Marry a female star at a bargain price

National Day is approaching.

Xingguang Town, which should be working overtime the most, is unusually on holiday.

Apart from the leaders and duty officers who are on duty every day, everyone in the town is on holiday.

At first, the cadres couldn't believe it.

After all, before Mayor Lin came to Xingguang Town, his illustrious career in Chaobai Town was widely talked about throughout the province, and everyone knew it by heart.

If we want to develop the tourism industry, don't all cadres have to work together, putting in extra hours as volunteers?

The masses celebrate the festival, while officials face the test.

The key challenges are logistics, support, and service.

As a result, S+ variety shows have been recorded, music festivals have been held, and various promotional activities have been carried out. Since Mayor Lin took office, Starlight Town has been on the trending topics list almost every now and then, and not just the kind of trending topics that are popular throughout the city or province, but the kind that are popular nationwide.

Such a large-scale operation, with so many actions.

Even if Lin Xiao insisted that Xingguang Town was not suitable for tourism development, the officials couldn't help but think when they saw the tourists flocking in day after day: With so many people and such a huge buzz, what else can we do if not tourism?
With everyone's limited vision, all they can see is the booming tourism and the influx of money.

It's impossible for officials not to be envious of such a huge amount of attention and traffic.

That's how people are.

When faced with unpaid wages or pay cuts, people might curse and complain about God and his ancestors, but when they actually shine at their jobs, that deep-seated sense of honor bursts forth, and they have no complaints no matter how much overtime they have to work.

So, now.

As the town mayor, Lin Xiao had no complaints about arranging for everyone to work overtime, since no one could have imagined that Xingguang Town would develop into what it is today.

But since Mayor Lin didn't arrange for everyone to work overtime, these dozens of cadres were scratching their heads and feeling extremely uncomfortable.

But there was nothing we could do.

After three deputy mayors went to the mayor's office to persuade him to stop, all the staff could only watch helplessly as the time ticked to 5:30 p.m., and then one by one, reluctantly leaving their workstations and looking back every few steps, they went to welcome their National Day holiday.

Lin Xiao watched this scene from his office window, feeling no joy whatsoever. It was as if everyone was forcing women into prostitution rather than going on vacation, which was both laughable and pathetic.

These people don't even know how to enjoy their good fortune.

It's outrageous, but it's also kind of cute!
Lin Xiao also packed his things, left work, and went home for the holiday.

I stayed home and lay in bed all day on the 1st.

On the 2nd, I went to my workplace to cover a shift. I left home at 7 a.m. and didn't arrive in the town until 10 a.m. What used to be a half-hour drive took a whopping three hours this time. The traffic jam was so bad that people were starting to have illusions, thinking that this was the first-tier cities of Jingzhou and Haicheng, instead of the little-known Xingguang Town.

Traffic jams and being late are one thing.

Anyway, there are duty officers in the town, so as the leader in charge, he only needs to sit in the office. Unless there is an emergency, it doesn't matter whether he arrives on time.

The key is that people have three urgent needs, and while one can wait, the bladder cannot!

Lin Xiao regretted drinking two bowls of soy milk before leaving home that morning.

Normally, he would just find a straight road, park the car, and enjoy the pristine mountain scenery from the roadside.

A spring of clear water nourishes the mountains and forests; this is just a small token of Mr. Lin's concern for protecting the environment.

But now, the narrow mountain road is completely blocked by tourists from all over the world.

As soon as he gets off the bus, he'll be recognized immediately. He'll probably be surrounded by people asking for autographs and to post them on social media before he even has a chance to take his pants off.

Well, today I'm not only going to have to pull down my pants, but I'm also going to be trending on social media.

Topic: Lin Xiao was squeezed by enthusiastic tourists until he lost control of his bladder!

This has truly made them famous far and wide.

The thought of that lively scene made Lin Xiao tremble with fear, and he forced himself to hold it in despite the urge to burst.

I arrived at work at 10 o'clock, and without even turning off the car, I rushed to the toilet and relieved myself, making a noise that echoed throughout the entire floor.

"Ah, that feels so good!"

I was on duty for a day, and nothing major happened.

Since the airing of "Back to the Married Life", Xingguang Town has completely bid farewell to its previous desolation and decline. The remote mountain town has transformed into a top-tier original ecological tourist attraction, attracting tourists from all over the country who are not short of money or time but are just a little bit dim-witted.

The situation only got more chaotic during the National Day holiday.

The small town market, with only one main road running horizontally and vertically, was packed with tourists, and more and more tourists were trying to squeeze in.

The town and county governments were prepared for this.

The traffic police, the Culture and Tourism Bureau, and almost all the county's commissions and bureaus were on duty, directing traffic and serving the public, with the main goal of ensuring that visitors from afar had a great time and spent their money to their heart's content...

Lin Xiao: See, I told you we didn't need our town's officials to work overtime!
On the day he was on duty, he heard news from various villages.

Due to the overcrowding in the town and the severe lack of catering services, tourists spontaneously spread to various villages under the guidance of volunteers.

From Mashan County to Xingguang Town, almost every village along the way welcomed hundreds of tourists.

When people come, they need to eat, enjoy the scenery, and have fun, right?
After all, we have come.

Moreover, the roads were completely jammed, making it impossible to get back.

So everyone could only regret and complain, while adhering to the principle of "doing whatever we could," and headed to the village's "farmhouse" and "navel orange picking garden."

The villagers were ecstatic.

Hehe, guess what? The farmhouse was just opened, and the fruit picking garden was also just opened. The signs are still fresh!
But the tourists didn't care.

Farmhouse dishes are all about luck; if they're delicious, you'll give them a thumbs up and feel like the trip was worthwhile; if they're not, you can comfort yourself that at least they're all-natural, pollution-free, organic, and green vegetables. You might even have to ask a fellow villager for a few pounds at a high price before you leave.

The orchard was bustling with activity.

During the navel orange season, orchards covering the hillsides are filled with bright, plump, and large oranges. Each one is so tempting and lifelike that even people who don't like oranges can't resist the urge to pick them, wishing they could go back to the arduous task of picking them and whip themselves to work eighteen hours straight.

This is an innate quality of the Chinese people—a love of planting vegetables and picking fruit, an ingrained habit that cannot be changed.

So after finishing their farm-style meal, tourists from other parts of the city flocked into the orchard.

The picking price is 3 yuan per jin (500g).

Upon hearing this, the tourist exclaimed: "Wow, that's so cheap! It costs at least five or six yuan in the supermarket!"

Everyone has come from afar, and the gas money alone has cost hundreds of yuan. How could we be short of a little more?

Pick them! Pick them as many as you can!
The oranges were weighed; two or three would weigh a pound, and a whole basket of them would probably weigh five or six pounds. But when they were weighed, they weighed 30 pounds!
The tourist was a little regretful: "Oh dear, that seems a bit too much!"

But since the fruit has already been picked, there's no way to return it; after all, this isn't a fruit stand, but a fruit picking garden.

So I started to figure it out myself.

"Oh dear, the fruit picking experience costs extra, but this isn't expensive!"

"It's only a few dozen kilograms. We'll share some with relatives and friends, and some with colleagues at work. It'll be gone in no time!"

"These oranges look so fresh and juicy. With such good quality, I can eat as many as I want, just to get some Vitamin C!"

"..."

They all paid readily.

Baskets of oranges were loaded onto trucks, which, following the license plates of various provinces, headed to cities large and small across the country.

The villagers were ecstatic.

Oranges that used to be purchased for one yuan per kilogram can now be sold online for three and a half yuan per kilogram, or even picked by tourists themselves in the orchard for three yuan per kilogram, saving the orchard's labor costs.

This deal is so worthwhile, I'm going to make a fortune today!

This joy spread to almost half of the villages in Xingguang Town. Only a few villages hidden deep in the mountains missed out on this wave of National Day celebrations. Those were the areas where Mayor Lin prioritized and centrally allocated goods through online live streaming.

His goal has always been to sell all 2 tons of oranges in the town, not just a few villages or a few dozen households!

Today has been full of good news.

Lin Xiao sat in his office with great ease and in a particularly comfortable mood.

Holiday shifts are 24 hours long.

Lin Xiao slept at his workplace overnight. At 5 a.m. the next morning, when Deputy Mayor Ge Tao came to take over his shift, he quickly ran away.

The two of them had already agreed on this time yesterday.

Because if it gets any later, the roads will get congested again, and Ge Tao won't be able to get in, and Lin Xiao won't be able to get out.

Complete the shift handover.

Lin Xiao drove all the way to Yizhou.

Although there was no traffic jam on the mountain road in Xingguang Town, we still encountered an unprecedented traffic jam after getting on the highway from Mashan County.

After all, the Rice Paddy Music Festival, which brings together three music legends—Jiang Feng, Lin Xiao, and Han Xixi—is about to officially open tomorrow.

Music lovers and trend-chasing enthusiasts from all over the country flocked here by various means of transportation, hoping to secure a good spot in advance and while they were at it, they also wanted to kill some time at other popular attractions in Yizhou City to make their trip worthwhile.

Within Yizhou, all highways were completely blocked.

All the high-speed rail lines passing through Yizhou were packed, with no seats available.

This situation has never occurred before.

Even during previous National Day holidays or other popular cultural and tourism events held in Yizhou, such a grand scene has never been seen. After all, this is just a prefecture-level city in Akarin Province, with virtually no presence nationwide.

But this very province of Akarin has a geographically advantageous position that is almost frightening.

Nanzhou Province is located in South China. To its east and south are economically developed coastal provinces, which rank among the top three in the country in terms of GDP.

Forget it.

The western and northern parts of Nanzhou Province are also home to various nationally renowned "internet celebrity" cities, such as Xingcheng and Jiangcheng.

Both cities are only about 300 kilometers away from Ninghai, the capital of Nanzhou Province.

The distance to Yizhou is about the same.

Thus, the prefecture-level cities of Nanzhou are almost completely surrounded by well-known southern cities.

Because of its unique geographical location, when the construction of subways in China just began on a large scale, the surrounding provinces, which had strong economies or outstanding provincial capitals, all received subway planning, but Nanzhou Province was the only one that did not.

Nanzhou was then hailed as the "economic belt surrounding the high-speed rail".

Of course, this happened more than a decade ago.

Today, Nanzhou is already connected by high-speed rail. Not only is it connected, but it is also the only province in the country where "high-speed rail connects all counties and cities".

Of course, nobody cares.

Southern Province, still the same Akarin Province that is rarely mentioned, and even when mentioned, people often can't distinguish between its name and capital.

Normally, when Nanzhou Province is quiet, no one would come here.

But what if something major happens in Nanzhou?

Throughout the southern region, it becomes apparent that regardless of which city you depart from, traveling to Nanzhou is surprisingly convenient.

By car, high-speed rail, or plane, it will take no more than six or seven hours to get there—provided that transportation is readily available.

It is precisely because of this "transportation advantage".

When Jiang Feng suddenly released his new song "All the Way South", all his fans and netizens were inspired by the lyrics "No one can be free for me" and "Riding a tricycle to see the autumn in the south", and decided to go out and see the world.

Everyone calculated the distance, location, and time.

I discovered that going to Yizhou is really convenient and cost-effective, especially since I had never been there before.

As a result, hundreds of millions of people, with a high degree of unity of thought, flocked to Nanzhou Province during the National Day holiday.

In the past few days, all major tourist attractions in Nanzhou and the entire province have been packed with tourists.

Not only the highways around Yizhou, but all the highways in the province were completely blocked by cars from all over the country, and the capacity of airplanes and high-speed trains also soared to unprecedented limits.

This crazy situation was caused by just one song and a music festival that was announced at the last minute.

In the past few days, police officers across the province have been working almost 24 hours a day without rest, with all officers on duty. They are so exhausted that they feel like they're about to vomit blood.

Only under such high pressure could the stable operation of all lines be barely maintained.

As Lin Xiao watched the exhausted figures of the traffic police on the highway, he felt inexplicably guilty, as if their hard work was all due to his own foolishness.

"I...I'm really sorry!"

Learning from yesterday's experience, he prepared a bottle of Gatorade before setting off today, just in case.

There were originally a few mineral water bottles left.

However, the opening was too small, making it difficult for him to use, so he had to give up.

Supported by the pulsating bottle.

Lin Xiao moved at a snail's pace on the highway. What should have been a two-hour drive took him nearly four hours to reach his destination.

Entering Yizhou city, it was traffic jam after traffic jam.

Lin Xiao didn't have time to complain and went to the high-speed rail station to pick up his two friends.

It wasn't rock star Jiang Feng, nor his famous wife.

Both of them have professional teams to support them, and the Yizhou government is also providing various forms of support and welcome, so they don't have to worry about finding a place to stay or suffering from traffic jams.

Lin Xiao was met by two nemesis-like individuals—freshmen from Jingzhou, Lin Yu and Liang Tian.

Just half an hour ago, he received a call from his younger brother Lin Yu, who told him that they had bought high-speed rail tickets for 5 a.m. and would arrive in Yizhou at 12:30 p.m.

Lin Xiao was completely bewildered and asked his younger brother, "What are you doing in Yizhou?"

"Liang Tian is coming!" Lin Yusheng replied listlessly.

"What is she here for?"

"To watch a performance."

"Look... you can just video call me and your sister-in-law, and we'll act it out for you on our phones, isn't that enough?"

"..."

Lin Yu was completely stumped, wondering if this was even possible?

Since he was already there, Lin Xiao couldn't complain and could only go to pick him up.

He entered the city around the same time.

Upon arriving near the high-speed rail station, we encountered various traffic jams. We had to use phone calls, voice messages, and location sharing between the two sides, and it took almost an hour to finally connect. The two young people who had come from afar successfully squeezed into the back seat of the car.

Lin Xiao glanced at them coldly: one came up from the left, the other from the right, with a wide gap in between!

He immediately understood and rolled his eyes.

"Damn it, it's been almost a month since school started and he still hasn't won her over!"

Lin Xiao was utterly helpless, inwardly grumbling, "Who did he take after for this indecisive nature of his... Oh, from my dad, never mind then!" (End of Chapter)