After dealing with the factory's troubles, Zheng Ya drove off towards the Changping mountain area, ready to hunt tigers and catch dragons.
At No. 95 Tongluo Lane, Director Wang arrived: "Oh, are you having a meeting?"
"Director Wang is here! We were just about to go to the street office to see you about leasing the back mountain forest when you arrived. Please have a seat!" Yan Fugui stood up to greet him, and the three aunties quickly brought a chair for Director Wang.
The others rose to greet them, and the atmosphere became harmonious.
Director Wang was amazed: "You must be Comrade Xu Qi, the wife Zheng Ya mentioned?"
"You're really handsome. No wonder you captivated our Comrade Zheng Ya, and even got him to recruit you to organize everyone to start a planting business. That's quite remarkable!"
"Director Wang, you're too kind. If you want to know about my boss Zheng Ya's experiments on seed cultivation, you'll have to talk to him personally."
I don't understand anything related to seeds.
I was the one who arranged for everyone to follow the map and prepare to cultivate land on the back mountain.
"You, as the street director, wouldn't refuse to give us a chance to contribute our remaining energy and do our part in building the country, would you?" Xu Qi spoke eloquently to Director Wang, effectively silencing Director Wang's attempt to probe the truth.
So many messy things happened in the courtyard, but Director Wang never came to deal with them personally?
Did he come here as soon as Zheng Ya started his seed business?
How is this any different from a cat that sniffs out fish and steals it? He truly is the kind of person Zheng Ya described as opportunistic and treacherous.
After hearing what she said, Director Wang couldn't press the matter any further. He took out the marriage certificate from his briefcase and handed it to Xu Qi, saying, "I'm here today to give you my marriage certificate."
Just give me the marriage certificate you and Zheng Ya obtained so I can take it back for filing.
"If it weren't for solving the case that day, I would have already processed this marriage certificate for you. Here, take it."
"Haha, thank you very much, Director Wang, for your trouble." Xu Qi didn't believe her nonsense at all; it was more like she was trying to fool a child.
The fact that Director Wang brought the marriage certificate suggests a new development in the case.
Wu Wei may have backed down, feeling there was no way to separate her from Zheng Ya, and thus voluntarily asked the neighborhood committee to issue them a marriage certificate?
Or perhaps a new situation has arisen on the part of the security agency, which has stopped interfering with her marriage to Zheng Ya.
In short, Xu Qi felt that the existence of this marriage certificate was definitely not as simple as it seemed, just a certificate of merit.
Due to practical limitations, very few people take wedding photos and paste them on their marriage certificates, leaving behind a "real person" photo for the local street office and other relevant departments to check and process related matters.
Director Wang, unaware of her thoughts, smiled and turned to Yan Fugui on his right, asking, "What's the situation with the lease you mentioned earlier?"
"Director Wang, it's like this, it's not that we don't accept the street office's donation of the back mountain forest to create a seed cultivation base, or that we're doing anything to detach ourselves from the organization."
It was mainly Zheng Ya who proposed experimenting with seeds.
It's entirely Zheng Ya's doing experiments in his spare time. If the experiments fail, it will be Zheng Ya's personal loss, right?
However, if this matter gets out, it will be difficult to explain to the street office if it takes up resources that have been heavily supported by the street office, and it will also affect Zheng Ya's reputation if the experiment fails.
"At that time, some people will inevitably say that Zheng Ya is undermining socialism..." Yan Fugui explained according to the plan Zheng Ya had given him.
When these things are put together, it becomes a case of "it's foolish not to take advantage of a good deal."
Things are different now.
Zheng Ya had long ago broadened Yan Fugui's horizons, encouraging him to strive towards, and even surpass, the world's great powers.
A different perspective naturally elevates one's mindset, leading to a different conclusion about the nature of things.
After hearing what he said, Director Wang didn't want to force anything.
After all, the back mountain forest is a public resource of the Tongluoxiang Subdistrict Office, not her private property, and she can do whatever she wants with it.
When it comes to public resources and property, the purpose of taking them out is to generate revenue; it's impossible to do a losing business.
Otherwise, her time as director would be over.
Only then did Director Wang truly regret it; Zheng Ya's rejection was a complete rejection of her as a person!
As a veteran director, having served as the director of the Women's Federation and the underground party secretary of the county, I have experienced far too many things and people.
But I also grew and learned a lot from it.
Based on the information she currently has about Zheng Ya, she judges that Zheng Ya is a martial arts master with great abilities, and has also become the last disciple of Doctor Sun, which has caused a stir in high society circles. He is no longer an ordinary person.
Since such a person is determined to create a seed experiment base, how could they possibly give up halfway?
Or perhaps Zheng Ya wasn't confident enough to justify paying someone to carry it out?
Failure is not terrible; what is terrible is becoming the focus of attention of the upper class. Failure would ruin Zheng Ya's reputation, so Zheng Ya would not ruin his future by doing something foolish.
So, Zheng Ya's rejection of her support as the director was an attempt to sever ties with her and prevent her from gaining any advantage.
Having figured out the pros and cons, Director Wang was so frustrated he had a toothache. It was too late for regrets, so he casually asked, "Alright, so how much forest does Zheng Ya plan to lease?"
Zheng Ya meant that the forest behind the mountain was just sitting empty, basically a waste, at most it would make it convenient for the neighbors to gather firewood.
It has no other function.
"Why not just lease them all at once? Director Wang won't object, will he?" Xu Qi spoke first, conveying Zheng Ya's meaning step by step, leaving it to Zheng Ya to figure out.
Yan Fugui nodded slightly in agreement: "Yes, that's exactly what Zheng Ya meant."
Anyway, the area of the back mountain belonging to the Tongluoxiang Subdistrict Office is not large, and it is a forest area, not a place to build houses.
"If the neighborhood committee leases it to us, we'll pay double the rent our neighbors pay for chopping firewood. Director Wang, what do you think?"
"Haha, I, as the director, have no objection, but since it involves the entire area of the back mountain forest, it's equivalent to depriving all the surrounding neighbors of their firewood money."
It also involves the public property and resources of the subdistrict office, which requires a meeting and resolution before a decision can be made.
"But don't worry, I've decided to hold a meeting at the subdistrict office tomorrow morning. You can all attend as observers to witness how our subdistrict office will handle this matter officially and fairly." Director Wang had no choice but to agree.
She also knew that this was her last hope to ease tensions with Zheng Ya.
Yan Fugui and Xu Qi's overt and covert hints, even their coercion, filled her with regret. If only she had known this would happen, why did she do it in the first place?
Now, Zheng Ya has established a seed base, a momentous event that will boost the nation's agricultural and sideline products. Whether it is an immeasurable honor or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with political significance, it has just slipped away.
Director Wang was filled with regret and wished that Zheng Ya would ruin the seed base, which would make him feel better.
Seeing the unnatural expression on her face, Xu Qi smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Director Wang, for your trouble?"
"Haha, you're welcome. You guys chat. I have things to do at the neighborhood office, so I'll be leaving now." Director Wang quickly got up and left, afraid that he would die of frustration if he stayed any longer.
Xu Qi and the Yan and Shen families saw her off. Bao'er hugged a corncob, munching on it as she ran out the door.
Yan Fugui was astonished: "Wow, these are corn cobs that are over a foot long..."
"My God, is this the high-quality seed Zheng Ya was talking about?" The Yan and Shen families were stunned...
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