Chapter 107
Chapter 107
The village chief also told them the truth.
"Yes, that's the current charter, but there are still many small things to deal with, such as explaining to the villagers about raising funds to build a factory, selecting people for each workstation, and building the factory. These all need to be done together. I can't do so many things by myself, so I have to ask the elders to help."
"Now Dashan is going to follow up on the furniture production, and I will be responsible for other things. There are a lot of other things. Elders, do you think you can help coordinate them when the time comes?"
Old Ancestor: "How do you want us to coordinate?"
Yang Dashan: "It's like this. We will first figure things out ourselves, and then hold a village meeting. Those who are willing can invest money, and it doesn't matter if they are not willing. After all, no one knows whether they can make money at the beginning. We will make up for the shortfall if everyone raises enough. It doesn't matter if the shortfall is too big, because we have the Qi family behind us."
"You get a certain share based on how much money you contribute. The village will provide residential land, and when the time comes, we'll estimate how much the land is worth, and we'll also get a certain share. This money will be used to build bridges, roads, and schools."
The old man said: "If we don't raise money now, can we raise money after the factory has income and dividends?"
As expected of the ancestor, he saw the problem right away.
"No, this won't work. Now we need to figure out how much silver we need and how much we can raise. Then we can start the work. If you don't participate now, you won't have the chance to get involved in the furniture workshop in the future. We are called shareholders and are only responsible for paying silver and collecting dividends, but we don't participate in the management of the workshop."
"If everyone goes to the workshop to give orders, then who should we listen to?"
"We hire people to manage the workshop and pay them. If you have a skill and have raised funds, you will get a monthly salary and dividends at the end of the year. If you don't have a skill, you can only pray that the workshop business is booming so that you can get more dividends at the end of the year."
Another elder asked, "What if the workshop is not popular and does not make money?"
"If we don't make money or can't continue, then the money may be wasted, so this risk must be made clear to everyone and participation is voluntary."
The old man said: "Yes, it is not easy for everyone to make money now, and it is even more difficult to save money, so we must say everything in advance and make it clear to everyone in advance, so as not to complain later."
Several other elders of the tribe and the village said: "That's right. Everything has risks. Even when we farm, we depend on the will of God. How much more so when we do business?"
Village chief: "In fact, we make these furniture and sell them to Qi Dongjia, just to follow Qi Dongjia. We don't have to deal with local hooligans, which is much easier."
"Yes, yes, yes. If we don't open a shop by ourselves, there will be no one to support us. We have to show respect to the land and the people. It seems that we have made a lot of money, but how much money can we really make?"
Seeing that everyone was a little off topic, the village chief quickly got back to the main topic.
"Dashu has started producing furniture now, and they can sell the finished products as soon as they are ready. But now they are all making them in their own yards, and the space is limited. Besides, the furniture workshop we opened is different from the usual furniture. We are responsible for making one part, and once all the parts are made and assembled, it becomes a set of furniture."
"Let's first take care of the villagers' affairs and the factory building. There are big mountains and big trees over there for production."
The ancestor said: "Okay, then you explain the matter to us in detail, and then you organize a meeting of the villagers. We will be there at the time, and we can explain anything they have to say."
Yang Dashan: "Dear elders, regarding this matter, why don't you go home and discuss with your family whether you want to participate in the fundraising with us? If not, it might be better not to participate in our meeting."
Village chief: "Yes, yes, yes, if Dashan hadn't mentioned this, I would have forgotten about it. Because I don't participate, it's useless for you to explain to the villagers how good our workshop is. The villagers will ask, why don't you participate if it's so good, right?"
The old ancestor said, "That's right. Let's go back and discuss it. Because we old guys are equally useless, the young ones have different ideas from us old guys. If we force them to give us money, won't the whole family quarrel?"
As soon as the old man said this, someone agreed: "Yes, that's the truth."
The village chief said: "Then let's stop here for today. All elders should go back and discuss first. We will continue to discuss tomorrow. If you have something else and don't want to attend the meeting, we won't wait for you."
"Just do as Dazhu said. If you want to come, come over at noon tomorrow." The old ancestor made the final decision.
The village chief asked his sons and grandsons to send the village elders back home, but the old man said he needed to rest before leaving.
After everyone left, the ancestor asked the village chief and Yang Dashan to sit down and said, "This is a good thing that benefits the village and the people, but some people are short-sighted. With the Qi family behind it, how can it not be done?"
The village chief whispered to the old man, "Our Da Mao worshipped the teacher of the academy as his teacher. This teacher is the grandfather of Mr. Zheng. It was for this reason that they saw the furniture in Xiao Cao'er's room at Dashan's house and came up with the idea of doing this business."
The old man's eyes lit up and he said, "Da Mao pays respects to the master?"
Yang Dashan smiled foolishly and said, "Yes, it happened last time when Xiaocao came back from her birthday party. Mr. Zheng kept a low profile, so we didn't tell anyone. We just went to his house to pay our respects to him and then we had a meal together."
The old man's eyes were full of envy. He also only knew a few words, but he taught them to his children and grandchildren. So some of his grandsons worked as accountants and some as clerks, but none of them had ever really received any education.
"Really great people are relatively low-key. If you do something right, it's right not to tell others about it."
"This way, we are all doing business together. Unless there are special reasons, the business will continue."
The village chief and Yang Dashan exchanged a glance, and finally made peace with the ancestor: "Ancestor, Master Zheng said that the Qi family is not an ordinary family. Being close to them has both advantages and disadvantages. When it is good, it is just like this, but when it is bad, people may die."
The old ancestor was shocked, looked at the two of them, raised his hand and pointed to the sky, and the village chief nodded.
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