Super first-tier cities: Starting from village committee secretary

With a "Bang!", Xiong Xu kicked the door open.

Xiong Jingchun and his wife, who were watching TV, were startled and stared blankly at Xiong Xu standing at the door.

"Did you drink too much or are you itching for a beating, daring to kick my door!"

Comrade Xiong Jingchun was furious and turned to find his "Seven Wolves" (brand of cigarettes, implying he was going to get something to hit him with).

"I have a way to lead the whole village out of poverty and into prosperity!"

Xiong Xu put his hands on his hips and said loudly.

Comrade Xiong Jingchun immediately calmed down upon hearing this, and Comrade Zhang Qin also looked at Xiong Xu curiously and asked, "What way?"

"Raising bullfrogs!" Xiong Xu said.

"Bullfrogs?" Comrade Xiong Jingchun frowned slightly, asking with a suspicious look, "Do you know how to raise bullfrogs? Is there a market for that stuff?"

Speaking of which, Comrade Xiong Jingchun had never really thought about raising bullfrogs before. Mainly, in the countryside, bullfrogs were only available during festivals and banquets. Usually, people were reluctant to buy them, unlike pork and beef, which were more popular. Therefore, in the eyes of Comrade Xiong Jingchun and many other rural people, bullfrogs didn't have much of a market.

"The national bullfrog market is worth 80 billion. Do you think there's a market or not? As for whether I know how to raise bullfrogs, of course, I do."

The 80 billion national bullfrog market wasn't something Xiong Xu was bragging about. It was real. Bullfrogs were a top-tier product, second only to crayfish.

Xiong Xu was exaggerating about knowing bullfrogs. He had to, or else if he brought out the bullfrog-specific quick-growing feed, people would definitely be suspicious. So now, he needed to create the image that he knew about bullfrogs, so that when he brought out the quick-growing feed, people wouldn't be suspicious.

A top student who graduated from a university of science and technology, who also understands bullfrogs, loves to eat bullfrogs, and has researched a bullfrog-specific quick-growing feed... that's not too much to believe, right?

"What do you want to do?"

Comrade Xiong Jingchun became serious and sat cross-legged on the bed to ask.

"First of all, money, at least 1 million!" Xiong Xu asked for 1 million right away.

Originally, Xiong Xu wanted 3 million to start large-scale breeding right away, but thinking about it, it wasn't safe. After all, not to mention anything else, the sales channels were zero. So, he decided to start with a small scale.

"That's a lot."

Comrade Zhang Qin looked embarrassed.

Although Comrade Xiong Jingchun was the village secretary, his monthly subsidy was only a few hundred yuan. His main income still came from raising sheep and cattle, averaging only 30,000 to 40,000 yuan per year.

This was considered a lot in the village. The average annual income of the people in Shan Xiong Village was only 1,800 yuan.

Of course, this average annual income was spread out among the elderly, children, and students who couldn't work. The average annual income of those who could work in Shan Xiong Village was around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

This was just income. After deducting living expenses, even a family like Xiong Xu's could only save about 10,000 yuan a year. 500,000 yuan was 100 years' worth of savings for Xiong Xu's family!

"Son, our family can only take out 30,000 yuan," Comrade Zhang Qin said.

Seven years ago, Comrade Zhang Qin contracted leukemia, and the family's savings were completely spent. Now, she had only barely caught her breath and saved 30,000 yuan.

"What I mean is, the whole village should raise one million!"

Of course, Xiong Xu knew his own family's situation. Selling the house and land wouldn't raise 1 million. Xiong Xu wanted the whole village to raise funds and create a company, with each household receiving shares according to the amount of their investment.

This way, the start-up capital for raising bullfrogs would be gathered, and the villagers would also help with the work when raising bullfrogs. Most importantly, as the bullfrogs were sold and profits were made, the whole village would share the dividends, increase their income, and win this battle against poverty!

"That's a good idea." Comrade Xiong Jingchun agreed with Xiong Xu's idea of raising funds, but then, thinking of something, he frowned and said, "However, our village has 460 households. Spreading 1 million across each household would be just over 2,000 yuan. That 2,000 yuan is not a small amount."

For villagers in wealthy villages, taking out 2,000 yuan would be easy, but for villagers in Shan Xiong Village, 2,000 yuan was the savings they could only accumulate in half a year or even a whole year. Taking it out would be a major blow.

To take out such a large sum of money, how many people would really do it was questionable.

Xiong Xu thought for a while and pondered, "How about this? For the whole village to raise funds, each household should contribute at least 500 yuan, and I'll cover the rest."

"You'll cover the rest? Do you have that much money?" Comrade Xiong Jingchun asked in surprise.

"I've been working hard and studying all these years, and I've been interning at a company for the second half of my senior year. I have about 30,000 yuan in savings." Xiong Xu did have some money of his own. He had been working outside during school holidays.

"Good kid, you didn't even turn in any of that money." Comrade Xiong Jingchun was slightly dissatisfied.

"Turn in what? A son is a man. How can he hold his head up high outside if he doesn't have any money in his pocket?" Comrade Zhang Qin also patted Comrade Xiong Jingchun's shoulder with dissatisfaction.

Comrade Xiong Jingchun didn't dare to say anything and continued to say to Xiong Xu, "Your 30,000, plus our family's 30,000, that's only 60,000. That's probably not enough."

"We'll talk about it if it's not enough," Xiong Xu said.

If it wasn't enough, he would borrow it. Borrow from his girlfriend, borrow from his classmates, borrow from his teachers, borrow from his friends, borrow from Jiebei, borrow from JD.com, borrow from Meituan, borrow as much as he could.

"Dad, I'll leave the matter of raising funds from the whole village to you," Xiong Xu continued.

In the eyes of the villagers, he was just a greenhorn who had just entered society. If he went to the village committee to speak and raise funds, the villagers would definitely trust him less and doubt him more. Not many people would take out money.

Comrade Xiong Jingchun was different. Although he was no longer the village secretary, his prestige was still there, and the villagers trusted him. Letting him raise funds would be more effective than him going himself.

"Okay, I'll take care of this." Xiong Jingchun didn't intend to really retire and do nothing, and he readily accepted the task of raising funds.

"Then what about you?" Comrade Xiong Jingchun asked immediately.

"I have a lot of things to do."

After Xiong Xu finished speaking, he left the room and closed the door behind him.

"Hmph, this kid is putting on airs with me now that he's the village secretary." Comrade Xiong Jingchun pointed at the closed door with dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you let him be it? Regretting it?" Comrade Zhang Qin said unhappily.

Comrade Xiong Jingchun didn't say anything and silently got out of bed and put on his clothes.

Zhang Qin couldn't help but ask when she saw this, "What are you going to do?"

"The village secretary has assigned a task. I have to talk to the second and third eldest. Otherwise, this fundraising won't be easy."

"Then come back early."

Comrade Xiong Jingchun left quickly, and Xiong Xu also returned to his room on the second floor.

After returning to his room, Xiong Xu opened the notebook he had bought for a huge sum of 2,000 yuan, connected to his phone's hotspot, entered the Pinduoduo client platform, and searched for bullfrog seedlings.

The first thing to do when raising bullfrogs is to find a bullfrog seedling manufacturer.