Urban Super Medical Saint

Chapter 144 Surprising

Before they set out, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin thought of Professor Tang Yiyuan and Huang Wenjie, a university professor and a doctoral student, respectively. Not to mention for a small village in the mountains like Wangzhou, which had hardly produced any college graduates, they were important guests; they would be considered important even to Changxi County. Now that they were going to visit the Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory in Wangzhou for an inspection, it was only proper to give Wangzhou's township government a heads up. On one hand, it was out of respect and importance for Tang Yiyuan and Huang Wenjie, and on the other hand, it could also elevate the status and standing of Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory in the eyes of the township's leadership.

Even though, thanks to the relationship with Ge Dongxu and Zuo Le, Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory had already stood out from the few township enterprises in Wangzhou, rising sharply in importance in the minds of the township's leaders, such importance could never be too great.

Therefore, before their departure, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin had called Township Chief Liu, saying that another shareholder of the tea factory, Dr. Tang Yiyuan, a doctoral supervisor from Jiangnan University of Chinese Medicine, was bringing his doctoral student to the factory for an inspection, and asking whether the township should also send someone to express a welcome.

Upon receiving this call, Township Chief Liu was so excited, he nearly dropped the phone.

It should be known that Wangzhou was a backward mountainous area, with neither money nor talent. The mere investment of several hundred thousand yuan in the "Liu Jiansheng" Herbal Tea Beverage Factory was enough to merit a mention in his annual performance report; one could imagine how stifled Township Chief Liu felt in his role.

Indeed, a good wife can't cook without rice!

Now, Cheng Yazhou told him on the phone that the tea factory, now renamed to "Qinghe," actually had a shareholder who was a professor and doctoral supervisor from the Jiangnan University of Chinese Medicine. To Township Chief Liu, this was an incredibly pleasant surprise, one that would allow him to write a truly glorious passage in this year's government annual report.

So as soon as Cheng Yazhou had hung up the phone, the top leaders of Wangzhou's party committee and government personally took charge of the arrangements to welcome Professor Tang Yiyuan, not only that, but Township Chief Liu also took the initiative to report the matter to the director of the office of Changxi County Government.

In Huaxia Country, although a professorship is an academic position or title, and separate from administrative rankings, the treatment for an associate professor is in accordance with a division-level cadre, and for a professor, it aligns with a department-level cadre. If a professor were to take a temporary administrative position for training, they would be given at least a deputy county head or even a higher-level administrative post. So if one were to make a direct comparison, Tang Yiyuan was essentially at the level of a department-level cadre, except that he had no administrative power.

In such circumstances, if the county government leaders felt it necessary, they would definitely send at least a vice-county-level official to receive him, but if they deemed it unnecessary, they might completely ignore it. After all, Tang Yiyuan was a professor, not a bureaucrat, and had no power to dictate policy to Changxi County.

The director of the county government office obviously hadn't heard of Tang Yiyuan's renown, and upon receiving the call, upon hearing that it was a professor from the University of Chinese Medicine, didn't take it very seriously. Yet, he still instructed Township Chief Liu to ensure proper reception. He would look into the leaders' schedules and arrange a meeting with Professor Tang Yiyuan if time permitted.

Township Chief Liu was somewhat disappointed after hearing this, but since this was still a very important event for Wangzhou, he energetically mobilized the township government staff to prepare for the welcome.

"Welcome Dr. Tang Yiyuan, PhD Supervisor from Jiangnan Province University of Chinese Medicine, to Wangzhou Village"

"Welcome Dr. Tang Yiyuan, PhD Supervisor from Jiangnan Province University of Chinese Medicine, investing in Wangzhou Village"

"Welcome Huang Wenjie, PhD from Jiangnan Province University of Chinese Medicine, to Wangzhou Village"

"..."

A series of red banners were hung up, and the dilapidated main street of the township suddenly became festive, as though a holiday celebration was underway.

The Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory was even less of a question— not only had it been cleaned spotlessly, banners were also hung at the front.

Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin, after all, were not politicians and had no idea how significant the investment of a university doctoral supervisor professor could be to the political achievements of the township leaders. When their car carried them onto the broken-down street of Wangzhou, and they saw the red banners waving, with the Party Secretary Shangguan Yunfeng and Township Head Liu Yongjin, along with some government staff, smiling widely as they stood there to greet them, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin were almost blinded by the sight.

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Shit! Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin looked at each other, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

With such a commotion, who knows what will happen elsewhere, but in Wangzhou Township, the fame of Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory is definitely established now.

The title of a professor really carries weight!

"Professor Tang, welcome, welcome!"

"Dr. Huang, welcome, welcome!"

As soon as Tang Yiyuan and his student Huang Wenjie got out of the car, the secretary and mayor of Wangzhou Township rushed forward eagerly to shake hands warmly with them.

Tang Yiyuan, an expert from the Jiangnan Province medical expert group, who is usually able to talk face-to-face with provincial leaders, was clearly used to such scenes. He smiled, shook hands unhurriedly with the secretary and mayor of Wangzhou Township, exchanged a few pleasantries, then headed into the factory accompanied by everyone who had come to welcome him.

The Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory was small and not of much interest to someone worldly like Tang Yiyuan. But after all, it was a factory invested in by Ge Dongxu, and he himself held a stake in it. Therefore, he naturally took it seriously, asking detailed questions here and there.

The county secretary Shangguan and Mayor Liu found these professional questions quite dull and grew bored as Tang Yiyuan asked in detail.

Just as they were feeling bored, Mayor Liu's mobile phone rang.

Less than a year had passed, and mobile phone prices had dropped again and again. Unlike before, pulling out a mobile phone no longer signified a ten-thousand-yuan household. Mayor Liu, as the mayor of Wangzhou Township, also had one.

He saw the call was from the director of the county government office, and Liu's heart skipped a beat. He hurried to a corner to answer the call.

"Director Li, hello. May I ask if you have any instructions?" Mayor Liu asked humbly as soon as he picked up.

"Is Professor Tang still at your Wangzhou Township?" the director of the county government office inquired.

"Yes, yes." Mayor Liu's heart thumped again. Naturally, he hoped Professor Tang would attract the county leaders' attention. That way, he, as the mayor, would also have the chance to make an appearance in front of the leadership.

"Remember, you must host him well. County Chief Peng and I will be rushing over immediately, and Secretary Jia Kai is already on his way from the city," Director Li's serious voice came through the phone.

Hearing that the county chief and the county party secretary were both rushing over, and that Secretary Jia Kai was specially coming back from the city, Mayor Liu was so shocked that he forgot to reply, his hand holding the phone trembling badly.

After all, he was the mayor of a township, a sectional-level official, Mayor Liu could deduce from these arrangements in the county that Tang Yiyuan's background was much greater than he had imagined.

Otherwise, a university doctoral supervisor, who wasn't from prestigious universities like Huaxia Qing University or Yanjing University, and moreover a Chinese medicine professor, wouldn't have the county party secretary and county chief so eager to come over.