[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Road to the Top",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2146276,3567,"Chapter 85","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>In mid-November, County Magistrate Shan Guozhi unexpectedly came to Menghuling Township for an inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, as a county magistrate, it should be very normal for Shan Guozhi to inspect the township, but Menghuling was a poor township, and the county leaders were not very willing to come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, Shan Guozhi had not shown any concern for the agricultural industrialization pilot project carried out by Menghuling Township before, so his visit this time still made the township somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Shangmeng Highway had started construction, and as the county magistrate, Shan Guozhi should also come to Menghuling Township to take a look. After all, this was the first secondary highway from Shangjun County to the towns below, and it connected three towns along the way, which was also a very important road for Shangjun County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi’s style of coming here was completely different from Zhang Kaishan’s. Every time Zhang Kaishan came, he traveled light with few followers, at most a few attendants, while Shan Guozhi was surrounded by people, and there were even several county TV station reporters carrying cameras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi’s personal image was also more like a leader. He had a big belly, sticking out a \"general’s belly,\" and walked with a calm gait. The only regret was that his hair was a bit sparse, but he still used the currently popular mousse to comb the few hairs until they were slick and shiny; even a fly crawling on them would have to do a big split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu led the township leaders and cadres to the intersection early to wait for Shan Guozhi. This was Shan Guozhi’s consistent style. Whenever he wanted to go to a township, he had to have the office call to notify them a day in advance. If any township didn't hold such a welcome ceremony, he would have thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui was of course also among the welcoming crowd. Although he didn't like Shan Guozhi at all, he couldn't be too maverick either. In some matters, he still had to follow the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around nine o’clock in the morning, Shan Guozhi’s motorcade arrived. Calling it a motorcade, it was just one Santana, one Volga, two jeeps, and one van from the TV station. In a county seat in this era, being able to mobilize so many vehicles at once was already quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu took the lead to greet them. The motorcade stopped, and Shan Guozhi got out of the car to shake hands with Chen Hongfu, appearing very satisfied with the welcome lineup put out by Menghuling Township.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also shook hands with the township leaders below Dong Jianshu one by one and said a few words of encouragement. When shaking hands with Jin Taihe, it lasted a few seconds longer, and the expression on his face was the most cordial, which made Jin Taihe’s face glow with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else in the motorcade also got out of the car. Executive Deputy County Magistrate Meng Lingchang and Deputy County Magistrate Xu Liangxi were among the entourage, and the TV station reporter carrying the camera recorded the scene of Shan Guozhi shaking hands with the township leaders in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui knew that tonight, Shan Guozhi’s glorious image would appear on the Shangjun News Broadcast of the county TV station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi loved being on TV the most, and there were many anecdotes about him being on TV circulating in Shangjun County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shan Guozhi was on TV, he liked to have many people accompanying him. Only with many people accompanying him could his status be shown as important, because in the CCTV News Broadcast, those central leaders had many people accompanying them when they appeared on camera. This was also the reason why Shan Guozhi liked to be surrounded by people when he went out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shan Guozhi appeared on camera, he had to be in the center of the frame, and his positive image had to be highlighted. Once, there was a frame in the Shangjun News where he was not in the center and his face was not fully shown. After seeing it, he immediately called the county station director over and scolded him bloody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the director went back and investigated, it turned out that the person who went to film Shan Guozhi that day was a novice. Therefore, from then on, whenever Shan Guozhi went out, the director would send an experienced old cameraman to film him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi was not very tall, at most 1.65 meters. These experienced old cameramen would use some special methods when filming him to make him look taller in the frame, which also made him very happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Shan Guozhi went out, there was bound to be a female announcer from the county TV station accompanying him. Su Xinghui took a look, and sure enough, not far behind Shan Guozhi, the female announcer named Shu Rong was following Shan Guozhi step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The common people of Shangjun County all said that Shu Rong was the person who appeared on TV with Shan Guozhi the most. Almost every TV frame with Shan Guozhi had Shu Rong in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Rong was not yet thirty years old this year. She used to be a female worker at the Shangjun County Textile Factory. Once, when Shan Guozhi was inspecting the textile factory, he saw that Shu Rong was beautiful and said she was suitable to be a TV announcer, so he immediately transferred Shu Rong to the TV station and made her an announcer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Shu Rong’s husband, who was a worker at the textile factory, was also transferred to the Public Security Bureau and became a policeman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Rong didn't have much education, and her Mandarin was not standard. She broadcasted the news on the TV station every day in Mandarin with a Shangjun accent, stumbling and often mispronouncing words. But even so, the leaders of the TV station didn't dare to criticize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui had rarely seen Shu Rong in person at such a close distance. He was a bit curious and couldn't help but take a few more looks. Sure enough, she was a real stunner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a head taller than Shan Guozhi even when wearing flat-soled leather shoes. She had a slim and tall figure, a head of big wavy curly hair, and her body had curves in all the right places. She had a standard oval face and a pair of peach-blossom eyes, with spring passion rippling in her eyebrows and eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui couldn't help but think maliciously that her husband’s police cap probably had a bit of green on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Shan Guozhi shook hands with the leaders of Menghuling Township one by one, he prepared to get in the car and go to the township government. However, there was a problem: his motorcade didn't have many empty seats, and Menghuling Township only had one broken jeep, which couldn't hold so many people at all. Many people rode bicycles, so the motorcade could only drive slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi let Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu get into his car, looked at the broken jeep of Menghuling Township, and said, \"Your township’s car is too broken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu said, \"Yes, it breaks down after running a few kilometers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi said casually, \"Next time, submit a report to the county government and buy another jeep. This really affects work too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu were both overjoyed. In the past, they didn't know how many reports they had submitted to the county wanting to buy a car, but they were all like mud cows entering the sea, without even an echo. Now that Shan Guozhi had actually taken the initiative to tell them to buy a car, it was truly the sun rising from the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them thanked him repeatedly. Shan Guozhi was very satisfied with their attitude: \"You are doing a good job here, but you also need to strengthen your contact with the county.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi’s words made both of them a bit confused. Didn't they want to strengthen contact with the county? But hadn't Menghuling Township always been unloved by the county? They wanted to find someone to report their work, but no one cared about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Shan Guozhi was so cordial to them. They were very clear that this was because Menghuling Township now had an improvement and its status in the county had become important, not because Shan Guozhi suddenly valued them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they certainly wouldn't say that in their mouths, but repeatedly indicated that they would often report their work to County Magistrate Shan in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi and his party toured around Hutou Village, where the township government was located, and looked at the road construction site here, as well as the barren hills that had just been reclaimed and were ready for planting fruit trees. Of course, Shan Guozhi would not forget to deliver a few impassioned speeches, letting the cameraman record his glorious image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that after climbing the mountain for a while, Shan Guozhi was panting. This was indeed difficult for him. With such a big belly, Su Xinghui felt tired for him just looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Rong was a very understanding woman. She had been following behind Shan Guozhi. Seeing that Shan Guozhi was tired, she hurriedly and gently supported Shan Guozhi’s left arm. This considerate move made Shan Guozhi very satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the cameraman couldn't record this scene. If he didn't even have this bit of insight, he wouldn't be able to follow Shan Guozhi out next time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Shan Guozhi was tired, Chen Hongfu proposed to go to the township government to rest and then have lunch. Shan Guozhi agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the township government, Shan Guozhi listened to the work reports of Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu in the conference room, and then it was lunchtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lunch, Chen Hongfu originally wanted to let Shan Guozhi and his party go to Wild Boar Gully Village in the afternoon to take a look. After all, the special breeding farm, the bamboo weaving factory, and the Eucommia protection forest there were all worth seeing. However, Shan Guozhi didn't seem to be very interested, and he also appeared quite exhausted. After climbing the mountain in the morning, he hadn't recovered yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was a person in his fifties, and his body was fat, so it was normal for his physical strength to be a bit poor. Therefore, after resting for a while, Shan Guozhi got in the car and returned to the county seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Guozhi’s visit to Menghuling Township this time was a bit of a tiger’s head and a snake’s tail, which made people a bit confused. However, Shan Guozhi’s work style had always been like this; he did whatever he wanted, and there was no room for others to speak. Therefore, no one dared to ask him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui couldn't help but think of the ten years Shan Guozhi had been the county magistrate of Shangjun County. His governing style could be described as arbitrary. Whenever he felt like it, he could change orders in the morning and evening. One year he would let this township plant cotton, and the next year he would let them change to planting rice. The roads in the county seat were also dug up after being built, and then built again after being dug up. The urban planning was chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In previous years, due to the special situation in the country, economic development was relatively slow. Shan Guozhi was also very conservative, sparing no effort in carrying out socialist re-education, but he knew nothing about developing the economy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year, after Deng Gong’s southern tour, developing the economy became the main theme. Shan Guozhi followed the trend of the times and put forward the slogan of revitalizing Shangjun’s economy. However, he was fond of grandeur but had no real ability, and had never had any good ways to develop the economy.\u003C\u002Fp>",2023,"2026-06-16T17:50:40.887Z","2026-06-16T17:54:29.625Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c4ddc3a942518232dede320111bdd1e1631aa37d8078cb75563655d71ac1316b","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-86","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-84",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]