1988 was destined to be an extraordinary year, from the rush to buy food in February and March to the rush to buy daily necessities starting in April, and the price "shutdown" in July and August, until September, when the country launched vigorous rectification measures and made the economy "hard landing" ". Throughout Xizhou City, people are frantically buying things every month or even every day. Every household has become a warehouse for daily necessities. Some families buy cotton trousers and leather shoes that they will never use up in a lifetime.
After the internal rectification of the supply and marketing cooperative, the counters that participated in price gouging and had their contracting rights taken away have been vacant. After more than half a year of panic buying, people's purchasing power has hit rock bottom. There are only a few horses and horses in front of the noisy supply and marketing cooperative in the past. Occasionally, people come to buy nails and There are no light bulbs, and there is even a feeling of being empty. After the counter was taken back, the space became a fixed asset of the supply and marketing cooperative. It remained empty and did not generate any income. Therefore, the supply and marketing cooperative did not even turn on the lights, and a large area of the counter was dimly lit.
Especially in the evening and night, it always feels dark. In the past, many of the contractors' sales staff lived in the counters like Li Tongfu and Wang Shan, but now it's quite eerie because there are no people there. When I go to bed at night, I always feel like something is coming out of me. So much so that when Li Tongfu and Wang Shan went to the toilet in the middle of the night, they had to use flashlights together.
On October 19, the Northwest Provincial People's Government held a working meeting on cleaning up fixed asset investment projects to implement the spirit of the State Council's "Notice on Cleaning Up Fixed Assets Under Construction Projects, Compressing Investment Scale, and Adjusting Investment Structure" and required all prefectures, cities, and departments and bureaus to quickly carry out Clean, compress, adjust work. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the clean-up work, the Provincial People's Government established a team to clean up fixed asset investment projects.
After several days of meetings and discussions, the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperatives decided to continue to contract the currently vacant counters, and give priority to merchants who have already contracted the counters of the supply and marketing cooperatives and whose legal operations have not participated in disrupting the economic order. All the hard conditions seemed to be specially prepared for people like Wang Yanhua. When Li Tongfu brought the good news back to Liufang Wood Processing Factory in Shige Village, Yang Liufang agreed to continue expanding the contract without even thinking.
"Brother, we have just paid off the principal and interest from the last meeting. If we continue to contract, our funds this time will not be as much as last time. If we start another meeting, we will have to prepare more money, which means we will have to More interest will be paid in half a year.”
"Brother, how much money do we have in our account now?"
"Excluding expenses and wages, the income from the counter of the hardware store was only more than 2,600 yuan as of yesterday. In addition, we provide labor insurance supplies to Hongtuzhuang. Due to this period of panic buying, our purchase cost has increased a lot, but we still press the previous price. It is provided under contract, so there is almost no profit. In addition, the competition uniforms and school uniforms customized for the township education committee also have very little profit, so the total of these items is less than 10,000. The remaining income is from selling our furniture The last payment from the sales department and us was confiscated, and a total of 32,078 yuan was transferred to us in the past few months, so we still have 34,678 yuan left in our account. We still have to pay wages at the end of the month, and we have to set aside money for the furniture factory to purchase raw materials in the autumn. For expenses, the available funds of 30,000 are already as high as the sky." Li Tongfu took the notebook he carried with him and carefully reported each item to Yang Liufang. Yang Liufang worked with numbers all day long as a carpenter and had strong mental arithmetic skills. So it can be totaled with almost no reporting. So when Li Tongfu handed over his notebook, Yang Liufang didn't pick it up.
"Brother, I can trust you to keep the accounts. I already know it in my heart. If we contract the part where we used to sell furniture next to us, how much will it cost in total?"
"There are a total of six sets of counters, and the contracting fee is 60,000. As for the value of the goods in the counters now, I don't know how much less the furniture factory has, but the value of other goods should be around 50,000."
"The last batch of furniture that Brother Qin brought from the factory included two sets of sofas, two Eight Immortals tables, two desks, and more than ten stools. In terms of value and cost, it should be less than 10,000, plus what you just calculated , it should be about 120,000. We will also raise 90,000. Well, brother, you ask Yanhua to go to the contracting department of the supply and marketing cooperative to ask the leader about how to price it, and whether our unsold furniture can be returned. Give it to us, or sell it to us at a price. The purpose of this is that we can get less from the association, right?"
"Well, I'll let her ask when I get back. If the six-section counter is connected to us, half of the entire original hardware store will be ours."
"Yes, brother, that's what I mean. I want to use it as both an exhibition hall and a warehouse as well as a sales place. Because overall, 10% has been taken away by others in the past few months, and our profits are quite considerable. And the intangible publicity value is immeasurable. Because up to now, the furniture production in our factory is still more in Hanwangchuan and less in Xizhou City. If we can open up the furniture market in Xizhou City, the future development will be very great. advantageous."
"Okay, brother, I understand, then I'll go back and do this now."
"Brother, I don't care about this moment. I'll come back after lunch."
"Master Li, my elder brother is back. Thank you for your efforts to cook two dishes." Yang Liufang went out and walked into the canteen and said to the canteen master chef.
"Boss Yang, is it the same as before?"
"Yes, stir-fry more and let my elder brother take it back in a plastic bag. He and his third brother can eat it hot." Ever since Yang Liufang went to the supply and marketing cooperative to see them on New Year's Day, knowing how difficult it was to eat, every time Li Tongfu came back or When Qin Jiajun comes to pick up the goods, Yang Liufang will ask the master chef to fry more vegetables and let them take them back and eat them hot.
The two chatted in the bedroom for a while. After the meal was ready, Yang Liufang asked the village chief Shitou and the master chef to accompany him and Li Tongfu to eat together. During the dinner, when the matter of expanding the counter of the contracted supply and marketing cooperative was mentioned, Village Chief Shitou immediately said: "There is such a difference, two brothers, I will go back and tell your sister-in-law that I have made some money with you in the past two years, and I will take all of it." Come out and use it first."
"Brother Shitou, thank you in advance. If your family doesn't need it urgently, you can talk to your sister-in-law and we can pay you a higher interest rate than the bank. After all, we have to pay when we go to the carnival."
"Those two brothers, I have a decent salary, but my family doesn't have much money, so I offer it to you to use first."
After Yang Liufang heard this, he was very moved at first. Then he went to see Li Tongfu and found that he was also looking at him and nodded to each other. After they finished eating, Yang Liufang called Li Tongfu back to the bedroom.
"Brother, I think we can raise funds from workers. From the opening of the furniture factory to now, these workers, Brother Shitou, including Wang Shan, if everyone is willing, we can raise at least 20,000. After all, Brother Shitou has more than 10,000 here. .”
"Brother, that's what I mean. There should be more people in Wangshan than Brother Shitou."
"Yes, brother, you can find the right time to reveal it to him." It's true that brothers are united and have a clear understanding.
Yang Liufang sent Li Tongfu away and told the village chief Shitou his plan when he came back. He asked the village chief Shitou to come forward to see if the workers were willing to participate in the fund-raising. After collecting 100 for half a year, he would return 105. In this way, Yang Liufang was better than himself from raising money. If you know how to take money, you have to pay half the interest. The head of Shitou Village talked with the workers who worked in the factory and those who had participated in the rotation work in the furniture factory. Unexpectedly, everyone was very active. It is better to store money in a furniture factory at your doorstep than to store it in a bank where you can't touch it or see it. Only two people were unwilling. The family was too poor and they had just finished building a house after earning enough money. Yang Liufang adopted the principle of voluntariness and did not force it.
Before noon the next day, everyone took out their own money and gave it to the village chief Shitou. The village chief Shitou brought the money and the list and sent it over. Yang Liufang saw that everyone gave 300 to me and 500 to the two painters. More, each family contributed 2,000; the head of Shitou Village contributed the most, a total of 10,000; in total, the village's funds raised alone amounted to 31,069.
Li Tongfu didn't come back until after three o'clock in the afternoon.
"Brother, I have been waiting for the supply and marketing cooperative to hold a meeting to study. Furniture cannot be discounted, and it cannot be said to be ours, because that means we have also participated in driving up prices. In that case, the brands of civilized merchants will be taken away. None of us We are qualified to be contracted. However, Yanhua managed to give us one more month of counter adjustment time. That is, in the first year of contracting, we only paid 11 months of contract payment.”
"Brother, that's great, look at this." Yang Liufang handed over the funds and the list.
"So much. By the way, Wang Shan wants to pay 20,000, but he doesn't want interest, he wants shares. I can't make a decision. I'll come back to discuss it with you."
"Brother, I think we can give you shares, what do you think?"
"I think it's okay. How much is appropriate? You can't give 1% like Yanhua."
"That's impossible, let's do this, brother, our counter has made a total profit of 46,000 in the past six months; I think giving 0.2% is enough."
