Chapter 38: The Biggest Failure in Sales History

  "Xiao Liang, are you saying that this computer is very advanced for us?" Ge Tai asked suspiciously, holding a computer. But then he saw Liang Sanping smiling and saying...

  "Director Ge, just take a look at the demo I gave you...” Liang Sanping said with a smile, then picked up the computer and started calculating quickly with an invoice he took out of his pocket.

  However, after a few calculations, the numbers on the bill were clearly calculated. After checking, it was found that there was no difference at all. Ge Tai curiously took over the calculator, while Liang Sanping smiled and told him how to use it.

  "Hmm... this thing is quite interesting, you first take ten to try. If it's suitable, I'll ask the finance department to purchase some." Ge Tai smiled and placed the calculator on the table, saying to Liang Sanping who was frowning.

  Liang Sanping looked at Ge Tai with a helpless expression. The old fox was too cunning, and the two of them had been interacting more frequently since Liang Sanping had beaten Gu Jufeng without any reservations.

  It was actually Ge Tai who, through his connections, learned that Liang Sanping had started a vegetable business in the imperial capital. Even Japanese and American people were attracted to this island. Curious, he went to take a look.

  After visiting the vegetable base, Ge Tai had to admit that what the kid said to Gou Jufeng at the time was not nonsense. He indeed has the means to make farmers rich.

  Liang Sanping and Nelson's contract, can deceive others but not Ge Tai. As for Liang Sanping being able to hook up with Nelson and bursting out such a huge energy, Ge Tai was full of admiration.

  "My lord, have mercy! You're taking away the goods I brought back with real gold and silver under the pretext of 'trying them out', what am I supposed to eat and drink then......"

  "What?! Are you going to make me, the head of Qiongzhou District Office, owe your little brat's account?!" Ge Tai pretended to be angry and scolded Liang Sanping, but Liang Sanping was not afraid at all.

  The two of them were already too familiar, especially after Ge Tai and Liang Sanping had a couple of drinks. Old Ge's dignity was no longer effective in front of Liang Sanping.

  "My dear sirs, this is something I bought with my own blood and sweat. The salary for the past few months has all been spent on it. If you take it away from me, I'll be left without even enough money to eat..."

  Saying that, Liang Sanping's eyes rolled and he said to Ge Tai: "However... I'll give you an idea?! It's beneficial for the development of Qiong Island, and it would be better if you brought it up rather than me..."

  Ge Tai smacked his lips, and with a hearty laugh said: "You little scamp, if you'd spoken up earlier, that would've been the end of it! What's with all this nonsense?! Spit it out, spit it out, what's your brilliant idea?!"

  Liang Sanping put down the computer and sat on Ge Tai's office desk with a plop. Ge Tai glared at him fiercely, and Liang Sanping chuckled and sat down in the chair instead.

  Ge Tai scolded a sentence of "little turtle egg", then urged him to quickly say what idea he had.

  "We didn't sign an agreement with the Japanese to purchase vegetables, did we?! This time's purchase is 50 tons, so we reported to the headquarters and borrowed vehicles from several surrounding farms to help out."

  "But even this is not enough! According to our preliminary estimates, our production this year will be at least over 60 tons. Lao Jiefang's truck is fully loaded with only 4 tons. You calculate it yourself, we need 15 trucks to transport everything."

  "Our factory originally had three old Liberation trucks. The other places managed to scrape together eight more, but that's still several short... If the county hadn't also supported us with a few vehicles, we really wouldn't have been able to operate."

  Liang Sanping sighed and said, looking at Ge Tai's face: "And wow, this road is really too difficult to walk. This time from Qiongzhoukou to our place, Da Junyun was vomiting all the way."

  Ge Tai couldn't help but burst out laughing. He pointed at Liang Sanping and cursed with a smile, "You little rascal, are you here to use me as a human shield again?!"

  "I reported to the superior that foreign merchants have come to repair the road. The road has been repaired for you, and it's not benefiting you, you little brat?! Those vehicles were approved, and they're also carrying your family's vegetables!"

  But Ge Tai smiled and said, "You little scoundrel, you're always thinking of taking advantage. Where are there so many good things for you?! And from Qiongzhou to Lucheng, it's over 300 kilometers! How much money will it take to build this road, have you thought about it?!"

  Liang Sanping smiled and said to Ge Tai: "You used to be the director of our regional administration, that's it! At that time, Lucheng was under your jurisdiction, and we were too..."

  Ge Tai was taken aback by the words and immediately laughed and scolded: "Where did you little devil hear the news?! How do you know I'm going over?!"

  Li Sanping smiled and said: "This is a secret, we can't talk nonsense..."

  "Hmm...alright, I can sell all your computers for you. But you little brat have to promise me one thing!" Ge Tai waved his hand and didn't pursue how Liang Sanping knew the news anymore.

  "Firstly, I don't care about the distance, but at least you should bring up the economy of Bao Ting area, which is closest to your experimental base in Xiang Town!" Liang Sanping heard this and was about to retort, but was directly interrupted by Ge Tai.

  "Your agricultural reclamation needs development, does the countryside no longer need development?! You have some technology, why can't you bring it to develop together with the local people?!"

  Liang Sanping was taken aback at first, and then fell silent.

  "Alright! Let's start with the town then." Liang Sanping nodded heavily and said, "But after all, I'm just a farmer, my words may not be effective..."

  "Whoever doesn't listen to orders, tell me! I'll take care of these things!" Ge Tai stood up and said: "I have only one request for you: within a year, the ordinary people in this town can eat their fill!"

  Ge Tai said, his hands pressed against the table, facing Liang Sanping in a low voice: "After so many years of liberation, Xiang Town is still Xiang Town. How many years has it been... The town still has villages that have to eat bran rice every year!"

  "What the hell is this?!". Ge Tai suddenly burst into rage: "The world that those predecessors fought for with their blood and lives, is it now a world where people can't even eat enough food?!"

  "What's the big deal about not having enough food?! It's either our problem or my own...!" Ge Tai said, his eyes reddening: "Wherever I go for inspections, my fellow villagers treat me to a cup of water and I feel embarrassed to drink it!"

  "What's written on that cup?! 'Serve the people!' I ask myself, have they eaten their fill after I've eaten my fill?! They haven't eaten their fill, what face do I have to take the cup they handed me and drink water?!"

  Ge Tai took a deep breath and said, "This time I actively requested to be transferred there. Comrade He Sheng of the Autonomous State is about to step down. The position just happened to be vacant, so I gave my old leader a guarantee. When I go to the Autonomous State, at least I will let the ordinary people there have enough food to eat!"

  Ge Tai's words almost brought tears to Liang Sanping's eyes. After so many years of liberation, it should be possible for the island of Qiong to produce three or four crops of rice per year, and the harvest shouldn't be bad!

  But there are still people who can't eat their fill. As for the situation in the town, Liang Sanping knows a thing or two about it. The mountainous areas are all primitive forests, and due to the country's weak industrial foundation, Hainan Island is also located in a remote area with no industrial base.

  Fertilizers and pesticides were in extremely short supply. At that time, various capitalist tails were cut off, resulting in a shortage of fertilizer for farmers, which exacerbated the situation.

  There are no good breeds, no pesticides or fertilizers. Even on the island of Hainan, especially in some parts of the autonomous prefecture, people still use primitive farming methods such as slash-and-burn cultivation.

  "Lao Ge, I've taken on this task!!" Liang Sanping gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "But you have to cooperate with me, otherwise I won't be able to get the work underway..."

  Ge Tai laughed and patted Liang Sanping's shoulder with a loud slap, saying: "As long as you bring benefits to the common people, I'll sell my over 100 catties of goods here!"

  Li Sanping's face fell as soon as he heard the words: "Don't spread this outside, or people will think that Li Sanping is really bold! You dare to sell out a regional commissioner..."

  Ge Tai laughed and scolded a few words to the mischievous ghost, then hurriedly followed Liang Sanping out of his office. The fifty calculators he brought back were sold to Ge Tai for forty.

  The remaining brain power was all given to Professor Liu, and these old professors would occasionally use calculators. However, in their daily lives, they themselves could not bear to take out the meager research funds to buy them.

  So, he always used the abacus and slide rule. Every time he saw these old men working hard with these slide rules and abacuses, Liang Sanping felt heartbroken.

  After Liang Sanping came out, he ran into Ge Tai's secretary Shu Heng. Having come and gone with Ge Tai several times, his relationship with Ge Tai's secretary Shu Heng was naturally not bad either.

  "Shu Ge, how's it going?! How much did you sell?!" Liang Sanping glanced at Ge Tai's office and asked Shu Heng in a low voice. Shu Heng smiled and replied.

  "Those electronic tables you brought are really selling well. Your sister-in-law just put them out in the store for one afternoon and they were all sold out! Over 200 of them..."

  "Haha... as long as it sells well, next time I'll find an opportunity to get another batch for my sister-in-law." But then Liang Sanping smiled and said. As Shu Neng pulled Liang Sanping out of the office building.

  He walked to a quiet place and handed over a package of paper to Liang Sanping.

  "A hundred electronic watches, six yuan each. Here's six hundred yuan, give me some change..." Liang Sanping grabbed the money and smiled slyly without even counting it: "Change what?! This is short of four or five hundred yuan, we don't even need to make change for you!"

  The two of them giggled and made a fuss for a while, and then Liang Sanping took the money and walked back. As he walked, he thought to himself, "This year, this money is really easy to come by!"

  No wonder even if the law is strict, those who dare to take risks still abound. Liang Sanping of later generations had also heard about some smuggling cases from Xiangjiang at that time.

  At that time, it was basically a dead letter. But as long as you brought something over, you would become rich overnight. Money moves people's hearts! In order to make money, those people at the time could do anything.

  Eight horses' "big fly", the speed is so fast that the border patrol boat can't catch up. With more than 40 watches wrapped around his body, as long as he can get through, he can earn several years' salary in one night...

  "Where...where did these function calculators come from?!" Grabbing ten summer vacation calculators, the old professor's first reaction wasn't excitement but to hastily grab hold of Liang Sanping and ask.

  "You can rest assured and use it! No stealing, no robbing, I got it back properly!" Liang Sanping smiled and struggled free from the old professor, saying: "You and the other teachers have been working hard enough, with this you can finally let your minds rest a bit..."

  After finishing speaking with a smile, she turned around and ran away.

  After running out, Liang Sanping cursed in his heart: What the f**k! Why am I so poor?! The protagonists of those time-traveling novels my son read were all making money easily...

  Why is it so hard to make money when I'm at Old Liang's place?! Liang Sanping has 10,000 grievances in his heart...

  To be honest, Old Liang did make money. Unfortunately, due to the special circumstances of this era, most of the money Old Liang made was confiscated by the state. If he dared to stash away a private fortune, he would immediately face various forms of confiscation.

  We have to think of a way to get some money! Without money, nothing can be done. Liang Sanping thought viciously...

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