"Director Liu, you mean the factory will be established under the name of the cooperative, but I will personally invest, and I will be the actual controller?"
Chen Yang glanced at Liu Zhendong. This small Qinghe City Administration for Industry and Commerce was truly not simple.
Before, there was Zou Chenguang who dared to practice and seek truth, and now there is Liu Zhendong who directly proposed establishing a factory in the name of a collective cooperative.
These were lessons learned from countless experiences in his past life. The fact that they could propose such ideas now showed foresight beyond that of ordinary people.
"What you've said, it's not entirely impossible."
Liu Zhendong was slightly taken aback. His original intention, guided by Zou Chenguang, was to prioritize the collective. Chen Yang could invest and manage, but the collective should hold the majority stake.
This was a limitation of the era. Allowing the collective to hold the majority and private ownership of a smaller portion was already a groundbreaking concession for establishing a factory.
However, Liu Zhendong hadn't expected Chen Yang's ambition to be so great. He wanted the collective to merely lend its name while he personally funded it, essentially making it his own factory.
But then he remembered that the Administration for Industry and Commerce in Jinling had the courage to allow Chen Yang to establish a factory privately. Their approach, at least, had the collective's name attached. Liu Zhendong decided not to hesitate any further.
People strive for higher positions, and water flows to lower ground. If he didn't seize this opportunity, he would remain stagnant his entire life. With Chen Yang, a stepping stone for promotion, he had to strive to climb higher.
"Alright, with your word, Director Liu, I am reassured."
"However, this time, we'll start with the distiller's grains fish factory in our Shenjiaba. I want to process fish."
"Didn't we start cultivating rice-flower fish this year? The entire commune is now raising rice-flower fish. According to Secretary Chen's intention, if we do well, it might be promoted county-wide next year."
"When these fish are sent from the villagers to the aquatic products station, and further to the city's aquatic products company, there will be losses. We should try our best to kill them when they start to go bad and dry them into fish jerky to make distiller's grains fish."
"This way, we can recover some of the villagers' losses and also produce distiller's grains fish canned goods. These are quite delicious and might even earn foreign exchange through exports, just like the city's aquatic products company."
Chen Yang didn't directly mention the future fate of the aquatic products company. While it was currently doing well through exports, it would decline in the 1990s.
This decline wouldn't be due to a lack of sales, but rather due to various factors that would hinder the factory's development, wasting the valuable resources it had initially acquired.
Chen Yang's current plan to establish the distiller's grains fish factory might also be with the intention of participating when the city's aquatic products company is reorganized.
He knew very well that the city's aquatic products company possessed excellent overseas sales channels and a stable base of regular buyers, which could continuously help Chen Yang sell his products.
The thought of distiller's grains fish and Lao Gan Ma becoming popular overseas simultaneously was truly exciting.
"Boss Chen truly has a business mind. This distiller's grains fish factory is exactly what the villagers need, and there will be no shortage of buyers."
"Food is paramount for the people. As long as we make good food, people will buy it. Without mentioning anything else, all the state-run department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in our city must carry our distiller's grains fish canned goods."
"Even for the entire Anhui Province, if Boss Chen can get Director Zou to put in a word, it's just a matter of saying it."
Liu Zhendong chuckled. Doing business in this era was about monopolistic industries. People essentially had to buy things from supply and marketing cooperatives and state-run department stores.
Once they placed Chen Yang's products on their shelves, as long as they weren't too unpalatable, they would sell well.
Although Chen Yang was confident in his products, he would never refuse such a valuable gift.
The influence of supply and marketing cooperatives and state-run department stores in this era was undeniable. Even with another twenty or thirty years, Chen Yang couldn't claim to have sales channels as strong as theirs.
Individuals simply couldn't compare with the state.
"Then, what about establishing the factory?"
Seeing Chen Yang so happy, Liu Zhendong knew that the matter of establishing the factory was likely to succeed.
"The sooner, the better. After the rice transplanting, the flood season will be here soon. It will be a good time for everyone to catch fish and for us to purchase them."
"However, this matter still requires Director Liu to discuss it with Secretary Chen from our county and Director Liu from our commune. Land will definitely need to be allocated for the factory."
"My idea is to have the Shenjia Brigade of Wanli Commune act as the investing collective, and I will be the sole investor. I will give the commune and the brigade a total of thirty percent of the shares."
"This will be a return for the land allocated by the village. Additionally, when building the factory, we will definitely need the villagers' help, and I will pay them for their labor."
Chen Yang hoped to bring the villagers along to earn money. If the distiller's grains fish factory truly took off, it could be franchised in the future, forming a scale that would bring considerable dividends to the villagers.
Of course, if Chen Yang truly wanted to separate the equity, he could choose not to distribute dividends for factories established later, but he wouldn't do that.
He was establishing this factory and voluntarily offering three percent of the shares to the commune and brigade villagers precisely to help them and provide them with tangible benefits.
"I will finalize this matter today."
"I will report to the city leaders for instructions shortly. If there are no issues, they should notify Liuhe County tonight. Tomorrow, a leadership team should arrive at Shenjiaba Village."
"As long as Boss Chen's funds are in place, we will strive to break ground and begin construction within a week."
Liu Zhendong was very proactive, and Chen Yang found it to be quite satisfactory.
In business, one had to seize opportunities for rapid development, which was why he appreciated such efficiency.
"Rest assured, Director Liu. Once the factory is built, I will pay commercial taxes. I won't shortchange any taxes that are due."
With Liu Zhendong's active participation, Chen Yang naturally felt it was appropriate to reciprocate.
This was the reality in China. Only by maintaining good relationships with these leaders would the path to making money become wider.
Unlike the greedy merchants of later generations who would rather spend money on crooked means than strictly control quality.
Although Chen Yang also had to manage these human relationships, he placed greater emphasis on honest business practices and product quality. He would never be careless when it came to food safety and quality.
After settling the factory establishment matters with Liu Zhendong, Chen Yang leisurely led Zhang Dabiao to the state-run department store.
He bought some nutritional supplements and snacks for the two little ones. Satisfied, he prepared to head home. This trip had not been in vain.
Next time he went to the county, he would visit his sister-in-law and Shen Pandi, and also pick up some study materials. Chen Yang had already read a significant portion of the materials given by his younger sister. He planned to cross-reference them with those from Anhui Province to check for any discrepancies.