Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

The night after Hao Qiang returned home, he had an in-depth conversation with his father.

"Dad, how many people over 65 are there in our village?" asked Hao Qiang.

Hao Jianjun thought for a moment and replied, "The village committee hasn't specifically counted the number, but it's probably around 260. What do you want to know by asking this?"

Hao Qiang said solemnly: "I walked around the village and saw many elderly people still doing heavy work in the greenhouses, and some of them are not very flexible anymore.

The richer they are, the more tired the elderly are, and their lives are worse than before.

Dad, as the village committee member, you have to take this issue seriously."

Hao Jianjun explained: "Some elderly people help out voluntarily, hoping to share some of the burden with their children.

But you are right, there are indeed many elderly people who work without restraint.

We could consider prohibiting people over retirement age from doing heavy manual labor."

Hao Qiang continued to elaborate on his thoughts: "Dad, to lead our hometown to prosperity, we can't just focus on money.

The villagers' quality, health care, education and other aspects must also keep up. This is the real prosperity.

Otherwise, we will just be a village of nouveau riche, and the richer some villagers become, the more harm they may cause to society.”

Hao Jianjun nodded thoughtfully: "Well, that makes sense."

Hao Qiang suggested: "After the New Year, if you have some free time, you might as well take the village committee to visit well-developed villages across the country to see what they can learn from and what pitfalls they can avoid.

Don't just look at the surface; we need to comprehensively examine their education, elderly care, villager quality, sports, digital development, and other aspects."

"What does digitalization mean?" Hao Jianjun asked curiously.

"I asked the company to set up a large-screen announcement at the village bulletin board. In the future, we will establish intelligent models and functional services such as vegetable production capacity forecasting, risk warning, market connection, and factor circulation.

The village also needs to achieve full coverage of administrative village high-speed network, express delivery services, rural broadband access ports, etc. Our village will establish a centralized express delivery point. For example, if you want to send an express delivery, you can write the content of the mail clearly and let the post office receive it, and you can pay the corresponding fee.

When the postal and courier companies send express deliveries, we need a place to receive them, and even have a receiving box in front of each household.

Of course, if we want to install receiving boxes in front of every household, we have to wait until the villagers build new houses. Now the couriers can’t find a place…”

Hao Qiang explained in detail his vision for rural digital construction. If his idea can be realized, their village will become the most advanced digital village in the country, without a doubt.

Some are too advanced and may not be easy to implement.

After listening to his son's explanation, Hao Jianjun couldn't help but frown and felt a headache.

These new concepts were indeed a bit advanced for him. He took a deep breath and suggested, "Son, why don't you hold a meeting with the entire village and personally introduce these ideas to everyone? I'm afraid I won't be able to explain them clearly, or even misinterpret them and lead astray."

Hao Qiang thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe after the Chinese New Year."

This conversation is of far-reaching significance and is an important opportunity for Hualong Village to undergo transformation. It marks a key turning point in the transformation of Hualong Village from a traditional rural village to a modern and digital new village.

At the same time, it also provides a model for new rural construction across the country and offers valuable reference for other regions.

If Hao Qiang's new rural ideas can be successfully implemented, it will become a vivid case study of the rural revitalization strategy in the new era and point out an innovative path for rural development across the country.

This is not only the transformation of a village, but may also become an important catalyst to promote the rural revitalization process of the entire Huaguo.

However, Hao Qiang didn’t think so much about it, but too many people were paying attention to his every move, and his social impact was huge.

The twenty-fifth day of the lunar year,

The village party secretary broadcast a notice, asking all villagers aged 65 and above to gather under the big banyan tree in the village.

With full sincerity, Hao Qiang gave a red envelope of 2,000 yuan to each elderly person aged 65 and above, and also asked about their health problems.

This action caused quite a stir in the village and also spread to other villages.

These older villagers tend to be more conservative in their thinking and are the group whose ideas are most difficult to change.

To promote ideological change in the entire village, it is crucial to gain the support of these elderly people.

Although the villagers were already quite convinced by Hao Qiang's words due to his previous contributions, he still hoped to win everyone's understanding and support in a more gentle way.

When distributing red envelopes, Hao Qiang said earnestly: "This is the first year, I will set an example for everyone, and it will also be the last year.

I sincerely hope that the young people in our village can truly shoulder the responsibility of supporting the elderly.

I don't want to see any bad phenomena, especially forcing the elderly to work.

He is already in his sixties, but he is still working hard at heavy labor. He doesn't know when he will collapse on the ground.

Of course, some elderly people have too much free time and want to work, but they should exercise moderation.”

After careful consideration, Hao Qiang decided that this large-scale distribution of red envelopes would only happen once.

He would never follow the example of Brother Qiang and give red envelopes to the elderly in the village every year.

He understands that if this is done every year, the elderly may become dependent and even have unrealistic expectations.

If there are no red envelopes in a certain year, it will inevitably cause unnecessary disappointment and complaints.

Being a good person is not easy.

Besides, he is not a direct relative of these elderly people, and the primary responsibility of supporting them should fall on their children.

No matter what, his action has aroused the villagers' attention to caring for and respecting the elderly.

Hao Qiang is the idol of all the younger generations in the village. His every move serves as an example and everyone follows his example.

His kindness deeply touched the hearts of these elderly people. They felt the sincere care, and this emotion naturally softened their most stubborn thoughts. The elderly knew very well that they would listen to whoever was truly kind to them.

The village has changed so much that it looks brand new, and they can see it.

For example, there is no littering in the village anymore. When villagers lead their cows on the main road, if the cows defecate on the road, they will take the initiative to clean it up.

In terms of transportation, some families that own authorized Future Motorcycle stores have purchased cars in advance, while most families own Future electric motorcycles.

On the 27th day of the lunar year, a group of more than 20 county and city leaders came to visit and pay a visit to Hao Qiang.

This is not accidental, but a series of good deeds done by Hao Qiang after returning to his hometown attracted the attention of leaders at all levels.

The town leaders have been closely monitoring Hao Qiang's movements and reporting to their superiors in a timely manner.

In the economic landscape of Guangxi Province, large private enterprises are relatively rare, and it is difficult to find Guangxi entrepreneurs even among the top 100 richest people in the country.

Therefore, as the richest man in the region, Hao Qiang naturally became a hot commodity in the eyes of the city leaders.

The purpose of their trip was very clear, which was to establish a relationship with Hao Qiang and at the same time hope to persuade Hao Qiang to increase investment in his hometown.

There is something quite funny. Local entrepreneurs’ investment in building factories is not considered as investment promotion and they cannot enjoy the corresponding preferential policies.

This has led to some local entrepreneurs having to invest again in the name of companies from other provinces in order to obtain policy support for attracting investment.

The joint visit of county and city leaders quickly caused a sensation in the village, and many villagers gathered outside Hao Qiang's house.

This was also the first time for Hao Qiang to meet with the city government leaders. They timed it precisely and waited for him to return home before visiting him. This showed their sincerity, and he should meet them.

If he plans to invest in his hometown, he will definitely need these leaders.