Yonghe Road

Chapter 9 Wang Xie
When Xie Anmin first met Wang Zian, he did not associate him with the "Bo Ya" mentioned by Zhong Ziqi.

The interview with Wang Zian was a coincidence, but it was essentially because of Secretary Wang Kai.

Secretary Wang Kai is the prototype of the protagonist in Xie Anmin's targeted and in-depth life creation, and he needed to do a lot of homework on him. Only by mastering more materials can he write with divine inspiration and create and shape this artistic image.

But Secretary Wang Kai is really too busy. In the past, he led Baile Village to start a business and was busy day and night. Now Baile Village has become a star village, and he is busy in a new way, such as receiving guests, giving interviews, appearing on camera, running new projects... He is still busy day and night, leaving Xie Anmin with not much time. He can basically not spare time during the day, so he can only use his rest time at night to chat as much as possible. But what Xie Anmin did not expect was that Secretary Wang Kai was also very busy at night, with endless social engagements.

After failing to meet Secretary Wang Kai for several days, Xie Anmin found Liu Bin, the first secretary of Baile Village, to interview him first.

Liu Bin is a young man in his early thirties. Three years ago, he came to Baile Village from the Provincial Development Research Center to serve as the first secretary of the village. When he first came, he was a fair-skinned and well-mannered scholar. After three years in the village, he changed his job from the office to the grassroots. Not only did he go deep into the fields, but he also helped the village solve many projects that needed to be connected with superiors, such as including the village health center project in the province's key work agenda.

The health center project in Baile Village was approved several years ago, but it has been shelved due to soil issues.

Secretary Wang Kai went to the relevant departments at higher levels several times but could not resolve the problem. It was not until Secretary Liu Bin arrived that he coordinated with the two village committees, held a project analysis meeting, inspected the project site, and determined the project construction plan... It took more than a year, from the preliminary approval, construction to acceptance, and it was finally completed and officially put into use. It not only facilitated the villagers of Baile Village, but also benefited the medical treatment of more than a dozen surrounding villages.

In addition, the village appearance projects such as road hardening, guardrails and street lighting projects, farmland canals and road construction projects, nursing home construction projects, etc., are all the result of Secretary Liu Bin's hard work.

Especially under the leadership of Secretary Liu Bin, Baile Village has also explored a "grid management" contact model, dividing the entire village into several grids and areas, establishing area WeChat groups, and selecting party members and grid members to "patrol the village and visit households" from time to time to go deep into the homes of the masses, listen to opinions and suggestions, and open up the nerve endings of grassroots governance. It also coordinated with the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau and other departments to carry out farmer technical training classes in Baile Village to cultivate farmers' cooking skills, pastry making, short video shooting, editing, tea, sweet potato planting, tea processing, etc. In order to strengthen the village and enrich the farmers, they have made great efforts.

When Xie Anmin met Liu Bin, he had shed the pale-faced scholar appearance of three years ago and became a dark-skinned village man, but his speech was still witty and humorous, and in Xie Anmin's eyes seemed a bit chatty.

"Don't interview me," Liu Bin smiled at Xie Anmin, his small eyes twinkling with the temperament of a comedian. "Secretary Wang Kai is very busy, and I'm also very busy..."

Liu Bin smoked as he spoke, and then he felt that his wording might be a bit rude to Xie Anmin, so he changed his words and said, "You can make it up, we are all random people anyway."

Xie Anmin: “…”

It is hard to imagine that such a person who speaks casually has helped Baile Village do so many practical things.

Xie Anmin was born into a middle-class family in the north. His father's family had officials and entrepreneurs, and his mother was a professional writer. Under the influence of his mother, Xie Anmin showed a high literary talent since he was a child. He published his first collection of essays at the age of seven or eight, and had his own literary creation studio at the age of ten. From compulsory education to university, he was admitted to prestigious schools as an exception because of his writing skills.

After graduating from university, she worked as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper and was active in various language variety shows. Her beauty gave her writing career a boost, making her a best-selling author effortlessly. There is no substantial difference between fans buying her books and buying posters of female stars.

Judging from her experience, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a favored child of heaven. The only setback in her life may be a first love that ended in failure. This destined her cognition to be far away from the countryside and farmers, making her unable to understand Liu Bin's casual language. It is a kind of humorous fruit naturally produced after close contact with the black soil, and it is a down-to-earth expression.

Xie Anmin felt that Liu Bin's identity made up some "random" and "random" remarks, which were somewhat insulting and showed his lack of support for her targeted and in-depth life activities.

Indeed, there is a kind of people in life who are averse to writers as a group, especially officials within the system. They do not like being written into novels by writers, fearing that they may make some mistakes and become the protagonists of a modern version of "Officialdom Unmasked" through the writers' pens, and thus be nailed to the pillar of shame.

However, Liu Bin is not like that. He is simply afraid of being interviewed. Compared with Secretary Wang Kai's calm and confident personality when talking to the camera and the crowd, Liu Bin, apart from being forced to interact with the crowd due to work needs, actually has an i-personality.

Seeing Xie Anmin's expression turn pale as he looked at him, Liu Bin hurriedly said, "You should go interview Secretary Wang. He has worked in Baile Village for over 30 years, and the materials he has are the most detailed and first-hand information."

"I came to you because I couldn't make an appointment with him. You know how busy Secretary Wang is." Xie Anmin felt a little aggrieved.

Liu Bin thought for a moment and offered a suggestion: "How about this? You go directly to Secretary Wang Kai's house and wait for him. No matter how busy he is, he'll go home to sleep, right? Just go to his house and catch him in the act."

"He's not a criminal, why catch him in the act?" Xie Anmin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and felt helpless.

"For the great writer Xie, Secretary Wang Kai is the Monkey King in your Five Finger Mountain. You have to suppress him." Liu Bin said as he stretched out his five fingers and clenched them into a fist along the arc, as if Secretary Wang Kai had been imprisoned in his palm.

"Okay, then tell me where he lives." Xie Anmin chuckled. Liu Bin's method was also a method.

"I will personally send the great writer Xie there." Liu Bin took Xie Anmin to the new district on a small electric scooter, and Xie Anmin met Wang Zian there.

After handing Xie Anmin over to Wang Zian, Liu Bin saw the two standing side by side at the entrance of the villa, waving goodbye to him. An idea suddenly struck him, and he said, "Hey, I suddenly want to recite a poem, 'The swallows in front of the halls of the Wang and Xie families in the old days...'"

Liu Bin rode his electric scooter and flew away like a swallow, disappearing into the night of the new district. Xie Anmin and Wang Zian became the only two figures of humanity in the vast new district.

Wang Zian and Xie Anmin shook hands, exchanged greetings, and welcomed her into their home.

There was a laptop on the coffee table. Before Xie Anmin came, Wang Zian was processing orders from the tea factory.

Putting the notebook away, Wang Zian took out a cup of Baihao Yinzhen tea and brewed it for Xie Anmin. He held the glass teapot under the light and showed Xie Anmin the tea soup. Under the light, the tea soup took on a gelatinous texture, with countless white hairs dancing in it, like a northern winter night sky covered with heavy snow, which made Xie Anmin marvel.

Xie Anmin took a sip of the tea Wang Zian poured for her, savored it carefully, and said, "I guess brewing tea here is not cheap."

"When entertaining distinguished guests, we must use good tea." Wang Zian's smile implies a peaceful and tranquil life.

Xie Anmin suddenly realized that Wang Zian was incredibly good-looking, a man of great temperament. Despite his gentle features, he exuded a sense of resolve and steadfastness, which instilled a sense of trust in him. When Xie Anmin learned that Wang Zian had served in the army for many years, he understood where his unwavering character came from. It was the product of tempering, like a stone that, after years of polishing, radiates the lustre of jade.

Before coming to Baile Village, Xie Anmin did some background checks. It is said that there are beautiful women in eastern Fujian, especially in this coastal town. Now it seems that this place also produces handsome men.

For some reason, Xie Anmin suddenly thought of Zhong Ziqi, the walking hormone athlete, who had two completely different temperaments from the Wang Zian in front of him. Wang Zian was like water, with the gentleness and clarity of lake water, and the breadth and tolerance of the sea. Zhong Ziqi was like fire, a burning flame that swayed in the wind, passionate and a little dangerous. He didn't know what kind of danger would be brought if he got close to that person without being careful.

The Wang Zian in front of her gave her a full sense of security. He was a warm and reliable person, and it was very comfortable to be with him.

While Xie Anmin was thinking over and over again, Wang Zian had already stood up and brought out a beautifully packaged gift box of tea. He placed it on the sofa next to her and said, "Take this box of tea back with you later. It's a new product from my own tea factory and it's selling very well recently."

Xie Anmin waved his hand and said, "We have rules for our fixed-point life. We cannot ask for gifts or money from the local people in the name of fixed-point life creation."

When Wang Zian smiled, his originally cold temperament seemed to be painted with a layer of warm oil paint, making people who looked at him feel bright and shining.

"You're a well-known writer. Could you write a soft advertisement for my tea factory? The fee is negotiable. I'm borrowing my father's name to help me, and I want to use your fame to enhance the influence of our 'Zhiyin White Tea House.'"

Good thing! Her interview hadn't even started yet, and he was already making a request. If she didn't accept his proposal, her interview wouldn't be able to continue. Xie Anmin looked at Wang Zian, and inexplicably saw a bit of businessman's shrewdness in his originally calm and otherworldly smile.

A good-looking profiteer. Xie Anmin gave Wang Zian a new label in his heart.

"'Zhiyin White Tea House'? Did Mr. Wang open this tea factory with his girlfriend? Or his confidante?" Xie Anmin looked gossipy.

Wang Zian smiled and said, "Master Xie is indeed a novelist; his imagination is truly rich. I co-founded a tea factory with my good friend, Zhong Ziqi..."

Xie Anmin suddenly thought of something, "Oh, so you are Wang Boya!"

This discovery made Xie Anmin somewhat excited.

"Writer Xie also knows Ziqi?"

"There is no coincidence in the world."

At the Zhiyin White Tea House, Zhong Ziqi, who was working overtime, felt an itch in his ears. He had no idea that on such an ordinary night, two strangers had opened up their conversation and become closer because of him.

(End of this chapter)