EBE Chapter 23 Year-End Bonus
Chapter 23 Year-End Bonus
"Huh? Yufei? I didn't expect to run into you here." Yufei saw Chun Mama's expression and heard her words.
If she hadn't known it was her plan, she would have thought Granny Chun had just run into them by chance. It's a shame Granny Chun's acting skills aren't in the performing arts.
This acting is absolutely Oscar-worthy! After greeting Chun Mama and Yufei, she warmly greeted Yufei's parents as well.
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Li, what a coincidence! I was just looking for you. Please wait here for a moment." With that, he hurriedly left.
Yufei and the others waited for her for about 10 minutes before Granny Chun came out pushing a cart loaded with 30 bags of fertilizer.
"Little Li, this is for you," Granny Chun handed the cart to Li Aiguo.
He continued, "Where are your three-wheeled vehicles? Let's put the fertilizer up there together. Our agricultural research institute's fertilizer production has increased, and we were just about to come looking for you."
Now that I've met you, I'll tell you this. If you have any problems using the fertilizer we make, please let us know.
We can adjust our data according to your situation. Thank you for your cooperation in our research.
Granny Chun chatted with Liu Meili and the others as they walked.
"Not at all! We're so glad you chose us. The fertilizer and seeds have been working exceptionally well so far, and the crops are delicious. We'll let you know immediately if there are any problems."
Li Aiguo, pushing the fertilizer cart, answered Granny Chun. Their three-wheeled vehicle wasn't far away; they'd arrive in just a few minutes.
Granny Chun followed them as they loaded the fertilizer onto the cart, then pushed it away. Yufei's family also took the last ferry back to the countryside.
Time flies. Since Yufei's parents contacted Granny Chun...
Yufei's father and grandfather discussed renting another 3 mu of land in the village so they could harvest another batch of jade watermelons before summer ended.
At the same time, Yufei also discussed it with her family, because the white jade radishes and golden corn are now famous throughout the country.
But what they can produce is far from enough, so should we discuss with the village chief and get the villagers involved? Many hands make light work.
Yufei proposed two ways to cooperate with the villagers. One was to rent all the villagers' land and hire them to help with the planting, paying them wages.
The second option is to let the villagers grow the crops themselves, signing contracts with them. The seeds for white jade radishes, golden corn, and red jade peppers will be provided by Junlin Company, owned by Yufei's family. However, Junlin Company will purchase all the produce at 70% of the market price.
For example, the market price of white jade radishes has been negotiated and unified with Zhu Xiangui to 2 mao (0.2 yuan).
So Junlin Company acquired it from them for 14 cents. If they sell it to someone else privately, they will have to pay them a certain amount of liquidated damages.
These two options are available for the villagers to choose from.
Yufei's family agreed with Yufei's suggestion, believing it would help everyone get rich. Yufei's grandfather, being an impatient man, went to the village chief that very day and discussed the matter with him.
Upon hearing this, the village chief patted his thigh and exclaimed that this was a good thing, and immediately made an announcement over the loudspeaker to organize a meeting for the villagers.
At the beginning of the reform and opening up in the 90s, most people at Hongxing were still hesitant to take risks and opted for the first option.
Some people who had heard of agricultural products like white jade radishes wisely chose the second option.
At her youngest son's suggestion, Grandma Chun's family chose the second option, investing all 10 mu (approximately 1.65 acres) of their land in planting these crops.
Some people thought his family had gone mad, but when the first batch of agricultural products ripened, it silenced all the onlookers.
Of course, no one complained about choosing the first option, because the village chief had told them beforehand to think it over carefully.
In addition, although the first option doesn't earn as much as the second, it's still quite profitable. The first option is more stable, as it doesn't depend on the weather and you don't have to worry about the harvest being affected by the weather.
So now that they earn a little more than them, there's only envy, not jealousy.
Regarding the issues of land and personnel, and the seeds, Yufei patted her chest and said that they had assured her there would be enough.
Thus, Junlin Agriculture got back on track, and when the second batch of Emerald Watermelons arrived, Yufei's parents returned to their jobs.
During this period, due to an unknown leak of information, many restaurants and supermarkets that had opened in major cities came to them wanting to sign supply contracts.
Zhu Xiangui was also helpless. After all, Yufei's family couldn't possibly consume that much of their current goods. Even if they could, they couldn't do something that would provoke a public outcry.
Therefore, Zhu Xiangui proactively told Yufei's family that the uneaten food at Renhe Restaurant could be sold to others, but he wanted priority selection and the first right to purchase any new products.
Yufei's family would definitely agree; they had already built a deep friendship, and from a business perspective, it was a win-win situation.
Therefore, their crops were already being targeted by merchants from all over the country before they were even ripe, so they had no worries about selling them. Based on the information given to them by Zhu Xiangui, Yufei's family selected several companies with good reputations and capabilities and signed pre-order contracts.
When the harvest season came around in the second half of the year, those companies would stay in the fields. As soon as the crops were harvested, the villagers would weigh them and transport them away.
They didn't leave until the field was completely empty, leaving only a few people in charge who settled the bill with Yufei's family.
Each time, Yufei's family would prepare a sumptuous meal, inviting the village chief and other officials to eat together, and then return home.
The second half of this year is the happiest year for Hongxing Village, the village where Yufei and her friends are currently living.
In the past six months, the average income per household has reached nearly 5000 yuan.
In 94, it was equivalent to the annual salary of many families.
Many villagers greeted Yufei's family warmly, saying that because of them, they would all have a bountiful New Year.
The village officials were all smiles as they looked at the year-end report.
Meanwhile, officials from several neighboring villages were also considering visiting Yufei's family during the Spring Festival to see if there were any opportunities for cooperation.
Two days before Lunar New Year's Eve, Yufei and her family of five used their home as Junlin Company's office, since there were only five people working at the company at the moment.
Today, the company, which felt like a game of make-believe, held its first year-end bonus distribution meeting.
There's no party, just a profit-sharing meeting. After all, if there's a performance, only Yufei would be on stage, and Yufei said, "Let her off the hook."
They summarized the various tasks undertaken since the company's establishment, and in short, they concluded that the company had too few employees and wondered if they should expand the workforce next year.
At Yufei's suggestion, Granny Chun provided them with samples of aquatic products such as crucian carp, snakehead fish, and soft-shelled turtles, telling them that she could provide them with fish fry next year.