"Boasting? Haha, the word 'boasting' doesn't exist in my Shen Qiqi's dictionary!" Shen Qiqi raised the corner of her mouth, and her rebuttal voice was crisp and powerful, like a coin tossed to the ground, echoing in the air.
She turned around, her eyes piercing as she glanced at Mayor Zhao, who was standing behind her with a sarcastic expression, and said with a hint of disdain, "Mayor Zhao, are you questioning my ability?"
Mayor Zhao felt a little guilty when she looked at him. His eyes flickered for a moment, but then he regained his arrogant demeanor. "I'm just speaking the truth. How can promoting new technology be that easy? Can you make money just by talking?"
Shen Qiqi sneered, ignoring Mayor Zhao's provocation, and turned her gaze directly to Lu Qing: "Come on, Lu Qing, let's go and chat with the wealthy people in the village."
Lu Qing nodded and followed closely behind Shen Qiqi.
The two of them walked one in front and one behind towards several relatively wealthy families in the village.
Shen Qiqi was the first to knock on Li Laocai's door.
The door creaked open and Li Laocai's greasy face appeared in front of him.
"Oh, isn't this the third daughter-in-law of the Lu family? What wind blows you here today?" Li Laocai narrowed his eyes and smiled like an old fox.
Shen Qiqi didn't bother to be polite with him and went straight to the point: "Li Laocai, we would like to ask you to invest in new technology and make a fortune together."
When Li Laocai heard this, the smile on his face froze instantly. He crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and looked as if he had nothing to do with it. "This new technology, I don't understand. What if I lose money? I can't afford to take risks with all the money I've worked so hard to save!"
Shen Qiqi knew it wouldn't be that easy, so she moved a chair and sat down opposite Li Laocai without any hesitation, and began to analyze the prospects and benefits of the new technology incessantly.
She spoke eloquently and wittily, praising the benefits of the new technology in a very exaggerated way, like a sales master, which left Li Laocai stunned.
But Li Laocai is a seasoned veteran after all. After hearing this, he still looked hesitant: "That sounds good, but who knows if I'll lose everything!"
Seeing that he refused to give in, Shen Qiqi did not get discouraged and turned her target to the landlord Wang's family.
Landlord Wang was more shrewd than Li Laocai and directly rejected Shen Qiqi.
"No money, no money, my family is so poor!" Landlord Wang said and slammed the door shut, almost breaking Shen Qiqi's nose.
Shen Qiqi went to several places in a row, but without exception, all of them were turned away.
She felt her throat dry and burning, as if she had swallowed a handful of red-hot iron sand, but she still did not give up.
She returned to Li Laocai's yard again, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"What are you doing here?" Li Laocai asked unhappily.
Shen Qiqi looked at him, her eyes filled with determination: "I'll ask you one last time, are you going to vote or not?"
Li Laocai felt a little uneasy when she looked at him. He avoided her gaze and stammered, "I... I..."
Li Laocai hesitated for a long time but couldn't utter a word.
Shen Qiqi looked at his cowardly look, her heart skipped a beat, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
She felt like a salesperson who had run herself ragged and talked till her lips were weary, but hadn't sold a single thing.
The sun was shining fiercely, and the air seemed to be melting. The scorching sun hitting her body made her skin feel like it was being pricked by needles, and the stinging was unbearable.
She opened her mouth, her throat was dry as smoke, as if she had swallowed a handful of sand, bitter and painful.
The tightly closed doors of those wealthy families were like cold taunts, ruthlessly rejecting her efforts.
She felt the air around her solidify, making it hard for her to breathe.
Looking at those "old foxes" who were timid and afraid of taking responsibility, Shen Qiqi felt a surge of anger rushing to her head, but she suppressed it forcefully.
She knew that now was not the time to lose her temper, but to calm down and look for new breakthroughs.
"Humph! You old guys don't know what's good, right? Then don't blame me for being 'unethical'!" Shen Qiqi cursed in her heart, with a sly smile on her lips.
She turned to Lu Qing and said, "Lu Qing, let's go to the town government!"
Lu Qing looked at the determination in her eyes and felt relieved.
He understood Shen Qiqi and knew that she would never give up easily.
The two of them rushed all the way to the town government, and Shen Qiqi went directly to Mayor Zhao.
She did not beat around the bush and directly requested special funds for agricultural development.
Mayor Zhao was stunned when he heard this. "You? You want to apply for special funds? Do you think this money will just blow out of thin air?"
Shen Qiqi was well prepared. She took out a carefully prepared development plan from her bag and elaborated on the feasibility and prospects of the new technology, as well as the blueprint for how to drive the entire village to prosperity.
She spoke eloquently and with clear logic, which stunned Mayor Zhao.
"This...this..." Mayor Zhao looked at the data and analysis in the plan and couldn't say a word for a long time.
He didn't expect that the third daughter-in-law of the Lu family, who usually looked weak, was so decisive and thoughtful!
In the end, Shen Qiqi successfully obtained special funding support for agricultural development from the town government with her detailed development plan and eloquence.
When the news reached the village, the villagers were shocked.
They never expected that Shen Qiqi would actually "make" the money appear.
For a moment, the village was in an uproar. The villagers who had previously mocked her now looked at her with admiration.
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