"Hey, did you guys get the notice?"
"Got it. The village committee notified everyone door-to-door. They called those who weren't home, and if that didn't work, they told other relatives. Who doesn't know?" someone chimed in.
"I say, why is this Jiangnan Group so troublesome? They want to see everyone on the household registration book clearly, so clearly. Why do they still insist we all gather at the foot of the mountain to count heads? I said my three kids are all working outside, and they demand those kids go to their nationwide outlets to report, and they have to bring their IDs for verification, otherwise they won't count them as our people. It's too much hassle!" These rural women were complaining about the relocation compensation registration that Jiangnan Group had just notified everyone about.
For the past month or two, the villagers had been very excited because everyone knew their village was within the scope of relocation and they were going to be collectively moved to another place.
Relocation was the fastest way to make money in all of China. One relocation could easily create nine hundred or a thousand millionaires, or even tens of millions.
Of course, given Ba City's economic situation, creating millionaires was impossible, but creating ten thousand households with some wealth was possible.
However, even that was a considerable sum for the mountain residents of Ba City.
Unlike urban relocations that calculated by area, rural relocations generally calculated by population. There was a basic amount, and then a certain subsidy was given for each person, which was the basic method for rural relocation.
For example, for the relocation of the scenic spots by Jiangnan today, the construction area of each household was calculated at 500 yuan per square meter. Contracted land and mountain land, or cash crops, were calculated separately, and these were fixed.
In addition to this, there was the population. According to Jiangnan Group's statement, each adult who was married would receive a relocation and resettlement fee of 20,000 yuan, regardless of gender. Those who were not married but were 18 years old would receive 15,000 yuan, and those under 18 would receive 10,000 yuan.
As soon as this compensation method was announced, people in all the relocated areas started to brainstorm.
As the saying goes, "poor mountains and bad waters..."
Although this saying was a bit excessive and one-sided, everyone was very enthusiastic when fighting for their own interests. Therefore, finding ways to get more relocation funds was the goal of many people at the moment.
The best way would have been to add extra stories or plant more high-value cash crops on their land.
However, because the entire process from the news of relocation to the start of registration took less than a week, many villagers could not even make temporary additions. As for planting cash crops, they could not be obtained in a short time.
Moreover, the relevant situation had already been registered when Jiangnan Group conducted preliminary surveys, so these fixed assets were all registered, and it was useless to change them. Except for a few who were really quick, most people did not gain any extra benefits in this regard.
So, the remaining most likely method was the population issue.
Therefore, the notice issued by Jiangnan Group just now was to inform the villagers that they were all to go down the mountain on May X to gather at a large square in the town for a unified household registration on-site.
At the same time, this regulation also required everyone to enter the venue before 11 AM. The venue would then be directly sealed, and no one would be allowed to enter or leave except under special circumstances.
They were not allowed to leave the site and go home until all households had completed their registration. Furthermore, each household had only one chance to register. The number of people who showed up would be the number of households registered. If there were people working outside, they had to go to the Jiangnan Group stores nationwide with their household registration and ID card at the same time, and then wait in the store until the registration event here ended before they could leave the store.
Looking at these rules alone made people feel troubled, no wonder so many people complained.
Jiangnan Group's regulations seemed to be deliberately making things difficult. But in fact, many people understood Jiangnan Group's regulations very well because they had been tormented by some methods.
Rural household registrations were not like urban ones. Urban household registrations were as solid as a nail. The number of people was generally reflected in the household registration, and it was definitely correct to count people according to the household registration.
But rural household registrations were different. Around 2008, household registrations were still very chaotic. Some people had no household registration, and some appeared on several different household registrations.
This led to the inaccuracy of counting the number of people in each household directly through household registration.
If only the number of people on the household registration was inaccurate, it would have been fine. Often, even when the number of people on the household registration was accurate, it would deliberately become inaccurate.
Let me tell you about a news story that was on television. It said that in a rural area where relocation was taking place, a family originally had 6 people: an old mother, two sons, a daughter, and two newborn grandsons.
However, during the relocation population statistics, it was deliberately changed to a large household of 24 people. The old mother not only had a husband but also several sons and daughters, and more than a dozen grandchildren.
Upon inquiry, it was discovered that under the arrangement of her family, the old mother had married an old man who was not within the relocation scope the day before. Then she brought the old man's entire family over, all wanting to share the money.
In the end, a small portion of this money would be given to the old man's family, and then they would divorce, thus earning a large sum of money.
Such a method was actually quite good. At least they had a marriage certificate and went through the process.
Some people simply brought people over and insisted they were family members who were not on the same household registration.
Later, some statisticians found that some familiar faces would often appear, becoming family members of several households, all wanting to share money and be counted.
Even knowing there was such a problem, it was difficult to solve.
First of all, the people registering from outside did not understand the situation in the village. How would you know if these people were family members?
If you used the household registration as an argument, they would say that household registration was never done back then, and this was a historical issue. If you didn't count these people, then I wouldn't move. You tell me what to do.
Moreover, because it was like this in almost every village, if you singled out one family, the whole village would come out for their own interests. The village committee would not dare to offend them at this time, after all, they saw each other every day. If you offended all the people in the village, how could you carry out future work?
In summary, in the early stages, rural relocation was a huge hassle, making many people overwhelmed.
However, later, everyone summarized their experiences in practice, and Jiangnan Group's method was the culmination of this experience... on-site headcounts.
They asked each household to bring their family members to a location at the same time, and then register them one by one. All individuals had to provide their identification, and the entire process would be video-recorded.
This way, one person could only appear in one household and not in multiple households.
And this time, Jiangnan Group went even further. They gathered all the relocated households from 88 scenic spots at different squares for registration. This way, outsiders would have no opportunity to enter, as they were all kept elsewhere.
In short, everyone thought Jiangnan Group's method was very clever. The only problem was that it required a large number of personnel, but for Jiangnan Group, which had tens of thousands of employees nationwide, personnel was not a problem at all.