Chapter 288: Striving for Chen Zhangfu

Chen Zhangfu looked at the several piles of stone before him, seeming to somewhat understand, but he was still completely confused.

Brother Cheng, our goods are so good, we should be bringing him more customers, right?

Brother, this is called traffic diversion; we need to sell for a period, once it's booming, we'll have the capital to discuss prices with others; we're currently opening the market, and opening the market requires low prices, there's no way around it.

After saying that, Ye Cheng patted Chen Zhangfu,

Don't worry, once the market opens up later, pricing power will be in our hands.

Chen Zhangfu looked at Ye Cheng with an admiring expression,

Brother Cheng, I feel like I don't understand anything you're saying, yet it sounds very advanced; when did you learn this?

"Hahaha." Ye Cheng laughed, "Just treat it as innate talent."

After we go back, we'll go find the village, rent a few plots of land, make them into concrete ponds, raise the crayfish; the crayfish we raise ourselves are clean and only larger in size; once we have a farm, our business will truly be underway.

"Crayfish farm?" Chen Zhangfu envisioned a beautiful scene before him, filled with crayfish crawling on the ground, while he and his brother stood aside counting money.

Brother Cheng, after hearing you say that, I feel full of energy; when should we start the farm? Just call me, I have plenty of strength.

Ye Cheng looked at Chen Zhangfu, shook his head, and didn't continue speaking.

Seeing Ye Cheng like that, feeling as if Ye Cheng didn't want to bring him along to play, Chen Zhangfu became anxious,

"No, brother, you wouldn't be unwilling to bring us, would you? I work for you with all my heart."

"It's not that your work is bad; it's that building a farm definitely needs village approval, but you know my relationship with the village chief." Ye Cheng sighed hypocritically.

Actually it's not as mysterious as he said; he just has another motive.

"What should we do then, brother? Or I could go talk to my great-uncle?" Chen Zhangfu's great-uncle refers to Chen Jinhai.

"You say?" Ye Cheng gave a cold smile, "Would your great-uncle not know you're with me?"

"That's true." Chen Zhangfu started to worry, "Then what do you suggest, brother?"

Seeing the moment was about right, Ye Cheng began to state his true purpose: "Actually it's not that there's no way; you know the village is about to have an election, right?"

"Election? You mean the village committee?" Chen Zhangfu seemed to grasp a bit, he widened his eyes at Ye Cheng, not expecting Ye Cheng to have this idea.

"Not the village committee, but the village chief." Ye Cheng directly stated his purpose; he just wanted Chen Zhangfu to help him.

"Village chief!" Chen Zhangfu raised his voice in shock, "Brother Cheng, you want to be village chief?"

"What do you think?" Ye Cheng countered.

Chen Zhangfu looked at Ye Cheng's resolute appearance and began to ponder.

Actually, for his generation, he isn't very interested in the village chief position; young people think about making money to live well, or being able to go out to earn money.

But he and his brother suffered from lack of education, have no particular skill, went to the city before, only did odd jobs, couldn't last long.

If Ye Cheng became village chief?

Chen Zhangfu glanced at Ye Cheng; from before, Ye Cheng's treatment of him had been fairly caring.

Moreover, the main point is that now everyone in the village knows Ye Cheng can make money.

For example, Xiao Hu is not even as good as his two brothers, yet now he's already a moderately well-off family in the village; who knows how many people have secretly gone to Xiao Hu's house to propose marriage?

In contrast, looking at our Chen family side, we have many people and a big family, but aside from great-uncle Chen Jinhai's household being somewhat wealthy, families like ours are at most just adequately fed.

Thus, clinging to a village chief position like this is pointless.

Wanting money isn't bad, is it?

Now he also knows crayfish farming is a profitable business, but having worked away, he understands even more that without resources and funds, everything is just empty talk.

Ye Cheng has funds, also has connections, and treats people well; following him won't result in a loss.

Chen Zhangfu figured it out, gritted his teeth,

"Brother Cheng, I support you."

Ye Cheng smiled; bringing him out today was precisely for this purpose.

Ye Cheng patted Chen Zhangfu's shoulder, passed over a cigarette, "Brother, your support alone isn't enough; you also need to help me gather more votes within the Chen family."

"Sure, Brother Cheng; among our generation I know quite a few people; I'll go talk to them, they'll listen to me." Chen Zhangfu readily agreed.

Upon hearing Chen Zhangfu's agreement, Ye Cheng took out 1000 yuan in cash from his pocket and handed it over,

"Then, this is for you to treat guests to meals; later when the crayfish farm is built, you brothers will manage it."

Seeing the 1000 yuan cash, Chen Zhangfu instantly beamed; it wasn't about how much the 1000 yuan was, but rather how thoroughly Ye Cheng had considered things.

"Brother Cheng, rest assured, I will definitely get it done for you."

Seeing Chen Zhangfu's appearance, Ye Cheng suddenly felt a bit sentimental; this scene felt somewhat familiar.

It's a bit like the tactics Brother Hao Nan used when seizing territory, damn it.

After settling things with Chen Zhangfu, Ye Cheng pulled him and hurried back to the village; Boss Qian still needs a batch of crayfish tonight.

Back in the village, he told this news to Zhang Guafu and Qian Shen; everyone was overjoyed.

The price per jin is lower by one unit of money, but they don't have to sell it themselves, saving a lot of time.

For these homemakers, it truly means using spare time to make money.

According to Qian Shen's words, now when speaking at home their tone has become bolder; there's no way around it, having money to back them up, they themselves can also make money.

With the crayfish matter settled, Ye Cheng pulled Xiao Hu along; the two didn't ride a vehicle, just started walking along the village.

"Xiao Hu, I plan to set up another crayfish farm; let's stroll around to check out the site."

"Brother, our village doesn't have any good land; it's all scattered, what good place could there be?"

What Xiao Hu said is indeed the truth; if there were good land for planting crops, Baiyun Village probably wouldn't be a fishing village.

The land here isn't suitable for planting crops, and it's not in large contiguous tracts; it's all scattered patches.

However, Ye Cheng doesn't mind; crayfish farming is relatively diverse, with greenhouse farming, pond farming, rice-field integrated cultivation, lake/reservoir net-cage farming, factory-style farming, etc.

Given Baiyun Village's terrain, there are no lakes or reservoirs, and not much paddy field, so the feasible options are likely only pond farming or greenhouse farming.

Baiyun Village's surroundings have few ponds; everyone mainly fishes for sea fish, freshwater fish aren't much cultivated, but there is a freshwater stream that flows into the sea.

They couldn't even say what the river was called; Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu strolled to the riverbank and took a look.

The river was over two meters wide, the water very shallow, with the deepest parts only half a meter deep.

For aquaculture, having flowing water is best; it can save a lot of trouble.