Cao Shuchao came to see Cao Shujie early in the morning and told him about the village committee election that was about to be held.
According to common sense, the election of village committee members should be the biggest event in the village no matter which village it is in, but this is not the case in Caojiazhuang.
Whether compared with Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative, Agricultural Planting Cooperative, or Tourism Company, village committee elections have to take a back seat.
In addition to the village committee election, Cao Shuchao also approached Cao Shujie to discuss the sale of cattle at the breeding farm.
Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative has purchased 6,000 cows since the end of 2015. Using this as a base, after nearly 8 years of development, the calves of Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative are now self-bred by the farm.
The overall breeding scale has already exceeded the previous 8,000 heads per year and has reached about 15,000 heads.
With the increase in quantity, the decrease in costs and the increase in profit ratio, the dividends of Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative are now far higher than before.
"Brother Chao, is Boss Xu from Xinshengzhai here?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Cao Shuchao told Cao Shujie: "Boss Xu came yesterday and he said we should follow the rules of previous years."
"That's fine, I won't care about this matter, just keep an eye on it." Cao Shujie said.
"Boss Xu wants to talk to you." Cao Shuchao said.
Cao Shujie wondered what Xu Qingming wanted to see him for?
"Where is he?" Cao Shujie asked.
"I saw that you were not in the village yesterday, and he left again. He said that he would come to find you after you come back," Cao Shuchao said.
"Then you give him a call and I'll wait for him." Cao Shujie said.
Since 15 years, we have been cooperating with Quancheng Xinshengzhai Beef Cattle Processing Factory for these years.
Moreover, over the years, Xu Qingming has always paid most of the funds first, and has never embarrassed Cao Shujie in terms of payment.
Because of this, Cao Shujie likes to work with him.
After Cao Shuchao made the call, he came back and told Cao Shujie that Xu Qingming would be here in the afternoon.
Cao Shujie nodded, indicating that he understood.
The two chatted for a while about the election in a few days, and Cao Shuchao knew what was going on, so he said goodbye to Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie was thinking about something in his mind when the cell phone he put aside started buzzing and vibrating.
He took it over and saw that it was a WeChat message sent to a small group, and Cao Shujie had set it to vibrate.
When I opened the group chat, I saw Cao Zhen, Cao Shuyang, and Cao Shulun chatting.
Cao Shujie was not in a hurry to join the conversation, but watched silently for a while. The few people seemed to be doing okay.
However, when he saw that Cao Tiemin stated that he wanted to sell the decoration company in the county and was going to return to Caojiazhuang for retirement, Cao Shujie ended his diving. He was not surprised that Cao Tiemin just said that he would sell the decoration company.
The main reason is that real estate has been declining in the past two years, and the real estate industry is in recession, and related industries have also followed suit, and decoration companies are just one of them.
If there are less houses to buy, who will decorate them?
And now many people are doing simple decoration, instead of hiring a decoration company, they can directly hire someone to decorate, which can save some money.
Under such circumstances, Cao Tiemin's business was not easy to do.
It used to be that he could still take some government jobs and work from some units, but since 2018, many companies have had a hard time. Although they can still find him to work, the settlement is not as smooth as before.
As for the government projects, many people are afraid to take them now. Everyone knows that after taking the project, they must be prepared to be unable to pay the payment within a few years.
Unknown to others, Cao Shujie knew very well that the Pingyuan County Government had just sold him part of the shares in the Steel Ball Factory and the Flour Mill, cashing in 20 million for normal financial expenditures in Pingyuan County.
This is a hopeless way to quench thirst by drinking poison.
Therefore, when accepting a government project, you have to weigh it yourself and see if your foundation is strong.
It was precisely because Cao Tiemin saw this and learned some information from Cao Shujie, that he now really felt that working in this decoration company would be better than returning to his hometown to earn more.
The more important point is that it is easier to work around in my hometown. I don't have to worry as much as I do now. It doesn't matter if I don't make money, I have to pay for it myself.
To put it bluntly, the government still owes him a balance of more than 200,000 yuan that has not yet been settled.
But Cao Tiemin also knew that the probability of getting the money back was slim.
They didn't say they wouldn't give it, they just delayed it.
Cao Tiemin felt that it was getting harder and harder to get along in this world.
"Tiemin, do you really want to come back?" Cao Shujie asked him.
No one expected that Cao Shujie would show up.
"Go back. If you don't go back, it's almost impossible to open the pot." Cao Tiemin said.
He didn't feel embarrassed at all. Everyone knew each other well about what had happened in the past few years.
Not to mention his side, the Xinjiang Hotel opened by Cao Zhen in the five-star department store in the city is now not as good as before.
Especially during the first two years of YQ, I couldn’t go out at home and there were few people to eat.
During those two years, Cao Zhen also held on.
The rent needs to be paid, employees’ salaries need to be paid, and other aspects must continue to be maintained.
In the past, he really made money. From the first year he opened Xinjiang Hotel to 20 years ago, in the best years, his Xinjiang Hotel brought him 7-digit profits every year.
But Cao Zhen didn't expect that YQ would work for him for the entire two years.
Key follow-up expenditures are still being made and very few are recorded in the accounts.
At that time, Cao Zhen was so stunned that he never thought that such a situation would happen.
Fortunately, he still has a Caojiazhuang branch. Regardless of the store in the city, this Caojiazhuang branch brings him a lot of revenue every year and allows him to survive.
Now Cao Zhen also feels tired.
Not to mention that Cao Tiemin wanted to return to Caojiazhuang for development, even he had the idea to close the store in the city and just return to Caojiazhuang to run that store well.
Even though Caojiazhuang is really busy only for half a year, there is no need to pay rent there. Although the rest of the time is not busy, there is still business. I can earn a little bit here and there, which is enough to maintain the normal operation of the hotel, so there is no problem.
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"Tiemin, what you said makes me want to go back," Cao Zhen said.
This was one of the few times that Cao Zhen expressed his true feelings in front of Fa Xiao.
In the past, he felt so embarrassed. Among these people, except Cao Shujie, he felt that he was the best one.
At that time, I really felt like there was a new world outside.
It's a pity that this piece of information has been left out.
It was just a casual chat at first, but no one expected that Cao Tiemin would make a start, and Cao Zhen also wanted to return to Caojiazhuang to develop.
This is just the beginning, Cao Fei is still shouting in the group: "You don't know, it's been difficult to work in supermarkets and shopping malls in recent years. No matter how you promote it, you just offer discounts, big discounts, but no one comes."
"Especially this year, I feel it's even harder. No one comes out to spend money." Cao Fei was also very distressed when he talked about this. He works in a shopping mall. The turnover of the shopping mall is the basis of everything. Let alone shopping malls now.
I can't even see much money or turnover, let alone other things.
Because of this, they are now unable to pay wages on time, let alone bonuses.
After working so hard, his income in the end was not proportional to what he expected. Cao Fei is now feeling disheartened.
Thinking of going back to Caojiazhuang.
Not to mention anything else, at least back in the village, there are still dividends from Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative and Agricultural Planting Cooperative, and they also have shares in the Xinjiang Hotel opened by Cao Zhen in Caojiazhuang. Even if it is worse, they still have some.
a sum of money.
If you sell your house and go back to the village, you can live a retirement life in an instant.
Wait until the peak tourist season, then go out and set up stalls. You can make some money. If you don't want to make money, just rest at home.
When the tourism in the village is off-season, they go out to find places to travel, which is perfect for traveling at the same time as the dense crowds. Those days are beautiful just thinking about them.
Cao Shujie watched their chat and thought that it had only been a few years. In the past, everyone was high-spirited and felt that they were their own protagonists. Now that they are better, they all want to come back and develop.
"Just come back when you come back. There is nothing to hesitate about. It's great to live in Caojiazhuang. You can be in the garden every day. I dare not say anything else. The food and drink are all clean. Nothing is better than being outside." Cao Shujie
advise them.
This is true, their family also built a two-story building, surrounded by flower beds, green plants, and fruit trees were planted in the yard, so they lived a happy life.
Every time they go back to their hometown now, thoughts that they don't want to come up with come up in their minds.
Especially Cao Tiemin and Cao Fei, both of whom had previously expressed their desire to return to their hometown.
But this time it accelerated their desire to go back.
On the contrary, Cao Shulun and Cao Shuyang were unable to speak.
Cao Shulun still works at a central enterprise chemical factory, and Cao Shuyang works at a highway toll station.
Everyone also said that the two of them had an iron rice bowl.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Cao Shulun muttered: "It's a shameful iron rice bowl. Now this bowl of rice is not delicious. Our factory doesn't give overtime pay for overtime work. All overtime shifts are taken off. I originally
I hope I can earn more by working overtime, how can I earn without this dollar?"
"Damn it, is your company like this too?" Cao Tiemin looked surprised.
He said in a teasing tone: "Shulun, you are the subsidiary company of a central enterprise."
"Sunzi's company is pretty much the same. It just has a nice name but it's useless. It's not making any money right now. The factory is very strict with inspections now, especially in our department where there are audits every day. It's like going to jail. It's annoying to death."
." Cao Shulun was filled with resentment.
Cao Shujie looked at him grumbling here and thought to himself that all the brothers are fine. They can hide quite deeply. Normally, they can just hang out with each other. No one is worse than the other. This will be fine. Everything will be fine.
Come out and vent your bitterness in the group.
"That's right, we are the same. The investigation has become more and more severe recently. The head office issued a document saying that all of us are not allowed to have registered companies in our names, and you are not allowed to do other things outside. I used to work part-time, but now it's bullshit."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm already familiar with Director Zhao of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection. Director Zhao even called me two days ago and said why he has me for everything. Damn it, grandma. The key is that I even took the blame for others this year. You know, right?
It’s no good, and it makes you feel embarrassed.” After Cao Shuyang, who had been silent for a long time, saw the message sent by Cao Shulun, he couldn’t hold back anymore and started to complain too. (End of this chapter)
