Provincial Refining was a large petrochemical company with a pure state-owned background. Last year, the annual sales revenue of Provincial Refining once again climbed to a new high, reaching 20.5 billion yuan. Annual profits and taxes totaled more than 2 billion yuan, which generated a lot of tax revenue for the government. Such a petrochemical company was undoubtedly worshipped by the city and district governments as the God of Wealth. Coupled with the financial background of Provincial Refining, the city and district governments had always been open to Provincial Refining. They would try their best to meet any requirements of the company.
Last year, for example, Provincial Refining wanted to enclose another 50 hectares of land for the development of the enterprise. The Nangang District government helped Provincial Refining complete the land acquisition in the shortest time possible to meet the development requirements of Provincial Refining.
At this moment, Chen Ronggui suddenly thought of the two major investors of Provincial Refining, and his original trace of worry disappeared in an instant. If Chen Xing really dared to stop Provincial Refining, it would be Chen Xing's order, and it had nothing to do with the Nangang District government. When the higher-ups questioned them, they could completely deny it. If Chen Xing was punished, they could also hide in the sidelines and gloat. After all, it was none of their business.
Naturally, Chen Xing didn't know what Chen Ronggui was thinking. The group walked along the small river in Big Head Village for a while. As they walked upstream, they found a large water pipe connected to the industrial district discharging sewage into the river.
Zhao Shiming, Chen Ronggui, and the others were not surprised by this scene. They had never personally visited Big Head Village before, and it was their first time visiting the village. However, Big Head Village was known as the Cancer Village. Zhao Shiming, Chen Ronggui, and the other leaders did not need to use their brains to know that the pollution situation here was very serious. Otherwise, it would not have caused such a serious situation. However, for the petrochemical industrial district that the city highly valued, and the petrochemical enterprises that could bring a lot of tax revenue to the district, the Nangang District Government had always treated the enterprises in the industrial district like a Buddha. They would not make things difficult for the enterprises for the sake of the villagers.
The people from the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau came quickly. They arrived at Big Head Village from the urban area in about 40 minutes. Chen Xing immediately ordered the people from the Environmental Protection Bureau to test the sewage discharged from the petrochemical industrial area. Zeng Ping, the director of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, had no objection to Chen Xing's instructions, and asked his people to quickly take water samples.
Because the detailed test results could not be released on the spot, Chen Xing circled around the petrochemical industrial area and entered the industrial area. Many villagers followed him in, forming a very strange scene. A group of leaders followed a large group of villagers, as if the leaders were leading the villagers to war.
Mayor Chen said that the detailed test report would come out in three days, but it would take about 20 minutes to get the approximate data. It would be easy to know whether the pollution was over the standard or not. Zeng Ping, who was walking beside Chen Xing, whispered in Chen Xing's ear when Zhao Shiming and Chen Guirong were not paying attention. In fact, he did not want to offend Zhao Shiming and Chen Guirong directly, but Zeng Ping could not help but want to flatter Chen Xing. People like Zhao Shiming and Chen Guirong, who were supported by their superiors, might have some conflicts with Chen Xing, but Zeng Ping did not have any backers. He was eager to get close to Chen Xing. Even though Chen Xing was not in a good situation now, he still thought highly of Chen Xing. After all, Li Haocheng was only the Executive Deputy Mayor. Chen Xing had the overall power. If he wanted to suppress Li Haocheng step by step, he could completely suppress Li Haocheng sooner or later. In particular, the Municipal Government executive meeting a few days ago had greatly increased Zeng Ping's confidence in Chen Xing. This young acting mayor was very shrewd and did not look like a hothead at all.
Hearing Zeng Ping's words, Chen Xing was stunned for a moment.
Then he nodded. Twenty minutes was not a long time. If there was any pollution, the enterprises that discharged sewage could be suspended for rectification.
In fact, anyone with eyes could see that the ink-like sewage must be seriously polluted, and there was no need for testing at all. However, this matter had to go through the formalities, and it was more convincing to show the results of the Environmental Protection Agency than to say it out loud.
Because of the arrival of Chen Xing, the persons in charge of the Petrochemical Industrial Zone Working Committee and the Management Committee hurriedly came out to greet him, including the persons in charge of several enterprises. Wu Desheng, the secretary of the Industrial Zone Working Committee and the director of the Management Committee, introduced them to Chen Xing one by one.
Chen Xing did not engage in any small talk with them. Wu Desheng suggested that they visit the industrial district, but Chen Xing rejected it, leaving Wu Desheng confused. Seeing that both Zhao Shiming and Chen Ronggui had a serious look on their faces, Wu Desheng was even more surprised.
Chen Xing walked directly to the water pipe that extended to the river outside the industrial zone and discharged sewage into the river. Along the water pipe, he walked to the side of a sewage treatment pond in a factory.
To Chen Xing's surprise, this sewage treatment pond did not belong to the Provincial Oil Refining Company. Although the Provincial Oil Refining Company was closest to the river in Big Head Village, the water pipe was not connected from their sewage treatment pond, but from a chemical factory next to the Provincial Oil Refining Company. After asking, Chen Xing learned that it was the factory of Dongcheng Chemical Industry, which specialized in the production of nylon.
Wu Desheng did not know that Chen Xing came specifically for the pollution. He kept introducing to Chen Xing the nylon 66 production line put into operation by Dongcheng Chemical Industry, which filled the gap in Nanhai Province, and Dongcheng Chemical Industry was a world-famous nylon producer.
Director Wu, this water pipe from the sewage treatment pond has been connected to the river outside the industrial zone. Every day, it continuously discharged sewage. Do you know that? Chen Xing interrupted Wu Desheng's words and asked coldly.
Wu Desheng's face stiffened. At this time, he secretly turned his head to look at Zhao Shiming and Chen Ronggui's expressions. Only then did Wu Desheng realize that Chen Xing's sudden arrival today was not to inspect the petrochemical industry zone, but to denounce them.
Mayor Chen, the sewage from the enterprise is treated before it is discharged. Wu Desheng answered in a low voice, but he was not very confident. Wu Desheng knew all the enterprises in the industrial zone. He knew which enterprises strictly implemented the environmental protection investment according to the contract, and which enterprises cut corners. Wu Desheng was clear about it, but he also chose to turn a blind eye to it.
Discharged after treatment? Then let me ask you, is the treated sewage up to the standard? Chen Xing stared at Wu Desheng.
Being stared at by Chen Xing, Wu Desheng's eyes flickered. In the face of Chen Xing's aggressive questioning, Wu Desheng obviously did not dare to say that it was up to the standard. Otherwise, he would only embarrass himself.
Standing beside Wu Desheng, Zhou Yi, the general manager of Dongcheng Chemical Industry Nangang Branch, who originally wanted to introduce the situation of the enterprise to Chen Xing, was also embarrassed at this time. If he had known this would happen, he would have hidden in the office and let the vice president of the company deal with it. As the general manager of the branch, Zhou Yi was well aware of whether the sewage treatment after the production of the factory was up to the standard. In the past two years, the company's production line had been expanding, and the production capacity was increasing. However, the sewage treatment pond was designed according to the first stage of production capacity, and there was no way to cope with the increased sewage treatment capacity after the later stage of production capacity increase. A lot of sewage was discharged directly without treatment.
The reason why the treatment capacity of the sewage treatment pond was not increased correspondingly was that the investment was not small. Expanding the sewage treatment pond, upgrading the equipment, and so on would need to invest at least hundreds of millions of funds. In order to save this money, the company simply discharged the sewage directly. Anyway, they were not the ones affected.
Not long after, the test results from the Environmental Protection Agency came out. Although it was not a detailed report, the rough data alone was enough to prove that the sewage seriously exceeded the standard. Chen Xing handed the simple report to Zhou Yi. General Manager Zhou, take a look at it yourself.
Seeing that Zhou Yi only glanced at it and then looked away without much change in his expression, Chen Xing knew that as the person in charge of the company, Zhou Yi must have known about the existence of this situation.
General Manager Zhou, I don't care whether you know about this situation before or not. Now I only have two requirements for you: first, immediately stop discharging sewage; second, stop the business for rectification. When the expansion and upgrade of your sewage treatment pond is completed, and the water discharged to the outside is up to the standard, you can resume production. Chen Xing made a decision almost without hesitation.
Mayor Chen, you … Zhou Yi was anxious and did not know what to say for a moment. He could only look at Wu Desheng, Zhao Shiming, Chen Ronggui, and the others for help.
Mayor Chen, don't you think you made this decision too rashly? Do you want to inform the other leaders of the city before making a decision? Chen Ronggui gathered his courage and stood out.
Why, does Mayor Chen think that I, as the mayor, do not even have the power to make such a decision?
No, that's not what I meant. Chen Ronggui hurriedly denied, avoiding Chen Xing's gaze. Chen Ronggui explained, "Every day the company stops production will cause a huge loss. Mayor Chen, don't you think about the company?
We should think about the company, but don't we think about the people when we think about the company? Can we not care about the lives of the people? Mayor Chen, does your district not understand the situation of Big Head Village all these years, or do you know but are too lazy to do anything? As long as the people who live here are not the family and friends of the cadres, you are indifferent and do not care about the lives of the villagers? Chen Xing held his breath and almost lost his temper at Chen Ronggui on the spot. The last sentence was even more like questioning the cadres of the Nangang District.
Mayor Chen, you … I don't agree with what you said. The cadres of our district do not think that way. Chen Guirong's face turned green and red, and he denied it forcefully.
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