Chapter 673 674【Unknown Person】


    After Professor Ling left, Xiang Nan began to write "The Unknown People" to commemorate those people who silently contributed to poverty alleviation work.


    Professor Ling, Ma Defu, Zhang Shucheng... They could have lived very comfortably.


    ?Professor Ling can take classes and conduct scientific research in school without being blown by the wind, rain, or sun...


    ?Ma Defu and Zhang Shucheng can also sit in the office, have a cup of tea, a cigarette, and read a newspaper for half a day, and their lives can also be very comfortable.


    But for the sake of the people, they all gave up their comfortable lives, worked hard, and made selfless contributions. Even when you are misunderstood and reviled, you can still persevere.


    ?This kind of spirit is really great.


    Xiang Nan originally didn’t believe that there was such a fool in the world. But now, he was deeply shocked and felt that his soul had been baptized.


    Hence, he wrote "The Unknown Man" with great care, which can be said to be a labor of love. After finishing writing, he felt weak for several days.


    …


    Subsequently, Xiang Nan sent this 70,000-word novella to the People''s Literature Magazine.


    After reading this article, the magazine immediately decided to publish it as soon as possible.


    Subsequently, "The Unknown Man" was published in the magazine "People''s Literature" and was reprinted and reported by major official media again.


    First of all, "The Unknown" celebrates those selfless and unknown poverty alleviation heroes, and the official media wants to vigorously promote this positive energy.


    Secondly, the story of "The Unknown" is really well written. The three protagonists are flesh-and-blood, vivid and touching, so it is naturally popular.


    "The Unknown" was so widely praised that even senior executives called Nie Xia to ask for details after reading the article. Naturally, Nie Xia also attached great importance to it, and immediately started investigating and learned that the three protagonists of "The Unknown" all had prototypes.


    It was Zhang Shucheng, the former director of the Hoisting Office, Ma Defu, the head of Jintan Village, and Ling Yinong, a professor who supported agriculture in southern Fujian... These three people worked hard and dedicated their lives to help immigrants live a better life. They really made a lot of contributions.


    For this reason, Zhang Shucheng and Ma Defu were named and praised by their superiors. At the end of the year, they were awarded the title of Provincial Advanced Individual in Poverty Alleviation, and they were officially recognized by their superiors.


    Professor Ling, who is far away in Xinjuan, has also received many honors, and even received hundreds of thousands more yuan in scientific research funding.


    …


    In 1999, Xiang Nan discussed with Li Shuihua and planned to have a child.


    At first glance, both of them are quite young. Xiang Nan is twenty-nine and Shuihua is twenty-six. If she doesn''t give birth to another child, she will soon become an advanced maternal age.


    Secondly, in the past two years, the operations of their factories have been relatively smooth and there have been no major incidents, so they can just seize the opportunity.


    Shuihua naturally agreed very much with the proposal given to Xiang Nan.


    Over the years, with the help, help and encouragement, she has grown from a poor girl in a ravine to a private entrepreneur worth hundreds of millions.


    While she was growing rapidly, Xiang Nan was growing even faster than her.


    Distilleries, canneries, fruit vinegar factories, livestock farms, vegetable greenhouses, herb cultivation... various industries are booming, not only making money for themselves, but also benefiting hundreds of thousands of people.


    Hence, she is grateful, adoring, and loving towards Xiang Nan.


    ?Shui Hua immediately decided to leave the garment factory to her subordinates for the time being, so that she could prepare for her pregnancy at home with peace of mind and prepare to have a baby.


    In June of 1999, after Xiang Nan’s hard work, a young seedling finally grew in Shuihua’s belly.


    Therefore, she completely put down her work and raised her child at home.


    Xiang Nan only works for half an hour every day, making decisions and managing accounts. The rest of the day is spent at home with Shuihua.


    999 was relatively smooth.


    ??Liren Clothing continues to expand. It was previously an unknown brand full of local flavor. Now, after years of development, it has become a well-known clothing brand.


    There are brand stores in more than 30 provinces and more than 600 cities across the country. Some are directly owned stores and some are franchised stores, with the total number exceeding 800.


    ?Last year, 130 million pieces were sold, with sales exceeding 5.3 billion yuan and net profit of 340 million yuan. Compared with the same period, the results have increased significantly, which is quite good.


    As for the breweries, fruit vinegar factories, canneries, etc. owned by Xiangnan, their development this year is also very good.


    ??Although the wines of Quanjun Winery have only been established for three years, they have already gained considerable popularity.


    First of all, the price is affordable. Wine imported from foreign countries, with a foreign brand, can be sold for hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of RMB.


    Comparatively, the high-end wines from Quanjun Liquor Industry only cost a few hundred yuan, while the low-end wines only cost 30 to 50 yuan. And it is made from real grapes, not the kind of inferior wine that is blended with alcohol, spices, and pigments. Naturally, there are people who know how to appreciate good goods at low prices and good quality.


    Secondly, the fragrance of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, so Xiang Nan has been helping Quanjun Liquor Company in publicity in recent years.


    Either they advertise on TV stations touting that the wines produced by Quanjun Liquor Industry are truly brewed using ancient methods. The so-called [Grape Wine Glow-in-the-Night Cup] refers to the authentic ancient winemaking method of the Western Regions. It is touted as a real Chinese wine and plays a patriotic card.


    Either send the wine abroad to participate in some red wine award selections. Regardless of whether this award is formal or not, whether it is some kind of pheasant award or not, when it is spread back to China, it is just a big boast.


    A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. After several years of marketing, the wines of Quanjun Winery have become very well-known and their sales are also very good.


    ? 7,500 tons of wine were sold in 1998, with sales reaching 650 million and net profit of 230 million, which is very good.


    The cannery is also developing very well now, and its main products are canned grapes and canned mushrooms.


    The sales volume of canned grapes is very stable, and sales surge only in winter. Because there are more weddings in rural areas in winter, canned grapes are considered a dish as a dessert.


    Canned mushrooms are now mainly used for export. Nowadays, Fulinmen brand canned mushrooms are very popular overseas.


    Firstly, the price is affordable and people can afford it; secondly, it tastes good. The climate and soil quality of Laixia are very suitable for growing mushrooms. The mushrooms are plump and plump, so they taste very chewy.


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    As for fruit vinegar, the current sales volume is also good. It is not sold as a drink, but as a health product, so the price is higher and the profit is naturally higher.


    To be honest, a bottle of fruit vinegar costs less than 50 cents, but can be sold for eight or nine yuan, which shows the high profit. However, its marketing expenditures are also very large. The annual advertising fee alone is more than 50 million, accounting for one-tenth of the total expenditure, which shows how exaggerated the marketing is.


    As for greenhouses, they have also developed very well in recent years. The cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, lettuce, etc. produced are very popular, greatly enriching the vegetable baskets of Yinchuan people.


    ?Experts from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University are still trying to grow wild vegetables such as shepherd''s purse, gray cabbage, bitter greens, and malantou in greenhouses.


    ??With the improvement of residents'' living standards, these wild vegetables are becoming more and more popular and expensive.


    The number of sheep in the livestock farm now reaches 150,000. Last year, 60,000 sheep were slaughtered. Most of them were shipped to big cities such as Yanjing, Chang''an, Bianliang, and Shimen, giving the gluttons a feast.


    (End of this chapter)