The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

"Director Liwei, let's get down to business first."

Jiang Yiming stopped Deng Liwei.

"Secretary, please speak."

Deng Liwei hurriedly ran over.

"I've drawn out the parts that need modification. Please optimize them based on my suggestions. If there are any parts that I haven't noticed, please add them yourselves. Try to take all issues into account, especially the activities. They need to be innovative so that they can be refreshing and eye-catching."

Jiang Yiming handed the revised materials to Deng Liwei.

"Yes, Secretary, I will definitely follow your instructions and optimize the plan again."

"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy."

"Yes, Secretary. Just give me a call if you need anything. I'm at your service anytime, anywhere."

Jiang Yiming watched Deng Liwei's departing figure, lost in thought.

"Secretary, these are the documents that need to be processed in the near future. I have arranged them in order of importance and urgency."

Liu Weimin placed the documents on the table, categorizing them accordingly.

"Leave it there."

Jiang Yiming instructed, "I won't be taking you with me on this research trip. Your workload is relatively light. Spend more time communicating and learning from the people in the county government office and the county party committee office. Since you were transferred from the university, you don't have a thorough understanding of many things. You can get a lot of information by communicating with them."

"As a secretary, you not only have to do your job well, but also provide advice to your superiors. If you are not well-informed, you will not be able to verify the accuracy of the information you have, and you will not be able to provide meaningful suggestions to your superiors."

"Yes, Secretary, I understand what you mean. I will build good relationships with people in other departments and integrate into their group as soon as possible."

Liu Weimin laughed and said, "I was afraid you would blame me. They invited me to dinner before, but I didn't dare to accept."

“Doing work is not just sitting in the office writing reports. Even at dinner parties, as long as you can get meaningful information, you are doing work.”

Jiang Yiming smiled and said, "As long as you don't cross the line, I still encourage you to get together and communicate more."

As his status changed, it became increasingly difficult for him to understand the true situation.

Many eyes are watching him. Wherever he goes, most of the time, there are people making arrangements in advance, and even the plot has been rehearsed several times.

He only wants to see what others want him to see, and the truth is hard to know.

Just like when he goes to the countryside for research, many times it is all planned in advance.

He was well aware of this, after all, he had also served as the person in charge of the industrial park, and when leaders from both the city and county levels came, they always presented the positive side of the situation.

Moreover, the people around him also wore masks of pretense and performed in front of him in order to gain his approval.

Just like Deng Liwei just now, to be honest, he felt that the other party had gone a bit too far.

There's an element of deliberate flattery and performance involved.

Therefore, his initial impression of Deng Liwei, which was 8 out of 10, has now dropped to 6.5.

Of course, he also knew that judging whether a cadre is a good cadre cannot be based on just one or two performances.

But given the limited sources of information, this was the only thing he could do.

Therefore, he asked Liu Weimin to have more contact with other departments to understand the real situation, so that Liu Weimin could provide him with effective information when he asked questions.

After finishing his work, Wang Lin, the CEO of Jiuzhou Group, called.

"Brother Wang, what brings you here?"

Jiang Yiming asked with a smile.

"Brother, it's the weekend tomorrow, let's get together in the city!"

Wang Lin laughed and said, "Our electronics factory has been working overtime for more than a month and is about to officially start production. As the person in charge of this project, we won't feel at ease if you don't come and give us some guidance."

"So fast?"

Jiang Yiming laughed and said, "I wouldn't call it guidance, but it's definitely worth learning from."

"I have a meeting in the city next Monday. Since Brother Wang has called me, I'll head over on Sunday afternoon. We can all get together then, and I'll go to the city to report for duty the next day."

"Then it's set for Sunday, see you there."

"No problem, I'll definitely be there."

After arranging a time with Wang Lin, Jiang Yiming sped up his work and made sure to finish the tasks he hadn't completed.

When the weekend arrived, after lunch, Jiang Yiming rushed to Yiyang City.

Xiao Yuxiang was not in Yiyang, so Wang Lin and Du Hongwei were responsible for welcoming and accompanying Jiang Yiming on his visit to the electronics factory.

Long Shaolin rushed over after receiving the news.

"Brother Jiang, weren't you supposed to arrive tonight? Why did you come early? If I had known you were coming to visit the electronics factory, I would have been waiting for you here already."

Long Shaolin said, "You should have called me earlier to let me know you were coming."

“My dear Standing Committee member, with such a high-ranking position, how could I dare to call you and ask you to wait for me here?”

Jiang Yiming laughed and said, "If you make things difficult for me later, I can't stand it."

The group chatted and laughed as they walked toward the factory.

"Brother Yiming, let me introduce the whole project to you."

Du Hongwei explained, "According to the plan, our total investment is 200 million yuan, divided into three phases. The first and second phases will each involve an investment of 50 million yuan, and the third phase will involve an investment of 100 million yuan..."

"Brother Du, we're not outsiders, so you don't need to give me all this fluff. I just want to know about your actual investment, annual output, and projected output value—these are the real things."

Jiang Yiming interrupted Du Hongwei, telling him to get to the point.

As for his claim of a total investment of several hundred million, that's just to fool outsiders, to impress ordinary people and leaders who don't know anything about the industry.

This way of advertising looks better.

The headline "Project X has a total investment of 200 million" is more sensational than "Project Y has an investment of 50 million."

The media loves this kind of news, and the leaders are happy to have such a large investment.

As for the actual situation, no one bothered to inquire.

Even if they did inquire, they weren't wrong. They planned to invest 200 million yuan. As for whether it could be implemented, that's another story. Let's just get through the present for now.

"Okay, then I'll tell you the actual situation."

Du Hongwei said, "The entire factory covers an area of ​​3000 square meters. This was originally a factory, but the previous owner ran away. After the Standing Committee member Long personally coordinated, it was transferred to us. After some simple repairs, we started installing the machines, which is why we were able to complete the construction and put it into production in just over a month."

"We spent about 10 million on equipment purchases, 15 million on recruiting various talents, and about 20 million on materials, labor, water and electricity. We also have 5 million as a reserve fund to fill any gaps. Based on the purchased machines and recruited talents, we expect to produce 40,000 units this year, with an annual output value of 70-85 million and an expected profit of more than 20 million."

Jiang Yiming nodded and said, "The profitability is still quite good. I suggest that after we turn a profit this year, we should increase our investment in R&D talent. Don't be afraid to spend money on this. Electronic products are all about talent and marketing strategies. If you have good products and good marketing methods, you will surely thrive for a long time."