98: Chapter 98 Returning to Bright Moon Village

Sun Ning had spent three days in Mingyue Village, and he could be said to have gotten a feel for things.

The Mingyue Village project was already showing initial results.

He could calmly await the true explosion in tourist numbers.

All the Mishui Township Government needed to do was maintain proper oversight.

After returning to the Township Government, Sun Ning plunged back into heavy work.

June was still a very busy month for Gongfan County.

Summer harvesting and autumn planting were the top priorities for the province of Heyang.

The specific implementation of this work often fell to the township level.

It was fortunate that the policy banning straw burning had not yet been implemented.

Otherwise, the work related to straw burning would have kept the entire Mishui Township Government incredibly busy.

A few days ago, all the supervision work for the summer harvest and autumn planting had fallen on Secretary Xue Hongtao. Now that Sun Ning was back, there was no reason to let the elderly man continue to charge to the front lines.

The importance and strategic nature of agriculture went without saying.

As Township Head, Sun Ning certainly couldn't just focus on economic development; he had to handle the most basic tasks beautifully as well.

He was so busy that two months flew by.

Sometimes, when he was exceptionally busy, he didn't even have time to go to Zhongzhou.

This left the two famished women complaining frequently.

"If you don't come to nourish the flowers soon, I will immediately open up your backyard and let someone else do the watering."

One Friday, Consultant Zhao Xue wanted to take advantage of the weekend to inspect Shenlan Food and hoped to have a cordial and in-depth exchange with Township Head Sun Ning.

But the unromantic Township Head Sun Ning hurriedly refused over the phone.

He claimed he was inspecting the farming conditions of the common folk in the village he was responsible for.

In her anger, Zhao Xue uttered the words mentioned earlier.

From this, it was evident that Township Head Sun Ning was truly busy.

Two months later, Sun Ning stood in Mingyue Village once again.

Time had reached August, and Heyang had entered the hottest state of the year.

August was also the longest holiday for students—the summer vacation.

After more than two months of operation, Mishui Township had become quite famous on the internet.

Through word-of-mouth promotion.

Mishui Township had more and more tourists, and on weekends, it could almost reach its maximum capacity.

"Township Head, if you don't come here again, I'm going to have to go to the township to find you."

"Every time I call you, you tell me to hold my position."

"Now our village committee is surrounded by the villagers every day. These people have a little money and don't know who they are anymore. One says they want to build a few more rooms, another says they want to dig into the mountain."

"Even my father scolds me every day, saying I'm blocking the villagers from getting rich and that our ancestors will blame me, and that I'll have sons without assholes in the future!"

Hearing this, Sun Ning chuckled and said with a smile, "Why do I remember that your kid is already old enough to run errands?"

"Is my son being old enough to run errands the point?"

Village Party Secretary Tian Lei complained inwardly, feeling as if the sky was falling, yet Sun Ning was still joking with him.

He couldn't help his anxious emotions and questioned, "Township Head, please give us an idea!"

"Why won't you let the villagers build more?"

"I think we should take advantage of the fact that there are so many people now and build more cave dwellings to increase the income of the common folk."

Sun Ning did not pay attention to Village Party Secretary Tian Lei's confusion; instead, he looked at Vice President Wang Jing to the side.

"Vice President Wang Jing, what is your take on this matter?"

This widowed Vice President had previously been a key object of care in the village because she was a widow with an orphan.

But because she was valued by Sun Ning, she had been arranged to be a Vice President in the company.

Moreover, Vice President Wang Jing performed very well; she was the one who led the team to Zhongzhou at that time.

She could also be considered one of the few people in the village who had "seen the world."

Sun Ning had made her the Vice President in charge of hospitality and promotion.

"Township Head, I also believe we should increase the number of cave dwellings."

Sun Ning did not express an opinion and asked directly, "What is the reason?"

"With our in-depth promotion, the topic of Mishui Township cave dwellings has also sparked a significant wave on the internet."

"After those tourists go back, most of them give good reviews."

"Peace of mind, tranquility, relaxation... and so on have already become the labels for Mishui Township cave dwellings."

"There will be more and more people coming here in the future."

"Although we have set up a dedicated tourist route to inform tourists when we are fully booked, it is inevitable that some people will drive here on their own."

"When those people arrive and find that we are fully booked, it will inevitably damage our reputation."

"Therefore, I think that welcoming the increase in the number of cave dwellings is a matter of top priority."

Vice President Wang Jing listed the necessity of increasing the cave dwellings one by one.

Village Party Secretary Tian Lei, standing to the side, was like a machine without emotions, nodding in agreement the whole time.

Sun Ning nodded imperceptibly and did not make any comments on this.

He asked, "Have you usually turned on those two new phones the company bought?"

Village Party Secretary Tian Lei's old face flushed red; he didn't know how to answer and kept stammering.

Seeing his reaction, Sun Ning knew he hadn't touched that computer.

Instead, Vice President Wang Jing confidently answered Sun Ning, "Township Head, the company must always pay attention to online reviews. This is something you instructed, and we have been doing it."

"Then are you just looking at whether the reviews given by tourists are good or bad? You haven't summarized the content?"

Although Sun Ning was busy, he would look at the tourists' comments and reviews in his spare time.

Many positive reviews mentioned quietness, no one disturbing them, a sanctuary for the soul, and so on.

This was the plan Sun Ning had made from the beginning, and it was also his goal.

And now? There were more tourists, and the common folk couldn't hold back anymore.

It didn't matter if the common folk couldn't hold back; explaining to them and doing their work would be enough.

Now it was the leadership team, including Village Party Secretary Tian Lei, who were starting to waver.

If they wavered, the common folk would surely waver even more.

What made Sun Ning a bit angry was that they only focused on good or bad reviews and did not focus on the content itself.

Now it was Vice President Wang Jing's turn to start stammering.

Sun Ning did not lose his temper; he just scanned the people who were receiving him.

These people covered the village leaders of several nearby villages with good conditions.

"I won't criticize you today. I'll give you all morning to study the content of those tourist comments carefully."

"Think through the principles behind them based on this content. If you can't figure it out, I will explain it to you later."

"The cave dwelling tourism we are doing now will be the foundation for your generations. If you cannot understand my intentions yourselves, then it will only be a few years of glory."

"How long can I stay in Mishui Township? Three years or five years?"

"When I leave, no one will be managing you, and then what? You'll build cave dwellings all over the mountains and plains?"

When Sun Ning said these words, they were earnest and heartfelt.

The common folk were lovely, but they were also short-sighted.

Because of their horizons, education, and other reasons, they only focused on immediate interests.

But these interests would only be maintained for a year or two due to too much noise, excessive commercialization, and other reasons.

A year or two later, Mingyue Village would still be the same Mingyue Village.

Or even worse, with economic development, only widowed elderly people and left-behind children would be left in the village.

And those built cave dwellings would turn into piles of reinforced concrete, dilapidated and devoid of human life.

Sun Ning was unwilling to see this happen; doing so would go against his original intention.