Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

Su Rong's work efficiency is quite good. Yang Lin has just made a decision to purchase wild mushrooms in the company's name.

She put together a relatively complete plan before leaving get off work that day.

The plan is to establish a dedicated project department within the company to handle wild mushrooms.

Su Rong explained the department's personnel arrangements, performance appraisal methods, and supervision and management procedures in great detail.

Yang Lin was a bit confused, unsure whether he should praise Su Rong.

He had the company buy wild mushrooms from outside sources, simply to have a plausible explanation when he sold large quantities of termite mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms in the future.

That's why Su Rong has made it so formal and managed it so strictly.

The company inexplicably found a warehouse full of matsutake mushrooms and chicken mushrooms later on. How could he explain that?

Did they bribe the accountant and cashier to falsify accounts together?

What a joke.

No, no, this plan is absolutely unacceptable; it's too conventional.

It's not easy to find loopholes.

"Manager Su, your proposal... is such a waste of company resources!"

Yang Lin sternly rejected the idea.

"The growth of wild mushrooms is highly seasonal and time-sensitive. If you have so many full-time employees in your company, what are you planning to do when the mushroom season is over? Give them long summer and winter vacations, or fire them outright?"

"We can have them take turns working in other positions. When the mushroom season is over, they can harvest the mushrooms, and when it's over, they can return to their original positions," Su Rong explained.

"If employees are constantly switching between different positions, how can they possibly perform their jobs well? What if they end up being useless in both roles?" Yang Lin continued to object.

"Don't get angry...don't get angry, or you'll get sick and no one can take your place." Su Rong took a deep breath, silently chanted a mantra in her heart, and spoke calmly.

"President Lin is indeed very insightful. This was indeed my oversight... I would like to hear President Lin's advice."

As she spoke, she was already preparing to go back and revise the plan into several versions, adding more typos and obviously illogical ideas.

Make Yang Lin focus his attention on the typos and obvious problems.

This way, she can immediately revise the plan according to Yang Lin's wishes.

"Is it that clever? I feel like you're just trying to fool me."

Yang Lin's lips twitched as he was inexplicably praised by Su Rong, and he asked in a cold voice.

He was simply negating for the sake of negating; Manager Su Rong was so shameless in her eagerness to curry favor with her boss.

"No, no, no..." Su Rong hurriedly shook her head.

"Boss, please tell me your requirements in detail, and I will do my best to improve it according to your specifications."

"Don't make it so complicated, and don't worry about where the mushrooms come from. I just want to collect some wild mushrooms in a simple way," Yang Lin said.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, I understand!"

Su Rong nodded vigorously, then hurriedly left Yang Lin's office.

……

"If I just want to collect mushrooms simply, I might as well put up a sign at the company entrance to let people know that mushrooms are being collected here, and then I can just ignore everything else!"

Back in her office, Su Rong muttered to herself angrily.

With the intention of deliberately letting Yang Lin find mistakes and laying the groundwork for subsequent versions of the plan, Su Rong quickly wrote a new plan based on this idea.

The gist of it is to invite a group of people who frequently go to the countryside to the company, treat them to a meal to familiarize them with the company, tell them that they are buying mushrooms here, and that they should remember to come here to sell mushrooms in the future. After that, they don't care about anything else.

"The plan is excellent. It can save the company some employee management costs and has a touch of going back to basics. So, it's decided."

"Manager Su, you've done a great job. Keep up the good work, and I'll give you a raise later."

To Su Rong's surprise, Yang Lin's reply was utterly astonishing.

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At this moment, Su Rong had only one question in her mind.

Didn't the boss realize that her proposal was very perfunctory?

Using the company's name resulted in much ado about nothing.

Isn't this just pointless tinkering?

Is the problem with the boss, or with her?

"Never mind, I'm just an employee."

"Why worry about so much..."

Su Rong couldn't figure it out, so she quickly stopped thinking about it.

The company doesn't belong to her.

Just go to work honestly, go back and refine the details, and you'll be content with your salary.

As for promotions and raises later on, pshaw... years of experience in the workplace will prevent you from being fooled by such empty promises.

……

Three days later, Su Rong gathered a group of peddlers from the vicinity of Zixu City at the company.

"Mr. Lin, regarding the purchase of wild mushrooms, I have contacted more than twenty peddlers who are all interested in cooperating with my company. They are currently gathered in the lobby downstairs."

"Should we go and meet with President Lin?" Su Rong asked cautiously in the office.

"More than twenty people, that's quite a lot."

"Take me downstairs." Yang Lin responded and quickly followed Su Rong out of the office.

……

Downstairs in the lobby, a group of middle-aged and elderly people were scattered around, anxiously looking at their surroundings.

Their attire varied, with some wearing mismatched suits and trying too hard to appear serious.

Some were dressed in ordinary casual clothes, while others were dressed in outfits from the last century, with a carrying pole and two baskets beside them.

These people were all peddlers hired by Su Rong.

In the past, when transportation was underdeveloped and logistics were not smooth, many goods from small places were transported by peddlers on their shoulders and horses to every street and alley, and to every remote village for sale.

At that time, although the peddlers worked hard, they were quite popular.

Children, especially in rural areas, would be overjoyed to see a peddler appear at the village entrance.

However, times have changed, and the world has transformed.

With the development of the times, rural transportation has become increasingly better, and the commodity trade industry has become increasingly prosperous.

The villagers have become wealthier than before, but they can also easily ride their bikes to the town's supermarkets and shops whenever they need to buy something.

No more waiting anxiously at the village entrance for the peddler to pass by.

Especially after the rise of online shopping, many people are too lazy to even leave their homes when shopping.

The profession of peddler has gradually been forgotten by the times, becoming a memory for a generation.

However, only the profession disappeared; those who used to carry their wares on shoulder poles, going from street to street and shouting, are still living, breathing people.

They were simply ignored and forgotten; they didn't suddenly die after the advent of the internet age.

Because they couldn't keep up with the pace of the times, the already meager lives of the peddlers became even more difficult.

Upon hearing that a company called Xianglong in Wuyou County was looking for partners to go to the countryside to buy mushrooms, the peddlers didn't think much of it and eagerly signed up.

Then, they arranged to meet Su Rong at Xianglong Company for an interview at noon today.

They may not have other skills, but they are very good at collecting things in the countryside.