After being reborn, the young master returned to his village and led his wife and daughters to prosp

This is why Lin Fan was so confident, believing that the secretary would definitely help him.

I really have no connection with him whatsoever, but there's nothing I can do about it, since my status is different now.

These government-supported enterprise quotas, you've gone to so much trouble to get them, surely they should have some effect, right?

Although it sounds ironic, that's the reality. If Lin Fan were just an ordinary small business owner, he might have had to swallow his pride and deal with this situation by resorting to some underhanded means.

But now that they have the government backing them up, if their industry faces difficulties and the higher-ups find out about their copying and counterfeit goods, those leaders will definitely be very dissatisfied with the actions of the county leaders.

This is a star enterprise that they painstakingly selected, capable of driving the local economy, but it was blatantly copied. Are you local leaders doing a terrible job outside?

As it turned out, Lin Fan's understanding of the county party secretary's psychology was extremely accurate.

After hearing what he said, the secretary pondered for a long time before finally nodding slowly.

“You’re right. We can’t tolerate this kind of thing, and we can’t cause trouble for our superiors by making them worry about such trivial matters.”

"Here's what we'll do: if you can really find solid evidence as you say, then I'll send someone to handle it, and they'll definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

"Of course, since you are from Liangshan County, we will use official methods. You can have someone from the Liangshan County Administration for Industry and Commerce come and coordinate with me. We can both classify this as a serious economic crime and take joint action to deal with it."

The secretary spoke earnestly, and also put forward his own requirements.

His purpose in doing this was simple: to escalate the situation slightly and let his superiors see his attitude.

Your star enterprise in Liangshan County encountered trouble in our Songming County. As the Party Secretary, I did not shirk my responsibility and immediately took action to resolve the issue.

When the higher-ups investigate in the future and find out about this, at least they'll have a better impression of him.

"Okay, thank you, Secretary."

"I will collect the evidence. I'll trouble Secretary to help with the rest."

"It should, it should!"

……

After some conversation, Lin Fan left the county government with Lin Shuying.

Walking down the street, Lin Shuying looked at Lin Fan with admiration and said, "Honey, I never thought you actually convinced this secretary."

"We went through so much trouble to get this government-supported quota, so we should at least make it work, right?"

Lin Fan smiled slightly, but there was little ease on his face.

Because of this incident, the secretary agreed to help, but that was just the beginning; more trouble was yet to come.

He needs to collect evidence and handle all the related troubles himself before handing it over to the secretary, who will then take action to punish those people.

This kind of thing is obviously not easy to do. At least in Songming County, Lin Fan was unfamiliar with the place and people. How easy would it be to accomplish this task?

Fortunately, after a few days of interaction, the business owners from Songming County with whom he had established a business relationship had become somewhat familiar with him, so Lin Fan decided to ask them for help.

There's a saying that goes something like, "Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake." It's better to leave things on someone else's turf to them, which is why Lin Fan only brought Lin Shuying with him.

"Honey, let's go take a look around and see where these counterfeit clothes are coming from. Are they from factories in other places, factories in Songming County, or people from Liangshan County? In short, let's find out how they operate this counterfeit industry chain before we take action!"

After giving Lin Shuying a brief explanation, the two of them strolled around the street.

Although they said they had important business to attend to, Lin Fan didn't feel much urgency. He chatted and laughed with Lin Shuying along the way, and even bought one each from a vendor selling roasted sweet potatoes, which they then happily ate.

The sweet potatoes were soft, sweet, and steaming hot. Lin Shuying took a couple of bites, then looked at Lin Fan, who was watching her with doting eyes, and couldn't help but smile happily.

However, she then asked with some concern, "Honey, we've been shopping for so long. Weren't we supposed to investigate those counterfeit clothes? When are we going?"

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "I'm investigating. You don't really think your husband came here to go shopping with you, do you?"

Lin Shuying looked at Lin Fan with some surprise and said, "Huh? It's already under investigation?"

She looked at Lin Fan with a blank expression, somewhat unable to understand what he was saying.

Weren't they always together? When did Lin Fan investigate?

Lin Fan smiled mysteriously and pointed to the street not far away, saying, "When I was showing you around just now, I was keeping an eye on what was happening on the street."

"There are quite a few people wearing our Lin's new clothing on this street, and the further you go down the street, the more people there are. Can you guess what that means?"

Lin Shuying was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously said, "Does this mean there's a very likely shop on that street that sells our counterfeit clothes?"

Lin Fan laughed and couldn't help but pinch Lin Shuying's cheek: "Not bad, my wife is quite smart."

"If nothing unexpected happens, our target profession should be on that street ahead. Let's go and ask around."

Lin Shuying looked at Lin Fan with a mixture of admiration and annoyance.

That scoundrel! He'd been secretly investigating all along without telling me, making me look like a fool, happily strolling around with him and enjoying this rare moment of peace.

The two crossed an intersection and entered the street ahead.

This seems to be a pedestrian street-like area. The streets are quite narrow, and there are a lot of people coming and going. The surrounding area is mostly filled with shops selling clothes and food, with occasional department stores, hardware stores, and the like.

Lin Fan and his group found their target not long after walking on the street.

There was no other reason than that the other party's signboard was too eye-catching, with the six large characters "Lin's Clothing Specialty Store" written directly on the colorful neon sign.

"This...honey, is this the place?"

"Our store hasn't even opened in Songming County yet, and Songming County actually chose such a name! These people are so mean, how could they do this!"

Lin Shuying stared at the imposing, enormous signboard, almost unable to believe her eyes.