Chapter 1378: Qingxi Hotel

In the car following behind, only Secretary Xiao Zhu was truly suffering!

She hadn't come here through a selection process to deeply cultivate the "three rural issues" just to spend this year working diligently; she could be said to have been on call 24/7 without a single day off, not to mention working from dawn till dusk.

Heaven was also giving her face, arranging for the Song family, who could drive both the local economy and the "upper-level economy" (specifically referring to the grandfathers).

Sometimes, while pondering in the middle of the night, Secretary Xiao Zhu felt her future was bright and promising!

She had even started contemplating marriage, listing one, two, three, four, five candidates she hadn't yet approached! Get married in the first year, have a child in the second, third, fourth, and keep climbing upward...

Her future was wide open, her political career clear and cloudless!

Now... the sky had collapsed!

Secretary Xiao Zhu drove the car, her reason and emotions tangled in a mess in her mind, but her foot on the accelerator remained steady and unhurried. Since she was little, she knew that panicking when encountering trouble was useless—

Whenever a massive problem reached her parents, their first sentence was always to tell her to calm down and take three deep breaths.

At this moment, since the poisoning incident was a foregone conclusion, she had to think about how to start from elsewhere to make the surrounding area, which was currently a mess, look even more outstanding.

This way, even if the higher-ups had their own considerations, they would still see her work capability.

When the car stopped at the entrance of the town police station, Secretary Xiao Zhu was already wearing a calm expression.

And the next moment, Song Tan walked over and said in a low voice, "Chen Yuan says that medicine bottle expired over thirty years ago. I just asked, and Uncle Mao Zhu says he has an impression of it; the bottle was opened at least 20 years ago."

Old Lady Zhou was sometimes quite good at managing her life; the pesticide was bought back when she was throwing a tantrum and threatening to drink it to commit suicide. When she was young, she was truly daring enough to think and act—she would unscrew it and pour it into her mouth...

Back then, people generally didn't know that drinking pesticide was basically incurable; they just thought that at worst, a stomach pump would finish it!

However, she had a tough life; it was snatched away before it even reached her mouth!

Back then, a bottle of medicine was also valuable, so it was placed on the windowsill under the corridor...

As time passed, it became her exclusive poison-threat bottle; she would pick it up to gesture with it when she had nothing to do, and she wasn't even allowed to use it in the fields!

Anyway, the bottle Zhou Maozhu saw when he was a teenager was still the same one today.

After hearing this, Secretary Xiao Zhu didn't stop her pace, but she was now full of spirit and couldn't help but let out another long breath!

However, she wouldn't let the culprit, Old Lady Zhou, off so easily!

As the victim, the statement Song Tan needed to give here was very simple; after asking about the conflict for a moment, it was finished.

If it were someone else, the root of this conflict might have to be investigated deeply, but what kind of person was Old Lady Zhou? She had once forced the entire police station to not dare to enter the village easily with her own strength!

What root of conflict did she need?

She would dare to start trouble without needing any reason at all!

Just like this time, she wanted Old Man Li's cow, so she went to poison the Song family—was there any root of conflict in this? Was there any logic in this?

Having handled many town affairs, such inexplicable things were not uncommon. Now, after a few moments, Song Tan was politely sent out the door.

As for Old Lady Zhou...

Oh my!

The medicine hadn't been tested for results yet, so she still had to sit honestly on a chair where she couldn't do anything!

And Secretary Xiao Zhu also followed up with a greeting: "Since we're already here, and results won't be out for a while, why don't you come with me to check out the hotel."

The director saw a bargain, asked for a discount, signed the contract, and booked this place.

Then they also had to think boldly: what if this drama became a huge hit? Perhaps this filming location could attract some tourist traffic during the holidays?

It didn't need to be much; even just driving the local economy a little would be fine.

Life here was truly too lacking. If you called it a poor mountain area, it really wasn't that difficult. But if you said it wasn't poor, you never saw it get rich either.

Even if the town leaders were doing nothing, whenever there was an opportunity, who wouldn't want to jump up a little higher?

Now, the only hotel in this town had quickly completed fire inspections, equipment updates, deep cleaning, and other work under such urging. Although it was still unremarkable, fortunately, after such a toss-up, it should leave a good impression of 【cheap, hygienic, and affordable】 in the hearts of the crew.

It's a pity, why is there only this one hotel in their town? Now there are still many big stars staying in the homestays in the village...

Tsk!

Who is this, having such foresight!

"Since we're here" carried magic; even Lu Chuan became interested and was now accompanying Song Tan to the hotel.

This small town hotel was about twenty or thirty years old; the old appearance on the outside was unavoidable, only the sign had been diligently replaced under government subsidies and urging. The name was also very unremarkable, just called Qingxi Hotel.

Qingxi Town, after all, no problem.

Song Tan stared at it for a while, then stepped inside, smiling as she said, "Then we must take a good look; don't let the money our Xiao Chuan invested be squandered by the crew, only to end up with nothing to show for it in the end."

Lu Chuan also laughed: "I've lost money too. When I first earned money, I blindly entered the industry and invested in a TV series, losing everything—until now, outsiders entering this industry basically lose everything."

"I also entered the stock market. That time, my luck was neither good nor bad; half of the principal evaporated half a year after entering, but I endured for another year and ushered in a dozen-fold surge..."

He sighed: "My second book was written after I returned to extreme poverty following a sudden wealth."

No wonder he now puts his eggs in several baskets; it seems he has suffered losses. Song Tan chuckled and promised: "It's okay, don't fear poverty, I have cash flow here."

Lu Chuan couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, yes, yes, you are the most secure—just remember to use more cards to save it."

Song Tan nodded: "I've saved it!"

When she first started working, bank card control wasn't strict, so she opened one at every bank just for future convenience. Now the money is also scattered everywhere, everywhere...

If it weren't for this, she would have long since received the rice, flour, grain, and gifts sent by the banks during the holidays.

After all, other businesses are trying every possible way to get loans from their banks, but only this one has cash rolling around!

However, it's not working well to have it scattered now. After selling another wave of goods, every bank will want to raise the amount. Song Tan said distressingly: "I still haven't figured out how to spend the money... I'm worried!"

Secretary Xiao Zhu walked in front with a straight face, listening to them talking about everything but feelings behind her, yet every sentence was inseparable from feelings, and she couldn't help but feel depressed: "You still have to worry about how to spend that little bit of money?"

"Learn from Lu Chuan; when you have nothing to do, let him take you to the malls in the Imperial Capital to stroll around, buy a few sweaters for tens of thousands, and buy 5 million in luxury bags..."

She muttered: "Just see how many days your little bit of cash can last."

Song Tan:...

She couldn't help but look at Lu Chuan, only to see him also quickly say: "I don't study luxury goods much, I'm not interested; money should be spent where I need it most." ===== CHAPTER 1379 =====