Liu Hanchi, president of the Huimin Township Cooperative, is radiant these days.

He has contacted many Jiagu cooperatives around him who also want to withdraw from the group, and discussed the common advance and retreat in order to face the pressure of Jiagu.

From time to time, reporters came to interview, and his figure even appeared on the TV station, and at that moment, he felt that he had reached the peak of his life.

Until one day, he received a thin letter.

In front of the management of the cooperative, he opened the letter indifferently, glanced at it quickly, and was immediately stunned, and the piece of paper in his hand fell lightly to the ground.

That's a court letter!

At the same time, more than 30 other heads of Jiagu cooperatives also received letters with similar contents.

It's a big deal!

Thirty-two large farmer cooperatives were collectively sued by Jiagu, and thousands of peasant households were involved; Jiagu's legal department formed a huge operation team and launched a series of lawsuits in a very short period of time. You must know that there is a process for the court to accept the case, and if you don't sue, the court can immediately accept it and send a lawsuit letter.

Such a big deal is like dropping a big bomb directly, and public opinion has completely exploded.

It's really a big deal.

Under the promotion of well-intentioned people, this is not only a dispute between Jiagu and its cooperatives, but the whole country is paying close attention to Jiagu's tough voice.

Of course, those who are not familiar with Jiagu can see one kind of scenery from a distance, and those who are familiar with Jiagu will see another scenery up close.

Hu Zheng, the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, had always been worried about Jiagu, and Qi Zheng received a phone call from him shortly after the court accepted the lawsuit.

His voice on the phone was a little impatient: "Qi Dong, you have always had a clear mind in what you do." It's been too hard lately, it's not like Katani's style. ”

Qi Zheng reacted and smiled lightly: "What kind of style is Jiagu?"

"Why are you still heartless, you know what I'm talking about. Director Hu said angrily.

"And which side are you on?"

"I'm definitely on your side. It's just that this time you've made a lot of noise. ”

Qi Zheng patted his forehead and said, "I thought you were planning to be a lobbyist?"

Director Hu on the other end reacted quickly: "Someone is a lobbyist?"

"Of course, not young and old. ”

"But you're still holding your sights?"

Qi Zheng smiled bitterly and asked again, "You really didn't act as a lobbyist for others?"

"Uh...... Well, it's someone who wants to know what you really think through me. The other party subconsciously whispered.

Qi Zheng smiled and shook his head, no surprise.

The lawsuit against the cooperative involves not only Jiagu and the farmers, but also the local government.

Everyone knows that agricultural production has special characteristics that other industrial production does not have. In China, in many cases, the cooperative contracts between enterprises and farmers are therefore incomplete, and there is no clear boundary between the obligations and rights of each party.

But Jiagu has suffered this kind of loss on the road to entrepreneurship.

Today, the details of the order contract between Jiagu and the cooperative, the perfection of the procedures, and the standardization of the operation are unsurpassed in China.

The contract clearly stipulates the variety, specification, quantity, quality, price, rights and obligations, and liability for breach of contract, especially the penalty for breach of contract, and forms quite clear contract terms. Once signed, both producers and marketers have the obligation to fulfill the terms of the contract and bear the corresponding legal responsibilities.

And that's not all, Jiagu has a relatively poor sense of contract among farmers, and when the contract is signed, a "third party" is also introduced to step in to strengthen supervision and ensure the implementation of the contract – this "third party" is the local government.

This is a very important part, Jiagu side has invested heavily in the means of production, and even invested in improving the local water conservancy situation, if there is no third-party guarantee, Jiagu will bear all the default risk, how can the group's legal department ignore it?

It is not possible to increase the default cost of farmers, and when the default income is greater than the default cost, the default risk still exists. However, the government provides a guarantee for the contract farming contract, so that the performance of the contract is included in the tripartite framework of "farmer/cooperative-Jiagu-government", and the risk of default is not borne by Jiagu or the farmer unilaterally.

When the years are quiet, of course, it is hello, I am good, everyone, but the turmoil is together, and the government is also numb.

When the cooperative fell out with Jiagu, the local government found that as the guarantor, they became Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not people inside and out.

To be honest, the official response was not as drastic as Qi Zheng expected, but even so, the pressure was not light.

In this era of more transparent information and more developed public opinion, decisions for any disadvantaged group are prudent and rational, in other words, when the interests of the disadvantaged group are contrary to morality, the former is more likely to gain support.

"Let's be honest, Jiagu resorted to the court, and the lawsuit was easy to win, but it was not easy to execute. If it is really enforced, once the peasants join together to resist and cause a mass incident, no one can only adopt the attitude of calming the situation and calming the people. Director Hu finally couldn't help it and wanted to persuade Qi Zheng.

Before Director Hu, Qi Zheng had actually received communication calls from several senior municipal and provincial officials.

Qi Zheng didn't think that there would be official intervention, nor did he not think that there would be strong pressure.

Now, it's just happening as expected.

It's really bad, but just like Qi Zheng expected, bad things will always happen.

However, Qi Zheng still didn't know how to answer.

Because his answer is destined to be unlikeable.

However, there has to be someone to do the things that are not pleasant.

Qi Zheng shook his head, but he couldn't see Director Hu on the other end of the phone, and said in a blink of an eye: "My Director Hu, I also want to calm things down, but the current situation is that Jia Gu can't calm things down at all." ”

Director Hu was surprised: "What do you say?"

"Do you know how many Jiagu cooperatives there are?"

"Huh?"

"At present, it has been ascertained that more than 300 Jiagu cooperatives have the intention of withdrawing from the group, and all of them are still large cooperatives. ”

"Hiss......" The other party's inhalation sound came from the phone.

This number made Director Hu speechless.

As a supporter of Jiagu, he still doesn't know the cornerstone role of cooperatives in the Jiagu system? More than 300 Jiagu cooperatives have different intentions, and if they are not careful, something big will happen to the Jiagu system.

No wonder Qi Zheng's unusually tough this time turned out to be poked at the pain point.

In comparison, suing more than 30 cooperatives in a "mere district" is where to go.

Thinking about the silent wind and rain behind him, Director Hu muttered: "How many people's lives will no longer be peaceful now." ”

Qi Zheng did not answer.

It is undeniable that today's Qi Zheng is a person who stands in the carnivorous class. To put it simply, the decisions of the carnivorous class will eventually affect some people, whether it is now or in the future, his decisions may always make some people lose their jobs, cut their salaries, be criticized, or be unjustifiable, does Qi Zheng still have to bear these consequences and risks for them?

Workers may lose their jobs, white-collar workers may be criticized, and cadres may go to prison, which is the so-called occupational risk. Whether it is the intention or the coercion, the stakeholders who stand on the opposite side of Jiagu this time, Qi Zheng will not sympathize with their future.

After a while, Director Hu on the other end said hatefully: "Has Jiagu found the person behind the trouble?"

Even if there is a grievance, if there is no one to stir up trouble, it is impossible for a large number of cooperatives to stand up at the same time to break away from the Jiagu system.

"The more detailed situation is still being investigated, but there are some clues...... "For Director Hu, Qi Zheng did not hide it, and spit out the names of the companies one by one.

Listening to the list, Director Hu was a little surprised but not so surprised, and couldn't help but complain a little: "Why don't you announce it, you can always help Jiagu scatter some attention." And you're so tough now, aren't you playing into their hands and making your relatives and enemies happy?"

Qi Zheng shook his head with a smile and said, "Jiagu, who should settle accounts, will definitely not let go, but the current problem is no longer just about the conflict between the interests of Jiagu himself and the troublemakers. This incident has become a focal point, a focus on the advance and retreat of the industry. ”

Hearing this, Director Hu also had to pay attention to it and said, "You say." ”

Qi Zheng took a deep breath and said solemnly: "For so many years, domestic agriculture has not gotten rid of the 'high prices hurt the people, and low prices also hurt the peasants', and often fall into the vicious circle of 'production increased sharply - prices plummeted - production sharply decreased - prices skyrocketed', and the order agriculture of 'first looking for the market, then grasping production, linking production and marketing, and determining production by sales' can just lead agriculture out of this strange circle, you have to admit this?"

"Hmm. ”

"But over the years, even with the drive of Jiagu, the implementation of contract agriculture has not been so smooth, right?"

"Not everyone has Jiagu's resource reserves. Director Hu retorted.

"I don't deny this, but the bigger problem is definitely not this, but that many people are not familiar with the rules of the game in the market economy at all. After a pause, Qi Zheng said in a deep voice: "It is said that farmers are a vulnerable group, but who would have thought that once farmers default, enterprises are in a disadvantaged position; ”

"Just look at this time, the farmers who signed a contract with our Jiagu and wanted to breach the contract did not realize that their actions were wrong, and even some people in the local government also felt that the farmers' breach of contract was only to protect their own interests, and should not be exaggerated. ”

"Yes, I understand what you mean, if the breach of contract is prosecuted badly, it is easy to arouse the resistance of the peasants and induce mass incidents. ”

"But Director Hu, have you ever thought about it, if even our Jiagu chooses to settle things because of fear of trouble, how many farmers will still not realize the legal significance of the contract, and how many enterprises will be prejudiced against the group of farmers and no longer willing to cooperate with farmers?"

"I won't say that Jiagu doesn't have the idea of killing chickens and monkeys, but if it doesn't, it will be a very bad start not only for the Jiagu system, but also for the entire industry. ”

Qi Zheng's last sentence accentuated his tone.

In fact, when Qi Zheng made such a tough decision, there was no shortage of opposition within Jiagu.

As they say, Jiagu can completely dismantle the cooperative's intention of "withdrawing from the group" by "wooing a group, dividing a group, and abandoning a group" in a relatively low-key manner, or it can incite national sentiment and strengthen the people's support for Jiagu by making public the "conspiracy" behind it.

But Qi Zheng did not agree, and the Ministry of Strategy did not approve after deduction.

The opinion of the Ministry of Strategy is Qi Zheng's next words: "I may be a little loud, but I think that this incident is likely to be a milestone in domestic agriculture." Contracts are legally valid and should be complied with, breaches should be breached, and if breaches are not punished and it is difficult for the contract to bind both parties, who will promote market-oriented progress?"

There was silence on the phone.

Director Hu on the other end was a little distracted, he was not impressed by Qi Zheng's tone, but somewhat impressed by Qi Zheng's persistence.

He actually understands the pressure that Qi Zheng can face. After entering the officialdom, there was a time when he was also under tremendous pressure.

However, people have different ways to decompress when they are under stress.

Some people collapsed, some people climbed and bitten, and some people went along with it......

Only a very small number of people, like Qi Zheng, will not choose the so-called "calm down the people", but a reasonable and well-founded confrontation, think calmly, deal with it calmly, and even give people a sense of might and unyielding.

Thinking about Qi Zheng's original intention of doing this, Director Hu didn't know how to evaluate it.

As Qi Zheng himself said, he could have let this matter pass relatively low-key and settle accounts after the autumn.

But Qi Zheng didn't do that.

He chose a hard path.

Just like the choices of some people he saw after he entered the officialdom.

Director Hu unnaturally thought of some seniors, some colleagues, and some friends.

Are they stupid?

Maybe.

Do we need such people?

Yes.

To a certain extent, Director Hu admires Qi Zheng.

But understanding and admiration do not mean full approval.

"Even if it were, it would be costly. Jiagu's merciless treatment, even if it is on your side, is a great harm to Jiagu's image. It is conceivable that many farmers will not welcome a tough Jiagu, some local governments will also not welcome it, and many consumers will also resist you because of this...... You should be able to imagine this. Director Hu knew that it was difficult for him to persuade Qi Zheng to change his decision, and these words could be regarded as a reminder from the position of a friend.

Qi Zheng's voice was still calm: "It's just the lesser of two evils." ”

After thinking about the official opinion of Director Hu's representative, Qi Zheng said calmly: "In this way, I will be interviewed by some media reporters, announce to them the decision I made, and the reason why I did it, and explain that the responsibility lies with me." More or less, it will reduce the pressure on the local government. ”

Director Hu coughed lightly: "You, you, you can't help but think of us too casually, right?"

Qi Zheng chuckled: "That's no problem?"

There was a laughing and scolding on the phone: "You are our army." ”

Qi Zheng smiled and didn't explain. He was indeed a general.

However, he did contact reporters. There are some things that others are not easy to say, but he is not afraid to say them publicly.

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