"Thanks to the Rongcheng Federation of Literary and Art Circles for its support, thanks to the Sichuan Film Studio for its help, thanks to Rongcheng Third Hospital for sending a medical team to accompany us, thank you..."
Mu Yunning took Little Dun'er back to the capital, and Li Ye's group was also getting ready to set out.
But before they left, they still had to hold a ceremony to thank all sectors of society for their support.
Li Ye usually hated this kind of formalistic business, but this time, he had his workers cooperate patiently and serve as extras for the photographers on site.
Because under the conditions of the 1980s, this really would not have been easy without cooperation from all sides.
Not to mention anything else, even an accompanying medical team was not something money alone could arrange.
Medical oxygen alone was nothing like it would be decades later, readily available everywhere.
Decades later, even a little convenience store could refill oxygen tanks. But now, forget convenience stores—even rural clinics lacked those conditions. Without official paperwork from a proper organization, even county hospitals would not provide you with large quantities of medical oxygen.
With more than two hundred elderly people in Li Ye's convoy, without assistance from official institutions, who knew how much hardship they would suffer on the road?
That was why it had been absolutely necessary for Li Ye to bring Yang Yumin aboard. With the Propaganda Department taking the lead and vouching for them, along with Er Gou and the others actively pulling strings, the convoy's support conditions had already reached first-class standards for this era.
Of course, Fenghua Apparel was not a stingy outfit either. Before everyone set out, they gave every accompanying doctor and nurse a trench coat, along with a newly launched