Chapter 605: Playing Three Strokes
Facing Ning Xuehua's question, Lu Yiming said directly: "Of course it's to make money. Eels are very delicious. Not to mention the island countries, when we eat fish in China, we like fish with less bones, more meat, and delicious taste. Eels just meet these conditions. So I think this project is suitable."
Ning Xuehua said: "There are indeed very few bones in the eel, usually only one main bone, and the rest is basically meat. Many housewives who take care of children and have a little bit of financial resources at home like to buy eels. There is still a market prospect."
Lu Yiming said: "The domestic market is actually nothing. In the island country, eels have become a kind of belief. It is more of a luxury than a food. So even though Li Jiahuang is a liar, eels do have a big market in the island country. According to Professor Jiang's estimate, if our farm is successfully operated, the annual output value is conservatively estimated to be more than 2 billion."
Hearing what Lu Yiming said, Ning Xuehua couldn't help but feel deeply moved: "Why did Li Jiahuang become a liar for no reason? His eel farming project could obviously be done well, which would not only benefit the country and the people, but also make money for himself. Why did he have to swindle hundreds of millions? Is that interesting?"
Lu Yiming said helplessly: "This is the situation. Some people just like to make quick money by doing illegal things. Asking them to do something serious is probably more painful than killing them."
Ning Xuehua encouraged: "Since you have decided to do it, do it well."
Lu Yiming guaranteed, "That's for sure. We have good natural breeding conditions here, but we are not rich yet because we have no industry and no one is willing to invest. Now that I have such ability, I certainly hope to make a village, a township, or even a county rich. I think this is a very cool thing. I can do a pilot project. If it succeeds, I believe it will attract more investment and related industries. As one of the first to get rich, I have to do something for the society. Didn't the chief designer say it? Let the rich lead the poor and work together to achieve prosperity."
Half Moon Bay.
Jiang Weichen and Lu Yiming stood on the shore, with the sea breeze blowing in their ears, talking about the construction and operation of the farm.
Lu Yiming didn't know much about aquaculture, but he knew that technology was nothing more than a matter of money.
"I understand your concerns, but just go for it. I'll give you another 100 million yuan in research funding. We shouldn't benchmark our eel farming against those of the island countries. We can just set a higher standard than theirs! Third-rate companies sell products, second-rate companies sell services, and first-rate companies output standards. Standards are the most profitable."
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When Jiang Weichen was making extra money in the past, he had come into contact with many wealthy bosses engaged in aquaculture, but they were at most generous at the wine table. They were nothing like Lu Yiming, who spent money at every turn, which was really unbearable for him, a university professor.
"Well, Mr. Lu, there's no need to set the standard so high, right?"
What era is this? Just raising a fish, but hundreds of millions of research funds were spent, and they did it several times...
In Jiang Weichen's opinion, there is simply too much money and nowhere to spend it. Others who engage in aquaculture are all thinking about how to exploit loopholes in the rules to make money, but Lu Yiming is different. He thinks of improving the existing standards?
Is this a capitalist?
This guy is a living Bodhisattva.
However, Lu Yiming has seen many examples of food companies in later generations frantically attacking and conquering after establishing their brands and reputations. They even establish a good brand image and tell a good brand story, which is the key to brand success. Therefore, he said, "Professor Jiang, this is not what you know. You may know how to do research, but the way to do business is different. Have you heard of the brand effect? If I can only sell eels honestly, I can only earn hard-earned money at most, but if I become well-known, the brand premium will be high. They are both beef, but why is the Kobe beef fillet in the island country a hundred times more expensive than ordinary beef? Isn't it because they know how to play with concepts?"
The marketing case of Kobe beef has been included in the marketing textbooks - yes, not biology, physics or chemistry, but marketing, because this is a marketing concept from beginning to end. Although this kind of cattle is indeed superior to ordinary beef cattle in terms of breed and genes, it is far from being as awesome as the ordinary people boast.
The two then talked about the environmental issues of aquaculture. Lu Yiming said: "Since eel fry can only be obtained from the wild, should we set aside a few special conservation areas to allow wild eels to recuperate ?"
Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "It would be great if everyone thought like Mr. Lu."
At present, the Xia Kingdom is centered on economic development. It is inevitable that there will be a group of profit-seeking people who want to destroy the green mountains and rivers for the sake of gold and silver. Even fishing is done directly with a family-killing net, without considering sustainable development at all.
Although eels can only be caught at sea, theoretically their small-scale operation would not affect the eel population, but Jiang Weichen still opened the map in his hand and said to Lu Yiming seriously: "Then these places should formulate a strict fishing moratorium system to ensure that wild eels can recuperate and reproduce. After my investigation during this period, the eels here are of the best quality."
Lu Yiming glanced at the map and said, "Well, I'll call the county to tell them about this when I get back. Write down the coordinates of these places."
After returning home, Lu Yiming called Xiong Yanhua and told her about the planning of the conservation area.
Xiong Yanhua agreed to Lu Yiming's request without a second thought, and said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we will definitely implement this matter seriously. If you need anything, just tell me, don't hesitate, as long as it is within my authority and responsibility, I will never refuse."
At this time, Xiong Yanhua was a criminal.
Although Li Jiahuang and Xin Baifan have been arrested, a large portion of the money they defrauded cannot be recovered. Among those who were deceived, there are many family members of government agencies, so many of them were very dissatisfied, and Xiong Yanhua almost couldn't stand it.
Fortunately, there is still Lu Yiming, the big money sponsor, and the eel farming project has not completely failed, otherwise he would not be able to get rid of the blame.
Therefore, as long as the project can be implemented, he dare not refuse Lu Yiming's request even if it is a punctuation mark. After all, this is his last straw!
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "You're welcome. We are all working for the common prosperity of our hometown."
Xiong Yanhua quickly agreed, "Oh, yes, yes. Mr. Lu is really conscious. OK, then I'll take people over to work now."
The next day, Lu Yiming got up, washed, yawned, drank milk and ate roast meat rice, but suddenly received a call.
"Boss Lu, something bad has happened. Someone is causing trouble at the fishery construction site."
"Hmm? Making trouble? Who?"
Lu Yiming was a little surprised. After all, Li Jiahuang's gang had been destroyed, and this project was now a major special project in the county. Who was so stubborn as to dare to cause trouble in the project team?
The people on the construction site said: "The villagers who had invested in those scammers before said that you drove them away and that's why they lost money. They want you to compensate them for their losses, or else they will have to shut down this fishery."
"Good fellow, are you coming again?"
Although Lu Yiming spoke calmly, his eyes were filled with anger.
After finishing breakfast, Lu Yiming said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Let's go to the fishing ground."
Zhao Tiezhu asked, "What happened?"
Lu Yiming said: "Those who invested in Li Jiahuang before came to make trouble and asked me to compensate them for their losses."
After going out, Lu Yiming called Li Yiwen and went to the beach together.
"What's going on so early in the morning?"
Li Yiwen was called out of bed and was still sleepy.
Lu Yiming told him what happened. He was stunned for a moment, then said indignantly: "These people are too unreasonable. We didn't cheat them of their money, so why are they still making trouble?"
Lu Yiming sneered, "They just want benefits. Why do you think those rich people invest in rural areas? It's a thankless job. Distribution according to noise is an old tradition."
Li Yiwen said: "You are asking for trouble, right? I don't say that, but why don't you tell Xiong Yanhua about this? Just let him bring people to do the work."
Lu Yiming said helplessly, "It's useless. What can the government do? We can drive them away today, but they still have legs on their bodies. Won't they come to cause trouble tomorrow? What's more, they are all from the same village. If they can be so shameless as to cause trouble, can I be so shameless as to let the security guards drive them away by force?"
Li Yiwen thought about it and it was indeed the case. If Lu Yiming really gave the order to take action, the reputation of the entire Lu family would be ruined. At that time, no matter who was right or wrong, they would be labeled as "bullying others by taking advantage of their power".
This made him very depressed.
"Are we just going to let them cause trouble? This is a project that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in. We can't let these people ruin it, right?"
Lu Yiming pondered for a moment, then said: "They are now numerous and powerful. Even if I have three mouths, I can't win over them. So at this time, what we have to do is to form cliques."
Li Yiwen was puzzled and asked, "Cliques? How do you form cliques?"
Lu Yiming said: "I had never thought of monopolizing the eel farming project, but my plan was to gradually open up the project after it was established, attract investors to join, let people from my hometown get rich with me, and make the eel farming industry bigger and stronger. But now that this incident has happened, it seems that this plan has to be brought forward. There is a tactic in Sun Tzu's Art of War called making friends with those far away and attacking those near."
Li Yiwen was puzzled: "Is there such a move in The Art of War?"
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said, "It's not important."
Outside the fishing ground, a group of villagers held a banner with black words on a white background, and they were very excited.
And the leader was Su Da'e.
She was holding a big pipe in her hand and wearing a flowery cotton jacket. Her squinting eyes, caused by years of smoke and fire, gave off an unpleasant light like a venomous snake.
She took a deep breath, exhaled a puff of white smoke, and shouted loudly: "Give me back my hard-earned money!"
The villagers behind followed suit, raised their right hands, clenched their fists, and shouted loudly: "Give me back my hard-earned money!"
Hundreds of people gathered next to Su Daye. Looking around, they were all elderly uncles and aunts. They were naturally the unlucky people who had been cheated of their money by Li Jiahuang.
They shouted several times in succession, but the surroundings were calm. Except for a few policemen from the police station who were responsible for guarding the fishery equipment, no one who was working paid any attention to them.
An old man was quite anxious. Seeing that there was no one to contact, he immediately began to doubt: "Can I really get all my capital back like this?"
Su Da'e said, "There are so many of us. As long as we unite, we will definitely be able to get it back. Besides, how can we get back the principal? What about the dividends? We invested money for the dividends. Does Lu Yiming think that he can stop giving us dividends after driving away his opponent? There is no way. No, there is no window!"
Someone whispered, "It's said in the newspaper that Li Jiahuang is a fraudster. Can we still get the money?"
Su Da'e cursed, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Mr. Li must have been framed by Lu Yiming. Now he is in prison unjustly, and we have lost money. This is all Lu Yiming's fault! He must compensate us!"
A group of old men and women around echoed Su Daye.
"That's right!"
"Lu Yiming is such a bad guy."
"Why can't the countryside develop? It's because of the obstruction of these black-hearted capitalists."
"Yes, if it were you, Lu Yiming would not only have to compensate us, but also give us another sum of money to make up for the loss."
“That makes sense.”
They didn't really care whether Li Jiahuang was wrongly imprisoned. What they really wanted was to get their money back and then blackmail Lu Yiming.
This is why they came here to make trouble. They always believed that as long as they made trouble hard and frequently, Lu Yiming would give in and hand over the money obediently.
The gate to the construction site opened, and Lu Yiming led his men out. Someone shouted, "The guy named Lu is out!"
For a moment, the people who were causing trouble seemed to have found a target for their firepower, and they had a channel to vent their anger.
A strong man suddenly ran out of the crowd and rushed towards Lu Yiming. Zhao Tiezhu stepped forward and blocked the man in front of Lu Yiming.
I don't know how the big man trained his eyes, but when he stared, they really looked like cow eyes. He raised his arms and shouted angrily: "Mr. Lu, give us back our hard-earned money!"
Lu Yiming said impatiently : "Why are you shouting so loudly?"
"Damn it, you're still so arrogant, right? Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death."
The big man jumped up and was about to slap Lu Yiming.
As a result, Zhao Tiezhu kneed him in the stomach without hesitation, and then hit him in the chin with an uppercut. Lu Yiming could clearly hear the sound of his jaw being dislocated.
Then, Zhao Tiezhu took a step forward, clamped the big man's neck, stepped forward with his left foot, clamped the big man's ankle, and with a little force, the big man fell backwards to the ground, pinned by Zhao Tiezhu's knee, unable to move.
After all, he came from the army, so a simple set of fighting and grappling techniques was not difficult at all for Zhao Tiezhu.
The villagers were also shocked when they saw this and silently took two steps back.
This combo just now looked painful.
Several older villagers thought to themselves that their small bodies would not be able to withstand such a beating.
However, Su Da'e was not afraid at all and shouted, "Lu is beating people!"
"How dare you hit someone? Is there still law? Is there still law?"
With Su Da'e taking the lead, the villagers gradually stabilized their position and began to clamor.
There were many security guards and workers standing beside Lu Yiming, so he was not panicked at all. Facing this group of unreasonable idiots, he sneered and said, "A bunch of legal illiterates."
Su Da'e looked indignant and said, "You guys are right to beat people?"
Lu Yiming pointed to the DV camera held by Li Yiwen behind him and said calmly, "Do you know what this is? A handheld digital camera. Everything at the scene is recorded like a movie. I advise you to use your pig brains before you take action. Those who gather others to repeatedly carry out provocative acts and seriously disrupt social order will generally be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and fined. If you go to jail or want to pay compensation, I have no objection. At most, I can find dozens of lawyers to slowly accompany you in the lawsuit. Come on, give Third Aunt a close-up shot, make it clearer."
As rural elderly people, not many of them have radios at home, and they have never even seen high-tech equipment like DVDs, so they are not sure whether what Lu Yiming said about recording it is true.
However, she was born with a fear of the law. When she heard that she was going to jail, Su Da'e was shocked and quickly covered her face with her hands. Then she stepped back several steps and got into the crowd, not daring to breathe.
If you spend five or ten years in jail, is it possible to get out alive?
Seeing that Su Da'e had stopped, the scene fell silent, as Lu Yiming completely suppressed them in terms of momentum.
To put it bluntly, they also know that they are not in the right. Many people came here to cause trouble purely for the sake of trying their luck. Now that they hear that they will be held legally responsible, they immediately start to back down.
But they still stayed where they were and refused to leave.
At this moment, Xiong Yanhua came with his men after hearing the news. Seeing hundreds of people blocking the gate of the fishery construction site, his heart almost exploded on the spot.
If something happens, will I be able to keep my official hat?
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Are you trying to cause trouble? Disperse immediately, or I will arrest you!"
The official uniform was still very intimidating to the common people. When they saw the government officials coming, how could these ordinary people have the courage to continue making trouble? They immediately scattered like birds and beasts, and the slogans and small flags were thrown all over the ground.
Xiong Yanhua heaved a sigh of relief when she saw the crowd disperse. She said to Lu Yiming with great trepidation, "Boss Lu, I'm so sorry I'm late. I was in a meeting in the county today, and I came here before the meeting was over when I got the news."
Lu Yiming said: "No. Thank you for your concern. I'm fine."
Xiong Yanhua vowed: "Don't worry, I won't let any of those people who caused trouble today go!"
