My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 231: Small cosmetics can also leave a mark on history

As it turned out, the man was quite experienced: "Who do you want to send out? 400,000, that's for sure! Why don't you send Xiaoqiu out first? How are you two getting along lately?"

Wei Dong was speechless: "Why are you dragging this kid into this again? I'm a friend of mine from Shanghai. What's the result of 400,000 yuan?"

It really is easy for those who know how. The Beijing literary and art circles are even better at this than the usually outward-looking Shanghai. "There are government-sponsored self-funded places, which are easy to get. They cover four years of tuition and living expenses. You transfer the money abroad as financial guarantee to prove you can afford it. The money is frozen in an overseas account and disbursed annually. Then you can get into any school."

Weidong estimated: "This requires a college degree. My friend didn't even finish high school, but her advantage is that her English is very good. She has been practicing it since she was a child."

The actress's intuition was still strong: "Girl, even if you don't have a college degree, a friend who went abroad can find a foreign artist to guarantee that you are going to study art, dance, fine arts, music, literature, etc. Fine arts is the simplest, a few scribbles of peach charms can be called modernism, avant-garde, or Fauvism. It can be photographed as a beautiful framed photo or painted like it was. Xiaoqiu can also prepare for this by studying stage design."

It’s only 1984!
Countless people are still dreaming of going abroad, but here we have already mastered the art of doing it step by step.

Sister Su counted on her fingers to Rang Weidong, "It's said that in 78, only eight people funded their own studies abroad. It was liberalized in 81, and the first few who could go abroad, as you know, were... probably a few thousand people at the time, and then it was our turn. In fact, Citibank alone opened a reception for people. People in China didn't dare to let them go, for fear that everyone would run away and never come back!"

He also observed Rang Weidong: "Any couple who have one partner go out together are basically divorced. Of course, you don't have that problem. There are plenty of partners you can find. Besides, it's easy for you to go out, right?"

Wei Dong was amused: "Why am I simple?"

The actress described the advantages of being wealthy to him: "You have such a large company in China, so you definitely won't run away and never come back. So the probability of getting you a passport is very easy. Didn't Jiangzhou City host the leaders at the factory with you a few days ago? Jiangzhou will issue you a certificate, so it's not difficult to go out for self-funded inspection and travel. Then we can find a foreign travel agency or any company to send you an invitation letter, and then you can get a visa, right?"

Wei Dong suddenly realized.

I was so immersed in killing monsters, leveling up and clearing dungeons that I didn't even notice that I had unlocked the passport achievement after clearing the map of the separately planned city!
The city leaders had instructed him that he could go to HK or somewhere else for inspection. In fact, he was one of the few people in Jiangzhou who was allowed to go abroad.

I just haven't realized it yet.

Now, after talking with NPCs in the literary and art circle, I have obtained a way to contact overseas and send invitation letters.

Is it that easy to go abroad?

I asked in disbelief, "Where can I go?"

Sister Su acted like an overseas travel agent. "There are so many places you can go. Citibank and Japan are popular destinations. Most European countries, especially Northern Europe, are popular. Even if you want to go to Eastern Europe now, I can immediately find you a delegation to join the delegation. Don't you realize how famous you are now? Many government agencies in the city know you're the one who sent the welfare sanitary napkins. Even the leaders of Zhuan'ertai know you. Otherwise, how do you think we'd get any advertising time? It's all thanks to your reputation for reform. It's actually very difficult for them to get anything done, with everyone watching us."

Weidong scoffed, "Fuck, if the pace of reform goes astray, then I should be sacrificed to the heavens."

Why are the people of Pingjing so calm? It's because they participate in sports games all year round, and even those with poor psychological quality can't stand it: "How can it be? You are different from those rocket-propelled people. You are doing things in a down-to-earth manner. Now everyone speaks well of you, just wait and see."

Sure enough, when Weidong drove his dusty, bird droppings-covered jeep onto Zhuan'ertai again, everyone greeted him, "Weidong, is he advertising again?"

"Can you please change the panda commercial? It's nice, but many viewers have written in asking if it can be changed because they're tired of it."

"There are a lot of companies that want to run new ads, but the leaders all say they want to see how you react and whether it will be very helpful to sales."

Weidong suddenly thought, yes, it is entirely possible to come up with a new sanitary napkin advertisement, and it is indeed time to change it every two months.

He kept saying that it was his own negligence and that he should pay attention to changing it immediately. This time he came to help Pingjing Shuanglu Factory to get an advertising time slot. We now have an advertising company, Jiangzhou Liujin Art and Craft Advertising Company, which has advertising qualifications, plus the "Convenience Guide" advertising agency here, which also has qualifications.

If the last Feiyan brand sanitary napkins still carried the power of the leader's inscription, this time it seemed like a step-by-step test.

It is still a Pingjing enterprise, and the situation can be checked at any time, but without the inscription, can it still be advertised?

The advertising department was talking to Rang Weidong in official language when Old Qi heard the news and rushed over: "How dare you stir up trouble at this critical moment."

Weidong was confused: "Why are you fanning the flames again? The Frost and Dew Factory contacted me this morning. We agreed to advertise and help with sales. It's a great thing that will benefit the people."

Old Qi put his arm around his neck as they walked outside, whispering in his ear, "Today is the 18th! We have a meeting the day after tomorrow, and the topic will definitely be related to the economic situation. Now's the time to let Brick Stage shove in a brand new product ad. Isn't that going to piss everyone off?"

What frightened Wei Dong the most was the child's frightened expression. He didn't have such ZZ sensitivity. He just rushed forward without thinking because he was sure it was correct.

But if you happen to fall into a situation where the game goes back and forth, won’t you suffer like Lao You?

"Oh, fine, fine, then. Just pretend I've never been here. I'll go... visit some universities and research experts. Hey, have you heard of corn bioengineering?"

The reporter, a veteran anchor on Zhuan'er TV, was well-informed. "Yes, there was talk of a large-scale project in Northeast China. The investment would be high, and the scale would be enormous." A glance at him, having been to Shangzhou, instantly connected the dots. "You mean planting corn on a large scale in Shangzhou's impoverished areas, and then using corn biotechnology to lift people out of poverty and bring them prosperity?"

That's right, if you are a capitalist, going to the sparsely populated Northeast Plain to plant large areas of corn seems to be the most reasonable in all aspects, regardless of the harvesting costs, mechanized operations, and then building factories to produce products.

But just like the sanitary napkin packaging process, which has a high proportion of manual work, it has created jobs for a large number of ordinary workers.

Applying this corn bioengineering project to the impoverished and barren mountainous areas has extraordinary significance.

Rang Weidong was mainly asking for advice: "We're just chatting between friends, nothing more serious. Someone came to ask me about this project, but he said he was a comrade from a certain department and wanted to take a stake in it. I think a stake is fine, but I'd rather it be any level of government. You know what I mean? I can sell everything I have and slowly build up this project, but if he breaks the law and delays it, I won't even cry."

A company worth hundreds of millions of dollars can easily be wiped out and turned into a pile of scrap metal under various circumstances such as judicial review and frozen funds.

There are too many cases like this, and the tax authorities have cursed a lot, especially when distant-water fishing became more popular. It was like a bolt from the blue, and you didn't even know what had happened to you, but you had already suffered such bad luck.

But if this enterprise has some shares of local government, Weidong would find it acceptable.

Old Qi rubbed his chin vigorously: "Have you... asked for Jiangzhou City's opinion?"

Wei Dong looked sideways: "Jiangzhou is not that poor, and it is a heavy industrial city... This matter is more suitable for Shangzhou."

Actually, I'm really confused. Do you know now that Shangzhou will belong to Jiangzhou in the future?
"I know. This is just like Jiangzhou, a separately planned city, investing in agricultural development in a prefecture-level city. This is another innovation. I think you can give it a try!" He became more and more excited as he spoke.

Weidong understood: "As long as it's not against the law, you're encouraging me to do anything the law doesn't forbid. Well, call it a successful reform and exploration, and promote it to everyone. If it fails... I guess you won't call for my death, but you won't help me cover the losses either."

Old Qi actually had a bit of flattery on his face as he hugged Rang Weidong and said, "If it's not prohibited by law, then it's free. You have a wide range of knowledge. I won't hurt you if I ask Jiangzhou City. They'll weigh in. Let me know if they have a response, and I'll help you apply for today's advertising time."

Rang Weidong was ready to run away: "Wait a few days, wait until the storm has died down and we see which way the wind is blowing."

Lao Qi chuckled: "Before and after, the meaning is completely different."

This made Wei Dong shudder. Of course he understood the difference.

Old Qi smirked, "Even for our station to run commercials is a very sensitive matter. But do we want to do it? We all do, and of course the leadership has to weigh the pros and cons. But if a reform pioneer insists on running an ad like Feiyan sanitary napkins, we can't just say it's forbidden without an inscription. We can't find any reason to forbid it."

Wei Dong heard it: "You just want to be a non-stick pan! Pushing me out as a scapegoat, and then deliberately buying it at this time!"

The reporter also chuckled: "Non-stick pan, haha, that sounds very descriptive."

Rang Weidong quickly explained, "We were investigating along the coast, and also watching overseas...TV channels occasionally introduced this product. We wanted to develop it. It's really nice to cook without sticking."

Old Qi didn't let him lead him astray: "How about it? Finish it today and give it to us tonight so we can broadcast it to you! It's okay to test it out, and we can continue it tomorrow."

Let Weidong slowly become serious: "This is very risky. I could have run a stable business without having to walk on the edge of a knife like this."

Lao Qi was also serious: "But you know this is right. What we are doing is also to implement reasonable policies as soon as possible."

Wei Dong laughed. "You're kidding me, but it's true that I did that in Shangzhou. It was that old leader who reminded me if I had the courage to risk my life and wealth to bring change to more people. Now...it's past two in the afternoon, maybe before six."

Lao Qi: "I'll wait for you on the tenth floor."

Rang Weidong was not polite: "Lend me some equipment. We were planning to shoot with film, but it's too late now."

In fact, they haven’t even prepared the goods!
Old Qi agreed, and then asked someone to move a set of cameras and video recorders to Weidong's car. When Sister Su heard about it, she also asked for two extra lights.

After all, she is an actress.

As soon as she got in the car, she took out a round mirror from her small bag and began to carefully observe her beautiful face.

Weidong really envied her for not having to think so much.

(End of this chapter)