Chapter 13

Chapter 5

On the weekend, Yang Zixuan slightly changed his appearance to avoid being recognized, and then took Su Chen, a young girl, to visit all the major agricultural product suppliers in Daming City.

The 1990s were the golden age of domestic marketing, creating countless marketing miracles, especially in the mid to late 1990s. The Zhu Zhou Giants Group rose during this period.

However, it was the early 1990s, and marketing awareness in the agricultural sector was still underdeveloped in relatively backward provinces like Luofu. Yang Zixuan had to personally go to the large agricultural product trading market in the new district of Daming City, interacting with various vegetable vendors to find a garlic distributor.

After two days, he made significant progress. After all, garlic was in short supply not only in Daming City but also in the entire Luofu Province due to the impact of freezing rain and snow. Most of the distributors readily agreed to work with Yang Zixuan. Daming City has two districts and six counties, and almost all of them had to come to the new district's agricultural product trading market to wholesale goods.

Yang Zixuan had been in his position for nearly a year since coming from the capital, and he had hardly used his annual salary. Therefore, the first two truckloads of goods were funded by his personal salary. He didn't dare to buy too much at once, as his salary was only enough for two truckloads. If the goods were left unsold, he would be left with nothing.

Yang Zixuan also took Monday and Tuesday off from the county government office, and together with Su Chen and her classmate's husband Xu Ming, they used two trucks to travel throughout Ludong and Shouan.

In Ludong, Yang Zixuan didn't dare to stay too long, as he was now the county magistrate and had many things to handle. Taking too much leave would create a bad impression.

In Shouan, after familiarizing Su Chen with several local agricultural product wholesalers, they loaded the goods and immediately returned to the Daming trading market.

This truckload of garlic was like a timely rain for the Daming vegetable vendors, and it was sold out in less than half a day.

After making the first profit, with money to circulate, Yang Zixuan immediately decided to have Su Chen's classmate's husband find more trucks to bring back more garlic. They wouldn't limit the market to Daming but could consider expanding to the provincial capital's Zijin agricultural product trading market at the appropriate time.

Of course, he couldn't personally handle all of this. He instructed Su Chen's classmate's husband, Xu Ming, to take a few trips to Shandong with Su Chen to help supervise.

Xu Ming was a straightforward person. After interacting with Yang Zixuan over the past few days, he realized that Yang Zixuan was no ordinary person. Yang Zixuan could quickly find suitable suppliers in the unfamiliar areas of Ludong and Shouan, and skillfully deal with the profit-driven vegetable vendors in Daming, rapidly expanding the market to the two districts and six counties of Daming. In this era, in a small mountainous county like Hongshui, people like Yang Zixuan, who dared to venture out, were few and far between.

Many people who became wealthy in the early 1990s did so by boldly engaging in cross-regional buying and selling, accumulating initial capital, and then investing in other industries.

Over these few days, Yang Zixuan and Su Chen's relationship had made significant progress, but the final barrier remained unbroken. Yang Zixuan enjoyed the subtle and growing romantic feelings, which were worth savoring and pondering.

When Yang Zixuan changed his clothes and re-entered the county government compound, the county party committee member, the director of the county party committee office, and the secretary-general Chen Sheng came to greet him.

Although the county level did not officially have a secretary-general position, some places still set it up in violation of regulations, like Hongshui County.

This was the first time Yang Zixuan entered the county government compound as the county magistrate after being appointed at the cadre conference.

Secretary-General Chen Sheng looked somewhat uneasy at Yang Zixuan. Anyone would feel uncomfortable seeing the previously unremarkable and often overlooked deputy county magistrate suddenly become the all-powerful Xu Fuguo and Li Sicheng, and rise to become a political star in Daming City.

Yang Zixuan's clear eyes and firm gaze exuded the authority of a county magistrate, a stark contrast to his previous timid demeanor, making people believe he had been hiding his true capabilities.

While people marveled at Yang Zixuan's acting skills, they also deeply feared his deep and hidden intentions, which had deceived the seasoned officials in the standing committee.

"Secretary Chen, so early? What's the matter?" Yang Zixuan asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I came to congratulate County Magistrate Yang on your promotion and to discuss the issue of your secretary," Chen Sheng quickly recovered and said. Finding a secretary for the county magistrate was usually not a task for the county party committee secretary-general, but to build a relationship with this political star, Chen Sheng personally came.

Although there were clear regulations that county-level officials should not have dedicated secretaries, in practice, most county party committee and government leaders did have them.

Chen Sheng placed four or five resumes of secretary candidates on Yang Zixuan's desk and left after letting him choose.

Yang Zixuan glanced at the resumes and put them aside. The matter of the secretary wasn't urgent.

Currently, the ideological confusion and panic caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as the upcoming Southern Tour by the great leader, were opportunities that Yang Zixuan needed to firmly grasp. This was the top priority...

Liu Xiao sat in her office, her hands crossed in front of her chest. As someone with a background in writing and propaganda, she carefully read a several-thousand-word manuscript on her desk, titled "No Winter Is Unbearable."

The manuscript, written by Yang Zixuan, was powerful and detailed. It thoroughly analyzed the deep-seated reasons for the dissolution of the Soviet Union, including the rigid system, economic decline, and corrupt bureaucracy. It also discussed the implications of the Soviet Union's collapse for domestic reforms, especially the concluding line, "No winter is unbearable," which expressed confidence in the development of the country and the party.

As the former county party committee propaganda minister, Liu Xiao was always attentive to the development of domestic theoretical circles. She had read several party newspaper editorials analyzing the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but none were as comprehensive, profound, and targeted as Yang Zixuan's manuscript.

Yang Zixuan had clearly stated his intention, knowing that she had a background in writing and connections in the provincial capital's major newspapers, so he wanted to use her connections to publish the manuscript in the provincial newspaper...

Thinking about this, she picked up the phone book on her desk and dialed a classmate who worked at the provincial newspaper: "Hello, old classmate, it's me, Liu Xiao. I have a manuscript in hand. Could you help me publish it...?"

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