Chapter 266 Consumption Power
Not only was he shocked, but even Zhou Xiaoshan's father Zhou Mingxuan and Pan Meifeng's mother Tao Xuexiang were surprised. Even Xie Wen, who was fucking in the kitchen, stuck her head out and asked, "What are you talking about? Are your bases going to issue new subsidies?"
"Mom! What we are talking about is a special contribution allowance, a special reward for our special contributions in our work. However, this money is not paid by the base, but the commander paid from the profits earned by his company in Hong Kong." Zhou Xiaoshan literate to his mother.
"Mr. Si is so good. Not only do he send it to people around you, but also to others?" Xie Wen hurried over and asked in a gossip, "How much is this money?"
"Meifeng and I have two thousand five per month..."
"What!"
"So high!"
“Every month?”
Both parents were shocked and screamed.
If it was a one-time job, or if it was given two thousand five per person every year, they wouldn't make such a fuss. But when it was a month, everyone could not calm down. The tea bowl Zhou Mingxuan was holding was tilted and the tea was flowing all over the chessboard. He didn't notice it, and he still looked at his son in a daze.
The rich man Pan Jialiang was shocked by Guan Fei's big moves. The chess pieces in his hand fell all over the ground, but he didn't care about it. He just quickly calculated the amount of money and exchanged it for Hong Kong dollars.
Hundred and seventy-one, another four milli and three cents!
He gasped.
"Is this too much?" He looked at Zhou Xiaoshan and said.
"Dad," Pan Meifeng blamed him for being stranger and said coquettishly, "The commander is a person who does big careers, how can he like this little money?"
"It's a big deal! Don't look at your dad earning one million and eight hundred million a month, and you don't have that much monthly cash and pocket money for your mom! When he first came, he stole your mom's jade bracelet. You're so embarrassed! Give it back to me!" Tao Xuexiang raised her hand hatefully, looked at her slightly bulging belly, and couldn't find a place to fall. Finally, she had to pat her feet gently and curse angrily.
Pan Meifeng giggled, kicked her feet around, hid her hands in Zhou Xiaoshan's arms, and prevented her mother from snatching them.
Pan Jialiang smiled embarrassedly and defended himself: "Don't I want to invest in reproduction? Besides, seeing that the market is so good, even if there is some spare money in my hand, it would be a pity not to use it for investment. When I go back, I will sell the two houses I bought and the stocks, so I will give you more."
Zhou Xiaoshan smiled slightly: "My parents, we have been with the commander for so many years, and we have been through life and death. The commander also used this method as a reward to our loyal subordinates. At the same time, he warned everyone in this way: the commander will definitely give what should be given to us, but if you shouldn't take it, don't blame him for turning his back on his face. At first, there was not so much money, but later as the business grew bigger, the number of special rewards and allowances gradually increased. However, this number was only mentioned in the past two months. As Hong Kong's career gradually grew bigger, it may be more!"
"That's just you old people. I heard you just now that there are not tens of thousands of people who receive this allowance?" Xie Wen was so angry that she was happy, but after counting the numbers, she felt something was wrong, so she asked again.
"It was this idea at first. But later, the base area developed rapidly, and many talents were of great help to the base area. The commander thought it was good to let others see it, so he also included the distribution scope of this allowance. Until now, in addition to cadres at the civil affairs level and above, commanders at the military level and above, as well as civil affairs, individuals with excellent performance in the army, excellent teachers in the education system, researchers with outstanding work in scientific research units, excellent operators of enterprises, and technical workers with superb skills. As of this month, the total number was about 9,000, which was almost 10,000. The amount of allowance was not consistent, the lowest level was 500, and the highest was 3,000. Commander, Political Commissar Zhang, Deputy Commander Sun and others received this number. Nearly 10,000 people, and the average number was about 1,000, which accounted for about 5% of the monthly profit of Hong Kong companies."
Pan Meifeng explained to them in detail what happened to this special reward allowance.
Only then did Pan Jialiang understand why his daughter and son-in-law return to the base with peace of mind. It turned out that it was not just for the political future, but the actual treatment was not worse than in Hong Kong. If we consider the consumption levels of both sides, the allowance they received alone would be enough for them to live a truly rich life.
Not to mention the status, the treatment is so high!
Although Pan Jialiang is a rich man of age, he can't help but feel jealous of his daughter and son-in-law.
"Tell me honestly how much money you have in a month!" Xie Wen poked her son's head with her finger and asked angrily.
"I'm not a special allowance. The normal salary, bonus, etc. add up, which is about 1,000 yuan a month. Meifeng has high profits and earns more money than me, and it's about 1,450 yuan a month..."
"It's really unreasonable! You two little kids earn seven or eight thousand yuan a month. Your father and I worked hard all our lives, and the total amount of only more than one hundred yuan a month is only one hundred yuan. What kind of world is this?" Xie Wen was furious, and suddenly turned her eyes and asked, "Xiaoshan, do you say I'll come with your father or go to school to teach, how much money can I get in a month?"
"Xie Wen!" Zhou Mingxuan shouted in a low voice.
Pan Meifeng stopped the father-in-law who was about to have an attack and smiled and said, "It's okay. Dad and mom asked nothing. In order to retain talents, the base area actually hopes that like us, the backbone cadres, will take all their families and take root here with all their hearts. So you two will definitely be arranged to teach. As long as you work hard, you will earn at least 156 per month. I'm talking about everyone! If you don't have a skill, you will have to go through training. Xiaoshan and I hope you can come here, even if you don't work. You are so old, it's better to come here to enjoy a few more years of happiness. There are also Xiaoshan's brother and sister, who have the ability to work, the Labor Service Department will arrange work, and if you don't have the ability to work, they will also be trained."
"Where is me, where is me?" Tao Xuexiang pointed at herself and asked, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
"Mom, what else can you do besides playing mahjong? The base area does not raise idle people, and you can't find any mahjong friends. As long as you are a person of the right age, those who don't have a job will be forced to study at the Labor and Service Technical School. So, I think you should go to the technical school for two years, and you will have a subsidy of twenty yuan a month. By the way, I heard that the subsidy will be mentioned thirty yuan, and you will have thirty yuan a month for pocket money! Hahaha!" Pan Meifeng laughed at her mother, laughed so hard that she danced and fell on the sofa.
"You damn girl, I'm really raising you for nothing!" Tao Xuexiang's face was red and white because of her smile. She scratched her feet a few times in anger, as a revenge.
"Okay, OK, the two of them have to discuss the important matters. We should do whatever we should do and don't disturb them anymore." Zhou Xiaoshan felt heartbroken of his daughter-in-law and was afraid that their mother and daughter would hurt the child in their stomachs. He hurriedly dissuaded him, "Jialiang, let's continue playing chess."
"Okay, okay!" Pan Jialiang agreed with a smile, cleaned up the scattered chessboard, wiped off the tea, and the two fought again.
"Oh, the kitchen is still making soup!" Xie Wen hurried back to the kitchen.
Only Tao Xuexiang was sitting alone on the sofa, staring at the TV with only images and no sounds. She watched it all over again, but her ears stood up and listened to their conversations carefully.
Zhou Xiaoshan and his wife smiled at each other, and ignored them, and continued to discuss the topic just now.
"Generally speaking, in the base area, no one has the income of less than 30 yuan in the income of the elderly, children, and people of the working age, except for college students, technical schools, and conscripts in the army. Even if they make a living by farming, according to the farmland output this year, if they work harder, their monthly income of the family can reach 600 or 700 yuan, and the average per capita is more than 100 yuan. If they also engage in family breeding, then the average monthly income of the person reaches 200 yuan, it is also possible."
"Working on a construction site is almost the same income... The income of self-employed individuals is uncertain, with one or two thousand more, and one or two hundred less." Pan Meifeng also said.
"Yes, from this point of view, only young workers who have just joined the factory for less than a year will earn less than 70 yuan. As long as you work hard for two years, your salary plus bonus, you can get more than 100 yuan, and there are also a lot of people who get two or three hundred yuan." Zhou Xiaoshan added.
"How many people are there in the base area now?" Pan Meifeng thought about it and asked.
"This is not accurate, it is increasing every day. Generally speaking, the net inflow will be about 20,000 to 30,000 people every month. After the anti-encirclement and suppression war, it increased by 160,000 in half a year, and there are about 100,000 veterans from China. Roughly estimated, there should be about 750,000 now." Zhou Xiaoshan estimated based on his impression.
"In this way, the real purchasing power may be around 40%, which is 300,000... people, are there so many?" I didn't know, but when I calculated, Pan Meifeng stared at her and said in shock.
If there are so many potential consumers, the consumption capacity of the base area will be very considerable. Not only is the big TV set, but other audio, air conditioner, refrigerator and other household appliances can also be gradually launched in the base area.
From this perspective, the base area has been rapidly transforming from a food economy, which makes it the priority to not be hungry, to a consumer society.
"This should probably be similar!" Zhou Xiaoshan also gave her a positive answer, "Hong Kong's GDP this year is expected to be 160 billion. Our GDP this year is estimated to be 8 billion, which is one-twentieth of that of Hong Kong. Considering that the base area does not have a stock market and financial means such as futures markets to amplify the economic scale, the base area is about one-tenth of that of Hong Kong.
In terms of population, Hong Kong has more than 5 million and its base areas of 750,000, which is one-seventh of that of Hong Kong.
Calculate the income gap between the two parties, as well as the low-income people with a high base in the base area. It is not surprising that the number of people with a certain consumption capacity reaches 300,000."
Pan Meifeng nodded repeatedly, acknowledging her husband's judgment, and pressed the calculator: "In this way, you can make less profits in the small screen, and then gradually increase the profit margin. A 15-inch TV is set at 385 yuan; a 17-inch TV is set at 509 yuan; a 19-inch TV is sold at 843 yuan; a 21-inch screen with a maximum screen must be affordable, so you can simply set the profit margin to the highest, with a retail price of 1,298 yuan!"
This is certainly not the final pricing, it is just a reference.
After solving this problem, she smiled happily: "Okay, this is roughly the pricing strategy. I will discuss the others tomorrow with others and then come up with a specific plan. Oh, I suddenly feel so hungry. Mom, have the soup ready?"
"Okay, OK, here it's here!" Xie Wen replied loudly in the kitchen, then brought out a steaming casserole with her labor gloves.
"It's time to eat!"
"Eat dinner, come and go after dinner!"
Chapter completed!