My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 446: Youxi Says

Ge Guifen leafed through the contract page by page.

She was unaware that Lu Youxi had Lawyer Sheng draft this contract, with his students initially preparing it before Lawyer Sheng performed the final review.

Not to mention Ge Guifen herself could find no fault in it, even if she were to seek out a professional lawyer, they wouldn’t be able to find any issues either.

Moreover, the contracts given to the other villagers were the same. Naturally, Lu Youxi couldn’t let the villagers suffer a loss, so the terms within the contract were all very reasonable.

Guifen thought to herself how the village chief and Lu Youxi were really playing hardball now.

They had an attitude that said, "You’re free to sign the contract or not; we don’t need your bit of rice."

"I’ll go back and think about it," Ge Guifen said, holding the contract. "I will take this one with me."

"Sure," the village chief nodded.

Ge Guifen’s gaze darted around before she asked, "I can sign the contract at any time?"

"Yes," the village chief chuckled. "After all, if you don’t sign, we simply won’t take your rice. So it’s entirely up to you—sign or don’t sign, whenever you wish."

Ge Guifen knew she had been thoroughly cornered.

Now it wasn’t about the village chief and Lu Youxi scrambling to buy her rice—they didn’t need it.

It was because Lu Youxi was offering a high purchase price, and she was eager to sell her rice to Lu Youxi.

"Got it," Ge Guifen left with the contract, not particularly enthusiastic.

Although the Village Chief’s Wife understood the village chief and Lu Youxi’s intent, she still watched Guifen’s retreating figure with a trace of resentment, "How can a person like that make money? It feels like a huge loss every time I think about her taking money from you guys."

The village chief responded, "I felt the same as you yesterday, but Youxi said we are aiming for greater things now, and our distance from such petty individuals will only grow more extensive. There’s no use dwelling on such insignificant people."

"Besides," he continued, "given Ge Guifen’s mindset of taking advantage whenever possible, going wherever there’s more money, with absolutely no sense of honesty, she will suffer a big loss sooner or later. We just need to wait and see."

The Village Chief’s Wife exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! Your trip to the Imperial Capital was not in vain. You’ve gained a broader perspective."

The village chief said cheerily, "How long did I go for? Even if I gained a bit of insight, it couldn’t have changed me so much. These words were what Youxi told me."

"You talk about Youxi, how she’s also a child who grew up in our village and hasn’t seen much of the world," the Village Chief’s Wife remarked. "She’s seen whatever the other children in our village have seen, yet how can Youxi have such grand visions as if she naturally knew all these things?"

"Could this be the difference between a genius and an ordinary person?" the village chief mused, struggling to find a proper comparison, "Youxi might not be a genius, but she is certainly not an ordinary person. She’s already quite impressive to us."

"Probably so," the Village Chief’s Wife nodded. "Hopefully, Yanshun will learn a thing or two from you all when he starts working with you."

"By the way," the Village Chief’s Wife added, "when are you planning to have everyone sign the contracts?"

"It’s too late today, so let’s do it tomorrow." The village chief had returned at three in the afternoon, briefed people, and now it was already 6:10 PM.

"I will make an announcement at the radio station first thing in the morning. Those who want to sell rice can pick up a contract from the station. Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll go around the neighboring villages to buy a bag of rice from each and express it to the Imperial Capital, so Youxi can sample the quality of rice from each village."

"Why do you want to sell rice from other villages?" the Village Chief’s Wife asked, surprised.

"Youxi’s right; we should not fear scarcity but injustice," the village chief repeated Lu Youxi’s words to the Village Chief’s Wife.

"One reason is Youxi’s confidence that Hexing Rice’s sales will definitely pick up, and we will need more rice to sell."

"It works out well to use Grade B rice to showcase the quality of Grade A rice."

"Scarcity increases value, so later, Grade A rice will cover the high-end market, and Grade B rice will cover market share."

"After Grade A rice withstands the market test and because of its limited quantity, it will inevitably increase in price. We’ll turn Grade A rice into the ’whatever brand’ of rice."

"’Whatever brand’?" the Village Chief’s Wife said, indicating she had never heard of this "whatever brand."

"I can’t quite remember the exact name," the village chief scratched his head, "but Youxi mentioned it was a particularly expensive brand, some kind of luxury... a luxury item, something really, really expensive, not something ordinary people would want to spend their money on."

"In the end, with Grade A rice becoming a rare and genuinely valuable commodity," said the village chief.

"Another reason is to prevent others from feeling envious when they see our village prospering, unable to stand seeing us do well when they are not," the village chief reasoned. "And if our village gives all of our rice to Youxi, regardless of whether it’s Grade A or B, that factory won’t get a hold of any, right? What if, in desperation, they bribe people from nearby to cause trouble?"

"So, Youxi suggests it’s better to help the surrounding villages prosper together. They can’t produce Grade A rice and will only fetch the price of Grade B, but they can’t blame us for that," the village chief explained.

"Youxi has really thought of everything," the Village Chief’s Wife sighed, marveling at how Youxi had anticipated the situation so thoroughly.

"That’s why they say there’s always a reason behind someone’s success," the village chief remarked.

The next day, the village chief went to the village radio station as planned and made the announcements to the entirety of Hexing Village.

The broadcast had barely ended when people started arriving at the station to pick up their contracts.

Some signed on the spot after looking through them once.

"Aren’t you going to look at it more carefully?" the village chief couldn’t help but ask.

"I don’t see anything wrong," said the other party. "Besides, isn’t it just about not selling the rice to anyone else? I just won’t sell to others."

One by one, more people came to get contracts, some went home to discuss it, and others signed right there and then.

In the afternoon, the village chief went to buy rice from the other villages, also sharing Lu Youxi’s plans with each village.

He let them know that Lu Youxi planned to bring prosperity to them all.

The area around Hexing Village was not large, and although the villages were separated by some distance, news traveled incredibly fast.

Just yesterday, the village chief had explained Hexing Village’s progress and future development to the people; today, the villages he visited were already aware of Hexing Village’s opportunity to earn big money.

Last night, when they received the news, they felt a mix of envy and frustration.

Before, they had all been poor together, but now Hexing Village was gradually growing prosperous.

The disparity between them would only widen further.

How could they accept this?

Yet unexpectedly, the village chief from Hexing Village brought them such good news today.

The village chief clarified that prices would be set based on the quality of rice sold by each village.

If any village or household could produce Grade A rice, they would get the same deal as Hexing Village.

If they couldn’t, there would be no reason to complain about receiving a lower price for their rice than what Hexing Rice offered Hexing Village.