After the breakup, I joined the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection

"I'm sorry, everyone. I'm a profiteer. I deliberately lowered prices to bully farmers. I'm not a human being. I beg everyone to be magnanimous and forgive me!" Hu Zhongrong shouted heartbreakingly on the ridge of the field.

All the villagers from Lugang Village stood there in the field, their faces full of disbelief.

Is it that simple to solve?

Not only was the price lowered, but he was also asked to apologize?

This is the famous boss Hu Zhongrong in the area. He was once worshipped as an ancestor in every village. Now he was kneeling on the edge of a field begging for mercy. This scene seemed like a dream to everyone. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe it.

"Hu, you are so dirty and rotten. You are just a landlord in the old society. How much money have you cheated us of in the past few years?"

"Can this be solved by an apology? Ten years ago you would have been arrested and paraded through the streets, you would have been denounced and subjected to the people's trial!"

"Just now you actually had the nerve to cry poor in front of us, saying that you don't make money. You are not a human being..."

No one knew who started it, but the villagers of Lugang Village started to curse Hu Zhongrong for being an inhumane person. Some even picked up mud from the ground and threw it at him.

Faced with the people's rage, Hu Zhongrong just cried and begged for mercy.

"My heart is rotten. I am a landlord in the old society. I am blinded by greed. I am not a human being. I accept the people's trial and only ask everyone to forgive me..."

After letting the villagers vent their anger enough, Lu An asked the secretary and the village chief to come out and calm everyone down.

After things stabilized, Lu An said, "My fellow villagers, Hu Zhongrong has indeed deceived us all for so long, he deserves to die! But we in Lugang Village are not unreasonable. We can let bygones be bygones, but we have to settle this transaction carefully!"

Lu An's words were echoed by everyone in the village.

"That's right! You can't deceive anyone anymore after your trick is exposed. We must settle the accounts this time. We must get all the money back!"

"Don't try to fool us a second time with the same trick!"

"Lu An, just say it, we will listen to you!"

Lu An was not polite here. Since everyone trusted him, he took on the important task of negotiation without hesitation.

He first pulled Hu Zhongrong up from the ground, and even patted the mud spots on his trouser legs and body.

"Boss Hu, we rural people believe in distinguishing between what we like and what we hate, and we talk about everything openly."

Lu An first got ready, and then said, "According to the wholesale price of 30 cents in the county, let's just give it 20 cents this time."

Hearing the price of two cents, Hu Zhongrong's eyes widened: "Brother, I already know I'm wrong, you have to let me live!"

Lu An didn't buy his nonsense at all: "Boss Hu, what you said is not right. Why can't you live for two cents?"

Pointing to a Jiefang truck not far away, he said, "That truck can carry 16,000 kilograms at a time. The purchase price is only 3,200 yuan, even if you take 20 cents off the purchase price. After deducting the cost of renting the truck, the cost of gas, and various other fees, your profit should be at least 500 yuan. Am I right?"

Lu An held up five fingers and said, "That's five hundred yuan! Boss Hu, you know the town cadre in our village. He doesn't even get a hundred yuan a month."

Xia Donglai's face was full of clear stupidity: What does this have to do with me?

"Boss Hu, taking this truckload of goods to the city is equivalent to him working for half a year without eating or drinking. Aren't you satisfied?" Lu An said.

Seeing that Hu Zhongrong was still hesitating, some villagers angrily scolded Hu Zhongrong for being greedy and not being satisfied even though he had made so much money.

"If it were you, I'd sell him for three cents and leave him to starve!"

"And you should pay us back for the money you cheated us out of before!"

"We should call the police. These counter-revolutionaries who engage in profiteering should be paraded through the streets..."

Hu Zhongrong then nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay! Two cents is two cents!"

Lu An raised his hands high: "Okay, then we will help our boss Hu to load the taro!"

"Loading! Hooray!"

Seeing that Hu Zhongrong finally compromised, the villagers cheered loudly for the victory of Lugang Village.

His younger brothers Lu Ping and Su Qinglian were even more ecstatic. They kept telling the villagers around them: "See? This is the university in our village. This is Lu An's ability!"

Afterwards, Lu Maocai and Zhou Youkun organized the villagers to load Hu Zhongrong's truck, and took a handful of bills from Hu Zhongrong's reluctant hands.

There is also a small episode here. Hu Zhongrong did not bring so much money originally, because firstly, it is not safe to carry so much money on you these days, especially when going to rural areas; secondly, in his estimation, with the vision of the people in Lugang Village, he could only handle four or five hundred at most. He never expected that the amount would soar to more than three thousand.

Therefore, in the end, it was Lu An who stepped in and asked him to take out the money he had on him first, and then to pawn his watch for the remaining money and write an IOU before the matter was settled.

With a handful of money in their hands, Lu Maocai and Zhou Youkun's smiles were so bright.

According to the rules, half of the money from selling taro goes to the village committee. Suddenly the village committee has such a large amount of funds, which makes them feel that they can take off on the spot. Many things that were originally planned but had no funds can now be carried out.

"They say knowledge changes destiny. We really can't help but accept it. If it weren't for you, Lu An, stepping in today, we would have been screwed by him again!"

"Lu An, you said we sold it for 20 cents, why not just sell it for more? Thinking about how much money he cheated me out of before, I feel so upset!"

Lu An shook his head and told them that it was definitely not possible.

A cornered dog will jump over the wall. If Hu Zhongrong is really pushed into a corner, this business will be impossible to do.

"If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. Lu An, didn't you say that Hu Zhongrong rented his car? We can also rent it and sell it in the city?" Zhou Youkun suggested.

Lu An still shook his head: "That was just my trick to deceive him. It is true that we can rent a car and take it to the county town, but who should we look for in the county town? Do we have wholesale channels in the county? Or should we go directly to various farmers' markets to set up stalls?"

"Let's not even talk about whether we will compete with other merchants for territory or even cause conflicts. Just talking about these 16,000 kilograms of goods, we can't sell them all in a short time."

The secretary and the village chief also understood this, but they were still angry: "Alas! Think about how hard we work all year to earn a few dollars, and this guy Hu Zhongrong ripped us off for thousands of dollars at once. It makes me angry just thinking about it!"

Lu An could only smile helplessly at this.

There is no way, this is the result of others controlling the channels.

Moreover, Hu Zhongrong, or it can be said that this era was still relatively good, these farmers and merchants were finally a little cautious. Unlike in later generations, tomatoes were sold at eight or ten yuan per pound in boutique supermarkets. When these farmers and merchants purchased them from farmers in the fields, they would at best lower the price to less than one cent.

They have planned to kill you farmers so you have no choice but to sell them, unless you plan to let them rot in the fields and lose all your money.

"Alas! Actually, I was just saying that. I also know it's impossible."

Zhou Youkun muttered to himself indignantly for a few words, and then turned the topic to Lu An: "But this time, it's fortunate that you, Lu An, are in the village. It turns out that college students are still useful! It's really worth it that the village has always taken such good care of your family. It's really right to cultivate a college student!"

Lu Maocai also said: "Yes! After reading it out, the perspective and pattern are completely different from those in the village. Not only do we know the prices of agricultural products outside, but more importantly, Lu An can judge the situation."

He emphasized: "If it weren't for Lu An, if you were to ask us to do the same thing, we would definitely not be able to achieve the current results."

Zhou Youkun nodded repeatedly to show his approval: "We are all rough people in the village. You can let us farm and work hard, but when it comes to calculating the price of things, calculating costs and benefits, and bargaining with people, I feel overwhelmed just thinking about it!"

"What's the point of him being a college student? He can't even find a job!"

Suddenly a sarcastic voice came from Xia Donglai.

Xia Donglai was so jealous at this time that he was going crazy. In his opinion, he, a town cadre, should be the one being praised by the secretary and the village head and the pride of the whole village!

So what if Lu An is a college student? The village has trained and helped him so much, but in the end he still doesn't even have a job. Now he just made a little more money from selling taro. What does that count for?

I am a town official and have a formal job!

Therefore, Xia Donglai could no longer hold back and uttered this sarcastically.

But his words stirred up a hornet's nest.

"Xia Donglai, are you deliberately causing trouble here? If you are really so idle, you can dig up all the remaining taro!" Zhou Youkun shouted immediately.

Not only the impatient village chief, but other villagers also glared at Xia Donglai, and some even raised their hoes, as if as long as the village chief gave the order, they could make a hole in Xia Donglai's head and let him know what it meant to have a wild imagination!

Are you kidding? Lu An just helped the village recover several thousand yuan in losses. If you jump out to ridicule Lu An now, you will offend everyone.

In the end, it was Secretary Lu Maocai who made the final decision and punished Xia Donglai to clean the village dry toilets, and only then was the matter resolved.

After quickly sending the ignorant Xia Donglai away, Lu Maocai turned around and comforted Lu An, telling him not to take Xia Donglai's words seriously.

Su Qinglian also encouraged Lu An: "That's right, Brother Lu An, you are so capable, how could you not find a job? That Hu Zhongrong can make so much money by cheating and deceiving people. Brother Lu An, you can subdue him and be better than him, so you will definitely make more money!"

Zhou Youkun even said: "In my opinion, Lu An, it's okay for you to stay in the village. Just because you can save so much loss for the village, the village committee will pay you a salary!"

Zhou Youkun's words were unanimously agreed by many other villagers.

Lu An was really at a loss for words. He first thanked everyone for their trust in him. At the same time, Lu An also said, "Don't worry about my work. I do have a job, but it's not busy at the company right now. I'll take some time to come back to the village to have a look. My company is doing very well. Thank you for your concern for me!"