Chapter 1291

"Secretary Lei, you've done a very good job with your work."

"Oh my, Secretary Xu, how would I dare to be called Secretary? Call me Little Lei, Dongbao, either is fine." Lei Dongbao responded with a smile, looking somewhat spirited.

Last year, Little Lei Village contracted to households, and grain production indeed increased. Benefiting from buying agricultural machinery, the efficiency of farming was accelerated, making it possible to work in the county for more time and earn more. So Little Lei Village's life this year would be very comfortable.

But that was just it; compared to the wages and benefits of factory staff, they were still far behind.

And the reason Lei Dongbao could appear here was because he was also one of the representatives; of course, he had to be present for the big meeting.

After saying some meaningless words, Lei Dongbao distributed cigarettes again and said, "Both leaders are here, there's a matter I'd like to ask for instructions on."

"The leader is here, who am I to lead?" Wang Yan smiled and waved his hand.

Secretary Xu also smiled: "Let's hear it."

Lei Dongbao said: "Isn't it that life is better now? Our textile factory is doing so well, famous throughout the country, and we farmers also want to progress and earn money. I feel that the wire business is doable, so our Little Lei Village plans to raise funds collectively to open a wire factory."

Facing Lei Dongbao's expectant gaze, Secretary Xu tilted his head at Wang Yan: "What do you say?"

Wang Yan thought for a moment and said: "You know that the county is building a thermal power plant and a hydroelectric plant. In order to facilitate the county's power grid construction, the wire factory has already been merged into the textile factory, and the technology has been improved, with all data better than before. The wire factory has more workers than all the people in your village.

If you want to produce wire to sell to our factory, then you have no chance. If you want to sell it outside, after our production increases and the county's supply is satisfied, we will definitely sell it outside too. Do you think the wire from your village collective can sell better than our factory's?"

"That certainly wouldn't be possible."

Lei Dongbao shook his head repeatedly, then asked somewhat dejectedly, "So this matter is a no-go?"

"I'll tell you the reality of the situation; if you want to do it, then do it."

"I'm not stupid; if I lose money, how can I answer to Little Lei Village?"

Wang Yan smiled: "If you really want to do it, then look at what the textile factory doesn't have; only then might you succeed."

"Hey, it was us who thought too simply before, not knowing the situation in the county. Let's study it again and report back later."

Lei Dongbao said, "Then, two leaders, let me ask one more question. How will Little Lei Village be arranged in the future? It's been a year, and not a single quota for entering the factory has been assigned to Little Lei Village. Those who entered the factory from the village before already have apartments. I asked the commune, and they said Little Lei Village is developing well, so there's no need to enter the factory. Is it because we started a brick factory that the county is unhappy?"

"You're overthinking it. The county is building houses and doing construction, and you've been supplying bricks all along. This was decided last summer, at that time..."

Wang Yan explained the previous decision to Lei Dongbao and said, "So Little Lei Village will be the last to enter the city. Of course, this is on the basis that the villagers of Little Lei Village agree. If they don't agree, we won't force it. Your village's collective development is good, so it's normal not to want to enter the city."

"No matter how well we develop, it's impossible to live in an apartment, so how could we not want to?" Lei Dongbao said, "At that time, we wanted to divide the land and open a brick factory, and we didn't think that much; we were just waiting for when we could enter the city. We solved the problem ourselves first to live a good life. Who would have thought that now we are to be the last to enter the city? If I go back and say this, the people in the village will definitely explode."

"Everything comes step by step; there always has to be an order."

Secretary Xu laughed, "Let me give you a reassurance: it is expected that within five years, the entire county's population will enter the city. Now we are just waiting for our power plant construction. Once the electricity problem is solved, the textile factory can expand production, and there will be more jobs. Just wait with peace of mind; it won't be many years before it passes."

"Hey, I just remembered, two leaders, how about Little Lei Village doing animal husbandry? Raising pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and so on."

"This is in line with our county's current situation." Wang Yan smiled and nodded, "Do you know what our county's main contradiction is at present?"

"I'm uneducated, just a rough guy, I don't know what contradiction. Factory Director Wang, don't tease me."

"It is the contradiction between the people's ever-growing income and backward material supply." Wang Yan smiled and patted Lei Dongbao on the shoulder, "Simply put, it's that people in the county have more and more money, but there are too few places to spend it, and they can't spend it even if they want to.

Haven't you seen that the county has opened so many restaurants, mahjong parlors, bathhouses, theaters, cinemas, and so on? Why? It's because the people have too little entertainment. Food, drink, and entertainment are all in short supply. Of course, all our shops are opened by the factory, and you can't open them.

At present, animal husbandry is indeed good. I can let the county's breeding farm provide you with some seedlings, and then let the veterinary station give you corresponding breeding technical guidance. After raising them, supply them all to the factory. When you Little Lei Village enter the city in the future, we will directly merge it, and we can also pay Little Lei Village for the pig farm."

"Factory Director Wang, are we really doing this..." Lei Dongbao was still somewhat uncertain.

"Doing other things is also fine; you aren't in the factory, and I haven't stopped you. I'm just telling you, don't do what the factory is already doing. If you can produce other things and supply places outside Jin Ling, that's also fine."

"The factory can let everyone live a good life, we can just wait with peace of mind to enter the city, let's not toss and turn. Otherwise, tossing and turning, and ending up with nothing, would be too unfair to the people of Little Lei Village."

"You still have awareness." Secretary Xu laughed, "Do a good job with the breeding farm; for Little Lei Village, that will be a great achievement. Work hard."

"Hey, then I won't disturb the two leaders, I'll hurry back and arrange it."

Lei Dongbao walked away in a rush...

Watching Lei Dongbao's receding back, Secretary Xu said: "Indeed, our county people have money but can't spend it; this is a big problem. I heard that now many staff members go to the city together to buy things, and the money is all spent in the city; this won't do. You have many ideas, you still have to consider this aspect; you must not ignore it."

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, accurately grasping Secretary Xu's meaning, which was that the factory earns and the factory spends, and they couldn't let other places earn the city's money. Maximize the finding of consumption outlets for factory staff and circulate the wages in the hands of factory staff back into the factory.

"It's difficult." Wang Yan shook his head with a smile and said, "At present, our labor force has almost been exerted to the maximum, and we don't have the spare capacity to research so many things, nor do we have so many talents.

At the same time, building staff housing and public construction in the county has always occupied more than half of our funds. Wanting to completely keep the meat in our county is almost impossible. That requires too many things, and we don't have the spare capacity to manage it.

Otherwise, why could Little Lei Village do animal husbandry? It's considering the people's need for meat, and meat is in short supply, so we do animal husbandry ourselves to make up for a part, and it's also to accumulate some experience; we will expand the scale later when we have spare capacity. Otherwise, the manpower in the breeding farm could play a greater role and earn more money if put elsewhere.

Whether it's good for our county mainly depends on the total account. No matter how much money our people spend, as long as what we earn is more than what we spend, then we are earning, and the people's lives are guaranteed."

"As long as you have a count, it's fine." Secretary Xu smiled, sighed, and asked, "The first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination will graduate next year, right? Are you still going this year?"

"I definitely have to go. In June, I'll go to those three schools first, give some speeches, and register students who are interested. After they finish their studies after the New Year, I'll go again, trying my best to fool more people to come over. When I go to Peking University in June, I have to ask to see the leaders.

It's too much effort for us to find people ourselves; it's better to ask for Beijing's support and directly allocate some college students to us. One or two isn't too few, and one or two hundred isn't too many."

"Then wait until you're busy these few days, and I'll write an application and submit it; the formal process is still indispensable."

In the first quarter of 1981, Wang Yan spent a considerable amount of time in meetings. On one hand, it was factory affairs, and on the other, it was the representative assembly.

He was now not only a Jin Ling representative, but also a city and provincial representative. After some procedures, he would be a national representative the following year. And besides the representative assembly, there were also various reform and development meetings, all of which he had to attend. At the same time, there were some commendation activities, giving some honors, and he also had to be present.

He also handled some problems in the factory and continued to do some research. By June, Wang Yan left Jin Ling by train, and the first stop was Anyun...

"This is the sweater your mom knitted for you, saying you're close by, but you don't go back to see her during the summer vacation."

At the state-run hotel near the train station, Wang Yan placed one of the two large bags he had brought in front of Song Yunhui.

Song Yunhui hadn't changed much, wearing the glasses he had been given before, wearing a sports short-sleeve, jeans, and canvas shoes produced in Jin Ling, and wearing the watch he had been given on his wrist, properly walking at the forefront of the era's trend.

"Isn't it that I'll graduate after the New Year? Going back and forth is a hassle, so it's better to wait until I'm working, and then take a vacation to go home and see."

"Not going to study for a master's degree?"

"After four years of university, I still want to test the learning results. As for a master's degree, it's the same to take the exam later; aren't there cadre advanced study classes?"

Wang Yan nodded and asked, "Has the destination been decided?"

"Not yet. I heard that Jinzhou Chemical is coming to our school to recruit people next semester. That's one of the top large factories in our domestic chemical field, and I want to go and take a look. But they are only recruiting one person from our school."

"Do you know County Magistrate Xu, oh, no, it's Secretary Xu now; do you know where he was before he came to Jin Ling?"

"Jinzhou Chemical?"

Wang Yan looked like he was teachable: "Look, it's still useful, isn't it?"

"I can get in on my own." Song Yunhui was still somewhat unconvinced.

"I told you before that large factories don't lack talent; it seems you still don't understand. Knowing that Jinzhou Chemical is coming to recruit, everyone in your major is interested, right?"

"Just my roommate, called Yu Shanqing."

"I have an impression." Wang Yan said, "Then you can't get in on strength."

"My grades in every subject are better than his; I'm not afraid of fair competition."

"He is slipperier than you; his grades aren't as good as yours, but they aren't that far apart. Overall, I'm not optimistic about your fair competition." Then Wang Yan shook his head again, "However, considering that your school leaders all know I'm your brother-in-law, this might add points, so it's hard to say so absolutely; you still have great hope."

Song Yunhui didn't speak. In school, he indeed had some convenience because he was Wang Yan's brother-in-law, which was indisputable. And as for himself, the clothes he wore and the watch he wore were all given by his good brother-in-law.

"Then I won't say hello to Secretary Xu first; you go and compete with that Yu Shanqing, and I'll see if your school gives me face."

"Brother-in-law, you don't have any conflict of interest with our school, right?"

"Last year's college student inspection group, truly speaking, such a precedent-setting activity that went directly to Haizi and was publicized nationwide, if your school participated, then your school leaders would have benefits. However, as you said, if they think I have no conflict of interest, then no one can help."

"It's too complicated." Song Yunhui shook his head, unable to help sighing.

"You have a brain, you just don't want to think that much. After you start working, you'll understand slowly."

Wang Yan didn't say anything more, but instead talked to Song Yunhui about development.

The brother-in-law seemed like a curious baby, wanting to know everything...

Just as he told Secretary Xu, Wang Yan gave speeches at Anyun University and the Institute of Technology for three days each, and registered college students who were interested in coming to Jin Ling.

There were still quite a few college students who were interested.

The current Jin Ling was developing better than a year ago, and college students all read newspapers; whenever there was any major event, Jin Ling could make it into the newspaper, and it was a frequent visitor to the newspaper.

The construction of hydroelectric plants and thermal power plants, newly sold machines, some small breakthroughs in metal materials, the year-end statistics of staff wages and benefits, the good results of foreign trade at the Canton Fair, and so on. It had both national affirmation and was also making money, and the staff's welfare and benefits were good.

Most importantly, the wages and benefits promised by Wang Yan were not low. Last year, it was said to be 100 yuan to start, and this time it rose by another 20. At the same time, they were allocated apartments directly, and the whole family could move, parents and relatives were all arranged with jobs, and children's schooling fees were all waived.

It could be said that searching the whole country, there were no conditions more generous than those given by Jin Ling.

As for the so-called future, the state had affirmed it, so how could there be no future?

And the students who participated in the college student inspection activities last year generally had good feedback after returning, and they highly praised Jin Ling, which also naturally affected the attitude of all students from the side.

At the same time, Jin Ling's brand had also begun to become famous, and the clothing, shoes, and hats launched, even if expensive, were recognized by people. People with consumption ability were willing to consume. Whether it was quality or style, Jin Ling was a leader, and it was a trendsetter in the early eighties.

The wide-leg bell-bottom pants that should have been popular were even influenced by Jin Ling and didn't cause a single ripple...

Under such various benefits, college students were still very enthusiastic, not in vain for Wang Yan's previous tossing and turning for so long.

Of course, intention was intention, and whether they would finally go was not certain.

However, Wang Yan still hoped they would seize the opportunity, because Jin Ling's shortage of college students would only last until 1985 at most.

After all, Jin Ling's investment in education was very large. In this stage where the six-year compulsory education hadn't been thoroughly implemented, they almost implemented twelve-year compulsory education. Because they were forced to go to school in the county, they had to go.

Starting from 1979, the two batches of college students from 1979 and 1980, and Jin Ling people who went to university after 1980, would not need Wang Yan to fool them personally after graduation; the vast majority of them would come back.

Because compared to previous college students, they spent more time in the county and could better understand Jin Ling's goodness and the goodness of Jin Ling staff. When they left Jin Ling and compared it, that feeling would be even stronger.

By that time, Jin Ling would have a stable supply of college students who had mastered knowledge every year. At the same time, various people sent out by the factory for advanced studies had also finished their studies and returned, and had accumulated certain experience, all of which were usable.

As for the truly talented people who could independently research, that would depend on fate, and couldn't be forced. However, Wang Yan didn't force to have such people; what he wanted were just people who could implement his ideas under his leadership. Not like now, where he had to do even some of the most basic experiments himself...

After finishing his speeches at these two universities, Wang Yan came to the familiar Peking University again.

The couple who hadn't seen each other for a long time met, and they had to talk about their feelings deeply before they could lie together and whisper.

Song Yunping hugged Wang Yan, not minding the heat, letting Wang Yan play with her big treasure.

She asked: "How long are you staying this time?"

"At least a month," Wang Yan said, "We requested the state to allocate college students to the factory, and I have to have a good chat with the leaders of relevant departments to strive for greater support."

"Then are you still going to give a speech at our school?"

"Definitely going. I'm queuing up to see the leaders, and I have nothing else to do. The factory affairs are all arranged. For the next period until after the New Year, my main work is to recruit talent for Jin Ling.

I'm not just going to your school; I'll go and wander around all these universities in Beijing, there are so many college students. State allocation is state allocation, but those I fool away myself, no one can say anything."

"Are there enough houses to allocate?"

"By the end of the year, one thousand houses can be reserved. There definitely won't be that many college students, so it's enough."

After inquiring about Jin Ling's current situation, Song Yunping asked: "How is Xiao Hui?"

"Pretty good, saying he's not going to study for a master's degree, wanting to go to Jinzhou Chemical."

The couple chatted aimlessly like this, one sentence here and one sentence there, but they didn't feel bored...