It was nearly four o 'clock in the afternoon when the meeting of the Standing Committee was over. The strong opposition to the old city reconstruction project was beyond Chen Xing's expectation. In the end, the proposal was left unsettled.
At the meeting of the Standing Committee, which lasted more than an hour, they only discussed the restrictions on public car consumption, the strict implementation of the regulations on the allocation of cars for cadres, the cancellation of general government receptions, and so on. The specific details had to be submitted to the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee for research and development. Chen Xing's proposal to increase revenue and reduce expenditure had undoubtedly taken the first step.
Wangshan City's financial income was low and its structure was unitary. How could it increase revenue? This was another difficult problem. Chen Xing also proposed at the meeting that to increase revenue, the first thing to do was to invest. There were many scenic spots in Wangshan City, which was suitable for promoting tourism to surrounding cities and attracting short-distance self-driving tours from surrounding cities. However, Wangshan City had always been in a blank state in terms of tourism promotion. The city did not pay much attention to it, and the tourism department did not take many measures. It was necessary to make more efforts in this area in the future.
Sun Ying questioned Chen Xing's proposal to increase investment in tourism promotion. Chen Xing himself proposed to increase revenue and reduce expenditure at the meeting. He held this Standing Committee to think about how to reduce some unnecessary expenses. In the end, he said to increase investment in tourism promotion. Wasn't this contradictory? Where would the city get the money to increase tourism promotion?
In this regard, Chen Xing also put forward his own views. The investment in tourism promotion would not use the city's financial funds. Instead, he would set up a Wangshan Tourism Investment (Holding) Group Limited to integrate the tourism resources of Wangshan City and use such a platform to finance and obtain the funds needed for the development of Wangshan City's tourism.
After Chen Xing put forward such an idea, no one objected. Wangshan City's official financing platform was relatively lacking, but Chen Xing's idea was not novel. It was just that everyone did not have much concept of tourism promotion before, so everyone selectively ignored it. Everyone thought that Wangshan City was remote and there were no famous scenic spots and historical sites in the country. Who would come to Wangshan City to promote tourism? Look at the famous tourist attractions in the city. The ticket price for each attraction was only 20 yuan. The annual ticket income was not much, so no one would pay attention to this area.
After the meeting of the Standing Committee, Li Kaishan went to Chen Xing's office alone. As for the establishment of a tourism investment holding company mentioned by Chen Xing, Li Kaishan guessed that Chen Xing must have made up his mind to do it. Otherwise, he would not have proposed it at the Standing Committee. No one else opposed it, so Chen Xing must have started to do it.
Secretary Chen, it's not difficult to set up a tourism investment company. The problem is financing. With the actual situation of Wangshan City, financing is not easy. Li Kaishan said.
If we want financing, we can only go to the bank. If we don't look for these Gods of Fortune, where can we get financing? Chen Xing smiled.
Yes, we have to look for the banks. The banks in the City might not be willing to do this. The banks are in charge of this matter. If they are not willing, there is nothing we can do. Li Kaishan frowned.
If the banks in the City are not willing, we can go to the provincial banks. Chen Xing smiled. I don't think it will be too difficult to operate this matter. It's just that most of the cadres in the City think that we can't do tourism, so no one cares about this.
Can we look for the provincial banks? Li Kaishan looked at Chen Xing thoughtfully and thought that Chen Xing seemed to have an idea long ago.
He didn't stay in Chen Xing's office for long. Li Kaishan chatted for a while and then left. He knew that the Standing Committee meeting today didn't seem to have any real impact, but in fact, it had already thrown a small stone into the calm pool of stagnant water in Wangshan, causing circles of ripples. In the future, this pool of stagnant water might no longer be calm. Today's Standing Committee meeting was very likely to become a fuse for a storm in the future. Perhaps this fuse would be extinguished, but Li Kaishan would never allow that to happen. Even if it was extinguished, he would rekindle it.
Back at the Municipal Government, Li Kaishan expected Zhang Lixing to come to him. As expected, as soon as he entered the office, Zhang Lixing walked in. Zhang Lixing still didn't have any sense of hierarchy. He walked straight to the sofa and sat down with his legs crossed, as if he were the owner of the mayor's office.
It was rare for Deputy Mayor Zhang to have the time to come to his office after a meeting. Li Kaishan glanced at Zhang Lixing, his face expressionless.
Mayor Li is the top leader, so I should also report to Mayor Li from time to time. Zhang Lixing looked at Li Kaishan mockingly, but after all, he wasn't here to mock Li Kaishan. Zhang Lixing wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense. He changed the topic and said, "You went to see Secretary Chen in the morning. What did you talk about?
What could I talk about? The people below me reached out for money, so I naturally went to report the situation to Secretary Chen. At the end of the year, the financial gap was getting bigger and bigger. If I don't think of a solution now, what else can I do? Li Kaishan said calmly.
Is that really all you talked about? Secretary Chen just proposed to suspend the old city reconstruction project at the meeting. You didn't come up with this idea, did you? Zhang Lixing stared closely at Li Kaishan, for fear that he would miss any expression on Li Kaishan's face. He was afraid that Li Kaishan was behind this. Usually, he thought that Li Kaishan, the old turtle, wouldn't dare to mess around and wouldn't make any waves. He had always been full of confidence. But just now at the Standing Committee meeting, Zhang Lixing was really scared and broke out in a cold sweat. He was really afraid that Chen Xing would really go against the old city reconstruction project. Chen Xing was new here, so Zhang Lixing felt that Chen Xing couldn't set his eyes on the old city reconstruction project at once. He couldn't help but focus his attention on Li Kaishan. Maybe Li Kaishan was behind this idea. Zhang Lixing had to guard against this possibility. He was also worried that he was too confident and would fail miserably.
"Deputy Mayor Zhang, do you think that if I had put forward that idea to Secretary Chen, I would have opposed it at the meeting just now? Then in Secretary Chen's eyes, I would also be a two-faced villain. I don't think there's anything wrong with my brain. " Li Kaishan snorted coldly.
Zhang Lixing was stunned for a moment. He stared at Li Kaishan's eyes and didn't see anything strange. Frowning, Zhang Lixing withdrew his gaze. It seemed that it was really Chen Xing's idea. Li Kaishan really couldn't do that, and he didn't have the courage to do that. He was probably just being paranoid.
Secretary Chen's proposal about the old city reconstruction project was opposed by everyone at the Standing Committee, and it wasn't passed. Deputy Mayor Zhang, why are you so nervous? Li Kaishan glanced at Zhang Lixing with a calm expression.
"Hey, what's there for me to be nervous about? The old city reconstruction project has already started. How can it be stopped so easily? Even if Secretary Chen wants to stop it, he doesn't have the ability. This is Mountain Gaze, and no one can change the status quo here." Zhang Lixing looked at Li Kaishan, and his words implied a warning. "I came here just to tell Mayor Li that he'd better do what he should do and don't go out of line. The price of going out of line is very heavy."
"Is Deputy Mayor Zhang warning me?" Li Kaishan and Zhang Lixing looked at each other, and blue veins stood out on his hands under the table.
"Oh, I don't have the guts. I'm just reminding Mayor Li. Mayor Li has always done a good job before, and he just performed well at the Standing Committee. Isn't it good to say what should be said? I hope Mayor Li can keep it up. Good for you, good for me, and good for everyone." Zhang Lixing got up with a smile. "Mayor Li is a busy man, so I won't disturb your work."
Zhang Lixing left Li Kaishan's office with a smile. He could imagine Li Kaishan suppressing his anger but not daring to lose it. He curled his lips disdainfully. If it weren't for Chen Jianfei's unexpected death, Li Kaishan wouldn't have been able to hold the position of mayor for long. But things in the world were unpredictable.
In the evening, there was an endless stream of guests and cars going in and out of the Xincheng Hotel. This was the only five-star hotel in Wangshan City. Although it was expensive, it did not hinder the business here. Every time the leaders and cadres of the counties and cities in Wangshan City came to the city, they would also come here to spend money.
Zhang Lixing stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the presidential box of the hotel, which was located on the twelfth floor of the hotel. In Wangshan City, there were not many high-rise buildings. Standing at this height, he could already overlook the Wangshan District. At night, there was no bustling and bustling metropolis, only the tranquility of the mountain city. This was the true portrayal of Wangshan. Except for a few commercial places in the urban area where people gathered, there were not many people on Wangshan Street at night, especially in winter. The temperature difference between day and night in Wangshan was huge.
In the evening, Liang Jing accompanied Zhang Lixing to socialize. Qian Xinlai, the boss of the Xincheng Group, had not come yet. At this moment, only she and Zhang Lixing were in the box. As for Zhang Lixing's secretary and driver, they were eating in the restaurant downstairs and did not follow them.
Liang Jing didn't know what Zhang Lixing was thinking about, but judging from Zhang Lixing's expression, it must not be something happy. Today, at the Standing Committee meeting, she heard that Secretary Chen proposed to increase income and reduce expenditure, and that government officials were prohibited from coming to the Xincheng Hotel. Liang Jing didn't know what such a seemingly small matter would cause in Wangshan City. As a person who could stand at the top of Wangshan City, Liang Jing knew that the Xincheng Group was a giant in Wangshan City. If the Xincheng Group was compared to a towering tree, then the roots of this tree had penetrated deep into every corner of Wangshan City. If this tree fell, then Wangshan City would be shaken.
It was unknown how many cadres in the city were related to the Xincheng Group. Liang Jing knew that what she knew was only the tip of the iceberg. She didn't dare to probe into such matters. Sometimes, it was wise to play dumb.
Zhang Lixing raised his hand to look at the time. Qian Xinlai said that it would take him another half an hour to arrive, so he still had to wait. He looked at the Municipal Government Building not far away. Although it was called a building, it was actually just a slightly old six-story office building that had been built for nearly 20 years. The Municipal Government had always been working there. In Zhang Lixing's opinion, it was time to build a magnificent government building. In the future, the Wangshan Municipal Government would move to Jiangbin New District. In Zhang Lixing's plan, the second phase of the old city renovation project included the construction of the new Municipal Government Building.
"Liang Jing, what kind of person do you think the new Secretary Chen is?" Zhang Lixing looked into the distance and suddenly asked.
"Mayor, how would I know? That Secretary Chen has just arrived and there probably aren't many people who know him. Besides, I'm just the director of the Municipal Government Office and I don't have much opportunity to interact with him." Liang Jing smiled and shook her head.
The director of the Municipal Government Office was not a small position. If he were to be promoted further, he would become a leader of the city. "Little Jing, you can't be too greedy." Zhang Lixing smiled.
"In front of you, I'll always be just a lowly official who runs errands." Liang Jing said coquettishly.
"Oh, what a sweet talker." Zhang Lixing was all smiles. He was also very satisfied with Liang Jing's answer. He liked obedient subordinates.
"I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. Mayor, you have to believe me." Liang Jing smiled.
"Liang Jing, who do you think is in charge of Wangshan City?" Zhang Lixing pointed to the mountain city in front of him. His eyes lit up and he suddenly said.
"Of course, it's you, mayor. Otherwise, who else can make the decision?" Liang Jing was stunned for a moment and then flattered him.
"No, I can't make the decision. Without being the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, who dares to say that they can make the decision?" Zhang Lixing narrowed his eyes.
"But even the new Secretary Chen's words are not as effective as yours. On the surface, he's the top leader, but in my eyes, he's not as good as you, mayor." Liang Jing was very glib. She knew how to say what the other party wanted to hear.
"I know you know how to please people with your glib tongue." Zhang Lixing shook his head and smiled. It was rare that he didn't show an arrogant look. He sighed. "Secretary Jianfei's death was not worth it. If he were still here, Wangshan would definitely change completely according to our will. Unfortunately, Chen Xing is here now. He's the biggest variable. No matter what, he's the nominal top leader. Who knows what will happen in the future?"
Liang Jing looked at Zhang Lixing in surprise. There was some shock in his eyes. He had been by Zhang Lixing's side for two years. When had he ever seen Zhang Lixing show such a lack of confidence? In the past, when Chen Jianfei was still alive, Zhang Lixing and Zhang Lixing were birds of a feather. They were in cahoots with each other and were arrogant in Wangshan City. Zhang Lixing had always been complacent. Liang Jing had never seen Zhang Lixing with such an expression. At this moment, one could imagine the surprise in his heart.
"Mayor, are you worried about the old city renovation project?" Liang Jing asked in a low voice.
"Yes, but not exactly." Zhang Lixing shook his head. It was impossible for Chen Xing to stop this project even if he wanted to. However, the fact that he had made such a suggestion was a dangerous signal. It meant that he might harm our interests, and we couldn't ignore it.
"Oh." Liang Jing responded faintly and didn't dare to ask anything more. She didn't want to know too much about Zhang Lixing and his gang, nor did she want to get too involved. Sometimes, it was not a good thing to know too much. However, when she thought of Li Kaishan, Liang Jing's little face turned slightly pale. She forgot that she couldn't control herself now.
"Hey, what's wrong? You suddenly don't look good." Zhang Lixing noticed Liang Jing's strangeness.
"No, nothing." Liang Jing's heart tightened and she quickly shook her head. Her little face, which changed faster than a Sichuan Opera face, instantly became charming.
In the private room, the two were talking. Before Zhang Lixing realized how long it had been, someone pushed the door open and came in. Seeing that it was Qian Xinlai, Zhang Lixing's expression became serious and he greeted Qian Xinlai with a smile. Mr. Qian was really a busy man. Now he didn't stay in Mount Gaze for a few days a month.
As the company grew larger, it naturally had to expand. In the next two days, they would go to Beiyuan City to inspect a project, which was close to Mount Gaze. When the company expanded, it would give priority to the surrounding cities to see if there were any suitable projects. Qian Xinlai smiled, glanced at Liang Jing, and then looked away. He had long known that Zhang Lixing had an ambiguous relationship with this office director.
After inviting Zhang Lixing to sit down, Qian Xinlai also sat down. Qian Xinlai already knew about the meeting of the standing committee in the afternoon. As the boss of the company, he was like an emperor in Mount Gaze. If anything happened in the city, someone would report it to him immediately.
Knowing the purpose of Zhang Lixing's visit, Qian Xinlai said, "I heard that the new Secretary Chen almost ruined our plan."
He could only say that he had the intention, but he couldn't ruin it. Although he was the leader, he didn't have the final say in the standing committee. Zhang Lixing's expression was serious. "But the current situation should also arouse our vigilance.
Can we think of a way to get him involved? " Qian Xinlai looked at Zhang Lixing.
"It's not that we can't consider it, but we don't know what weaknesses Huang has, so it's better not to act rashly, lest we shoot ourselves in the foot." Zhang Lixing said solemnly.
"What does a man like? It's nothing more than beauty and money. If we start with these two, I don't believe it won't work. " As Qian Xinlai spoke, he glanced at Zhang Lixing. Zhang Lixing was a typical man who loved women and money. With his many years of experience in dealing with officials, he could often succeed by relying on these two qualities.
"President Qian, I don't object to your idea, but we'd better figure out Chen Xing first. This kind of thing can't be sloppy." Zhang Lixing said.
"Don't worry, I'll test him first." Qian Xinlai waved his hand and said. Whether it was women or money, as long as he liked it, he was not afraid of not being able to satisfy him.
"For a man like Chen Xing, even if he is really interested in women, ordinary women can't enter his eyes. Mr. Qian, if you want to work hard in this area, you have to find the best one." Zhang Lixing said with a smile. He knew that Qian Xinlai was not short of money, so he only mentioned women.
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In the brightly lit office, it was almost nine o 'clock. Chen Xing was still in the office. In the evening, he asked Huang Jianghua to bring food up from the canteen. Chen Xing still had a simple dinner in the office. At this time, he was looking through the materials. Chen Xing wanted to set up a tourism investment holding company, but who would be at the helm of this company had become a problem in front of Chen Xing. At that time, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government would definitely recommend candidates, but Chen Xing hoped to have someone he knew take charge of this company. However, he had just arrived at Mount Wang and was faced with a situation where there was no one he could use.
On the desk was a thick register of the cadres of the municipal government. Chen Xing skimmed through it and rubbed his temples with a headache.
"Secretary, let your subordinates recommend a few candidates first, and then you can choose from them." When Huang Jianghua came in and saw Chen Xing's headache, he said with a smile.
"What you said is only the most basic method. Forget it, let's not think about this first. I still have to go to Nanzhou tomorrow. Alas, look at how busy I am. I haven't stayed for two days and then I have to go to Nanzhou." Chen Xing smiled bitterly. It would take eight hours to go back and forth. Chen Xing really felt tired by the car ride.
"Secretary, you still have to go to Nanzhou tomorrow. Should we go back to rest early tonight?" "It's already nine o 'clock now, but you're the only leader staying here to work overtime." Huang Jianghua said with a smile.
"Okay, then let's go back." Chen Xing raised his hand to look at the time. It was so late before he knew it.
Chen Xing came out of the office building of the Municipal Party Committee. Li Yong was standing by the car smoking. When he saw Chen Xing coming over, he threw away the cigarette, got in the car, and started it.
At night, there were not many pedestrians on the Mount Wang Street, except for the pedestrian street and other commercial streets. In the autumn evening, the weather had turned cold, and most people were more accustomed to curling up in bed early.
There were only five or six hundred thousand permanent residents in Mount Wang. No wonder it was so deserted. Huang Jianghua turned his head to look out of the window and said that the urban population of this prefecture-level city could not even catch up with the urban population of those developed county-level cities along the coast.
The population base of Mount Wang was not large to begin with. Together with the two cities and six counties under its jurisdiction, the total population was only about four million. How many people could you count on in the urban area? Chen Xing smiled. According to the proportion, the population of the urban area was a lot of five or six hundred thousand.
"Secretary, I remember the statistics of Nanzhou City last year. The population of the urban area was almost more than three million, right? Huang Jianghua said.
Nanzhou was a provincial capital city. There was no comparison. Chen Xing smiled and shook his head. However, the population was moving to the economically developed areas. If Mount Wang developed in the future, it could also attract foreign people.
While Chen Xing and Huang Jianghua were talking, the car suddenly came to a screeching halt. Chen Xing, who was sitting in the back seat, bumped his head into the headrest of the front seat. Huang Jianghua, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, didn't fasten his seatbelt and was thrown forward as well. Fortunately, he used his hand to support himself, otherwise, he would have hit his head.
"Secretary, are you all right?" Li Yong first looked back at Chen Xing anxiously. When he saw that Chen Xing had only hit his forehead on the headrest and seemed to be fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Huang Jianghua. "Secretary Huang, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Xiao Li, you used to drive very steadily. Tonight, you saw that I did not fasten my seat belt. Are you trying to murder me on purpose?" Huang Jianghua joked.
"No, didn't someone suddenly appear out of nowhere?" Li Yong looked sullen. Seeing that the two of them were fine, Li Yong unfastened his seat belt and got out of the car. The person who suddenly appeared was still standing in front of the car. Li Yong was furious and was about to scold her. Do you have a death wish?
When he got out of the car and saw the person in front of him, Li Yong rolled his eyes helplessly. He had an impression of her as soon as he saw her. She was the lunatic whom Chen Xing had met on the way to attend the Jiangbin Bridge's completion ceremony. At that time, she even caused their cars to stop and Wei Sida seemed to have been spat on by her. When he saw that it was the lunatic, Li Yong immediately lost his temper. Seeing that she was standing in front of the car without moving away, Li Yong did not know if the lunatic, who was covered in black and tattered clothes, could understand a normal person's language. He waved his hand and yelled, "Go away. Do you have a death wish? Why are you standing in front of the car?"
Li Yong soon realized that he was playing the lute to a cow. The lunatic turned to look at him. Under her hair that was blown away by the wind was a face that was covered in dirt. He could not see her face clearly, but she was grinning at him. To Li Yong, it was clearly a silly smile.
Chen Xing got out of the car too. He was talking to Huang Jianghua just now when Li Yong suddenly braked. Chen Xing also got out of the car with concern, not knowing if he had bumped into anyone.
Secretary, she was the lunatic whom he had met previously. Li Yong couldn't help but ask when he saw Chen Xing walking over.
You didn't bump into anyone, did you? Chen Xing asked as he stared at the lunatic who had messy hair and a dirty face. Chen Xing shook his head. It was really frustrating to encounter such a lunatic.
He did not bump into her, but this lunatic could not understand a normal person's language. It was really tiring to talk to her. Li Yong smiled bitterly. Secretary, please get in the car. I think we should take a detour.
Alright. Chen Xing nodded.
Before the two of them got in the car, the lunatic walked towards Chen Xing and kept laughing. Hehe.
Hehe.
In the night, her laughter was a little scary.
The lunatic pointed at Chen Xing with a silly smile on her face. I know you. You are Mayor Zhao who slept with someone else's wife and was caught red-handed. Haha, hehe.
Chen Xing smiled bitterly when he heard this. Meeting such a lunatic, he could only suffer in silence. He could not say anything, but he could not argue with her. He could only quickly get in the car.
Li Yong also got in the car without saying anything and drove around the lunatic. He could still vaguely hear the laughter coming from behind.
The car drove away, but the lunatic still stayed in the same place, quietly watching Chen Xing's car drive away. She still had that signature silly smile on her face. In the hazy night, her thin figure looked lonely and desolate. Only her eyes occasionally flashed with a glimmer of light.
That lunatic's mouth was always spouting nonsense. Last time, she seemed to have called Director Wei a cuckold or something. Didn't that mean that Chief Wei had been cuckolded? No wonder Chief Wei's face turned green with anger. Li Yong couldn't help but laugh when he said that.
"She even said that I slept with someone else's wife. If I take this lunatic's words seriously, I will be angry." Chen Xing smiled.
"Secretary, she was not talking about you just now, was she? She was talking about Mayor Zhao, definitely not you." Li Yong said.
"That lunatic probably doesn't know who she is talking about. She said something about Mayor Zhao, but her finger is pointing at me. No one really knows what she is talking about." Chen Xing shook his head with a smile. "Let's not talk about this. We have nothing better to do. Why are we discussing the words of a lunatic?"
In the quiet night, in an inconspicuous hotel in Mount Wang City, in a luxurious room on the third floor, a man and a woman were leaning against the bed, talking and laughing. From their uneven breathing, it could be seen that they had just finished doing something.
"When will Chief Wei go home?" The man rested for a while and took out his mobile phone from the small table at the head of the bed to check the time.
"Don't worry. He won't go out until eight o 'clock in the evening. An old classmate of his came to Mount Wang on a business trip and asked him to go out for a drink. He won't be back until eleven o' clock." The woman looked at the man and curled her lips. "You're worried about this after you've finished doing it?
It's you who asked me out. I had to find an excuse to cheat my wife to come out. " The man glanced at the woman with a smile.
"Yanxue, let me tell you something. The city is going to set up a tourism investment holding group. Can you find a way to make Chief Wei recommend me as much as possible?" The man said.
"Tourism investment holding group?" "What's that?" The woman named Yanxue was stunned. Her full name was Chen Yanxue.
"It's a new investment and financing company that the city is going to set up. I can't explain it to you in a short time. Anyway, there must be a lot of profits." The man said.
"Oh." Chen Yanxue didn't have much interest when she heard that. She smiled and said, "Let me help you. You have to make me happy first. Otherwise, I won't help you."
"Hey, when did I not make you happy? Every time you asked me to come out, I tried my best to come out."
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