185: Chapter 185 There's Always One That Suits You

"Is there someone outside who dares to ask you for money so blatantly?"

Zhao Yang almost choked on his own saliva.

"My dear wife, I spend every day wandering around that mountain gully in Cangyun; I can't even see a young woman, let alone someone else."

"Then what do you need the money for?"

Zhao Yang sat down on the edge of the bed and held Jiang Nan's hand:

"Remember how your 2 million turned into 3.7 million? Anyway, we don't need this money, so why not let it grow more?"

"Stock trading? Didn't you say it depends on luck? How can your luck always be good?"

Jiang Nan looked at him and shook her head.

Zhao Yang said seriously: "Wife, I feel like my luck is back again. It would be a pity to miss it."

Jiang Nan never had a concept of money; as long as Zhao Yang was happy, it didn't matter, even if he lost it.

She opened the nightstand and took out the bank card to hand to Zhao Yang.

"I haven't changed the password, but you have to be careful and save some milk powder money for the child."

Zhao Yang took the card, lowered his head, and kissed the back of her hand: "Nan Nan, you are so good."

"Cut it out." Jiang Nan pulled her hand back and rolled her eyes at him.

"You cannot mess up the affairs in Cangyun County, otherwise you'll even lose the Governor's face."

Zhao Yang chuckled and tucked the card into his pocket.

"Don't worry, it won't be messed up."

The next day, Zhao Yang returned to the Cangyun County seat.

When the stock market opened in the morning, he decisively bought 180,000 shares of Kweichow Moutai at a price of 20.8 yuan per share.

He withdrew 3.4 million from Jiang Nan's bank card and used over 200,000 from his own stock account.

In total, he had less than 200,000 left in his hand.

After the purchase, Zhao Yang's hands were trembling with excitement.

In the future, this stock would be the biggest bull stock with the highest share price in both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets.

After experiencing many high-transfer bonuses and large dividends, it still rushed to over 2,600 yuan per share in February 2021.

Zhao Yang looked at the stock account, somewhat dazed.

If he held the shares without moving, by 2021, the total capital displayed here would be over 3 billion.

Specifically, it would be around 3.6 billion.

Just as he was lost in his thoughts, his office door was knocked.

"Come in!"

Hu Kai walked in with a registration ledger.

"County Magistrate Zhao, the villagers are now rushing to send over their local mountain goods and dried produce. What should we do about this?"

After the online store opened, the payment returned to the farmers in the first month was twice the purchase price.

This made the local people very enthusiastic, and the product quality became more guaranteed.

The products in the shop were all highly praised, making the online store's business increasingly booming.

The farmers all wanted to sell their stock early, so they took the initiative to come and deliver the dried goods to the place where Hu Kai and the others worked.

The room was packed full.

Zhao Yang frowned, "Xiao Hu, stocking up like this occupies too much capital; it's unnecessary."

Hu Kai made a bitter face: "The villagers don't want money; they just want to sell it first by leaving it here."

Zhao Yang thought for a moment; the logistics transfer center was almost built, and two warehouses were already usable.

It could store quite a lot of goods.

He originally wanted to have Lin Xuecen collect rent to reduce costs, but it certainly wouldn't work now.

Zhao Yang couldn't take the common people's money.

"Xiao Hu, register and accept what is sent over, and put it in the logistics center warehouse. But you must tell the villagers that they cannot prioritize quantity over quality; otherwise, it will ruin the brand of our Cangyun specialties."

"Okay, I'll go tell them right now."

Hu Kai agreed and hurried away.

The six of them were very motivated now; 1,200 per month each had already caught up with the salary of a section-level cadre.

As the store manager, Hu Kai also received an extra 200 yuan subsidy every month.

Therefore, he walked with a spring in his step.

Zhao Yang watched Hu Kai's retreating back and thought to himself that the online store was basically on the right track and he had to let it go.

He picked up the phone and called Lin Xuecen: "Mom, I'd like to ask for your help to find someone to take over the online store."

On the other end of the line, Lin Xuecen laughed:

"What's wrong? Is the online store business too good, and you can't handle it?"

Zhao Yang said bluntly: "It does take up some energy."

Lin Xuecen paused for a moment and thought of a suitable candidate.

"Hand it over to your driver, Deng Wei. Xiao Deng is shrewd, and what's rare is that he is reliable."

That was great; when returning to Jiangzhou on weekends, it would save Deng Wei from running back and forth.

On Friday afternoon, Deng Wei came to pick up Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang left him behind to familiarize himself with the online store business and drove back to Jiangzhou himself.

On Monday morning, Zhao Yang did not return to Cangyun but carried a heavy briefcase to the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office.

Over the past few days, Zhao Yang had taken the time to conduct an in-depth investigation of the resources in each township and compiled over a dozen projects.

The first project: road construction.

The reason was sufficient: Cangyun County's specialties were selling very well online, but the poor road conditions affected delivery efficiency.

Another important point was that fresh goods couldn't be delivered at all; they either rotted on the road or were damaged by the bumps.

The second project: developing ecological aquaculture, utilizing the three large reservoirs.

The third project: utilizing the favorable environmental conditions of the mountainous area to develop deep-mountain wood ear mushroom cultivation, forming a scale and leading more people to prosperity...

All dozen or so projects were centered around Cangyun County's specialties.

Not only was there an analysis of their own advantages, but there were also prospects for the future.

How big the project was suitable to be and how much investment was needed—it was well-reasoned and written very solidly.

The director of the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, Liao Jingjiang, was stunned when he saw the thick stack of documents.

"Secretary Zhao, how can you declare so many projects for a national-level poverty-stricken county?"

"I haven't been a Secretary for a long time," Zhao Yang smiled, "Isn't the province preparing to engage in project-based poverty alleviation? There is always one that suits you."

Liao Jingjiang curled his lip and thought to himself: Although you are no longer a Secretary, your relationship with the Governor is probably closer than before.

The Governor had only held one meeting on project-based poverty alleviation, and you already knew about it.

Could it be that you were instructed by the Governor to come here this time?

He chuckled, "Secretary Zhao is joking. Cangyun County is a national-level poverty-stricken county, so the province will definitely support it with priority."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news." After shaking hands with Liao Jingjiang, Zhao Yang bid farewell and left.

He drove back to Cangyun County himself.

Meanwhile, the leadership team of Cangyun County was already discussing it.

No one believed that Zhao Yang could apply for real money just by putting together a pile of useless documents.

Organization Department Minister Liu Changqing went to the office of County Party Secretary Wang Shoucheng and asked in a low voice:

"Secretary Wang, you say County Magistrate Zhao is busy every day with such energy; does he really have connections?"

Wang Shoucheng also lowered his voice, "I have heard that President Lin of Cenjiang Industrial is his mother-in-law. Investing here is just to support him."

Speaking of this, Wang Shoucheng curled his lip:

"Doing it when it's obviously losing money—is he afraid the money will bite his hands? What kind of connections do you think he could have?"

Liu Changqing chuckled, "The Minister personally sent him to take office; this kid is getting a bit big-headed!"

Inside the County Magistrate's office, Deputy County Magistrate Li Jingtang, who was in charge of agriculture, looked unhappy.

"County Magistrate Zhou, Zhao Yang is specifically focusing on agricultural matters. Why don't I just let him take over as the Deputy County Magistrate for Agriculture as well!"