Morning light spilled through the conference room's glass curtain wall onto Lin Yu's notebook, his fountain pen rustling across the yellowed paper. In this work manual, which had accompanied him for five years, were densely recorded all his reflections ranging from urban planning to cultural revitalization. At the moment, the top of the latest page bore the heading "Strategic Framework for Cultural Brand Building," the ink still damp.
"Mayor Lin, Master Li, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor, has arrived." Secretary Xiao Zhou's voice interrupted his contemplation. Looking up, Lin Yu saw an elderly man dressed in an indigo tie-dyed long gown standing at the doorway, cradling a carved wooden box.
"Uncle Li, please come in!" Lin Yu stood up to welcome him. This 72-year-old blue nankeen inheritor had once braved a rainstorm at night to rescue three sets of dyeing vats from the Ming and Qing dynasties, a deed recorded in the local chronicles. The wooden box contained the dyeing manuals guarded by four generations of his family, every yellowed sheet of Xuan paper marked with cinnabar to indicate critical production steps.
Chapter 201