In the afternoon.
Tang Qing rides his motorcycle, taking Lin Jiaxue for a walk around the town. It’s not for shopping any groceries, considering that during his nearly one month stay in the village, Tang Qing’s house hasn’t cooked a al—they’ve always eaten at Lin Jiaxue’s house.
They’re just strolling around the town buying so snacks.
A handso man and beautiful woman.
They received countless admiring gazes along the way.
In the evening.
Tang Qing and Lin Jiaxue went to a sizable restaurant in town with the village head, Guo Quan.
Tang Qing felt speechless, thinking that he had escaped having als with school leaders, journalists, and all other insignificant things and events. He thought he could enjoy so peace in the village, but it turns out he still ended up having to eat out.
He decided that this would be his only freeloading experience—if anyone unfamiliar were to invite him, he wouldn’t bother at all.
He’s not soone ordinary that could be casually invited anymore.
This ti, it’s for Guo Quan’s face.
Upon entering the private room, there were already four people inside. To Tang Qing’s amazent, the person sitting at the head of the table was young, looking around the sa age as Chai Ren. Could it be a second-generation official from the county?
Tang Qing secretly speculated, wondering what a rich second-generation kid would want. He didn’t know him.
The next mont, Guo Quan gave the answer.
Guo Quan directly introduced them to the young man, "Mayor Wang and leaders, this is our province’s National College Entrance Examination top scorer, Tang Qing. The girl next to him is Lin Jiaxue. She also perford excellent in the exam, and will attend the sa university as Tang Qing. This gentleman is our new Mayor Wang, and this is... "
Guo Quan introduced everyone present.
My goodness, almost all the town governnt leaders were present.
There was a town mayor, and the other two were deputy mayors. There was also a town governnt office director.
"Nice to et you, Tang. Congratulations," Mayor Wang stood up and warmly shook hands with Tang Qing. Seeing Tang Qing’s impressive composure, without any nervousness, he couldn’t help but comnd. It’s quite remarkable for a student to be so calm in front of governnt officials.
"Mayor Wang, you’re also very promising," Tang Qing, neither servile nor overbearing, smiled.
"Haha, Tang, you’re quite eloquent. Please sit, Lin, you too. Relax. Village head Guo, tell them to serve the dishes," Mayor Wang imdiately asked the two to take a seat and ordered to serve the dishes.
Guo Quan responded and left the room.
Tang Qing and Lin Jiaxue sat at the lower seat near the door, it didn’t bother them since they’re young. However, the table was too small, it was uncomfortable sitting on the hard stools, didn’t know anyone and overall felt uneasy.
"Tang, you have really made our town proud. By the way, which university did you get into?" One of the deputy mayors, nad Lu, asked.
"Fudan University in Shanghai," Tang Qing replied languidly.
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You couldn’t bla his attitude. He really didn’t like the way this Deputy Mayor Lu was looking at Lin Jiaxue.
"Why didn’t you go to a Beijing university? With your mark, it might still not be too late to change. They will definitely accept you. Let tell you, studying in Beijing is better. You’ll know more people there, and it will be advantageous if you want to enter politics in the future," the deputy mayor said confidently, thinking that his ’experience talk’ was absolutely right.
"I don’t like Beijing’s weather. It’s too dry," Tang Qing made up an excuse.
"What kind of reason is that? You should consider your future, right? Isn’t that right, Lin?" He then turned to Lin Jiaxue with a smug smile.
Lin Jiaxue didn’t know whether to respond or not.
Tang Qing frowned when this guy started to act out his old habit. Mayor Wang quickly intervened, "Deputy Mayor Lu, stop. If Tang and Lin want to go to Shanghai, then they will go. It’s their decision. They must have considered it carefully."
After hearing his words, Deputy Mayor Lu didn’t say anything more. He was a subordinate after all. If he hadn’t been caught red-handed having an affair by his wife a while ago and had caused a big fuss, he should’ve been the mayor by now.
After a while.
When the dishes were served.
Tang Qing also started talking comfortably with Mayor Wang. As for that Deputy Mayor Lu, he ignored him completely. If it had not been for the decent Mayor Wang and Guo’s company, he wouldn’t even have bothered to interact with him.
After a short talk of about ten minutes, Mayor Wang was genuinely impressed by Tang Qing’s exceptional ability—he was calm, jovial, his speech and deanor, as well as his perspective, did not feel like a student at all.
When that insignificant Deputy Mayor Lu finished pouring drinks for others and was about to pour for Lin Jiaxue, Tang Qing hurriedly covered the cup with his hand.
"Sorry, Jiaxue doesn’t drink Baijiu. Please order her a fruit beer," said Tang Qing.
"It’s okay to have a little," Deputy Mayor Lu was still unwilling to give up and tried to pry Tang Qing’s hand away.
"Deputy Mayor Lu, I said Jiaxue doesn’t drink. I hope I don’t have to repeat myself," Tang Qing’s voice grew stern.
Deputy Mayor Lu shuddered under Tang Qing’s gaze, "You..." With the power of his Origin Qi mixed with Nerve Telekinesis, he already had the ability to kill with his eyes.
"Alright, they’re young, having Baijiu is not suitable. Let’s get so fruit beer," Deputy Mayor Wang quickly said.
"Yes, yes, yes, the important thing is to have a al," Guo Quan also tried to ease the situation.
"Tang, I heard that your uncle has a big business overseas," Deputy Mayor Wang suddenly asked.
Tang Qing faltered.
So, this was the purpose of today’s al.
Money, yeah, it’s true that in modern society, no one would bother getting up early for nothing. On the other hand, it’s not at all shaful to pursue gains—it’s human nature. What is truly shaful is those who say they don’t care about money but secretly trying to get it.
"Mayor Wang is well-inford huh." Tang Qing could only say, laughing.
"Haha, I was transferred here at the end of last month and accidentally heard a bit of gossip. At that ti, Deputy Mayor Liu even paid a visit to your uncle." Mayor Wang said laughingly. Luckily, the purpose of his visit was not successful, otherwise, he may not have had anything to do with this side.
"Oh? Is that so, Mayor Wang, just tell straight if there’s anything, if it’s not clear, I’m hesitant to continue eating." Tang Qing said with a faint smile. Without clearing things up, his curiosity was piqued.
Mayor Wang didn’t beat around the bush, and said directly: "Actually, it’s not a big deal, I just wanted to ask if your uncle could invest in our town. As you know, our town is quite poor and is agricultural, if we don’t co up with a solution and bring prosperity to the locals, it would an I’m not fit for my role."
"Does the town have any potential investnt projects?" Tang Qing asked curiously.
"We have pretty good forest resources here, and I think it would be great if we could grow dicinal herbs." Mayor Wang said confidently. As a new official, he naturally needed so achievents.
He is not as influential as Tang Qing thought, he’s just a common man’s child, who was lucky enough to be appointed as the secretary of the previous county party secretary, and worked for three years. Last month, when the county party secretary was transferred away, he couldn’t take him with him, so he arranged for him to be here.
Knowing that Tang Qing’s uncle is wealthy, though not sure how much, anyone who can afford a rcedes-Benz is at least worth tens of millions, if not more. So he thought of trying his luck with Tang Qing.
If it doesn’t work, it’s just a al.
If it does, it’ll be a significant achievent.
Tang Qing also wanted to contribute to his hotown, so he said, "Mayor Wang has a point. It should be good for us to plant dicinal herbs. Do you have a specific plan? Let see."
"It’s lucky that I always carry it with ." As he said this, Mayor Wang took a printed docunt out of his briefcase.
Tang Qing took the plan, looked it over carefully. The docunt was not much, just over a dozen pages. To Tang Qing it was ticulous reading, but to outsiders, Tang Qing only took about two seconds per page.
The docunt contained detailed information about the project’s investnt and expected returns, as well as the suitable dicinal herbs for cultivation. In Tang Qing’s view, although the returns might be a bit exaggerated, such projects are not ant for big profits, just breaking even is the target.
"It’s acceptable. 8 million RMB is not too much. The profit expectations are also good. Mayor Wang, you have done your howork thoroughly." Tang Qing closed the docunt and put it aside. The aning was obvious, I will take it back to look at.
"Tang, you’re impressive, do you think this plan will get through with your uncle?" Mayor Wang asked carefully.
"It should be no problem," Tang Qing nodded, intending to have Sky Eye handle this project and not bother his uncle. It’s less than 10 million RMB, if it fails, it fails. It’s not a big deal.
Mayor Wang was overjoyed when he heard this. If Tang Qing said there would be no problem, then there really wouldn’t be. He laughed, "Ha ha, if you say so, I believe it. Co, let’s drink to our cooperation."
"Clink..."
The cups on the table clinked together.
Cheers!
Deputy Mayor Lu watched everything happening before him with a hint of jealousy, yet he didn’t dare to draw attention to himself. Tang Qing’s uncle made a fortune abroad, while his uncle seems to be a deputy director in Qingyan City. He’s not easy to offend.
Because Qingyan City is so far away from here, and Qin Yugang has never propagated here, the information is still outdated.
"Tang, if this is successful, you are a great rit to our town. If the investnt is implented, at least it can create hundreds of jobs and impact hundreds of families, let thank you on their behalf first."
Tang could only accept this high praise. In any case, he would definitely invest in this.
"Of course, it’s for the benefit of our folks and neighbors." Tang Qing said.
"Good, well said, fruit beer doesn’t get one drunk anyway, I drink to you on behalf of all the villagers."
"Uh, okay."
"..."
The atmosphere during the al afterwards wasn’t dull, but it wasn’t very lively either. Except for Mayor Wang, everyone else belonged to different generations, so there was a serious generational gap. It was not as relaxing and pleasurable as having a al with Chai Ren and the others.
This shows that in terms of creating an atmosphere, these officials are far inferior to Chai Ren and his group. Besides, except for Mayor Wang, everyone else liked to make dirty jokes, which Tang Qing really didn’t like.
After the al.
Before parting.
Tang Qing said, "Mayor Wang, are you free tomorrow? Let’s have a al together, I have sothing I need to discuss with you." Now that the investnt is sorted out, he needs to think about how to build a road into the village. To get this done well, he can only find Mayor Wang.
Mayor Wang was taken aback, not quite understanding, but then said, "Sure, I will be there on ti tomorrow noon."
"Great, see you tomorrow."
Quite a few people at the scene heard the conversation between the two, but nobody said anything. It must be about the investnt, this is a task for the mayor. They didn’t want to get involved, it’s not their credit after all.
After saying goodbye.
Tang Qing and the village head rode back to the village.
Village head Guo Quan didn’t drink, while Tang Qing had fruit beer, which couldn’t possibly get him drunk.
"Uncle Guo, co tomorrow at noon too." Tang Qing said to Guo Quan.
"Ah? Isn’t the thing you’re discussing with Mayor Wang about the investnt?" Guo Quan wondered.
Tang Qing smiled, "Yes, but not entirely. I want to build a road into the village. As you know, my uncle’s car is parked at Ma Xiaofei’s place which is inconvenient. It would be great if it could be brought in."
"That’s great! That’s a good thing, I agree. I wonder if this will be a collective funding or?" Guo Quan happily followed but was doubtful afterward. Money is the hardest thing to handle. Trying to raise funds from household to household would be difficult.
"My uncle will funds 100,000, and we’ll build as long as we can with it. I just want to make sure that cars can reach our house." Tang Qing said. 100,000 is enough to get the ’transportation’ done in the small village.
"Okay, absolutely no problem."
Guo Quan was overjoyed. 100,000 RMB is more than enough to get the roads of the village done.
What a great thing indeed.
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