In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

"Tell me in detail!"

Li Dakang leaned back comfortably in his chair and asked with his eyes half-closed.

"Okay, Secretary Li."

Fang Wu solemnly reported, "This surge of people is still due to the video you directed last time, Secretary Li. So it's mainly young people who love surfing the internet, with college students who love to join in the fun being the most numerous. Therefore, their spending power isn't very high."

"The average per capita consumption of barbecue food, along with accommodation, transportation, local specialties, and supermarkets, is around 570 yuan, driving total revenue of approximately 1.7 million yuan."

Fang Wu is very knowledgeable about numbers and can explain them in detail.

"Isn't that enough?"

Li Dakang was startled and stood up.

"Forehead!"

Fang Wu scratched his head, wondering why Secretary Li seemed to know nothing about the revenue of their tourism industry. "Our Jingzhou's annual tourism revenue is about 1500 billion, which averages out to 4 million per day. It's really not much."

"4 million, 1.7 million in two days, did we lower our prices? Or did we backfire?"

Li Dakang's mood was like a rollercoaster, going up and down, his excited flush turning into a powerless paleness.

Ah!

Fang Wu was stunned again.

No, that's not it!

Fang Wu quickly corrected him, "These 3 people and 1.7 million in total revenue are rough estimates we made based on the usual flow of people."

Since Ouyang Jing moved back home.

Fang Wu always felt that Secretary Li was a bit dazed, and he was very tired every day, as if he had been drained of his energy by a demon, and even his brain was like mush.

Tourism revenue accounts for about 6% of Jingzhou's total GDP. If tourism revenue suddenly dropped by several hundred million, he would have come to report the bad news with a long face.

His calm demeanor suggests good news.

"Don't speak so dramatically next time!"

Li Dakang finally felt relieved. He glared fiercely at the crowd and instructed, "Remember to have the Market Supervision Bureau keep a close eye on the prices and quality of the entire industry. If anyone dares to hold back and ruin this development, I'll take their job."

clear!

Fang Wu nodded; he had been watching closely.

"But we've encountered a problem."

Fang Wu hesitated.

"What's the problem?"

Li Dakang frowned and asked, "This is a key growth point for Jingzhou's year-end sprint."

We must not be careless!

"The focus of this tour is a bit different; most people are going to the barbecue restaurant where Secretary Li and you had a meal."

"We initially planned to divert patients."

"But the passengers refused, preferring to sit outside in the cold wind for hours to eat at that restaurant, saying they had to try what the barbecue eaten by the provincial party committee members tasted like."

Fang Wu replied with a pained expression.

"Is this serious?"

Li Dakang really didn't understand. In his view, wasn't this just a case of things rotting in the pot? It was just a trivial matter of the time return rate.

"It's a bit serious."

Fang Wu nodded and said, "Firstly, we can't turn barbecue into a signature food brand for Jingzhou. All the traffic is concentrated in one place, but a small shop can't handle the remaining customers, let alone the future."

"In that case..."

"We almost missed out on 50 yuan in revenue per person from barbecue."

Fang Wu reported to the leader, but his voice grew softer and softer as he spoke:

"However, the second problem is more serious."

"The barbecue restaurant owner doesn't want to run the business anymore."

what?

Li Dakang was stunned again. Are there really people in this world who don't even want to earn money that's offered to them?

"I'm so tired! I can't take it anymore."

Fang Wu said helplessly, "The boss is a local from Beijing. He was a recipient of land expropriation compensation and owns several properties. Opening a barbecue restaurant is a hobby and also a way to pursue freedom."

"But now I have no freedom, and no hobbies either."

"The barbecue restaurant is not large, and the daily customer capacity is only about a thousand people."

"The boss is already quite lax; seeing three or four hundred customers on a typical day is already considered a lot."

"We're fully booked every day. In just two days, the boss's back is so sore he can't straighten up, and his arms are numb."

"He looked like he was about to die."

Fang Wu was truly helpless. If it were anything else, he could still push him a bit, but this was a matter of life and death, and if anything went wrong, a good thing would turn into a bad thing.

"Didn't we already arrange for someone to help?"

Li Dakang asked.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Fang Wu replied that he wouldn't take the blame for this:

"We do everything for the boss, from purchasing and marinating to skewering. His only task now is grilling. If it weren't for eating, sleeping, and taking care of basic needs, we would do it all ourselves."

Listening to Fang Wu's report.

Li Dakang was also helpless; this was indeed the best they could do.

I should have gone to a bigger store.

It's all Xiao Jin's fault!

He said that the restaurant used high-quality ingredients, the owner was dedicated, and the barbecue skills were the best in Jingzhou, so he took Lin Zhiyuan and the others there.

Is that all?

Barbecue stall owners can take a break, but they should at least wait until customers are willing to accept other shops!

"etc!"

Li Dakang said something to Fang Wu, then dialed a number. The phone was still ringing, but the coldness on his face had turned into a warm smile. "Governor Zhiyuan, it's me, Dakang."

"Are you having problems?"

Lin Zhiyuan asked knowingly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Governor Zhiyuan saw through everything perfectly."

Li Dakang quickly explained his predicament.

"The barbecue owner can't take a break for now."

Lin Zhiyuan quickly made a decision: "Arrange for two doctors to give the boss a physical examination to ensure he is in good health."

"Regardless of whether there's a problem or not."

"Start by hanging two IV drips."

"Then have the city's publicity department film an interview video. Remember to make it authentic, and let the boss express his hardships and difficulties."

"It would be best to express, more subtly, the feeling that I have no choice in running this shop now."

Li Dakang was completely bewildered.

Isn't this ruining your own reputation?

"People have a rebellious streak, so the number of diners will likely only increase in the short term."

Lin Zhiyuan said.

"But this won't increase it any further, will it? And what about the potential backlash?"

Li Dakang didn't understand.

He's more than good at dismantling things, but he really doesn't understand the ins and outs of this small-scale economic activity.

I sent you a video.

"Look!"

Li Dakang opened the video sent by Lin Zhiyuan, and it was indeed from that barbecue restaurant, but the main character wasn't the owner:

The owner couldn't hold on any longer and rested and gave pointers on the side. The barbecue stall was filled with a few young people who were numb and clumsy. Their movements were awkward like children, but they all had tense expressions and upright postures like pine trees.

The video was flooded with comments, all laughing at how funny the soldier was, but that he still needed to work on his acting skills.

He's obviously not a barbecue apprentice.

"You saw it?"

Lin Zhiyuan's voice came through again, "They are the next focus of attention. Give them a grueling training program and get them out of school as soon as possible."

"Disperse to various barbecue restaurants."

"Remember to contact a group of self-media personalities, conduct live broadcasts and video clips featuring them, maintain the buzz generated by the contrast between them, and create collective attention."

"To quickly shift tourists' attention from the barbecue owners to them, and drive the overall development of the barbecue industry in Jingzhou."

"Then they'll retreat invisibly."

"clear?"