Lin Yifeng understood this perfectly well; he didn't want to get involved in any trouble, and Yan Bingshan felt the same way.

They all need to wait for the right opportunity.

"It seems I'll have to make a trip to Shanyang City."

...

The next morning, Lin Yifeng drove straight to Shanyang City.

Upon arriving in the city, he didn't rush to the Shancheng Minsheng Daily. Instead, he randomly found a newsstand by the roadside and parked his car there.

Inside the newsstand, the owner was reclining by a small, self-built window, flipping through the newspaper in his hand.

Lin Yifeng gently knocked on the glass, and the owner inside, upon seeing the visitor, hurriedly got up.

"Hey, little boss, what would you like to order?"

"Water is outside, 50 cents a bottle, drinks are 2 yuan."

Lin Yifeng looked at the various magazines hanging on the newspaper, but did not find any sign of the Shancheng Minsheng Daily on the front.

This made Lin Yifeng uneasy.

According to the Ming Sheng newspaper, they have been very successful in developing Shanyang City.

However, the newsstand did not display their newspapers outside.

This is equivalent to them boasting that the People's Voice Daily is a popular newspaper, but they can't even see it in the top recommendations.

Are these people lying to me?

Lin Yifeng frowned slightly. If that was the case, then he would have to settle accounts with Liu Shengxing.

"A bottle of water, and a newspaper, please."

Are there any newspapers you would recommend?

Lin Yifeng took a bottle of ice water from the styrofoam box next to him, unscrewed it, and took two sips.

The owner inside was also giving an introduction.

"It depends on which newspaper you want to read."

"We have both the People's Daily and the Guangming Daily here."

"The local newspapers are the Mountain City Daily and the Mountain City People's Voice."

Lin Yifeng nodded.

"Boss, which local newspaper would you recommend? Give me a copy."

The boss grinned, revealing his stained yellow teeth.

"I suggest you take the 'Shancheng Daily', boss. It has a lot of news and is a good time-killer."

These words surprised Lin Yifeng.

These days, people in the newspaper business aren't as conscientious when recommending newspapers as they are elsewhere.

If they recommend a newspaper to you, it will definitely be the one with the largest backlog.

After all, once newspapers exceed their expiration date, they can only be sold as waste paper.

Which newsstand would be willing to let itself accumulate so many newspapers?

His recommendation of the Shancheng Daily indicates that the Shancheng Daily's sales have been poor recently.

Lin Yifeng wasn't in a hurry either, taking money out of his pocket while muttering to himself.

"It feels like even the People's Voice newspaper won't work."

"I remember when I came to Shanyang City before, there was some kind of daily newspaper called 'Life Daily,' but what happened to it?"

Lin Yifeng originally wanted to see what the boss thought.

Lin Yifeng was taken aback by the boss's reaction.

The boss frowned, his tone revealing a hint of displeasure.

"Hey! Boss, how could you say that?"

“You’re not from Shanyang, so you have no idea what’s going on.”

"The Shanyang Life Daily has been renamed; it is now the People's Voice Daily."

"And they really do things for us ordinary people."

Lin Yifeng raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Is that so?"

That hit the nail on the head regarding what the boss wanted to talk about.

The boss gave a detailed account of recent events in Shanyang City.

From the People's Voice newspaper reporting on electricity problems in various residential communities to the heating system renovation in other older communities.

In just over two weeks, the changes brought about tremendous changes to Shanyang City.

The government, which was originally incompetent, started doing practical things under media pressure, repairing the electrical circuits and even daring to renovate the heating pipes before winter.

It can be said that the People's Voice Daily is one of the few newspapers that truly gets things done.

Many people are now seeking help from the People's Voice Daily, and even the government is preparing to launch a mayor's hotline in the People's Voice Daily so that the public can directly report their problems to the government for help.

The boss's words surprised Lin Yifeng.

He had only been away from this area for a little over half a month, but Liu Shengxing had already firmly established a good reputation among the people and even successfully connected with the government.

If things continue to develop this way, it's only a matter of time before Shancheng Minsheng Daily firmly holds the top spot.

"Boss, give me another copy of the People's Voice newspaper."

"One yuan, I'll get you one, wait here."

When Lin Yifeng left the newsstand and returned to his car, he couldn't help but smile broadly as he opened the Minsheng Daily.

There are no issues with the layout. The first thing you see is a boast about the recent activities of the Shanyang City Education Bureau. It's not until the second page that they start to address the problems in various places and demonstrate their active communication with the municipal government.

What surprised Lin Yifeng the most was that Liu Shengxing and his group had gone all out, taking several photos.

You'd have to know that a camera these days isn't cheap.

Liu Shengxing never mentioned buying the camera to him from beginning to end; it was mostly purchased by the newspaper staff themselves pooling their money.

"Okay, okay."

Lin Yifeng nodded in satisfaction, placed the newspaper on the passenger seat, and drove to the newspaper office's latest address.

...

About twenty minutes later, Lin Yifeng parked the car at the foot of a small three-story building.

There is a noodle shop at the entrance on the first floor. If you go up the side stairs to the second floor, you can see the sign of "Shancheng Minsheng Bao" posted in the corridor.

The displayed sign was spotless, appearing to be brand new.

After going up to the second floor, Lin Yifeng did not rush to push the door open and went in. Instead, he looked out the window for a while.

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