Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Secretary Zhang of the Shikou Town government has been very happy lately.

Since the town established the Dongjun Breeding Farm through investment promotion, the smiles on the faces of the people have increased significantly, and even his work pressure has decreased. He has also received praise from his superiors several times.

I thought that after the farm was established, I could only recruit 300 local employees, but I ended up recruiting more than 400.

This is equivalent to more than 400 households receiving a stable income of more than 30 yuan per month.

It's important to know that before Dongjun Breeding Farm was established, the average annual income per household in Shikou Town was only a little over one hundred yuan.

With an income of over thirty yuan per month, the average annual income of these more than four hundred households has directly exceeded four hundred yuan, which is four times higher than before.

This is just the direct income that Dongjun Breeding Farm brings to the local people.

In addition to more than 400 workers, the farm has also signed breeding agreements with nearly a thousand households in the town, asking the locals to help raise pigs.

Although these ordinary people's income is not as high as that of the formal employees of the breeding farm, it will definitely be no problem for them to earn an extra 100 yuan a year.

If you're a little bolder, raising a couple more pigs could easily increase your income by two hundred yuan a year.

With the income from farming and raising poultry, Secretary Zhang can already foresee that the average annual income of the people in Shikou Town will easily exceed 200 yuan or even 300 yuan this year.

Once the farm starts selling various livestock and poultry, it will pay a lot of taxes to the town government, which will increase the government's revenue significantly.

As long as I hold onto this achievement firmly, my promotion to deputy county head is a sure thing.

Although he wasn't quite at the point of being eternally grateful to Wang Dong, the owner behind Dongjun Breeding Farm, he was still sincerely thankful to him. Otherwise, he would have been worrying himself sick and still wouldn't have been able to think of a way to improve the lives of the town's residents.

"Secretary... Mr. Wang from Dongjun Breeding Farm is here..."

As if on cue, Wang Dong appeared. Upon hearing his deputy's report, Secretary Zhang was stunned for a moment before reacting. He then stood up from his chair and strode towards the door to greet him, fearing that he might have failed to properly welcome Wang Dong, this "god of wealth," and cause Shikou Town to miss a golden opportunity to get rich and escape poverty.

"Boss Wang... why did you suddenly come to our poor, remote place without telling us beforehand... if I had known you were coming, I would have asked the canteen to prepare some wild game for you in advance..." Secretary Zhang asked with a smile, holding Wang Dong's hands.

"We may not have many other good things here, but we have plenty of mountains, so we can definitely have enough wild game."

"Please forgive me, Secretary Wang..." Wang Dong explained with a smile.

"I went to the farm today and suddenly encountered a problem that the government needs to help resolve, so I came here uninvited..."

"Wild game is out of the question..."

"Secretary, you should know that I started out as a cook. Although there aren't many wild game options in Beijing, I own a restaurant, so getting some shouldn't be difficult..."

After both parties were seated, Secretary Wang didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "What's the problem...?"

"The farm is the largest taxpayer in our Shikou Town. If you encounter any problems, I will definitely help you solve them as soon as possible."

Wang Dong was a straightforward person, and meeting Secretary Wang's concerned gaze, he replied directly, "It's nothing serious..."

"I would like to ask Secretary Zhang to introduce me to the person in charge of investment promotion in your county government. I want to open another factory here."

"The factory site, the procedures, the construction all require dealing with the government..." "With your introduction, Secretary, the efficiency will definitely be much higher."

Secretary Zhang's eyes lit up, and his first instinct was that his opportunity had arrived.

If Wang Dong can build another large factory in Shikou Town, thereby increasing the town's tax revenue and recruiting more workers from Shikou Town, then the average household income in Shikou Town this year will increase further, and his promotion to deputy county head next year will become a sure thing.

He quickly replied, "Boss Wang..."

"You don't need to go to the county leaders. Just set up a factory in Shikou Town. I guarantee you'll get everything done smoothly and get the factory up and running as quickly as possible. We can also arrange for cadres to help you recruit workers in the surrounding villages. We definitely won't hold you back."

Looking at Secretary Wang's expectant face, Wang Dong wanted to nod, but in the end, he shook his head with a helpless expression and replied, "Secretary Zhang..."

"It's not that I don't want to open this factory in Shikou Town, it's just that Shikou Town is too remote, the transportation is not very convenient, and there are too few hills and too little grain production in Shikou Town, which is not suitable for the factory I want to set up..."

"But I can assure you..."

"Even if the factory isn't located within Shikou Town, it will still bring a lot of benefits to Shikou Town once it's established..."

Although Secretary Zhang was somewhat disappointed, he didn't say much.

Wang Dong has already helped me solve many problems, so it's impossible for him to give me all the benefits. I asked him right away.

"Mr. Wang, could you tell me about the basic situation of this new factory? That way, I can consider taking you to see which county leader."

Wang Dong did not hide anything from this question, after all, it was not a secret, and answered directly: "After the farm was established, the scale of livestock and poultry inside has been getting bigger and bigger."

"The simplest way to shorten the breeding cycle of poultry and livestock is to feed them a variety of scientifically formulated feeds."

"There are only a few feed mills in the entire city of Beijing. Not only is the output low, but the price is also very expensive, which greatly increases the breeding costs of farms."

"I plan to build a feed mill nearby to produce and supply various feeds for livestock farms."

"If there are extras, we can sell them to others to further increase revenue and reduce the breeding costs of the farm."

"Feed requires a lot of grains, especially beans and corn."

“The grain output in Shikou Town is limited. If the feed mill is located here, the transportation and procurement costs of raw materials will increase significantly, which will not be conducive to the development of the feed mill.”

"The simplest way to reduce costs is to locate feed mills in grain-producing areas. This way, local people can directly deliver the corn and various beans they harvest to the feed mills to sell, greatly reducing the feed mills' production costs."

"With improved transportation, the products manufactured by the feed mill can be sold more quickly..."

"At that time, in addition to encouraging everyone to help our farm raise livestock and poultry, Secretary Zhang will also encourage people to grow more corn and soybeans, and bring them all to the farm to sell, further increasing the income of the people."

"When the sheep and cattle herds in the farm reach a certain scale and the farm starts to stockpile silage in large quantities, the corn grown by the farmers can be delivered directly to the farm to be sold to us, stalks and all, without even needing to be harvested."

"Not only does it save effort, but it also allows you to sell it for a higher price." (End of Chapter)