Chapter 1412: Sensation Throughout the Venue

Three minutes later.

Some of the villagers were already losing patience.

"When will he be done reading?"

"Who knows? Read faster, I still have to go home and cook after this!"

"Exactly, the pigs in my pen haven't been fed yet. If it takes too long, they'll definitely be howling and chewing on the rolling door..."

Basically, no one was listening to what Ergouzi was reading; it had no appeal to the villagers at all.

If it weren't for the money they hadn't received yet, no one would be willing to stay and keep listening to him read; these were the villagers "supporting" him.

The villagers who supported Gu Zhihao had an even stronger reaction!

"Get down here, go suck up to the leaders somewhere else, don't be here disgusting everyone."

"That's right, what kind of dog-shit is he reading? Bah!"

"Buying an official position with money, he's definitely aiming for more money. How could he be any good?"

"If someone like him really becomes Village Chief, can he sincerely seek benefits for the villagers? Those short-sighted people are still dreaming."

The villagers were whispering below, and Ergouzi panicked on the stage.

He looked back at the seated leader and the leader's attendant.

The leader's expression was not very good, and the "attendant" beside the leader's expression was even worse!

The "attendant" was the person behind him, Ergouzi's financier.

The financier was dressed very low-key today, but in reality, he was the boss of a real estate developer in the city!

Ergouzi worked under him in the city; calling it work, it was actually being a thug.

When encountering stubborn households, Ergouzi would take a group of people to smash houses, throw things out, and threaten people to move away.

He had done plenty of unscrupulous things. This time, he returned to the village to run for Village Chief because the boss had his eye on the village's land and wanted to develop it into a Resort. If Ergouzi were Village Chief, it would be too easy to do some shady things.

The boss told Ergouzi to return to the village to run for Village Chief, and actually promised the villagers three thousand yuan each, all paid in advance.

As a result, once the money reached Ergouzi's hands, he gambled away most of it before even returning to the village, so he gave everyone one thousand, and only paid a two-hundred deposit at that.

But the atmosphere at the scene didn't feel right; people had even started talking about money, and Ergouzi panicked, afraid the matter would be exposed.

He looked at the leader and the boss, but the two gave him no response.

Ergouzi originally had two more pages left to read, but now he had no heart to continue, so he ended it early: "Thank you, leader, thank you everyone!" and finished.

"Finally finished, like an old lady's foot-binding cloth, both smelly and long."

"Going home to feed the pigs."

"Wait for me, Rope's mom, I'm going back too!"

Many people were preparing to leave, and the Old Village Chief grew anxious. He took the microphone to persuade them to stay: "Everyone don't leave yet, Gu Zhihao still hasn't read his part. Everyone wait a moment, wait a moment..."

The people didn't buy it.

Gu Zhihao, who doesn't know him?

Although he didn't make any major mistakes while serving as acting Village Chief, he hadn't done anything particularly outstanding either.

It was estimated that what he would read would be the same old stuff, nothing fresh.

Although those preparing to leave didn't hold out hope for Gu Zhihao, Gu Zhihao usually had a good reputation, and they had to give the Old Village Chief some face. Though reluctant, they all stayed.

"Read quickly."

"Don't be too long, I have to go back to feed the pigs..."

Gu Zhihao glanced at his brother-in-law in the crowd, and Sheng Hanyu nodded slightly at him.

With that, he found his backbone. He took a deep breath, calmed his mood, went up to the stage, and took the microphone from the Old Village Chief.

Gu Zhihao hadn't spoken yet, just standing there, but the villagers were surprised to find—huh? The acting Village Chief is different today?

They couldn't quite put their finger on what was different.

The clothes were the same ones he usually wore, but his temperament was completely different!

It was as if he had changed into a different person, making people feel... a sense of security.

That was it, that was the feeling. A kingly aura suddenly appeared on him—confident, calm, with a sense of "the world is in my hands, who else but me?" composure.

Gu Zhihao opened his mouth: "Thank you, leader, for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend our village's election. The leader is quite busy, and everyone is quite busy too, so I won't talk nonsense; I'll get straight to the point."

"If I am elected Village Chief, I promise—within one year, I will let the elderly left behind in our village earn more money than the young people working away from home!"

"Whoa—"

There was another uproar among the villagers.

But this time it was different from before; people didn't feel bored, but were more shocked and curious.

"How will he do it?"

"Is he bragging?"

His words struck directly at the most vulnerable point in the villagers' hearts.

Rather than doubting, everyone was actually more willing to believe it was true!

Who doesn't want their whole family to be together?

But you can't make money staying at home; just relying on farming, you can't earn much money after a year of hard work.

The able-bodied people in the village were basically all working away, leaving the elderly and children behind, only able to reunite during holidays.

"Does everyone want to know how to do it?" Gu Zhihao smiled slightly, feeling even more confident.

"Yes!"

"We want to know."

"Speak quickly."

"Nobody talk, listen to what the acting Village Chief has to say?"

Although the voices were not in unison, the hearts of the people were.

Even the leader took a few extra looks at him.

Gu Zhihao raised both hands, palms facing down to press the air, and without saying a single word, the people immediately quieted down.

Once the crowd was quiet, he said, "Everyone, please patiently listen to me finish the plan, and then I will explain the specific implementation methods."

Although he was an outsider, he had grown up on this land since he was a child and was familiar with every inch of soil in the village.

Gu Zhihao told everyone that he had the confidence and the ability to make the village elders earn more money within one year than the young people working away from home.

Within two years, he would develop the village into the wealthiest village in the entire township, and even the entire town and county.

Every household would be able to build their own Villa, drive cars worth at least two hundred thousand, and the village would have its own kindergarten, primary school, and middle school, with experienced teachers hired from outside to teach the children.

There would be its own hospital and nursing home.

It would be a hospital, not something like a Medical Room, so that children would not have to travel far to the town for school, and the elderly could receive immediate treatment in the village even for sudden illnesses, not just minor headaches or fevers...

"You're bragging, aren't you? What makes you think you can do it?" Ergouzi saw the villagers' eyes lighting up one by one and immediately became anxious.

But as soon as he raised his objection, he was immediately scolded by the villagers: "Shut up."

"Wait for the acting Village Chief to finish."

Some villagers even raised their fists at Ergouzi; seeing that the others were numerous, no matter how aggressive he was, he dared not provoke public anger at this moment and could only shut his mouth dejectedly.

Gu Zhihao did not take Ergouzi seriously at all; he merely glanced at him with contempt and continued speaking.

I believe what I just said is what everyone yearns for most, but how can it be realized?

It is easy to say, and it is also easy to do.

Our village has mountains behind it and water in front, with exceptionally beautiful scenery; we can develop tourism projects and build our village into an integrated Resort to attract city dwellers to come here for vacations and to spend money...