The multimillionaire returned to his hometown as a village branch secretary to lead the poor village on the road to prosperity.

"the country roads used to be muddy, but after Secretary Yang came, it was convenient to build roads and bridges."I used to live in three tiled houses, but now I have three new houses." these are the words of the villagers of Desheng Village. What they call Secretary Yang is Yang Hengjun, branch secretary of Desheng Central Village, Xinqiao Town, Jingjiang City.

Yang Hengjun started with 300 yuan. A few years later, he owned two trading companies and more than 100 supermarket chains. He was worth tens of millions of dollars. In 2009, he returned to his hometown as a village branch secretary, trying to change the backwardness of his hometown. In 2014, the total social output value of Desheng Central Village reached 480 million yuan, more than nine times that of 2008, and the collective operating income of the village reached 2.8 million yuan, 100 times that of 2008.

When Yang Hengjun was appointed as a village secretary five years ago, his company was in full swing, with a turnover of 50 million yuan in 2009. At that time, the collective disposable income of 2300 households was only 23000 yuan, but the debt was as high as 480000 yuan. "this land gives birth to me and raises me, and this is the best way for me to repay it." Yang Hengjun said. Once, when Yang Hengjun visited Hengjing Town, Gaoyou City, he found that Salted Duck Egg in the town was green, but the sales situation was not very satisfactory. Subsequently, the village, with Desheng planting and breeding cooperative as the main body, applied for the registration of the "Desheng brand" trademark, adopted agricultural super docking, agricultural enterprise docking, and other ways, and sold the "Desheng brand" Salted Duck Egg to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places, adding 400000 yuan to the collective income of the village in two months. In 2011, Yang Hengjun attracted Wuxi Yangshan peach to settle down to create "Desheng brand" peach. Then, the village transferred 300 mu of land, planned and built a Desheng organic rice planting base, invigorated the existing land resources, built more than 1000 square meters of standardized factory buildings, successively attracted 12 industrial enterprises, and encouraged villagers to run "farm parks" such as picking and fishing, and develop leisure tourism projects in Desheng Township Village. Today, eight Desheng brands cover the primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and contribute more and more to the collective economy of the village.

Wu Shimei, a member of the village committee, said that the financial system in the village is very strict, and every penny spent will be discussed in a meeting. Yang Hengjun said, "in ordinary posts at the grass-roots level, there are tens of millions of people like me. As long as ordinary people become rich and live a comfortable and convenient life, they should work a little harder."