After I got home, An Lan had already prepared lunch and was waiting for me.
As soon as she saw me coming back, she asked me: "How was the conversation?"
"It's good. The boss is very easy to talk to."
"You won't really sign the contract, right?"
I smiled and said, "How could that happen? Why don't we let him bleed? How will we have a long memory in the future?"
When I said this, An Lan understood what I meant. She rolled her eyes at me and said, "Aren't you afraid of offending others?"
"I'm really not afraid of offending him. He has the ability to bully us farmers, so don't be afraid of being tricked."
An Lan didn't ask me how I cooked it. She served me the rice and asked me to eat.
But I didn't expect that this matter would spread so quickly. In just one afternoon, many people in the village knew about it.
Some villagers even came to my house and asked me whether this matter was reliable. If it was not reliable, who would bear the losses of our farmers?
I had no choice but to explain it one by one and tell them that this matter would definitely bring about a good outcome for everyone, and asked them not to worry yet.
In the evening, my uncle also came to see me, also for this matter.
The uncle said to me: "Xiao Chen, I heard that Director Huang asked you to talk to a big boss about contracting land in the village. Did you agree?"
"Uncle, don't be anxious about this matter. I haven't agreed to it yet."
"But everyone said that you agreed. Director Huang asked you to consult with the staff. Do you think it's okay?"
I smiled and said: "I told you that this matter is not what everyone said, and the contract has not been signed yet."
The uncle said seriously again: "It's okay if you don't sign it. Don't sign these contracts randomly. You don't know that the farmers in the village attach great importance to the land. It has been contracted by the village for two or three years and there is no benefit at all like you."
It’s not a good idea to step in when the time comes!”
"I know, uncle, don't worry, I know what's going on."
The uncle nodded and said: "Uncle knows that you have achieved some success outside, but some things in the countryside are very complicated. It is better to do less than to do more."
If it were before, I would not have understood the pressure of public opinion at the grassroots level, but I also lived in Yulin Village, a poor and backward place for so long.
Therefore, I should know better than many people about these trivial matters in rural areas, and I also know how to deal with these relationships.
It's just that I didn't expect that this incident would cause such a huge public outcry.
In the next two days, many farmers came to my door one after another and asked me if I had sold their land?
There are even malicious rumors that my real purpose of suddenly dragging my family back this time is to take over their land.
Some people say that I am a capitalist, and that the people in the village office have been bribed by me.
Anyway, all kinds of unpleasant words came to my ears. Fortunately, they didn't say anything about An Lan, they just criticized me in various ways.
Even Director Huang came forward to explain, saying that he asked me to consult on this matter, and that the contract has not been signed yet and has nothing to do with me.
However, this explanation is indifferent in the eyes of everyone. They only believe what they hear with their ears, and they only care about what is beneficial to themselves.
In fact, I have been deeply touched by these human natures before when I was in Yulin Village.
But now in this place where I am surrounded by acquaintances, I am a little helpless to explain, as if I really have harmed everyone's interests.
Fortunately, on the third day, Boss Wei finally came and brought a large truck.
Director Huang called me and asked me to go to the village office. First, he arranged for people to unload everything from the truck.
Boss Wei really understood what I meant. The truck was full of rice, wheat, and cooking oil.
These are all benefits I seek for the villagers, and of course this is what Boss Wei is willing to do.
After unloading all these things, I took Boss Wei to the side and said to him: "Boss Wei is so generous. On behalf of the whole village, I would like to thank you."
Boss Wei waved his hand and said very coolly: "These are just trivial matters. As long as we work together in the future, there will be many opportunities like this."
"May I ask, what kind of business does Boss Wei do outside?"
"Just do some small business." He replied perfunctorily.
In fact, I have conducted an investigation on him in the past two days. This person is really a small businessman. He collects goods in the countryside and sells them in the city. He is considered a small boss.
But this man has a lot of ideas. He knows that many big bosses have come to us recently to look for investment projects, so he also wants to get a share of the pie.
However, he had a weird idea and wanted to use various benefits to deceive farmers into contracting the land to him, and then he would sell it to the big bosses who really came to invest.
This is what happened. I asked Qiangzi to investigate.
I smiled and said to him: "Boss Wei is really humble! But Boss Wei, you have to come forward to give these gifts to our farmers, so that Boss Wei can leave a good impression on our farmers, right?"
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Wei Ruxian was silent for a while and said, "No problem with the deal! But Xiao Chen, look at this contract. You'd better go and talk to Director Huang and see when we can sign it."
"No problem, I'll go ahead and tell Boss Wei to distribute these gifts to our villagers first. The villagers will come to receive the gifts one after another later."
When he went to distribute those things to the villagers, I went to find Director Huang, who was sorting out the contract.
I said to Director Huang: "Director Huang, you don't need to sort it out. This contract cannot be signed."
When Director Huang heard this, he was stunned and asked me: "Xiao Chen, why is this? Boss Wei has brought so many benefits to the villagers."
I smiled and said, "This is a benefit he gave to our village. I won't sign the contract."
Director Huang still looked at me with a puzzled look on his face, and I said to him: "Boss Wei's cooperation is fake, but his intention to sell it to others is real. He has never thought about fulfilling his promises."
Director Huang was stunned and asked me: "This, this can't be done, right? I've read the contract, it's no problem! And you said it was no problem last time."
Director Huang paused and then said: "Xiao Chen, are you because of all the gossip recently? I can help you explain this clearly."
I shook my head and said seriously: "Director Huang, you really can't sign this contract. There are problems with the contract itself, and the problems are huge. I saw it last time."
"Ah?! Then why didn't you say that last time?"
I sneered and said, "Don't you want Boss Wei to do good things?"
Director Huang immediately understood what I meant, and took a deep breath and said, "Well, how can this be done? Aren't we deceiving others?"
"Liar? Who is deceiving whom?"
I said, smiled and said to Director Huang: "Don't worry, Director Huang, I will solve this matter and I will definitely give you an explanation."
After Wei Ruxian had distributed all the gifts, I called him into the office.