While the Yuzhou Culture and Tourism Bureau became an internet sensation with its handsome men, the Shu region's Culture and Tourism Bureau confidently launched a group of handsome men in an attempt to attract tourists to Shu.

As a result, netizens commented that the group of handsome men promoted by the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau... seemed to need men more than they did.

Not only that, many netizens also mocked that only the telephone poles in Sichuan are straight.

This defeat made the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau lose confidence, and they retreated timidly.

Now, two or three months have passed, and the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau is still somewhat unwilling to give up.

Putting aside other things, let's take the barbecue and spicy hot pot that have recently become popular all over the internet as an example...

The Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau is quite confident that few places can compare to Sichuan in terms of barbecue and spicy hot pot.

In addition, Sichuan boasts a wide variety of delicious local snacks and countless historical sites.

Therefore, the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau is fully prepared and has applied to participate in the campaign once again.

As a result, this time, they didn't even need netizens from other places to intervene; they were directly slapped in the face by local netizens from Sichuan.

"Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau, where did you get the nerve to apply to participate in this battle? Step down, return everything! You've already swindled money from me, but don't even think about swindling my dear friends from other places out of their money."

"IP Shudi would like to kindly remind all our friends from other places: if you want barbecue, go to Zibo; if you want spicy hot pot, go to Tianshui; if you want to be ripped off, come to Shudi. It's no exaggeration to say that you can eat your fill of 100 yuan worth of barbecue in Zibo, but in Shudi you can only eat until you're half full... well, three-tenths full."

"Yesterday, my girlfriend and I went out for hot pot, and it cost almost 800 yuan. If you have the money, come and try it. Food from other places can warm your heart, but Sichuan cuisine can burn your heart with spiciness."

"Friends from other places, don't laugh, the prices in Sichuan are no joke. In Harbin, tofu pudding costs one or two yuan, and you can have it sweet or savory. But in Sichuan, it's different. Extra spicy and numbing, and it's a flat price of eight yuan!"

"Our Sichuan skewers are very cheap, one skewer is one yuan, and one chicken foot has eight skewers. You can eat as much of this Sichuan food as you want, I'm afraid you'll go bankrupt or break your spirit."

“After returning from the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau, don’t meddle in circles that don’t belong to you. Dear friends from other places, don’t listen to this old man. He even cheats us locals, let alone you outsiders.”

Director Yuan of the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau never expected that his applications to participate in the competition would be rejected three times.

This time, in particular, he was slapped hard across the face by a local.

It's no exaggeration to say that the local's act of turning against his own family completely chilled Director Yuan's heart.

Is it really true that their Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau has no chance of ever getting ahead?

Director Yuan turned to his assistant behind him and asked with a hint of helplessness, "Xiao Qi, what do you think of these comments?"

Assistant Xiao Qi took the phone and read out the comments section word by word.

"Sichuan-style barbecue first spicies your lips, then it spicies your mouth, and finally it spicies your heart when you pay the bill." Xiao Qi coughed lightly, suppressing his laughter. "I think this is praising the chili peppers of Sichuan. Everyone knows that Sichuan chili peppers are famous, so this is positive publicity."

"Director Yuan, this...this is to defend our Sichuan region. Although our Sichuan hot pot is very expensive, our Sichuan barbecue is also...not cheap."

Xiao Qi spoke softer and softer, his voice growing increasingly weak.

At the same time, Xiao Qi couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the netizens who posted these comments.

Absolutely right!

The prices in Sichuan are no joke.

If prices in the city center are this high, then it's somewhat understandable.

The problem is that even in an ordinary little county town in Sichuan, prices are so high.

As a result, when Xiao Qi went to university in Shanghai, he didn't really feel the high prices there.

It truly lives up to its reputation as my second hometown; the prices are so affordable, it feels just like being back home.

Seeing Xiao Qi's state, Director Yuan knew he couldn't count on him.

If the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau had only failed once or twice, that would have been fine; Director Yuan could have tried to break through from other angles.

The problem now is that every time the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau applies to participate in the event, it is ruthlessly rejected.

It's one thing for netizens from other places to have a bad impression of Sichuan's culture and tourism, but the key issue is that these locals are constantly stirring up trouble.

Seeing that cultural and tourism industries across the country are booming one after another, Director Yuan is quite anxious.

In any case, they must get out of this predicament.

Director Yuan wants to show the public that he is not just sitting idly by, and that the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau can also shine brightly.

"Xiao Qi, notify all departments to hold a meeting. Our Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau must take on this wave of immense wealth."

"Director Yuan, have you found the key to breaking the deadlock?" Xiao Qi asked with a smile.

"No," Director Yuan paused, then said confidently, "However, if we brainstorm together, we're sure we can come up with a good solution."

"But we've already had more than ten meetings this month."

Hearing Xiao Qi's cowardly reminder, Director Yuan was furious.

If this doesn't work and that doesn't work, then the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau will have no chance of ever getting ahead.

At this moment, Director Yuan only regretted that he did not have a capable assistant like Qin Zi'an by his side.

Otherwise, the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau would have already overcome its predicament and wouldn't have become a laughing stock among netizens.

As Director Yuan was pondering this, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

yes!

Qin Zian.

Although Qin Zi'an is not with the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau, he could shamelessly invite Qin Zi'an to come to Sichuan for inspection and exchange.

After all, Qin Zian had already traveled to many provinces and cities in the past six months.

In the past, when the red panda study tour group from Sichuan went to Harbin, it caused quite a stir.

Without hesitation, Director Yuan immediately opened the document and prepared to personally write an invitation letter.

He sincerely invited Qin Zi'an to visit and inspect Sichuan, hoping to help the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau overcome its current difficulties.

At the same time, Director Sun of the Caozhou Culture and Tourism Bureau had already seized the initiative, warmly taking Qin Zi'an's hand and saying...

"Director Qin, look how beautiful the peonies are in Caozhou this year! I've been handing out peony flowers at the Zibo train station these past few days, hoping to attract tourists to Caozhou with this bloom."

"To welcome this tourism boom, our Caozhou Culture and Tourism Bureau has made ample preparations. We have strictly implemented your tourism promotion style. Look, the sky is still high and the weather is perfect, why don't you come with us to Caozhou for a visit?"