Phi-Fic Chapter 1263 Many Twists and Turns
Chapter 1263 Many Twists and Turns
Tang Xiaoyu and Ye Qiang exchanged a glance and laughed. "Now people are still asking us how to transfer their children to schools here! I told them that the schools here are very strict about household registration, so it's not easy for us to do it!"
Ye Qiang asked with a smile, "Dad, the land reclamation and island building project is progressing a bit slowly! It's been suspended recently!"
Mayor Tang replied, "It's pearl harvesting season recently, so there's a month and a half of harvesting time. The land reclamation project was too disruptive, so it was halted! It was decided before construction even started! The progress has been on track, and it will be completed before the end of the year! It will need some scientific reinforcement methods before we can build a school on it!"
Ye Qiang then asked, "Will you be able to enroll students when school starts next September?"
Mayor Tang thought for a moment, "If we hurry, it should be possible! But there's still the sanatorium over there. We plan to wait until all the buildings are completed before the school opens! Probably the year after next!"
Ye Qiang remarked, "We get so many inquiries about this place every day now, and I expect even more people to want to come and study here the year after next!"
Mayor Tang smiled, a hint of confusion in his expression. "Actually, the schools here have better academic performance and cultural traditions, but they're not as good as outsiders think! Isn't it popular to go abroad these days? Wouldn't it be better for wealthy people to send their children to international schools and then send them abroad to study after high school graduation?"
Tang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Foreign countries are indeed more developed than China. Those with good grades can learn real skills abroad! Those with poor grades may not learn anything even if they go abroad to study. At best, they're just 'shower crabs,' spending money to get into a prestigious university and then being packaged as overseas returnees!"
"These people do have academic qualifications, but their abilities are another matter! I've heard that some of them go abroad and live in Chinese communities, but they can't even speak the most basic English fluently!"
Ye Qiang smiled and said, "Xiaoyu, you're being too one-sided! Many wealthy people from families like ours have made their money and started immigrating! They send their wives and children abroad to study!"
Tang Xiaoyu blinked. "And then what? Do they have better opportunities abroad? Most of them earn money in China and then spend it abroad! The economy is doing well now, which allows these people to make money! But once the economy develops to a certain level, these people may not be able to adapt to the changing times! It will be difficult for them to return to China!"
Mayor Tang smiled and said, "I admit that some people may have gone abroad for their children's education! But actually, many more are here because their way of making money is not entirely legitimate, and they are afraid of being investigated! In short, these are all personal development matters, and they don't have much to do with us! You don't think so now, but maybe you will want your child to study abroad in the future?"
Ye Qiang nodded, "Yes, our child is still young, so let's not make any absolute statements!"
Tang Xiaoyu blinked. "Anyway, I'll see what Meilan does. If she sends her child to study abroad, then I'll send mine too. If she doesn't, I won't!"
Mayor Tang laughed heartily, "You can do it this way! If it's a good thing, Meilan won't refuse!"
After receiving a definite reply from Liu Meilan, Mayor Tang went to the town government to hold a meeting regarding the purchase of pearls.
When Mayor Tang relayed Liu Meilan's words, everyone was shocked.
Not only because of Liu Meilan's principles, but also because Liu Meilan actually donated half of the money to their town government's social security agency.
Because Liu Meilan has donated a lot of money over the years, her only requirement is that the accounts be clear, so the accounts of the town's welfare and social security institutions are very clear.
Over the years, these funds have been used to help the elderly and widowed in the town and to repair various facilities, earning high praise from the villagers.
There are now factories on the island, as well as pearl farming and ornamental fish farming industries, which have created many jobs.
People's lives are becoming increasingly prosperous, and their happiness index is also rising.
In the morning, apart from young people getting into university and going away to study, the population loss on the island has decreased.
The deputy mayor was quite excited; he was in charge of this matter. "Mayor, Comrade Meilan is truly generous! We have data here: our island received 1,200 million in deposits from those big companies! If they handed it all over, even if they only donated half to us, that would still be 600 million!"
The other person smiled and said, "Six million is a lot of money. It can do a lot of things! For example, when veterans on our island are injured, we can provide them with prosthetics. We can also renovate the martyrs' cemetery!"
There is also a martyrs' cemetery on the island. It contains not only anti-Japanese heroes from the War of Resistance against Japan, but also soldiers of the garrison troops who sacrificed their lives on the island.
At this point, another leader in charge of culture said, "Shouldn't we improve and expand the museum on Sifang Island? We should further explore our cultural heritage!"
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Even though the money hasn't arrived in their accounts yet, everyone is already thinking about how to spend it.
Finally, the leaders voted on the spot from these individuals, formed a document, and began communicating with the villagers.
The villagers were immediately unhappy upon hearing the terms. "We received deposits from other companies, not from Dafu Jewelry. If those companies breach their contracts, these deposits are ours! Dafu Jewelry just needs to buy our pearls, even at a lower price!"
Mayor Tang smiled. "Xiao Wang, you're in charge of pearl purchasing. Do you have any ideas?"
The other villagers thought for a moment and said, "Mayor, since the villagers are willing to accept the low price, we are certainly willing too! We will only buy their pearls at 80% of the price! Our purchase price will also give priority to honest farmers!"
"Why should we?" the villagers protested. "Our cultured pearls are all the same, so why are you lowering our prices?"
Xiao Wang said calmly, "It's very simple. It's because you broke the contract before! Now you're just packing your bags and want to sell the pearls to us, of course we have to lower the price! In your eyes, you only care about selling the pearls to us and think we won't lose anything! Have you ever thought about the companies that signed contracts with you? Once they find out you sold the pearls to us, they are very likely to sue us! In that case, we will have to pay compensation to the other companies after we bought your pearls at a high price. Both sides will treat us like suckers!"
Mayor Tang was taken aback. "Xiao Wang, then tell me in detail!"
Xiao Wang replied earnestly, "There's a reason why their pearls were rejected! Because those buyers felt that their pearls weren't as good as the ones we provided! Besides, after we buy the pearls from these villagers, we still need to sign some agreements with the original buyers to close any legal restrictions and disputes! All of this costs money and time! So why should we be the ones running around doing all this and taking all the risks? We'd like to ask you, why should we?"
Everyone was stunned; they always thought it was a simple cash-on-delivery transaction. Why all the twists and turns?