Chapter 63 Schemes!
Chapter 63 Schemes!
Lin Man didn't believe a word the driver said about him not taking out his phone to take pictures.
However, such a lively gathering would be too boring if it only included villagers. It would be best to invite some outsiders to participate in the fun and let them know that this is not a script.
In addition, the ride-hailing fare from Guangzhou to Hongxing Village is several hundred yuan. If it can really be waived, that would be the only contribution Lin Wenwen can make to herself.
Lin Man coughed lightly and looked at the driver: "I am the village chief of that village. Also, I need to make it clear first: watching the excitement is fine, but you can't take out your phone to take pictures."
"You took photos? I'm calling the police!"
Upon hearing that he had been given permission to take photos, the driver let out a strange cry, pressed his finger on the phone lying beside him, and shouted in the WeChat group:
"Do you know who I dragged along? It's that village chief from Douyin who got a perfect score on the college entrance exam. I'm going to watch the show now."
"I'll share it with you guys then!"
After sending the WeChat message, the driver turned his gaze forward, slammed his right foot on the accelerator, and the car accelerated instantly.
Hongxing Village.
In a courtyard in the southeast of the village, right next to the Qinghe River, Lin Yaozong, dressed in a white suit and white leather shoes, with his hair slicked back and looking like a successful man, slammed a report onto the stone table in front of him. He then turned around and called out to the elderly and young people in the courtyard:
"Dear uncles, elder brothers, younger brothers, and juniors."
"The reason I called everyone here today is actually for one purpose."
"Remove Lin Man from his position as village chief, and then have Lin Yaobei transfer his company's business back to the village collective enterprise."
"Lin Man can't just take over the company as soon as he becomes the village chief, then turn around and take away the business, leaving the people in our village to starve."
"As long as we can get the business back, the money you lent to Lin Yaozu is nothing."
"We must look forward!"
When Lin Yaozu's loan was mentioned, the eyes of the group of people present became gleaming. Just a month ago, they were happily collecting interest.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Yaozu was arrested, and a bunch of other people in the village were also arrested.
Then, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
The money they lent to Lin Yaozu, which they earned interest on, is gone.
Lin Yaozu not only borrowed money from them, but also borrowed money from his relatives through them. That money didn't come from thin air; it was their savings accumulated over the decades. It was a loan secured by a bank and was obtained through usury.
Lin Yaozu went in, but he wasn't the one who suffered the most.
The worst off are those who are outside.
The relatives who lent them money came over every day, and every day they would sit there and start crying and wailing, crying that they had been blind.
The bank calls every few days, though they don't actually come to their door, but their bank cards have been flagged and are unusable.
My WeChat account and Alipay account were also flagged and cannot be used.
The loan sharks didn't come because Hongxing Village had been marked, and the police would come every few days. If the loan sharks came, it would just be to give the police a chance to make money.
So these loan sharks started to follow the proper procedures and went directly to court to file lawsuits.
In the past two days, the most frequent packages delivered to Hongxing Village have been indictments sent from the post office.
If you have money...
By the gate, a middle-aged man with a fat face like Maitreya Buddha looked up and whistled at Lin Yaozong: "Yaozong, to be honest, the brothers want to believe in you, but the problem is you've been away for many years, and no one knows how well you've done."
"I can't believe you either!"
"Besides, Yaozu is your own brother. Who knows if your whole family is up to something bad again?"
Faced with the doubts, Lin Yaozong slowly walked up to the middle-aged man who had spoken, raised his right index finger, and waved it in front of him: "Lin Yaode, you don't have to believe me!"
Then, Lin Yaozong turned around in front of Lin Yaode, looked at the group of people in the courtyard, and shook his head at them:
"You don't have to believe me, because there's no need. Our goal today is to get money."
"I'll just reveal one piece of information to everyone. According to the information I got from Xiao Qinghe, Lin Man and his team earned not just over 200 million, but a full 400 million US dollars from producing the parts this time."
"Everyone knows what the exchange rate of the US dollar is right now."
"Four million US dollars. The exchange rate today is 6.81. Do the math and see how much that is."
"Once we have this money, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, pay back their debts, and our family relationships won't be so strained."
"Moreover, the company has more than one order; there's another one coming up."
"This deal was worth $400 million, what about the next one?"
"We don't need many, we just need to consistently get one order every month, and that order is worth two to three million US dollars."
"Then we can have a prosperous year."
"People don't need to go out to work. As long as they stay in the village's businesses, they can live a good life."
"Do you understand?"
After saying what he wanted to say, Lin Yaozong leaned forward, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the people in the courtyard, not missing a single detail.
Those who are family know their own affairs. Lin Yaozong was well aware that his words were just a small prelude.
Ultimately, it's because these people's lives were ruined by Lin Yaozu's debt and the ensuing uproar.
These people are desperate and will try anything!
But it doesn't matter. People only think about seeking treatment from the worst possible sources when they are desperate for a cure, and they only think about those vague and unrealistic things.
Thinking of this, Lin Yaozong spoke again: "Everyone should think it over carefully. Anyway, I won't force this. If it works out, great. If not, then we'll just have to go to Guangzhou to work."
"If we can't find work in Guangzhou, we'll go to Southeast Asia. Our ancestors went abroad hundreds of years ago. Now that it's not easy to go to Southeast Asia, we'll go even further and go to Africa."
"To be honest, things have improved a bit in Africa in recent years; they're much better than before."
"It's those weird, random illnesses..."
Just as Lin Yaozong was adding fuel to the fire, an old man who looked to be over seventy years old, holding a cane, looked up in the center of the courtyard: "Tell me how to do it!"
"It's very simple!" Lin Yaozong raised his right index finger again. "Lin Man is a selected graduate, so he's still an official, no matter how you look at it."
"If he is an official, then there should be restrictions on his family members engaging in business."
"If we make a big fuss, we can apply to the township government to replace the village party secretary and the village head."
"The village party secretary is appointed by the higher authorities, but we choose the village head ourselves."
"As long as we get the village chief position, we can get Lin Yaobei to transfer the business back..."
Just as Lin Yaozong was envisioning the future, a sudden ringtone interrupted his reverie. He quickly pulled out his phone, and when he saw the name on the screen, his eyes widened. He grabbed the phone, ran to a corner, and bent down to answer it:
"Brother Luo, give me one more week!"
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