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

"Director Chen, I dare not accept this label."

"Our Golden Winery and Liangji Canned Food Factory are both patriotic private enterprises that actively ventured into business in response to national policies."

"Putting aside everything else, just take the Golden Winery as an example. In the meantime, it has created thousands of industry-related jobs for Shitou Township!"

Liang Ming wasn't just making things up.

As the Golden Distillery continued to grow, it expanded its workforce by several hundred positions.

Not counting the winery's own employees, there are dozens or even hundreds of other small businesses and workshops in Shitou Township that depend on the Golden Winery for their livelihood.

For example, the bottles, gold bottle rings, and gift boxes needed by the Gold Distillery.

Even the expansion of the Golden Distillery's workforce has led to an increase in the number of restaurants near the factory.

Today, the Golden Winery can be described as the cash cow of Shitou Township.

The GDP of Shitou Township has seen a significant increase every month.

Not to mention, Liangji Canned Food Factory also purchases large quantities of fruit from various villages in Taoyuan Township, providing countless jobs.

Taoyuan Township's canned food industry is not only well-known, but its fruit industry is also gaining recognition, with more and more businessmen from other places learning about Taoyuan Township, a town famous for its fruit production.

Many businessmen have even begun to approach Jiang Tongji, the mayor of Taoyuan Township, to discuss investing in the area next year.

It can be said that Liang Ming's two factories have brought about tremendous economic changes to the two townships.

In this situation, if we're talking about the Golden Winery and Liangji Canned Food Factory undermining the state-owned enterprise system, not to mention others, the two township heads, Jiang Tao and Jiang Tongji, would be furious immediately.

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, Chen Jiu opened his mouth, but swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

Although unwilling to admit it, what Liang Ming said was indeed true.

“Brother Liang Ming, I consider our relationship to be quite good, but what you did this time was far too sudden.”

In the end, Chen Jiu could only give a wry smile and say to Liang Ming:

"This caught our county's supply and marketing cooperative completely off guard."

"To be honest, the leaders from the municipal supply and marketing cooperative are coming down to inspect in a few days. How am I supposed to explain this to them then...?"

Seeing that Chen Jiu was somewhat relenting, Liang Ming smiled and said:

"Director Chen, the number of self-employed individuals nationwide exceeded 1000 million last year. I imagine you must have a copy of the 'Opinions on Further Activating the Flow of Businesses' issued from above on your desk, right?"

"The state-owned economy as the mainstay, while promoting the great development of the individual economy, is the trend of the times, and you cannot stop this historical tide."

"Looking at it from another angle, even if I don't open a joint brand direct-sale store near the supply and marketing cooperative, someone else will."

"They say you shouldn't let the good stuff go to outsiders. You'd be better off letting me use the supply and marketing cooperative's resources than letting outsiders use them, right?"

Seeing Liang Ming's eloquence, Chen Jiu was rendered speechless.

He also knew that his initial tough stance wouldn't solve the problem.

Liang Ming has a better business sense than him; he can think a hundred steps ahead of him.

It would be better to ask him for help and think of a solution to your problem.

"Boss Liang, you're right no matter what I say, I can't argue with you."

Chen Jiu said with a wry smile:

"If you want to open a shop next to the supply and marketing cooperative, then go ahead and open it. After all, you're operating legally, and I can't say anything about it."

"Regardless of the matter, no matter how you look at it, you've set me up in a difficult situation."

"You have to help me figure out how to handle the leader's inspection, right?"

Upon hearing Chen Jiu's words, Liang Ming's lips curled into a smile, and he said:

"Director Chen, we're all friends. If you're in trouble, I certainly won't stand idly by."

"At least, I will definitely help you gain face in front of the leaders of your city's supply and marketing cooperative."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Brother Liang Ming, do you have a solution?"

Without wasting words, Liang Ming took out a report and handed it to Chen Jiu.

"what is this?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Jiu's face showed a look of confusion.

"This is a statistical report of the types of goods that customers have been buying recently, which I had someone squat outside your county supply and marketing cooperative."

Liang Ming said.

His words startled both Chen Jiu and Mao Fang, who were standing nearby.

"Brother Liang Ming, could you send someone to collect statistics on what goods and activities our supply and marketing cooperative's customers are buying?"

Chen Jiu spoke first.

You should know that the county supply and marketing cooperative is a state-owned enterprise.

The sales volume of goods in supply and marketing cooperatives must be kept strictly confidential.

After all, in this era, there are still some special groups of people who fawn over foreigners.

If outsiders were to know the sales data of state-owned enterprises in China, it would undoubtedly be a major event.

Mao Fang didn't think much of it; he was just surprised that Liang Ming had arranged for someone to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to collect data on commodity sales without his knowledge.

It was as if Liang Ming had long anticipated this day and had prepared the report in advance.

Liang Ming smiled upon hearing Director Chen Jiu's words and said:

"Director Chen, I had someone collect sales data at the entrance of the county supply and marketing cooperative. It was just a business activity, and I had no other intentions."

"Besides, my statistical report is quite useful. Why don't you take a look?"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, Chen Jiu didn't say anything, but simply opened the report and began to read it.

Upon seeing this, he was completely stunned, his expression one of surprise, and even his breathing became rapid.

"Director Chen, it seems you've also seen the key data?"

Liang Ming smiled and said.

Chen Jiu nodded and said, "Liang Ming, if it weren't for your data, I really wouldn't have expected that such a big change would occur since your joint brand store opened near our supply and marketing cooperative..."

Hearing Liang Ming and Chen Jiu's cryptic conversation, Mao Fang, standing nearby, couldn't help but show a hint of curiosity and asked:

"Boss, what are you talking about?"

“Director Mao, you’ll understand once you look at the data yourself,” Liang Ming said.

Chen Jiu readily handed the report to Mao Fang.

After receiving the report, Mao Fang read it carefully, and he was somewhat surprised by what he saw.

"Since the joint brand store opened, the county supply and marketing cooperative's sales of liquor and canned fruit have decreased by 35%, but sales of candy and other similar products have surged by 42%..."

"Why is this?"

The questions aren't just about Maotai, but also about aged liquor.

"Mr. Liang, is your data really accurate?"

Chen Jiu retorted to Liang Ming.

“Director Chen, you are the director of the county supply and marketing cooperative. You should know better than me whether the data is accurate or not…”

Liang Ming said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu fell silent again.

In the past few days, the sales staff responsible for selling candy and fabric have indeed reported good sales.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?