mynovelweb Chapter 188 Planning of the Handicraft Workshop
Chapter 188 Planning of the Handicraft Workshop
Gu Mingyue did not answer them directly, but first gathered the villagers to the threshing ground and wait for the meeting.
She went home and brought back the hairband and vegetable basket she had made earlier.
When everyone gathered, they looked at what she was holding, confused for a moment.
Gu Mingyue gestured and said, "This is made of cloth scraps. It's an upgraded version of a hair band. I call it a hair band. If you make it delicate and wear it on your wrist, it will become a bracelet. Do you think it looks good?"
The male comrades felt that there was no difference no matter how they looked at it. Years of experience in struggle had taught them that at this moment, all that mattered was a good-looking answer.
Lesbians are different. No matter they are older or younger, they can never resist this kind of accessories. Even if they don’t wear them, they like to see them.
Gu Mingyue took the opportunity to reveal her plan in its entirety.
"I noticed that usually those who work in the fields are young and strong. Moreover, some families seem to have only one main laborer, and the rest can be described as 'old, weak, sick and disabled'. I have no other meaning, I just want to explain my intention to you clearly. The lack of labor has led to everyone's not very affluent life. I don't think it's because we don't work hard enough, but we don't use resources properly. For example, the young wives who only get two or three work points in each family. Don't they work hard in the fields? No, they work very hard. But if they are only strong enough to carry a bowl, and you insist on asking them to carry a bucket, then no matter how much they work, it will be useless. If you ask them to make hair bands, it doesn't require superb skills, just carefulness."
Seeing that no one questioned, Gu Mingyue continued, "As for this vegetable basket, I only have a prototype in my hand. I believe that some of the older people in our village must have much better skills than me. They are old, and it is time for them to enjoy their retirement, but you also know that they have worked all their lives and can't sit idle. Working in the fields is too tiring and can easily hurt the body, so I want them to be responsible for weaving this thing. Use local materials, corn husks or willow branches, and add some cloth scraps on the top of the basket to make patterns. This will be studied later. Now I will just give you a general arrangement. Do you have any opinions?"
Gu Laoliu asked, "Are we going to sell these things to the supply and marketing cooperatives?"
"Sixth brother, what you asked hits the point." Gu Mingyue clapped her hands and said, "Our village has unanimously decided to set up a handicraft workshop and then sell it in the name of the village. The person in charge is Comrade Bai Fenglai. In terms of academic qualifications and connections, I think it is a waste of talent for Comrade Bai to be our person in charge. Do you agree?"
The villagers echoed, “Agreed.”
"Let's go back to Sixth Brother's question. I think we can take a long-term view. Not only the supply and marketing cooperatives in our town, but also the department stores in Harbin, or even further away, such as Mingzhu and Jingshi."
After hearing what Gu Mingyue said, someone whispered in the background, "Our Party Secretary is bragging again."
"Don't think it's impossible. Nothing is impossible. Sixth brother, don't you like to wander around when you have nothing to do? Now there is a chance to travel at public expense. Do you want to go?"
Gu Laoliu was a little timid and asked nervously, "Where... are we going?"
Gu Mingyue waved her hand and said, "You can go anywhere you want. There is a vast world with a lot of potential. You can take the products made in our village and go out to find orders. If a deal is made, the village office will give you a commission of 1% of the transaction amount. The same goes for everyone. If anyone thinks he has the eloquence, just sign up. The village office will never treat anyone unfairly."
When it comes to personal interests, everyone instantly becomes excited.
"How much is one percent?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Gu Mingyue helped them calculate, "Suppose the transaction amount is 100 yuan, 1% is 1 yuan; if the transaction amount is 1,000 yuan, you can get a big unity in a few minutes. How about it? Does it sound like this money is easy to make?"
"Oh my God, why do I feel so excited when I hear this?" a villager muttered.
Gu Mingyue emphasized at this time, "There is one thing, we have agreed in advance, you are not representing yourself when you go out, but representing Gujia Village. The words written by the big leader are still there, you are not allowed to embarrass yourself when you go out. You are allowed to speak sweet words, but you cannot be servile and soft-hearted. However, you can't be bullied. If anyone is bullied outside, come back and tell me, as long as we are right, I will personally lead you to fight at their door. It is true that we are country people, but it does not mean we are inferior to others. To be honest, what food city people eat is not grown by country people with hard work. Not only are they not inferior, on the contrary, they have to thank us, so stand up straight, raise your head, don't be afraid, remember?"
The villagers said, "Remember!"
Gu Guangyao shouted, "Aunt Mingyue, when are you going on the business trip?"
"The product hasn't been made yet, why are you in such a hurry? Besides, it's one thing for me to introduce it to you, and it's another for you to introduce it to others. You have to train in advance. In this way, whoever wants to get an order can go to the village office to sign up. We will practice on the spot, and anyone who is interested can go and watch. Maybe you will discover your own potential while watching."
After hearing this, everyone became even more excited. Compared to signing up, they still prefer to watch others make a fool of themselves.
Seeing their excited expressions, Gu Mingyue said loudly, "Okay, okay, go to work first, and gather under the jujube tree after work. By the way, those who want to make hair bands and vegetable baskets should also go to the village office to sign up, and we will start work tomorrow. Everyone should work hard and strive to settle the work points at the end of the year. If our village breaks the single digit, then, not to mention a cotton-padded jacket for each family, even meat and egg dumplings will definitely be enough for you to eat for a year. Think about that kind of life, do you think it is beautiful?"
“So beautiful!”
It's another round of encouragement, people are more motivated to work and more enthusiastic to sign up.
Gu Mingwei is now mainly responsible for the work in the fields and various major and minor matters in the family.
As for the two workshops in the village, he knew that Mingyue was smart and could handle many things more smoothly than he did, so he gave her full responsibility.
Gu Mingyue did not refuse this time and accepted it happily. Compared to those troublesome things, she was more interested in making money.
Even if you can't earn money in your own pocket, we are all a collective. At this time, there is no distinction between us and nothing matters.
She listed some modern sales tactics on a piece of paper, and when all the applicants arrived, she asked them to recite them one by one.
The literacy classes in the village were not in vain. Now everyone can recognize a lot of words without asking around.
When reciting, those people started by memorizing by rote without really understanding.
When they actually practiced it, they quickly realized that those roundabout words were just tricks that were hard to guard against.
The villagers thought that these words of speech were developed by Gu Mingyue himself.
In private, they secretly discussed, "No wonder my aunt is invincible, she can guess people's thoughts. Alas, it seems that we will never be able to get out of her routine..."
After Gu Mingyue found out, she was speechless. Why was she always the one to take the blame?