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Chapter 1483 Promotion
At the seat of Hechuan Commune, a lively scene of gongs and drums was once again unfolding.

Undeterred by the scorching August sun, people danced with great enthusiasm, amidst a deafening cacophony of gongs, drums, and firecrackers.

Reporters from the county, city, and even the province, as well as the People's Daily, came to film and conduct interviews here.

The People's Daily is a very large news organization with branches all over the country. As early as when Wang Yan first submitted his article, the local branch had already sent someone to visit him.

As time went on, Wang Yan's articles began to be serialized in the People's Daily, becoming a popular topic of reading and eagerly awaiting updates from people all over the country. The staff at the People's Daily branch office paid close attention to Wang Yan's actions.

A representative example is that, besides Wang Yan writing and publishing his own articles, the branch staff also write and submit editorials. To be honest, thanks to Wang Yan, who is a rising star, the branch staff have all performed quite well, and everyone's lives are naturally pretty good.

Like them, Wang Yan was also taking photos with his camera. He took a few casual shots of the leaders, but he took most of the photos of the smiling faces of the people...

Secretary Zhang acted quickly. After discussing the previous inspection of the Baidian Brigade with Wang Yan, he returned to the commune and began to follow the procedures.

First, they announced that the Baidian Brigade was going to open a factory in the commune, and assigned three slots to each of the dozens of brigades that came to the meeting.

This is a benefit from higher-ups. Secretary Zhang only tells the numbers to the lower levels and doesn't care how the brigades go back and beat the dogs out of their heads. It's the same in the county. When there are subsidies or support, the leaders of the communes hold meetings in the county and still beat the dogs out of their heads.

Since quotas were allocated to each brigade, everyone naturally had to contribute to the construction of the factory. Apart from the brigades that were responsible for road repairs, the remaining brigades all contributed workers to the commune to build the factory for the Baidian brigade.

After finalizing this plan, Secretary Zhang took the opportunity to nominate Comrade Liu Hanwen and transfer him to the commune as deputy commune head, skipping two ranks.

After a unanimous vote at the meeting, Secretary Zhang immediately nominated Liu Hanwen's name and reported it to the Organization Department. The position of deputy director was sufficient; he was a proper county-level cadre.

Secretary Zhang was highly respected in the commune, and his subordinates were completely under his control, making it almost a one-man show. Unless there were other entanglements, the county wouldn't have interfered with the personnel arrangements made at the lower levels.

Moreover, it was Liu Hanwen, whose name appeared in the People's Daily and in every article by Wang Yan. People all over the country know that Liu Hanwen is a very responsible deputy captain.

And so the matter was settled. The process was quick, and within a few days, a bewildered Liu Hanwen took office and moved with his wife and children to the place arranged by the commune.

After more than two months, with the joint efforts of all the people in the commune, the furniture factory belonging to the Baidian Brigade, in which the commune had invested, was officially completed.

A batch of machinery and equipment was purchased from the county's machinery factory. The apprentices from Baidian Brigade, along with young people from other brigades, totaling more than one hundred people, all came to the factory.

This is a legitimate factory with dormitories and a canteen. Everyone works together to create wealth.

Wang Yan became the first factory manager of the furniture factory without any surprise. He implemented a series of measures, improved the factory's production system, formulated safety production regulations, standardized the personnel structure, trained apprentices, ensured that the canteen had some oil and water every day, and even purchased soda, with each person drinking one bottle a week, which was very well received.

He mainly emphasized safe production, requiring strict adherence to safety regulations when operating machinery. Any problems would result in a deduction of work points, and any accidents would lead to the dismissal of the team leader. He also regularly conducted spot checks on the memorization of the safety regulations.

This ensured safety in production to the greatest extent possible and preserved the physical health of these young people.

During this period, Wang Yan led the women of Baidian Brigade to sell various sofas and mattresses in the store. Of course, the sales were not good. Furniture was necessary, but various cushions were unnecessary.

Only some county officials took the lead in placing orders, including replacing old and worn furniture in government offices with a batch purchased from the furniture factory.

Apart from that, people in other counties didn't buy much.

That day, Wang Yan was guiding the apprentices in the factory when Secretary Zhang rode in on his bicycle, beaming with joy.

Wang Yan, being sensible, offered cigarettes as soon as they met: "Uncle, is there something good?"

Secretary Zhang took a satisfying drag on his cigarette before speaking: "Didn't you want to go to the Canton Fair?"

"Done?"

"It's settled!" Secretary Zhang said with a smile. "We can let you go, but just like you said, there won't be a booth for you. You'll have to go and attract business yourself. If you can, you can sign a contract; if not, consider it an experience. The provincial leaders are quite capable and are relatively lenient towards a young person like you."

"They are all good leaders who are willing to give young people opportunities to showcase their abilities."

Secretary Zhang shook his head and chuckled: "Nobody listens to your flattery, so why say such sour things? You're good in every way, except for this one thing: you lack vitality."

"So, shall I go and break the slaughterhouse manager's legs now?"

Secretary Zhang understood the meaning behind Wang Yan's words, laughed and scolded a few times, and then said, "It's already August, and the Autumn Canton Fair won't be long."

Prepare well. Our commune will send one person, and the county will send two, to go with you. We know you're capable, so it's best not to go empty-handed. Even if you don't earn much, it's better than nothing. Your factory will cover the travel expenses; you can't be stingy with that little bit of money.”

Wang Yan shook his head: "Isn't that insulting? Everyone knows I'm the most generous."

"Don't you know where you got that money?"

"You already know that?"

"There are a lot of people watching you. You have cameras, watches, and bicycles, and you eat meat every now and then. Who wouldn't know that?"

“I’m just robbing the rich to help the poor. They should all be shot. It’s no big deal.”

"You still need to be careful. It wasn't easy for you to get to where you are today. It's a good thing to control your temper. When you're out and about, you must be amiable and avoid causing trouble wherever you go."

Wang Yan sighed deeply: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, I don't even need to go to the Canton Fair to know that the people there are arrogant and look down on us. It will be very troublesome for us to get things done."

"But you can't just flip the table. What are other people supposed to do? Why can't you do it?"

"Because I'm not afraid of anything, Uncle." Wang Yan laughed heartily. "I'm upright and honest, I'm just a worthless person, I can endure hardship and toil, but I can't stand being bullied. Flipping the table is the most direct, most effective, and fastest way to solve the problem."

When I was working at a furniture factory in Fengtai, Beijing, the young apprentices ganged up on me and bullied me. I beat them all up. When the factory manager came, he wanted to punish me, so I cursed at him. I also beat up the factory security guards. That night, I went to the factory manager's house and cursed at him again.

What happened in the end? Nothing happened, all the problems were resolved, and everyone was very friendly with me. The factory manager also became more obedient, talking to me with a smile, as if I had never scolded him before.

Some people, once they hold power, want to make things difficult for others. If you don't make things difficult for them, they're unhappy; you have to make them fear you, make them obey you, only then can there be harmony and joint development. It's all a despicable flaw."

Secretary Zhang shook his head. He understood. Wang Yan knew everything, understood everything, but he just refused to back down or act in a way that everyone tacitly agreed upon. At the first sign of trouble, he would flip the table without leaving any room for negotiation; he was incredibly stubborn. If it were anyone else, it wouldn't be so bad, but Wang Yan was already a well-known figure in the underworld, and now he was famous nationwide. He was unforgiving, and no one could do anything to him.

"I'm not listening to you, so you'd better watch yourself."

"Uncle, don't worry, I'm not stupid. I know exactly how many legs I broke in the capital."

Secretary Zhang waved his hand without saying much. Accompanied by Wang Yan, he strolled around the furniture factory and asked about its current development.

What is the current production capacity like?

“It’s definitely faster than before,” Wang Yan said. “It used to take more than a year to complete all the orders, but now it can be done in half a year. We can finish all the orders before the end of the year. Uncle, you have to work harder and open a shop in the city as soon as possible.”

"Once we open a store in the city, we'll open another one in Xi'an, and then we'll have a presence throughout the province. As long as we keep improving, that'll be enough to feed our commune for a lifetime, and everyone can live a good life. If we do well in foreign trade, then everyone in our commune will be able to eat meat."

"Isn't your brigade able to eat meat right now?"

"They're not even fully grown yet, how can we afford to feed them? We need to gradually expand the scale, continuously accumulate experience in large-scale farming, and avoid outbreaks of disease. Serious livestock diseases can be contagious to humans, so we can't be careless about this. It will take three to five years of gradual exploration and summarization before we can succeed."

However, no matter how large the scale, it can't be that big. Our commune is still too poor; the grain we grow isn't enough to feed everyone, so how can we raise so much meat? We still need to find a way to solve this problem.”

Secretary Zhang sighed deeply: "The whole country is starving, how can it be so easy to solve?"

"Could you buy some grain from outside?"

"It's easy for you to say. How are we going to buy things? Buying things abroad requires foreign exchange. Do we have any? Even if you go to the Canton Fair and earn foreign exchange, after it's all intercepted from top to bottom, how much money will our brigade have? How can we buy grain and feed pigs with that little money?"

"Wang Yan, we have many more important things to spend money on than raising pigs. People everywhere are starving, and we need to buy grain for the pigs—this is something we need to seriously discuss."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Our breeding scale definitely won't be able to expand. We'll have to take it slow. We'll try to get some grain from outside to make up for the losses. Uncle, you'll have to take care of that."

"Why don't you become the secretary?"

"Look at you, I'm giving you advice and you're still unhappy." Wang Yan seemed speechless.

"You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household. I'm already worrying about everything every day, do you need to tell me that? I'm leaving!"

Secretary Zhang arrived like the wind, and left just as quickly on his bicycle...

Wang Yan also began preparing for the Canton Fair.

They don't have proper exhibition slots, so naturally they can't bring furniture over. If they want to transport large quantities of various furniture over, they have to rely on trains. Without the necessary permits, they can't get approval.

So he could only rely on pictures to tell the story. He made a batch of furniture that suited the tastes of outsiders, took photos from all angles, and finally compiled them into a thick booklet.

He took this booklet and led his team to Guangzhou...

"It's because this place is so much better. Look, there are so many more buildings here than in our city, and they're so much taller."

"Oh my, look at that foreign devil, he's so hairy, and it's even yellow."

Wang Yan, along with the cadres from the commune and the county, was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. As soon as they stepped out of the train station and onto the street, they were already marveling at everything they saw.

"Wang Yan, what should we do?" Sun, the commune's secretary, asked for his opinion, while the two county officials also looked at Wang Yan.

They came to investigate the situation, to see if there were any other things to sell in the county, and also to keep an eye on Wang Yan, as they were all afraid that Wang Yan would cause trouble.

In actual work, they all listened to Wang Yan because he was bold and had many ideas, unlike the three of them who were cautious.

"Of course, we need to find a place to stay first. Let's go ask around and see where people from our province live, and ask them to make arrangements for us. Let's go."

Ignoring the complaints of the three men, Wang Yan picked up her luggage and left.

After enduring a series of eye-rolls, Wang Yan and his two companions finally arrived at Haizhu Square, the venue for the Canton Fair from 58 to 73.

"Comrade, could you tell me where the representative from Qin Province is?" Wang Yan casually grabbed a man who looked arrogant and asked him.

"I don't know!" came the impatient reply.

Without saying a word, Wang Yan grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up: "What kind of attitude is this? Huh? Can't you speak properly?"

Wang Yan and his group easily found the representative from Qin Province, and with his help, checked into a small guesthouse. It was crowded with people, all there to attend the Canton Fair.

Famous hotels like the Dongfang Hotel and the Overseas Chinese Building are for foreign guests, not for exhibitors like themselves. Even Wang Yan isn't considered an exhibitor; he has no official status.

In fact, there are quite a few people like them. They are all well-connected people sent from various places to try their luck here, hoping to land some foreign trade orders and earn some foreign exchange. The expenses are minimal, just some travel costs. But if they make a profit, it's a different story. Even if it's just a single dollar, it's a different story altogether.

Earning foreign exchange is better than not being able to. Being able to earn it is an achievement.

Once settled in the guesthouse, Wang Yan snapped away, taking a flurry of photos. The awkwardness of his own people was, of course, a precious record. Looking back at this decades from now, the sense of accomplishment will be overwhelming.

Successful people don't shy away from discussing their difficult pasts, much like how Zhu Yuanzhang (the Hongwu Emperor) relished his experiences as a beggar. Even if their past wasn't bad, successful people often create difficult memories to highlight their resilience, courage, and other admirable qualities…

Seeing the three officers looking at him expectantly, Wang Yan took out money and a bunch of national tickets from his pocket and distributed them: "You've come all this way, so feel free to do whatever you want. I can handle the selling myself. You guys should mainly do a comprehensive assessment and then go back and tell the leaders about the great success here."

“I’ll follow you and help you out,” said one of the county officials.

Wang Yan certainly didn't mind; having supervision was a good thing.

And so, Wang Yan began his sales journey at the Canton Fair...

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