Life Reset: I’m the Master in the Officialdom

After leaving Dama Town, Wentao did not rush back to the provincial party committee, but asked Sun Chenghu to take him around Hongcheng County.

Since coming to Yunnan Province, this is the first time that Wentao has left the provincial party committee compound and gone to the grassroots level.

It is now October in spring and autumn, the busy farming season. Yunnan and Sichuan Province are affected by the mountains and the fertile fields are barren, but you can still see people busy farming occasionally while walking on the road.

Moreover, most of these people are elderly people.

The biggest problem in Yunchuan Province is that its industry is not developed enough. If you want to earn enough to feed your family in Yunchuan Province, you have to go to other provinces to work, and most of them are in industries such as waiters and construction workers. Over time, this will create a huge gap between the rich and the poor compared to first-tier provinces.

These ordinary people work when they are young, and when it is time to enjoy their retirement, they still have to go home and farm the few acres of land that don't yield much.

These are major problems in Yunnan Province.

Wentao's car kept driving from the rural road to the county seat of Hongcheng County.

The county town looks a bit like a township in Handong Province. There are hawking stalls on both sides of the road, making it look very lively.

Wen Tao's car stopped when he encountered a red light. At this moment, a Land Cruiser suddenly accelerated from the right rear and stopped Wen Tao's car.

Sun Chenghu thought he had encountered some emergency and immediately took a alert posture.

Immediately afterwards, with the cooperation of the Land Cruiser, a row of luxury cars ran a red light openly.

This luxury car was covered in colorful balloons. Wen Tao asked curiously, "Cheng Hu, is this a wedding convoy?"

"Minister, it's a bit unlikely. Wedding motorcades are all decorated with big red flowers, not balloons!" Sun Chenghu responded.

Wen Tao frowned slightly: "Follow and see!"

Wentao wanted to see what kind of person had such a grand ceremony.

Sun Chenghu followed the convoy to the Dahua International Hotel, the highest-end hotel in Hongcheng County. The Dahua International Hotel is also a landmark building in Hongcheng County and is very luxurious.

At this time, the Dahua International Hotel had already erected the arch and hung the banners.

There was also a group of people performing lion and dragon dances outside the hotel.

One by one, people in formal attire walked into the hotel, and Wentao got out of the car and followed them in.

"County Magistrate Wang, congratulations! Young Master Wang has made it to the Dragon Gate!"

Wentao and the other man followed the crowd into the banquet hall and listened to a few people at the next table whispering.

"You were just calling him the county magistrate! You're flattering him, even if he's just a deputy county magistrate!"

"Haha, brother, you have to flatter when it's time to flatter! So, how much did you get?"

"3000! County Magistrate Wang's eldest son got into college, so we have to prepare a lot! We can't afford to offend him if he makes things difficult for us in the future!"

"I'll spend 3000 too! I heard that County Magistrate Wang set up a total of 101 tables this time, implying that his children are one in a hundred talented people. So, if one person spends 3,000, how much gift money will these 100-plus tables have to take?"

"Hey! This old man, how can he not make a million or eight hundred thousand!"

"Comparing yourself to others is frustrating! Look at this guy! If I go home and throw a graduation party for my son, I won't even get a fraction of what he paid!"

"Haha, brother, you're still comparing yourself to County Magistrate Wang!"

Wen Tao listened to the discussions at the next table and his brows instantly furrowed.

As a party member and cadre, this is a bit too extravagant. Is it necessary to make a graduation banquet so exaggerated?

However, Wentao did not say anything, but prepared to take a look at the situation on the scene and make plans.

On the dining table were Guojiao 1573, Wuliangye, and Da Chongjiu liquor worth hundreds of yuan.

Although the dishes have not been served yet, judging from the dishes that have been served so far, the consumption of this table is probably not low.

Each person gets a serving of sea cucumber millet porridge, European king crab, Australian Longhu lobster, boiled bird's nest, etc.

All air-freighted seafood.

Why is it called air-freighted seafood?

Because Yunchuan Province is not near the sea, seafood is a rare commodity. This table of dishes would probably cost over ten thousand yuan!

This isn't the ten thousand yuan of later times! This is the ten thousand yuan of 2008!

Purchasing power is still much stronger than that of later generations!

Even if people in later generations saw such dishes, it would be considered quite luxurious!

In addition to the dishes, there are also on-site arrangements, fleet expenses, etc. This banquet will cost more than one million!

Isn't this deputy county magistrate a little too rich?

Wentao was already surprised when he heard the people at the next table say that they gave a gift of 3,000 yuan, but after looking carefully for a while, he realized that those who gave a gift of 3,000 yuan were all small fry.

.They were sitting closer to the exit, and the reception desk was not far from Wentao's seat.

He could clearly see that the people who brought gifts were all giving in bundles of money, one, two, three...

These are all big deals!

In addition to those who gave cash gifts, many people also brought gifts.

However, these gifts all have one thing in common: they are all made of pure gold.

It is said that Deputy County Chief Wang has a hobby, which is collecting gold.

Golden teapot, golden ruyi, golden cabbage...golden shoes!

The funniest thing is that someone actually gave Deputy County Chief Wang a pair of golden shoes as a gift, and he didn’t even think they were rubbing against his feet when he put them on!

These gold pieces were not shy about being placed on the open space behind the gift-receiving table. In a short while, the gold pieces on the ground had piled up into a small mountain.

Many guests looked as if they were not surprised at all, as if this was a very common occurrence.

"Brother... Tao, the gifts from these guests are a bit too exaggerated! In our hometown, it's only one thousand yuan at most..." Sun Chenghu also widened his eyes and said in surprise while looking at the direction of the gift money table.

"Young man, you're not from Hongcheng County, are you? In Hongcheng County, when a leader's children hold a banquet, this is the standard!"

Another middle-aged man at Wentao's table spoke up.

"We are indeed not from this place. Brother, can you tell us, do the people in your Hongcheng County have such high incomes? A random gift can cost tens of thousands of yuan?" Wen Tao asked, pretending to be confused.

In fact, how could he not see that this "Deputy County Magistrate Wang" was just deliberately making money under the guise of a graduation banquet!

I was pretending to be stupid, just to get some information and see if there were any unexpected gains.

The middle-aged man at the same table chuckled and took the opportunity to introduce himself. After all, this was Deputy County Magistrate Wang's graduation banquet, and those who came to attend were either rich or noble. His other purpose of attending was to make friends.

"Brother, I'm in the building materials business. If there's a chance, we can cooperate!"

As the middle-aged man spoke, he took out his cell phone and left Wentao's contact information.