Song Chaoyang asked curiously, "Then what did Xu Shenghua say?"
Meng Hongbin said angrily, "In the end, he didn't agree! He made it sound nice, saying that since we still can't meet the promotion standards and there's still a long way to go, we should temporarily give up on the promotion work and focus on the academy's development. When we heard that, it made sense, so we decided to postpone the promotion work for the time being and focus on the academy's development. After all, one needs to be strong to forge iron, right? But who would have thought that even though Principal Xu said that he would invest heavily in the academy's development, in the past four years, the academy's infrastructure, teaching staff, scale, and academic development have not made any significant progress. Instead, the academy's office building has been renovated, demolished, and rebuilt. The same goes for the academy's roads, which have been under construction almost every month. He also spent a lot of money to buy many expensive trees, saying that he wants to build a garden-type academy. He also bought a lot of high-end office furniture and electrical appliances, as well as cars. In short, he spent a lot of money, but not a single cent was used on the most important things. It's all like he wasted it. "
Song Chaoyang flew into a rage when he heard that. If it weren't for the fact that he was surrounded by a group of internal and external school leaders, he would have opened his mouth and cursed.
Li Jing interrupted, "Is this all Xu Shenghua's doing?"
Meng Hongbin said, "Yes, other than him, no one else has this power. As the Principal, he has a lot of power. He's arrogant and doesn't care about the other leaders. The school's leadership group is completely under his control. Whatever he says is right. Whatever he wants to do is done. No one can say no. It's useless even if they did. He won't listen. In the past four years, he's practically the local tyrant of the academy. He has the final say and does whatever he wants. Everyone is afraid of him. "
Song Chaoyang said unhappily, "Didn't any of you try to persuade him to do this? Even if persuasion didn't work, didn't you try to report it to the higher-ups? Also, what's the school's disciplinary department for? Are they blind? "
Meng Hongbin sighed bitterly, "We did, but it was useless. We were even scolded by him. Who dared to persuade him again? Some people also reported his problem to the city's education department, but they were retaliated against the next day. Who dared to report him again? There is a disciplinary office in the academy, but who would dare to investigate the dean and secretary of the party committee? "
He was being lenient with his words. He only said that there was an Office of Discipline Inspection in the school, but didn't say that there was a Secretary for Discipline Inspection. He also didn't say that the Secretary for Discipline Inspection was part of the school's leadership. It could be said that he was being lenient with the Secretary for Discipline Inspection.
Song Chaoyang was furious. He sighed and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about the promotion. Now that the academy wants to be upgraded to an undergraduate institution, is there any problem? "
Meng Hongbin's expression became very sad. He said mournfully, "I'm not afraid that you won't be happy if I tell you. It's not that there are other problems, but that there are problems in all the aspects I just mentioned. Infrastructure, teaching staff, school scale, and discipline development. These are the four main aspects, which are also the four main indicators to be checked for promotion. We have problems with all of them. Actually, if we had really invested heavily in these four areas in the first four years, even if we couldn't completely meet the upgrade standards, we wouldn't be too far off. What a pity, sigh … how sad! "
As he spoke, the rims of his eyes turned red, and his expression was incomparably desolate and sorrowful, as if his child could no longer grow up due to insufficient feeding.
Song Chaoyang frowned and said, "Is the problem very big? Is there a way to solve it? " Meng Hongbin nodded heavily and said, "The problem isn't very big, so there is a way to solve it." Song Chaoyang hurriedly asked, "How?" Meng Hongbin said, "First, we need time. Second, we need investment." Song Chaoyang became excited when he heard this and said, "Tell me in detail." Meng Hongbin said, "First, we need at least two years to complete all the construction work. Second, we need the city to invest more in our academy. If these two points can be met, it won't be a problem to meet the upgrade standards. We are confident that before the year after next, we will meet the basic requirements for the upgrade and strive to enter the Ministry of Education's list of academies for promotion in the third year. "After he finished speaking, he looked at the other team members and said," What do the leaders think? "
Ever since Xu Shenghua had been carried out, the pressure from the head of the academy was gone. These team members all wanted to speak in front of Song Chaoyang and the other city leaders. They wanted to perform appropriately and leave a good impression on the city leaders. Who knows, they might be promoted to the position of dean in the future. Unfortunately, Song Chaoyang's attention was always on Meng Hongbin, so there was no chance for them to speak. They were all very anxious. Now that Meng Hongbin had given them a chance to speak, they all began to compete with each other to speak while praising him in their hearts.
These four people expressed their views one after another, and their opinions were basically the same as Meng Hongbin's. On the one hand, they wanted to ask for investment from the city, and on the other hand, they needed time to complete the construction and development.
Song Chaoyang was very disappointed when he heard this. It was not a problem to ask for investment, but two years of development was too long. He was in charge of the "Five-one Project" and he thought that he could start construction this year, complete part of it, and be ready for use next year. If he really waited two years, it would be too late, and his so-called "Five-one Project" would make him a laughingstock. But then again, there was no need to be afraid of a long time for a big project. The Great Wall of China took hundreds or thousands of years to build, and the moon landing project took decades. During the five years he was in office, it was not unacceptable to take two years to build an undergraduate college for the upgrade of Qingyang Academy.
He thought for a moment, and patiently asked Meng Hongbin, "It's not a problem to increase the investment, but you have to let me know what else needs to be invested and how much."
Meng Hongbin said without hesitation, "First of all, the basic facilities. The city will grant our school another 200 mu of land for us to build new teaching buildings, dormitories, libraries and other necessary facilities to meet the basic requirements of the school's total area of 500 mu and the building area exceeding 120,000 square meters. Secondly, the scale of the school. The city's education bureau will allow us to expand enrollment and let us increase the number of full-time students to 5,000, preferably 8,000. Lastly, the construction of the teaching team. We need to hire a batch of professors and lecturers. In terms of the construction of the subjects, we need to establish at least one key subject.
Song Chaoyang asked, "Can you estimate a figure?"
Meng Hongbin thought for a moment, and said, "Based on the current conditions, excluding the 200 mu of land, we have to invest at least 100 million yuan to meet the requirements for the upgrade."
Song Chaoyang was shocked when he heard this. He said involuntarily, "What? So much? "
Meng Hongbin said innocently, "Is it a lot? It's not a lot. Nowadays, many universities have budgets of tens of millions of yuan for scientific research alone. Building a teaching building costs 40 to 50 million yuan. Developing a new campus costs more than a billion yuan or even a few billion yuan. Compared to them, 100 million is just a small number. "
"A small number?"
A wry smile appeared on Song Chaoyang's face. Perhaps 100 million was a small amount for the construction of an undergraduate college, but for him, the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, it was an out-and-out large amount. Where was he going to get 100 million? Even if he could convince Mayor Yu Heping to support this, the city's finance bureau would definitely not be able to come up with that much money. He turned to Sang Tongguang and asked, "Director Sang, how much can the city's education bureau come up with?"
Sang Tongguang looked troubled, and said, "According to the statistics of our bureau's budget this year, we can't make ends meet, and we've already given the money that should be given to the Academy of Music and Arts. We really can't come up with more."
Song Chaoyang was unhappy and did not give him any face. He asked the most sensitive question, "Can't make ends meet? Tell me in detail, how can you make ends meet? How much did you guys earn this year, and how much did you guys spend? "
Sang Tongguang, the director of the city's education bureau, wasn't just for show. He opened his mouth and said, "There are two sources of income. One is the public relations fund, which is 630 million yuan. The other is the transfer fund, which is only 13 million yuan. Adding the two together, it's 640 million yuan. The expenditure is less than 650 million yuan. Of which, 500 million yuan is spent on the salaries and benefits of the city's education system. The rest of the money is used for various purposes, so the current situation is that we can't make ends meet. There are even teachers in some schools who don't receive their full salaries. The bureau really can't afford it. Not only can we not afford it, we might even have to go to the Municipal Government to beg for alms. "
When Song Chaoyang heard this, he sneered inwardly. The city's education bureau probably had a few million yuan in its treasury, yet he still dared to say that he had to go to the Municipal Government to beg for alms. This Sang Tongguang was truly stingy. However, he couldn't be blamed for this. Who would be willing to fork out money? Furthermore, the city's education bureau's budget didn't have this request, so why should he make Sang Tongguang fork out money? If he really forced Sang Tongguang to fork out money, then he would be in the wrong. Turning to Meng Hongbin, he asked, "Can we use bank loans, cooperation with enterprises, and other flexible methods to solve a portion of the funding problem? I'll try to think of a way to solve a portion of it for you. "
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