These paparazzi are really willing to expose their own shortcomings in order to curry favor with Edmund. The key point is that they didn't come empty-handed; each of them actually brought evidence to whitewash Edmund!
“Jiang, I swear to God, Edmund and George are absolutely innocent! You can see these photos. In fact, George went out to dinner with the entire Edmund studio that night. It’s definitely not like what I wrote, a secret rendezvous with Edmund late at night!”
"And David, he just accidentally gained weight and couldn't fit into Edmund's early summer collection, so Edmund forced him to go swimming to lose weight. What poolside rendezvous? Absolutely not! I made it all up!"
“I swear, Sean was never Edmund’s partner. He has a childhood sweetheart, and the two of them secretly pledged their loyalty to each other in Dubai long ago! I got the photos!”
"My God! Such a bombshell! Why didn't you report it?" The other paparazzi were stunned.
"Well...maybe it's because Sean gave too much?" the paparazzi said shyly.
Other paparazzi were green with envy.
How much did Sean give him to make his peers give up such a bombshell story as "international top supermodel's secret marriage"? Six figures or seven figures?
Is Sean's wife actually a rich woman?
In that case, Edmund's situation can be put on hold for now; they've decided to follow Sean and his wife first!
Jiang Xia never expected that Edmund would go to such lengths for him. To say that he wasn't moved at all would be a lie.
But, does he really intend to accept Edmund?
Perhaps, to be more precise, the ancestors of the Jiang family could really accept a foreign son-in-law.
Chapter 267
Whether Jiang Xia can accept Edmund is still unclear.
Edmund's early spring designs, however, received endless praise from Hera's headquarters.
"My God! Is this the mysterious Chinese totem? I only glanced at it, and it felt like my entire soul was being sucked in! Oh my God! I must go to Langshan Mountain in China myself!"
"Edmund has met a true god! Look at this bird, could it be the phoenix of China? Are those magnificent tail feathers real?"
"Guys! Maybe we should change the theme of this year's early spring fashion show! I've suddenly had a brand new idea..."
At Hera's headquarters, a group of bigwigs were drooling over the new concept design drawings sent by Edmund.
In Langshan, China, the persistent young master Jin finally welcomed his first child!
"He's out! Oh my, it's a son! Sister Yun is so lucky! Look at this boy, his forehead is so broad, he'll definitely be like Xiaoman in the future, a natural-born college student!" The midwife's mouth was even more eloquent than a matchmaker's.
Not only are they quick-witted, but they also have a strong survival instinct.
Knowing that Shan Yun longed for a granddaughter, when Shan Que saw that Shan Yun had given birth to a boy, she worried that Shan Yun would be unhappy, so auspicious words poured out of her mouth like they were free.
Shan Yun wasn't as disappointed as the midwife had imagined. After all, Langshan already had Jiang Xiaoman, which proved what? It proved that if boys were raised well, they could also be pillars of the family.
Times have changed; having a boy or a girl is the same!
According to the rules of Turtle Ridge, boys cannot inherit the family business. Sigh, we can only hope that this boy is really good at studying. If the family can support him to go to university, it will be a way out for him.
Moreover... Shan Yun held her grandson and glanced at Jin Chengjie, who was still pacing around in the yard. She knew that apart from their lineage, most families in Langshan preferred sons, and the Jin family was probably no exception.
That's good. With Jin Chengjie as her biological father, even if the daughter gives birth to a boy and can't stay in Wuguiling, can't she still go back to her grandfather's house with her biological father?
Did the titmouse give birth to a son instead of a daughter in her first litter?
Holding his freshly born son with utmost care, Jin Chengjie was overjoyed.
It wasn't because he was happy to have a son, but because if he didn't have a daughter as his first child, wouldn't that mean he still had value in the family?
As long as the titmouse still wants to have daughters, choosing someone else is definitely not as good as continuing to have daughters with him!
Finally, I won't be kicked out by my mother-in-law anymore! o(╥﹏╥)o
Young Master Jin wept with joy.
Jiang Xiaoman never expected that she would actually get to eat her younger brother's wedding eggs. Watching Young Master Jin handing out wedding eggs from door to door as if they were worthless, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't bear to remind him: Honey~ have you forgotten your mother? She's been hoping you'd marry a wife of equal social standing so she could help you grab the family fortune!
There's a project that's been stalled here. Once Edmund and the others leave, the project will be almost finished. Of course, Jin Yan's staff will follow up on it later. Why would you, a young master, need to personally oversee it?
What does it mean if the titmouse's mother agrees to let you stay?
If your mother doesn't agree, can you continue to stay in Langshan?
However, these are things that his younger brother should worry about, so what does it have to do with him?
After finishing the celebratory eggs, Jiang Xiaoman gulped down a large cup of strong tea, turned on her computer, and prepared to get to work!
Jiang Xiaoman never thought that he got to where he is today because of his own ability. If it weren't for the more than ten million fans who continuously maintained his popularity, how much influence could a college student who returned to his hometown to start a business have?
Therefore, although the county was responsible for the early design and construction of the cultural tourism industrial park project, Jiang Xiaoman still insisted on going to the construction site every few days to shoot some videos, edit them, and post them on the video account.
Just like he followed the construction progress of Langshan Primary School from start to finish, he believes that there must be many fans who, like the people of Langshan, care about every change here.
Like other industrial park projects in the county, the cultural tourism industrial park in Langshan Town, even though the project is not large, is still designed and constructed by the county's urban investment group.
As expected of the "national-level" infrastructure powerhouse, Jiang Xiaoman felt that construction had only been going on for a short time, but the factory building had already reached the second floor!
The foundation for the office building next door has also been dug. As per Jiang Xiaoman's request, the factory building will be built first, so as not to delay the business of spring tea and bamboo shoots next spring.
As for the office building?
Just kidding! When they're really busy in agriculture, they can just find a spot in the fields, squat down, and do business no matter if you're the chairman or the general manager.
At 8:30 pm, I saw Jiang Xiaoman's video update. The fans happily watched the construction site for more than ten minutes.
I don't know what's wrong with me, but these days the young men and women online don't like watching guys with abs in the pool or cute girls swaying their hips anymore. They're all watching people fix donkey hooves, build walls and houses, or dig barnacles in the sea.
Even Jiang Youliang's bamboo carving livestream room, where he never speaks, now has over a million followers!
As expected, seeing the industrial park being built so quickly, the fans were even happier than if their own house were being built.
"Waaaaah~ Xiaoman, you guys have finally gone from guerrillas to a regular army!"
"When will the industrial park open? We should send a lot of flower baskets to President Jiang on opening day to show our support, right?"
"Why send flower baskets? All the money goes to the florist. I suggest we do something more practical. On the opening day of the industrial park, let Brother Xiaoman do a live-stream sales event!"
"I second that! The person upstairs is right. We should do a live-streaming sales event on opening day and get Xiaoman on the top of the sales charts!"
Jiang Xiaoman hadn't originally planned any activities for the opening day, but inspired by his fans, he had a new idea...
"Brother Yan, what do you think about holding an online tourism festival when the industrial park opens?"
"An online tourism festival? Tourism can be done online?" Shan Yan frowned.
"Hey, listen to me, this is what I'm thinking..." Jiang Xiaoman took a blank sheet of paper from the printer and began to analyze it with Shan Yan and the others, bit by bit.
Organizing such a large-scale online tourism festival is beyond the capabilities of a makeshift team.
Jiang Xiaoman decided to take advantage of the county's resources.
"Pfft~ Jiang Xiaoman, you're something else! Our county's media convergence group was only established not long ago, how did you know they have a large-scale event live broadcast vehicle?"
"Hehe~ I didn't find out this myself, they released the news themselves, look if you don't believe me!" After saying that, Jiang Xiaoman opened the official WeChat account of the county's media center.
Sun Zheyuan peeked out and saw, good heavens! The media convergence center really had completely sold itself out!
No wonder Jiang Xiaoman was interested in their equipment. If you were to equip them with all of this live streaming equipment, plus the staff, it would cost at least two million!
How could Jiang Xiaoman, such a stingy person, be willing to spend two million to build such a professional new media operation team?
Besides, their village can't support that many people.
No wonder they came to him to borrow someone.
“Brother, this isn’t a loan! This is a win-win situation, a mutually beneficial arrangement!” Jiang Xiaoman declared confidently.
"Think about it, our county's integrated media center has just been established, and it's precisely the time when we need to increase our visibility and number of followers, right?"
"We need their help to livestream this online tourism festival from start to finish; they also need more opportunities like this to meet their performance targets."
Even Sun Zheyuan couldn't help but admire the term "performance appraisal".
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoman is on the right path. If this kid had gone into pyramid schemes, he would have completely fooled those old men and women.
The phrase "performance appraisal" is practically a shackle on modern civil servants!
There's a saying within the system, isn't there? Whoever can help me meet my annual performance targets is my godfather!
"Okay~ You put together a plan, and then take it with you. I'll help you schedule a time with the media convergence center. Whether they're willing to do this live broadcast for free or not, you'll have to figure it out yourself."
Sun Zheyuan said this, but in his heart he was already pretty much convinced that Jiang Xiaoman, with her silver tongue, could definitely fool the leaders of the media convergence center.
Without the help of the "golden writer" Comrade Sun Zheyuan, Jiang Xiaoman spent two nights to finalize the live-streaming plan for the online tourism festival.
The industrial park is still under construction, but Jiang Xiaoman has already thought of promotional activities for the opening day. Jiang Yu is impressed.
“Don’t worry about going to the county. I’ll take care of things at home. But if you ask me, you should probably hire someone to help out at this courier station.” Jiang Yu reminded him, “You’re practically a manager now, is it appropriate for you to still be running the courier station yourself?”
"Do you think I want this? It's just because it's only half a day, it takes up too much time, and it doesn't make much money. If I pay too much, I'll lose money. If I pay too little, look around the village, who only earns fifty yuan for half a day these days?" Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but complain.
He really shot himself in the foot!
A few years ago, you could earn fifty yuan in half a day by helping to pick up and send packages, and there were plenty of people in the village eager to do it.
Now things are much better. Under their leadership, villagers are raising bees, growing tea, cultivating mushrooms, and picking wild vegetables. As long as they're not extremely lazy, even if they don't use their brains, they can earn at least a hundred yuan a day working for the cooperative, plus a free lunch.
In the past, when we couldn't find young people, we could find elderly people like his father to do part-time jobs. But now... some elderly people in the village with skills are earning more than young people who have no skills.
Just like an old lady in their embroidery workshop named Ninth Aunt, she developed her own embroidery technique by dyeing the silk threads with several unique plants from Langshan. The eyes of the birds she embroidered were so lifelike that they seemed to be moving from different angles. Even the well-informed Edmund was amazed when he saw it!
However, Aunt Jiu's skill is said to be passed down only to daughters, and since she only has one daughter, the mother and daughter are now earning more than 500 yuan a day thanks to this unique skill.
Jiang Xiaoman didn't dare to ask for money to buy out her old lady's unique skill. She could only hope that Aunt Jiu's daughter could give her more granddaughters, otherwise this unique skill would be lost.
Actually, his father could have stayed at the shop, but Jiang Youliang preferred living on the mountain, and the guest rooms at home also needed someone to stay. Thinking about this, Jiang Xiaoman finally understood why Langshan had always valued "many children, many blessings."
There are too few people in my family, so I can't find anyone to start a business with!
Speaking of manpower, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yu with envy: "You and Yan-ge are so lucky to have three daughters for free. Once Shancha and the other two grow up, you two will be able to enjoy life to the fullest~"
Jiang Yu left with a smug smile.
Oh my gosh~ Getting three daughters for free, not everyone has this kind of luck. Didn't you see that even Jiang Xiaoman, who is known as the "Little Lucky Star of Langshan", has started to envy him and Shanyan?
However, Jiang Xiaoman was not without hope.
Although he doesn't have a son, he does have a nephew!
Didn't Jin Chengjie just have a son with Shan Que?