It would be impolite not to welcome her, but Jiang Xiaoman, her uncle, had already given her the child support money in advance. For the sake of the children, she should at least give the children's father some food, right?
Her words only made Jin Chengjie more heartbroken.
Does that mean he can only rely on his parents at home and his older brother when he goes out?
Wait a minute! This older brother hasn't acknowledged his younger brother yet... This is even more heartbreaking!
After discussing the relocation arrangements with Shan Yun and her daughter for next month, Jiang Xiaoman took his leave. Jin Chengjie quickly stood up and offered to see him off.
Jiang Xiaoman had never received such treatment before.
Sure enough, the two walked down the mountain one after the other. Before they had gone two hundred meters, Jin Chengjie grabbed Jiang Xiaoman's arm.
"Speak! After you've finished, hurry back to your homes!" Jiang Xiaoman reluctantly put down her basket and sat down on a rock by the mountain path.
Jin Chengjie dejectedly found a rock next to him and sat down. Jiang Xiaoman occupied a slightly flatter rock, but he was only a few seconds late, so he could only sit on a rock that hurt his bottom.
Just like his life and Jiang Xiaoman's, on the surface, he did win at the starting line of being born into a wealthy family, receiving enormous wealth that Jiang Xiaoman might never have been able to acquire even after a lifetime of hard work.
In reality, Jiang Xiaoman was faster than him. While he was still thinking about how much pocket money he should ask his mother for next month to buy a diamond ring for his new girlfriend, Jiang Xiaoman was already supporting the economy of an entire village.
Does it sound a bit funny? It's just about helping the people of one village escape poverty and become prosperous... But now Jin Chengjie knows what a remarkable achievement this is.
In any case, if it were him, he would have no way of leading the entire Langshan Village out of poverty and into prosperity on his own without the help of his family.
Moreover, it's not just one village.
It is said that now, almost two-thirds of the people in Langshan Town are following Jiang Xiaoman to start businesses and make money. Jin Chengjie doesn't know how he did it, but this noble young master has to lower his head for the girl he loves.
"Xiaoman... Brother, do you think, besides the Langshan embroidery project, could I also invest in a project with you guys?"
"I don't need to earn too much, ten or twenty thousand yuan a month is enough."
"Ten or twenty thousand? You get more than that every month in the Jin family, don't you? Are you really planning to stay in Langshan with Shanque and be an ordinary couple?" Jiang Xiaoman looked at him in surprise.
"That's different! I earned this money myself, and I can give it to whomever I want! My family has no say in this!"
Jin Chengjie hesitated for a moment, probably worried that Jiang Xiaoman wouldn't understand what he meant, and added, "I've thought about it, and you're right. Actually, I don't know when I'll be forced to go back to my family to get married, so I wanted to give Que'er and Rui Rui some security before I go back."
"As you know, the money in my bank account, the house and the car under my name are all from my family. If I don't listen to them, they can cut off my credit cards at any time, and I won't be able to sell the house and the car. I have to take advantage of the fact that I'm still here to set up a business for Que'er and Rui Rui, just like the video account you helped Uncle Youliang manage."
"Huh? You've been to my dad's live stream?" Jiang Xiaoman asked in surprise.
Jin Chengjie's face instantly turned bright red, and he stammered, "Well, sometimes when I can't sleep, I'll listen to Uncle Youliang making bamboo carvings on my phone. Don't you think the tapping of the carving knife on the bamboo is particularly hypnotic?"
Jiang Xiaoman looked at him speechlessly.
His eyes are very easy to read.
Look at me, I'm exhausted all day long, do I look like someone who would have insomnia?
If conditions allowed, he would love to lie in bed and sleep for three days and three nights!
But that's impossible. Putting aside his own family's numerous affairs, which he can't all push onto his father, there are also the village's several cooperatives, as well as the inspection and reception tasks arranged by the town and county from time to time. Which of these doesn't require him to handle personally?
He is so eager for the industrial park to be completed as soon as possible, not only so that the cooperative can enjoy the various preferential policies of the industrial park, but also so that the cooperative's recruitment work will be easier.
I don't know what's wrong with college students these days. They'd rather earn three or four thousand yuan a month in the city than come to the village to work and earn eighty to one hundred thousand yuan a year... Does he look like a conman?
Ultimately, village-run workshops sound unreliable, which explains why young people are hesitant to come.
What's the point of a high salary? You might earn a high salary this year but go bankrupt next year, and then you'll have to keep looking for a job. It's better to find a stable job and slowly build up your seniority.
Jiang Xiaoman has made a decision: once the industrial park officially opens, she can use the county's investment group as a front to recruit people at the job market.
You might not believe in village-run workshops, but a city investment group with government backing is practically part of the system, enough to make some young people who want to get into the system but can't pass the exams envious.
He and Jiang Yu both need to hire another assistant to handle business negotiations for their social media accounts and some tedious external affairs.
After several cooperatives were transformed into enterprises, they also needed to establish a formal corporate organizational structure. They couldn't let the chairman and general manager do all the work, could they? They needed to recruit people for the department heads and office.
Thinking about this, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but get angry.
They have far too few people they can use right now!
Uncle Baichuan is right. Talent is the lifeblood of a place's development. Now that they have money, they must invest more in education in the future!
If Langshan can produce dozens of college students every year, surely some of them will be willing to return to their hometown to develop their careers?
It's so hard for private enterprises to train talent! They finally train someone, but then that person is from out of town and wants to go back to their hometown to get married and settle down when they reach a certain age, so they have to recruit new people and train them all over again... It would be better to just recruit locals from the beginning.
Jiang Xiaoman's thoughts wandered further and further, completely forgetting her younger brother who was eagerly watching her and waiting for an answer.
"Hey! Jiang Xiaoman! Can't you show me some respect?" Jin Chengjie angrily interrupted Jiang Xiaoman's talent development plan.
"You want to set up a long-term business for Sparrow and Rui Rui? That's easy!" Jiang Xiaoman gave him a disdainful look. "Let me ask you, have you saved up all your New Year's money since you were a child? How much have you saved up now?"
"New Year's money?" Jin Chengjie looked at Jiang Xiaoman in surprise. "Isn't New Year's money for spending on food, drinks, and entertainment during the New Year?"
Jiang Xiaoman narrowed her eyes and looked at him with an unfriendly expression: "You didn't spend all your New Year's money from when you were a child, did you?"
Young Master Jin shrank his neck.
He really didn't dare tell his brother that he had not only spent all his New Year's money, but he had also found someone to help him sell some of the expensive items his mother had bought for him, such as watches, cufflinks, belts, etc., which he didn't really like and were easy to resell.
He used to hang out with a bunch of shady friends in order to make money.
Now, he's living at the titmouse's house, but he can't just freeload, can he? He doesn't dare let his mother know about the titmouse and her chick, so he can only secretly sell some valuable accessories to earn some living expenses.
Jiang Xiaoman was so angry that her head was spinning.
This is a classic case of being dealt a great hand but not knowing how to play it!
What a waste of such a great chance to be born into the right family!
Jiang Xiaoman really wanted to say, "I don't care if you die! If you can't take it anymore, hurry home and let your mom arrange a blind date for you!"
But when Jiang Xiaoman thought of Shan Que and Rui Rui, who was not even a year old yet, she really couldn't bring herself to do it.
At the very least, we should wait until Dao Ruirui is a little older and can remember Jin Chengjie as her biological father before he leaves Langshan. That way, Ruirui's childhood will be relatively complete.
Speaking of which, there is actually a job that would be quite suitable for Jin Chengjie right now.
Moreover, no one else in Langshan Village could do this job except for him.
"What kind of job? How much is the monthly salary?" Jin Chengjie couldn't help but ask.
It seems that Young Master Jin is really short of money, he's even willing to work for someone else.
"Well, our village's e-commerce is developing quite well now, but you know, village-run enterprises don't look good to outsiders, and it's hard to recruit people. Now that the industrial park is about to open, I was thinking of taking this opportunity to recruit a group of employees under the name of the county investment group..."
"Wait! Jiang Xiaoman, what kind of daydream are you having? The City Investment Group is a government-run enterprise, right? You're a village-run enterprise, recruiting under the name of the City Investment Group? Isn't that fraud?" Jin Chengjie was genuinely startled.
Although he was a playboy, he never did anything illegal or criminal!
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaoman wanted him to pull off a big heist right from the start!
Impersonating government officials to recruit at job fairs?
Aren't you afraid that if things come to light, people will report you to the city investment group?
"Can you let me finish?" Jiang Xiaoman rolled her eyes at him, speaking faster and more irritably. "Am I paying you to sit at the job market and wait for my resume? A robot could do that. What would I need you for?"
"What I mean is, doesn't the city investment company also have a stake in this industrial park? I want you to talk to them about registering the people we want to recruit under the city investment company's name. That way, we can attract more outstanding talent with the same amount of money, understand?"
This is the predicament faced by their village-run enterprises.
Even with the industrial park, as soon as people hear they have to work in the village, they run away faster than rabbits!
But if it were a public institution like a city investment company recruiting, even without a formal position, there would be a swarm of college graduates and postgraduates trying to get in.
It's so hard for college graduates to find jobs these days! If they can get into a government agency, they don't care if it's within the system or not, they just want to get in first!
Jiang Xiaoman wanted to use these job openings from the "city investment company" to recruit some highly educated talents for their industrial park.
Anyway, the treatment they offer is definitely much higher than that of the contracted staff outside the city investment company. It's just that the people go through the city investment company first, they recruit them, and then they are assigned to work in Langshan Village.
"Why make it so complicated? In the end, you still have to work in the village." Young Master Jin was used to being a superior person and didn't understand why young people from ordinary families would give up the better-paying village-run enterprises and insist on squeezing their way into a contract job with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan.
Isn't this just throwing money away?
“You don’t understand… Never mind! Anyway, I’ll temporarily put you in the position of deputy director of the personnel department. You’ll represent our industrial park to negotiate this with the county investment company, and then follow up on the recruitment work. Once the new employees have successfully started their jobs, you’ll be considered to have passed the assessment for deputy director.”
"I can only promise you that while you're in the village, the industrial park will pay you a salary according to the company's rules and regulations. The annual salary for the deputy director is about 60,000 to 80,000 yuan. Are you in or not?"
"Sixty thousand yuan... that's not even enough for me to buy a watch," Jin Chengjie muttered.
"You should be grateful! If it weren't for your status as the young master of Jin Yan, which allows you to speak with the leaders of the city investment company, do you think I would have hired a deputy director of the human resources department with no work experience?" Jiang Xiaoman's expression was full of disdain.
Young Master Jin was deeply hurt again.
But there was no other way. He couldn't do the technical jobs in the village, and he couldn't keep up with the physical labor of picking mushrooms and tea leaves in the mountains. Apart from using the "Young Master Jin Yan" name to help Jiang Xiaoman pull strings in the county, it seemed like he really couldn't find a job more suitable for him...
At this moment, Young Master Jin did not know that one should not compromise easily.
The first compromise will be followed by countless more.
Given Jiang Xiaoman's usual exploitative tactics, she would definitely tell him when he first joined the company that as long as he helped get a few job openings from the city investment company, he could then work on other departments such as the publicity department, the culture and sports bureau, and the tourism bureau, waiting for him to win them over one by one...
However, let's let the innocent young master be happy for a few more days.
Chapter 270
Having won over Young Master Jin, Jiang Xiaoman made another trip to the county town.
However, he wasn't so lucky this time.
I had originally arranged with Sun Zheyuan to help me get in touch with the leaders of the former county TV station, now the county media center, so that they could send a reporter to broadcast the opening day of the industrial park.
In particular, the first Langshan Online Tourism Festival that they are preparing is currently just a plan lying in Jiang Xiaoman's computer.
To turn this plan into a county-wide sensation, they certainly couldn't do it on their own; they needed the help of local media.
The problem is that neither the village nor the town can afford the publicity expenses.
In other words, he came to the county today intending to "freeload" the media convergence center's publicity channels.
There's nothing wrong with asking for favors. Jiang Xiaoman isn't afraid to ask for help, and this isn't his personal matter; it's related to the entire Langshan poverty alleviation effort.
The people's media should serve the people, right?
Unfortunately, his timing was off; Sun Zheyuan was temporarily taken by the Party Secretary to conduct an inspection in a neighboring county.
Fortunately, Sun Zheyuan hadn't forgotten what he had agreed to, and after getting in the car, he quickly sent him a name and phone number.