Eating Inside Food While Feeding Outsiders, or Keeping the Rich Water from Flowing into Others' Fields?

Li Ye's proposal to make a documentary commemorating the fallen heroes had originally been meant to kill several birds with one stone: ease Yang Huaihua's heartache while also promoting their own products.

But after Yang Yumin raised the idea at work, the Central Election Department's reaction exceeded Li Ye's expectations.

Publicity was their business. At a glance, they recognized the documentary's promotional value and immediately assigned a deputy bureau-level cadre to coordinate with Fenghua Apparel and the Light Vehicle Company, expressing their attention and support.

On the mainland, everything depended on rank and protocol. So the Light Vehicle Company's superiors also sent someone to participate, turning Li Ye, the initiator, directly into a tiny shrimp.

Li Ye called Yang Yumin and asked with a laugh, "Why make this such a high-level affair? The pressure on me is huge!"

Yang Yumin explained, "The Department actually had similar proposals many years ago, but funding constraints kept them from being implemented. This time, we finally caught hold of two people willing to pay. We can't let you back out."

"Anyone who backs out is an idiot. Money is meant to be spent—it just depends on how you spend it."

Government offices on the mainland in the eighties truly lacked funding. A few decades later, if even the slightest rumor got out, people rushing to hand over money would form a line five li long.

Li Ye was no fool, but someone else clearly took him for one.

Once word got back that the First Branch Factory was preparing to assist the Central Election Department in filming the documentary, Niu Hongzhang immediately convened a cadre meeting.

"This is the nation's trust in us, and it is also a test from our superiors. Within a little over ten days, we must ensure the safety and