Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"Thank you, Secretary! We will work hard and will never let you down. We will make the soy sauce factory famous across the country." Yu Congcong hurriedly expressed his gratitude and vowed to make the soy sauce factory bigger and stronger.

"Hey, what's the matter that makes you so arrogant? It's even known all over the country." Director Yang of the Planning Department asked loudly with a smile in a resonant voice.

"Lao Yang, Lao Xu, you are here? Come and take a look at the business plan, and you will know what it is about." Director Guo quickly handed over the business plan and made room for Director Xu from the Finance Department.

"Yes, let's take a look at the plan first. Mr. Xu, please wait a moment." The county party secretary also said.

After more than ten minutes, Director Yang smiled and said, "Haha, not bad, not bad, it's feasible. Lao Xu, take a look." Then he handed the plan to Director Xu.

Director Xu is a taciturn, serious, and oldest middle-aged man in the room.

He took the plan, slowly opened it, and read it carefully. He read slower than Director Yang, and it took him more than 20 minutes to finish.

After reading it, he asked the question: "How much does our government need to invest? Should it be invested in installments or all at once?"

Yu Congcong immediately replied: "The government only needs to make a one-time investment in the factory and raw materials in the early stages."

"Because we don't know whether the government prefers stone and blue brick factories or red brick factories. The price difference between the two is quite large, so the input is not marked. And the raw materials are not available just because we want to purchase them."

"Yes." The four cadres nodded to show their understanding.

"Then, now, based on the blue brick factory building and 1 kilograms of raw materials, calculate the price range."

"Okay." Yu Congcong picked up the pen and started calculating quickly. In less than ten minutes, he got the result.

"Director, the current market price is about 3,000 yuan."

Director Xu nodded, feeling that the investment was acceptable.

"Secretary, I have no objection." Director Xu expressed his opinion.

"Secretary, I have no objection either." Director Yang said quickly.

"Secretary, where is the factory built?"

"It will be built in Comrade Xiao's Lihua Village. You don't need to plan it." Director Guo replied.

"Why is it built in Lihua Village? Transportation will be so inconvenient!" Director Yang was surprised and thought to himself: "This place is too remote. The transportation is so inconvenient, how can the soy sauce factory be built here?" He originally thought that the soy sauce factory must be built near a major traffic artery. After all, soy sauce is packed in jars and cans, and transportation is indeed a big trouble.

"Director Yang, since the technical personnel of the soy sauce factory are all villagers of Lihua Village, it will be more convenient to build the factory in the village. As for transportation, the roads in our village have been built. As for those roads that are not so good, I think we should give back to the village after the soy sauce factory makes a profit. We should continue to build roads and bridges." Yu Congcong said sincerely, his heart full of longing for the future.

"Good, good, the young comrade has a high level of awareness and has truly put the Chairman's spirit of serving the people into practice. We should all learn from the young comrade in this regard." The county party secretary looked at several people in the office and praised them, feeling very pleased.

"Yes, young comrade is our role model. Our Ministry of Economic Affairs will fully support and cooperate with the soy sauce factory and strive to build it and make profits as soon as possible." Director Guo reiterated.

"Well done, young comrade. Don't worry, we will all give you our full support." Director Yang and Director Xu also expressed their opinions.

Afterwards, another round of discussion was held on transportation. Yu Congcong proposed to use the village's mule carts and ox carts for initial transportation, and when the soy sauce factory was profitable, he would buy trucks for transportation. At this time, he was a little nervous, wondering whether his idea would be recognized by everyone.

The county party secretary agreed with Yu Congcong's idea, thinking that this young comrade was very thoughtful and that everything should be done step by step and not in a hurry for success.

By the time they left the county party committee, it was already noon. Director Guo asked them to stay for lunch, but Yu Congcong refused, saying that she had to go to the armed forces department to see her elders.

"Congcong, thank you!" After leaving the county party committee, Zhang Yun thanked Yu Congcong, his heart full of gratitude.

"Brother Zhang Yun, why are you thanking me? Do we need to say thank you between us? You are being too polite." Yu Congcong pretended to be angry, but she was actually a little happy in her heart and felt that she could help Zhang Yun.

"Well, there's no need to say thank you between us." After Zhang Yun finished speaking, he looked at Yu Congcong and smiled, with a happy smile on his face.

The two walked towards the armed forces department together and stopped at the gate for a while. After the soldier on guard went in to report, Yu Congcong and Zhang Yun were allowed in within three minutes.

The armed forces department is exactly the same as it was a few years ago, and there seems to be no change. I heard that the armed forces department will be replanned, and the county's armed forces department may be dismantled.

"Uncle Huang, long time no see!" Yu Congcong greeted Huang Guohui happily when she saw him.

"Congcong, you are here. Have you eaten?" Huang Guohui asked with concern.

"Not yet! We came here just to have a free meal." Yu Congcong responded playfully.

"Welcome! As long as Uncle Huang is here, we Congcong are always welcome to come and have a meal." Huang Guohui loves Yu Congcong like his own granddaughter.

"Haha." Yu Congcong laughed happily.

"Tell me! What happened to you again?" Huang Guohui had a love-hate relationship with Yu Congcong when she came to him, because every time Yu Congcong came to him, it was almost always a major case. The matter that she called him a few days ago had not yet been dealt with.

"Nothing, I just came here to eat and ask you to find someone."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"It's my cousin's fiancé He Hongjun. He joined the army after getting engaged to my cousin three years ago, and there has been no news since then. My grandmother asked me to find out about the situation. My cousin has been waiting for him and is almost an old maid." Yu Congcong told Huang Guohui everything in one breath as if complaining.

"That's easy. Just tell me which military district it belongs to and I'll call to check." Huang Guohui asked.

"It's from our Huainan District."

"Okay, let's go to the cafeteria to eat first, and then you can go to my office and wait for news."

"Okay, what delicious food is there in the cafeteria for lunch today?" Yu Congcong and Zhang Yun followed Huang Guohui and walked towards the cafeteria.

"Today, you don't have such a good feast. We just had meat as an extra meal yesterday. There is nothing today. I guess it will be eggplant, winter melon, etc. But since the soy sauce has been available, these vegetables cooked by the cafeteria are also quite flavorful and delicious."

"Well, I'll go try it today to see if the chef's cooking skills have improved."

The three of them arrived at the cafeteria, where there were not many people left. The remaining ones were cadres who were not always on time for meals.