The old man took a sip of water, held the thermos cup in his hand, and said: "At the beginning, this was what happened..."
At the beginning of this century, Liancheng increased its efforts in economic construction and provided many preferential policies to promote rural economic transformation.
Yanghu Village, like other villages, wants to use this stock culture to lead the villagers to get rich. However, Yanghu Village is relatively small and does not have any particularly good resources, so after research by the village committee, it was decided to set up a transportation company.
I came up with this idea because some villages in the surrounding or further away have set up fertilizer factories, some have set up feed factories, and some have set up green food processing plants... No matter what kind of factory, the products produced must be shipped out.
For a newly built factory, the utilization rate of owning cars is not high, but the cost is high. The village committee of Yanghu Village saw this business opportunity and founded Tongda Transportation Company.
"If you want to engage in transportation, you need a car, so the village chief called on the villagers to invest in shares. At that time, my family was not well-off. After careful consideration, our family gave up the opportunity." The old man said, "I thought it was a pity at the time, but later I looked at it.
Ah, it’s a good thing I didn’t invest in it.”
"Why?" Duanmo asked.
"What else can I do, just lose money!" The old man said helplessly, "You can buy that car if you have money, but you can't drive with only a car. Someone has to drive it. At that time, no one in the village knew how to drive.
They hired a driver and selected a few people in the village to learn how to drive. These people usually follow the driver out of the car. First, they can help escort the truck and move the goods, and second, they can gain experience."
"But things are not as simple as you think. Yanghu Village is not far from the city. Anyone who is somewhat capable and educated has already gone to work in the city, and some even went to other places and stayed in the village.
Not many people there could use it, so we hired accountants and dispatchers from outside, and finally set up the stall."
"The village chief at that time was a man who could get things done. He was familiar with the surrounding villages, and he really brought in a lot of work. The transportation company was very busy all day long. But within two years, the company could not continue to work. I
I heard that something failed to meet the standards and the company was shut down by the higher authorities. I don’t know the specific reason. After all, we didn’t invest in it. I asked too much and it seemed like what was going on. Anyway, from then on,
This company is ruined."
"Where did those people go after they became famous?" Lu Wuchuan asked.
"I don't know where the people outside have gone. I'm not familiar with them at all. They were doing whatever they were supposed to be doing in the village. Those cars were discounted and divided among the people who bought shares. Two of them were stolen
People in the village bought it, but it is probably scrapped by now."
The old man opened the lid of the thermos cup, took a sip of water, and then put it down and said: "I heard from people who invested in the shares back then that they only barely recovered their principal in two years. You know, the interest on money deposited in the bank was quite high in those days, unlike now.
, I heard that in a few years not only will interest not be paid, but management fees will also be charged."
"Oh, Dad, don't listen to those people's nonsense. The interest is a little less now, but it's not like we have to charge management fees." Aunt Li said.
According to what the father and daughter said, combined with what they learned from the Jinping Township Government, this Tongda Transportation Company did exist, but it did not go through administrative approval, so it naturally would not appear in the industrial and commercial management system.
It's just that the old man has never been involved, so he doesn't know much about the internal situation. If you want to know more, you have to find the villagers who worked there or were shareholders.
So Lu Wuchuan asked: "Do you know anyone who has worked at Tongda Transportation Company?"
"Let me think about it." The old man half-squinted his eyes and thought carefully.
Aunt Li refilled the tea for the three of them and said, "Don't worry, that Wu Tianyou from the old Wu family worked there."
"Yes, yes, yes, if you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have thought of it. My memory is not good at my age." The old man laughed at himself.
"It's been so many years, and you weren't directly involved, so it's not easy to remember so much." Duan Mo said with a smile, "Grandpa Li, can you contact the person that Auntie mentioned just now?"
"I don't have Wu Tianyou's phone number, but I can find his father, Mr. Wu Tou, so please wait a moment."
As the old man spoke, he got up and entered the house. After a while, he took out a small notebook and put on his reading glasses.
"Old Wutou..." He muttered while flipping through his notebook.
"How many times have I told you, aren't all those phone numbers stored in your phone's address book? You still have to use a broken notebook to read them." Aunt Li said helplessly.
"I'm happy to, but I can't figure out the phone, and I can't find it in my memory." The old man choked her and continued to flip through the book to find the phone number.
After a while, he clicked on the notebook with his hand: "Found it!"
As he spoke, he raised his eyes from behind his reading glasses: "Officer, did I call him, or what?"
"You call him and I'll talk to him," Lu Wuchuan said.
"Sure." The old man said, picking up the landline phone on the small table next to him and dialing the number.
After a while, the call was connected, and he said: "Old Wu, it's me, old Li... Well, I'm fine... The children are fine too... My little great-grandson will be gone. What,
Let's not dwell on the past, I have something to ask you... Did your Tianyou work at the transportation company in our village... That's what happened. My grandpa's wife is not a police officer. Her colleague wants to ask about this company.
The thing...don't worry, it has nothing to do with your Tianyou, just wait, the police officer will talk to you."
Lu Wuchuan answered the phone and said: "Hello, Mr. Wu, we want to know about a person who once worked at Tongda Transportation Company... He is not from your Yanghu Village... Yes, it has nothing to do with your son... Well,
All you need to do is give me his contact information...Okay, I'll wait at Mr. Li's house and ask him to call you as soon as possible, thank you."
Putting down the phone, facing Duan Mo's questioning look, he said: "The old gentleman is very cautious. He wants to contact his son first before calling him."
The old man looked embarrassed when he heard this: "This old Wutou is serious. I told him he was a policeman. Why don't you believe him?"
"It's okay to be cautious. It doesn't matter if we wait for a while." Duanmo advised.
About ten minutes later, the landline phone on the small table rang, and Lu Wuchuan motioned for the old man to answer the phone.
This time the call came directly from Wu Tianyou. Unlike his father who was cautious, he only said hello to the old man and asked to give the phone to the police.
Lu Wuchuan didn't ask him anything on the phone, but made an appointment with him for an interview. Wu Tianyou readily agreed. He said that he opened a cultural supplies store in front of a primary school in the city and that he could go to him at any time.