I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 152 To catch more fish, you have to fish in the same spot repeatedly!
According to Zhang Da'an's original plan, if his uncle were still in Shazhou City, his path to advancement would be through the education investment company, taking the route through the county and township levels, which was actually not suitable for his uncle.

Another point is that Zhang Da'an also needs to consider that once he goes beyond the boundaries of Shazhou City, as an independent "Confucian businessman," he cannot have it all, or he could easily cross the line.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Zhang Da'an's plan for his uncle's progress was to have external forces push him forward once the time was right.

It absolutely cannot be initiated by oneself; that's inappropriate and dangerous.

Qiu Jianmin, that "old fox," cooperated so readily at first because he also knew about this matter.

But plans can't keep up with changes. Unexpectedly, Uncle Zhang was in charge of supervising a primary school in Fengyi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Pengcheng City... and the locals actually "supported" him.

Thank goodness it wasn't Chenqiao; thank goodness the imperial robes weren't fashionable these days.

The entrepreneurial spirit of the people in the Huaihai region is truly extraordinary.

They were able to seize such a small opportunity, and even had capable people actively seeking them out.

Zhang Da'an decided to adjust his behind-the-scenes arrangements as well. At first, he thought it was just local farmers clamoring for "some fries," but when he realized that these villagers weren't really after money, he knew that wasn't the case.

No one in this world knows how many connections Zhang Da'an has made with his uncle. Qiu Jianmin only knows about the education investment company, but in reality, Zhang Da'an has backup plans for science, education, culture, health, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, investment promotion, and so on.

The project can be launched at any time, and there are plenty of people available.

When Pengcheng City borrowed a batch of excavators to Fengyi County, Zhang Da'an had already secured contracts for a group of graduates from the Engineering Equipment Skills Training School in Chengdong District, Jiangning City.

Pengcheng originally thought that if excavators, loaders, bulldozers and other equipment were sent to Fengyi County, there wouldn't be enough local workers, and they would have to owe them a favor. But when they arrived, they found that this place was strange; people were waiting for equipment, not the other way around.

At the same time, the Poultry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences specially imported a batch of breeding ducks and geese from Xiangtai Breeding Company. The breeding ducks are the "Shanghu No. 2", which has become popular in Jiangnan in recent years. The meat yield is average, but the down yield is high, ranking among the top three in China. It is one of the few high-yield down-type commercial ducks that can be sold across multiple latitudes.

It's just waste feed, so raising "Shanghu No. 2" is not cost-effective unless you live in a riverside or coastal city.

Taking Shazhou City as an example, it has its own port and wharf. Whatever feed is needed, a 50,000-ton cargo ship can be brought to the port in one trip.

Therefore, in general, the cost of raising livestock in inland areas is relatively high.

However, this is not the case in Fengyi County, because Fengyi County is a traditional agricultural county and relatively poor. The output value of the land is the cost line of the primary processing of feed.

The problem in Fengyi County is the lack of large bodies of water. The Dasha River is actually a pretty good river, but because the province has long-term plans, it cannot be used as its own paddy field.

Another issue is a lack of professionalism.

The biggest feature of modern farming is its high utilization rate. Feed, poultry and livestock hides, meat, bones, manure, etc., can be managed intensively, resulting in lower unit costs compared to small-scale farming.

The only downside is that it's easy to lose everything if there's a bird flu outbreak.

Fortunately, even chicken plague is rare in Jiangkou Province. Overall, the risk of waterfowl farming has historically been very low, much lower than in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

When Zhang Da'an divested the logistics and clothing business of "Zhang'an Education", he considered the possibility of clothing. However, the initial plan was obviously to wait until Uncle Zhang returned to Shazhou City and then start doing "unique business" with Jiangkou Province Shazhou Education Investment Company as the main entity.

This way, they can establish a strong connection with the provincial education authorities, who will certainly be willing to support Uncle Zhang's progress, just like the Shazhou City Education Bureau did before.

Even now, Uncle Zhang still holds the title of head of the Private Education Department.

Uncle Zhang has now struck it rich. Zhang Da'an plans to lie low for a while and not take the initiative to make a move, but he can spread rumors in the media. When the time comes, some smart people will take the lead.

There are those at the top and those at the bottom.

At least for now, it seems that the local people in Fengyi County really want to detain Uncle Zhang.

This is an incredible opportunity!

To be honest, if someone else went to Fengyi County, they might not necessarily achieve the same results.

If an old hand like Qiu Jianmin went there, he would just coast along, turning a blind eye to many things; Liu Jingbo of Mazhou was even worse, he was a pure bureaucrat who only knew how to weigh the pros and cons and had no eyes to look down; Sima Cong had lost all his sharpness, and although Liu Yuanshan was not a modern-day "Jia Yucun", he was still too scheming.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that my uncle, at least when dealing with his poor friends, was genuinely fair and impartial. He was neither arrogant towards those below him nor impatient with those above him. He was willing to use his brain but not blindly confident, and he would always consult with his nephew first, whether there was a problem or not.

Such a person is unlikely to cause any major setbacks.

Zhang Da'an pondered that even before his rebirth, Uncle Zhang was only bothered by his identity as "Principal Zhang." To say that his life was so unsatisfactory wouldn't be that bad.

A broad mind and a plump body are a kind of carefree life.

"When people gather together, they become a blazing fire."

After carefully examining Uncle Zhang's current situation, it becomes clear that different forces from different social classes are pushing him to "rise to the top," truly proving the saying, "When the time is right, heaven and earth will lend their strength."

The location is just too strange. It's good that they "gather together like a blazing fire" in the Huaihai Plain, but I'm afraid that after everything goes wrong, they'll end up "scattering like a mob".

Once this trend starts, it can be quite a headache.

Previously, Zhang Da'an was reluctant to engage with the provincial youth development foundation, but things are different now. If youth organizations want to get in touch, it's not impossible to make progress together with Uncle Zhang.

Just this month, the cooperation between the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the European Commission was approved, and a partnership negotiation meeting will be held in Beijing on November 7th and 8th next year.

This will be the largest trade and economic negotiation meeting between China and the European Union. The EU will organize more than 400 companies from its 15 member states and China will organize more than 600 companies to participate.

Registration began two months ago and will end at the end of January next year. The conference covers seven industries: electrical, machinery, information, environmental protection, food, metals and engineering. Companies from all seven industries in Gianggu Province have registered and been selected.

What's particularly interesting is that Coach Zhang's companies span seven different industries.

Originally, electrical and metal products weren't involved, but the emergence of consumer electronics like "Zhuangyuanxing" (a popular gummy bear brand) brought them in. Food is another story; "Little Zhuangyuan QQ Candy" has become the absolute leader in the gummy candy market, holding over 60% market share, and a dozen or so established EU confectionery companies are planning to cooperate with "Zhang An Foods." Machinery mainly focuses on food processing, repair of used engineering equipment, and skills training. Coincidentally, several EU engineering equipment companies are planning to sell used production lines and a batch of patents. Environmental protection wasn't originally a focus, but previous cooperation with the Jiangning City university cluster, during the construction of the "Thousand-Acre Industrial Park," established an industrial environmental protection laboratory and a pilot application of environmental protection technologies in construction. While not entirely original, the commercial value of the patents is high, and Europe is actually the party negotiating patent licensing.

So originally, environmental protection couldn't be involved, but because the "Zhang'an Industrial" enterprise alliance made its debut in Beijing through Fangda Bridge, economists felt they could make a big splash. Of course, the economists were mainly from Jiangkou Province, and mainly concentrated in Jiangning University and Jiangning University of Finance and Economics, so they gained prestige.

At that time, there was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering from Xiangtai who was planning to promote the environmentally friendly materials he had developed. However, he was struggling with the difficulty of promotion and no large companies were purchasing them. "Zhang An Hope Primary School" happened to be in the right place and cooperated with this academician.

Therefore, in terms of the concept of "environmental protection in engineering" alone, the "Zhang'an Industrial" enterprise alliance has actual project construction samples, namely the "Zhang'an Hope Primary School", a super primary school.

Based on this rather subtle "advanced" advantage, what should have been a stage for large enterprises with international trade experience has, with various subtle assistances, somehow become a random entry into the field.

The higher-level leadership of the Youth Development Foundation had given some hints before, but ultimately nothing came of it because Zhang Da'an didn't respond.

Now that the situation has changed, we should still have a talk.

However, Zhang Da'an cannot take the initiative; they must be allowed to discover the beauty in life.

So Zhang Da'an asked Huang Dingjun, who was far away in Qinjiang City, Lingxi Province, to write a slightly polished article for the local magazine where he worked, which was basically praising the veteran Zhang Zhengdong.

Then Coach Zhang had someone repost Huang Dingjun's article on the "Golden List Blog," especially among those bloggers who focused on "positive energy" and were clearly just "mouthpieces."

After that, local media in Jiangkou Province would reprint the edited blog posts, mainly Huang Dingjun's articles, for which they had to pay; but reprinting the blog posts did not require payment.

These days, bloggers are incredibly generous with their sharing; after writing an editorial, they'll always add a line like, "Friends from all over are welcome to repost this for free."

Although not many people actually shared it, that's exactly the sentence we wanted; otherwise, newspapers and magazines would have to contact the blogger to discuss payment.

One hundred or one hundred and fifty yuan for a thousand words, that's still money.

At this stage, it's basically about preparing the ground. If this is just scattering some rice bran, then what Uncle Zhang is doing with "Shanghu No. 2" is two large basins of fermenting corn.

It's a heavy nest.

To maximize your catch, you need to use heavy baiting!
Around New Year's Day, Ms. Li Jiawen spent less time in Fengyi County and more time in Pengcheng City, mainly because it was convenient for her to have prenatal checkups, and the hospitals in Pengcheng were also very good.

Now, Ms. Li believes that her husband only loves her, so apart from gaining a lot of weight after becoming pregnant, she has no anxiety.

Eat and drink as you please, after all, you have two babies in your belly.

Yes, Teacher Li brought one extra for Uncle Zhang.

The couple was very happy, but Coach Zhang was the only one who was injured.

Did I really wipe out my little brother?!
Fortunately, he was rather ruthless and forgot about it after a few days.

Just after New Year's Day, on the afternoon of January 2nd, when Uncle Zhang took the children to see the excavator, someone approached him again. It was still someone from the organization, but this time they came to investigate him.

"I couldn't have made any mistakes, could I? That's impossible. I came to Pengcheng and didn't touch a single woman; I didn't accept a single penny. If you're talking about accepting gifts... I only ate a few meals of dog meat in the countryside, that's not a big deal, right? I shouldn't have... right?"

"Have you checked my documents?"

"I've checked, they came from the provincial government."

"What else did they ask you? Did they ask about the school's construction?"

"No, they did ask me about the insulation of the duck house, but I don't know anything about it, so I told them to ask the experts, the ones from the Poultry Research Institute."

"What about duck house insulation? Besides this?"

"They asked us how agricultural technicians were recruited, and then they mentioned the 'Volunteer Targeted Training Program.' They said they knew about the '1998 Plan Students' and asked if it was possible to do it in rural areas. Isn't that obvious? Of course it's possible in rural areas. I told them about the skills training for migrant workers I had done before, and they went to the skills training station next to the construction site to take a look, but they still didn't go to the school."

"Hmm...that's interesting."

Zhang Da'an nodded slightly and smiled with satisfaction. Fishing is so difficult. You have to prepare such a heavy baiting spot and not make a sound, just waiting for this "black float".

You can lift the rod now!
This is such a great line set! The main line is "Zhang'an Education," the sub-line is the "Zhang'an Industrial" enterprise alliance, and one of the double hooks represents Jiangkou Province Shazhou Education Investment Company, while the other hook represents the more than 60,000 men, women, and children of Chenzhuang Town, Fengyi County, Pengcheng City…

When a big fish comes, I'll build a bridge and go head-to-head with him.

Fishing?

What a load of crap!
"What's going on? Judging from your tone, it doesn't sound like bad news."

"Whether it's good or bad, if you can't make a judgment, come and ask me. Also, Uncle, in a few days I'll talk to Uncle Qiu and arrange for a few young people to go in, to supplement the staff of the deputy general manager's office of the education investment company."

"Oh, good. It's good that it's not a bad thing."

Uncle Zhang, however, was quite easygoing and could still chat about other things. "Oh, by the way, your aunt said she wants you to name the two little boys in her belly. You were the top scholar, so you can benefit from their scholarly air. The old man has no one who is decent in school, so he's counting on me."

"It's your son you're relying on, not you."

"It's all the same. There are three brothers, and I'm the last one to take a male prostitute..."

Uncle Zhang, who had started rambling on and on, completely ignored the organization's investigation. The next day, he still ate dog meat and took care of the naughty kids. There was no way around it; watching the excavator at work was just too captivating.

While Zhang Da'an was busy PK-ing with others in "Legend", news finally came from Jiangning.

Sima Cong, who wasn't an undercover agent, mentioned something to Zhang Da'an that he couldn't judge, so he let Zhang Da'an decide for himself. That was, the province planned to let Shazhou Education Investment Company further leverage its rich experience in education industry investment and play a leading and exemplary role in the fields of rural agriculture and farmers!
(End of this chapter)