The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 83: Low-Key Development

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Low-Key Development

In the following days, Ji Yang devoted himself to his work.

Although matters of the People’s Congress didn’t have much to do with him, it was impossible to let Liu Yun handle so many tasks alone, so many of the responsibilities actually fell to the office of party and government affairs.

Ji Yang’s role was to provide overall guidance and coordination. In addition, adjustments needed to be made among the village representatives, which meant more contact with Qiu Ling, the organization committee member.

Of course, Ji Yang wouldn’t get fully involved, after all, it was the business of the People’s Congress, and Liu Yun was the primary person in charge.

Huang Yu behaved quite normally, without any hints of liberating her true nature.

However, her occasional quiet updates revealed that she had already contacted buyers and would soon be able to help sell the ginseng.

Even though he now had money, Ji Yang still planned to pick up writing his book again. After all, the need to earn more money persisted.

He had already written the beginning and, having learned from Miao Xiaoying about internal bidding and contract signings, he quietly proceeded with the internal bidding and was now waiting to see if the editor would sign a contract.

One day, Wu Mi made a phone call.

When he arrived at Wu XiaoMei’s house, Wu Mi was already there.

"Brother!"

Wu Mi threw herself into Ji Yang’s arms the moment she closed the door.

Wu XiaoMei seemed to be aware of some situation but didn’t say anything. Instead, she took on the role of a gatekeeper, sitting outside and keeping busy with her work.

Ji Yang didn’t do anything to Wu Mi at that location. After a warm embrace, he asked, "How is everything going?"

"I’ve exchanged my land, and now a vast piece of land over there belongs to me. You don’t know, we have a lot of land there, and the kind that can’t produce crops is even less wanted. When they heard I needed it, they even tried to advise me against it."

"What did you say?"

"I told them, since the township places such importance on this area, they will definitely seek to develop it. My next step is to build a Hot Spring Resort Area there. They even laughed at me."

Ji Yang laughed. Wu Mi was clever. Now that she had spoken about her plans, even if everyone realized later that there was real money to be made there, they wouldn’t have any recourse, for their foresight was lacking.

"You’ve done well."

"My father has already started building brick and lime kilns, which should be useful for the next steps."

"Good, once those are produced, we can start construction. However, we still need to get people to go to the township to buy cement and bring it back."

"My father said he’d listen to you about everything. I don’t know if that one hundred thousand yuan will be enough to build what you described."

"You’re not aware of what’s happening in the village, but your rice wine sold for a good price. The buyer paid an additional five hundred thousand for it."

"How much?"

"Five hundred thousand, which means there’s now six hundred thousand in that account. With this amount, providing bricks, stones, and lime yourselves, along with manpower—which I believe your father can also arrange—so the total costs shouldn’t be much."

"We only need to provide food for everyone."

"Yes, so you can get started. First, section off the area and start constructing a few things. This is a construction blueprint I’ve managed to obtain, you can follow it for the construction."

"Mm, there are people from the village who have worked as contractors outside; my father has found him, and he agreed to come back with his team to help with this project."

Wu Mi’s father certainly was a capable man; he had thought ahead on many things!

"It’s okay to spend all the money, just make sure the project is done well and looks good. Only then will people want to come and visit. This is only the first phase of the project; once we have more money, we must also start on the second phase."

"But there isn’t that much money."

"People have tasted your rice wine and consider it excellent, so they want you to make more of it. This product can sell for a high price."

"People really want to buy it?"

"You underestimate that rice wine. It’s truly a fine product. The wealthy ladies in the city like it very much. Everyone wants it now."

"That’s great, I will make more when I get back."

"How’s Mei’s situation here?"

Hearing this, Wu Mi said, "Miao Family Village treated her poorly, labeling her a husband-cursed woman. They couldn’t wait to drive her far away. I was just about to discuss her situation with you. I want her to work with me, don’t worry, she’s really good."

"You can have her work, but only on regular tasks. You can’t let anyone else take over the hot spring."

"Brother, I know. The hot spring is actually yours; I’m merely looking after it for you."

"It’s yours too."

Wu Mi said with a smile across her face, "I am yours too."

Seeing her like this, Ji Yang smiled and said, "Take advantage of the fact that others haven’t paid much attention to it yet. You must keep a tight grip on that place. Also, you need to handle the sale of the mountain goods well; these are opportunities to make money."

"I know, I’ve been doing it all along. As for Mei’s situation, my father has already discussed it in the village and exchanged her fertile land for plots closer to the mountains."

"Good, well done."

Ji Yang also smiled. By the time Wu XiaoMei’s land would be entitled to compensation, building a few houses there could potentially turn into a windfall.

Of course, Ji Yang wouldn’t involve himself directly in these matters; it was sufficient to work behind the scenes.

"There’s one more thing. They’re building a telephone base station over there; I’ve heard that we’ll be able to make phone calls soon."

Ji Yang didn’t expect He Chengjun to act so swiftly and was pleased by the prospect. If this was true, it would definitely be beneficial for the development of the village.

"That’s excellent news. Later on, I’ll teach you how to do live streaming, With live streaming, you can directly sell the mountain goods."