But who knew that we couldn't even produce a tiny screw?

You don't know until you become the factory manager that when the laptop was just being prepared, you had to attend all sorts of city meetings, some useful and some not.

This involves the High-tech Development Zone project, since Xing Baohua is the one in charge.

The preparatory team has also officially started its work. The plan involves a lot of land use, including land acquisition, the standards for land acquisition, and the relocation of villages.

Shanggu Village is going to be relocated, but it's difficult to get them to leave this place where they were born and raised. As the saying goes, it's hard to leave one's hometown.

After comprehensive consideration, a residential community in the High-tech Zone was established.

All the people who need to be relocated are gathered in the community and put in apartment buildings.

Some people like it, and some don't.

Young people prefer apartment buildings, so their household registration may need to be changed, becoming non-agricultural household registration.

The older generation had all suffered hardship and disaster; who would willingly abandon land capable of growing crops?

If everyone lives in apartment buildings, where will they farm?

Therefore, many elderly people raised this issue, forcing the authorities to take it seriously.

There is a solution: land swap.

The land will be merged into other villages, but no decision has been made regarding the land use plan; there is only a preliminary plan.

There are many difficulties, and the city is treating it as a priority to resolve. They are working to get things done and trying every possible means to resolve the conflict.

Xing Baohua could only listen at these meetings, but he still needed to understand the plans in detail.

Having just returned from a meeting in the city, Xing Baohua found Wang Kai and a group of middle-aged men waiting for him in the office.

Wang Kai was a frequent visitor and they became familiar with each other. He would sit in the office, drinking tea, smoking, and chatting with the middle-aged man.

After Xing Baohua entered, both men stood up. Wang Kai pointed and said they were there to hand over the reins. The newly appointed secretary of the town was Ji Lanhe.

Xing Baohua shook hands with the new Party Secretary, invited them to sit down, and said to Wang Kai, "When are you leaving? I'll throw you a farewell dinner tonight."

"Come on, it's only a few steps to the district, and you're throwing a farewell banquet? I'm afraid you'll send me away."

They often joke around and it's nothing out of the ordinary. Ji Lanhe, on the other hand, seemed a bit reserved.

During their conversation, a pager suddenly went off. Xing Baohua instinctively reached for his pager, and Wang Kai did the same. They both checked it and realized it wasn't their pager ringing.

Ji Lanhe awkwardly took out his own phone, glanced at it, and replied to the message.

Xing Baohua squinted at the other person and smiled slightly.

Needless to say, we're on the same side.

Two-way paging is not yet on the market, so those who can use it are definitely gifts from acquaintances.

I remember that Liu Haibo and other shareholders took more than a dozen units before, saying they were going to give them away. I guess they were from that batch of goods.

“Yang Jing is my cousin. She's the one who sent me the message just now, saying you're back from the meeting in the city,” Ji Lanhe said with a smile.

"Haha! We need to make some plans for tonight. One is to send my blessings to Brother Wang and wish him all the best in his career. The other is to host a welcome dinner for you and wish you a meteoric rise in your career. We're all family here, so let's not stand on ceremony." Xing Baohua said happily.

Having one of your own people as your local official certainly makes things much easier.

Everyone knows what this dilapidated town was like before; it's just that it's taking advantage of Xing Baohua's influence to move up a few steps.

It's arrived at the perfect time; the formation of the High-Tech Zone will inevitably lead to the transformation of towns into districts.

It'll only take two or three years. Once you change districts, your level will automatically increase by one level. When you transfer, you'll get another half level or a full level up—it's like a rocket launching into the sky.

Ji Lanhe has a very strong network of connections. He was able to get his position when the preparatory group was first established in the city. He was even parachuted in, which only shows how powerful he is.

The High-Tech Zone's plan will be submitted step by step, and it's still unknown when it will be approved. To avoid affecting Xing Baohua's plan, many people are taking a risk, gambling on it.

First, cook the raw rice until it's half-cooked or fully cooked. This leaves your superiors no chance to rescind the order.

It's the kind of situation where you can't refuse to approve it; refusing would cause even greater losses. In the end, all the losses are passed on to the ordinary people.

This forces superiors to agree, and many places are following suit.

Everyone else is just following suit, but this is the first time for Luzhong, and they are feeling their way across the river by touching the stones.

It's estimated that those above are watching how things are going on below, and if anything goes wrong, they'll call a halt, even if it results in losses.

Success sets a precedent. Without needing to be told, other places will follow suit.

We didn't eat in town that night, but went to a restaurant in the city, and Yang Jing was among the people who accompanied us.

Yang Jing is also a champion of alcohol; he can easily drink a whole bottle or a pound of beer, and after finishing that, he can still chug five or six more bottles of beer.

"Two employees will be retiring from the credit union in a couple of days. I offered them high prices," Yang Jing told Xing Baohua while drinking.

Xing Baohua had asked Yang Jing to handle this matter when he was working at Southern Metropolis Daily.

Of course, poaching talent isn't something that can be done overnight; it takes time to find suitable candidates.

So it took until now to finalize the appointment, probably because it's a senior accountant whose job is almost up, otherwise they would have kept their secure job.

Working at a bank is so desirable! Even though Xing Baohua's factory is booming right now, the system he works for isn't right.

Many employees with outdated ideas don't want to come; they believe that a guaranteed income is the best policy.

Xing Baohua nodded in agreement. Only a high price could attract talent, but there was a condition that the existing salary structure could not be broken.

Haven't you seen all the college students rushing to the front lines for practical experience? And their salaries are only at a moderate level.

Ever since Xing Baohua implemented piece-rate wages in the workshop, workers' wages have skyrocketed. As long as they are willing to work hard and are skillful, earning over seventy yuan a month is quite reliable.

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