sbdcsierra Chapter 24 Becoming Famous
Chapter 24 Becoming Famous
In early November, Qi Tongwei received 240 yuan in royalties. He sent 100 yuan home, having already spent most of the royalties from the previous two royalties.
The 320 yuan for buying rapeseed flowers and chestnut flowers has not yet been reimbursed, and Qi Tongwei doesn't have much hope for it.
In the days that followed, Qi Tongwei spent his time either going to the countryside to check on the growth of vegetables and promote agricultural technology, or going to the county town to find sales channels for the vegetables.
To deal with the surplus vegetables grown in the six villages of Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an, the only option is to sell them in the county town.
Neither the government nor the people of Gushanling Township have much money, so they naturally cannot consume these extra vegetables.
It is unrealistic to expect the six villages of Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an to find a solution.
Village officials are busy completing tasks assigned by the township, while the villagers lack that awareness.
Only with the leadership of township officials and the villagers of the six villages could the surplus vegetables be taken to the county town to be sold.
The villagers would be even happier if they could sell all the vegetables grown in the six villages of Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an.
That way, their income will be higher, and they will have an easier time during the Lunar New Year.
Qi Tongwei instructed the six villages of Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an to grow vegetables including Chinese cabbage, lettuce, leeks, bok choy, scallions, garlic, cilantro, leafy greens, spinach, and cauliflower.
Among them, bok choy, cilantro, green leafy vegetables, spinach, and cauliflower have relatively short growth cycles and can be harvested in three to four months.
It allows villagers in six villages—Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an—to quickly see the results.
This will facilitate the subsequent promotion of vegetable planting.
If we want to join the "vegetable basket project," the current 100-plus acres of vegetables are not enough.
While Qi Tongwei was running a vegetable sales business in the county town, he also learned about the market conditions for mountain products.
While promoting agricultural technology and guiding vegetable planting in six villages—Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an—he discovered that all six villages had a considerable amount of mountain produce.
In particular, in the four villages of Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an, you can see them in almost every household.
If the market is good, Qi Tongwei plans to take some time later to learn more about the mountain products from the four villages of Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an.
Then they persuaded the four villages of Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an to make use of their mountain products.
If used properly, the lives of the villagers in these four villages will be greatly improved.
Besides running sales channels, Qi Tongwei also made sure to report to Luo Chengcai, the organization minister.
At the grassroots level, it's common for people to steal credit for others' work, and Qi Tongwei couldn't let his achievements be taken away by others.
Township head Yan Maoqing, executive deputy township head Zhu Zhiyong, and deputy township head Wang Ziwen all visited the site, and Qi Tongwei also gave them a detailed introduction to the vegetable planting process.
While highlighting his own contributions, he also did not forget the contributions of station chief Yan Shihai, deputy station chief Tian Xiaojuan, and the College of Agriculture of Handong University.
He wrote "Thoughts on Improving People's Lives with Vegetables" and sent it to the Masses Daily, Freedom Daily, Handong Daily, Handong Evening News, Hanjiang Daily, Nanbian Daily, Huacheng Morning Post, and Agriculture Daily for submission.
This was to ensure that the main credit for vegetable cultivation in the six villages of Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an in Gushanling Township belonged to him.
Of course, this one article is not enough, since this article only discusses a hypothetical scenario.
Later, the process and results also need to be written into an article and published to truly ensure that the main credit for vegetable cultivation belongs to oneself.
Besides writing articles, reporting vegetable planting to the township head and deputy township head is also a way to ensure that the main credit is given to oneself.
In early December, I received letters from the Southern Daily, Huacheng Morning Post, and the Agriculture News.
The Southern Daily and Huacheng Morning Post are preparing to publish "The Rise of a Great Power: Mao" and "Ideas on Improving People's Livelihoods with Vegetables";
The Agricultural Daily is preparing to publish "Ideas on Improving People's Lives with Vegetables".
Sample copies and payment for the manuscript were sent to Qi Tongwei.
The article "The Rise of a Great Power: Mao" earned 120 yuan, and "Ideas on Improving People's Lives with Vegetables" earned 60 yuan, for a total of 180 yuan.
In addition, the Southern Daily and Huacheng Morning Post wrote to Qi Tongwei inquiring whether he intended to expand the nine articles on the rise of a great power into a book for publication.
Qi Tongwei immediately replied to the Southern Daily and Huacheng Morning Post, expressing his interest and asking them to quote a price.
The rise of a great power is essentially a book. Qi Tongwei's initial plan was to first write articles to build up his reputation, and then publish the book once he had gained fame.
Compared to the royalties earned from writing articles, the royalties earned from publishing books are much more substantial.
Qi Tongwei desperately needs money to improve his life and help his family.
However, to expand the story of the rise of a great power into a book, it would require consulting a lot of materials and taking a long time to write.
Qi Tongwei wasn't worried about the information; he could check it at the Handong University Library.
The main problem is that I don't have time.
A few days later, Qi Tongwei wrote an article entitled "Some Explorations on Improving People's Lives with Vegetables" and sent it to the Masses Daily, Freedom Daily, Handong Daily, Handong Evening News, Hanjiang Daily, Nanbian Daily, Huacheng Morning Post and Agriculture Daily for submission.
After receiving his royalties, Qi Tongwei sent another 100 yuan home.
I still have about two hundred yuan in my hand, enough for me to live on until the New Year, not to mention that the township will also give me a salary at the end of the year.
Next, Qi Tongwei began leading some villagers from six villages—Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang, and Ling'an—to the county town to sell bok choy, cilantro, leafy greens, spinach, and cauliflower.
The goal is to familiarize the villagers in the six villages with the process of selling vegetables, and then take other villagers to the county town to sell vegetables.
After selling their vegetables, the first batch of villagers from the six villages held their money with tears in their eyes, repeatedly thanking Qi Tongwei.
If it weren't for Qi Tongwei, they wouldn't have gotten the seedlings, wouldn't have been able to grow these vegetables, and certainly wouldn't have been able to sell them in the county town.
They discovered that the vegetables they thought were worthless were actually very valuable in the county town; a single basket of vegetables was worth a month's income for them.
Qi Tongwei said that this was what he should do. The country assigned him to work at the agricultural technology station in Gushanling Township to promote agricultural technology so that everyone could live a better life.
He is very happy to have made such a good start, and he has lived up to the expectations of the country and the people.
With the initial promotion and guidance from these villagers, villagers from the six villages went to the county town to sell vegetables in batches.
The buses in the village are always overcrowded, so the village has increased the number of trips to and from the village.
December has passed in the blink of an eye, and it's time for the annual summary again.
The work of the agricultural technology station has been greatly improved compared to the previous year (89).
In addition to improvements in agricultural technology promotion, the agricultural technology station carried out vegetable planting on more than 10 mu of land in six villages, namely Gushan, Lingshan, Qingshui, Lingxia, Lingshang and Ling'an, in October.
Not only is the output high, but it also generates economic benefits, which is quite impressive.
The work of the agricultural technology station was praised by the township.
Qi Tongwei, as the proposer and promoter of vegetable cultivation, was praised by the township head Yan Maoqing at the meeting.
Because Qi Tongwei's vegetable cultivation not only increased the villagers' income and improved their lives, but also increased the township's tax revenue.
Although the increase is not significant.
Qi Tongwei's name became known to many cadres in the township, and he attracted a lot of attention.