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"Do you know?"

Tang Guangyong asked in confusion.

“He not only knew me, but he also approached me, wanting to partner with me to sell this kind of wine.”

Du Hongyuan explained, "These wines are not so-called imported wines, but were brought from Shenzhen, and then relabeled before being sold to the outside world."

“I would definitely refuse this kind of business. He’s barefoot and naturally not afraid, but I have money to burn, and I’m not going to take that risk with him.”

"He's incredibly audacious! He actually dared to try and fool me!"

Tang Guangyong believed Du Hongyuan's words and was so angry he almost cursed.

"People like him make quick money, so they're naturally bold."

Du Hongyuan said, "If I'm not mistaken, he's asking you for help to get the relevant permits from the Industry and Commerce Bureau."

"He probably found out you don't like red wine, so he just gave you some to fool you."

"You guessed right. He insisted on sending me several cases after he heard that I don't drink red wine."

Tang Guangyong gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard, I'm not done with him!"

What he cared about wasn't the few cases of liquor, but that he had been made a fool of, which made him very unhappy.

"Thanks to Boss Du for stepping in today, otherwise if I had given this kind of wine to Director Jiang, someone who drinks red wine often would probably have been able to tell the difference between good and bad wines right away. I would have been the one who lost face then."

"Director Tang, you're too kind. We're old friends, so of course I wouldn't stand idly by."

Du Hongyuan laughed.

"It's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up."

Jiang Yiming laughed and said, "Brother Tang, we should quickly gather evidence against these unscrupulous businessmen and bring them all to justice."

"That's for sure. If they dare to cheat me, I'll make sure they're bankrupt and spend the rest of their lives in jail!"

After sending Tang Guangyong back, Jiang Yiming and Du Hongyuan left together.

"Brother Du, it's been a while since I've seen you. What have you been up to lately?"

Jiang Yiming said, "I heard that you have sold almost all of your shares in Yusha Winery and the publishing house."

"I only own one percent of the shares in Yusha Winery. Publishing is my old profession, and with your signed contract, I've made a lot of money. I only sold 45 percent, and I still have 55 percent in hand."

Du Hongyuan said, "My main goal is to raise funds to make mobile phones. I am very optimistic about the mobile phone industry."

"Brother Du, I agree with you and I am very optimistic about the mobile phone market."

Jiang Yiming said, "At the current stage, the main focus is on making counterfeit phones and making a quick buck. But I don't think this is a long-term solution. With the development of the internet age, the growth of the domestic economy, and the improvement of people's living standards, counterfeit phones will gradually be phased out due to their low cost-performance ratio and high failure rate."

“I’ve thought about this problem, but the only way to change this outcome is through the development of related technologies. With my current capabilities, I simply don’t have the funds to support research and development.”

Du Hongyuan said with a wry smile, "So, for now, I can only make a quick buck by producing knock-off phones. As for what happens later, I'll adjust things slowly."

"We definitely need to make counterfeit phones, but the investment costs are very high. In addition, there are all kinds of mobile phone manufacturers on the market, so it is very difficult to break through."

Jiang Yiming said, "I suggest you try a different approach."

"Oh, do you have any suggestions?"

Du Hongyuan always felt that if Jiang Yiming hadn't been in the system, he would definitely have been a successful businessman.

He had complete faith in Jiang Yiming's insights and judgments.

Have you been paying attention to the popular MP3 players lately?

"I've been following it; it's similar to a tape recorder. It's very compact and convenient for listening to music and stories. I even bought one myself."

Du Hongyuan said, "You want me to get into the MP3 business?"

"It's already a bit late, the cake has already been devoured, and by the time you get in, you'll probably only get soup."

Jiang Yiming said, "I don't know if you've been paying attention to MP4 players. They have more functions than MP3 players and are more convenient to use. However, MP4 players are still in the development stage. If you can enter the market now, you will definitely make a fortune when MP4 players are widely available. You can then use the money you earn to invest in the research and development of mobile phones, improve the technological content of mobile phones, and maybe you can gain a foothold in the mobile phone market."

"I haven't really studied MP4 much."

Du Hongyuan asked, "In which direction should I improve?"

"Video playback, whether it's MP3 or the future MP4, is mainly used by young people. And young people like to watch videos and take photos. If we can optimize the video playback and photo-taking functions, it will definitely be loved by young people, and it will be hard not to become a hit."

Jiang Yiming thought for a moment and then said.

From the first half of 2004 to 2005, MP4 players saw significant growth. At the beginning of the year, MP4s were the star of the show, with leading international manufacturers such as Samsung, Creative, and Gateway all releasing their latest MP4 designs. Archos and D-Link even launched MP4s with wireless internet connectivity. Chinese manufacturers like Aigo and Shinco also showcased their products. Throughout 2005, the domestic MP4 market grew by 310%, with the overall market size exceeding 10 billion RMB.

If Du Hongyuan seizes the opportunity, he will surely make a fortune.

Du Hongyuan's eyes lit up, and he smiled, "Brother Jiang, I'll go back and study MP4, focusing my recent energy on this business. I hope we can seize the initiative and capture a portion of the market."

After parting ways with Du Hongyuan, Jiang Yiming returned home.

After washing up, Jiang Yiming took out his small umbrella and began a deep conversation with Xia Shining.

Both were young and high-achieving students with a strong spirit of inquiry, and they quickly figured out different positions.

By Wednesday, several news items from Xinping County had attracted the attention of the entire county.

The first thing was that the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice: Zhang Zhengping, the vice mayor of Yiyang City and former secretary of the Xinping County Party Committee, was taken away for investigation.

The second thing is that Zhao Zhenlin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Xinping County Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, is proposed to be appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee.

The third thing is that Wang Hao, director of the Xinping County Party Committee Office, is proposed to be appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee.

The fourth thing is that Hua Wentao, the head of the Cadre Supervision Section of the Organization Department of Yiyang City, is proposed to be appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee.

These events indicate that significant changes are about to occur in the power structure of Xinping County.

First, Wang Hao, director of the county party committee office, was promoted to the standing committee of the county party committee.

Secondly, the head of the Organization Department of Xinping County has been replaced. According to the announcement, Hua Wentao, the former head of the Cadre Supervision Section, should take over.

To Jiang Yiming's surprise, the announcement of Zhao Zhenlin's appointment was not issued by the Organization Department of Yiyang City, but by Linjiang City.

Jiang Yiming called Ma Qiyun to inquire about the situation.

“On Monday morning, Secretary Wei received a call from Ding Nan, the deputy secretary of Linjiang City. They were old acquaintances, and after a brief exchange, they took Zhao Zhenlin away. Then the Organization Department of Linjiang City contacted me. I thought you already knew, so I didn’t call you.”

Ma Qiyun laughed and said, "Yiming, it seems Secretary Ding values ​​you highly. Visit Secretary Ding's home more often when you have the chance!"

"Ok."

Jiang Yiming hung up the phone, somewhat confused about Ding Nan's thinking.

I've already clearly rejected her, so why did she still help me with the matter?

Just as he was wondering what was going on, his phone rang. It was Ding Nan calling.

He hesitated for a moment, but then answered the phone.

"Secretary Ding, what are your instructions?"

"Yiming, since you're not working in Linjiang City, there's no need to address me by my title, is there?"

Ding Nan smiled and said, "I still prefer to hear you call me Sister Nan."

Jiang Yiming did not respond.

"Did you see the announcement?"

Ding Nan smiled and said, "Although you cruelly rejected me, I still stand by what I said: my door is always open for you. You can come in whenever you want. I am very tolerant and will not shut you out just because you hurt me."

"Thank you."

Jiang Yiming said, "I will thank you in person when I have the opportunity in the future."

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County Party Committee Conference Room.

County Party Secretary Jiang Xuangui and County Head Zhang Yuntao sat in the center of the rostrum.

Jiang Yiming, deputy secretary of the county party committee, Wang Xianming, deputy county head, Chen Zixin, and other relevant county leaders sat on both sides of the rostrum.

The audience consisted of the heads of all county-level departments, township and sub-district leaders, and representatives of entrepreneurs.

"Comrades, after deliberation by the county party committee, we have decided to convene the county-wide meeting on optimizing the business environment and the inaugural meeting of the county's leading group for optimizing the business environment today. Now, please welcome Secretary Xuan Gui to speak."

Zhang Yuntao said with a big smile.

Clap clap clap!

As the crowd below applauded, they glanced at the other county leaders and then at Deputy Secretary Jiang Yiming, all feeling somewhat incredulous.

Not long ago, Jiang Yiming was in charge of optimizing the business environment, but in the blink of an eye, it has little to do with him anymore.

Even the executive deputy leader wasn't him, which is very strange.

Everyone had their own thoughts. Jiang Yiming leaned back in his chair, sitting there with a calm expression, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Comrades, the main purpose of today's county-wide meeting on optimizing the business environment is to unify our thinking, face up to the problems, analyze the situation, and deploy our work."

"Optimizing the business environment is extremely important. It helps to unleash productive forces and enhance overall competitiveness; it helps to purify the social atmosphere and build a society governed by the rule of law; and it helps to develop the county's economy. The business environment is an important soft power of a region, and optimizing the business environment means unleashing productive forces and enhancing overall competitiveness. Optimizing the business environment is a systematic project. It requires not only improving the hard environment such as infrastructure, but also improving service levels and better leveraging the supporting, guaranteeing, and incentive roles of the system."

"I would like to emphasize a few points here. First, we must further emancipate our minds. We must seize opportunities and cultivate a new mindset of 'remaining steadfast in our pursuit of development regardless of external pressures; focusing on the market rather than official positions; prioritizing contributions over official rank; recognizing that achievement brings status.' We must also develop a new concept of 'being close to, protecting, and enriching businesses,' and strengthen the awareness that 'small development brings great difficulties, large development brings small difficulties, and no development brings the greatest difficulties,' thus forging a distinctive path of development. Only with active thinking can development be vibrant; rigid thinking will inevitably hinder development. Only by taking the lead in emancipating our minds and seizing opportunities can we gain an edge; only by being the first to succeed in emancipating our minds can we be at the forefront of accelerating development."

Second, we must optimize the environment to promote development. We must regard the business environment as our image and wealth, and as our economic resource and productivity. On the one hand, we must strengthen the construction of the hard environment, "planting the phoenix tree to attract the golden phoenix." We must insist on making the construction of industrial parks the core of attracting investment. We must intensify the environmental improvement efforts around industrial parks, making Xinping County greener, brighter, and more beautiful, thoroughly improving the environmental appearance of the urban area and industrial parks, and creating a beautiful Xinping. On the other hand, we must strengthen the construction of the soft environment... We must establish a service-first concept, advocate the service philosophy of "efficient handling, keeping promises, not talking about difficulties, but only about solutions," and transform the "management-oriented" government into a "service-oriented" government, attracting foreign investment with measures such as humanized services and contractual services.

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Therefore, the entire county must rigorously improve the work style of government offices and optimize the business environment. This is a practical necessity for strengthening our sense of purpose and wholeheartedly serving the people. Party and government organs are meant to serve the people; this is an inherent requirement of adhering to the people-centered development philosophy. The work style, competence, and image of government officials directly affect the smooth operation of all important tasks and the quality of service provided to the people. Generally speaking, the work style of our government offices is proactive, enterprising, and service-oriented. However, some of our Party members and cadres still lack a strong sense of serving the people. Some have poor service levels and a cold, indifferent attitude; some use simplistic and crude work methods, while others create difficulties and shirk responsibility; some units and departments have problems of overstepping, neglecting, or misdirecting their duties, failing to manage what they should and actively interfering in what they shouldn't; some units and departments, especially those providing window services, used to be "difficult to enter, unfriendly, and difficult to get things done," but now they are easy to enter and friendly, yet things are still difficult to get done; some are absent from their posts without permission, have low attendance, on-duty rates, and focus, and are slow in handling matters!

I hereby clearly state that from now on, every case that is verified will be dealt with seriously, regardless of who is involved, and will be punished swiftly and severely!

Jiang Xuangui read for over an hour, and the audience was almost asleep.

The meeting lasted for nearly three hours before it ended.

After the meeting, Jiang Yiming immediately led Wang Lifeng, along with people from the Agriculture Bureau, Fisheries Bureau, TV station, and other relevant units, to Xigou Township for research.

As for the work of optimizing the business environment, it has no impact on him whatsoever.

The county-wide rural work conference is about to be held, and Jiang Yiming, as the deputy secretary, is in charge of major agriculture.

He naturally needed to find out the situation. Only by conducting on-site investigations and understanding the real situation could he avoid being misled by his subordinates.

After all, many materials have very well-written data, but the amount of exaggeration is alarmingly high.

As a native of Xinping County, he hopes to make the right decisions and plans based on the actual situation, formulate supporting measures and policies, and do some practical things for the people.

that's enough.

Jiang Yiming served as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee in Xigou Township and had a good relationship with Lu Hansheng, the secretary of the Party Committee in Xigou Township.

During the floods, Lu Hansheng was very responsible, worked with him, and supported his work.

The two shook hands warmly as soon as they met.

"Secretary Jiang, welcome to Xigou Township to guide our work."

Lu Hansheng led a group of people to accompany Jiang Yiming on his research trip.

"Secretary Hansheng, we're old acquaintances, so let's not stand on ceremony. You know my temperament, so let's go straight to the newly excavated rice-shrimp base."

Jiang Yiming instructed the agricultural department to issue targets and support policies to vigorously promote the integrated rice-shrimp farming model, striving to convert more than 70% of the county's single rice cultivation to the rice-shrimp farming model.

All townships and sub-districts reported in their materials that they had completed the required targets.

His purpose in going to the countryside this time was to check whether the materials they submitted were false!