The Ruinous Way to Spend Money
Chen Jinshan had originally come with an old professor who was researching ways to control shifting sand. On the way, someone stole the professor's research materials. Chen Jinshan had stepped in to help and chased the thief off the train, but his own materials had also been stolen, leaving him stranded at the police station.
Wang Yue didn't need to get involved in the arrangements with Chen Jinshan. Ma Defu had come to see him because now that he'd opened an electronics factory, they could start arranging the cooperation with the other side.
Ma Defu was genuinely worried that Wang Yue had opened such a large factory but wouldn't get any orders or find enough work. If the factory took a loss, he feared Wang Yue would be crushed by the setback, and the villagers would be back to living hard lives.
Wang Yue was speechless. He didn't believe Ma Defu was doing this for his sake; he thought the guy was still after his wife.
So he ignored Ma Defu. When he met with Chen Jinshan, he discussed purchasing electronic components. He could buy them himself, but going through the government's cooperation program would certainly get him a discount. And with someone helping, securing the communications license to manufacture Little Smart devices and mobile phones would be much easier.
As expected, after hearing what Wang Yue wanted, Chen Jinshan went with him to look around the factory. Seeing that it was a sizable operation even by Min Nan standards, he hurriedly asked Wang Yue what industry he planned to pursue. When Wang Yue said he was going to make Little Smart devices, Chen Jinshan was astonished. He hadn't expected a region receiving poverty-relief assistance to produce something more advanced than what they made