Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1372 - 667 Treating Illness Chairman Dong_2

Chapter 1372: Chapter 667 Treating Illness Chairman Dong_2

Chairman Dong seemed to be in a hurry to check the venue, so he didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point, "As for how to increase the enthusiasm of the farmers, it’s actually quite simple: just set up more prizes. Besides the support from the city, we’ve also secured quite a few sponsorships. Everyone got especially excited after hearing about Boss Yan’s sponsorship."

"That’s even better!" Yan Fei said with a smile. "That way, who knows, we might even bring home a certificate of our own!"

"Being too modest is just being arrogant! Everyone agreed to let everyone participate. Now, the discussion is about whether we can get a consolation prize. We don’t even dare to think about the top prizes," Chairman Dong joked before continuing seriously. "Also, this time to encourage local traditional culture, we’re inviting everyone to enthusiastically take part in the dragon and lion dances, and we’ll give a prize for those too. We’ve even invited a theater troupe from the city, and we aim to make our first Yellow Cattle Festival a roaring success."

"That will be quite a spectacle," Yan Fei remarked admiringly. "Let’s proceed with the current plans, and if we have more money in the future, inviting a few famous actors over would be even better."

"Boss Yan, did you somehow get wind of some news beforehand?" Chairman Dong said in astonishment. "We indeed have invited a few well-known actors, but our offer price isn’t high, so it’s uncertain whether they will come or not."

"It’s better if they come, but if not, we’ll manage on our own. Who knows, in the future, as our event grows larger, we might even have stars begging to come," Yan Fei said nonchalantly, half-jokingly.

These past two years it has become harder to invite stars. A couple of years ago, the county organized a lottery event, the kind with scratch tickets that cost two yuan each, where you could scratch and claim prizes instantly. Back then, a star came, and not just any, but a top-tier actor, quite famous too.

Chairman Dong also said with a laugh, "That’s true, we can’t force such things."

After some small talk, Chairman Dong took his leave. For such a small matter, a phone call would have sufficed; there was no need for him to make the trip. Ultimately, the clout of that hundred-thousand-yuan sponsorship played a big role.

At lunchtime, Yan Fei shared the news with everyone.

Once he finished speaking, everyone became excited. Xiaosong exclaimed, "Did they say how many prizes there will be? There are no restrictions on how many cattle one can bring, right? If we bring more cattle, we can sweep the prizes and earn all the prize money back."

Yan Fei glared at him, "That’s wishful thinking. Do you think no one else has a decent cow to bring?"

Old Ou chimed in, "Whether we can sweep all the awards is uncertain, but taking home the majority should be no problem. We all know what the other local cattle breeding operations are like. When the time comes, we just need to drive a truckload of cattle there, and we’re sure to win a bunch of prizes back."

Heizi said with a smile, "Doing that could earn back the sponsorship money we put out, but what about next year? What if no one else shows up? It’s better to win less this year and more over the next two. If we outcompete everyone this year, in the future it’ll just be us playing by ourselves."

People do grow up. If it were the old days, Heizi would probably be advocating for winning as many prizes as possible, but now he was looking at the bigger picture.

After Heizi’s comment, everyone sobered up from their joking and began seriously considering the situation. They quickly agreed that, while winning awards was important, they couldn’t hog everything and leave nothing for others.

When everyone was out of arguments, Yan Fei spoke up, "As long as everyone agrees to that, we’re good. I think Chairman Dong made the special trip likely with that in mind. Although there’s no limit on the number of cattle each operation can bring, the other operations don’t have as many breeding bulls as we do, and if we bring them all, we could end up just playing among ourselves."

"If we only bring one or two, wouldn’t that be a waste, given how many cattle we have in our operation?" Lin Yumei said with a trace of regret. She had been with the operation early on; the breeding bulls were all looked after and grown under their collective care, and now that they had achieved something, she naturally wanted to show them off.

"How about this?" Ma Chao suggested. "Since our trucks are big, let’s take a few more when we go, and we’ll decide based on the situation."

"That works too. Anyway, everyone keep this in mind and prepare ahead of time," Yan Fei nodded. "And about the dragon and lion dancing, our villages should have organized some. I’m just not sure if they can make it onto the county’s list. Let’s support them; tell them if any village gets to perform, we’ll give them a bonus of five hundred yuan. If they win any awards, the minimum starts at a thousand."

"We’re giving money for that too?"

"This is great!"

Suddenly, two different voices piped up, with the one who praised adding, "For the festival, we’ll sponsor a hundred thousand. It’s our own hometown event, throwing some money into it to spice things up a bit so everyone can enjoy themselves, lest they say Boss Yan doesn’t take care of his own town folks. How could we not give this money?"

Now, those who had objections were left speechless. Yan Fei hadn’t thought about it so deeply either; he just felt like chipping in to add to the excitement, not expecting that there was this angle to consider.

Yang Hongqi, who had been silent, couldn’t hide his envy and murmured to Liu JinXue, "The people from their town are really lucky to have such a large enterprise; whatever they do, they can get money. It makes me want to organize our villagers to form a team and participate too, pity it’s a bit too far..."

Liu JinXue murmured back, "Buying people’s hearts, that’s what it is! Who doesn’t know how to do that?"

After a morning’s interaction, Yang Hongqi had gotten to know Senior brother Liu’s temperament a bit better and spoke more freely, "It’s not just about knowing how to do it, the key is having the money and being willing to part with it."

Having discussed this matter, Xiang Rui filed a report, "The Meat Processing Factory has sent over an application, saying that their new product and accompanying advertisements are ready, and they want to launch another round of advertising."

Yan Fei said, "Okay, I’m aware of that. Chen Liqiang is full of ideas; he already had a lot of new products in mind during the New Year, just let them handle the advertising."

"Then don’t rush off to school just yet, first sign all the paperwork needed for the expenses on my side," Xiang Rui added.

Master Cheng, who rarely gave suggestions, chimed in, "Shouldn’t we hire a few more permanent staff for the venue? Even some older ones would do. Someone’s needed to clean the new site on a regular basis, and to prune the flowers and plants. When the workers are done for the day, someone still needs to do these chores."

Previously, the smaller venue allowed the old man to manage the trimming of the flowers and plants himself, but now with a larger venue, they needed people everywhere!

Before Yan Fei could respond, Heizi spoke up, "We’re a bit short-staffed, juggling both ends. Now, Old Gao’s people are also working during the day, we indeed need to hire more."

"Then continue hiring," Yan Fei finalized decisively. "Heizi, you handle it. I need to get ready for school; the college entrance exams are coming up."

You’re too lazy to deal with it and that’s your lame excuse? Just the other day, the lady boss was pushing you to go to school and you wouldn’t, and now you’re in a hurry?

Heizi thought for a moment and said, "How about we recruit more military veterans? I see that Xiaojiang and Da Bin, those guys, are really doing a great job. There’s something different about those who come out of the military—strong discipline, they act swiftly in everything and never shrink from responsibilities..."

Old Gao seldom made a comment but said, "Are Zhang Fei and Da Yong worse than them?"

Heizi was momentarily embarrassed and said, "Old Gao, you’re nitpicking. Zhang Fei and Da Yong were handpicked by you; can you say the same for others who come here?"

Old Gao kept quiet and sullen because Lin Yumei had glared at him from the side.

Yan Fei said with a smile, "Anyway, you guys figure it out amongst yourselves. If Zhang Fei and Da Yong know some good people they want to recommend, that’s fine too. Same old saying, if our folks have relatives or friends they trust, they can also bring them in; our own venue, our say. Oh, and remember to reserve a few spots for my uncle’s family, and keep an eye on the construction site for those who aren’t afraid of hard work. When their job is done, we can keep them on directly."

Just like that, he washed his hands of it and sauntered off to school.

No one else had much of a choice; the school excuse was a powerful one, and no one felt it was their place to say anything.