The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 185 Helping

When Lu Zixuan saw Song Xiangzhe's questioning look, he realized that what he said was too general, and patiently explained his intention.

Finding a scapegoat to take over the grain channel was not a spur of the moment decision, but was a long-planned move. Hu Chang was just an unlucky guy who appeared randomly.

Before the famine, Lu Zixuan, with his passion and support from his connections, used modern theories to build warehouses and store grain everywhere. He hoped to use low prices to suppress high-priced grain and save the poorest people during the famine.

The seemingly perfect plan was actually totally wrong. This modern marketing theory had convinced many people, including officials, businessmen, workers, and farmers, but it did not get the support of Chen Ping. She could not refute the theory, but simply did not express her opinion.

This theory itself is completely correct, but it ignores the human nature that is often analyzed, neglects the rules of this era, and underestimates the wisdom of businessmen.

After carefully analyzing the recent grain sales reports, death reports, and high-priced grain sales reports from various places, and combining them with Chen Ping's practice of opening a small canteen in the courtyard, I realized my own naivety.

Not only did it fail to help those at the bottom of society, but it accelerated their death, violated market rules, and reduced the government's credibility.

First of all, as soon as the grain is released, it is sold out instantly, which shows that someone is buying it. The investigation found that the local tyrants not only did not suppress the competition, but actively protected it, which is very abnormal.

The reason for this is that as early as when low-priced grain entered the market, people had consulted well-known local businessmen to find a solution.

At a very low cost, people are hired to buy grain in batches and then sort it. Normal grain is sold at double the price, and the moldy grain is given away for free to people who cannot even afford low-priced grain.

The high-priced grain brought profits, and the moldy grain gained fame, which can be said to be a double gain of fame and fortune.

Ordinary people complain about the rising food prices and curse the government for its incompetence. The poor sing praises to the local tyrants. Reality and original intentions are in opposition, and facts and plans are reversed.

There are also some people who take advantage of the situation. The grain on the upper level is intact, but the grain on the lower level is all moldy. Fighting and making trouble can be seen everywhere, and the public security is extremely poor. This is the sadness brought about by a wrong decision.

Looking at the death report again, just as Chen Ping said when she was the manager, all the dead were elderly people and children.

In order to make a few cents of profit, those poor people bought grain for the local tyrants, and then used the money they earned to buy high-priced grain, forming a vicious cycle.

After Lu Zixuan figured this out, he kept reflecting on it. The reason was that he had chosen the wrong discussion subjects. Since he was seeking benefits for the lowest class, he should have listened to their opinions. However, the discussion subjects he chose were all people who had no worries about food and clothing.

Although Chen Ping cannot explain the theory, she has experienced famine, has practical experience, and understands the psychology of the lower class people. This can be seen from the fact that she arranges for the children in the courtyard to learn life knowledge from the elderly.

Lu Zixuan tried this method. He cut the sweet potatoes he received into pieces, soaked them in water, and sold them as seeds. However, those people just boiled them into porridge when they bought them home. They did not have the courage and strength to pursue long-term goals. They just wanted to survive as long as they were not starving to death. This method was simply not feasible and was only suitable for families that had stored food for more than half a year.

They decided to change their strategy, empty the granaries, and stop being grain transporters. Large quantities of grain must enter the market to truly alleviate the situation. They prepared to contract those wastelands that no one cultivated to increase their income, but were opposed by everyone.

Lao Chen and Lao Xiao analyzed the pros and cons based on the current political situation, while others started from the feasibility and explained the facts. Only Chen Ping considered the safety aspect and gave a strong order to stop the operation.

After hearing the severity of the situation, Song Xiangzhe was terrified and asked:

"Since no one supports it, why do you want to give up the food in your hands? Will you persist?"

Lu Zixuan shook his head and said:

"No, I won't do it. My thinking is too narrow and I don't consider the overall situation."

The approach of the country and the government is the most correct. Since they are unable to solve the problems of the people, they should let it go without any hindrance and let the people find their own way out.

The real reason for letting go is that once the famine is over, the government will definitely liquidate. Although Lu Zixuan is not doing this for profit, he is the source of the public security chaos. Fortunately, now that the signs have just appeared, it is not serious, so he must be removed as soon as possible.

He had been looking for a replacement but to no avail. He originally wanted to find Mrs. Li and ask her to use this method to deal with Li Huaide.

After being kidnapped, he decided to introduce Hu Chang to Li Huaide. After the incident, Li Huaide would definitely let Hu Chang take the blame in order to protect himself, so that he could take revenge on Hu Chang without having to do it himself.

But now it seems that Hu Chang is more suitable to take the blame than Li Huaide, which will reduce a lot of trouble.

Song Xiangzhe nodded in agreement and thought of something else.

“It’s fine this way. Although we don’t lose money, we are always making money and gaining reputation for others, which goes against our original intention.

Hu Chang is an easy person to control. As long as you let him taste the sweetness of making money, he will have to jump into the fire pit. I can do this.

If we can introduce those capitalists who were unwilling to cooperate with us in the past to him, we can still get what we want. I can do this in just half a month.

Then how will our people live in the future? These three documents were sent by Dajing, please take a look. "

Lu Zixuan took the three envelopes, took out a form from his bag and handed it to Song Xiangzhe, saying:

"Let's get back to our job. Since we are a news channel, we must be buying and selling news. There are clear prices and profit-sharing ratios here, and we will send out the withdrawal information."

After studying it, Song Xiangzhe stood up, bowed deeply to Lu Zixuan, and thanked him with red eyes:

"Xuanxuan, thank you! I have received news that the village cadres who forced my mother to death have been shot, and the two bastards who bullied my sister have also been hanged.

Actually, I did do something, but I was too stupid to hurt them at all, and I almost got myself into trouble."

Lu Zixuan waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to mind it, and said solemnly:

“It’s okay, it’s just a piece of cake, it was their greed that gave me the opportunity, but you have to remember, no matter what you do in the future, don’t put yourself in trouble.

Don't listen to the nonsense of storytellers, such as if killing one person breaks even, and if killing two people you make a profit. In reality, even if you kill 10,000 people but die yourself, you still lose.

A head-on confrontation is the dumbest way. Even if you are strong and have the upper hand temporarily, can you see the power behind them? If they try to trick you once, you will be defeated.

I have nothing to do now, let me tell you about them..."

A long time ago, Lu Zixuan saw Song Xiangzhe sighing all day long and understood that he was thinking about revenge.

They sent people to Song Xiangzhe's hometown to investigate, and found out that he had secretly returned twice without telling Lu Zixuan, and foolishly followed Zhu Feng's example, bringing a knife to seek revenge, but he was beaten up and managed to escape with great difficulty.

Another time, he bought some expensive grain mixed with rat poison and placed it in front of the homes of several village cadres. As a result, nothing happened to them. After asking around, he found out that the rat poison was fake. He almost got caught by the police.

When Lu Zixuan found out, he was so angry that he burst out laughing. After working with him for such a long time, he didn't even learn the most basic background analysis. He just followed the plan and textbooks and attended the training verbatim.

If you buy rat poison during this period, isn't it telling people that you are harming people? People can't even get enough food, so where are the rats? Even if there are, they are roasted and eaten.

I decided to take action to avenge him, otherwise, he would be trapped in regret and hatred for the rest of his life and would never be able to get out of this situation.

First, he arranged for people to investigate the specific number of Song Xiangzhe's enemies, and then analyzed each person's personality, characteristics, weaknesses, strengths based on their usual work style, and then found out the common points.

I decided not to defeat them one by one, but to catch them all in one fell swoop.