My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 848 This woman really needs to be taught a lesson
That's right, it seems like Wei Dong is still taking the first step in reforming Shangzhou, at the free market in Beijiaochang.

But this is Pyeongkyo!

The city had already approved land in the southern suburbs for so many long-established workshops, alleyway factories, employees living in dilapidated houses, and even office spaces for the Second Deputy Bureau Chief.

Nobody wants to go.

Moreover, the city center was very small at that time, and outside the suburbs were only wilderness and fields, and the municipal authorities showed no concern for providing living facilities.

Having grown accustomed to living in the city, even in the dark and damp alleyways where one has to empty chamber pots every day, they would rather live in the wilderness than in the middle of nowhere, let alone have access to social security such as children's education and medical care.

Even setting up a factory is difficult.

By having Weidong build that automobile industrial park along the airport road, it was essentially equivalent to having already built a large-scale municipal infrastructure project.

Streets, hotels, residences, factories, restaurants, and even small shops have been built up by the urban construction company.

Building a food industrial park here went very smoothly. At worst, we could just hire all the new temporary workers. Just the opportunity to change from rural to urban residents to Beijing alone would attract countless talents from surrounding provinces who would fight tooth and nail to come here.

But the land to the south is still empty.

If you don't use what your superiors give you, does that mean your superiors made poor arrangements?
Use it quickly.

Actually, it's not far. It's still on the central axis, and the straight-line distance from the city center where today's meeting is being held is only ten kilometers.

I reckon it should be near the South Fourth Ring Road.

However, at this moment, even the Third Ring Road in Pingjing city is not yet fully completed, and the area is truly desolate.

If Wei Dong knew the lyrics "Fifth Ring Road, you have one more ring than the Fourth Ring Road," then this place wouldn't be considered remote.

Building a seafood market and a wholesale market for non-staple foods would revitalize the area.

This matter has absolutely nothing to do with the employees of the unit. To date, the Shangzhou Free Market has hardly any management personnel; it is purely driven by commercial interests.

Manufacturers, merchants, and business people will find ways to do business there. Consumers who buy goods in bulk and then sell them in small businesses will also travel there regardless of the distance to make a profit.

Beijiaochang wasn't even on the outskirts of a prefecture-level city; now, everyone in the city loves to go there to buy things.

It's easy to understand now.

He immediately put away his notebook and said, "Then I will inform Weidong that your construction team will carry out the arrangements and try to send good news to the people of the whole country and all walks of life in Beijing."

Wei Dong opened his mouth and said, "Garlic bird, garlic bird, let's leave it at that."

He forced a smile, nodded, and said okay.

After they left, Yu Songhai looked up at him, his gaze somewhat inquiring.

Wei Dong smiled wryly and put his arm around his shoulder: "Good thing, it's all settled."

The two brothers went back and made phone calls to arrange tasks for their respective teams.

As expected, the eight-day conference ended on the seventh day when the Pingjing City Non-staple Food Wholesale Market and Aquatic Product Wholesale and Retail Market, which had been under construction day and night, officially opened in the southern suburbs.

When Wei Dong and his team went to inspect and visit, it felt like the plaster on the walls hadn't even dried yet!
But the situation is no different from that of the Shangzhou Free Market back then.

The leveling process was simple and straightforward. This is the North China Plain, even simpler than Shangzhou, not to mention the large amount of engineering machinery mobilized.

The construction troops worked overnight to build walls, shops, warehouses, stalls, and steel-framed sheds.

It attracted huge crowds of citizens to the market.

For Pingjing, three bus routes have been opened to ensure that all three districts in the city can directly reach this place.

Then, a few hundred meters away, there is a train station, which facilitates the arrival of merchants from all walks of life for large-scale transportation.

These units across the country, which were already doing business under the Second Deputy Bureau, seized these few days to stockpile goods in Beijing!

In just one week, numerous construction sites sprang up all around, as if they had been scattered like beans. It is said that people in villages within a radius of several hundred meters were renting courtyards to use as warehouses.

In Beijing, government agencies have a tradition of distributing ribbonfish and Chinese cabbage as welfare benefits in the autumn and winter.

There is a real shortage of daily necessities.

However, sales experts like You Qili and Rang Weidong had already analyzed the situation and concluded that the problem was not actually in production.

As a de facto agricultural country, if the distribution of goods produced throughout the country is smooth, it is not a big problem for hundreds of millions of farmers to support one-tenth of the urban population.

Several major problems with the supply of goods actually occurred when adjustments were made in the distribution process, which hurt both the supply and demand sides.

The old leader used to look down on business as nothing more than being a porter, but if you don't do a good job as a porter, the output will be a backlog of goods leading to bankruptcy, and the demand side will be in big trouble.

Now, with great effort, the roads are open and functioning smoothly.

Just like back then, people from the countryside of Shangzhou brought all sorts of chickens, ducks, fish, and agricultural products to sell to the city.

After the days when even selling melon seeds could lead to trouble, now anyone can buy aquatic products, non-staple foods, and even stock up on more to set up a stall. A trip by tricycle might be more profitable than a month's work!

Thousands of vendors, like capillaries, silently and tirelessly transported goods to Pingjing city and surrounding towns.

In reality, how could there be a shortage of supplies here?

There's a nationwide tradition of shipping goods to Pyongyang (Beijing), and nearby are major ports for northern seafood. It was the planned economy that caused this bottleneck.

It's like I've had a minor surgery; everything is smooth and unobstructed now.

If the free market and housing reform in Shangzhou three years ago were just an exploration by an inconspicuous prefecture-level city, attracting people from all over the country to conduct research and investigation, most of them were just going through the motions, visiting out of curiosity and taking advantage of the occasional tourism or business trip.

Everyone now understands that this is a settled conclusion, a definitive solution.

It's that simple: free markets, farmers' markets, aquatic product markets, and non-staple food markets—each region can set up these kinds of trade markets according to its specific needs.

We have complete and proficient solutions for how to collect fixed taxes from merchants and how to manage the market.

Various operational plans for trade markets were sent from Shangzhou and Jiangzhou.

The printed booklets were placed in the two market management offices of the second deputy bureau chief.

If you still don't know to quickly make a copy to take back for your own use at this point, then you've wasted your time in this position.

That's great. Even Yu Songhai asked his secretary to prepare a set to take back with him.

But you have to hold back your expression, because it's all marked that it was compiled by Rang Weidong, and Shangzhou even listed several city units after Rang Weidong's name.

The kind of person who would support without hesitation.

The participants from Shangzhou did not hide anything: "We are responding to the national policy of making the cadre team more revolutionary, younger, more knowledgeable, and more professional. Comrade Weidong's assistance to Shangzhou as a private entrepreneur is obvious to all, so we also have a lot of work achievements to report."

Wei Dong was already numb. He could only say that he was just a patriotic observer anyway, so he wouldn't be given a position or face any... big risks.

Wu Xi, who came over for a drink with him a couple of days ago, was laughing her head off.

He clearly knew all along that Wei Dong would definitely attend the meeting; there was no way he could escape.

But what truly made him burst out laughing was Wei Dong's expression, as if he'd been struck by lightning...

Because it was precisely during this meeting that a huge incident occurred.

The Chinese men's national basketball team participated in the Asian Championship in Thailand and lost to Hong Kong 103-117 in the final for the championship!

Domestic newspapers remained silent, focusing their attention on the meeting in Beijing.

These days, there simply aren't that many live sports broadcasting capabilities.

Wei Dong learned about it from a former national women's basketball player who worked as a doorman at the service center.

Her inside information is that most of the players went to Thailand after less than ten days of training in Guangzhou after the National Games, and their general condition was not good. They have now returned dejectedly, and their units are criticizing them.

Wei Dong called Lao Qi again to ask if the plans to broadcast the live match since the semi-finals had been called off.

"We are only focused on the women's volleyball team, which won the world championship, while the men's basketball team has won the Asian Championship for five consecutive years. Last time, it was actually snatched away by Fei Lubin. We only took a look at this time, and you would never have guessed that the Hong Kong men's basketball team would emerge as a dark horse!"

Good heavens, are you, as a host on a brick-and-mortar station, so out of touch with reality?

The mastermind behind the rise of the HK men's basketball team is starting to sweat.

"They swept through the competition like butter, with two incredibly strong Black players. By the semi-finals, some sports officials were worried about the outcome and canceled the broadcast. Sure enough, they couldn't contain those two at all in the finals. The coaching staff tried many methods to limit and suppress the other HK players, but they were helpless against these two Black players..."

Wei Dong, sweating profusely, asked, "I remember that the results of this Asian Championships determine the Olympic qualifying spots for next year?"

Old Qi was unconvinced: "Yeah, the top two will represent Asia and advance. Sigh, that's just how basketball is."

Wu Xi realized Wei Dong's basketball strategy and, seeing his sullen face, laughed wildly: "You went too far with all these tricks! The same thing happened in Beijing and in Hong Kong. Let's see how you clean this up!"

Yu Songhai only found out where this guy came from when he was sitting at the hot pot table.

He immediately understood.

Let's raise a final glass: "Whether we exert ourselves too much or not, there's only one goal: to enable the people to live happier lives under our leadership and to truly improve productivity. Let's continue to work hard on our own fronts!"

All three men raised their glasses, while Yu Xiaoqiu stood by, holding her wine bottle, her eyes shining.

The meeting resolutions released on the last day proved that everything was on the right track.

After finishing this drink, everyone immediately turned back to face their own situation.

Of course, Wei Dong should fly to Hong Kong immediately!
Because it wasn't until he was able to make long-distance calls that he realized the real culprit was Qin Yuye!
This woman, ever since she left Weidong in Shanghai last month, has been thinking about how to please her husband after hearing the news.

Dong Xueqing is in Shanghai, so she doesn't come to join the crowd. She knows that Wei Dong won't enjoy the reunion, so she'll just let him have fun with what he loves most.

She is intelligent, but her strategic thinking is also quite womanly.

While he was in Los Angeles, he called Li Yue'e and the others to remind them to get Kemp in good form and asked point guard Hardaway and manager Fred if they needed any more help.

I got advice from professionals.

They recruited more than ten professional trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, and massage therapists with high salaries, and together with a professional coaching team, rushed back to Hong Kong.

In the last month, a comprehensive top-level enhancement was carried out.

Along with seven or eight local Hong Kong players, they also benefited from this last-minute cram school tactic.

I just want to ask if you used too much force!
The entire city of Hong Kong was in an uproar!
(End of this chapter)