"County Chief Qin, to be honest, the Party Secretary brought me to the county this time because he wanted to ask the county to approve more land for our cultural tourism industrial park."
"It was my short-sightedness that made me realize how popular cultural tourism and agricultural specialty products are in China. The county promised to give us 15 mu of land, which I thought was enough. But now I'm afraid that in a few years, our production capacity will not be able to keep up with the pace of our development."
“Yes! Industrial development must be forward-looking and have a long-term perspective!” Qin Lijun gave Jiang Xiaoman an approving look.
What leader wouldn't like a subordinate who dares to fight and take risks?
Although Jiang Xiaoman is not his subordinate, everything he does now is actually contributing to the county's political achievements.
"So, I swallowed my pride and went to our Party Secretary to ask for his help, hoping that the county could approve a few dozen more acres of land for our industrial park," Jiang Xiaoman said shyly. "But don't worry, leaders, we will never occupy farmland; it's all wasteland that nobody in the village wants."
"Did you bring the approval report? Let me see it," Qin Lijun suddenly said.
Is this what it means to help them out?
Jiang Xiaoman glanced at Dang Yimin.
Dang Yimin nodded slightly, and Jiang Xiaoman immediately opened her briefcase and took out the approval report that had already been signed and stamped by the town.
He always prepares thoroughly for his work. Worried that his superiors might not be clear about the land he wanted and might not be able to make a decision immediately, he even used a drone to take aerial photos of the land on the other side of the river and printed out color maps, clearly marking even the size and dimensions of the plot.
Qin Lijun, who had risen through the ranks from the township, could tell at a glance that the document in his hand was either personally guided by Dang Yimin or at least guided by him. Otherwise, how could Jiang Xiaoman, an ordinary citizen, have thought of taking the priority lease right for the mountain forest behind that piece of land?
The mountain forests in the village can indeed be contracted out, as long as the rent is paid in full. However, it cannot be ruled out that some village officials with selfish motives might deliberately grab the land near the factory buildings first, and then make a huge profit from the transfer fee when the company wants to expand.
At the next level, businesses inevitably generate some noise and air pollution during normal production. If they want to maintain good relations with their neighbors and prevent them from being reported, they have to spend some money to appease them, right?
Jiang Xiaoman, a young man who had never suffered a loss, had no idea about the intricacies of the situation.
On the contrary, Dang Yimin has worked at the grassroots level for so many years, what kind of monsters and demons hasn't he seen?
It seems that Dang Yimin really likes Jiang Xiaoman!
Coincidentally, he also quite liked Jiang Xiaoman.
"Alright! You wait here, I'll have someone check if the Party Secretary has time now. If he does, I'll take you there."
It would be wonderful if Deputy County Head Qin would step in and say a word for Jiang Xiaoman!
Sure enough, when the Party Secretary first heard that Jiang Xiaoman wanted to double the land area of the industrial park, his expression turned somewhat unpleasant. However, after seeing the sales statistics of the trade fair that Jiang Xiaoman handed over, and with Deputy County Head Qin praising Jiang Xiaoman from the sidelines, he finally opened the approval report in his hand and began to read it carefully.
The materials written by Comrade Sun Zheyuan naturally pleased the secretary, and with Jiang Xiaoman providing real money transaction data, they finally got the approval report with the leader's signature on the last line!
However, whether it was luck or bad luck, Comrade Sun Zheyuan was not assigned to other townships, but was directly promoted by the Party Secretary to the County Party Committee Office to continue writing materials for the Party Secretary...
It is certainly a pity that they cannot continue to work at the grassroots level.
However, being able to write materials for the top leader of the county can also be considered a promotion in another sense.
Poor Comrade Sun Zheyuan, who used to constantly complain that if he didn't do a good job as an official, he would go home and inherit the family fortune. Now, his official position is getting higher and higher, but his hopes of inheriting the family fortune are becoming increasingly slim.
Fortunately, his father is still very capable and can wait until his grandson grows up and takes over his job. As for his son, he can only dedicate himself to the country...
Shan Yan was surprised that Jiang Xiaoman had actually managed to acquire the land on the other side of the river. After thinking about it, he suggested that several companies make an additional investment. Even though the land had already been approved, he was still a little afraid that the authorities might change their minds.
"We can postpone building the factory. Let's build a warehouse over there first. This will serve as a supporting warehouse for the industrial park and won't be a waste of collective land."
Shan Yan learned this trick from a friend of his who was in real estate development.
Previously, if a real estate company acquired a plot of land but it wasn't developed within the stipulated time, the government would take it back. So they came up with a dirty trick: they would first build a row of prefabricated houses on the construction site as dormitories for migrant workers, and then hire some migrant workers to dig a little bit every day. This was considered as starting construction, but the construction period was slower than a tortoise crawling.
But this way, they can occupy the land. After a few years, when the land price rises, if they have the resources, they can develop the housing project and sell houses themselves; if they don't, they can resell the land and make hundreds of millions in profit, even if it's hard to come by!
Compared to these cunning real estate developers, building warehouses on the wasteland of Phase II is already considered very conscientious.
After all, their village has several cooperatives now, and when they are all merged into the industrial park, they will indeed need a larger warehouse.
How much does it cost to build a warehouse?
Jiang Xiaoman readily agreed.
The others didn't say anything either; who would be short of 20,000 yuan these days?
This trade fair, which lasted for several days, not only sold out all their current inventory, but also secured orders for the next six months. Putting aside others, Jiang Xiaoman, Shan Yan, and Lang Ying's companies earned at least a million yuan from this one trade fair.
If it weren't for the fact that collective land can only be leased and not bought or sold, they would all love to buy a piece of land directly to build a factory.
However, Jiang Xiaoman is right. The industrial park built under the county's supervision will enjoy far more local policy benefits than if they bought land and built factories on their own.
The reason is simple: those preferential policies were originally formulated by the county itself, so of course they would give priority to projects directly managed by the county. He must be out of his mind to give up such a good opportunity to go it alone!
Several families each contributed another 50,000 yuan, which not only enabled the construction of the warehouse on the other side of the river but also led to the building of a cement bridge. This, in turn, broadened the villagers' thinking.
Oh right~ It's hard to get approval for land on this side of the river, but aren't there still a lot of idle wasteland on the other side?
There was already a bridge in the village, and now a new bridge that can be used by vehicles has been built. Doesn't that mean that they could consider moving their homesteads to the other side of the river?
Langshan Village is situated in a similar terrain to Shanghai, with a river running through it. However, because the highway was built on the east side of the river years ago, the villagers felt that being close to the highway would make access easier, so they all built their houses on the east side of the river.
Now that's great, even their Langshan's "lucky star" and "god of wealth" are going to build their factory in Hexi, so what are we waiting for?
For a time, the village committee was crowded with villagers who wanted to exchange their homesteads.
Because so many people signed up, including several village officials, the village had no choice but to resort to the most traditional lottery system. The village organized a trip to Hexi to remeasure the land and designated eleven plots of land of varying sizes for the villagers to draw lots based on their luck.
If you catch a plot of land larger than your own homestead, you have to pay the difference. If you don't want it, you can give it up and throw it back to someone else to catch.
If they catch the younger one... the village won't compensate you for the difference. You can exchange him if you want, or forget it if you don't!
Villager Jiang Youtian, relying on the fact that people wanted to call him "uncle" during the Xiaoman solar term, is no longer afraid of the villagers. That's how tough he is!
The villagers muttered a few words, but didn't make much of a fuss.
After all, everyone now believes that Hexi will be the "core area" of Langshan Village in the future, just like how city dwellers buy houses—houses in the city center are more expensive than those in the suburbs.
However, Jiang Yu and Lang Ying did not participate in the lottery this time. The villagers wanted to move to Hexi because they wanted to live closer to Jiang Xiaoman, the "God of Wealth" in their hearts, so as to get some of his wealth.
They work with Jiang Xiaoman all day long, so why would they need to move?
...
The county acted quickly. After the plan was approved, the county's urban and rural planning bureau began to produce design drawings. According to the agreement, the first phase of the industrial park was invested and constructed by the county. After completion, Jiang Xiaoman and his group only needed to pay a rent every year to use these factory buildings. Moreover, it is said that there is a six-month rent-free period. How could Jiang Xiaoman not take advantage of such a bargain?
He didn't need to worry about the industrial park; he had more important things to do, which was to build a dormitory for the company's employees.
This mountain rock can help. His real estate developer friend knows a lot of people in the construction industry. As soon as Jiang Xiaoman and his friends explained their requirements, the other party recommended a company.
For such a small project, and since it was privately funded, it didn't need to go through the bidding process like public institutions. Jiang Xiaoman sat down with the other party and negotiated a price that was acceptable to both parties, and then left the matter to Shan Yan to follow up on.
It's not that he likes to be a hands-off manager; after all, this is the house they want to live in, and Jiang Xiaoman wishes she could keep an eye on it every day, but reality just doesn't allow it.
The camping base that he had previously helped attract investment to officially open for trial operation today, and he will be representing the cooperative to attend the opening ceremony.
Who would have thought that the trend of rural tourism would change so quickly?
A few years ago, everyone rushed to invest in building homestays, aiming for elegance. Some luxuriously decorated homestays cost one or two million yuan to build just one house!
I never imagined that just a few years later, the bed and breakfast industry would decline, and people would start to enjoy camping again.
Fortunately, Mr. Du, the investor in Langshan Camping Base, is a savvy businessman. Apart from some essential infrastructure, almost all the supporting facilities of this camping base are leased or acquired through joint ventures.
In other words, for such a large camping site, Mr. Du's actual investment was less than one million...
In other words, Langshan has beautiful scenery, and the large and small hydropower stations were built with national investment many years ago. The several planting bases that can be used by tourists were originally intended for Jiang Xiaoman and his group to do business. These supporting facilities do not require additional investment, which saves investors a lot of money.
Having taken such a big advantage from Langshan Village, Boss Du is quite shrewd in dealing with people. He gave the village and Jiang Xiaoman and their cooperative a small share of the project, making them minor shareholders in the camping base project.
Jiang Xiaoman was naturally invited to attend the opening ceremony as a guest.
However, when she arrived at the scene and saw the reporters crowding towards her, Jiang Xiaoman realized that she had been too kind.
We should ask Boss Du for more shares.
He's clearly just trying to ride on his popularity as a top influencer with millions of followers, hoping he'll become a free spokesperson for the camping base. Hiring a spokesperson is so expensive these days, but he's letting this minor shareholder do it part-time without spending a penny!
Sure enough, he's still a long way from being a proper shrewd businessman!
Chapter 257
Just before the Dragon Boat Festival, Langshan Village had just sent off the last truckload of Langshan specialty Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes. Not to mention Jiang Xiaoman and the other management members, even Big Yellow, who was responsible for guarding the village entrance, was exhausted and sticking out his tongue.
This year, not a single person from the village went out to work. Even so, including all the elderly people in Langshan Village, there were still not enough people. Jiang Xiaoman and his team finally decided to start recruiting temporary workers from nearby villages.
Unfortunately, in addition to the orders owed from the last trade fair, they also did several live streams of Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes this year.
I originally just wanted to test the waters, but it unexpectedly sold like hotcakes!
Fortunately, Lang Ying realized something was wrong. Several live streams stopped to check the accounts, and wow! They had unknowingly sold over 100,000 gift boxes.
Jiang Xiaoman decisively called a halt.
We can't sell any more. If we do, they probably won't have all the Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes by the time the festival is over.
Thinking back to the month before the Dragon Boat Festival, how exhausted they were, practically collapsing on the warehouse floor to collect enough Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes to go, Jiang Xiaoman waved her hand dismissively—
"We can't keep fighting like this, each going our own way!"
Anyway, the industrial park will be ready to move in by the end of the year. Before that happens, we can reorganize the resources of the cooperatives, establish a new company, and move into the industrial park under the company's name.
"Are we really going to set up a group company?" Jiang Yu was still somewhat incredulous after hearing Jiang Xiaoman's plan.
It seems like just yesterday that he and Shan Yan were just ordinary villagers living their lives in the old mountain valley. In the blink of an eye, he became General Manager Jiang, and Shan Yan became General Manager Shan!
They also had three lovely, intelligent daughters.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a winner in life.
Now, Jiang Xiaoman is actually telling them that the cooperative and processing plant can no longer keep up with their pace of development, and they must establish a group company as soon as possible... It's like a dream!
“Let’s discuss this internally first, and then talk to the town and county. After all, the industrial park is directly managed by the county, and the county will definitely send cadres to the industrial park. We need to set up a plan beforehand so that we don’t become a laughing stock.”
When Jiang Xiaoman returned from the county at the beginning of the year, he had already spoken to them. For the sake of the convenience of industrial park management, they definitely could not continue to operate their own cooperatives as they were now. This would easily lead to chaos in management and would not be conducive to collective development.
Most importantly, it's unclear whether the county-appointed cadres stationed at the enterprises will be easy to get along with.
Jiang Xiaoman felt that they shouldn't entrust the future of this industrial park entirely to someone they didn't know at all. Their own industry should at least be under their own control in terms of its general direction.
Only by establishing one or more companies and integrating everyone's resources can they have absolute say and decision-making power in the industrial park.
"Xiaoman, just tell us your plans. We'll all listen to you anyway," Lang Ying said, cradling her pregnant belly.
For some reason, ever since she got pregnant, Yingzi, who used to always speak softly, has become louder. Along with her louder voice, her temper has also gotten louder. The men in the village secretly sympathize with Qingshan for being alone, thinking that he married a shrew and must be very pitiful at home.
Jiang Xiaoman glanced at Qingshan and thought that the men in the village might need to see an ophthalmologist.