It has been a long time since I last saw Yao Shang, she was still so graceful and charming. Wen Liang welcomed her into the house and said with a smile, "I asked you to come here so early in the morning. Did it delay your work?"
Yao Shang stroked the black hair by her ears, her cheeks flushed, perhaps because she was in a hurry or for some other reason, and said, "Coming to see Young Master Wen is the most important job..." Today is Wednesday, and the county government is going to hold a regular meeting. She had already walked to the door of the meeting room when she received a call from Wen Liang. She informed the director of the county party committee office and rushed over immediately.
Wen Liang laughed, pointed at her and said, "County Magistrate Yao, the officialdom is really a big melting pot. Even you have learned to flatter."
Yao Shang sat on the sofa opposite Wen Liang. The tight dress outlined the curves of her body very well, from the straight shoulders to the rise and fall of the chest, and then to the contraction of the waist and the sudden expansion of the hips. The firm and tight thighs were full of visual elasticity and charm. The only part of the calf exposed was crystal clear like jade, which gave people a sense of voyeuristic satisfaction and made their eyes linger.
No matter from which aspect, Yao Shang is the one who best combines freshness and plumpness. This may be the unique charm that only comes after becoming a wife.
"What would you like to drink?"
Wen Liang asked as he opened the refrigerator. Inside, there were three rows of Coca-Cola, Lingyang Beer, Huiyuan Juice, and of course, the summer essential purified water. Currently, there are three parts of purified water on the market: Baida, Leshi, and Yishan. Leshi is far away in Lingnan, so it can be ignored. However, Suzhou and Haihe Province is Baida's base camp, but the one in the refrigerator is not Baida, but Yishan purified water. From this, we can see that Yishan's market share is still far ahead.
"Whatever. Anything is fine."
Wen Liang took two bottles of Yishanshui, unscrewed the caps, and handed one over. Yao Shang reached out to take it, and her fingertips accidentally touched Wen Liang's hand. For some reason, the embarrassing scene in the car that night suddenly emerged in her mind. She trembled slightly and almost dropped the bottle.
Wen Liang pretended not to notice, turned around and walked to the side to sit down, with a smile on his face, and said: "Try our local Qingzhou water, natural mountain spring, mineral layer tens of millions of years old, it is not some so-called 27-layer purified tap water."
Yao Shang had been paying close attention to Wen Liang's movements in Qingzhou, so she had naturally heard those jaw-dropping rumors. Knowing that Yishan Waterworks was also an industry under his name, she drove away the inappropriate thought just now and smiled, "Is there anyone who is so boastful?"
"Ha, I am an honest person, I only speak the truth. If the quality of Yishanshui is not good, it will not be sold in the base of Baida."
In the 1990s, local protectionism was serious. Non-local products often had to spend several times more effort than normal market competition to enter the local market. Baida, as a major taxpayer in Wuzhou, could not compare with foreign companies like Yishan in terms of government resources. Both parties were the biggest rivals in the purified water market, so the intensity of the resistance was imaginable. However, Yishan purified water was still able to enter this Wuzhou's leading five-star hotel, which was directly related to the product quality, reputation and marketing strategy.
"Speaking of this, there was an interesting incident in Wujiang County some time ago." Yao Shang stopped talking halfway, looking at Wen Liang mischievously with her eyes moving.
"Oh, what's interesting?" Wen Liang took a sip of water. It tasted icy clear and slightly sweet in his throat, and even he loved it.
"As you know, after Wujiang County implemented the cooperative economy in the past two years, there will be the largest tea subscription and sales fair in the country every year before and after the rain. Tea merchants from all over the country and abroad will gather here, plus there will be tourists. Baida and Yishan both think this is a good opportunity for publicity. Sales staff from both companies have entered major hotels in Wujiang. The entrance to the subscription and sales fair is like a battleground with stalls and banners. Boxes of purified water are piled up two stories high. Everyone who enters can get a bottle for free..."
Thinking of the competition between Yili and Mengniu, Wanglaoji and Jiaduobao in later generations, this kind of competition can be seen everywhere, nothing special. Wen Liang guessed that there must be something else going on, and asked, "Then what?"
"On the fourth day of the order fair, a foreign tea merchant drank too much and ran to the Baida booth with Yishan water, saying that Baida's water was not tasty and not as refreshing as Yishan's. This caused dissatisfaction among Baida employees, who thought that the tea merchant was sent by Yishan to cause trouble. They beat him up and gathered in front of Yishan's booth to make a scene, which eventually led to a group fight between the two sides. The county public security bureau dispatched dozens of police officers to control the situation."
Wen Liang was only in charge of the strategy at Yishan, and the specific operations were handed over to Zhong Congjiang. He really knew nothing about this matter. He couldn't help but laugh after hearing this and said, "Since it involves tea merchants, it is natural for you, the deputy county magistrate in charge of agriculture, to come forward to coordinate. How did you solve it in the end?"
"Bai Da paid 5,000 yuan in medical expenses to the tea merchant, and the tea merchant will no longer pursue the matter. The fight between Bai Da and Yi Shan was caused by Bai Da, and Bai Da bears the main responsibility. The people who started the fight will be detained for three days, and their leader will apologize. The person in charge of Yi Shan will take back his employees, and will strengthen criticism and education in the future..."
Wen Liang smiled and said, "Bai Da will definitely not accept the fact that he suffered such a big loss in his own nest. Be careful to find trouble with you."
This is fair and just, but it is the most difficult thing to do in domestic affairs, so this result seems unusual. Baida is deeply rooted in Suhai. Although it is not in the right in this matter, it can at least make the government take sides and give both sides fifty lashes at most, so that both sides can go back to their own homes and find their own mothers, and criticize and educate them, so as not to detain their subordinates, which would be too embarrassing to spread.
Therefore, even if you use your toes to think, you can know that it must be because of Yao Shang that Baida suffered a loss!
Yao Shang smiled and said, "The Public Security Bureau is not under my jurisdiction. Even if Su Guangle is angry, he can't vent it on me..."
"Ha!" Wen Liang looked up and smiled without saying much. It seemed that Yao Shang not only had a firm foothold in Wujiang, but also had his own circle and power. After all, it was not an easy task to expand one's influence to the public security system.
"I can't take advantage of you for nothing. Let Yishan send a banner to the Wujiang Public Security Bureau tomorrow to praise them for upholding justice and enforcing the law impartially!"
Yao Shang knew Wen Liang was joking, and said, "Don't do that. If I do that, I will really offend Su Guangle. He is a business tycoon in Wuyue. If he says a few words to me, I will have no place to stand. Do you think you will take me in if I go to Qingzhou..."
As soon as she said this, she felt something was wrong. She felt a mixture of shyness and uneasiness in her heart. She turned her head away and didn't dare to look at Wen Liang. That kind of childish behavior was really charming.
"It's just Su Guangle, don't take it too seriously," Wen Liang didn't joke with Yao Shang as usual. The two of them had an extremely ambiguous and impulsive entanglement before, so it was not appropriate to talk nonsense at this time, so he changed the subject and said, "There is a Shenyu Company in Wuzhou, have you heard of it?"
"Shenyu Financial Investment?" Yao Shang's face suddenly became frosty, and he said, "Not only have I heard of it, but I've heard it so many times that my ears are almost callused..."
Wen Liang became interested and asked, "Why, is this company very famous?"
"I don't know whether it's well-known or not, but when I went to various tea cooperatives to conduct research, what they talked about most was not how to sell tea at a good price, but how to make additional investments and make a lot of money through this Shenyu company..."
When Wen Liang was in Qingzhou, he guessed that Shenyu Company should have grown bigger and stronger in Suhai, otherwise it would not have expanded its business to Jiangdong. When he heard what Yao Shang said, it was indeed not surprising.
"… Investing tens of thousands of dollars and earning tens of millions is a lie that only fools would believe. However, greed can blind people. Once they are fooled, they can no longer distinguish between truth and falsehood…"
"Of course. If they don't have this much brainwashing ability, they wouldn't be a rampant illegal pyramid scheme!"
"Huh?" Yao Shang was surprised. Although she didn't believe in this business model, she just thought it was an exaggeration and didn't think it was an illegal pyramid scheme. She said, "No way, Shenyu is a legal company registered with the Industry and Commerce Bureau. They held a three-year anniversary event last month, and even Lu Chunming went..."
Lu Chunming is a member of the Standing Committee of the Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Minister of Propaganda. He is at the department level and has great power. Such a person also went to help Shenyu Company. Wen Liang frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and made up his mind. He said, "County Magistrate Yao, I have an appointment with Mayor Fu for dinner tonight. You are his old subordinate. If you don't have anything important to do, come and have fun together."
Yao Shang didn't hesitate at all and said, "Okay, I'll come over in the evening."
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Wen Liang brought Yao Shang to meet Fu Minzhi at a private club not far from the northern suburbs of Wuzhou City. Fu Minzhi was very polite to Wen Liang, and did not change because of his promotion to deputy mayor. He showed a certain degree of respect to Yao Shang, and his eyes only stayed above her neck, never looking down. Since knowing Yao Shang's identity, Fu Minzhi no longer dared to have improper thoughts about her. Every time he met her in a meeting or private occasion, he behaved more upright than a gentleman, which surprised other people who knew his nature but did not understand Yao Shang. He was said to be one of the seven mysteries of the municipal government.
After exchanging pleasantries, Wen Liang began to persuade Fu Minzhi to drink. After two bottles of Maotai, he saw that Fu Minzhi was already seven-tenths drunk, so he asked, "I want to learn more about Shenyu Company. I wonder if Mayor Fu has any suggestions?"
Fu Minzhi squinted his eyes, his head felt dizzy and he wanted to lean on the table. Hearing this, he asked in surprise: "Is Mr. Wen also interested in Shenyu Company? But I advise Mr. Wen that there is no limit to what you can do in business. You should find another company to cooperate with..."
Fu Minzhi's words were the truth after drinking. Wen Liang smiled and said, "Is it because I am not strong enough? Mayor Fu thinks Shen Yu doesn't think highly of me? Well, that's possible. After all, he is related to Minister Lu Chunming..."
"Lu Chunming, humph!" Fu Minzhi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, his eyes full of drunkenness, and said: "What's there to be proud of for getting to the top by wearing a green hat?" (To be continued)