After leaving the store, Chen Yiyang got back into the car.

The phone rang.

He picked it up and glanced at it; it was an old friend, Yu, calling.

"How does it feel being in Shan City?" Yu asked right away.

Before coming to Shan City, Chen Yiyang had specifically informed Yu. The excuse at the time was that he was preparing to manage the factory Isis sold to him.

"It's alright. I find things rather leisurely over here. The factory is running well too. I'm looking around to see if there are other suitable investment projects," Chen Yiyang replied.

"I see." Yu fell silent for a moment, then continued,

"I have an old comrade in Shan City. His family has all moved out of town, leaving him alone in Shan City. If you have time, could you visit him? I'll give you his phone number."

Even though Yu didn't explicitly say it,

he made a call out of the blue, asking Chen Yiyang to visit an elderly man.

Of course, Chen Yiyang had to go. There was definitely something going on.

So Chen Yiyang dialed the number Yu just gave him.

The person on the other end was also an elderly man. After agreeing on a meeting time, Chen Yiyang instructed the driver to head there.

Upon arrival, it was another residential area guarded by armed police.

After getting out of the car and explaining to the guard, the guard informed Chen Yiyang that he could go in, but the car couldn't.

So Chen Yiyang had to return to tell Li Dingjun, "You're off today. I'm going to visit an elder."

"Alright, boss. Busy yourself," Li Dingjun replied, with a look indicating he always suspected the boss had a complex background.

After sending off Li Dingjun, Chen Yiyang walked into the residential area with a copy of People's Newspaper he had just bought.

He knocked on the door after arriving.

A middle-aged man in his forties opened the door for Chen Yiyang.

"I'm Yang Chengru." The middle-aged man extended his hand in greeting to Chen Yiyang.

After a brief exchange of introductions, they walked inside.

An elderly man was waiting in the living room for them to enter.

"Hello, Mr. Yang." Chen Yiyang greeted the elderly man.

Although Yu didn't say it, this elderly man probably held similar status to Yu.

"I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything for you. I happened to pass by an old bookstore and bought an old newspaper for you." As Chen Yiyang finished speaking, he handed the out-of-print issue of People's Newspaper to the elderly man.

Mr. Yang accepted the newspaper from Chen Yiyang and examined it carefully.

Then he pointed at Chen Yiyang and said to Yang Chengru, "Chengru is currently working in the government, and he must be cautious in all things. Look at this kid's gift today. If you're not knowledgeable, you might think it's just a worthless item and accept it."

After speaking, Mr. Yang tried to return the newspaper to Chen Yiyang.

Chen Yiyang quickly stopped Mr. Yang's hand.

"It's really not worth much. Just an old newspaper; it might be valuable to people who are particularly fond of such things.

But to the average person, this newspaper is no different from a piece of junk. Mr. Yang, don't feel any pressure."

"What a smooth talker." Mr. Yang helplessly took back the newspaper.

"I originally called you here to ask for a favor. But now, instead, I've ended up receiving something from you."

Mr. Yang sighed, then pointed to Yang Chengru, "This is my distant nephew. I called old Yu for help to get an introduction, mainly for his affairs."

"Just tell me if there's anything I can do," Chen Yiyang said very politely.

Seeing that Chen Yiyang wasn't being pretentious, both Mr. Yang and Yang Chengru decided to speak plainly.

"Currently, I'm in charge of an industrial park." Yang Chengru began slowly,

"Most of the factories within this industrial park produce mobile phone parts. The park was established when knockoff phones were quite popular back in the day, so it attracted relatively low-end component manufacturers.

The problem now is that there's no longer a market for knockoff phones or even non-major brand low-end phones.

This has led to some mobile phone manufacturers in the Sichuan and Chongqing region starting to go bankrupt, which in turn spells doom for the component suppliers.

Currently, over half the factories in the entire park are heavily in debt, have idle production capacity, and can't find a way out."

After explaining the current difficulties, Yang Chengru paused for ten minutes to let Chen Yiyang digest what he had said.

Then he continued, "Mr. Yang is an old senior, a former leader of Shan City. So this time, I came here hoping to find a solution with Mr. Yang.

Mr. Yang is also an old comrade of Mr. Yu. West Capital City has been developing well in recent years, so I asked Mr. Yang to call Mr. Yu to see if any mobile phone manufacturers in West Capital City are willing to buy our components.

In the end, Mr. Yu recommended you to us, saying that maybe you have a solution."

What solution can I possibly have?

After hearing what Yang Chengru said, Chen Yiyang was bewildered.

For someone as young as Yang Chengru to manage an old industrial park, he must have quite the background and capability.

With even a bit of political success, he'd likely soar high in the future.

Making connections with such people now couldn't be better.

Mr. Yu is introducing me to connections.

Only, I haven't even utilized this connection yet, and he already needs my help to solve a problem.

What is Mr. Yu implying?

Chen Yiyang began to frown and think. Sitting next to him, Yang Chengru didn't disturb him, just sat quietly.

In West Capital City, I probably caught Mr. Yu's attention by helping Aiya Electric Vehicle with the factory expansion.

But that doesn't relate to mobile phone component suppliers.

Wait, I remember I also helped Aiya Electric Vehicle make connections to sell electric vehicles to Russia.

Russia is currently under sanctions from European and American countries. Although many major domestic mobile phone manufacturers are actively expanding, Russia obviously wants to develop its own mobile phone brand as well.

So they have a brand in their own country that's doing quite well.

However, many mobile phone components they probably lack channels to purchase and need to import from China.

If I could make a connection here, it might work out.

So Chen Yiyang shared his thoughts with Yang Chengru.

Yang Chengru didn't expect Chen Yiyang to have connections in Russia.

He was surprised at first, then stammered, "However, the mobile phone component suppliers in our Shan City might be a bit weak, not capable of supplying the latest phone models."

"Then I'll go over and take a look first. Once I have the specific data, I'll contact the Russian side?"

"No problem. Let's set a time." Yang Chengru agreed immediately.

After chatting a little more with Yang Chengru and Mr. Yang, Chen Yiyang bid farewell and left Mr. Yang's home.

Meeting Mr. Yang today, Chen Yiyang had made some gains.

The good part is that as soon as I arrived in Shan City, I've connected with people in the government, making things easier for future work.

Compared to in Jin City and West Capital City, my start has improved again.

But all this hinges on one premise. I must first help them solve the survival issues of the factories in the industrial park.

But there's always a way.

Chen Yiyang flagged a taxi back to the apartment.

This taxi is too wild.

Returning to the apartment, Chen Yiyang rubbed his backside.

Feeling like if I keep sitting like this, my butt is going to fall apart sooner or later.

Then he remembered the leather-clad girl's motorcycle he rode before.

Seems like getting a motorcycle isn't a bad idea, I might buy one for commuting later.

Otherwise, I can't always rely on Li Dingjun to come along for treasure hunting.

The next morning.

Chen Yiyang scrolled through his phone and stumbled upon today's treasure hunting intelligence.

Today's intelligence: Confused Teachers: With the nation banning extracurricular training institutions, teachers at the 'Old Western' training center in the Zhongyu District of Shan City don't know how to transition the institution.

Buying the 'Old Western' extracurricular training institution allows for treasure hunting.

Contact information of relevant personnel is attached on the second page.

Is this investment intelligence?

Chen Yiyang glanced at today's treasure hunting intelligence, thinking the country has already completely banned extracurricular tutoring.

Many tutoring and training institutions are all going bankrupt. The original teachers can only change careers to do other jobs.

How can treasure hunting intelligence still mention there are treasures to be found?

Could it be that the policy is going to change?

That's probably impossible.

This policy has only been in place for a few years. Even if it's going to change, it would take at least ten years to see the effects before making a decision.

Because Chen Yiyang and Yang Chengru had agreed to visit the industrial park during the day.

So Chen Yiyang called the person in charge of Old Western to arrange a visit in the evening.

Just after Chen Yiyang finished breakfast, Yang Chengru called to inform him he was already downstairs at Chen Yiyang's place.

Chen Yiyang stepped out, spotting a low-profile Hongqi car parked by the roadside, with Yang Chengru in a suit sitting in the driver's seat.

Chen Yiyang glanced at his casual attire, thinking his style might not match well with Yang Chengru's.

But it seemed like I didn't bring a suit to Shan City either.

So he walked over as he was, intending to open the passenger side door.

"The passenger seat is currently unusable, the seatback is broken and hasn't been fixed yet." Seeing Chen Yiyang about to sit in the passenger seat, Yang Chengru quickly signaled for him to sit in the back.

With the seatback broken, there was no choice. Chen Yiyang had to sit in the back.

"Why are you driving yourself? Shouldn't there be a driver?"

"The driver happens to be on vacation today. Besides, our trip today is not an official business, so I drove myself."

After saying this, Yang Chengru drove off towards the industrial park with Chen Yiyang.

The bosses in the industrial park, who had already been notified, were anxiously waiting in the park today.

Hoping that Yang Chengru could find a way out for the factories in the park.

As soon as the car driven by Yang Chengru entered the park, the bosses received the notification.

"It seems Yang Director brought someone extraordinary to help us today in the park."

A boss, who had just gotten off the phone with the park security, said excitedly.

"How extraordinary?" Other bosses asked curiously.

"I don't know about the rest. I just know that Director Yang personally drove for him, and that gentleman is sitting in the back seat."

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