Chapter 80

Immediately after winning the bid, Xu Xiaoguang called Su Xinghui to tell him the good news.

Hearing that Haimin Construction Company had won the project, Su Xinghui was also very happy. This project itself was naturally very important, but more importantly, Haimin Construction winning this project meant that the situation where Shan Guozhi and Xu Liangxi covered the sky with one hand in construction projects was broken.

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

These days, Deputy Manager Li of the Jiangnan Handicraft 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 another bamboo weaving painting this month, which was "The 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," a collaboration between 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 handicrafts of Yezhugou Village’s bamboo weaving factory were very popular with domestic and foreign merchants, and the sales were very good, especially the "Eight Horses" woven by Xia Zhu, which had already been bought by a foreign guest at a high price.

He also said that he hoped Xia Zhu could create an original work. Next year, their store was preparing to participate in the Canton Fair. 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 she was most happy about 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 painting every day, taught villagers bamboo weaving, and pondered what kind of original bamboo weaving work to create.

Xia Lan was now also contacting the neighboring village of Qishuping, wanting the women in their village to learn bamboo weaving, which could 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 Qishuping to have some extra income.

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

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

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 sold, and asked Yu Gaoshan to come with a truck to take them away.

Yu Gaoshan was accompanied by Su Xinghui to the neighboring village of Qishuping and 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 I call your township government phone to find you, but you are always not there. Having a pager makes it easier to contact you."

Su Xinghui took the pager and looked at it. It was a domestic digital pager 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 equal to his two months’ salary.

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

Yu Gaoshan laughed: "Use this first. When the company makes money, I’ll buy you a Motorola Chinese character display one, and when you make big money in the future, I’ll buy you a big brother phone!"

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

The big brother phone in this day and age, not to mention the price of 20,000 to 30,000, the phone bill was also expensive to death. It was a two-way charge for incoming and outgoing calls, and the signal was not good. Often when you picked up the phone, you said "Ah, ah" a few times, and before you heard clearly what the other party said, a few yuan of phone bill was gone.

Yu Gaoshan smiled and didn't talk about the big brother phone. He said to Su Xinghui: "Xinghui, a few days ago I went to Guangdong Province. I have an old customer there. He heard that we are raising wild boars, pheasants, and bamboo rats here, and he said he wanted as many as we had, and the price was very high, especially for bamboo rats, which were 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 people who eat it are just curious, but it’s 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 how to find a market in Guangdong. This was really a good way.

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

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

Yu Gaoshan was right. In the current Menghuling Township, besides Qishuping, 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 taking precautions, which was very visionary.

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

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

That night, Su Xinghui made a phone 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. Several villages have started joint-stock companies or agricultural cooperatives, all of which are engaged in industries recommended by experts, and the prospects are very good. Now there are several agricultural enterprises 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 preparation work in the early stage, and it should be able to start construction early next month."

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

Lu Zhenghong said he was going to Menghuling Township to take a look, but Su Xinghui didn't pay much attention to it. Now Lu Zhenghong was not the idle Party History Office Director he used to be; he was now a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. How could it be so easy for him to come to Menghuling?

However, he was naturally very happy to say: "Welcome to our township to take 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 shower just now and has come out. Xiaoya, your phone."

A few seconds later, Lu Xiaoya’s voice came from the phone: "Hello! This is Lu Xiaoya!"

"This is 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, and when I call you, you are either not there or no one answers."

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

"You have a pager?" Lu Xiaoya was surprised and happy: "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."