Chapter 259: A Vignette in Life
Once the idea was established, I immediately started to build the facilities of the breeding base.
As the saying goes, money is easy to do, and it wasn't until this moment that I finally realized the true meaning of this sentence.
In the space of a month, a large stretch of shallow beach near the village has been transformed into a deep water bay by more than a dozen sand pumping boats that have been working all night.
In order to facilitate the receipt of goods at that time, I also built a series of pontoon bridges on this large area of deep water bay, so that there is no need to use bamboo rafts to go to the sea to fish, everything can be done on the pontoon.
This not only saves time and effort, but also effectively guarantees the safety of the villagers. From a distance, it looks like a large net made of wood has been built on the surface of the sea, and it is difficult to see the end at a glance, which is not without a sense of grandeur.
I also built a wide asphalt road along the bay to facilitate the transportation of vehicles at that time.
After the base was built, I handed over all the distribution matters to the village director and Uncle Wang, and if there was anything that needed money, I asked them to go directly to Xiaoyu to spend, and I was completely relieved of them.
When the sea breeze gradually warmed, the breeding base has begun to bear fruit, the first batch of seafood was transported to the factory in baskets three months later, although the construction of this base cost most of the company's money, but when I saw these harvests, I knew that my decision was correct, no need to worry about the supply in the future, we can be completely self-sufficient, fully equipped with a complete production chain!
The factory's two production lines, which had been shut down due to previous supply outages, were busy again, and by this time the backlog of orders had accumulated a thick stack.
Perhaps the movement I made in the village was a little too big, and it inevitably attracted the attention of all parties in the outside world.
First the leaders of the town came to inspect the village, then the leaders of the county and the city also came one after another, and the media and television reporters who were good at catching the movements of the leaders flocked to the village.
This made me feel a little nervous, and the phone calls between dignitaries and TV stations and media reporters were one after another.
For these things, I can push it, and if I can't push it off, I will let the company's manager Zhang and the village director go to top the bag, and even Da Zhuang was temporarily pulled by me to be interviewed by reporters.
I didn't expect this situation, and now I really don't like to put myself on the table again, and I vaguely feel that if I show up, then the peace I have so hard found will no longer exist.
Even the company's manager Zhang, the village director, and Da Zhuang, I also instructed them not to talk too much about my personal affairs during appointments and interviews.
Although they didn't understand what I was thinking, because it was undoubtedly a great opportunity to promote our company, they did what I told them to do.
When everything in the company stabilized again, and everything went according to plan in an orderly manner, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief and become the shopkeeper again, and no longer worry too much about the factory. I rarely even go to the factory, so many new employees don't know who their boss is.
After the initial results of the breeding base, the income of the villagers has obviously risen to a higher level, although it is obviously busy, but the income can not be compared with the beginning.
After two or three months, some villagers with good incomes took the lead in building new houses in the village.
With a precedent, the rest of the villagers followed suit. In a short period of time, small western-style houses with unique shapes have been erected in the village one after another, changing the old appearance.
The economic channel of the city television station is also on us
The village did a special interview program, and a group of media people filmed in the village for several days, and several villagers were dragged to rehearse according to the choreographed lines. It's just that when they needed me to appear, they didn't find me in the village, because I had already heard the wind and went out to sea early in the morning to fish in Uncle Wang's fishing boat.
The days seem to have returned to the peaceful state I wanted, the company has no need to worry about all matters, the breeding base in the coordination and command of Uncle Wang and the village director, the villagers have been able to skillfully cooperate with the production needs of the factory, the supply of raw materials. And the marketing thing is getting more and more mature, and everything can be done step by step.
Most of the time, except for the occasional fishing boat with Uncle Wang's fishing boat, I stayed in my yard.
My yard is now almost entirely reclaimed by me, except for a path leading from the front to the gate.
Now it is summer, the melons, fruits and vegetables in the yard have ripened, green cucumbers, red tomatoes, and purple eggplants are very eye-catching hanging on the seedlings. Looking at the fruitful fruits that I have cultivated with my own hands, I have another satisfaction.
The grapes planted last year were already in full bloom, and the original shed was no longer enough for the vines to climb, so I built another shed on top of the original one and pulled the vines of the other two vines to the roof of the new shed.
Clusters of crystal clear grapes are now hanging on the shed, but it is not yet ripe season, but I can already imagine what it will look like soon.
I often sat under the vines and watched the bunches grow bigger and bigger, and I seemed to hear time ticking by. This tranquility makes me feel grounded.
I often think that if I can live my life quietly like this, it will probably be the best explanation of my life. I have tasted the ups and downs of life many times, and now I am finally able to draw a perfect ending to my life with such a peaceful attitude and a grateful heart, and there are no regrets.
It's just that the quiet days are not without waves, and there are some seemingly paradoxical fates in the world, but in fact they dominate our lives, just when I feel that I have escaped to the end of the world, but some doomed things come quietly when I have no way to retreat.
The company's affairs have been publicized by the media, causing a small wave in a small area of the local area, and becoming a topic of conversation after tea and dinner. I, the behind-the-scenes boss who doesn't like to show up, has undoubtedly become a rather mysterious existence in the topic.
My story has been told as the history of a homeless man, or as the counterattack of a bankrupt entrepreneur. In short, people's imagination is limitless, and they can always find an inspirational story that suits them.
But no matter how the story is written, one thing can never be wrong, and that is that I really became a rich man.
Some people are full of fighting spirit when they hear it, and some people have other plans when they hear it......
I think it's worth writing a little bit more about this little episode that took place on a summer night the following year.
It was a night when the moon was low, and I had fallen asleep, and in the fog I seemed to hear a slight strange noise, and I had always slept very lightly. At first I thought it was the sound of the sea breeze hitting the door, but the sound of light footsteps in the outhouse instantly alerted me to the fact that someone had infiltrated my room.
My heart suddenly became vigilant and pounded. But just as I was about to get up quietly and want to find out, a handful of cold something was already against my neck.
"Don't move!" A cold voice said.
My body froze as soon as I sat up from the bed, but I didn't feel much fear in my heart, but I calmed down instantly after understanding what was happening in front of me.
The lights in the room were turned on, and the sudden on-up light made my eyes a little uncomfortable, I reached out to block the top of my eyes, and after a moment I finally saw the situation clearly.
There were already two more people in my bedroom, both wearing a sun hat and mask, the brim of which was pressed low to reveal only a pair of eyes.
They were clearly prepared for this, and the fact that they controlled me as soon as they entered the door showed that they were not burglarizing, and that they must have other plans.
"You're the owner of this village food company?" The man with the knife confronted me, and he said that his voice was a little immature, sounding like a young man in his early twenties. The other man was rummaging through my bedroom cabinet, and he had pulled out several drawers and threw them on the floor.
"What do you want to do?" I asked without the slightest fluster.
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to borrow a little money from you!" He replied.
"You didn't borrow money like that!" I smiled at them.
"Less nonsense, we know you have money, we only need half a million, do you have any cash?" He asked, his voice sharpened with nervousness.
"Not that much, only a few hundred dollars in cash, in my jacket pocket, if you want to, take it!" I gestured for my clothes on the chair next to the bed.
"Listen, we only need 500,000, you can find a way to get it for me now, and if you can't get the money tonight, I'll take your life!" We have inquired clearly, you are the owner of this village food company, and it is impossible for you to not even be able to take out a mere 500,000 yuan. He said viciously, but I could already hear some lack of confidence in his trembling voice.
I smiled at him: "I don't have any money on me now, it's all in the company." Why don't you go with me and get it? I said.
"Seriously?" The man with the knife didn't hide his emotions in the slightest, and said with a hint of joy in his tone when I finished speaking.
"Of course it's true, a company as big as mine will naturally have 500,000. It's just that the company office and the workshop are connected together, and the workshop now has workers who work night shifts! If you're not afraid, we'll go now! ”
When the young man with the knife heard this, he knew that I was playing with him, and he pressed the knife a little closer, and his voice became angry.
"You're kidding me, aren't you! Believe it or not, I really killed you? ”
I looked at his trembling hands and didn't think he had the courage, these two were obviously novices, and they had no experience in this way, and I am afraid that no one would put half a million dollars in cash at home in this era.
If it is kidnapping and extortion, their method is not right, and when they have already inquired about my identity, they take such a big risk to open up only 500,000 yuan, and the more than 200,000 yuan for one person is completely disproportionate to the risk they take, you must know that if they are caught in this kind of behavior, this life will be ruined.
I guess they are probably some bad young people who have just come out of society, they have never seen much of the world, and they did such a stupid thing on a whim because they have no money to spend, and 500,000 is probably the limit of their imagination.