I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 191 Magical Land, Magical People

"Director Zhang! Director Zhang! Director Jia is coming soon, accompanied by officials from the city. You can't leave! You can't leave!"

"Get out of here, you're wasting my time."

Uncle Zhang shoved aside Old Li, the investigator from Beijing, and got into his beloved 1.8-liter black manual Volkswagen Santana. While fastening his seatbelt, he said, "If you want to see something, just lead the people to see it. Do you expect me to come along? Are you crazy? I don't want to do anything!"

"You have to give him some face. Director Jia came here specifically for you, Director Zhang."

"It's not that I'm being disrespectful, I'm just really busy. My nephew has prepared a big gift for me. Old Li, we've known each other for so long, you know I'm not one to put on airs. Could you help me explain to the city officials? Anyway, Old Cai and Old Xin already know about it."

The two deputy county heads were bewildered, but since their boss, who held multiple positions, was running away, they had nothing to say.

Normally, there should be a checkpoint, but this time we can't. We just had a meeting, and the leadership team is aware of the situation, so someone will naturally go and explain to the city later.

"I'm begging you, Director Zhang, I'm begging you..."

"Get out of the way, or I'll run you over if you try to open the car door again."

"..."

hiss hiss hiss hiss...

The Volkswagen Santana's tires were scratching the ground, so Uncle Zhang drove himself, taking his secretary and assistants to Jiangning. However, it wasn't just one car; the driver drove a pickup truck loaded with local specialties, as well as already-made pickled vegetables, agricultural products, and so on.

Arriving in Jiangning wouldn't happen until the early hours of the morning, so Zhang Zhengdong was making the most of the time.

Fortunately, my beloved 1.8-liter black manual Volkswagen Santana never let me down. It sped along the road without needing to look at a map, as it knew the roads well and had a car navigation system with auspicious cloud patterns installed in the car.

This is also Zhang An Electronics' flagship product that is about to be launched. Unlike the navigation devices that are already popular on the market, the biggest selling point of this "Qingyun Series" navigation device, which is still under testing, is that the map is free.

Map updates can be done by connecting the navigator to a personal computer. The fee is not for individual users, but for government agencies, businesses, and other entities.

The full map test is still underway. Currently, it mainly integrates street maps of East China. Because surveying and mapping requires qualifications, this project is a collaboration with the Jiangkou Provincial Basic Geographic Information Center and the Jiangkou Provincial Surveying and Mapping Archives. Not many people know about it. Behind these two organizations are a cluster of science and engineering universities in Jiangning City.

The assisting development unit was the Luzhou City Surveying and Mapping Archives, which conducted precise positioning in Luzhou City.

However, because it uses GPS, it is still very sensitive. The latitude and longitude of some important government and enterprise locations are inaccurate, and it needs to be able to perform random calibration at irregular intervals.

The road to developing a domestically produced global positioning system is still long. It's not just about finding satellites; miniaturizing the receiver is another challenge. In 1946, 1997, the system was mainly used on ships. There aren't many domestic companies working on miniaturization. There are products that fit into small boxes, like egg-sized receivers, which are external receivers.

The power consumption is a bit high, so it's not ideal.

Essentially, it's still a chip design and chip manufacturing issue. "Zhang An Electronics" originally wanted to cooperate with Texas Instruments for contract manufacturing, but due to the sensitive nature of the technology, it was ultimately rejected by Zhang Da'an himself.

Without the approval document from the relevant authorities, there's no point in even considering it.

"Huzhou Microelectronics" does have the equipment to process it, but the cost is extremely high. Just for a signal receiving chip, a trial production costs more than three million yuan. There's nothing else there. The more than three million yuan is gone when the machine is turned on and off.

Simply outrageous.

The most money-burning business Zhang Da'an had ever seen, besides the stock market, was this one.

When it comes to burning money, it has to be the "leeks" (investors) who can withstand it all; they just can't be burned to death no matter how much money they spend.

However, this navigator is still very functional, with MP3 and MEDI voice broadcasts, so you don't need tapes or CD players to listen to music, which is awesome. An AUX adapter is simply too cool.

Uncle Zhang thought this thing was high-tech and too advanced.

This left Coach Zhang speechless, only able to say that the changes over the next ten or twenty years will indeed be earth-shattering.

"Hey Zhang An, I'll arrive around 7 or 8 pm. Yes, yes, I'll switch to the national highway right away. Okay, that's it. Okay, okay, I'll take it. There's still over a pound of crab left? Leave it for me!"

On the other end of the phone, the nephew told Uncle Zhang that he had a pound of hairy crabs. Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhang floored the accelerator, startling his secretary in the passenger seat.

Fortunately, the road was not bad, so I couldn't speed up to 130 km/h. I slowly made my way to the national highway, where I was finally able to drive smoothly.

No sooner had Uncle Zhang left than a convoy of cars from Pengcheng City arrived, all within seven or eight minutes of each other at an intersection.

Halfway through the city, we heard that Comrade Zhang Zhengdong had gone to Jiangning. People from the relevant agricultural ministries were also confused. Could it be that this Zhang was deliberately pretending to be aloof?

People in the city swear to God that Comrade Zhang Zhengdong is just that kind of person.

Street-cleaning welcomes and welcoming ceremonies are out of the question; we need to save money.

Comrade Zhang Zhengdong doesn't need to flatter anyone; he doesn't rely on that. He's invincible because he has no desires.

Sure enough, as soon as Director Jia arrived in Fengyi County, he saw that the local resolution and refresh rate were indeed much higher. Although both were agricultural counties, Fengyi County had no dirt or garbage on the streets and corners, and it had a unique sense of cleanliness.

"The hygiene is quite good."

"After all, Comrade Zhengdong's hometown is Shazhou City."

reasonable.

Uncle Zhang takes care of this and that. Among the projects he promotes in the countryside is the rural toilet renovation project. He introduced septic tanks and cleared out all the open-air latrines to prevent the spread of pollution in the fields.

This project is quite expensive and difficult to renovate, but no matter how difficult it is, it is not as difficult as "leveling the graves".

It's already quite difficult for a large town like Chenzhuang to handle the birth, aging, illness, and death of more than 60,000 people, let alone Fengyi County with more than a million people.
In order to create a model cemetery and promote cremation, Uncle Zhang even specially invited his nephew's original calligraphy.

It's nothing more than saying "first examine the virtues of benevolence/loyalty/filial piety, and your descendants will be able to become scholars/officials," and they turn a blind eye to the "examination temples" built under trees at the entrance of villages in some rural areas of Fengyi County, tacitly approving them in the name of the "'Three-Time Top Scholar' Rural Study Group."

This is not some boastful claim; it is genuinely written by Zhang Da'an.

When it comes to "leveling graves," Uncle Zhang relies on three things: money, a job, and the future of his descendants. The last one, which is elusive, is actually the most powerful.

For some elderly people who insist on burial in their own "feng shui treasure land," no matter how treasure land it is, it can't be more treasured than the God of Literature.

As the saying goes, it's better to take control of your own destiny than to seek divine guidance or divination. With proper "gods" by your side, why bother looking for Jesus or Buddha?

Outstanding effect.

Therefore, unlike other districts and counties, Fengyi County first had the "leveling of graves" as a model, and then carried out rural toilet renovation.

The benefits of rural toilet renovation are immediate. People are extremely sensitive to environmental hygiene; no matter how stubborn they may be, they know in their hearts whether it's good or bad.

Most importantly, I didn't spend much money myself. Of course, impoverished villages don't have much money to begin with; it's all thanks to various poverty alleviation and wealth-creation projects.

During this process, the county spent a lot of money, and the public accounts were visible to everyone. Monthly and quarterly reports were issued on how much money was spent and how much money was saved, and these reports were communicated to the county, township, and village levels. However, they were not widely disseminated to multiple departments, as there was no need for such reporting.

Therefore, as soon as Director Jia saw the rural landscape of Fengyi County, he knew that the local "county magistrate" was truly knowledgeable, with an unknown limit to his abilities and a very strong execution force.

"That road sign is interesting. Let me pull over a little and take a look."

"Ok."

The convoy pulled over to the side of the road at a highway intersection. The road sign was a three-dimensional, stone-like sign, a painted metal object that was hollow inside.

But that's not the point. The point is that the sign is very special. It doesn't say "XX Road" or "XX Station". One of the large horizontal characters reads "Rural Science and Technology Training Station". Above that, there are smaller characters: "Go east for more than 300 meters, and you will see two large ginkgo trees. Go north for 50 meters on the small path on the north side of the road, and you will find the first courtyard behind the grove of trees."

Divine gold.

It made me laugh.

Director Jia burst out laughing when he saw the road sign; he simply couldn't help it.

But on second thought, it makes a lot of sense and is quite useful.

"Who came up with this?"

"Uh……"

The people in the city stammered, but Director Jia immediately understood. No need for an answer; he already knew who did it.

Below the road sign for "Rural Science and Technology Training Station" is a "Three Services to the Countryside" social practice activity center. Next to the banner, there is a line of small print: "Still those two big ginkgo trees, to the south, there is a large courtyard with a row of red flags."

Divine gold.

It made me laugh again.

This road sign is not legitimate at all!

But it's not under my jurisdiction, so it doesn't matter.

When did Fengyi County start implementing the "Three Services to the Countryside" program?

“Last year, Director Zhang cooperated with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xiangtai Teachers College, Shanghu Teachers College, and the city’s commercial school. Students from Yandu Agricultural College also came.”

"People from Yandu have come here?"

"Food and lodging are provided; all you need to do is work."

Are the students reliable?

“Some villagers don’t know how to use the machines; only college or vocational school graduates can handle them. If we rely solely on the county power supply bureau for rural electricity in Chenzhuang Town, we simply don’t have enough manpower. Later, under the guise of ‘bringing science and technology to the countryside,’ we got college students to pull power lines and climb poles.”

"Holy crap! Cough..."

Startled, Director Jia quickly coughed to cover up his shock.

Is this something a human could come up with?
But then I thought about it again, and you know what, you really have to admit...

After doing some research, I learned that there is a "1998 Plan" specifically for teachers' college graduates who can get a job at "Zhang'an Education," and young people are strictly prohibited from investing their emotions in Hope Primary Schools.

When it's time to leave, you must leave; there's no room for reluctance to leave your children.

Rotation is a strict rule; you can't even offer help if you want to.

Similarly, those from business schools followed the "Fengyi Craftsmen" around, working like minibus ticket sellers, but they still received a salary, and the salary wasn't low. Most importantly, they could climb the ladder and easily become a "cog" in the management system of the "Zhang'an Industrial Alliance".

Needless to say, the agricultural colleges have very few students, and the agricultural research institutes themselves don't have many employees in their affiliated companies. Jiangning Agricultural University is currently busy taking over the biological center of China Agricultural University. Therefore, there are actually very few undergraduate students in Fengyi County; the majority are students from agricultural colleges.

In addition to bringing agricultural technology to rural areas, it also plays a role in bringing agricultural hygiene to rural areas. For example, the mandatory disinfection of sheep farms, which involves disinfection three times a day, has resulted in various problems for individual farmers in the control group, but the employees at the farms have no issues.

The process was complicated, but everything was explained in detail. These technical instructors were students from the agricultural college who read from the textbook.

Even if it's just "reading from the book," ordinary farmers and village cadres can't explain it clearly because they don't understand it at all. But even the most inarticulate student can explain it clearly. There's a fundamental difference between the two.

Unlike other places where students are simply defrauded of their labor, in Fengyi County, labor remuneration is broken down into several components. In addition to regular wages, there are subsidies and benefits, including household necessities such as rice, flour, cooking oil, clothing, and bedding.

Don't underestimate the value of clothes and bedding; when these benefits are brought home, parents have a completely different experience.

To support this system, logistics cannot be neglected. Several village accountants were "promoted" to the demonstration park to specifically guard the warehouse complex, while the original village accountants were replaced by "parachuted" personnel.

The capable people and outstanding young people in the village can be described as colluding with outsiders or insiders to the "parachuted" people, since Zhang Zhengdong can understand the situation of the natural villages clearly in the county.

However, the main approach is to mobilize the masses. Taking Chenzhuang Town, a typical impoverished town, as an example, a large number of women left behind were originally engaged in farming, housework, and childcare. After the establishment of the super primary school, their labor force was released. At the same time, construction sites did not shy away from employing female laborers. In this way, the labor force of some women was liberated, thus setting an example.

This role model isn't about the act of working itself, but about receiving wages. The whole process involves change, and people need to see that change so that more women will be willing to engage in complex divisions of labor.

This includes the previous production of "down comforters". The subsequent order is for the clothing factory to accept as many orders as possible, whether big or small, and even to make suits and wedding dresses.

The biggest benefit of rural women participating in labor is that they shut up and stop gossiping, curbing the spread of bizarre rumors and further supporting stakeholders.

What is a stakeholder?
The village leaders, outstanding young entrepreneurs, and all sorts of "scholars" of varying ranks who were "parachuted in" are all stakeholders.

They can influence where they work and their performance evaluations, so the level of support is quite high. There used to be resistance to the "exile" of the old accountant or even the old village cadre, but now there is no resistance at all.

That's how the masses think. They're all supportive when things are going well, but they run away when trouble comes. True unity from top to bottom is very rare, and Zhang Zhengdong just happens to have never believed in that.

Of course, when he holds meetings in the city, he will still say "come from the masses and go to the masses," regardless of whether others listen or not, he just says it.

Regulation.

After Director Jia met with the resident research team from Beijing, he gained a more comprehensive understanding of the situation. For example, regarding the "Three Services to the Countryside" program, Beijing was about to hold a departure ceremony next month at Beijing Normal University for the 2014-2019 National College and University Student Volunteer Summer Social Practice Activities in Culture, Science, Technology and Health. However, Fengyi County had already started its own program, following the framework of the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy," where the schools did not play a leading role, but rather the local government and local enterprises took the lead, with the schools playing a supporting role.

"Oh, no wonder. So it means that students coming to rural areas have to pass an assessment, and if they do, they can become interns at companies like 'Zhang An Education'?"

"Yes. The school is very supportive, mainly to ease the employment pressure on recent graduates, giving them a buffer period of about six months to a year. The job market won't be a rush. Rural areas themselves don't provide urban employment, but the basic industries in rural areas can provide urban employment. The development plan here is quite clear, focusing on developing related industries."

The investigator's surname is Niu, and his given name is Niu Zuo. His hometown is Dijindu in the suburbs of Jingu City. He has not yet bought a house in Beijing, nor does he own a house in the urban area of ​​Jingu. He is waiting for housing allocation.

However, not owning a house doesn't stop Niu Zuo from living comfortably in a tenement building, after all, his surname is Niu, which sounds like someone who can endure hardship.

Hardworking and able to endure hardship.

"I see that many farmlands have been connected into one continuous area. Has it been contracted out to a single entity?"

"Yes, there is a grain company in the demonstration park, which cooperates with more than a dozen production brigades. Small farmers are still retained, but now the main farmland is owned by the grain company. The irrigation canals in the plan also follow the area of ​​the grain company's cultivated land. As soon as the 'leveling of graves' was completed, the compensation for the seedlings was paid, and it officially started operating."

"Is the business profitable?"

"It's not convenient to talk about that."

Niu Zuo looked troubled, but seeing that Director Jia really wanted to know the situation, he leaned closer and whispered a number.

"How can it be so high?! Really?!"

"real."

Nodding, Niu Zuo confirmed again and again, "It's mainly divided into several categories. One is the mushroom cultivation pilot base, which is the flagship product; another is commodity grain. After taking on the public grain for more than a dozen brigades, the rest is not sold directly to the market, but is contracted with cities such as Shazhou City, Jiyang City, and Shanghu City; the third is collective land shares, which earn commodity cash crops. There are two types of these: one is grain, sorghum, which is sold to wineries in Sucheng and Huaiyin, and the other is peas, which are used to make yeast and sold to local wineries north of the Huai River. Sucheng and Huaiyin also purchase from them, but in smaller quantities."

"I also see that they've planted grapes and peaches. It's all on the road signs."

"That was guided by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but it's not a local specialty product; it's more like agricultural planting outsourcing."

"Agricultural planting contract manufacturing? What does that mean?"

"Just like how hairy crabs go to Yangcheng Lake for a bath, the current vineyards are specifically designed for the fruit used in expos and exhibitions. The fruit companies that took the orders don't have that much production capacity, so the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Director Zhang negotiated the deal, and the advance payment has already been received. Now, the fruit companies are sending technicians to work with the people from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to develop the vineyards and peach orchards. Once the expo ends, the orchard's output will belong to the demonstration park itself, but it can no longer be labeled with the fruit company's name."

"..."

Director Jia wondered if this was somewhat suspected of being "counterfeit or substandard".

But I can think about it again...

It doesn't seem to have any problems.

Is Zhang Zhengdong's brain good or bad?

However, what Director Jia didn't know was that this kind of craft was commonplace in the Taihu Lake region.

Forget grapes and peaches, loquats, bayberries, strawberries, plums, silk, down jackets... all the agricultural products you can think of can be turned into alternative "Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs".

That's not a problem at all.

However, that's not the point. The point is that Zhang Zhengdong didn't mention this at all, and the reason he didn't is quite bizarre... it's all small change.

The 16 million order from the "pickle factory" is the real big deal. The combined profits from the vineyard and peach orchard are less than 4 million, which is hardly worth mentioning.

Now, because of Director Jia's curiosity, everything has been exposed at once, which has left the people in the city completely stunned. They are thinking, "Old Zhang, you're not being fair. You've been hiding things."

Especially when you arrive at "Zhang An Hope Primary School", you can smell a slight "pickle factory" smell. If the wind is blowing from the northwest, you can smell it. It's not strong, but you can tell it's a condiment-like smell as soon as you smell it.

So, even though this wasn't originally on the itinerary, Director Jia noticed the bustling factory environment of "Dafeng Pickles Factory" amidst the stammering of the cadres in the demonstration park.

Forklift operators are busy loading and unloading goods: outer packaging, filling bottles, canning trucks, material handling workshops, storage yards, cleaning workshops, drying areas...

Everywhere you look, there are the beeping sounds of forklifts in operation, and some "Fengyi forkliftmen" also come over to register the quantities they are purchasing.

The purchase quantity registered by "Fengyi Bashi" is linked to "going to the market". Some elderly people in the countryside or retired people in the county will buy a batch of things in bulk when they go to the market. Others are making banquets or opening restaurants. They can get factory prices from "Fengyi Bashi" and save themselves the trouble of going to the wholesale market and having to rely on their own judgment.

Judging the quality of pickled vegetables requires experience, but "Fengyi Bashi" is now like a human reputation, and everyone thinks it's reliable. Even for other miscellaneous items, "Fengyi Bashi" gets a bit of credit.

At large markets in Fangyu County, elderly men from rural areas often hope to bring home radios, televisions, and No. 1 batteries.

Several large markets in Shanfu County would like to stock up on fertilizers, seeds, and children's clothes, etc. Zhang Zhengdong had people make a lot of catalogs, like supermarket promotional leaflets, with prices and weights clearly marked. This way, if they want a cheaper price, they can just say so and make a bulk purchase.

Unlike other truck drivers, because the demonstration park has its own grain company, they are actually qualified to sell fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds, and can issue invoices.

The key is being able to issue invoices. Apart from branded cigarettes, which cannot be sold, things like tobacco can be sold, and even hand-rolled cigarette machines can be sold.

The tobacco and alcohol company in Shanfu County had no way to investigate, and could only watch helplessly.

There is indeed tobacco growing in Pengcheng, but usually it is sold directly to cigarette factories instead of being processed by the locals, so they don't make any money.

The price of strategic materials is mainly determined by taxes. The amount of tobacco that Uncle Zhang was dealing in was not much at all. So after Shanfu County made arrangements, they heard that it was only a few hundred catties and naturally stopped bothering with it.

On the contrary, Shanfu County communicated with "Magistrate Zhang" about the tobacco, hoping that their local specialties could be sold together with the tobacco.

Yes, but it requires acceptance testing, including random checks, daily inspections, and monthly inspections.

This matter is still under internal discussion in Shanfu County, because "Magistrate Zhang" seems to have a problem with his thought process...

It's terrible that we, all officials in the same court, don't even have this much convenience.

"Little Niu, this Dafeng Pickles Factory..."

“Village-run enterprises…”

Under the piercing gazes of Lao Cai and other members of the Fengyi County leadership, Niu Zuo lied and told the truth against his conscience.

I'm not lying.

It is indeed a village-run enterprise, and it is not directly affiliated with the demonstration park for the time being, because the only projects in the demonstration park are "radish planting" and "cabbage planting".

reasonable.

The full name of Dafeng Pickles Factory is Dafeng Pickles Factory of Shidikou Village.

It's definitely a village-run enterprise.

Even someone in charge of education in the city, let alone the person in charge of industry, could see that this scale was not right.

There was much discussion, but no one raised their voice.

There are countless strange things happening in Fengyi County, so one more won't make a difference.

Director Jia seemed thoughtful. He asked the people from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but didn't mention Dafeng Pickles Factory. Instead, looking at the endless stream of dried radish strips, chunks, slices, and cubes on the drying ground, he asked, "Has that 'Rural Science and Technology Training Station' been effective here?"

"Uh……"

Under the watchful eyes of Lao Cai and other members of the leadership team in Fengyi County, who seemed like venomous snakes, the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences hesitantly told the truth.

"In order to further improve the scientific and technological literacy of farmers, accelerate the transformation of agricultural scientific and technological achievements, and meet the challenges of WTO accession, this 'Rural Science and Technology Training Station' was established under the guidance of the leadership of Fengyi County, and a relatively complete team of science and technology training lecturers was also established."

"The role it plays is to provide year-round technical training for farmers and grassroots cadres throughout the county's rural areas. The training for county, township, and village-level cadres mainly focuses on rural policies and regulations, economic restructuring, the rural economic development situation, and the development of agricultural science and technology..."

"..."

You just put it here.

Reportage is sometimes just nonsense, and nonsense is sometimes reportage; it all depends on the need.

Anyway, the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences did answer the questions.

Did it work?

Of course it worked.

There are quite a few.

As for how a pickle factory is linked to the development of rural economy and agricultural technology... well, that's none of your business.

The technology of making soy sauce flavor is technology, so why isn't the technology of pickled vegetables technology technology?
If it weren't for the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, our Director Zhang would have sold the goods directly to South Korea.

Director Jia's entourage also quickly took photos and made notes, as what they saw here is actually of great research value.

Where do the employees come from?

"The engineers, technicians, inspectors, testers and other technical staff were borrowed from Xiangtai City and Shazhou City. The operators are all locals from Fengyi County, aged between sixteen and fifty. The small packaging workshop is mainly staffed by female workers, while the drying, air-drying and loading/unloading areas are mainly staffed by male workers."

"Is she qualified? Did she receive pre-job training?"

"some."

"some?!"

This left Director Jia somewhat incredulous. "There's pre-job training? I mean, the proper kind."

"These are all legitimate organizations."

"..."

In fact, the key points of the pilot demonstration zone for rural education and employment in Jiangkou Province are "rural areas," "education," and "employment," which are very troublesome and difficult to implement.

But now that I look at it, they've done a pretty good job; it's already quite presentable.

However, seeing the way Fengyi County was acting as if it were guarding against thieves, one could tell that they were worried about someone "parachuting in" to steal the spoils, which made Director Jia sigh inwardly.

On the other hand, I also think Zhang Zhengdong is a really weirdo...

As for the Pengcheng City Fengyi County Rural Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity Industrial Demonstration Park, its core is "poverty alleviation and prosperity." Zhang Zhengdong's words during the interview reflect the present situation, and Director Jia has to admit that Zhang Zhengdong is an honest man.

"I have gained a lot and benefited greatly."

During the break, Director Jia and his entourage were filled with emotion. They stayed at the reception hotel in the demonstration park. It wasn't luxurious, but it had everything they needed and was very clean.

When I arrived, I could still see a large construction site, a site where ditches were being dug and canals were being dug, a construction site that, while not exactly endless, was still quite bustling.

However, besides that, a section of irrigation canal was specially designated as a "natural swimming pool"... This was something he really hadn't expected.

To prevent children from drowning during the summer vacation, Comrade Zhang Zhengdong decided to personally conduct the drowning.

This line of thought left Director Jia with a sense of absurdity, one that he didn't know how to evaluate.

“I’ve looked at this area of ​​poverty alleviation and wealth creation projects, and it seems that they’re not just small-scale, just starting out, as Pengcheng City claims. Look at that pickle factory; it doesn’t seem like a village-run factory with only a few hundred thousand yuan in annual profits. Can a village-run factory afford to support so many technical personnel?”

"And that garment factory, I also visited it. Their method of selling winter clothes and down comforters out of season is quite unique. They've actually managed to open up this alternative market like the local farmers' market. And considering the scale of the local farmers' market in Fengyi County, it's even more impressive. Many of the license plates are from Henan and Shandong provinces. What does that mean? It means that middlemen and wholesalers are making profits here, and even more than in their hometowns where the products are produced..."

"You guys gather more materials and write up several detailed reports; I'll find them very useful."

"Yes."

Director Jia's entourage did not complain. Unlike some places where they have to exaggerate to cover up their work, Fengyi County does not need to. With plenty of solid content, it is easy to write materials and produce two excellent papers.

However, they never expected to run into their peers. People from Jiangning Agricultural University were also gathering material here. However, the people from Jiangning Agricultural University were not writing papers for themselves, but for Comrade Zhang Zhengdong.

Unfortunately, although there is no extensive cooperation at the moment, it doesn't mean that Jiangning Agricultural University doesn't want to cooperate. They really want to cooperate, but they are currently focusing on key projects at the university and can't spare the manpower.

So Jiangning Agricultural University also had some extraordinary people who allowed Comrade Zhang Zhengdong to study for a part-time postgraduate degree there.

Papers and such...

I'm sure someone as brilliant as Director Zhang would do it effortlessly.

(End of this chapter)