Yang Peng shouted over the phone, "Hey, don't ask me about this. Secretary Li is writing the report. I don't know if she's done. Why don't you call her and ask?" Li Ruixin said, "If I could call her, why would I ask you?" Yang Peng said, "Help me ask around tomorrow morning. Once you're done, let me know. If there's no problem with the report, then we can start preparing for the early stages of setting up the base." Yang Peng said, "Alright, wait for my call tomorrow."
After Li Rui hung up the phone, he saw Lu Qingman looking at him in confusion. He told her about the idea of the mutual aid forest base.
Lu Qingman listened to him and said earnestly, "It's good that you want to help the poor, but don't do bad things out of kindness. For example, it's not good to cheat the boss of a company and cause him to invest without getting any returns. That's not good."
Li Rui comforted her and thought to himself, You don't know that the boss of that company is me, your husband. If you want to cheat someone, you can only cheat yourself. Of course, to be precise, I'm only a major shareholder. There's also a minor shareholder, Li Yulan, in the company. But she's not an outsider. Even if you cheat her, she won't say anything. Haha, that's one of the benefits of doing business with your confidante. You don't have to worry about who's taking advantage and who's losing.
After that, Li Rui suddenly remembered that the secretary general and uncle, Du Minsheng, invited him and Qingman to have dinner at his house on Saturday night. He told Qingman about it. Lu Qingman naturally agreed. She planned to pick out a few high-class gifts from the New Year's gifts and bring them over on Saturday night. Although the other party was his own uncle and not an outsider, he still had to bring a gift. Did it look good to eat and drink for free empty-handed?
The husband and wife exchanged a few more words before they crawled under the covers and lay down. As usual, Li Rui turned sideways and hugged Lu Qingman in his arms. His big hand reached under the lapel of her pajamas and grabbed her greenhouse. He didn't forget to "patrol the mountain" left and right, as if he wanted to enjoy these two things alone and not allow anyone else to touch them. Lu Qingman was already used to this. She was too lazy to push his evil claws away, because if she pushed him away, he would grab her back. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
However, before the couple could fall asleep, Li Rui received a call.
Lu Qingman took the opportunity to push his evil claws away and said, "Answer the phone." Li Ruiqi said strangely, "It's already so late. Why is there still someone looking for me? Did something happen in the city again? "As he spoke, he reached for his phone beside his pillow. He was stunned when he saw the caller's name.
The caller was Li Xiaona. When Li Rui answered, she said, "Brother, Old Xu wants to talk to you." After she finished speaking, the background noise of her talking to Xu Gengnian could be heard.
Li Rui was shocked. Xu Gengnian wants to talk to him? What does he want to talk to him about? On second thought, he understood that Xu Gengnian might want to talk to him about the wedding. Just as he thought of this, Xu Gengnian's hearty laughter sounded from the other side. "Brother Xiao Rui, I didn't disturb your rest, did I?" Li Rui quickly smiled and said, "No, no. Governor Xu, you … …" Xu Gengnian said. "Sigh … … this is not an official occasion. Don't call me Governor Xu. Just call me Brother. I'm calling you because I want to discuss with you about my wedding with Little Na. Xiao Na had told me about her family's situation. Now, she only has you and Xiao Dong. She had decided to invite both of you to attend her wedding. I think this is a good idea, and I agree with it. When are the both of you coming over? I will arrange a car to fetch both of you from Qingyang City. At the same time, I will arrange accommodation for both of you. "
Li Rui was flattered and quickly said. "You don't need to trouble your men to fetch us. We can go over by ourselves. You don't need to arrange accommodation for us. I think … … Haha … … we will not have time to stay overnight at your wedding. Maybe we will be back on the same day." Xu Gengnian thought for a while and said. "Oh … … I had thought about it. Both of you have special jobs and are very busy. You don't have much time … … I had wanted to bring both of you over one day in advance and arrange an apartment for both of you. Xiao Na will also stay with both of you. Treat it as the bride's house. The next day, I will follow the convoy to your place to fetch the bride. But if both of you can't come over earlier, Xiao Na will not have any family members with her. I am afraid the ceremony will not be able to be carried out. That means we can only simplify the ceremony … …"
At this time, Xiao Na, who had been quiet on the other end of the line, suddenly interrupted. "Let's just simplify it. It will save us a lot of trouble." She was not speaking into the phone, and her voice sounded distant and soft. Xu Gengnian laughed and said. "Then I will have to mistreat you." Xiao Na replied. "It's just one less ceremony. How can you say it's mistreating me?"
The old couple and the young wife spoke one after another and settled this matter. Li Rui, who was on the other end of the phone, felt very upset when he heard this. He felt like an outsider. Of course, he also knows he will be an outsider in the future.
After Xu Gengnian finished discussing with Xiao Na, he said to Li Rui. "Brother, you are Xiao Na's elder brother. If you don't object, we can skip the ceremony of fetching the bride. I definitely won't let Little Na suffer for nothing. After we get married, I'll make it up to her. Anyway, you and Xiao Dong can rest assured. I will treat Xiao Na well. " Li Ruixin knew Xu Gengnian had skipped the ceremony of fetching the bride because he and Dong Jieyu could not arrive earlier. Since this is the case, he must agree to Xu Gengnian's suggestion. Furthermore, fetching the bride is just a formality. There is not much meaning to it. It is just like what Xu Gengnian said. As long as he treats Xiao Na well after their wedding, it will be enough. Li Ruixin said. "I'm sorry, Brother. Because of our problems, we will have to affect your wedding ceremony with Xiao Na. Since Xiao Na does not object, then I also do not object. You can do whatever is convenient for you. "
The reason why Xu Gengnian called him was that he wanted to solemnly invite him and Dong Jieyu to attend the wedding, which indirectly showed that he valued the two of them and also showed that he cherished Li Xiaona. He also wanted to finalize the itinerary of Li Xiaona and Dong Jieyu, the only family members of Li Xiaona, so that he could make corresponding arrangements. Since Xu Gengnian had expressed his intention clearly, he did not say any more nonsense. After saying goodbye to Li Rui on Sunday, he hung up the phone.
Li Rui put the phone back on the pillow. Thinking that he was about to watch Li Xiaona get married, he felt sour and uncomfortable.
Lu Qingman asked. "Was that Xu Gengnian?" Li Rui nodded. Lu Qingman asked again. "Why did he call you? Why did you say that you have some problems that will affect his and Xiao Na's wedding ceremony? " Li Rui explained, "Oh, Governor Xu wants to send a car over to pick up Dong Jieyu and me in advance so that we can go to the wedding ceremony with Xiao Na. After all, it would be inappropriate for the bride not to have her family by her side when the groom picks up the bride. However, Dong Jieyu and I don't have time. We can't go there in advance, so Governor Xu has to skip the ceremony and hold the wedding ceremony directly. " Lu Qingman said, "I guess he's just saying that. Even if you can really go there in advance, he won't make it a big deal. He's the Deputy Governor and he's getting married for the second time. Moreover, he's marrying a young lady. This kind of thing is easy to talk about. He definitely doesn't want everyone to know about it, so he'll skip all the steps that he can. "
Li Rui felt that what she said made a lot of sense. He nodded and said, "I don't have any objections to skipping all the steps. As long as he treats Xiao Na well, it's fine." Lu Qingman said, "He probably likes Xiao Na very much. This can be seen from his attitude towards you. You and Xiao Na are only siblings in name. You're not related by blood. As the Deputy Governor, he personally called you to tell you about this. This is a classic case of 'love me, love my dog'. "Li Ruixin was full of jealousy, but he could only nod in agreement. Lu Qingman frowned and said, "I still don't understand. Xiao Na has the looks, the figure, and she's so young. She doesn't have to worry about marriage. As long as she's willing, marrying a tall, rich, and handsome man wouldn't be a problem. Why would she be willing to marry an old man like Xu Gengnian? Could it be that she's greedy for his power as the Deputy Governor? Is Xiao Na a snobbish woman? " Li Rui's heart ached again. He didn't say anything else. He hugged her again and said, "Why are you worrying about other people's feelings? Let's sleep."
The next morning, after going to work, Li Rui received a call from Yang Peng. He said that the investment analysis report had been completed by Li Yulan. Li Rui didn't say much to him. He asked him to send the report to his email or fax it over. Yang Peng didn't make any choice because the report wasn't in his hands. He could only call Li Yulan and tell her about it.
Li Yulan called Li Rui directly. The two of them had a brief conversation on the phone. They talked about the results of the investment analysis report. In fact, Li Rui was only interested in the report. To be more precise, he was most interested in the investment amount in the report. After all, the investment amount was the key to whether or not the mutual forestry plantation could be established. If the investment amount was too large, the dried fruit factory wouldn't be able to support it with its current income level. Naturally, it wouldn't be able to start. Li Rui also didn't want to go outside to find an investor. That would be too troublesome. There would be too many problems to consider.
When Li Rui heard the investment amount, he was both happy and worried.
Xishan Village had more than two thousand mu of land for planting trees. It would be good enough if they could rent half of it, which was a thousand mu. The entire investment analysis report was calculated based on the investment scale of a thousand mu of land. The cost of the land rent was calculated at 150 yuan per mu per year. A thousand mu of land was 150,000 yuan. The cost of the irrigation equipment was estimated to be 100,000 yuan. The cost of fruit seedlings (including dates, walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, etc.) was 160,000 yuan. The salary to be paid to the workers of the base (based on a monthly salary of 500 yuan per person (one person per household), a total of 50 households) was 300,000 yuan per year. The construction cost of the base's basic buildings was 200,000 yuan. In addition, the base needed to hire a few permanent staff. These staff also needed to be paid. Based on an average salary of 2,000 yuan per person per month, if five people were hired, the annual expenditure would be 120,000 yuan. All of this money added up to a total of 1.03 million, which was less than 1.1 million yuan.
This was the investment amount for the first year. The investment amount for the next few years wouldn't be so large. The fixed expenses were only the rent for the land and the salaries of the farmers and the staff of the base. There were also some small investments, such as the planting of fruit seedlings and the investment in pesticides and fertilizers, which were negligible. In other words, they needed to invest less than 1.1 million yuan in the first year. After that, they would only need to invest about 500,000 to 600,000 yuan per year.
As for the investment in farming in the fruit forest, such as chickens, ducks, and livestock, it wasn't included in this report for the time being. In the beginning, they would mainly focus on planting. Once the planting was stable, they would start farming.
In theory, such a large planting base, which could easily cover more than a thousand mu of land, and also take into account poverty alleviation, would only need to invest less than 1.1 million yuan in the beginning. This was already considered very cheap. After all, the price of goods was skyrocketing now. A little more than 1 million yuan couldn't do anything. In a third-tier city, there wouldn't be much left over to buy a house and renovate it. In Jiupo Town, they could set up a decent planting base. This was already considered a big bargain. And with the current annual income of Li Rui and Li Yulan's dried fruit factory, it was enough to support the initial investment of 1.1 million yuan. Moreover, it was easy. Li Rui should have opened his mouth and laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. However, he really couldn't laugh. Why?
Because he felt that this aid-the-poor base wasn't able to greatly help the poor in Xishan Village as he had imagined.
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