CHAPTER 299: 299. SELECTION, WORK, SUGGESTIONS

When the second son left with his father-in-law, Liu Shouren felt that everything seemed off.

He couldn’t sleep for half the night, and during the day, he was inevitably a bit listless.

A big guy like him missing his son more than the son’s mother, Liu Shouren was indeed helpless.

Luckily, there were Lian Hai, Lian Yue, and many other college students who were to graduate in the second half of the year and came back to serve the village after graduation. Nowadays, they are doing internships in the village.

Besides the forty-three vocational school students who had long been given assignments, more than a hundred of the one hundred and seventy students from nationwide and provincial well-known universities chose to return home to support hometown construction.

And placing these hundred or so talents became the top priority for Liu Shouren.

In the past, when there was no one, you’d be eager to pull out a carrot to cover several holes; now...

With so many talents around, not being able to come up with enough positions for them is indeed quite a headache!

In response, Liu Shouyi generously said, "If big brother finds it hard to place everyone, I can help! Good Taste is planning to open a branch factory, and right now we are recruiting. Why don’t we have a win-win situation?"

Liu Shouren rolled his eyes at his foolish younger brother, "Is opening a branch factory a big deal? Our Number One Scholar Village series is capable of running branch factories and subsidiaries. We just prefer taking steady steps, otherwise, if the strides get too big, one might end up in a spot of trouble, which is no joke!"

Trying to help you reduce your burden out of good intentions, and being retorted and satirized instead—this conversation simply can’t go on.

Liu Shouren chuckled: Sharing, reducing burden?

No matter how sweet your words sound, they can’t hide your attempt to poach for self-growth!

In the past, this clear breach of public trust to benefit oneself would have been labeled as undermining socialism, you know?

After waving off his annoying foolish brother, Liu Shouren started pondering how to further expand and elevate the Number One Scholar Village series.

If not, wouldn’t they be left behind by the era rolling forward?

Now private enterprises and individuals are springing up like bamboo shoots after rain, offering benefits and compensation as high as double those of state-owned companies, trying to attract talents from all around.

Even though most of the college students in the village are good and have their hearts set on their hometown.

But since they’ve returned full of ambition, you still need to provide them with suitable job positions and benefits, don’t you?

If reasonable salary and a broad development platform can’t be provided, then why would the Number One Scholar Village series keep these two hundred and thirteen people who have returned?

Let’s not talk about selfishness or cold-heartedness; essentially, people naturally seek to improve!

With the potential to soar high like a giant bird, who would want to remain an immobile sparrow?

Thinking this through, Liu Shouren quickly gathered his capable staff for a meeting to study the next step in their development plan.

After repeated discussions among all shareholder representatives, the 1982 big move for the Number One Scholar Village series—the starch factory’s construction plan—was passed with an 80% approval rate.

By the time this plan was proposed, seventy-five out of over a hundred interns had been suitably placed.

The remaining thirty-six were all assigned by Liu Shouren to tasks like site selection and construction for the starch factory. Clearly, if they persist, these people will become the backbone of this plan involving an investment of over a million and impacting many surrounding towns in the starch industry.

If they can’t?

Chuckling, Captain Liu had this to say: Seeing everyone willingly give up national job placements and actively invest in hometown construction with such sincerity, the village can give everyone three chances to choose.

This means that with the arrangement from the village combined with personal opinions, they can change jobs three times.

If after three attempts they still can’t manage...

Then sorry, participating in hometown construction with just a sincere heart won’t cut it!

Qiu Fang, who went to college for teaching, became a math teacher at Number One Scholar Village High School. Liu Jianguo, who had the fortune of becoming her student, was not happy at all.

He could already envision how with the tireless teachings of his second aunt Lian, he wouldn’t even be able to skip a little class in the future!

Admiring his brother and sister-in-law and wanting to be as outstanding as them, Lian Yue chose agriculture.

Although he couldn’t become an assistant or something as he wished, he also found a good job at the seed breeding base in Number One Scholar Village.

Lian Yue, who used to think that living a life of farming in the groove, feeding the family, having some spare money, and getting children married meant the greatest happiness, was already very content with this.

Lian Hai, who studied finance, entered the down products factory and became an intern accountant under Old Yang.

However, Ning Jianshe declined the few decent and stable jobs Liu Shouren recommended for him, thinking it’s the opportune time to dive into a business venture.

After all, with three little boys at home, putting them through college, marrying them off, and paying for weddings, money is needed everywhere!

Although relying on their regular salaries and village dividends could provide them with a relatively well-off starting point.

But who would settle if better opportunities arise?

Even little Chenchen could earn over a thousand bucks in just five days!

Seeing the little guy bring in a batch of school supplies such as pencils, notebooks, erasers, bags, and book covers before the new semester started, making a few hundred bucks easily in a few days, Ning Jianshe was truly itching with envy!

After having a few earnest talks with the little guy and exchanging a brilliant idea for helping him get stocked up for free, Ning Jianshe laid his cards on the table with Lian Yue and the three sons.

Ahem, since it concerns a major family development issue, it should rightly be thoroughly discussed among the whole family, right?

With Lian Yue having little thoughts of immediate prosperity and comfort and not keen on taking risks, Ning Jianshe put a lot of effort into persuading her.

Liu Shouren also graciously stated: if somehow, if the sea business venture for Ning brother-in-law doesn’t sail smoothly, he can always return to the Number One Scholar Village series anytime.

Of course, Chenchen was quite dismissive of this.

The young fellow assured his uncle with particular conviction that if he followed his idea of getting some electronic watches and TVs from Shencheng City, he’d make great profits without a doubt.

At worst, he could bring back some bell-bottoms, toad sunglasses, bat shirts, bodybuilding pants, and the like, and still make a sure profit.

And as a consulting fee, Ning Jianshe has to bring back 200 Walkmans.

Walkman, the kind you can carry around, that lets you listen to music and English tapes.

Just think about it, that gadget is sure to be chased after and welcomed by middle and high school students, or even craved by those trendy youths in the village who would have no issues with higher prices.

After all, as Lianjia Village’s economy develops and members increasingly value children’s studies, who can resist such a temptation?