Reborn in 1977

Exiting the police station the way he came, Chen Fan walked through the streets and alleys until he was far away from that area and certain that no one had noticed him. Only then did he remove the face towel, put everything into the cloth bag, and left only some change in his pocket for the bus and a meal later.

At this point, he was no longer anxious. He looked at the gradually whitening sky in the east and walked back with a calm expression.

The specifications for ID photos these days were limited to a few types, the most common being the small, one-inch, crowned photo.

The kind with a wavy border was the crowned photo, and the one without a crown was the uncrowned photo. Moreover, they were only black and white, not color, so even the color of the clothes wasn't obvious, and the styles were all the same. When photos of the same person were placed together, it was almost impossible to tell whether they were taken recently or years ago.

The information and the photo Chen Fan took were of this specification.

He also used the nail file from the hostel to gently grind off the smoothness of the surface, and then rubbed it on the wooden table to fade the scratches, giving it a sense of age.

As long as a few months passed and the photo was squeezed by damp piles of paper, even a great detective wouldn't be able to tell whether it was genuinely old or artificially aged.

Besides, there weren't that many great detectives. Which police station didn't have dusty files? Not to mention missing person files that weren't considered cases, so there was no need to worry about being found out.

As for the information in other places, according to the information recorded in the form, there might only be a student record file at the school.

However, in Yunhu area these days, all student record files were handwritten and didn't have photos, so he could completely ignore them.

He silently reviewed everything in his mind, and after confirming that nothing was missing, his pace quickened by another three points.

When he saw the dull expressions on the faces of the early risers, Chen Fan quickly adjusted himself, walking among the crowd with a bit of displeasure, a bit of sleepiness, and a bit of irritability, not appearing out of place at all.

Before long, the early morning bus was already on the road, so he took the bus to the passenger terminal, had a delicious breakfast, and then sat on the steps below the terminal.

After waiting for more than half an hour, several of the liners that had docked in the early hours had come and gone, and the small boat from Lujiawan slowly approached the shore, cutting through the morning breeze on the river.

Today, Secretary Yang and the others brought six loads of gifts again.

In fact, these things looked like two full baskets, but they weren't worth much money. The most expensive thing was probably the big white goose and a few animal skins, and then there were chickens and ducks, but all the things together weren't worth even 20 yuan.

Secretary Yang was reluctant to stay in the two-yuan-a-night hostel in the district committee, but he wasn't stingy at all with the gifts he gave to the cooperative units. Six loads yesterday, six loads today, that's 240 yuan, and he said he'd give them away.

Looking at so many things, Chen Fan thought of his experience last night and felt a bit of scalp tingling. "Secretary, I'm afraid these things won't be easy to get on the public bus!"

Secretary Yang waved his hand calmly, "Don't worry, I've made arrangements for today."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and five transportation team members appeared before him. They were today's "porters."

As for the last porter, it was naturally Comrade Zhang Wenliang, the transportation team leader!

Secretary Yang put his hands on his hips and directed with composure, "You just need to tell them how to take the bus and where to get off, and they will carry the loads over there. This is early in the morning, how can they not be able to squeeze onto the bus? They'll go there to wait first, and we'll follow behind!"

Chen Fan chuckled dryly. If you counted the latest time, wouldn't this "follow behind" be until the evening?!

However, he didn't have any other good ideas. He couldn't have these people carrying the loads on the bus all the time. Even if the people could stand it, the chickens, ducks, and geese couldn't.

So he pointed out the bus route to them one by one. After they got on the bus, he took Secretary Yang and the others and the last porter to set off.

Accompanied by Chen Fan, they spent a day running through several hospitals directly under the Health Department and the only health school.

With Sister Zhou's greeting, plus Chen Fan's influence, everything went smoothly.

After running through the last place, Secretary Yang let out a long sigh and said to Chen Fan with emotion, "I'm just here to sign a contract today, and I'm already exhausted. You've been working hard in the district committee these past two days. Thank you."

Chen Fan chuckled twice and said, "Is this more tiring than the double rush?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter.

After the laughter stopped, Secretary Yang waved his hand, "The matter has been completed, we must celebrate. Xiao Chen, you are familiar with the district committee, you arrange the place!"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "Oh, Secretary, are you being so generous today?"

Secretary Yang smiled, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that every penny we earn belongs to the collective. We were elected by the members to do things, so of course we have to be worthy of their efforts."

He waved his hand, "But today is different. You are all heroes, especially you, Xiao Chen. Without you, we wouldn't have dared to dream of opening a store in the district committee, and so many stores at that. There's nothing to say, we must reward you well today."

Chen Fan immediately rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Then, Secretary, how about going to the Gongnong Restaurant?"

"Gongnong Restaurant?"

Secretary Yang heard this and thought the name sounded good. It should be a place close to the masses, so he smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go to the Gongnong Restaurant then."

When Chen Fan heard this, he couldn't restrain his expression. His eyebrows and mouth were jumping around, and his features looked like they were about to fall apart.

Seeing his appearance, Secretary Yang suddenly felt a little scared and asked weakly, "Wait, wait a minute, what kind of place is that Gongnong Restaurant?"

Before Chen Fan could speak, Zhang Wenliang explained with a suppressed laugh, "The Gongnong Restaurant is the former Wangjiang Tower!"

The last time Chen Fan treated people to dinner, the two of them spent more than 6 yuan, which was still fresh in his memory!

Secretary Yang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. His eyes widened and he exclaimed in a lost voice, "Wangjiang Tower?"

He wasn't a young man who was born after the founding of the country. His eldest daughter was already 24, so how could he be young?

He had heard so many times about the fame of Wangjiang Tower before. Was that a place he could go?

Thinking of this, Secretary Yang glared at Chen Fan unhappily, "Can't you be a little more reliable?"

Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh a few times. Seeing Secretary Yang's face getting darker and darker, he quickly said, "If you want to save money, there's only one place."

Secretary Yang, "Where?"

Ye Shubao, "Don't tell me it's a small noodle shop?"

Anquan chuckled, "A noodle shop is fine, I can even accept the cafeteria."

Zhang Wenliang, "Where's the cafeteria now? When we were at school just now, the principal invited us to eat in the cafeteria, but you didn't go."

Secretary Yang turned his head and glared at him, "Now we are asking people to do things, how can we eat someone else's treat?"

After speaking, he turned to look at Chen Fan, "You say, what place?"

Then he quickly added, "Wang... that Gongnong Restaurant doesn't count, and don't mention places that are too expensive."

Chen Fan chuckled, "It's not expensive, and it's very delicious. It's just that if you want to go there, it's a bit far to go back and forth. Why not let the boat go back first and pick you up tomorrow morning?"

Secretary Yang was slightly stunned, "Delicious and not expensive, where?"

Chen Fan, "The Health Department's hostel cafeteria."

Anquan and Zhang Wenliang clapped their hands together, "That place is good!"

The last time they came to compile the book, they had eaten in the cafeteria several times, and the chef's skills were indeed very good.

Moreover, Chen Fan had also taught them how to make soft-shelled turtle dishes. If he took people there, wouldn't the chef take out his best skills to entertain them?!

Secretary Yang looked at them, then looked at Chen Fan, pondered for two seconds, and said, gritting his teeth, "Okay, let's spend the night at the district committee today."

Before Zhang Wenliang and Anquan could cheer, Secretary Yang pointed at them and said, "Five of us will just take a triple room. We're all big men, it's warmer to squeeze together."

Zhang Wenliang looked up at the sunset in the west and thought to himself, does the weather still need to be warmer?

But he didn't dare to say it.

......

An hour later, in the Health Department's cafeteria, only Chen Fan and his group were at a table at this time.

The cafeteria was about to close when they came back, but with Teacher Chen's appearance, not to mention that the chef hadn't gotten off work yet, even if he had gotten off work, he would have to rush back to prepare a table of good dishes for them.

Today, Secretary Yang and the others were in particularly high spirits, not because they only charged a little material fee for this meal, but because Lujiawan's sideline had made a good start.

Secretary Yang raised his glass and clinked it with Chen Fan, grinning and smiling, "Only 3 days after opening, we can sell more than 8,000 yuan every day. Plus, we deliver goods to a dozen units in the county and district committees, and the team's savings have exceeded 30,000 yuan."

He held up three fingers and shook them at everyone, but the smile on his face gradually disappeared, "30,000 yuan, not to mention holding it in my hand, I didn't even dare to think about it before."

Saying that, he clinked glasses with Chen Fan again, "All of this was brought by you, I must toast you."

Chen Fan waved his hand and smiled softly, "Don't say that, I don't have that much ability myself,"

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Shubao and Anquan, and then turned back, "Just talking about this seedling, I can't handle it. If it weren't for Captain Ye and Brother An to take action, it would take at least half a year to develop the current breeding scale.

There are also the veterinarians in each team, working hard to prevent and treat diseases. Every member who raises animals also gets up early and works late. This is a collective effort, and it can't be counted on me alone."

Secretary Yang listened to his words, pursed his lips, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Your Uncle Yang has no education and doesn't know how to talk, but he knows everything in his heart. The credit must belong to the collective, but without your advice and using your own connections to pave the way for the collective, our collective strength would not be able to be brought into play. This glass of wine must be to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he drank it all in one gulp.

Chen Fan smiled helplessly and could only raise his glass, "Together, together."

Everyone also raised their glasses and toasted around before temporarily calming down.

After eating two bites of food, Chen Fan looked at Ye Shubao and asked, "Team Leader Ye, how is the seedling procurement for expanding the breeding scale going?"

As soon as Ye Shubao heard this, he immediately felt that the food was not tasty anymore. He smiled wryly and shook his head, saying, "It's difficult. Now the Gan Family Village and their other production teams also want to engage in breeding and are collecting seedlings everywhere, so we can't get any.

If we do our own hatching, the chickens, ducks, and geese we raised before have only just started laying eggs, and not all eggs can be hatched. From selecting the eggs to finally hatching them, it will probably take at least a month."

After a pause, he smiled again and said, "However, with the things raised by their four production teams, we also have a lot of inventory. Adding it all together, guaranteeing the supply is still no problem.

Moreover, raising fewer poultry and livestock will also reduce the need for some feed. In general, it's just taking it slowly. What we're earning now is something we wouldn't have dared to imagine before."

The others looked at each other and chuckled.

Chen Fan lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Breeding is indeed very profitable, and selling cooked food is even more profitable, but the technical content is still too low."

He raised his head and smiled, looking at the crowd who were turning their attention to him, and said, "You see, this year there are already 4 production teams that want to invest in breeding. By next year, perhaps people from Qingshan Commune, Yangshan Commune, or even Shuanghe County and other counties will also join in.

After all, there is no threshold for breeding. The biggest constraint before was feed. Now many people have heard about our earthworm-feeding chickens. As long as they are willing to inquire or consult the Animal Husbandry Bureau, it is not difficult to figure out the details.

At that time, there will be more and more breeders. Even if they don't raise as much as we do, only increasing it by one or two times compared to before, you should be clear about what kind of consequences will occur, right?"

While the others were still looking at each other, An Quan blurted out, "Price reduction!"

Chen Fan nodded and said, "Although the price is set by the higher-level unit, the higher-level unit's pricing is also adjusted according to the market supply and demand relationship.

When pork was the most abundant, it was 5 or 6 cents a pound. When it was the tightest, it was also 1.5 or 6 cents. Nothing is absolute. If we only think about earning a few thousand yuan a day…"

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Secretary Yang and smiled, "These few thousand yuan haven't even had the costs deducted, right?"

Secretary Yang's face also darkened slightly at this time, and he shook his head, "Not yet."

Chen Fan smiled, "That's it."

He looked at the crowd and continued, "If we don't make the next step of plans, when these meats drop in price, cooked food must also follow suit. Then the income will drop sharply. Even if the shipment volume remains the same, it's hard to say whether the sales volume can still be half of what it is now.

Not to mention that people are always tired of the new and bored with the old. Eating too much will definitely get boring, and not everyone has the money to buy it every day, unless we can open up more sales channels, otherwise the shipment volume will definitely drop.

Even if we can stabilize the shipment volume by opening up channels, we are actually still losing money.

Because the investment is here, labor and feed, these have not changed, but the unit price is lower. Now a chicken can earn 3 or 5 yuan, but in the future, it may only earn two yuan, or even less.

For example, raising 10 chickens now requires so much cost and can earn 50 yuan. In the future, raising 10 chickens may only earn 30 yuan. If you want to earn 50 yuan, you need to raise more chickens, which increases the investment cost.

So, it looks like the profit has not decreased, but in reality, it is a loss."

After he finished speaking, everyone was silent again.

After a long while, Secretary Yang said, "In the old saying, we can't lie on our laurels and sleep, otherwise we will fall behind sooner or later."

Chen Fan nodded, "Almost."

Secretary Yang looked at him and said, "I understand what you said. I just want to ask, do you have any solutions?"

Chen Fan, "There are naturally solutions, but they require certain conditions and suitable timing."

He turned to look at the crowd and smiled, "Actually, our sideline business has only just started. It will be at least half a year before the poultry and livestock of those 4 production teams are on the market on a large scale. If we wait for the production teams in other places to take action, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until the end of next year.

Also, not all production teams have the courage to develop sideline businesses, or they are just following the trend in small amounts, so in the short term, the possibility of price reductions should not be great."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "The reason why I say this is also to remind you not to invest too much in breeding, so much that you put all your capital into it.

The best way is to prepare for both possibilities. On the one hand, stabilize the current scale and expand it appropriately, and on the other hand, look for other entry points and see what else we can do besides breeding, and then how to do it."

He turned to look at Secretary Yang, "That's the solution I'm talking about."

Of course, there are solutions. The simplest way is to build light industrial factories such as food factories around agricultural products, which not only increases the added value of agricultural products, but also allows products to be sold nationwide and even exported.

But I can't say it now, at least I have to wait until the wind picks up.

Secretary Yang pondered for a few seconds, turned to look at Ye Shubao, and said softly, "Old Ye, you and I should think about this carefully. After we go back, call Old Zhang and Old Xiao, and let's have a meeting and discuss it carefully."

Ye Shubao naturally had no objections and nodded immediately, "Okay."

After a pause of two seconds, he looked at Chen Fan and smiled, "Your solution is too vague. Do you have anything more specific?"

Chen Fan grinned, "Yes, ah. You see, there will be more and more chicken farmers in the future. Can we set up a hatchery? We can also set up a feed factory.

At that time, there will be more demand for feed for breeding. In the past, there was no money to buy it, but there is no breeding without investment. It's just that our cost didn't cost money, and they don't have it, so they need to spend money to buy it.

Besides this, we can also increase the types of breeding.

For example, raising quails and angora rabbits. In fact, the rabbit breeds we raise now are not good and not easy to raise. When we have more savings in the future, we can go to other places to buy high-quality rabbit breeds, and the same goes for others."

He picked up the wine glass and shook it, and smiled, "Anyway, in a word, as long as the mind doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. I'm afraid of lying on my laurels and sleeping, closing my eyes and walking one way to the dark."

In the current environment, we can only play tricks on breeding.

Secretary Yang nodded, "Yes, I understand."

He picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Chen Fan again, and said, "Now you have used up all the favors you can use, and you have suddenly opened up the situation for the production team. We can be considered to have taken a reassurance pill.

We can't trouble you with the next thing. You should take a break first and just watch."

He pointed to Zhang Wenliang, "We have discussed it and let him take a few people who can speak well to do business in other counties and other units. No matter how effective it is, we must learn to walk on our own. We can't rely on you for everything, otherwise, what kind of people will we become?"

Chen Fan looked at Zhang Wenliang and chuckled, "Brother Sanhu, are you under pressure?"

Anyway, there is already a basic foundation. If he can get out of it, he naturally can't wait.

Zhang Wenliang shook his head and grinned, "To say there is pressure, there must be. Going out costs money, and spending public money, how can you not make some achievements?

But to say how much pressure there is, it's not that much, because I never thought of comparing myself to you. Comparing myself to you, I would have to throw myself out."

As soon as these words came out, the room burst into laughter.

After the laughter stopped, Zhang Wenliang continued, "Anyway, let's just do it. Although I'm not sure, someone has to do this, and I've also run a few times with you and Brother An. I'm not unfamiliar with how to talk and how to deal with people. In the entire production team, probably only I can do it now. I can be considered a general among dwarfs, so I'll just bite the bullet and go."

Chen Fan raised his glass and stood up, "Then I wish you a victory!"

Just right, after running this trip, he didn't want to continue running business outside. He was tired for several days, and it was time to go back and rest.

At this time, Secretary Yang said to him, "Is everything here finished? Will you go back with us tomorrow morning?"

Chen Fan shook his head, "Not yet."

Then he smiled helplessly, "Opening a store also requires going to the District Food Company and the Commercial Bureau to go through the procedures. Without their approval, our store can't be opened."

When Secretary Yang heard this, his expression changed slightly, "Oh, I forgot about this."

He quickly asked, "Is this difficult?"

Chen Fan smiled, "With the example of Gufeng County, plus the face of the Health Department, it should be no problem."

It's not that there are no production teams opening stores, but most of them are concentrated in the commune, and very few even go to the county. Lujiawan may be the first to open a store in the prefectural committee.

But with the face of the Health Department, he also felt that there should be no big problem.