Me! A high-ranking official!

Zhao Jianguo held the banner in his hand, and the memory was captured by the "click-click" of Zhu Yan's mobile phone shutter.

After taking the photos, he carefully rolled up the banner and handed it to Zhu Yan for safekeeping. Turning to Luo Haitao with concern, he asked with a smile, "Haitao, you've come all this way back. Is everything settled at home? What are your plans for the future?"

Luo Haitao scratched his head and gave a simple, honest smile: "Secretary, I'm not planning to leave again this time. My father is getting old, and it's too difficult for him to take care of everything at home by himself. Before, I had no choice. I couldn't earn money in the village, so I worked on construction sites outside, working day and night, and I only earned five or six thousand yuan a month. I was very frugal and didn't dare to eat too much meat. At most, I could save three or four thousand yuan a month to send home."

At this point, Luo Haitao's eyes lit up: "But a few days ago, my dad called and told me that our village is going to set up a large planting base worth five million yuan! I thought, although I don't have much education, I'm young and strong, and I know how to take care of crops. I just went there to register, and I want to work at the base. As long as I pass the medical examination, I can start working right away!"

Luo Haitao looked at Zhao Jianguo gratefully again: "Thank you, Secretary! If it weren't for you bringing such a big investment project to our village, I'm afraid I would have had to leave my father at home and work outside to earn money, no matter how unwilling I was. Now it's great, I can earn money right here at home and still take care of my family. This gives me hope for the future!"

Hearing this, Zhao Jianguo felt incredibly comforted. This was precisely his original intention in insisting on developing industries in the village. He patted Luo Haitao on the shoulder heavily and laughed, "Great! I fully support the young people in our village coming back to work and start businesses! Only when you young people come back can our Luo Family Village truly come alive, full of vitality and passion! Only then can the elderly in our families truly have someone to rely on in their old age!"

Luo Haitao nodded vigorously.

In the following days, Luojia Village seemed to welcome a long-awaited spring breeze.

With Luo Shuishan being formally taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission for investigation, the corrupt practices that had long plagued the village were completely eradicated. Zhao Jianguo, with his decisive methods and dedication to serving the people, quickly and thoroughly established his absolute core position as the "backbone" of Luojia Village during this upheaval.

Without Luo Shuishan's covert obstruction and hindrance, and with the investment promotion channels now fully open, town party secretary Wang Yongchun, well aware of the implications, not only refrained from finding any excuses to hinder the project but also provided full support. As a result, all the work in Luojia Village instantly entered the fast lane and progressed extremely smoothly.

The land transfer and acquisition work for the 500-mu planting base was completely completed in less than a week. Although a few villagers were still hesitant and wanted to delay the process and ask for more money, driven by the villagers' expectation for great development and the tireless efforts of village director Luo Ming, women's director Zhu Yan, and others to persuade each household, these stubborn villagers finally signed the agreement.

Meanwhile, the recruitment work of Hotan Medicinal Herbs Company was also successfully completed. After strict screening, a total of 35 workers were recruited from Luojia Village. Among them were strong and healthy young people who returned to their hometowns, like Luo Haitao, as well as experienced veterans who had farmed all their lives.

The entire Luojia Village is showing an unprecedented vitality.

At this juncture where all tasks are in full swing and progressing smoothly, Zhao Jianguo officially launched his fourth live broadcast of public consultation since being stationed in the village committee compound...

As night fell, inside the Luojia Village Committee, Zhao Jianguo fixed his phone on a stand, adjusted the camera and lighting, and with five minutes to go before the live broadcast started, he opened the Luojia Village WeChat group and sent a reminder message: "Fellow villagers, the fourth live broadcast of people asking questions is about to begin. You can enter the live broadcast room now."

After sending the message, he casually opened the live streaming app and entered the live stream room.

As his video feed switched in, the number of online users in the upper left corner of the screen began to climb rapidly, like jumping characters.

Ten, twenty, fifty...

He watched the scrolling entry notifications at the bottom of the screen and keenly spotted several familiar yet unique IDs. "Southern Scenery" entered the live stream, "Peace is Blessing" entered the live stream, and then an ID called "Ma Dashuai" popped up.

Upon seeing the name "Ma Dashuai," a thought suddenly struck him. He remembered clearly that Ma Wenli, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department, had this as her private WeChat name! He never expected that the top official in the publicity system would also quietly infiltrate the system.

Before he could calm down, another notification flashed on the screen: "Springtime Splendor" enters the live stream room.

His eyes lit up. "Spring Light and Colors?" Wasn't that the WeChat name of Wang Yongchun, the town's Party Secretary? He was watching the live stream too? He couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself. He glanced at the list of viewers who kept pouring in and found that many of the accounts weren't from the Luo Family Village WeChat group at all. According to his estimation, this live stream had actually generated quite a stir. There were probably many people from the county Party committee and county government secretly observing under assumed names, and there might even be cadres from other townships coming to "learn from the experience" or just to watch the excitement.

In less than five minutes, the number of viewers in the live stream actually exceeded four hundred! Keep in mind that the permanent population of Luo Family Village is only so many, and at least sixty or seventy of them are definitely not villagers.

However, to his slight relief, he noticed that Zhou Qingyan's WeChat account "Haiyan Heqing" was not online this time.

He was secretly amazed. It seemed that the words of Han Baomin, the county leader, who said at the last meeting in the county that he would set him up as a role model for all village cadres in the county, had spread throughout the county's official circles. No wonder so many people from the system came to watch. Everyone wanted to see for themselves who Zhao Jianguo was, who had made such a big commotion in Luojia Village and was handpicked by the county leader.

At 8 p.m. sharp, he snapped out of his reverie, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and smiled at the camera: "Welcome everyone to the live broadcast room for the fourth live broadcast of questions from the villagers of Luojia Village! Good evening, everyone."

"As per our established rules, the first step is for me to give everyone a detailed report on the progress of the three tasks we set out last week!"

He said in a deep voice, "The first thing, and the one that everyone is most concerned about, is the land acquisition situation for the 500-mu planting base. Here, I would like to inform you of some good news. The land acquisition work is progressing very smoothly. With the strong support of the county and town leaders, the signing of the transfer agreements for our village's 500 mu of land has been successfully completed! Next, the village committee will compile the relevant materials and submit them to the town government and relevant county departments to complete the final approval process. Everyone's land rent will be paid out soon."