1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 214 I heard that guy’s injury has worsened?

In the twilight, the drilling company's office building looked particularly majestic against the backdrop of the surrounding bungalows.

In the general manager's office where the light was still on, Wang Yinuo stood at the window, staring at the last ray of light in the sky.

Witnessing the last rays of sunset is one of his few hobbies. Whenever he can spare the time, he will stand at this window without fail.

As for her Uncle Wang's rather strange hobby, Miss Mu felt that as the head of the company, such literary and artistic behavior was a bit too inappropriate, but out of the minimum respect, she sat quietly on the sofa and did not make a sound to disturb him.

Finally, seeing the last ray of light being swallowed by the horizon, Wang Yinuo sighed softly, turned around, and asked indifferently: "I heard that little guy Yang Mo's condition suddenly worsened, and he needs to stay in the staff hospital for a while?"

Mu Liya's eyelids twitched a few times, but she suppressed the weirdness on her face and nodded slightly. "I heard that he was bitten by a poisonous insect. The wound was swollen. He had a high fever that night and was unconscious... Fortunately, many chief doctors in the staff hospital are from the southwest region and are very good at treating snake and insect bites. Otherwise, according to Dean Tian, ​​his life might be in danger."

According to normal procedures, Yang Mo should have ended his half-month hospitalization today and then reported back to the special task force in good spirits.

But at this juncture, this guy was suddenly bitten by a poisonous insect last night, so his discharge from the hospital became a distant prospect.

Although being bitten by poisonous insects in Qi and Lu may sound ridiculous at first, it is actually quite normal at the moment. After all, whether it is centipedes and yellow beetles that can cause direct harm, or ticks and chiggers that can cause terrible consequences, they are all very rampant nowadays. If you are bitten by these manic little creatures in late summer, you will really suffer.

But as far as Miss Mu knows...

Yang Mo wasn't bitten by these things at all.

The so-called poisonous insect that "caused Yang Mo's injury to worsen" was actually just a red ant... This guy was bored yesterday and tried different ways to tease the ant, so he accidentally got a small bite on his finger by the little thing.

God have mercy on me. This is not the future world invaded by red fire ants. I was just bitten by a small ant. How can this be considered a poisonous insect bite?
And “his life was almost in danger”?
The one whose life is in danger is the ant, right?

When Miss Mu thought of this, she felt so angry that she wanted to rush into the staff hospital and beat up that bastard... She was so scared when she received the news. After all this fuss, this is it?
But everyone knows that whether Yang Mo was really bitten by a poisonous insect and in critical condition, or whether he was pinched by an ant and had his skin broken, and then he was lying on the bed and resting, it is actually not important;
What is important is the signal sent by the other party.

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"Haha, our Comrade Xiao Yang is very ambitious... It seems that if he doesn't fight back against Vice President Feng, he won't be able to leave this hospital."

Wang Yinuo could not be fooled by the poor excuse of being bitten by a poisonous insect. He just smiled without much anger on his face.

Under normal circumstances, if Yang Mo, who had been lazy in bed for half a month, dared to do this again, Wang Yinuo would have to give this ignorant boy a lesson.

But the situation is different now. With a series of targeted and urgent actions taken by Vice President Feng, Yang Mo's refusal to leave the hospital is undoubtedly announcing to him... he, Yang, does not need help from others. He can overcome the current difficulties on his own and then fight back fiercely.

Ok……

That’s right, Vice President Feng’s series of pressing actions were certainly intended to subdue Yang Mo with a 70% hard and 30% soft approach, but this incident was also an opportunity for Wang Yinuo.

It's very simple. After Yang Mo is discharged from the hospital and returns to the special working group, Wang Yinuo will definitely find an opportunity to "care" and "comfort" this military strategist who was recruited by him, and then he will do him a favor without any explanation and solve Mo Mo Baizha's difficulties.

In this world, it has always been "events pushing people" rather than "people pushing events". No matter whether Yang Mo is willing or not, as long as the two of them stay in the room for more than half an hour and Wang Yinuo lends a helping hand, in the eyes of outsiders, Yang Mo will be Wang Yinuo's man, and in the end he has no other way to go except to stand on Wang Yinuo's side.

They have helped you so much, you should at least return the favor, right?

How do you repay a favor?
Of course, he will do his best to play the role of military advisor and help our President Wang to come up with ideas. Don’t you see that there is a huge project here with a terrifying investment amount?
The hardest thing to repay in this world is the debt of favor. After a while, not to mention the various causes and effects, once everyone firmly believes that you are Wang Yinuo's person, you have no choice but to stand on Wang Yinuo's side.

Therefore, Yang Mo continued to stay in the hospital under the pretext of being bitten by a poisonous insect. Although it seemed like a joke, it was actually the most perfect solution... As long as he got through this hurdle, he could still maintain his status as a third party even if he returned to the special task force.

only……

He is just a small cadre at the deputy section level, and he doesn't even have a real job. Even if he has the ambition, can Yang Mo really overcome this hurdle on his own?

"Maybe... yes."

In response to Miss Mu's question, a company executive gave his own answer.

After taking a sip of tea from the cup, Wang Yinuo shook his head with some emotion. "[Avoid the enemy with strength, attack the enemy with weakness], the principle sounds simple, but it is actually very difficult to do... It's not surprising that the little guy can see through Vice President Feng's weaknesses, but the fact that he can bypass Vice President Feng and his team's formation so quickly and open up a base that the enemy can't reach is really beyond my imagination."

After putting down the teacup, Wang Yinuo said with a sigh: "Although I know that little guy Yang Mo is very capable, I have to admit that I underestimated him before... Now it seems that this little comrade's performance is completely comparable to those of us old immortals!"

Hearing this very sincere compliment, Muliya's eyes twitched.

Of course she knew that Yang Mo was actually very capable, much more capable than his peers, but to say that he could be compared with you guys, that would be a bit too much of an overstatement... When Uncle Wang mentioned "us old guys", he was not just referring to age, but more to a group of people.

Seeing the deep suspicion on Mu Liya's face, Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "Xiaoya, let's not talk about the rest for now, just talking about the current situation that Yang Mo has messed up... What do you think is the strongest point of Vice President Feng and his team?"

Mu Liya did not hesitate at all: "Of course it is the mobilization of social resources... If it weren't for this, how could Vice President Feng, who is in charge of relations between workers and peasants, have the confidence to wrestle with you, Uncle Wang?"

Wang Yinuo nodded: "That's right, Vice President Feng and his team are best at social resources... Strictly speaking, it's the influence and resource mobilization capabilities of key administrative and public institutions!"

Mu Liya nodded in approval. Even now, China is still a society of acquaintances, so the value of the influence and mobilization power of various social resources is needless to say... But Wang Yinuo also emphasized very clearly that Vice President Feng is only influential in the core administrative system and business system in some regions, but the four words "social resources" encompass much more than that. Otherwise, Zhang Wenshun would not have had the opportunity to come in and set up that weird comprehensive office.

Seeing the thoughtful look on Mu Liya's face, Wang Yinuo laughed: "That's why I said that Yang Mo's performance was amazing... With your family background and education, you should know the concept of [30 km hazy zone], right?"

Mu Liya was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

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In China's regional economy, there is a common phenomenon: economic development in areas at administrative boundaries, especially at provincial boundaries, generally lags behind that of other areas in the same province.

In fact, even in 2012 when the economy had begun to take off, more than half of the 592 key counties for poverty alleviation and development designated by the state were located at the junction of provinces. One can imagine how high the poverty rate in these border areas was.

After analyzing the statistical data of various regions, you will find a very interesting problem: the statement "the economy of provincial border areas is generally seriously lagging behind that of non-border areas" is actually not very rigorous.

A more rigorous statement would be...calculated based on fifteen kilometers on each side of the border, the economy of the areas involved is generally seriously lagging behind that of non-border areas!
Therefore, this 30-kilometer area is called the "30-kilometer hazy zone"... Of course, 4 kilometers is just a relatively representative general number. For areas such as Southwest F50, you can call it the "-kilometer hazy zone" without any problem.

In fact, there are many reasons why these regions are economically underdeveloped.

For example, the most intuitive one is... terrain restrictions.

Since ancient times, China has had a tradition of dividing counties based on natural terrain. Therefore, many of China's current provincial boundary counties are located in mountainous areas, with an average slope 35% higher than non-provincial boundary counties... For example, the Taihang Mountain area on the border of Shanxi and Hebei, the Wuyi Mountain area on the border of Shanxi and Fujian, the Dabie Mountain area on the border of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and so on.

As we all know, transportation has been the first factor in regional economic development since ancient times. After entering modern society, in addition to transportation, the adaptability of means of production and production tools is also a core factor in regional economic development. Under the restriction of mountainous terrain, the economic development speed of these areas will of course show a significant lag. However, the reason why it is called the "30-kilometer hazy zone" is obviously not just because these areas are underdeveloped due to terrain restrictions.

The reason for this name is that the scale effect of public goods in these areas is too low and is close to its utility boundary. (If you can’t explain it, you will be put in the black room. If you are interested, you can check the article "Promotion Incentives and Urban Construction: The Perspective of Public Goods Visibility" jointly published by Wu Min and Zhou Lian'an, which was published in the 2018th issue of "Economic Research" in 12.)
At this point, everyone should understand that the so-called "30-kilometer hazy zone" is actually a euphemism to avoid harmony. In fact, you can guess what it really means just by looking at the name.

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After outlining the scope of work carried out by Xialiu Sales Agency during this period in her mind, Mu Liya's eyes revealed a strange gleam.

As mentioned before, Vice President Feng and his team's strongest point is their ability to mobilize social resources... No, to be more precise, it is the influence and resource mobilization capabilities of key administrative and public institutions.

In fact, if Yang Mo followed the common thinking and turned to several neighboring large broiler-raising counties or the supply and marketing system of Linyi County for help after the broiler raw materials were blocked, he would definitely be controlled by Vice President Feng's various means and be unable to move forward or backward.

But now Yang Mo actually bypassed those areas and units that seemed to be able to help him the most, and instead played such a trick of channel blocking in those border areas of Qilu Province, which completely left Vice President Feng with no place to use his strength.

You know, in areas where the utility of public goods is approaching its limit, no matter how Vice President Feng tries, it will be difficult for him to come up with any effective countermeasures... Let alone third-party corporate executives like Vice President Feng, even those key units are actually very powerless in these areas.

Of course, Yang Mo was as cautious as ever in this matter. The areas he selected were not only located in the 30-kilometer hazy zone, but also all had complicated historical evolution.

For example, Dongming County belonged to Hebei before the establishment of the Xin Dynasty. At the beginning of the Xin Dynasty, it was transferred to Henan. Then in 1963, the cabinet adjusted the divisions to solve the water conservancy problems in the border areas of Henan, Qi and Lu provinces, and transferred Dongming County from Henan to Qi and Lu.

As for Leling, the situation is even more complicated... In 1948, it belonged to Cangnan Prefecture. In 1950, it belonged to Dezhou Prefecture. In 1956, it belonged to Huimin Prefecture. In 1958, it belonged to Liaocheng Prefecture; in September 1959, it was changed to Zibo Prefecture. In January 9, Shanghe County was renamed Leling County. In 1960, Leling and Shanghe were separated and belonged to Dezhou Prefecture. In 1, it belonged to Dezhou Prefecture; on September 1961, 1967, with the approval of the Cabinet, Leling County was abolished and Leling City (a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the province) was established, which was administered by Dezhou Prefecture.

In short, even an ordinary person can see the complexity of the situation in these areas, let alone people with a family background like Miss Mu... The reason why historical evolution has become one of the most indispensable internal parts for understanding a region is that the content reflected in it is not as simple as ordinary people think.

Seeing Mu Liya thinking silently after figuring out the key, Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "In fact, the subtlety of Yang Mo's move is not only the area selection, but also the fact that he specifically targeted small and medium-sized chicken farms, which is really puzzling."

Wang Yinuo sighed and said, "Seriously speaking, as long as Vice President Feng is willing to bite the bullet and work hard, it is not impossible to make some moves in those areas;"

"But what good is it? Facing Yang Mo's method of combining small and large pieces, even if he can stop one or two or even dozens of small chicken farms from supplying broilers to Yang Mo, without sufficient external support, can he really stop hundreds or thousands of small chicken farms from selling their own broilers to Yang Mo? ... This is no longer a question of whether it is cost-effective or not, but a question of whether it can be done."

Putting his right leg on his sitting leg with some appreciation, Wang Yinuo smoothed the wrinkles on his trouser legs. "Hey, our country has 66 provincial-level land borders with a total length of 5.2 kilometers. Even if we don't take into account special circumstances, and only calculate the 15 kilometers on both sides of the provincial and county boundaries, the area belonging to the hazy zone is as high as 156 million square kilometers, which even occupies 1/6 of the country's land area... Faced with such a large strategic depth, if Vice President Feng has any brains, he will definitely not think of playing the containment game."

Looking at her Uncle Wang's undisguised admiration, Miss Mu felt vaguely uneasy out of some female intuition, and suddenly she didn't want Yang Mo to get involved in Wang Yinuo's affairs.

With a slight smile, Mu Liya picked up the thermos and refilled Wang Yinuo's water bottle with water. "Uncle Wang, I think you may have overestimated Yang Mo... That guy may have a good business insight, but in other aspects, he is only slightly better than his peers."

After putting down the thermos and sitting down again, Mu Liya's lips curled up slightly: "As far as I know, Yang Mo's response was actually the idea given to him by his little apprentice... Bai Mengmeng is from Guizhou, and also from Tongren, which borders southern Hunan. Naturally, he is very familiar with this set of rules."

Hearing Miss Mu define this matter as "a blind cat catching a dead mouse" and putting all the credit on Bai Mengmeng, Wang Yinuo looked at her little niece meaningfully.

After a moment of silence, Wang Yinuo suddenly asked, "Xiaoya, I heard that tomorrow is Yang Mo's birthday?"

Hearing Wang Yinuo suddenly change the subject, Mu Liya was stunned: "Although Yang Mo's birthday is registered as August 8 in the file, they all calculate the lunar calendar, so his real birthday will be the 26th of next month."

Wang Yinuo smiled and shook his head: "Even if his real birthday is next month, as his friend, you can still go to celebrate his birthday tomorrow... After all, his file says it's August 8th, and you only joined the company at the end of last year, so it's normal that you don't know that he registered the lunar date!"

Mu Liya frowned: "Uncle Wang, is this...appropriate?"

Wang Yinuo naturally knew what Mu Liya was asking.

He sighed helplessly, "Your father called me the day before yesterday and told me that he had received news that Masayoshi Ito from the island country is likely to visit China in the middle of next month. In addition to some large island companies, the delegation will also include many member companies of the China-Japan Friendship Association... Therefore, it is best to slow down the project we are promoting and decide whether to adjust it after the wind direction is determined."

Ito Masayoshi?

Is he the island nation’s politician who has vigorously promoted the cause of China-Japan friendship?
Although Miss Mu doesn't like the Japanese at all, you have to admit that there are still many Japanese who are willing to atone and repent towards China. During the period when China was transferring the island countries' technology and manufacturing industry, it has indeed benefited a lot from these people.

And Masayoshi Ito can be regarded as a representative figure among them... In fact, the reason why China was able to overcome the 90-year export freeze period so quickly is that the ice-breaking role played by Masayoshi Ito cannot be underestimated.

The fact that they were able to withstand the heavy pressure from the island country and organize a delegation to visit China in the current international environment, regardless of whether they have other demands, is worthy of special treatment by the Chinese people.

Thinking of some of the topics that Yang Mo had talked about with her before, Mu Liya felt not only horror but also more of a sense of weirdness.

"China and Japan will definitely use civil society groups as a vehicle to circumvent this international blockade that is all talk and no action!"

This was something Yang Mo had said during a casual chat before. Given his nonchalant attitude, Miss Mu actually never took it seriously. She just thought that he had drunk too much at the time... although he had only drunk wheat juice at the time.

But now it seems that he was not just talking nonsense, but had anticipated today's situation long ago?
After being shocked, Mu Liya understood why Wang Yinuo had to stop what he was doing... The petrochemical industry, mining and metallurgy, and electromechanical machinery manufacturing industries are the real big players in the current Sino-Japanese trade. In this era, it is nonsense to say that they are not affected by policies.

Moreover, Wang Yinuo's planned investment of 5 million yuan for this large-scale project cannot be considered small even in the international arena. Therefore, at this juncture, its value and use cannot be limited to the project itself... The island country companies of the Friendship Association have come here in a group under such great pressure. You can't just let them visit the Forbidden City and eat Peking duck and be done with it, right?
After digesting this news from her own father, which her daughter had only just learned about, Mu Liya glanced at Wang Yinuo and said, "Uncle Wang, so, what do you mean by asking me to meet Yang Mo tomorrow in the name of celebrating my birthday...?"

Wang Yinuo smiled bitterly: "Actually, I don't mean anything else. I'm just a little unsure about this matter, and I want to hear Yang Mo's opinion... After all, the early communication of the project has entered the most critical substantive stage. Whether it is not accurately grasping the direction of the wind, or not reserving enough room for participation, it will be a big trouble;"

"Yang Mo has a strong international perspective and foresight. Having him help with the planning is a big help anyway."

As he spoke, Wang Yinuo sighed imperceptibly: "Actually, I originally thought that after Yang Mo was discharged from the hospital and returned to the special working group, I would ask him to help me with some matters in the name of work. After all, he is the director of the special working group, and there are some things he can't avoid."

"But I didn't expect that he was bitten by a poisonous insect. He will have to stay in the hospital for a while. I don't know when he can return to work. I don't want him and Lao Zhang to misunderstand that I am taking advantage of the situation, so it is not convenient for me to go to see him directly... So, Xiaoya can only let you go to see him in the name of celebrating his birthday."

Upon hearing this, Mu Liya sighed in her heart.

Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, it’s already this late, why are you still concerned about these things?

That's a large-scale project with an investment of 5 million yuan. At such a critical moment, you are still thinking about taking care of Yang Mo's feelings?

You have recruited everyone into the special task force. What's wrong with forcing the military advisor to give his opinion on important work during his hospitalization?
If you could be like Vice President Feng and the others, and be tough when necessary, you wouldn't be forced to compete just after one term as general manager!
But even though she complained, Muliya also knew that everyone has their own code of conduct.

Although Wang Yinuo seemed a little soft and fussy, and did not have the demeanor of a general manager of a drilling company; however, if Wang Yinuo was not such a scholar, her father might not necessarily choose to stand on his side. As for taming a guy like Yang Mo who was extremely arrogant, he would not even have a chance at all!

"Okay~!"

Muliya nodded and agreed.

(End of this chapter)