Village chief, your township enterprise sells laser cannons?

"Not so good!" Mo Chenghai seemed to have gotten carried away with his taunts, replying to Lin Man while stuffing another shumai into his mouth. He glanced sideways at Lin Man:

"You are a selected graduate from the province, and you are ranked very high."

"Compared to you, the previous village party secretary was like heaven and earth."

"He tried every means to transfer back to the city, so he let Lin Yaozu do those trivial things, and even took a lot of things from Lin Yaozu to give as gifts and to pull strings."

"He was just unlucky. Before he could finish his investigation, Lin Yaozu got into trouble and was arrested."

"And you?"

"What you just mentioned, if you want it to be fully implemented, it will take one or two years if you're lucky, and eight or ten years if you're unlucky."

"How many years can you stay here? How much can you consistently commit?"

"Okay, assuming that after you leave, the rules and regulations you leave behind can still function, how long can they function?"

"Can you guarantee that the rest of them will listen to you? Don't be ridiculous. If they were obedient, the police wouldn't have arrested so many people at once."

After silencing Lin Man's arguments, Mo Chenghai lowered his head and focused on finishing his breakfast.

After finishing the last mouthful of porridge, he raised his head again:

"Go back. With your abilities, the higher-ups will only put you on hold for a year or two at most. After that, once you've calmed down, they'll definitely call you back."

"Wait ten or twenty years, until you've truly become a local official, then come back and talk about those issues you mentioned!"

After saying the words to drive people away, Mo Chenghai got up and walked towards the fishing boat engine, preparing to continue tinkering.

He had just taken a step when a soft laugh sounded behind him: "You're right. If things go according to plan, I should be able to stay in the village for two or three years. After that, I'll be transferred to another place."

"but……"

As Mo Chenghai spoke, he turned around, and Lin Man, who was sitting in the chair, also looked up. Their eyes met, and Lin Man, speaking calmly, continued to explain, "I possess unique technology, and that's my bargaining chip!"

"When the day comes that I really have to leave, I can have a good talk with the leaders above me, and then stay here."

"Continue to maintain development here. At that time, you should be considering whether I will turn this place into my personal fiefdom, rather than saying here that I can guarantee how long the development will last."

"Do you understand?"

After a few words, Mo Chenghai's face turned extremely ugly, because he thought of Lin Yaozu, who had been imprisoned not long ago.

In his eyes as a party member, Lin Yaozu had done nothing but heinous and immoral things.

But in the eyes of those who took the money and were arrested along with Lin Yaozu.

Lin Yaozu was very competent; he led them to make money, and a lot of money at that.

Although the money was obtained by swindling others, it ended up in Lin Yaozu's hands.

That's mine!

Lin Yaozu has already led Hongxing Village into a ditch, and now another Lin Man has emerged who is clearly more difficult to deal with than Lin Yaozu. The one-man rule he has created will definitely be even worse than Lin Yaozu's.

but……

But what was that inspirational quote on TikTok again?

Since we've already hit rock bottom, every step we take will lead us upwards. A one-man show... does he really think he can become emperor?

With a slight chuckle to himself, Mo Chenghai pointed to himself with his right index finger: "Then I'll give my opinion, which means I don't care."

"I can be a yes-man. Whatever you want to say, I'll chime in and cast my vote in favor. The rest is none of my business."

"I agree with what you said in principle. Once you have the process ready, just give me a call, and I'll go vote."

Hearing this, Lin Man felt a headache coming on. He bent his right index finger and kept tapping his head.

"It's settled then. I'll go persuade the others now. After that, I'll revise the plan and send it to the town government so they can send someone to witness it."

"I won't trouble you with the registration, but on voting day, I'll ask you to come and organize the event."

"I need to go find other people now, so please excuse me."

Lin Man came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Mo Chenghai watched him disappear through the door, then turned back to the fishing boat engine and continued to tinker with it.

He had only been doing this for a short while when the courtyard gate was pushed open, and his younger brother, Mo Chengguang, walked into the yard:

"Brother, I just ran into the village chief on the road, and I asked him what wind blew him here."

"He said he wanted you to organize some kind of election committee. Are we going to elect a village chief? Um... how much money are you going to give each household for this election? By household or by population?"

"Aren't the elderly, men, women, and children different?"

Listening to his younger brother's incessant chatter, Mo Chenghai became somewhat irritated, and even tightened the screws on the engine incorrectly.

Left with no other choice, he had to reach for the tools.

Behind him, Mo Chengguang saw his older brother's outstretched fingers, and his brows furrowed subconsciously.

"He only gave Lin Man 500 yuan? Is that 500 yuan for a beggar?"

"You know, Lin Yaozu actually paid 2000 yuan back then, that's a whole 2000 yuan!"

After muttering a few words and receiving no response from his older brother, Mo Chengguang's dissatisfaction faded, replaced by confusion. He peeked out:

"Could it be 5000 yuan?"

Mo Chenghai still did not respond, while Mo Chengguang was completely absorbed in his own words.

"5000 yuan... that should be for one household..."

"Each household receives 5000 yuan. I need to distribute the money to my younger children first, one person per household. My family has a total of 5 people, so that would be 25,000 yuan..."

"very good!"

Mo Chengguang turned around, patted Mo Chenghai on the shoulder, and then walked out.

When he got home, he immediately pulled out his household registration book, turned around and called his wife, asking her to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with him to get a divorce.

Upon hearing that she was going to get a divorce, Mo Chengguang's wife was stunned for a moment, then rushed out of the house, sat down on the ground, and started wailing.

"Mo Chengguang, you son of a bitch... you son of a bitch, I gave birth to a daughter and a son for you."

"You son of a bitch, you're out working while I stay home and take care of everything. And now, my son just got married and you want to divorce me and kick me to the curb."

"You bastard... I don't want to live anymore..."

The wailing was deafening and quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding neighbors. As more and more people gathered, they also drew the attention of Ding Jiayi, who was conducting research in the village.

As she and her men approached, they heard a man's voice:

"It's not that I look down on you, let me explain!"

"Stop calling me a bastard. If I'm a dog, what are you?"

"It's the village party secretary, Lin Man. He's going to hold some kind of election, and he said that as long as we vote for him, he'll give each household 5000 yuan. We split our households, so we can get two shares, which is 10,000 yuan."

"Let's get married after we get the money!"

Hearing the voices from the crowd, the young man behind Ding Jiayi spoke softly:

"Captain, I knew that guy surnamed Lin was suspicious!"