Sun Lian Guo’s bamboo and rattan weaving factory was researching all sorts of beautiful and easy-to-make products.
With all sorts of bamboo and rattan, he made chairs, stools, and other products. Through Sun Lian Guo’s efforts, these products were successfully sold to Yi'an County and Yunzhou City.
Although many people liked sofas and soft cushions, many others liked these natural bamboo and rattan chairs.
Once this breakthrough was achieved, bamboo and rattan, which were not worth much before, quickly generated their first profits.
The factory started making money, and the workers were more relaxed. The farmers who sold the bamboo and rattan also benefited.
As a result, every village started taking more care in planting and raising livestock. Everyone started looking forward to a better future.
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Time flew by, and a year passed quickly.
Sun Lian Cheng was reviewing documents in his office when the head of the Finance Department knocked on the door and came in.
"Town Chief Sun, the financial income and expenditure for the first three quarters of the year have been summarized."
Sun Lian Cheng looked up at him and then lowered his head to look at the document.
"Tell me first, give me the general idea, I'll look at the details later."
"Yes! In the first three quarters of this year, our fiscal revenue was over 5 million, an increase of 30% year-on-year. Expenditures were over 3.6 million, the main increase being in investment construction, with a current surplus of over 1.7 million."
Sun Lian Cheng finally looked up.
"Not bad, this year's growth is quite encouraging, it seems we are on the right track."
"You are right, Town Chief Sun. This is all thanks to your leadership. The comrades are all very happy, and they will definitely continue to actively support your leadership and decisions…"
Sun Lian Cheng smiled and said, "Alright, enough with the flattery. Can you tell me which area saw the fastest growth?"
"Mainly the tax revenue from the countryside! For example, agricultural specialty taxes, slaughter taxes, etc., all saw an increase of over 50%."
Sun Lian Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, this year the weather was good and the harvest was plentiful, but the output of the land is limited, so agricultural taxes won't increase much. It seems our policy of encouraging rural planting and animal husbandry is correct. Only by increasing the income of farmers can we have more tax revenue."
"Yes, yes, you have such a far-sighted vision and deep planning, Town Chief, we have much to learn from you!"
Sun Lian Cheng shook his head.
Actually, he didn’t want to do this. But when he first started working, he knew that the main source of tax revenue in townships came from farmers and rural areas!
As for business taxes?
Well, there were indeed more and more individual businesses in the township, but their taxpaying capacity was limited.
As for the factories, there were only a few small enterprises in the entire township, all established during the development of the "Five Small Enterprises" initiative.
Now, besides the machinery factory that was barely making a living by making farm tools and the cement factory that was developing thanks to township construction, the other refineries, chemical plants, paper mills, and glass factories were all on the verge of being driven out of business by competition.
To expect tax revenue from these old and dilapidated factories, it's better to just go to sleep!
Of course, these factories were controlled by the old hand, Secretary Hu Lai. The heads of these factories were all his people.
If he wanted to start reforming from here, he would have to be prepared to turn his back on them.
This wouldn't be in line with his "lay flat" mentality!
He had started from agriculture and the countryside, and his efforts had yielded significant results.
"Alright, I understand. Put the report here, I'll look at it later."
"Yes, Town Chief!"
Sun Lian Cheng came from a finance background and was very skilled at auditing financial statements.
Moreover, the people in this small Finance Department couldn’t create very complex reports, so it seemed pretty easy.
With such good results, the following work would be much easier.
Sun Lian Cheng worked diligently according to the requirements of the "lay flat" system, while gradually promoting the economic development of the countryside!
As Sun Lian Cheng's economic development plan yielded results, the farmers didn't need Sun Lian Cheng to send people to urge them, they knew what to do.
All the villages in East Forest Town were working hard to plant and raise livestock. All their produce was either sold to counties and cities, or processed into various products at the factories.
Sun Lian Guo's canning factory had only officially started production this year, and they had already sold several batches of products. Market feedback was very good.
The technology recorded in Sun Lian Cheng's book "Agricultural Science Compendium" was really good, with low research and development costs, so naturally the profits were high.
Currently, these factories employed hundreds of workers in the bamboo and rattan weaving factory, and over a hundred in the canning factory, including some junior high school graduates from East Forest Town.
The economy was developing, employment was increasing, and income was also rising.
Watching East Forest Town prosper, Hu Lai couldn't sit still anymore.
Because almost everything was being pushed by Sun Lian Cheng, wouldn't the credit go to him in the end?
So he had to find a way to share some of the benefits!
Therefore, at the end of the year, he took the initiative to find Sun Lian Cheng. After a conversation that was either sincere or insincere, he handed over all the factories to Sun Lian Cheng to manage.
Sun Lian Cheng was puzzled, but he didn't refuse.
Because in the past year, he had actually won some industrial technical documents through the lottery, including those for these township "Five Small Industries"!
Therefore, in early 1991, Sun Lian Cheng once again promoted the industrial and commercial development plan of East Forest Town.
First, in the name of these factories, he borrowed hundreds of thousands from the credit cooperative to modernize the equipment and upgrade the technology of these factories.
After several months, these factories finally completed their renovations.
The cement factory added new equipment, doubling its production capacity, improving its quality, and significantly improving its environmental protection.
The machinery factory also added a small hardware factory. In addition to making farm tools, it also made other hardware tools, such as scissors, pliers, kitchen knives, and other daily hardware items.
The paper mill adopted a more advanced bamboo paper making process. The paper produced was not only enough for the entire township but also sold to the county.
The size of the glass factory increased several times, and Big Brother Sun Lian Guo's canning factory used some of the glass jars.
At the same time, with the increasing income of the villagers, their demand for these products increased. Even repairing a window required a piece of glass, and even more would be needed to build a house.
At the same time, in order to ensure the development of agriculture and industry, Sun Lian Cheng decided to build a small thermal power plant, purchasing coal from the neighboring Lin City and generating electricity for its own use.
Although the power generation capacity was not high, it was sufficient for the entire township.