Looking at the outspoken deputy mayor, Lin Yao felt quite comforted. It was a blessing for the people to have such a leader. Only someone who could see the situation clearly and knew how to maximize benefits and minimize harm could work for a long time, rise higher, and play a greater positive role.
On the contrary, those self-proclaimed pure and honest officials, if they do not know how to curry favor and seek advantage while avoiding harm, will quickly fall from grace and even suffer great losses, given their interpersonal skills and understanding of the rules, even if they suddenly gain power by chance.
As for helping the people do practical things, officials like Duan Qing are better and more capable of doing it, while pedantic and honest officials will run into obstacles everywhere and accomplish nothing.
There's a saying that goes, "To be a good person, you need to understand bad things better than bad people; otherwise, how can you deal with bad people?"
Lin Yao accepted this viewpoint and therefore found Duan Qing increasingly pleasing to the eye.
"Jimin, you mentioned coming to my house for a meal last time, why haven't you brought it up yet?" Duan Qing put aside his official business and started talking about personal matters. "We agreed before, but considering your schedules, I can't ask you out every day, can I? That would be too embarrassing, haha."
Luo Jimin was taken aback, thinking that he really didn't know how to respond. He knew that Duan Qing mainly wanted to invite his son Lin Yao, but his precious son had no intention of going at all. It was really uncomfortable to be caught in the middle!
Lin Yao thought to himself that it was good that he had disguised himself to deal with the press conference today. If he had revealed his true appearance, Duan Qing would probably have taken him home directly, because he had already sensed that Duan Qing was not the kind of person who would forget his kindness, not to mention there was also Duan Hanyuan, whom he had never spoken to before.
Lin Yao had always felt a natural affinity for the old man, Duan Hanyuan, thinking he was a good person. The information that Ge Yong had investigated also confirmed this; he was a good person who understood evil better than any bad person.
“We’ve been really busy lately, let’s go another time. We’ll definitely call Uncle Duan when we have time,” Lin Yao said, trying to avoid putting his father in an awkward position.
"Alright, it's a deal. I'll wait for your call." Duan Qing slapped his thigh, his rather unrefined behavior making Luo Jimin and his wife feel affectionate. "By the way, what dishes do you like to eat? I'll have my aunt prepare them properly, and if she doesn't know how, she can learn first."
Luo Jimin and his wife Lin Hongmei exchanged a glance, wondering if it was really necessary to make such a big fuss. They were just ordinary people; did they really need to be so formal?
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In a market economy, money is the measure of almost all social activities.
From the smallest details of daily life, such as food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, to various social interactions and opportunities, everything is closely related to money. Although the relationship isn't necessarily a perfect, direct proportional one, this is the general trend.
When you have money, you are respected by others. The more money you have, the higher your social status and the greater your personal influence. Others will look at you with more respect, whether they are genuinely respectful or pretending to be humble while secretly criticizing you. At least on the surface, you can be more glamorous, and others will not dare to or be willing to confront you directly.
Some say that today's society is one that laughs at poverty but not prostitution. Although the words are harsh, they still hold true in certain regions and under certain circumstances.
Long Cheng finally had money. The initial 16 million US dollars was equivalent to more than 100 million RMB. This gave Long Yihun confidence, and he immediately applied to adjust the company's registered capital, making it a truly large company.
The size of a company directly determines the treatment it receives at certain times, a point Long Yihun understands deeply. While foreign-invested enterprises still enjoy numerous policy benefits, for a company that isn't a Fortune 500 company, lacks industry-monopolized technology and a large market size, and has no reputation, no matter how much it's wholly foreign-owned, it won't attract the interest of relevant departments.
These days, officials are more discerning and have a broader perspective. They no longer fawn over foreign companies and foreigners, showering them with preferential treatment. This is a positive sign, indicating that officials and government departments have become more rational, better suited to current social trends, and more conducive to the country's construction and development.
They bought land, and bought land on a large scale.
Long Yihun bought 120 acres of land next to Minhong's new factory, preparing to build his ideal super pharmaceutical group. After listening to Lin Yao describe the future blueprint, Long Yihun was extremely excited and found his life's ideal.
He never considered himself a savior, nor did he think himself particularly noble. But he always believed he wasn't a bad person. He believed that only a fool or someone truly wicked to the core would do something that could allow him to realize his self-worth, improve his and his family's quality of life and social status, and help more people.
Of course, Long Yihun would follow Lin Yao. A good brother would never harm him, and meeting Lin Yao and befriending him was the greatest success of his life. At this moment, Long Yihun overlooked his own excellent qualities, which were the very qualities that made Lin Yao accept and be close to him, and gave Lin Yao warmth—the most precious warmth in the most difficult times.
According to general rules, after a company buys land, it should immediately mortgage the land to apply for a loan and use the bank's money to do business.
Long Yihun, however, thought differently. This time, the sixteen million US dollars came easily, and judging from Basil Winton's attitude, helping Smida Winton get treatment was basically a done deal. As for the remaining twenty-one million US dollars, he estimated that they would be in his hands in a few days.
Applying for a mortgage loan is such a hassle, requiring you to beg and plead with everyone. You'd be better off spending that time planning construction and preparing for production.
In a good mood, Long Yihun became even busier, preparing to build the factory. He smoothed out various relationships, handled procedures, contacted suppliers to purchase high-end pharmaceutical research equipment, hired professional and technical personnel and production workers, and contacted headhunting companies to recruit domestic researchers.
Everything was important, and the inexperienced Long Yihun became even busier, returning to the eager and excited state he had been in first grade.
He liked this feeling very much, it was so good that he temporarily forgot the heartache Xiaolian had caused him.
This wife is really giving me a headache.
Minhong's major players are also very busy, preparing for the equipment debugging and trial production of the new factory, recruiting scientific research personnel to build their own technical team, gathering all experienced pharmaceutical factory workers to expand their employee team, and contacting regions in the province and Yunnan and Guizhou to set up medicinal herb planting bases, using scientific management methods to reserve a stable supply of raw materials with guaranteed quality and efficacy for future development.
The most important thing for the current situation is being planned intensively. With the personal help of Director Tong Dingkun of the Municipal Drug Administration to smooth out the procedures and Duan Qing taking the initiative, the review by the Provincial Drug Administration was quickly approved. The application for the "two certificates" for online drug sales has been submitted to the National Medical Products Administration. According to the reply given by Deputy Director Gan Mei, there should be no problem with approval. Min Hong just needs to start organizing the operation as soon as possible.
The database system, which had been completed day and night, had been handed over to Lin Yao. When they met, Gou Xiaogou's haggard appearance moved Lin Yao. This guy had really worked too hard, even reducing the effect of the "Life-Giving Pill" to a great extent.
Lin Yao immediately reciprocated by giving Xiaoxue a "beauty treatment," not only removing the dark spots on her face and body but also subtly adjusting the distribution of fat cells throughout her body. This gave her the foundation for a perfect figure, and once she recovers on her own through eating more, she will surely bring a pleasant surprise to Gou Xiaogou.
However, this operation is very mentally taxing. One should not covet a friend's wife. Except for facial beauty treatments which can be adjusted directly with both palms, beauty treatments for other parts rely entirely on the wrists. One must carefully transmit the attribute-based medical true energy to each part for the treatment. Even with Lin Yao's current fine control, he was still sweating profusely and almost made a mistake.
After four hours of "minimally invasive surgery," Lin Yao finally completed the rough "sculpting" of the perfect goddess, laying the foundation for presenting Gou Xiaogou with a grand gift in the future.
"Brother Yao, how about you get me a beauty treatment too? You've made Xiaoxue so beautiful, I'm too shabby to be worthy of her. It wouldn't be good if people said I was a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung, and I'd have a lot more competitors." Gou Xiaogou looked at Lin Yao expectantly, like a customer entering a brothel seeing the madam, her eyes full of hope that he could arrange the most popular reception for her, which made Lin Yao's heart tremble.