Chapter 15

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Come in!” said Lin Wen.

A wretched middle-aged fatty walked in. He had a flattering smile on his face, his back was bent, and his fat body was squeezed into a ball.

“Hello, County Head Lin. I’m Deputy Director Yuan Zhimen of the County Governor’s Office.”

Lin Wen couldn’t be bothered to listen to the rest of his words. He directly opened the Heart of Seven Orifices and began to read the document.

The middle-aged fatty, Yuan Zhimen, did not have any objections to this. It was normal for the county head to listen while reading documents.

He was only surprised that County Head Lin, who was so young, was so good at socializing in the government. He was even more skilled than the most experienced bureaucrat.

There was indeed a special talent.

Yuan Zhimen was even more determined to take his side.

“He is definitely not an ordinary person. It seems like I have to make some bold moves and take the position closest to him before I can get promoted.”

Then, he started to reveal some shocking news, starting from when the previous governor, Zhao Anping, successfully led his trusted subordinates out of Changshan County, to when Li Tupo, director of the county hall, took the lead in boycotting the new governor, because the new governor was actually a town mayor who hadn’t even been in that position for a few years. He actually climbed above Li Tupo, who was the second most powerful man in Changshan County, and destroyed his hopes of promotion.

Yuan Zhimen explained everything clearly. Of course, he didn’t forget to mention that he had fallen sick a few days ago. When he arrived today, he immediately reported this to the boss.

Yuan Zhimen’s mouth was dry from all the talking, but he didn’t expect County Head Lin to ignore him. All he knew was that Zhao Anping hadn’t been dismissed from his post but had been transferred away. There was also a second-in-command, Baldy, who didn’t get along with him.

Lin Wen didn’t want to pay attention to all this nonsense. This was also one of the reasons why he was so tired of the physical world. The cultivation world was so good. If any two people didn’t get along, they would just fight.

Soon, under the coaxing of the Heart of Seven Orifices, Yuan Zhimen walked out contentedly. He thought that he had received a hint to be promoted, but in reality, Lin Wen didn’t even notice when he left.

The county governor’s office did not quiet down. On the contrary, the knocking never stopped throughout the day.

There was an endless stream of people who came to pledge their allegiance to him. There were even people who rushed in and cried on the ground when they got anxious.

When night fell, the office finally became quiet for a while.

Lin Wen stretched lazily and looked out of the window. “Eh? It’s already dark?” He quickly closed the Heart of Seven Orifices and found out that there were only 17 minutes left.

“What a waste. I actually forgot to turn it off. I wasted so much time.”

“Forget it, forget it. I should continue thinking about my money-making plan.”

Lin Wen smiled. He was excited at the thought of today’s harvest.

To put it bluntly, the Commissioner’s Power was very simple. Other than establishing a new army and declaring independence, one could do anything. There was no need for approval or notification. It was basically equivalent to a country within a country.

This would definitely be of great help to him, but he had yet to find any use for it.

Now the real help was another document under the Commissioner’s Power Document.

This was a document about the Empire’s main development plan. The main content was the infrastructure plan of the Empire’s highway. Previously, the county of Changshan was not part of the plan. Now that the governor had fought for it, the county of Changshan was given a small benefit.

Currently, the part of the infrastructure plan regarding the Changshan County was: They would build an imperial highway that ran through the east and west of the Changshan County to connect to the 128th imperial highway in the Yun State and the 133rd imperial highway in the Eastern Dongqin State.

The new road was 121 kilometers long, of which 101 kilometers was in Changshan County. The total investment would be 5.6 billion yuan.

Because it involved a large number of mountainous regions, the cost of road construction had soared.

This was probably the reason why the scheduled time was far away and the priority ranking was at the bottom.

Governor Sheng Huaixuan’s intention was for him to strive for the corresponding measures to increase the ranking as soon as possible. He even specially reminded him, “We have to prioritize cleaning the environment near the imperial highway.”

When Lin Wen saw it, he was confused. The environment near the highway? Do I need to build a road foundation?

But Changshan County didn’t have any money to do that.

He spent 10% of his Soul Essence to ask Immortal Guiding the Way.

Only then did he realize that it was talking about cleaning up the neighborhood and demolishing the buildings along the planned route.

Cleaning up the neighborhood?

Although Lin Wen didn’t know much about government affairs, he wasn’t a fool. The governor had specifically reminded him that the security in Changshan County was poor. The construction team might encounter robbery, harassment, and destruction when building roads, or conflict with the locals, causing construction to be delayed or interrupted.

What should he do next?

Lin Wen asked for help again.

However, this question was very difficult. No matter how he asked, the answer was expensive.

Lin Wen hesitated for a moment, but he still couldn’t bear to use Kindness, mainly because he couldn’t predict how much Kindness it would bring him.

If it was too costly, wouldn’t he be working for nothing and even paying for it?

Most importantly, it was a long-term development plan, not something that could give him profit immediately.

His main goal now was to get the Kindness of rebuilding homes for 300,000 people. Everything else could be discussed later.

While he was fretting, Lin Wen had a flash of inspiration. He remembered the case of a corrupt official in his hometown and suddenly thought of a brilliant plan.

He immediately wrote down what he was thinking in his mind, afraid that he would forget a point.

A crude money-making plan was formed instantly.

This was something that could not be resolved even with Immortal Guiding the Way. This was because it required at least a few thousand Kindness and sometimes an astronomical figure.

Wasn’t this equivalent to saving thousands of Kindness with just wisdom?

Lin Wen laughed so hard that his nose almost went crooked.

As expected, I was born to be a child of destiny with great wisdom. My brain worked better than anything else.

Lin Wen looked at the thin piece of paper, which was filled with his horrible handwriting. He smiled with relief. This was his biggest gain today.

…

The next morning, Lin Wen found the fatty Yuan Zhimen and handed him the revised project documents. He asked him to hold a press conference and announce the contents of the plan.

Yuan Zhimen, who was currently in a fanatical state of conversion, immediately shook his fat body and promised to complete the mission.

Then, he found Zhu Changyuan, the Director of the Broadcast Bureau of Changshan County, and asked him to play the speech he had prepared beforehand.

Although it was a local media and had little influence, it was better than nothing.

After that, Lin Wen contacted the big newspaper reporters who had interviewed him before and sent out his own interview scripts to them one by one. However, it was uncertain if they could use it.

After that, Lin Wen found a young female employee in the county office and called her into the office. She had beautiful makeup on and was dressed exquisitely. This was obviously not something her meager salary could afford.

The female employee’s name was Fang Weiwei. She was secretly delighted, thinking that she was going to become the new boss’s lover. Her mind was filled with thoughts of throwing herself into his arms, or she should just play hard-to-get. In the end, County Head Lin only gave her a pair of gloves, a belt, and a large cloak. He instructed her to take good care of them, wash them carefully, and put on oil wax to make them shine.

Fang Weiwei came out of the office feeling extremely disappointed. She kept ridiculing this unromantic young county governor in her heart. “What lousy aesthetics. That big dummy, this is a formal attire. It should be low-profile and reserved, so that it will look luxurious. Only then can it match its noble temperament. All the talks about waxing and shining. It’s so tacky.”

Even though she thought this way, it was as if she was holding a piece of gold in her hands. All sorts of amazed thoughts kept surfacing in her mind.

“Wow. This is the first time I’ve touched clothes of this level.”

“This material is so soft and cold. It must be the best ice thread.”

“You can’t even see the seams of the clothes. You can’t even find a thread.”

“Compared to the beggar clothes I’m wearing, I really want to wear this once.”

All these thoughts eventually turned into one sentence: “I have to get close to the new boss. Even if I have to give myself up to him, I have to do it.”

“Alright,” Lin Wen thought. “One last thing.”

He found the county governor’s office computer. It was a large, cumbersome box, with a primitive monitor, but it was much better than the trash he’d had in Changle Town, and the Internet speed had reached an acceptable level.

Then, for the first time, Lin Wen really browsed the Internet of this world.

Well, there wasn’t much of a difference. It was roughly the same as 20-30 years ago where he came from. It was chaotic, lacking regulation, and there were all kinds of lewd materials everywhere. However, because the returns during this period were small and not obvious, it didn’t expand greatly.

During this period, there were many big shots surfing the Internet, so one would occasionally discover some real useful material hidden under the sand of the Internet.

Lin Wen skimmed through the pornography and found that the quality of these materials varied. Occasionally, some of them would be damaged or decayed, making them nauseating.

“Tsk! The quality is so bad, it hurts my eyes.”

After turning off the materials, Lin Wen began to work in a profession that probably hadn’t appeared in this world yet.

The troll army.

He crazily made posts on all the major forums, news boards, and even porn sites. The content was that the new county governor of Changshan County, who had been brilliant for ten thousand years, had obtained unprecedented Commissioner’s Power. Changshan County had received extreme attention from the upper echelons of the Empire, and a new storm was about to unfold here. First was the construction of the highway.

There was a picture behind it. It was a part of the Empire’s main plan regarding Changshan County. Furthermore, the plan had been changed by Lin Wen. The county changed from a secondary part to the main part. It changed from non-essential to special focus.

Then, Lin Wen replied to herself in the tone of a constructor, “Wow, is this true?”

“I really want to invest here.”

“I’m sure we can make a lot of money.”

“My mansion and my girls depend on it!”

“Does this project have any plans of bidding?”

He replied, “Yes, I heard from my uncle that Changshan County will hold a bidding conference in three days. This is inside information. You must not tell anyone about it.”

Due to the large workload, it was inevitable that he exposed some of the roles. However, this was not important as long as it was publicized.

At this time, there was no concept of deleting posts. Most of the websites followed the law of the jungle where the strong preyed on the weak. The post with the most replies would be on the top and there was no censorship of the content. There was all sorts of nonsense.

Lin Wen kept upping himself. Sometimes, he couldn’t even be bothered to talk anymore, so he just replied with a random picture.

Therefore, his post was filled with all kinds of pictures. Most of them were NSFW. This brought some heat, and gradually, some real people replied.

“OP, quickly post it. What’s next?”

“This picture is interesting. Where can we find it?”

“OP is a good person and will lead a peaceful life.”

No one was interested in the content of his main post.

However, Lin Wen was still tirelessly playing his roles.

After a day and night, Lin Wen’s eyes turned dark.

During this period, a press conference was held. As the flood had just passed, the glory of being a hero of the Empire was still present, so there were still some reporters who attended it.

And the news was on the radio and the newspapers too.

The clothes were also washed and hung on the wall. When the light shone, the oil reflected brightly and they were dazzling.

Everything was ready except for the crucial opportunity.

He had specially instructed the liaison and reception office to call him if there was anything unusual.

After that, Lin Wen worked another day. He couldn’t take it anymore and took a nap.

The situation suddenly changed after he woke up.