Chapter Sixty-Eight: Good Things Happen Again and Again
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After Hong Yanwu and the others relieved the urgent needs of several families with practical difficulties, their "sea bumpers" seemed to have really brought good luck to themselves one after another.
First of all, on the day of the "Mid-Autumn Festival" on September 27, as a new batch of autumn seafood was replenished into the warehouse of the aquatic product company on schedule, the aquatic product store in Bincheng ushered in the largest and largest price reduction in many years.
That vice president Zhou probably used all his strength.
He actually lowered the fifty sea cucumbers by seven yuan, and the price was eighteen yuan a catty, and the eighty sea cucumbers were lowered by five yuan, and the price was fifteen yuan a catty.
At the same time, the four-, eight-, and twelve-headed "prawns" were reduced by six yuan, five yuan, and four yuan respectively.
Fresh scallops and dried scallops also dropped by two yuan and four yuan.
Even the newly listed "jellyfish" are one dollar cheaper than in previous years.
It means that the more expensive things are, the more ruthless the price adjustment, and cheap seafood such as "shrimp crawler", "mackerel" and "saury" remain unchanged.
This naturally made the people of the whole coastal city scream with joy, and the "sea bumpers" were so angry that they wanted to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff.
As a result, Vice President Zhou quickly became famous among the people, and quickly became the "Buddha of Ten Thousand Families" praised by ordinary people, and became "the master of the blue sky who understands the suffering of the people".
But at the same time, he has also become the curse object of "not a good death" and "no eyes to give birth to children" in the mouths of the "sea bumpers".
It's just that scolding and scolding, hating and hating, on the other hand, the "sea bumpers" are really panicked because of this.
No one knows if the fish store will reduce the price again tomorrow. Another thought that the "Mid-Autumn Festival" and "National Day" are about to pass, and after the autumn, there are even fewer people in the "small market" who want sea cucumbers, and many people can't even take care of the money for the wedding banquet, so they instinctively take the inventory at home to the market and sell it.
In this way, it only took a day or two to work, and the "small markets" in the whole city sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and a particularly large number of "sea bumpers" carrying sacks emerged.
The chain reaction is that the price of sea cucumbers traded privately has also gone down like a dive. not only broke through the seven-piece standard defined by Hong Yanwu, but also saw that it was going to go below six.
When this news penetrated Hong Yanwu's ears, his eyes lit up at that time.
He knew very well that Vice President Zhou's stupid move had completely stirred up the sensitive nerves of the "sea bumpers", which was equivalent to forcing out all the stock of seafood in Bincheng.
And a special opportunity like this must not be missed! Once lost, it will never come again!
So he immediately made a decision to let all the "sea bumpers" stop "touching the sea" immediately, even if they went to the aquatic product store to buy at a high price, and lost money to make up for the seafood they ordered, they couldn't make up for it themselves.
Then he openly announced, "The opportunity to make a fortune has arrived! All the people will return to Bincheng to collect seafood!"
After this order, if you use today's words. It was in 1977 that in the sea cucumber market in Bencheng, an unprecedented "explosive buying" action began.
Within two days, the owners of this small group rushed to the seven largest "small markets" in Ben Thanh.
In addition to Hong Yanwu, for the sake of insurance, he used his own money to set aside 1,000 yuan for everyone as a backup fund. Everyone else has spent almost every penny they can use.
In the end, even the public account and the private person, a total of 4,285 catties of sea cucumbers were collected, and the average price was five yuan and six cents.
So far, they already have a share of about 2% of the annual production of sea cucumbers in Bincheng.
What exactly does this number mean?
Although the other "sea bumpers" still don't know about it, Hong Yanwu knows in his heart that in such a disorderly and fragile market, this number can already set off a price storm like a tornado.
Sure enough, the situation became more optimistic. Just after the "eleventh", this short-lived low price disappeared immediately.
And in just five days, the price of sea cucumbers in the "small market" rebounded by nearly three yuan, and finally stopped at about eight yuan and five cents, so that those who did not stop in the past few days and sold at a low price regretted it and beat their chests.
On the one hand, this is due to the gradual fading of the panic in the market, and the "sea bumpers" have regained a certain degree of sanity and have a reluctance to sell.
On the other hand, some of those who regularly go to Bincheng to collect sea cucumbers during the peak season every year are the first to understand and can't help but take action.
In addition, the spot sea cucumbers were eaten by Hong Yanwu and them in one go, and the spot volume on the market has been greatly insufficient, which will produce this kind of unexpected result for most people.
That is to say, if Hong Yanwu and the others sell the collected goods in the "small market" now, they will have made nearly 10,000 yuan. Just this one thing made everyone happy.
With benefits, it is natural that friends cannot be forgotten.
Hong Yanwu remembered Yang Weifan's generous gift some time ago, so he and Chen Liquan ran to the "Old Iron Mountain" with a hundred catties of sea cucumbers they collected with their own money, wanting to use these sea cucumbers as a gift to Yang Weifan and let him make a small fortune.
Even if Yang Weifan is not short of money, he can still give it to relatives and friends.
Maybe it's really "good people have good rewards". At this meeting, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan's act of "not forgetting their friends" not only changed Yang Weifan's praise of "interesting enough", but also lost a great benefit in vain.
Yang Weifan actually told them that before the "National Day", the deputy commander had officially promoted himself to company commander, and also ordered the transfer of several of his subordinates.
Now he is already a company-level cadre with a salary of 62 yuan, which is equivalent to the position of the company commander on the mountain.
And his current subordinates, whether they are deputy instructors, three platoon commanders, or division chiefs, all listen to him. Therefore, the military control area under the "Old Iron Mountain" has completely become his own "vassal state" and can run rampant at will.
Since this is the case, then he doesn't want to take Hong Yanwu's sea cucumber for nothing. He felt that the sea was idle anyway. Simply, don't waste it, let Hong Yanwu bring the "sea bumpers" to fish.
As for the conditions he prescribed, as long as Hong Yanwu and them could not affect the soldiers on duty and patrol in the process of "touching the sea", they would provide his soldiers with some fresh seafood every day for tooth sacrifice.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan are not happy when they hear this? This is simply a big pie falling from the sky...... No, it's gold bars!
In this way, they happily had a meal in the barracks that day, and then rushed back to gather people non-stop, and early the next morning, they took the "sea bumpers" back to the "old iron mountain", and couldn't wait to "touch the sea". Its high efficiency made Yang Weifan speechless.
In this regard, Hong Yanwu fully expressed his true feelings in just one sentence, which is called "saving long nights and dreams". It made Yang Weifan laugh again.
Don't look at the same "touching the sea", but in the military area, the taste is completely different from that on the wild beach. That's so comfortable, so comfortable!
Of course, at the beginning, the big guys were still very afraid of the soldiers who were loaded with guns and meticulous patrols, and they were somewhat nervous.
But after the lunch meal, this awkwardness disappeared completely, because the soldiers were greatly grateful for the seafood they had fished out in the morning, and everyone greeted them with a smile when they saw them again.
In particular, in order to thank the secretary general, he also toasted a glass of wine with everyone on behalf of the soldiers, which made them feel a sense of honor of the labor army.
Other than that, it's all a good thing!
First of all, as mentioned earlier, because the "Old Iron Mountain" is guarded by soldiers, it is really a piece of "rich sea" that no one touches and makes people salivate.
There are too many sea creatures here, and sea cucumbers the size of cucumbers lie quietly on the bottom of the sea. The "abalone" cannot hide in the crevices of the reef at all, and it is completely like a conch "going to bed", attached like a hill. It's fascinating.
The "sea bumpers" are called a pleasure!
No matter who it is, a "Mengzi" is pierced, and with his eyes closed, he can catch the fat and fat, and the thorns around his body are stiff and upright with a large sea cucumber.
Just "slap" a few times, and you can pick up a bunch of big dazzling, like plate-sized colorful abalone.
It's a delight!
Of course, among all the "sea bumpers", the one that touches this pleasure the most is definitely the "dead corpse". He never thought that he would have a day when he would "touch the sea" in the forbidden area where he had an accident.
Secondly, even in the barracks, the "sea bumpers" did not have to worry about material supplies at all.
There is gasoline for making a fire, a rubber raft for going to the sea, a canteen for eating, and even sleeping at night, living in a large tiled house with electric lights, beds, and mosquito nets, so that they no longer have to suffer from sand, moisture, and mosquito bites.
Don't forget, there is a big training space in the military area, and the smoothed cement floor in the middle is suitable for drying sea cucumbers.
The most important thing is that there are people to accompany you.
In addition to Yang Weifan, they soon became familiar with other officers and soldiers. In their spare time, they often play chess, poker, basketball and other entertainment programs with each other.
At one point, a wrestling tournament was even organized. Of course, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan must release water, otherwise it will be one-sided, and it will be boring.
It is worth mentioning that taking this opportunity, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan both really fought with the "general". The process of the game was evenly matched and wonderful, which attracted the onlookers led by Yang Weifan to worship the servants.
But because they both kept their hands, they didn't really separate the winners and losers, and ended in a draw.
However, on the surface, as one of the "generals" involved, he doesn't think so.
He knew that he was practicing diligently every day, but Hong Yanwu was lazy by nature and had never seen him practice, so to be honest, he was actually slightly inferior.
What's more, the real life-and-death struggle relies on a cool head and accurate judgment. At this point, he has no confidence to compare with Hong Yanwu.
As for Chen Liquan, who is also diligent in practicing and Hong Yanwu thinks that he is inferior, he can clearly feel that the other party is deliberately giving in. So there is no doubt about it, he is willing to bow down in his heart.
In this way, in comfort and happiness, seven days passed in a flash, and the sea cucumbers under the entire "Old Iron Mountain" sea area were also lightened.
If you talk about the achievements, it is really remarkable, and the prosperous products here are as good as more than a dozen seas elsewhere, and they are also "fine farming". Calculated, it is 800 catties of light dried ginseng and more than 2,000 catties of abalone shells.
And Hong Yanwu is not an ignorant person, he will never swallow it himself, and before leaving, he took the initiative to give Yang Weifan 300 catties of light dried ginseng.
Even Yang Weifan sincerely refused to refuse, and he insisted on giving it.
His reason was, "Being a soldier is a chore, and it's not easy for anyone! I know that you, 'Young Master Yang', have a lot of money, but you don't lack meat to eat, but you can't be full of hungry men, you don't know that hungry men are hungry......"
Yang Weifan understood these words in a blink of an eye. He was even more impressed with it, and thanked him again and again.
That's right, since most of these soldiers come from rural areas, not only are their families not rich, but many of them are absolutely poor.
Compared with ordinary soldiers, cadres such as platoon commanders, division chiefs, and deputy instructors are paid, but they still have a large family.
Isn't it the best opportunity to let people have a heart in their hearts and themselves?