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Chapter 117 One Last Time I Trust Red Star! (Third Update!)

Holding the A4 sheet of paper, Lin Man couldn't help but roll her eyes and handed it back: "You guys aren't so poor that you don't even have letter paper, are you?"

"Of course!" He Ming reached out and took the A4 paper back. He turned to Luo Chuan and asked for a stack of letter paper. He took the letter paper and pen and went to the table next to him to start writing the application letter. At the same time, he cursed and said, "There are more than 400 households in our Tang'ao Village. Seventy or eighty households have been cheated by Lin Yaozu. Some have lost 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, while others have lost 200,000 or 300,000 yuan."

"I was scolded every day for the past two days. The fact that I can still talk to you properly now is the limit of my upbringing."

After making sarcastic remarks to Lin Man, He Ming turned to Luo Chuan and said, "Get the instructions out for this little girl first, and let her take them to the city to take a look."

"Anyway, we should be prepared for both possibilities."

Luo Chuan knew this wasn't the time to waste with Lin Man, so he turned on his computer, found a certificate that was commonly issued in the village, copied and pasted it, then asked for the girl's household registration book and started typing out the explanation.

About ten minutes later, the instructions were typed out, the printer started up, and spit out four copies of the instructions with a creaking sound.

Luo Chuan took the instructions, checked them over, then took out the official seal from the drawer, signed his name below the text, and stamped the seal on his name and the text.

He handed the instructions to the grandfather and grandson, and after they left, he moved out from behind his desk and moved to Lin Man and He Ming's side.

About ten minutes later, He Ming finally finished writing his earnest letter. He then asked Luo Chuan for an envelope and the company seal.

The letter was stuffed into the envelope, the envelope was sealed, and the official seal was affixed to the seal.

Turning around, he handed the letter to Lin Man: "Here you go. I hope your primary school can be established."

Taking the envelope and casually stuffing it into his briefcase, Lin Man said with a smile, "There's one more favor to ask!"

"Don't push your luck!" This time, He Ming's face also showed a hint of displeasure.

On the contrary, Luo Chuan, upon hearing this, first gave He Ming a cryptic smile, then very considerately asked Lin Man, "Secretary Lin, is there anything else you'd like to ask? Please say it all at once."

"I would like to trouble Secretary Luo to make a phone call to the village secretaries of Xiaodong and Shatouchong next door. Since I'm already here, I'll stop by their place."

Faced with this request, Luo Chuan did not refuse. Instead, he gave a meaningful smile, took out his phone, and started making a call right in front of Lin Man.

"Old Long, there's something I need to tell you. The new village secretary of Hongxing Village is with me. He's coming to your village later. They want to start a primary school and they need your help."

"Yes, yes, his surname is Lin. I heard he's Lin Yaozu's nephew."

"They shouldn't be more than five degrees of kinship!"

"Alright, alright, I still need to call Old Zhao in Shatouchong, I'll hang up now."

"Hey, Lao Zhao, the new village party secretary of Hongxing Village is with me now. They want to start a primary school and want to join us in applying to the Municipal Education Bureau."

"Yes, he's Lin Yaozu's nephew, within the five degrees of kinship."

"I'm relieved to hear that. I'll hang up now."

After hanging up the phone, Luo Chuan's face beamed with joy. "Secretary Lin, Secretary Long from Xiaodong and Secretary Zhao from Shatou Village both said that your establishment of the primary school would benefit them, and they are willing to help."

"In addition, Secretary Zhao of Shatou Village said that he will wait for you at Xiaodong Village Committee."

"Let's hurry over there!"

Hearing the urging, Lin Man's eyelids twitched involuntarily. His intuition told him that this trip would lead to a trap.

He took a deep breath and nodded to Luo Chuan: "Secretary Luo, thank you for your help."

After thanking him, Lin Man left the Tang'ao Village Committee, got on his electric scooter, and continued east along the national highway. After driving for two or three kilometers, at a fork in the road, he turned north and headed towards Xiaodong Village.

Xiaodong Village Committee.

Long Kaixiang, the Party Secretary of Xiaodong Village, led a group of people from Xiaodong Village to a formal meeting with Zhao Wei, the Party Secretary of Shatouchong Village. As soon as they met, Zhao Wei spoke first: "Because of the Hongxing Village incident?"

"Yes!" Long Kaixiang nodded, then clenched his fists, cracking his knuckles: "Lin Yaozong did a good job, that son of a bitch just shrugged off and went to jail."

"We suffer every day."

"You have no idea how long it took me to organize those study documents. I've never been so humiliated in my life."

"When he comes over, I'm going to beat him to death. If I can't kill him in three punches, I'm a piece of trash."

"It's not that bad!" Zhao Wei waved his hand and turned to look at the people from Shatouchong Village behind him: "Throw your hoes and harpoons aside."

After talking about the people in his village, Zhao Wei asked Long Kaixiang, "What do you think of what he said about that matter?"

This question stumped Long Kaixiang, the local village party secretary, who scratched his head but ultimately couldn't say a word.

After a long while, he muttered, "I hope it's a person this time!"

This statement was unanimously endorsed by the people of Xiaodong Village and Shatouchong Village, as well as by the hoes and harpoons in their hands.

About ten minutes later, in the dim light of the night, a ray of light came from the road ahead, and then the light stopped in front of the Xiaodong Village Committee.

Then, a figure riding on the headlights of a small electric scooter came up in front of them.

Looking at the large group of people in front of him, and the hoes in their hands, Lin Man licked his lips and cautiously asked, "Excuse me, are Secretary Long Kaixiang and Secretary Zhao Wei here?"

"I am Long Kaixiang!" Long Kaixiang stepped forward, stopped, and looked Lin Man up and down. Zhao Wei, who was beside him, also stepped forward. "I am Zhao Wei!"

After Zhao Weigang finished introducing himself, the men behind him holding hoes took a step forward, and Lin Man quickly took a step back to create distance.

He then took out a letter written by He Ming from his briefcase and shook it gently: "To make a long story short, this afternoon, officials from the Municipal Education Bureau came to Hongxing Village to investigate, and then said they would close down the entire primary school and kindergarten in Hongxing Village!"

"This means that children from the four villages of Hongxing, Tang'ao, Xiaodong, and Shatouchong have to go to town to study."

"Your villages are a bit better off than ours. To pick up your children from school, it takes about two hours, two round trips a day."

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"It takes two and a half hours where we are."

"So my idea is to apply to start a school so that the children can continue to study in the village."

"I shared this idea with Director Wan during his inspection."

"He also mentioned some things to pay attention to when starting a school, things that we can solve, but there is one thing that Hongxing Village cannot solve."

"That means establishing a private primary school with at least fifty students."

"Our Hongxing Village doesn't have that many students, so we need the help from your villages."

After hearing his explanation, Long Kaixiang took out his phone and opened the calendar: "It's already August 5th!"

"The second half of the school year starts on September 1st. Registration needs to be moved forward two days, and notifications need to be made at least three days earlier. There's also the matter of purchasing books and arranging teachers. You need to resolve all these issues by at least August 20th. Can you handle that?"

Hearing Long Kaixiang's questioning, Lin Man calmly put the documents back into his briefcase, then tucked the briefcase under his arm, meeting Long Kaixiang's gaze with a completely composed expression: "I have connections!"

In a single sentence, the previously noisy crowd instantly froze.

They wanted to curse the person opposite them for having connections, but the words turned into whispers.

After all, people are hypocritical and vulgar. When they grit their teeth and curse those with connections, it's more because they're cursing themselves for not having connections.

Long Kaixiang, who was standing at the front of the crowd, was also stunned by Lin Man's words. What kind of good person would say that he had connections in front of so many people?

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Just as he was about to speak, a soft voice came from behind him: "Secretary Long, why don't you give it a try?"

Long Kaixiang turned around and found that the voice came from the crowd in Xiaodong Village. When he looked over, a group of people from Xiaodong Village were also looking at him.

With just one glance, he understood what the villagers were thinking.

Their village is inland, with no sea area to contract, and there are no industries in the village, so most of the young and middle-aged people work outside.

Those who remain in the village are mostly elderly people.

Some elderly people can still ride electric scooters and pick up their children from school in town, but for the rest, even riding an electric scooter is a luxury, let alone picking up their children.

If we want to pick up and drop off the children, young people have to come back.

When young people return, it means one less laborer and one less source of income for the family.

Moreover, there will be an additional expense for food, drink, and sanitation.

This will only worsen the already difficult situation for families, especially since several of these people were cheated by Lin Yaozong and are now heavily in debt.

Long Kaixiang sighed and turned to speak, but Zhao Wei interrupted, asking the question that had been on his mind: "What about school fees?"

These simple five words made everyone behind Long Kaixiang and Zhao Wei hold their breath; that was the most important thing.

If this private school is expensive, it's better to go to the one in town.

Under their gaze, Lin Man held up three fingers: "We run a kindergarten and a primary school."

"The kindergarten fees are the same as before, 1,500 yuan per semester for childcare and 5 yuan for lunch every day."

"Primary schools only charge for textbooks, water, and air conditioning. Lunch is free, and the standard meal cost is five yuan."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a question arose from the crowd in Shatouchong: "Why does the kindergarten charge for lunch?"

Lin Man looked in the direction of the sound and said indifferently, "Because there are so many trivial matters at kindergartens, I don't want to hear this person saying their child didn't eat at kindergarten, or that person saying their child didn't eat eggs at kindergarten!"

After those words, the quiet crowd immediately began to whisper among themselves.

After a while, a person walked out from the crowd in Shadongchong, came up behind Zhao Wei, and whispered a few words to Zhao Wei. Zhao Wei then said to Lin Man, "We in Shadongchong are willing to trust you this once. How do you need our cooperation?"

"Write an application letter!" Lin Man took out the letter He Ming had just written and waved it around: "Apply to the Municipal Education Bureau, requesting that the Municipal Education Bureau transfer the management rights of the teaching building of Hongxing Village Primary School to the Hongxing Village Committee for the purpose of establishing a primary school in the future."

"Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead a team to the Municipal Education Bureau to handle this matter."

"Once the Hongxing Village Committee obtains the right to use the teaching building, it can lease the building to the educational institution it establishes."

"Educational institutions can take their funding certificates, find a few teachers, compile a framework, and then submit their application to establish a school."

"If the process is expedited and everything goes smoothly, it will take about fifteen days."

"I'll talk to my supervisor again; maybe it can be resolved in a week."

"Children from several villages will be able to attend school normally before September 1st."

Hearing his certainty, Zhao Wei licked his dry, chapped lips. "Alright! We'll trust Hongxing Village one last time and gamble with you one more time."

"If there are any problems this time, you Hongxing Village residents just wait."

"I'll risk my life to take you down."

After making his threat, Zhao Wei looked at Long Kaixiang and said, "I'd like to borrow your space so I can write a letter."

Long Kaixiang glanced at Zhao Wei, then turned to look at Lin Man. After a few seconds, he turned back to Zhao Wei and asked, "You actually believe him?"

"He's at least a scholar, so we can barely believe him." Zhao Wei's sudden remark made Long Kaixiang gasp. He turned and squinted at Lin Man, then hesitantly asked, "Is he the one who scored over 700 points back then?"

"Yes, it's him!" Zhao Wei nodded, confirming Long Kaixiang's guess. Long Kaixiang slapped his forehead: "Then let's trust him this once!"

Then, Long Kaixiang turned to the side, raised his hand and pointed to the village committee behind him: "Let's go, let's go inside and write a letter."

Upon entering the Xiaodong Village Committee, after being seated in the meeting room, Long Kaixiang disappeared for a few minutes. He quickly reappeared with two envelopes and a stack of letter paper, handing one to Zhao Wei. Zhao Wei immediately picked up the letter paper and began writing.

In less than half an hour, the two finished writing the letter. After finishing, they did not hand the letter to Lin Man immediately, but instead asked the people from Xiaodong and Shadongchong present to put their thumbprints on it.

Everyone present was quick and decisive, pressing their thumbprints on the application forms and writing their names, along with the names of their school-aged children.

Long Kaixiang put the two letters into an envelope, sealed it, and handed both letters to Lin Man: "This is the last time we will trust your Hongxing Village. Don't let us down."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down. I'm leaving now!" Lin Man put the letter into his briefcase, nodded to Long Kaixiang and Zhao Wei, turned around and left Xiaodong Village Committee, riding his electric scooter towards Hongxing Village.

It was already past 9 p.m. when we got back to Hongxing Village.

During his meal break, Wang Ju slapped a list of documents in front of him: "This list contains the documents needed to apply for school permits, the most important of which is the venue."

"So go to the Education Bureau tomorrow, even if you have to beg on your knees, you have to get the Hongxing Elementary School building in your hands."

"Once you get the goods and sign the lease agreement, everything else can be solved with money."

"Do you understand?"

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