Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

Upon hearing the village representative's words, Liang Ming knew that the villagers of Sengao Village already knew about Wang Ren's plan to deliver canned food gift boxes to several nearby village committees that afternoon.

But he still feigned a puzzled expression and asked in return:

"How did you say this?"

"When did our Liangji Canned Food Factory ever say that we wouldn't rent land from your Sengao Village?"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's answer, the somewhat drunk village representative wanted to ask something in return: "Boss Liang, I heard that this afternoon, Director Wang went to several nearby villages..."

Before he could finish speaking, the village chief Zhou Li stopped him, saying, "Zhou Laosan, you're drunk. Sit down and rest for a bit."

The fact that Liang Ming did not admit to giving up the land lease indicates that there is still room for maneuver.

If Zhou Laosan really brings it up, this matter will be difficult to handle.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Laosan was about to say that he wasn't drunk, but after noticing the look in Village Chief Zhou Li's eyes, he immediately realized what was going on and quickly pretended to be drunk, leaning back in his chair and remaining silent.

"Boss Liang, Zhou Laosan can't hold his liquor, don't take it to heart."

Immediately, village chief Zhou Li turned to Liang Ming and said with a smirk.

"When it comes to drinking, everyone should just enjoy themselves."

Liang Ming waved his hand and chuckled.

Now that the other party knows about Liang's Canned Food Factory's contact with several nearby village committees, they should understand...

Their Liangji Canned Food Factory didn't necessarily need to rent land in Sengao Village.

Now that Liang Ming has the upper hand, he naturally won't bring up the matter of leasing land.

Whoever speaks first will lose some of their momentum.

In business, the party with the weaker stance will have less confidence in negotiations.

Seeing that Liang Ming chuckled and then remained silent about renting the land, village chief Zhou Li became somewhat anxious.

He came here to sound out what the other party was saying.

Thinking of this, village chief Zhou Li disregarded any concern for saving face and immediately picked up his wine glass, taking the initiative to say:

“Boss Liang, you’re a man of great things. We villagers of Sengao Village are just peasants, simple-minded, and sometimes we might be a bit impulsive!”

"On behalf of the villagers of Sengao Village, I would like to apologize to you. I'll take the food; you can do as you please."

After saying that, village chief Zhou Li downed a glass of baijiu in one gulp.

"Village Chief Zhou, what are you doing?"

Upon seeing this, Liang Ming quickly said something.

But his hand did not stop Zhou Li from drinking the glass of wine.

The previous behavior of Moritaka Village in demanding exorbitant prices was indeed somewhat greedy, which displeased Liang Ming.

However, seeing that Zhou Li's apology was relatively sincere, he was given a chance to let bygones be bygones with a glass of baijiu.

After the other party made him drink the liquor, Zhou Li knew that what had happened before was over.

He hurriedly said, emboldened by the alcohol, "Boss Liang, we're all roughnecks and not very good at talking, so let's just get straight to the point."

"Liangji Canned Food Factory is a township enterprise that the township government strongly supports. When the factory wanted to expand, we naturally responded positively to the township government's work."

“You can rent any land in our Sengao Village to your cannery, and you can set the rent.”

"That compensation was something we came up with in a moment of confusion; just take it as nonsense we were talking about."

Village chief Zhou Li adopted a very humble attitude and dared not play any tricks anymore.

Wang Ren's visits to several nearby village committees made him realize that Liangji Canned Food Factory seemed to have no choice but to rent land from their village.

Rather than getting nothing, it's better to rent out the wasteland and sign a multi-year contract, which at least guarantees the villagers several decades of rental income.

Seeing this, other village representatives from Sengao Village also raised their glasses of baijiu (Chinese liquor) to apologize to Liang Ming.

Seeing this, Liang Ming quickly said, "Village Chief Zhou, fellow village representatives, I think there must have been some misunderstanding between us before..."

"However, I am very happy that you can support the work of the township, the work of Township Head Jiang, and the work of our Liangji Canned Food Factory."

"Let's not talk about what happened before. Let's work hard together and get rich!"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, village chief Zhou Li's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Boss Liang, what about the land rental?"

“We’ve rented the land allocated to your Sengao Village, and the rent will be calculated according to the industrial land price we agreed on before.”

Liang Ming said:

"Let's start with a 20-year lease."

"Boss Liang, what a generous spirit!" Village Chief Zhou exclaimed with delight, quickly raising his glass of baijiu and adding:

"On behalf of the villagers of Sengao Village, I thank Mr. Liang!"

After saying that, he drank the liquor in one gulp.

The 20-year land lease means that Sengao Village will have a stable rental income for the next 20 years.

As the village chief, he has achieved so much, making him arguably the most capable village chief in the history of Sengao Village.

"Village Chief Zhou, regarding the land rental compensation you mentioned earlier..."

At this moment, Liang Ming changed the subject and said.

Upon hearing this, village chief Zhou Li's expression froze, and he awkwardly smiled and said, "Boss Liang, didn't we just agree that we wouldn't accept any compensation?"

"Village Chief Zhou, please don't misunderstand. What I meant was that our cannery cannot agree to the compensation your village has proposed, but..."

Liang Ming smiled, glanced at the group of village representatives from Sengao Village, and said:

“Our factory can provide 20 worker positions, and the Sengao Village Committee can arrange for villagers to take up the jobs.”

When Liang Ming said this, the village chief Zhou Li and the villagers' representatives were stunned.

"Mr. Liang, are you telling the truth?"

Village chief Zhou Li was the first to regain his senses and said to Liang Ming in a trembling voice:

"Are you really willing to give 20 cannery worker positions to our Sengao Village Committee?"

Today, Liangji Canned Food Factory is thriving in Taoyuan Township.

Everyone knows that cannery workers not only have high wages and good benefits, but the bosses are also generous and give out bonuses all the time.

Even many workers in state-owned factories envied their income.

Giving these 20 worker slots to the Sengao Village Committee means that 20 households will be able to improve their lives.

"I'm a man of my word," Liang Ming said solemnly upon hearing Village Chief Zhou Li's doubtful words.

"Of course, my cannery only wants young and energetic workers. If we send in lazy villagers, we have the right to fire them."

Anyway, their Liangji Canned Food Factory was expanding and needed to hire workers. Giving 20 worker slots to Village Chief Zhou would also make him owe them a favor.

Upon hearing Liang Ming's admission, Village Chief Zhou Li beamed and quickly assured him:

"Don't worry, Mr. Liang, our Sengao Village Committee will definitely select the most suitable villagers to take up the positions!"

“If there really is a lazy villager, you don’t need to expel him, we will send him back ourselves.”

In the end, village chief Zhou Li felt that Liang Ming had given him far too much, and it would be unreasonable for him not to show off with a few glasses of baijiu.

"Boss Liang, compared to your magnanimity, what we did in our village was really inhumane. This pot of wine is my apology to you."

After saying that, he picked up the 2-ounce liquor dispenser and downed it in one gulp.

"Mr. Liang, thank you for giving our village this opportunity."

"Mr. Liang, you are young and promising. You will definitely be the richest man in Taoyuan City in the future."

Other village representatives also toasted Liang Ming, praising his abilities.

Upon seeing the village chief Zhou Li, and hearing about the 20-year lease and the 20 worker positions, the villagers couldn't stop smiling.

Then, seeing him constantly flattering him, Liang Ming's expression became somewhat strange.

In another ten or eight years, when the real estate industry takes off, the land prices in the center of Taoyuan Township will skyrocket by more than ten times.

I wonder if, by then, Village Chief Zhou will regret so easily renting the village's land to Liang Ming at such a low price.

As for those 20 worker positions, they were nothing more than menial jobs...

It seems that Sengaocun has made a small profit by leasing land and hiring workers.

But no matter how Liang Ming calculates it, he won't lose out...