, Xu Lingjun can still receive a large number of quail eggs every month. The people around him have made money, and more and more people have started raising quail eggs.

Usually, if one family in a village starts raising quails, their relatives and friends will follow suit, and then the word spreads from one to another, until most people in the village start raising quails.

Even if the quail farm expands 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 asked him to speak first. The data reported by Xu Lingjun surprised them again. The output of pig farms, chicken farms, and porcini mushroom cultivation bases had at least doubled, and the performance of quail farms and feed factories had improved even more.

After the meeting, they went to Team 5 to pull the pigs, just like 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 that they couldn't pull the fat pigs back.

Director Dong and his colleagues ate and drank their fill, pulling the fat pig away. The next day, Xu Lingjun held a dividend distribution ceremony. He had promised last year that he would double everyone's dividends, and now he has fulfilled his promise.

In the entire production team, anyone who worked hard received a combined salary of more than 2,000 yuan including dividends. Those who were particularly outstanding, such as Haisheng, even earned more than 3,000 yuan a year.

On average, that's more than 200 yuan in salary per month. Every leading cadre in the county earns more than them. Even in the city, only the top leaders have such an income.

So this year, they lived an even more glorious life than last year. After receiving 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 a large purchase.

Not only them, but even the people in the surrounding villages can have a more affluent New Year. They can buy firecrackers, cut fat meat, and spend 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 no longer keep up, so they quickly expanded their scale again to prevent the people from returning home disappointed.

But soon a new problem arose. There were too many people raising quails, and the markets in the city and surrounding counties were about to be unable to absorb the demand. They had to find a new way out.

(End of this chapter)