Chapter 1236: Development

Wang Yan still maintained the good habit of morning exercise daily.

The current Sihai Hotel had been expanded very well, various facilities were constantly being perfected, the venue was getting bigger and bigger, and there was no lack of clean and quiet places for him to run and practice boxing.

There was a thin mist this morning, and it felt good.

After practicing outside for more than an hour like this, Wang Yan returned to the hotel in sportswear. Just as he arrived in the lobby, he saw Guess Uncle, Dantu, and Shen Xing waiting on the sofa.

Seeing Wang Yan walking over, all three sensibly stood up.

Guess Uncle bowed slightly, put his hands together: "Mr. Wang, Vasali. Sorry to disturb you, please don't blame me."

Wang Yan waved his hand, sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and greeted everyone to sit down.

Shen Xing was very observant, took out a pack of Huazi from his pocket, and came over to light one for Wang Yan.

Before, when Wang Yan first came, although Huazi existed, it wasn't common. After Wang Yan received the inheritance of the Fourth Master, he properly imported export-grade Huazi from the domestic tobacco company. Also influenced by Wang Yan, many people in Xiaomolong loved to smoke Huazi...

Wang Yan took a puff of the cigarette and said with a smile: "Guess Uncle's news isn't very well-informed this time."

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Wang. Because of the war, and because I revealed Luo Yang's intelligence, I was afraid of his revenge, so I took people to Thailand to avoid it for a period of time."

"My troops had just opened up when they were ambushed by Luo Yang. After capturing captives for interrogation, Luo Yang had already known the news that I was going to fight him in advance. Guess Uncle, tell me, who leaked the news to Luo Yang?"

Guess Uncle smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wang, you are all big figures. Tens of thousands of people fighting in the mountains, if you move your fingers a little, it's a disaster for our Daban. I can't bear this consequence.

Mr. Wang, I gave you Luo Yang's troop strength and defense, and I also told Luo Yang that you were going to fight him. This is very fair. Luo Yang won, and he wouldn't take my life. Now Mr. Wang has won, has unparalleled prestige in Xiaomolong, and has taken Luo Yang's accumulation of a lifetime. I think Mr. Wang won't make things difficult for me either."

Wang Yan gave a light laugh, which made Guess Uncle's liver tremble.

"I don't know what Guess Uncle is looking for me so early for?"

"We returned to Daban last night, rested for a while, and then came here." Guess Uncle first expressed his sincerity, then continued, "I don't know if what Mr. Wang said before—allowing Daban to do business in Xiaomolong, and even open a casino—is true?"

He didn't ask if Wang Yan's words counted, although the meaning was the same, but the feeling was still a bit different. Guess Uncle also began to play with human relationships.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "I never tell lies. Xiaomolong needs development, needs people to invest, perfect the market, and I welcome anyone to do legitimate business here. It's just that it's a bit difficult for you to open a casino. It's not that I won't handle it for you, but it depends on whether you are willing to spend so much money.

Currently, all irregular small workshops in Xiaomolong have been hit cleanly, and there are only four licensed casinos. And now all casinos in Xiaomolong are operating regularly. Through the tourism industry, the consumption power of tourists attracted has caused the table fees in the gambling hall to rise to 10,000. This price is not inferior to Jinzhanba.

It can be said that as long as you open a casino, you can make money. It's even more profitable than the heyday of the Century Gambling House before. Guess Uncle can think about how big the cost is and whether you can bear it."

Guess Uncle understood Wang Yan's meaning: he could consider giving him this qualification. And if it weren't for the intelligence he provided earlier, he wouldn't even have the opportunity to spend money to buy the qualification; he wouldn't be able to spend money even if he wanted to.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "10 million US dollars to buy casino qualifications from the government. What does Mr. Wang think?"

"20 million." Wang Yan took a puff of the cigarette and said, "The Hongyun Casino that had a license before was raided by me. Their building is currently vacant, and there are equipment, props, etc. You only need to renovate it, and you can reopen. Take another 10 million US dollars, and it will be yours, which also saves you trouble."

"No problem. Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your magnanimity in not holding grudges."

Guess Uncle didn't say that taking out 30 million would cost him his life. The situation now was that he had to take it out even if he didn't want to. If he took it out, he could still have a casino and could indeed make money. If he didn't take it out, he might not have 30 million, and even more likely, he wouldn't have his life.

He took the initiative to take it out; that was called him investing in Xiaomolong and helping Xiaomolong's economic development. If he didn't take it out, he might be defined as a criminal by Xiaomolong and have his home raided by troops sent over to Daban.

His belief was not wrong.

Wang Yan really had no time to deal with Guess Uncle now; there were indeed many things after the war. After he finished this period, when he had nothing to do, he might think of Guess Uncle, and that would probably require a good exchange.

Now Guess Uncle paid the money, so some harmless problems could be let go.

For the consideration of Xiaomolong, 30 million US dollars could already do many things. Even if it were distributed to the registered population of Xiaomolong, everyone would have over 1,000 red bills.

Especially now after the war, although there was still a large inheritance at Luo Yang's place, it always took some time to get the money back from Luan Basong. Currently, there was still a gap.

So Wang Yan nodded: "Someone will contact you in the morning and provide you with an account number. 30 million US dollars is not a small amount, and I am not an unreasonable person. I will give you a week to raise the money; no more."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang. I will definitely raise the money as soon as possible." Guess Uncle made a guarantee and stood up to leave.

Shen Xing and Dantu both bowed politely to Wang Yan and left with Guess Uncle...

Wang Yan smiled, extinguished the cigarette butt, and swayed upstairs to have breakfast with the Su Su sisters.

Su Su understood Wang Yan a bit. She asked: "I feel you are in a good mood."

"Picking up money early in the morning, people are refreshed when they encounter happy events."

Wang Yan didn't hide it either, muttering about Guess Uncle taking out 30 million US dollars.

Su Su thought for a while: "With this money, the pensions can be implemented."

She was no longer in charge of the tourism company. Guo Li Min was already the police chief, not to mention Su Su. Wang Yan arranged for her to go to the army to be responsible for logistics work. This time, she was fully responsible for the post-war pensions.

"Why else would I say I'm refreshed? I originally planned to stop two projects for a while, but this solved it. Pretty good." Wang Yan laughed loudly.

Zhao Ziying bit her chopsticks and said: "So you decided to clean up Guess Uncle later?"

"Look, sure enough, the environment creates people. Even this little mental patient knows how to handle things."

Su Su didn't want to hear it and glared at Wang Yan: "You are shameless."

"This is Sanbianpo. If you have shame, you have no life. A person who values integrity like me is truly rare here."

"If you value integrity, you still think about cleaning people up later?"

"Tsk..." Wang Yan turned his head to Zhao Ziying on the other side, "You tell her."

"Grab his mistakes, clean him up to death, justified."

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction, looking like a child who could be taught, and then warned Su Su: "Don't think that because we have become a regular army now, things are regular. The more regular, the more irregular you have to be. As long as the soldiers are in our hands, whatever we say is right; we can't be too concerned about identity."

Su Su smiled: "You've done all the shameless things; me wanting some face won't have any impact, right?"

"No impact at all." Wang Yan nodded with a smile.

Su Su hummed proudly and turned to say: "Why not find her something to do?"

Zhao Ziying blinked her big eyes, full of expectation.

She felt she had completely recovered, and she had had enough of staying. Living the life of an exquisite girl every day made her bored. The people around her were either managing commercial companies or in the government, and the one with the fewest subordinates had to have hundreds, so she had higher pursuits.

Wang Yan thought for a while and nodded: "It's indeed about time. Then you take her to work today, let her be your secretary, adapt first, have an understanding, and then arrange it after working for a period of time."

"Yay!" Zhao Ziying became a mental patient with vitality again.

Su Su shook her head amusingly; they were good sisters after all, and she was sincerely happy at this moment.

So the three happily finished a rich breakfast and went to do their own things.

Wang Yan went to the government office, participated in various meetings, and listened to some work reports. The main thing was to put Xiaomolong's development back on the fast track. The previous war had an impact after all. After all, a large part of the expenditure was cash, and the financial situation was indeed not very healthy. Indeed, the progress of some work had fallen into a standstill.

Now that he came to participate in the meeting and gave on-site guidance, it was to understand the actual situation of various work. Although he had handled these things when he had cash to fight, it wasn't precise. Xiaomolong's volume was here after all, and under the service of everything for the war, this group of people in the rear would also cause trouble. He couldn't take care of it at the time, but now he had to start studying and settling accounts.

After half a month like this, Wang Yan could be considered to have handled both military and political affairs in Xiaomolong, and Xiaomolong returned to the right track.

Guess Uncle's money was also in place, the casino began to renovate again, and Luo Yang's inheritance was finally counted after a bunch of people were busy. Even Luan Basong's industries such as forest farms and mines were handed over, and a small part of the cash was paid into Xiaomolong's account.

These supplements were the key to Xiaomolong moving onto the right track. After all, development requires money.

And in the three months spent fighting Luo Yang and cleaning up the aftermath, Xiaomolong also completed three major events.

It was exactly what was said before the war started: Wang Yan cooperated with domestic companies to successfully realize the problems of communication, networking, and electricity in Xiaomolong.

Undoubtedly, this had a great promoting effect on Xiaomolong's development. Although it didn't cover the whole area of Xiaomolong, it completed the coverage of the Xiaomolong town and the surrounding 20-kilometer area.

Xiaomolong became the first town in Sanbianpo with large-scale electricity, communication, and networking.

Of course, the charges were definitely not low, which was as it should be. Because it was a cooperative method, the communication and power companies were joint ventures between the Xiaomolong government and domestic enterprises, with Xiaomolong holding 51% of the shares.

The price of providing services and supplying electricity to Xiaomolong was actually not high. However, after operating, the government pricing was not cheap. Of course, in reality, it wasn't very expensive, at least not comparable to those developed countries, but it was higher than the domestic price.

If this behavior were placed in the country, it would still be somewhat comprador. However, this was abroad, and Wang Yan was a person from the country, so it was different.

At least he didn't have the idea of making everyone in Xiaomolong rich. Developing Xiaomolong didn't mean the people of Xiaomolong had to be rich. At most, Wang Yan wouldn't let them complain, let them have work, have food to eat, and be able to settle down.

Surplus value must be ruthlessly exploited; otherwise, how could Xiaomolong be strong? How could it open up territory?

And apart from this communication, networking, and electricity, there were other constructions completed. For example, some schools, some small-scale functional public buildings, such as public toilets, etc.

Now Xiaomolong's hygiene problem was relatively prominent. Because the town construction was not good, the number of people it could accommodate had an upper limit, and there hadn't been so many people in the past.

At this time, tens of thousands, even tens of thousands of tourists poured into Xiaomolong, those with quality, those without quality, and various garbage produced by various related industries, which was very difficult to handle.

This was a systematic process and required a lot of investment.

Of course, Wang Yan invested.

There was also the tap water project, and other various problems. In short, there were things everywhere, and the current Xiaomolong was a construction site everywhere.

But even so, it didn't affect the tourism experience too much. After all, for now, the essence of Xiaomolong was relatively concentrated, and the supporting facilities there were also complete...

This day, Wang Yan returned from outside and met the trio of Guo Li Min, Shen Xing, and Wang Anquan in the hotel lobby again. The three were sitting on the sofa, drinking milk tea and chatting happily.

Wang Yan walked over, let Guo Li Min light a cigarette for him, and said with a smile: "The three of you are playing quite well now."

Wang Anquan took the conversation: "We have always been very good, Mr. Wang."

To be honest, if Wang Anquan didn't show his head, Wang Yan wouldn't have thought of him. He immediately asked with a smile: "How is work going?"

"I am the sales champion, Mr. Wang. Now I am a line team leader, and of course, my performance is the best. I earned over 30,000 yuan last month!"

Wang Anquan held up three fingers, his face full of pride. He said, "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for taking care of me."

"It's been four months, right?"

"Almost five months."

"Since you perform well, then get promoted!" Wang Yan said, "Wait until I understand the situation of the tourism company, and then I will promote you to vice president."

"Then can I go to China?"

"Really want to go?"

"Dreaming about it."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Then I will transfer you to China. However, you might not adapt to the work and living environment there. If it doesn't work, come back, and you will still be a vice president. Don't force it."

This was indeed taking care of him. Wang Anquan mixing in the domestic workplace really wasn't that easy. He had no friends, was alone, and was a parachuted vice president. Even if Wang Yan spoke, when it fell to that side, the leaders might value it, but the workers below would basically just deal with it. So Wang Anquan's work was very difficult to unfold.

"Thank you, Boss Wang. I will definitely do a good job."

Wang Yan waved his hand and turned to look at Shen Xing: "Why did you think of coming over?"

"Isn't the casino renovating? Now there's no border water to send, so Guess Uncle asked me to come over to supervise the work."

"I remember you said before that because of Mao Ba's matter, the federal government had filed a record and wouldn't let you go. Now you can definitely go, no thoughts of returning to the country?"

"Don't want to go anymore. It's pretty good working here. The salary is more than in the country, and the work isn't much more tiring. In the future, I'll still be in Xiaomolong. Brother Yan's rules are so hard, and it's safe. This is like picking up money."

Wang Yan asked with a smile: "Did you tell Old Shen?"

"Told him, and he scolded me. Old stubborn, can't talk." Shen Xing said helplessly.

"Let him come again; the changes in Xiaomolong are not small now."

"He said he wouldn't come even if he died."

Wang Yan laughed loudly: "The old man just recognizes dead logic."

He turned to ask Guo Li Min: "Li Min, don't want to go back to the country to see?"

Guo Li Min smiled: "Brother Yan, my mother and sister came over last month and stayed for half a month before going back."

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

"At that time, we were fighting Luo Yang. You had so many things every day, I couldn't disturb you, Brother Yan."

"It's not like I was carrying a gun at the front. You..." Wang Yan shook his head, "You must tell me next time they come. No matter what, I have to have a meal with your mother. They came from so far away, and I didn't even see them; is that decent?"

"I'll definitely tell you next time." Guo Li Min nodded repeatedly.

His life was really good now. As the deputy chief of the police department, he was in charge of discipline and inspection. He had status and earned quite a bit of money.

After Wang Yan's reform, the salaries of government officials had been greatly improved. The deputy chief of the police department was already a high-level official in Xiaomolong, sitting in the front row at big meetings. If this were placed in the country, it could be a deputy section level in a county, and if he took another step, he would enter the county standing committee and become a deputy county magistrate.

So Guo Li Min could be called successful now.

After sitting for a while, chatting and laughing with the three, and caring about their lives, Wang Yan swayed away.

The three remained sitting there.

Guo Li Min and Wang Anquan looked at Shen Xing.

Shen Xing was silent; he felt a huge gap. Before, he looked down on Wang Anquan and lectured Guo Li Min. He had psychological advantages over both of them.

Looking at it now, one was about to become the vice president of the tourism company—he knew how awesome the tourism business was—not to mention Guo Li Min, the deputy chief of the police department.

Guo Li Min said: "Brother Xing, why don't you talk to Brother Yan? He can definitely arrange work for you."

Shen Xing shook his head: "No need, I'm doing pretty well now. Before, Brother Yan said that at that time, I wasn't saving my uncle, and I didn't regret anything. Everyone has their own fate.

Besides, Guess Uncle is not bad to me, and I earn quite a bit. They said that in the future, the casino will be handed over to Dantu and me to be responsible for. We will definitely earn more in the future; it's pretty good..."

That was what he said, but who knew if he really thought so... ===== CHAPTER 1237 =====

That is what he said, but whether he truly thought so, who could say...