Several things happened before the New Year.
The first significant event was that Shen Yunfang finally found a professional manager through the introduction of Li Hongjun's comrade-in-arms. The manager was not a native but from across the harbor.
This person was named Li Tuo, who wanted to develop his career inland and was subsequently recruited by Shen Yunfang.
Li Tuo was a refined man in his thirties, who, through his resume and a thick stack of certificates, convinced Shen Yunfang to tentatively trust this man who still spoke with a trace of an accent. She followed up on his work for a few days and felt that Li Tuo had some effective methods of doing things.