But he knew it was impossible.
To put it bluntly, the reason this industrial park was able to be established is not because of its location, but because of Jiang Xiaoman.
As long as Jiang Xiaoman still lives in Langshan Village, this industrial park must be located as close to him as possible.
Dang Yimin felt ashamed of his momentary greed. When he came to his senses, he saw a woman with a large pregnant belly, wearing a megaphone borrowed from the school, steadily approaching him.
It was Comrade Lang Ying, the secretary-general of the Langshan Village Beekeeping Cooperative, Tea Cooperative, and Wild Mushroom Planting Cooperative.
Even the secretary-general can only share resources, which shows how difficult the entrepreneurial environment in Langshan Village is.
Comrade Jiang Xiaoman is truly remarkable!
In such a difficult environment, with few available talents, it's remarkable that several industries have been able to develop and thrive. This situation left the county leaders with mixed feelings.
Why didn't such an outstanding college student choose to apply for a civil service position in the county after graduation?
The older generation still holds traditional views, especially people in smaller towns. No matter how big their business is or how much money they make, they generally still think that working within the system is the most respectable job. Even when going on blind dates, they are looked up to. It's such a pity that such an outstanding talent as Jiang Xiaoman gave up applying for local civil service positions!
However, after listening to Lang Ying's report, the county leaders had to personally overturn their previous regret.
A capable person like Jiang Xiaoman should be allowed to return to his hometown and start his own business!
How many people can one serve by taking the civil service exam? How many people can one help?
According to Lang Ying's report, in just a few years since graduating from university, Jiang Xiaoman has gained more than 10 million fans, hosted or participated in the founding of three cooperatives, owns a tea processing factory, and also holds shares in Lang Ying's food processing factory.
Don't underestimate these seemingly rustic rural workshops. In recent years, thanks to these industries, Jiang Xiaoman and his team have provided more than 200 permanent jobs in Langshan Town, indirectly solving the livelihood problems of nearly 10,000 people in the entire town.
Just as Lang Ying said in his report, now, in their Langshan, there may still be people who have never seen Jiang Xiaoman, but they have definitely made money from him.
"Xiaoman once told me about his vision for the development of the cultural tourism industrial park," Lang Ying said to the county leaders. "Xiaoman said that Langshan's beautiful mountains and rivers are scenery, and its local customs are also scenery. After seeing so many famous mountains and rivers in our country, perhaps modern people would like to see the people working together for the cause of rural revitalization."
Lang Ying had previously helped Jiang Xiaoman receive fans who came to Langshan for tourism. Now, facing the county leaders, she tried to treat them as tourists and took on the role of a tour guide. Surprisingly, she wasn't nervous at all.
Sun Zheyuan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
They were even more impressed with Lang Ying!
He met Lang Ying when she was at her lowest point.
At that time, Lang Ying was just a divorced woman with little education, kicked out by her ex-husband's family, and burdened with two children. When the villagers talked about Lang Ying behind her back, their words were full of pity, thinking that this woman was bound to have a hard life, and with two children, she would not be able to find a good family to remarry.
No one expected that in just a few years, Lang Ying would transform from an uneducated divorced rural woman into the third-in-command of several cooperatives in the village, invest in a food factory and a wild mushroom cultivation base, and gain more than one million followers on her personal account, earning several million yuan a year just from operating her social media.
Watching Lang Ying speak eloquently to the county leaders, Sun Zheyuan couldn't help but sigh. This was probably why Jiang Xiaoman insisted on staying in the village.
Poverty alleviation should begin with education. Only when the people of Langshan are like Lang Ying, and are influenced by the ideas of the new era, can they accept new things from outside the mountains.
County leaders have come to Langshan Village, specifically for the industrial park project! The whole village is buzzing with excitement!
Many families in the village have been holding out on renovating their old houses. Why? It's so they can live closer to the industrial park.
Hearing that county leaders had arrived, the villagers all came to see what was going on.
The crowd was pushing towards Lang Ying and her group. Not far away, a short woman, who was wrapped up from head to toe and even had a headscarf, stared blankly at the woman who was surrounded by the crowd and who was being listened to by even the county's top leaders.
That woman, who used to be her daughter-in-law, would obey her every command, working tirelessly like an old ox that never knew how to work.
But now, he's the high and mighty President Lang.
And she, with her family destroyed and everyone gone, had no choice but to personally deal with those two burdens in order to survive...
It's time to leave, to get far away from this place, and never come back.
Although she had buried the two bodies in a secluded place, what if someone dug them up?
Aunt Lang Liu didn't know what was wrong with her. She should have run away immediately, but her legs just wouldn't obey her and she kept moving towards the village.
She didn't know what she was thinking until this moment, when she saw Lang Ying shining brightly in the crowd, and Lang Liugu finally shed tears of regret.
Her life was both pitiful and a failure!
...
That evening, Lang Ying dragged her tired body home, only to receive a thin piece of almanac paper from her eldest daughter.
This kind of almanac is one of the best-selling items in the town's small shops at the end of each year. Every household buys one to keep at home, hangs it on the wall, and tears off one page a day. When you get to the last page, the year is over.
On the back of the almanac were several lines of crooked, ballpoint pen-written characters.
"Jiang Erming, a villager from the second group of Langshan Village, voluntarily gave his house and vegetable garden in the village to Lang Ying and her two daughters."
Below is the name of Lang Liugu.
"What does this mean? What are Jiang Erming and his family up to now?" Qing Shan peeked at the words on the almanac paper and immediately got angry.
Why should Qingshan's wife live in Jiang Erming's house?
He's capable of earning enough money to build a big villa for his wife!
He plans to save money to buy a house for Lang Ying in the provincial capital, and put it all in Lang Ying's name!
Do you really care about your run-down, unwanted house? Pshaw!
"Never mind, I wasn't planning on taking it anyway." Lang Ying felt it was pointless, crumpled the thin piece of almanac paper into a ball, and casually tossed it into the charcoal brazier.
A tiny crumpled piece of paper fell into the charcoal brazier and burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, Lang Ying suddenly remembered ten years ago, when she had just married Jiang Erming. The Jiang family's newly built brick house was very impressive in the village. At that time, she naively thought that it would be her home and support for the rest of her life.
Looking back now, I realize that relying on others meant I didn't own even a single tile.
She can live in her own home, whether it's a small villa in the village or a school district house in the city. No one can kick her out of her own house!
She was even somewhat grateful to Jiang Erming for abandoning her back then. If she hadn't really been desperate, where would she have gotten the courage to take a gamble and wholeheartedly follow Jiang Xiaoman in starting a business and making money?
Now... Lang Ying really doesn't even look at Jiang Erming's three and a half brick houses!
Xiaoman had already spoken to her privately, telling her not to rush to build the house. Once the industrial park starts construction, he would apply for another plot of land from the town under the guise of supporting dormitories, and build two buildings next to the industrial park. Each of his brothers and sisters who started the business with him would be allocated a house.
This employee dormitory is of course not owned by the company; the ownership belongs to the company. However, as long as they continue to work for the company, they can live in the dormitory for free.
This wasn't Jiang Xiaoman abusing his power for personal gain; it was mainly because they were in the early stages of starting their business, and one person was doing the work of three. Living in the village was too scattered, and if something came up, it would take tens of minutes to get everyone together to discuss something. Unlike living in a dormitory, where you could just call out and get everyone together immediately.
Furthermore, he plans to recruit several college students from outside to work with them on e-commerce. He can't expect all of them to stay at the homes of their fellow villagers, can he?
It's a bit better for boys, but if a girl lives outside and something happens to her, wouldn't that ruin her whole life?
However, since it's for their own family to live in, the dormitory must be designed to be similar to the apartments in the city. For example, Lang Ying's family, with two adults and three children, would need at least a four-bedroom apartment to accommodate them.
Lang Ying is now wholeheartedly following Jiang Xiaoman to conquer the world, so of course she will stay wherever Xiaoman lives.
The key to the emperor's close ministers lies in the word "close"!
Why were officials in ancient times afraid of being demoted from the capital by the emperor? Wasn't it because they were afraid that if they were far away from the emperor, the emperor would forget about them over time?
Lang Ying knew she wasn't that charming enough to make Jiang Xiaoman think about her all the time, so the only solution was to live closer to her.
Jiang Erming's dilapidated house?
Ten years ago, the location was indeed quite good. But now, once the industrial park is built, it will become the "suburbs" of Langshan Village.
There are plenty of big houses in the main urban area available for free. Only a fool would move to a dilapidated house in the suburbs!
Chapter 254
March 25th, cloudy with light rain.
The temperature in D Province was much higher than in Langshan. When they arrived, Jiang Xiaoman and the others were wearing down jackets, but by the time they got to D City, it was so hot that they had to change into windbreakers.
The trade fair starts tomorrow. Some exhibitors from other places started setting up their booths yesterday. They arrived relatively late, but there's no need to come too early. This exhibition is organized by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism. Jiang Xiaoman has already visited the exhibition hall. Basically, each province has a large exhibition area with several booths arranged in a U-shape.
A province in China can sometimes be larger than a country abroad, and it has countless cities, counties, and districts under its jurisdiction. It's impossible to arrange a booth for every city, county, and district. Jiang Xiaoman and her group brought a lot of things, but in the end, they were only allocated a booth the size of a 90-centimeter long table.
On the left is a vendor selling bamboo-tube wine, and on the right is a vendor selling ham. With the three vendors together, there's wine, meat, and vegetables—you could practically set up a table right there!
The guy selling pear syrup candy across the street was incredibly envious. Everyone was sharing their local specialties, while he could only give out one lollipop to each person. He didn't look manly at all! o(╥﹏╥)o
Even worse off was another vendor in the next showroom selling custom-made gift teacups. He wanted to give away teacups to his fellow villagers, but nobody really wanted them…
We've come all this way to participate in the exhibition, and it hasn't even started yet. Who wants a tragedy?
Do you want to curse them so that they won't get a single order during the three-day exhibition and it will end in tragedy? You should keep that "tragedy" to yourself.
The day before the exhibition opened, everyone was busy setting up the booths. The leader in charge from the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism also came over and brought them some instant noodles, self-heating rice and mineral water. Although there were hotels and restaurants near the exhibition hall, when things got busy, no one would have time to eat. The leader was obviously experienced and brought practical gifts.
Sure enough, the venue was packed with visitors the next morning.
Jiang Xiaoman guessed that it was the return of popularity brought about by the super flu incident a few years ago. After all, there hadn't been a large-scale exhibition like this for several years. It was a rare opportunity to fully open up, and this time the theme was not only foreign trade, but also brought together cultural and tourism products, intangible cultural heritage and various local specialties from all over the country. Even if there was no need to place orders, ordinary people could come and browse and buy some delicious food to take home.
When Jiang Xiaoman arrived, she was worried that there would be no visitors on the first day, so she specially brought a gimbal to prepare to do a live broadcast at the booth to pass the time. Unexpectedly, just after the opening ceremony at nine o'clock, citizens and buyers who were queuing outside rushed in and almost broke the glass doors of the exhibition hall.
"It's such a long-lost feeling of everyday life!" exclaimed the artsy young man selling ham next door.
He was immediately surrounded by enthusiastic citizens of D province as soon as he finished speaking.
People in D province are known for their love of soup, especially for adding ham to enhance the flavor. So when they see authentic ham available for tasting, what are they waiting for?
A long line instantly formed in front of the stall, and the ham vendor's arms ached from slicing the ham.
Jiang Xiaoman was still watching the excitement from the sidelines when she suddenly noticed that a large number of people were surging towards their stall.
"Brother Xiaoman! Ahhhh, it's Brother Xiaoman!"
"I knew Xiaoman would be here!"
"Brother Xiaoman, what are you selling today? Never mind, give me one of everything!"
In the chaos, some people even took advantage of the confusion to harass the rocks—
"Yan-ge, you're such a jealous guy! How could you leave your little Yu alone at home this time?"
A burst of cheerful laughter erupted from the crowd.
Are there any fans of Jiang Xiaoman who don't know this meme?
Fans were thoroughly enjoying their ship of the two characters, leaving the reporters who happened to be filming the interview completely bewildered.
The lead reporter couldn't help but pick up his name tag and take a closer look. Sure enough, today's interview was for the China International Fair for Cultural Tourism and Agricultural Specialty Products, not some celebrity fan meeting.
Why is the style of this booth different from the other booths?
However, what people in the media industry like most is exclusive news, right?