Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaoman wasn't worried about fertilizer at all.
He led Dang Yimin and the town's officials to the northwest corner of the industrial park, beyond the wall.
This place was originally supposed to be a septic tank, but Jiang Xiaoman spent extra money to convert it into a biogas digester.
There will definitely be a lot of employees in the industrial park in the future. In addition, they also plan to use the leftover food from the canteen to raise a few pigs. Instead of building a septic tank and having to pay someone to clean it every now and then, it would be better to simply convert it into a biogas digester.
Human and animal excrement will turn into biogas after being fully fermented. Biogas can be used directly as fuel, which can save a lot of money on fuel costs for the canteen.
The biogas slurry produced by biogas digesters is also a very good natural organic fertilizer.
The second phase of the industrial park on the opposite bank of the river has not yet been built. Only some warehouses have been built to occupy the space. Jiang Xiaoman plans to lead his employees to cultivate a few acres of vegetable gardens on the remaining vacant land. At that time, whether it is the vegetable gardens or the konjac and other green plants in the park, biogas slurry can be used for fertilization.
"Jiang Xiaoman, you...you really are a master at managing a household!" Dang Yimin was dumbfounded.
When he returned to town, seeing the few bare trees in the backyard of the town government and a broken ping-pong table, Dang Yimin felt increasingly unhappy and immediately called the office director over.
Jiang Xiaoman was unaware that his adjustments to the internal facilities of the industrial park inadvertently prompted the Langshan Town government to upgrade its internal facilities. After cleaning the industrial park, he immediately found several furniture makers who could disassemble and assemble furniture, and they went together to the two factories under the City Investment Company.
"Wow! Xiaoman, we've really hit the jackpot!"
“These pieces of furniture are practically brand new. Look here, the protective film hasn’t been removed yet.”
Jiang Xiaoman had previously inquired about the situation of these two factories from Sun Zheyuan. Hearing what the workers said, she could only sigh inwardly and tell them to quickly unpack the furniture and load it onto the truck.
Why are some of the furniture still in their protective film even though the factory has gone bankrupt and closed down?
Only the local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) know exactly how many of these projects were created to obtain subsidies or to retain assets.
Jiang Xiaoman didn't think there was anything wrong with taking advantage of the situation.
If he doesn't take advantage of this bargain, these almost unused pieces of furniture will also be sold off cheaply as secondhand goods.
It took Jiang Xiaoman and his experienced workers several days to practically empty both factories.
At first, they only dismantled the furniture. Later, they heard that the carpets and curtains in the offices and meeting rooms also needed to be disposed of. Jiang Xiaoman asked around for connections and paid an extra sum of money to have all the carpets and curtains removed and taken away.
"Xiaoman, did you go on a raid in the city?" Jiang Baichuan was stunned when he saw the truck was packed full.
Jiang Xiaoman was looking for her uncle.
"Uncle, didn't you say last time that the roller blinds in the school dormitory weren't good at blocking out the light? I just took down a lot of curtains here. Later, tell me the dimensions of the school dormitory windows, and I'll have someone find some curtains of the right size to replace them for the school."
"We also brought back a lot of carpets. The industrial park definitely won't be able to use them all. Should we lay them out at our school too?"
"You're giving me weird ideas again! Laying carpet in the classroom? What kind of school life is this comfortable?" Jiang Baichuan glared at him.
However, if you don't want the carpet, curtains are fine.
The curtains that Jiang Xiaoman brought back from the county town were all good stuff, but they needed to be washed first. However, this was not troublesome. There was a river behind the industrial park. She could find a few women to help and pay them to wash them.
Compared to the cost of purchasing the carpet, what's this cleaning fee?
While keeping an eye on the interior design of the industrial park, Jiang Xiaoman kept urging Jin Chengjie to hurry up and get the recruitment done.
When has Jin Chengjie, this young master who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, ever done such menial work as recruitment?
He's never even been inside the company's HR department, okay?
His mother said that the old man was getting on in years and was most afraid of others coveting his territory. She told him not to rush into getting involved in company management. Anyway, as long as he kept the old man happy, the lion's share of the family business would definitely be his in the future.
But Jiang Xiaoman was not easy to fool, and Jin Chengjie was so frustrated by her that he had no choice but to secretly find one of his brothers, who was a second-generation official.
Unexpectedly, he stumbled upon the true god!
Although this son of a high-ranking official may not understand the recruitment process of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, his family has been in the system for three generations. How could he possibly negotiate with subordinate companies within the system? He must be very skilled at this.
"Why are you looking for leaders of the municipal investment company? Go directly to the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission!"
“You wait, I remember my dad has a classmate who is a leader in the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. I’ll ask him after he gets off work tonight if we can ask this uncle for help.”
"Actually, it's just a matter of a word from the higher-ups. It's not like the city investment company is actually asking to use its own staff quota to recruit. It's just a few non-staff positions, and they don't even have to pay salaries. It's not a big deal."
This guy took full responsibility, and two days later he had Jin Chengjie drive to pick him up. The two of them used their connections with the leaders of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission as a stepping stone, and the matter was settled in less than ten minutes.
When the city investment company heard that these people had even reached the highest levels of government in the city, they knew that even if they were asked to offer their own official positions, they would have to grit their teeth and find a way, let alone just a few unpaid staff members.
A higher-ranking official can have a crushing effect, especially when the other party's connections are several ranks higher than theirs.
"Don't worry, Mr. Jin. We're also looking to recruit some non-permanent staff. Please send us the number of positions and the required qualifications as soon as possible. Once we've recruited them, you can just wait to receive them." The leader of the city investment company politely saw Jin Chengjie out.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched him lead his son, a son of a high-ranking official, into the elevator.
These rich kids are tough to deal with!
They come up with a new idea every day! And each of them has connections to the highest levels; with just a word, they can make their subordinates run themselves ragged!
When the leader of the city investment company remembered that Jin Chengjie said he was the head of the personnel department of the new industrial park in Langshan Village, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly returned to his office, closed the door, and made a phone call to his brother-in-law at the TV station.
"Last time you told me that the head of an industrial park in a township was a bit clueless and wanted to get you to do promotion without spending a penny. Was that industrial park called Langshan Town Cultural Tourism Industrial Park?"
"That seems to be its name."
"That's right! Hurry up and have your people contact them and give them a free referral! Don't mention any more package deals or fees!"
"What's going on? Did they really pull some strings with the county leaders?"
"Bullshit! If only it were a county leader, someone from above!" The head of the city investment company broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of the surname of that second-generation official from earlier, and even lowered his voice a few decibels. "Today, someone accompanied the HR manager of this industrial park to see me on some business. Guess who this person was?"
"He seems to be the son of Deputy Secretary Zhou of the Provincial Party Committee..."
"Hiss~~" The person on the other end of the phone suddenly gasped.
...
The weather hasn't been good lately; it's rained for two days in a row, so the purslane can't be dried in the sun. Jiang Xiaoman had some free time, so she made herself a bowl of extra-large, extra-ingredient snail rice noodles at home, adding two spoonfuls of bright red chili oil. Just as she was slurping it up, sweating profusely, she received a phone call from an unknown number.
"Hello, are you General Manager Jiang from Langshan Town Cultural Tourism Industrial Park?"
"I am Mi Li, deputy director of the county's media convergence center. We met before."
"Yes, the center's leaders heard that your industrial park is of great strategic significance to the poverty alleviation and prosperity of the people of Langshan, and decided to provide publicity and promotion resources for the opening of the industrial park free of charge. Yes, it's all free!"
"When would be a convenient time for you to come to the county again? We need to develop a more detailed publicity and promotion plan based on the events on the opening day of the industrial park..."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiaoman was completely bewildered.
He first called Dang Yimin to confirm that the town hadn't secretly bribed the TV station, and then called Sun Zheyuan.
Secretary Sun was extremely busy and had no idea that Jin Chengjie's personal connections were playing a significant role in this. After thinking for a moment, he reassured Jiang Xiaoman: "Regardless of the Media Convergence Center's reasons for suddenly deciding to give you free publicity, as long as you are the ones who benefit, that's fine."
"Weren't you always known for your thick skin? Why are you suddenly being so polite?"
"Just accept what they offer! You didn't agree to anything! They've done you a favor, and now they want something in return? You didn't promise them anything, so what, are they going to forcibly deduct money from your account?"
That's true!
This matter has thus become an unsolved mystery.
Even after the industrial park's opening ceremony concluded successfully, no one from the TV station came to Jiang Xiaoman to ask for any benefits.
However, now is not the time to dwell on these things.
After intensive preparations, the opening ceremony of Langshan Town Cultural Tourism Industrial Park and the first Langshan Online Tourism Festival officially kicked off amidst a barrage of celebratory cannon fire!
Jiang Xiaoman changed into a well-fitting suit, wearing a velvet flower handmade by the embroiderers of the embroidery workshop on her chest, and accompanied a group of leaders.
He was one of the main characters today, so he couldn't do his own live stream and had to hand over the first half of the live stream to Jiang Yu. Fortunately, Jiang Yu was a familiar face in Jiang Xiaoman's live stream and had a better ability to control the flow of the show than he did. By noon, the atmosphere in the live stream room was even more lively than when he did his own live stream.
The reason for this is not hard to guess. Although today's live stream was on Jiang Xiaoman's account, many of Jiang Yu's fans also came in to support her after seeing it.
By noon, when office workers began their break, the live stream already had over 200,000 viewers watching online.
These fans have watched Jiang Xiaoman and her team grow from nothing to what they are today. Seeing the industrial park that everyone has been longing for finally open, they feel even happier than when their own house is being built. In just one morning, the sales in the live broadcast room exceeded three million, briefly surging into the top three of the hourly rankings.
"Xiaoman, your live stream is really popular!" Zhang Le, a reporter and host from the county's media center, finished his live stream for the day and, feeling bored, came over to join in the fun. He was incredibly envious when he saw the popularity of Jiang Xiaoman's live stream.
If this were in their center, a single live stream reaching this popularity level would be nothing short of legendary!
Then we'll arrange all the monthly bonuses, semi-annual bonuses, and year-end bonuses. She'll definitely get a share of the next promotion!
Unfortunately, they intervened too late. Jiang Xiaoman originally planned to promote the tourism festival in advance by co-organizing it with the county's media center and attracting tourists to Langshan through online ticket sales.
In fact, this is not only good for Langshan's tourism industry, but also very beneficial for their media convergence center.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that you have to follow their official account to buy tickets might gain them a lot of followers in just one live stream. Sigh!
It can only be said that sometimes the rules and regulations formulated by government agencies are simply too unsuitable for the current development of self-media.
By the time others have already hyped up the trending topic, traditional media might only then realize it. If they try to follow suit at that point, it's not about generating buzz, but about riding the coattails of the trend.
It's embarrassing for a state-run media outlet to have to rely on riding the coattails of trending topics to gain followers.
Once upon a time, they were also uncrowned kings!
Now all we can do is follow in the footsteps of online celebrities and get a taste of the good stuff...
Zhang Le was unaware that Jiang Xiaoman had previously tried to collaborate with them. If he had known, he would probably have been furious on the spot.
What a great opportunity to gain followers and ride the wave of popularity! Have the center's leaders lost their minds? They actually gave up such a good opportunity for a mere few hundred thousand yuan!
Jiang Xiaoman understood Zhang Le's envy, but she didn't plan to use her live stream to attract more followers for the media convergence center.
Why should I?
We sincerely came to you seeking cooperation, but you ignored us. Now that you see our live stream has high traffic, you want to ride our coattails and gain more followers.
Don't even mention that we're from the same hometown; you can't even be my half-sister!
Kim Sung-jae, his real half-brother: "..."
For some reason, it seemed like his brother glared at him just now?
Did he secretly give Rui Rui an extra balloon, and his brother found out?
It's just a balloon that costs a few cents, why are you being so petty?
It's true that the richer you are, the stingier you become. Rui Rui is his own nephew, how can his brother be so stingy?
Chapter 273
After seeing off the county leaders, the TV and newspaper reporters lingered, reluctant to leave.
The media professionals' keen news sense led them to realize the enormous potential hidden within this small industrial park nestled deep in the mountains.