Rebirth: My college entrance exam score was stolen? I turned the tables and made a billion.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangming naturally followed up on Lin Weimin's line of thought.

"To be honest, that's really what I think."

Lin Weimin casually rested his hand, which was holding a cigarette, on the armrest of the chair and flicked off the ash with interest.

"Oh? Tell me, what do you plan to do? Set up even more stalls?"

"It's not a stall."

Liu Guangming paused.

However, he didn't beat around the bush at all, but went straight to the point.

"If we're going to establish role models, then they have to be good ones!"

"The situation with my stall has already been publicized throughout the county."

"This time, I want to open a shop!"

"Moreover, I have my eye on Hongxing Grocery Store."

Lin Weimin frowned sharply.

He knew that name all too well.

In preparation for the Standing Committee meeting this afternoon, he specifically asked the Commerce Bureau to prepare a report on the operation of these state-owned assets in the county.

The report submitted over there mentioned this long-established state-owned store more than once.

The company has been losing money year after year and is barely surviving. The bureau keeps saying it will allocate special funds to fill the hole.

Even if you fill the hole, things will remain the same, and the snowball of debt will only get bigger and bigger!

"You have quite an appetite."

Lin Weimin shifted his sitting posture, his tone carrying a hint of consideration.

"That's a legitimate unit under the county's Bureau of Commerce. Although it's not doing well right now and can't even pay its employees' salaries, it's still public property."

"County Chief Lin, it's not that we can't pay, it's that we've been behind for more than half a year, and it's driving people crazy."

Liu Guangming looked into Lin Weimin's eyes.

"You may not know this, but at noon today, Wang Gui, the store manager of Hongxing Store, was grabbed by the collar by his old employees demanding payment. He was so forced to climb onto the iron scaffolding on the exterior wall where the signboard was being repaired that he almost jumped off the building in the street."

"Someone even took out DDT, which almost led to a fatal lawsuit."

Lin Weimin's expression changed slightly.

Is that true?

What Liu Guangming said is definitely not a lie.

But he hasn't received any report about this yet!

It seems those people down there are still desperately trying to cover things up, only reporting good news and not bad!

Liu Guangming gave Lin Weimin no time to catch his breath and immediately revealed his trump card.

"The world has changed. In the Southern Special Economic Zone, even large private hotels and joint venture factories are springing up everywhere."

"But what about the state-run grocery stores in our county?"

"Ultimately, all the problems boil down to one issue..."

Liu Guangming hit the nail on the head.

"That means these kinds of shops have long lost their ability to generate revenue."

"The government can't fill the gaps, the employees are upset, it's a complete zombie asset."

"Instead of letting it rot in public hands and eventually escalate into bloodshed, let's try a different approach..."

Liu Guangming suddenly raised his voice.

"For example, we could directly bring in individuals like myself to completely contract out this loss-making state-owned store!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Weimin's hand, which was holding a cigarette, froze in mid-air.

Liu Guangming didn't stop for a moment and continued speaking.

"If this move goes well, it will kill three birds with one stone!"

Liu Guangming held up three fingers and began to analyze the situation clearly.

"First, it helped the county finance and commerce bureau get rid of a huge burden. They no longer have to use public funds to fill this bottomless pit, which solved the most troublesome potential threat of mass disturbances."

"Secondly, it revitalized such a well-located store, turning dormant state-owned assets into a living force that generates new benefits."

"Third, and most importantly, as long as I take over and get the store up and running..."

Liu Guangming lowered his hand and stared intently at Lin Weimin.

"Isn't that a ready-made benchmark for reform?"

Lin Weimin looked at the young man in front of him who was not yet twenty years old.

The other person's words were now echoing in his mind.

Shedding burdens, revitalizing assets, stabilizing public sentiment, and setting examples...

I still vividly remember the image of the old Party Secretary sitting in the main seat, leisurely sipping tea at the afternoon Standing Committee meeting.

The old Party Secretary's clichéd rhetoric of "keeping things under control" and "stability above all else" acted like an impenetrable net, completely blocking his reform plans.

It's likely not just the old Party Secretary.

He wanted to fully revitalize the idle assets, but the resistance was too great, and all the old-fashioned cadres clung to the old Party Secretary.

But what if we single out Hongxing Grocery Store?

Lin Weimin's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Didn't the old Party Secretary want stability?

Now Wang Gui is about to jump off a building, and the workers are about to drink pesticide. If the project isn't contracted out, it will cause even greater instability tomorrow!

If he proposed to the old Party Secretary a "pilot program for individual contracting" under the pretext of "solving sudden mass incidents and avoiding driving state cadres to their deaths," the old Party Secretary would have no reason to refuse!

As Liu Guangming said, as long as the Hongxing store is revived and makes money in his hands as a sole proprietor.

The old Party Secretary's conservative theories in the economic field are thus completely refuted!

He, Lin Weimin, can truly carve out a bloody path in this county and reclaim the right to speak on economic development!

"Good lad..."

Lin Weimin slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly.

He walked quickly around the table twice, and the pent-up frustration in his chest instantly vanished.

"You've come at just the right time! Your words are like a pillow delivered when I was sleepy!"

Lin Weimin pointed at Liu Guangming, making no attempt to hide the admiration in his eyes.

"With your brain, it's a waste for you to be setting up a stall selling shaved ice."

"In my opinion, he should go work in the policy research office of the government!"

"OK!"

Lin Weimin immediately made the decision.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll take the report of the Hongxing store employees' disturbance to the old Party Secretary for discussion!"

"I'll personally take charge of this matter! Let's start with this Hongxing Grocery Store; I'll issue you a special pilot permit for individual contracting!"

These words resonated powerfully, carrying the decisiveness and resolve of the executive deputy county head.

After the initial excitement subsided, Lin Weimin sat back down in the rattan chair, his gaze sharpening as he fixed intently on Liu Guangming.

"Xiao Liu, I think I can definitely take down the sign for Hongxing Grocery Store for you."

"But don't get too excited."

Lin Weimin picked up the teacup, but instead of drinking, he gently scraped the rim of the cup while holding the lid.

"As long as my specially approved document is sent down to the bottom, Director Zhang of the Commerce Bureau will definitely go with the flow and legally and compliantly get rid of this mess completely."

Lin Weimin stretched out his fingers and began to calculate the accounts for Liu Guangming, one by one.

"First of all, he will absolutely demand that you settle the entire debt owed to that store in one go. He won't stamp the official seal if you're short even a penny."

"Secondly, there's the rent for the store and the depreciation of the shelves and equipment inside. They can't let you use them for free; that's also a cost."

"Finally, to prevent you from running away, the Commerce Bureau will definitely require you to pay a contract deposit."

Lin Weimin frowned and gave a conservative figure:

"All of this adds up to quite a bit of money!"

He leaned forward, his tone becoming more serious than ever before, even carrying a hint of pressure.

"You're a soon-to-be college student who just finished the college entrance exam. Even if your shaved ice business is booming these days, how much capital can you possibly save up?"

"What if you take on all the work but don't have enough funds and something goes wrong..."

"The resulting incident was not just a case of Wang Gui being driven to the brink of suicide."

"Even I, the executive deputy county head, will suffer the consequences and become a laughingstock throughout the county, even the city!"