Chapter 142

Immediately after winning the bid, Xu Xiaoguang called Su Xinghui and told him the good news.

Hearing that Haimin Construction Company had won the project, Su Xinghui was also very happy. The project itself was of course very important, but more importantly, Haimin Construction winning this project represented that the situation where Shan Guozhi and Xu Shixie were covering the sky with one hand in construction projects had been broken.

Since Haimin Construction had done a lot of preparations in the early stage, and Menghuling Township had also done a lot of preparatory work, it was expected that the road could officially start construction in early November.

During these days, Deputy Manager Li of the Jiangnan Crafts Store came again and took away a batch of bamboo weaving. This time, the income of the bamboo weaving factory was nearly 20,000 yuan, and the average income of each worker reached nearly 100 yuan.

And Xia Zhu completed a bamboo weaving painting again this month, which was "The Emperor's Sedan Chair" by the great Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben. In addition, she also had a bamboo weaving painting of "The Country is So Beautiful" co-authored by Fu Baoshi and Guan Shanyue, which was almost finished. Her salary this month was as high as over 600 yuan.

Deputy Manager Li said that the bamboo weaving crafts of the Zhugou Village bamboo weaving factory were very popular with domestic and foreign merchants, and the sales were very good at present, especially the "Eight Horses" woven by Xia Zhu, which had been bought by a foreign guest at a high price.

He also said that he hoped Xia Zhu could create an original work. Their store was preparing to participate in the Canton Fair next year. If it was an original work, the price would be much higher than copying these famous paintings now.

This made Xia Zhu very happy. What made her happiest was not being able to earn more money, but the feeling that her work was recognized by others.

Her life now felt very fulfilling every day. In addition to making bamboo weaving, she learned to paint every day, taught people in the village to weave bamboo, and pondered what kind of original bamboo weaving work to create.

Xia Lan was now also contacting the neighboring village of Qishiping, wanting the women in their village to learn bamboo weaving, so as to increase the factory's output, because Deputy Manager Li said their bamboo weaving was very popular and in short supply in domestic and foreign markets. In addition, it could also allow the people of Qishiping to have some income.

Actually, Qishiping was very close to Zhugou, and the two villages had many intermarried families. It was just that the mountains next to them didn't have as large a bamboo forest as Zhugou, but if they were willing to learn, they could still learn to weave bamboo.

At the end of October, Yu Gaoshan came to Zhugou Village again. He mainly looked at the situation of the wild game raised in the special breeding farm and when they could be slaughtered.

Zhao Zhongfu said that in the middle and late next month, the first batch of pheasants and bamboo rats in the breeding farm could be slaughtered, and asked Yu Gaoshan to come with a truck to transport them away.

Yu Gaoshan was accompanied by Su Xinghui to the neighboring village of Qishiping, where he signed an exclusive sales contract with their special breeding farm.

At noon, the two ate at Fatty Zhang's restaurant in the township. While eating, Yu Gaoshan took out a pager and handed it to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui asked: "Brother Gaoshan, what is this for?"

Yu Gaoshan said casually: "Nothing, I'm giving you a pager. You are too busy. Sometimes when I call your township government, you are not there. It's easier to contact you with a pager."

Su Xinghui took the pager and looked at it. It was a domestic digital machine that could only display phone numbers. This kind of machine shouldn't be too expensive, just two or three hundred. He really needed this thing now. He ran around in various villages and couldn't receive many calls, which was really inconvenient.

Speaking of which, two or three hundred was equivalent to his two months' salary.

Su Xinghui looked at the number printed on the back of the pager, kept it in his heart, then tucked it into his belt, patted it with his hand, and smiled: "Brother Gaoshan, now I am also a person with status."

Yu Gaoshan smiled: "Use this one first. When the company makes money, I will buy you a Motorola with Chinese characters, and when I make a lot of money in the future, I will buy you a big brother phone!"

As soon as Su Xinghui heard it, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, you can afford a big brother phone, but I can't afford to use it."

The big brother phone in these years, not to mention the price of two or three thousand, the phone bill was also expensive to death. It was a two-way charge for receiving and making calls, and the signal was not good. Often when answering the phone, after a few "ah ah" sounds, before hearing clearly what the other party said, several yuan of phone bills were gone.

Yu Gaoshan smiled and didn't mention the big brother phone again. He said to Su Xinghui: "Xinghui, I went to Guangdong Province a few days ago. I have an old customer there. He heard that we are raising wild boars, pheasants, and bamboo rats, and he said he wanted as many as we had, and the price was very high, especially the bamboo rats, which were already 60 or 70 yuan a jin."

Su Xinghui believed this. People in Guangdong Province love to eat and know how to eat, especially things like bamboo rats. The market in Hudong Province might not be very large, and those who eat them are just curious, but it is different in Guangdong Province. People there like this thing and can afford to eat it.

Yu Gaoshan's business mind was really quite flexible, knowing to go to Guangdong to find a market. This was really a good way.

Su Xinghui nodded: "Brother Gaoshan, your way is good. The market there must be bigger than ours."

Yu Gaoshan said excitedly: "Now we have signed contracts with two special breeding farms. They will develop for a year or two, which may drive the opening of more breeding farms in the surrounding area. In the future, the annual slaughter volume of bamboo rats may reach tens of thousands. With such a large slaughter volume, of course, we must be prepared in advance!"

Yu Gaoshan was right. In the current Menghuling Township, besides Qishiping, there were several other villages that wanted to open special breeding farms, but due to various reasons, they were still watching. Yu Gaoshan could be considered to be prepared for a rainy day, which was very visionary.

The more Yu Gaoshan talked, the more excited he became. If it really developed to that point, this business alone would have an annual turnover of at least several million in the future.

Su Xinghui nodded repeatedly. After the two brothers finished eating, Su Xinghui let Yu Gaoshan rest in his room for a while, then sent him to the bus.

That night, Su Xinghui made a call in the office. He called Lu Xiaoya, but it was Lu Zhenghong who answered the phone. As soon as he heard it was Su Xinghui, he asked him how the agricultural industrialization pilot in Menghuling Township was progressing.

Su Xinghui said to Lu Zhenghong: "Uncle Lu, the agricultural industrialization in Menghuling Township is progressing very well now. Several villages have set up joint-stock companies or agricultural cooperatives, all of which are engaged in industries recommended by experts. The prospects are very good. Now several agricultural enterprises are applying for special funds, and everyone is preparing to do a big job."

Lu Zhenghong said: "The bidding for that secondary highway is over. When can construction start?"

Su Xinghui said: "The township government has done a lot of preparatory work in the early stage, and it should be able to start construction early next month."

Lu Zhenghong smiled and said: "Your efficiency seems to be quite high. Then when I have time, I will go to your place to have a look."

Lu Zhenghong said he would come to Menghuling Township to have a look, but Su Xinghui didn't pay much attention to it. Now Lu Zhenghong was not the idle Party History Office Director anymore. He was a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. How could it be so easy to come to Menghuling?

However, he was of course still very happy to say: "Welcome to our township to have a look. When you come next time, you will definitely see that there have been great changes here."

Lu Zhenghong said: "Okay, I must go when I have time. By the way, are you looking for Xiaoya? She was taking a bath just now, and now she is out. Xiaoya, your phone."

A few seconds later, Lu Xiaoya's voice came from the phone: "Hello! I am Lu Xiaoya!"

"I am Su Xinghui!"

"Su Xinghui?" Lu Xiaoya's voice suddenly became lively: "How do you have time to call me? You haven't called me for so long. When I call you, you are either not there or no one answers."

Su Xinghui said somewhat awkwardly: "I have been too busy during this period. By the way, I bought a pager, and I called you today to tell you the pager number."

"You have a pager?" Lu Xiaoya said in surprise and joy: "Wait a minute, I'll get paper and pen."

Lu Xiaoya took paper and pen, wrote down Su Xinghui's pager number, and then said to him: "Then I will call your pager in the future, and you are not allowed not to return it." ===== CHAPTER 144 =====