Chapter 1751

After finishing a day's work, with various affairs steadily advancing and Maji County generally thriving, Wang Yan, who had rendered outstanding service, returned home.

He saw Xiao Yan sitting blankly on the sofa, not even noticing that Wang Yan had returned.

Wang Yan reached out and waved in front of her, saying with a smile: "They say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years; you've only been pregnant for three months and you're already starting to get stupid?"

"Ah? You're back."

"What are you thinking about?"

Xiao Yan stood up, even walked out the door to peek around, and then closed the door and walked back in; her behavior was truly sneaky.

Under Wang Yan's puzzled gaze, she pulled Wang Yan into the room.

As soon as they entered, Wang Yan understood why Xiao Yan was like this. He saw a large pile of things stacked on the floor—various fruits and tonics—and a box on the table. When he opened it to take a look, he saw five golden-yellow gold bars inside, square and angular, looking very precious.

Wang Yan picked them up to weigh them; one gold bar was about 100 grams, and the current gold price was about 110, so five gold bars were worth 55,000 yuan. The purchase price was lower than the selling price, so rounding down, it was 50,000. Adding that pile of tonics, it was about 55,000.

Xiao Yan said: "This was sent by that Boss Feng who runs the mine in our county, saying that since I'm pregnant, I need to nourish my body. I only found out when I got back; they sent it directly to my parents' place, and they didn't know what was going on. Plus, the people Feng Keqin sent dropped the things and ran after saying a few words, so they couldn't do anything about it. As soon as I got back, they hurried to send it over..."

"How is it? Does it look shocking?" Wang Yan tossed the gold bars and asked with a smile.

"It's too scary!" Xiao Yan's voice was trembling a little. "This Boss Feng is simply too bad. Isn't this corrupting state cadres? We can't keep these gold bars and things. Wang Yan, you have a great future, don't be stupid. I've just gotten pregnant, don't let the child never see their father in the future."

Wang Yan reached out and hugged her shoulders, stroking her hair: "Don't worry, you should be clear that if it were for money, I wouldn't have come here at all. Besides, if they think they can bribe us with such a small amount of things, they're really undervaluing us.

I was wondering why Feng Keqin asked me to go see him this morning, and even dragged me to drink, saying a bunch of messy things. It turns out he wasn't sending money to me, but started sending it to our home."

"Then how should we handle these things?" Xiao Yan said worriedly. "If we return them to him, what if he says we didn't return them correctly?"

Wang Yan couldn't help but pinch her face: "Boss Feng is sending money to build a relationship, not to cause me trouble. I'll give him a call and have him send someone to take everything back. Don't worry, it's nothing."

So Wang Yan called Feng Keqin directly and told him to send someone to take everything back. Feng Keqin naturally didn't want to take them back and said a bunch of nice things again, until Wang Yan said that if he didn't take the things back today, he would send them to the Discipline Inspection Commission tomorrow. Feng Keqin had no choice but to send someone to pick up the things, while saying another basket of nice things.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yan went with Xiao Yan to eat at her parents' house next door.

Wang Yan didn't care about the talk of being a "son-in-law living with the wife's family," nor did he insist on cooking at home; he just shared the kitchen with Xiao Yan's family.

Although Xiao Yan's family wouldn't let them pay, Wang Yan always gave them extra money. After all, truth be told, including Wang Yan, his salary was the highest.

After all, the unit with the best efficiency in the county was the Economic Development Company, and as the second-in-command, he naturally received the most when distributing bonuses, and his salary was also the highest.

This fell within the scope of his duties, and it was reasonable and compliant to treat himself better. It wasn't just him who was high; everyone in the company was high. Distributed according to proportion, it was prominently high when it reached him.

He couldn't insist on finding suffering and hardship for himself just to show how honest and frugal he was. Everyone was living well, so it wouldn't be right for him to be the only one suffering in poverty. If he were poor, the people below would even be afraid...

When he went to work later, Dorje finished writing the application for the establishment of the protected area and showed it to Wang Yan, asking Wang Yan to help find any problems.

Dorje had been brewing this application for a long time and had even started writing it long ago; he had refined it even more over the past few days. Wang Yan didn't see any problems overall, nothing more than correcting typos and the like.

It was also at this time that Dorje mentioned to Wang Yan that Feng Keqin had also sent things to his family, and Dorje had handled it just like Wang Yan—simply refusing to accept them without making a scene.

When Dorje asked Wang Yan, his eyes were fixed tightly on him, fearing that Wang Yan was shallow and would be bribed by Feng Keqin to collude with Lin Peisheng and the others. After hearing Wang Yan describe what happened on his side, Dorje let out a long sigh of relief and earnestly gave Wang Yan a lot of advice, fearing that Wang Yan would go astray.

He was even more afraid that if Wang Yan went astray, it would destroy the current thriving state of Maji County.

After all, this place flourished because of Wang Yan; once Wang Yan made a mistake, the cadres in Maji County would likely not be able to handle the things Wang Yan had started. If they could really maintain the situation, Maji County would have developed long ago, so why would it have been poor until Wang Yan arrived?

After Wang Yan helped modify the application, Dorje submitted it.

Although a considerable number of people in the county didn't want Bolamula to become a protected area, because Dorje had already started the matter, and with the previous events making the news during this period, the outside world was lively again, so there was nothing they could do even if they opposed it.

Thus, the county went through the motions and submitted it to the city, the city mentioned it to the province, and after going around the province, it was sent directly to the capital.

Shortly thereafter, Dorje was invited by a university in the capital to give a lecture...

Regarding going out to give a lecture, Dorje was very embarrassed: "It was originally meant for you, Wang Yan, but it ended up being me."

"Everything I have to say is in the articles; what you have to say isn't reflected in the reports. Besides, I was there before, and I went to handle business last year. You haven't been to the capital; it's a good chance to go and see how the outside world is developing.

Find someone else to accompany you, and bring Zha Xi along. Actually, you should bring Sister Cairin along; you just don't like taking advantage of the public, but now you don't lack the money to take your child to see the world..."

"I'm going to give a report, not for a vacation." Dorje shook his head repeatedly.

"You go to report, they go for a vacation; nothing will be delayed. Take them all; how many times in a lifetime do you go on a long journey?"

Dorje opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Wang Yan, "Don't tell me there's too much work at home to handle. Don't I know how much work you have at home? Don't worry, our company has plenty of people; I'll arrange for a few to go over temporarily to help out."

"Is that okay?"

"Just helping out, what's wrong with that? Don't let others go, just let those with official positions go. Isn't that okay?"

"I'll go!" Zha Cuo volunteered, "There isn't much work at his house; I can handle it by myself, and I can keep my wife company."

His Zhuoma was also pregnant, and Zha Cuo loved his wife very much; if it weren't absolutely necessary, he wouldn't even want to come to work.

If these old-timers with official positions were willing to help, then there was really no problem; after all, they all had deep friendships with Dorje, and the reason was justifiable.

Thus, Dorje was moved: "Then take them?"

"Take them; Sister Cairin has suffered enough with you, so go see the great capital and pay respects to the great man."

"Why don't you go instead, Wang Yan..."

Wang Yan shook his head with a smile: "I've already turned them down; how can I go back on my word? And I've always been the one handling company matters, with many things waiting for me to coordinate and push forward. If I leave and you don't understand much, what will happen to our work? Will Maji County still develop?"

Dorje felt a bit embarrassed because ever since Wang Yan showed his ability, he hadn't really managed the company much. Or to put it another way, the company used to be the patrol team, and it was only after Wang Yan took over that the company truly developed.

He hadn't played much of a role in the company's development process, and in some respects, he was even holding it back. After all, the expenses for protecting Bolamula had always been paid by the company itself.

Wang Yan said: "Don't overthink it; I'm not blaming you. This time they asked you to go to the capital to give a report and a lecture—what does that mean? It means the higher-ups are interested, and there's a high possibility of establishing a national-level protected area.

By then, Bolamula will definitely still be under your responsibility; even if you aren't the main person in charge, you'll be the second-in-command who gets things done, after all, you're the one who knows the situation best. In this life, as long as one does one thing well, it's a success. Dorje, you've done very well."

"Alright, who's the leader here?" Bai Ju said, "Why are you chanting sutras to our immediate superior?"

With Bai Ju's wisecrack, the conversation couldn't continue. Then everyone started choosing who would accompany Dorje to the capital. Except for Zha Cuo and He Qingyuan, everyone expressed a desire to go, which really put Dorje in a difficult spot. In the end, he chose Old Han.

Old Han was the one who loved to drink, and for many years after Dorje's death, he had persisted in searching for Dorje's body. Although he didn't find Dorje's body in the end, it was indeed he who uncovered the mystery of Dorje's death.

He used to be a poacher, and after being caught by Dorje, he was reformed, or perhaps he just wanted to find a job to make a living. Anyway, regardless of the reason, Old Han always said he was reformed by Dorje. He was indeed very loyal to Dorje.

And just as Dorje said, it was indeed Wang Yan who was sought out at first.

But school lectures were of no interest to Wang Yan; he could go and lecture whenever he wanted.

Because the school wasn't looking for him because he protected Bolamula, but because of his thoughts on economic development, his truly effective track record, and the fact that he was a successful writer who became famous nationwide with just a few articles. Most importantly, he graduated from the same prestigious university as them, yet took this path and achieved these accomplishments. There was much more to be mined from him.

So no matter when he went, the school would actually welcome him.

But this matter clearly arose because of the Bolamula protected area. It was because there were some conflicting opinions among the higher-ups, so it reached the students, letting everyone discuss it. The school then took the opportunity to find Maji County, letting the parties involved tell the story themselves.

It was good for Dorje to go for this kind of thing, and he was willing to go; this was also recognition of his work and an achievement in his life. He had taken quite a bit from Dorje in the past many years, so he shouldn't snatch this chance to show his face. Although those previous Dorjes wouldn't appreciate it, and wouldn't be able to receive this kind of tenderness from another time and space.

A few days later, Dorje and his group set off for the great capital.

All these developments were about a year faster than in the original story, and now Dorje didn't have to die.

After Dorje left, Wang Yan reviewed the plot and found he seemed to have forgotten one thing.

"Need to build protection stations?"

He Qingyuan looked at Wang Yan, puzzled, "What is a protection station?"

Shao Yunfei grabbed the conversation: "It's building some places in Bolamula where people can stay permanently, not afraid of rain or snow, and can watch out for illegal criminal elements poaching or stealing at any time."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "I just remembered this matter."

Bai Ju said: "Why don't we wait a bit? Isn't there hope for establishing a national-level protected area this time? Now it's spending the company's money, but by then, it will be spending the funds allocated by the state.

And aren't there some small houses on the tourist routes? Truth be told, aren't those temporary rest camps also protection stations?"

These words showed a strong sense of ownership. Although Bai Ju drew a public security salary, she had always considered herself part of the patrol team.

"You said it yourself, those are tourist routes; criminals wouldn't go there to court death. We definitely need to go deep into Bolamula for the protection stations to truly be effective."

Wang Yan said, "And many biologists have come here these past two years to study animals; establishing protection stations will also provide them with a good research environment. There are also those illegal crossers, and there have already been multiple deaths. If there were protection stations, perhaps they could provide some shelter, and the chances of survival would be much higher."

The Economic Development Company was Wang Yan's one-man show; he was giving these people reasons, not seeking their opinions.

So he issued the task: "Old He, go purchase some materials, take people into the mountains and... build ten first, and then study it further."

Shao Yunfei asked: "What about the names of the protection stations?"

"Call it Dorje, does that even need thinking?"

He Qingyuan said with a smile: "Dorje definitely won't agree."

"Let's get things done first, put up the signs first; who cares if he agrees or not?"

Bai Ju followed up: "Then should the second one be called Wang Yan Protection Station?"

"That's too immodest." Wang Yan shook his head and refused.

"You are the person recognized by the Mountain God; you are the guardian of Bolamula. There's nothing wrong with the protection station being named after you." Zha Cuo gave an authoritative explanation on behalf of the Mountain God.

Wang Yan was amused and laughed out loud; everyone joined in the fun, coming up with all sorts of messy names for the protection stations, and for a moment it was very lively, as if the prosperous scene of the protected area was right before their eyes...

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