The two exchanged pleasantries from the moment they met, and Liu Shengxing decided to conduct an interview to see if he could get any news.

It would have been better if he hadn't asked; the question startled Liu Shengxing.

The director of the education bureau of Shuiyun Town was actually apologizing to him for Shitou Village.

He kept repeating phrases like "there's nothing I can do," "I'm helpless," and "this is the only way," desperately complaining about being poor.

The apology he felt for Stone Village almost made Liu Shengxing think that Wang Xinguo had done something to wrong Stone Village.

When we left the Education Bureau and returned to the guesthouse...

The two junior employees who followed Liu Shengxing were both sighing in amazement.

"The Shuiyun Town Education Bureau is really poor."

"Judging from his appearance, he seemed powerless to help Stone Village even if he wanted to."

Liu Shengxing did not speak.

In his eyes, these two young members were still too young.

Based solely on the other party's statement, one can believe that the other party is truly poor without considering why they are poor in the first place.

In impoverished areas like Shitou Village and Shuiyun Township, the central government provides subsidies annually to help improve the overall education level of the town.

In theory, the amount of money given by the central government is not much, but it is certainly not a small amount either.

Allocating this year's resources and focusing them on Stone Village will definitely provide some help to the Hope Primary School.

How come Wang Xinguo is so poor that he can barely afford to cook?

Since the problem doesn't lie with the Hope Primary School or the Education Bureau, we can only follow the clues and start looking further up the chain of command.

At this moment, the two young members of the commune in the guesthouse had already begun to come up with ideas on how to promote the Hope Primary School, while Liu Shengxing sensed that a big news story was about to unfold.

"Don't rush to write."

"Let's stay here for a few more days."

"I feel this matter is not that simple."

A cold glint flashed in Liu Shengxing's eyes.

He had already guessed to some extent that there must be a local tyrant in this small town of Shuiyun.

...

Meanwhile, in Makino City on the other side.

Lin Yifeng led the group of club members to run a full lap around Makino City.

The result was somewhat unexpected for the group of newspaper staff.

The fame of the Yamashiro People's Newspaper had long since spread to Makino City. Now, newsstands basically all know that Yamashiro has a popular newspaper, and they are already discussing whether someone should go to Yamayo City to bring back the newspaper to sell.

Unexpectedly, the newspaper in Shanyang City took the initiative to contact them.

On the first day, we visited nearly 30% of the newsstands in the city, and more than half of them were willing to subscribe.

Not only that, many newsstands, upon learning of their arrival, also took the initiative to contact the guesthouse.

Lin Yifeng, who was in his office, smiled faintly when he heard the news.

"It seems that establishing this newspaper was a wise choice."

The stage is all set up now; it's just a matter of whether Liu Shengxing can be the one to light the signal for war.