Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 134 133. With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?

For two consecutive days, the Transportation Bureau did not respond.

By Thursday.

Lin Xiao couldn't wait any longer, so after the county meeting, he rushed directly to the office of Deputy County Mayor Ma Yongqiang to inquire about the progress.

Ma Yongqiang said in an official tone: "Such a large project will require an investment of at least 50 or 60 million yuan. The Transportation Bureau must conduct an in-depth study. How can it be decided so quickly? Please be patient and wait. Young man, don't be so impatient..."

Lin Xiao said directly: "We didn't let the Transportation Bureau make the final decision, but they have also looked at the materials and conducted on-site research. They basically know whether the project is feasible! They are not asking you to get a stamped approval document, but just asking you to inquire privately. This should be okay, right?"

Lin Xiao spoke in an urgent tone, not giving the deputy county chief any face.

The entire Anyang County is just a department-level unit, on the same level as the street office where he previously worked.

When he was still a clerk, he could directly communicate with the top leader Liu Liyun, so it was not a big deal.

Now facing Ma Yongqiang, the deputy county magistrate.

There is absolutely no need for him to worry about anything, just do whatever is easiest!
Ma Yongqiang was shocked by the style of the young deputy mayor.

I know that he came from Ninghai through the "Young Talents Program", and I have also heard some rumors about his background in private. There are all kinds of rumors, and the most outrageous one is that he has an uncle in the municipal party committee of Haicheng, so he goes to Haicheng every few days...

Considering the young man's working style, Ma Yongqiang dare not underestimate him.

So he had no choice but to call a deputy director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, with whom he had a good relationship, in front of him.

"Director Zhang...ah, I'm busy...nothing serious, Director Chen is leading a team to our Anyang County for an inspection on Monday...yes, about the matter of adding more entrances and exits to the expressway...I'm really unsure, can you give me some information on the situation...ah, ah, ah...Is that so..."

Lin Xiao was standing nearby, watching as Deputy County Chief Ma's expression became increasingly serious and his tone became increasingly low.

I knew it was not good.

I hung up the phone and it turned out to be true.

"This project was rejected by the Municipal Transportation Bureau!" Ma Yongqiang said with a dark face.

"No?"

"They said they were still studying it and hadn't explicitly rejected it, but that's what I heard!"

Ma Yongqiang was also very unhappy.

Although Lin Xiao expected this, he was still surprised: "Why no? Is it because the materials are not well written, or is there something wrong with the inspection points? Just let them point it out, we can change it!"

Ma Yongqiang said: "It's not about the preparation work, it's that the Transportation Bureau feels that this project is fundamentally unnecessary!"

Lin Xiao was even more shocked: "Why is it unnecessary? I clearly wrote in my request that the town's economic development is limited, and we are just waiting for this highway entrance to break through..."

Ma Yongqiang also became anxious and slammed the table: "What are you shouting for!"

Lin Xiao then realized that he was overly emotional and quickly calmed down.

"Ma Xian, please forgive me, I am just too anxious!"

"I know you are anxious, and I am anxious too!"

Ma Yongqiang waved his hand, asked him to sit down, and said patiently, "I know about the development difficulties of Chaobai Town, and I agree with what you said. But the Transportation Bureau coordinates the transportation network of the entire city, and will not consider the problem from the perspective of your town.

"It has only been less than ten years since the Ningyi Expressway was built and opened to traffic. It was originally built to solve the traffic inconvenience between Yizhou and Ninghai. The expressway has played a very good role in promoting the economic development of Yizhou as a whole, especially several counties in the eastern area.

"From the perspective of the entire city, the construction of this highway is very necessary. However, it is impossible for any highway to have an entrance in every town along the way. If that were the case, there would be a station every few kilometers, which would be a huge waste of financial resources!"

These words left Lin Xiao speechless and suddenly enlightened.

Only then did I realize that I had made a serious mistake, which was that I had a narrow mindset.

He always thought from the perspective of Chaobai Town, feeling how important connecting to the highway was to the town's economic development, but he forgot to think from the perspective of the entire county and even the entire city.

From this perspective, the difficulties he faced were completely insignificant.

Or it’s very important!

But it is important for all towns and villages without highway entrances and exits, not just Chaobai Town.

Just like what Ma Yongqiang said.

If a highway has an entrance and exit every time it passes through a town, then the road is no longer a road but a branch of a tree, with branches everywhere you look.

This would be an extremely serious waste of financial funds.

Lin Xiao suddenly realized.

It was only then that I realized that perhaps Chen Jie, director of the Transportation Bureau, had always known about this situation, but for the sake of his status as the mayor's son-in-law, he still came down to investigate on the first working day after receiving the request.

This is considered giving face to the mayor.

But should we add tens of millions of dollars to build an unnecessary project just for the sake of face?
This is a big deal, Director Chen declined!

"The accident rate and fatality rate on the national highway are so high, and they don't care?" Lin Xiao asked unwillingly.

"This is the business of the Public Security Bureau's Traffic Police Team. The Transportation Bureau has no right to interfere!"

Ma Yongqiang said seriously, "Why didn't they do anything about it? Didn't they add a lot of cameras along the road last year? The accident rate has dropped significantly. There wasn't a single traffic fatality on that stretch of road last year, so that's considered quite effective."

Lin Xiao was stunned and speechless.

This trip to the county to seek an explanation ended in failure.

It was a very unpleasant experience sitting in the office all afternoon.

When he got home from get off work, his mother had already prepared dinner but asked him to eat first.

"Where's my dad?" he asked.

"Repairing the roof!" replied my mother.

"Repairing the roof?"

"right!"

Zhou Xiuping looked accustomed to it. "It has been raining for the past few days, and there is some water seepage at the corner of the third floor. Your father mixed some cement and went to fix the leak himself today when the rain stopped..."

Lin Xiao nodded and asked, "Why don't you hire someone to repair it? It's very dangerous to climb so high!"

Zhou Xiuping said, "It's just a small job, do we really need to hire someone? Your dad works on a construction site, he knows how to do this kind of work, and now we both have nothing to do at home, he would be willing to do something for him... Don't worry about it, just eat!"

Lin Xiao was speechless.

After the New Year, my parents really listened to me, quit their jobs in factories and construction sites, and stayed at home.

He thought this was filial piety and that his parents would live out their lives in peace and contentment.

But unexpectedly, these two people who have been busy for most of their lives can't sit still at all. Every day they are either busy with this or doing that!
When there is really nothing to do, I sit at home with a sad face, which is much more miserable than when I was doing hard labor outside.

Lin Xiao was simply helpless.

Only then did I realize that being filial to parents is not that simple, it’s not just about giving money!
Along with the roof repair, he had an idea.

"Mom, let's just not repair the roof and just renovate the house inside and out!" he said.

"what?!"

Zhou Xiuping was confused by her son's sudden idea. She put down her chopsticks and said, "We live in this house well, why do we need to redecorate it? How much will it cost?"

Lin Xiao said: "Of course there is no problem living here, but this house was built the year Xiaoyu was born. It has been more than ten years now. There are mold spots on the walls of the first floor. It's time to redecorate it!"

Zhou Xiuping nodded, not thinking that her son was looking for trouble.

"How much will that cost?"

"Money is not a problem, I'll pay for it!"

"You have a lot of money, save it for your wedding!"

"How much money can I spend on a wedding?"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, "I have already prepared the money for the wedding, but money alone is not enough. I will marry a new bride home. Are you letting your daughter-in-law live in such a shabby house?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xiuping finally took the matter seriously and put down her bowl.

"Now that you mention it, it's a big deal! Your girlfriend is dating, and the next step is getting married, so you need a decent wedding house!"

The more Zhou Xiuping spoke, the more urgent it became. "Before, your father and I thought that since you bought a house in Ninghai, you would definitely get married there, and we didn't think about preparing a new house at home. Now that you work here, you will have to live at home for a while after you get married... You have to decorate it, you have to decorate it!!"

Lin Xiao watched his mother quickly complete the self-strategy with a smile on his face, hiding his credit and fame.

"Don't save money on decoration, use the best materials, and I'll pay for it!" he said.

"We are rich, with hundreds of thousands in our hands!" said my mother, with a somewhat arrogant look on her face.

"Keep your money and earn interest!"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, your son is rich. He made a lot of money from selling songs recently. Not to mention renovating the house, rebuilding another one is no problem at all!"

Zhou Xiuping was completely stunned.

She didn’t understand songwriting and didn’t dare to ask. In the end, she could only nod happily but panickily: “Okay, okay!”

Lin Xiao continued to eat his meal with grunts.

Zhou Xiuping watched from the side with eyes full of love.

I thought that life nowadays is really... like a dream!
……

After eating and taking a shower, Lin Xiao lay on the bed.

I'm still thinking about adding more highway entrances and exits, and I feel quite frustrated.

At this time, Han Xixi sent a WeChat message. After chatting for a few words, Lin Xiao directly called her via video.

"What's wrong with you?" Xixi asked when she saw that he looked depressed.

Lin Xiao did not hide anything and told everything that had happened in the past few days.

Xixi frowned upon hearing this, and then asked, "I don't understand these things either... Don't worry about what the city or the county thinks. Just tell me from your own perspective, do you think this is feasible?"

Lin Xiao thought about it and finally nodded.

"I think so!"

"Why?" Xixi asked seriously, without any perfunctory intention.

“The first is of course the traffic problem!”

Lin Xiao was also very upset and started to talk seriously, "Chaobai Town is restricted by the terrain. The national highway is winding and the traffic accident rate is very high. You had a car accident there last time, so you can say you experienced it yourself. Is driving on that road like a roller coaster?"

Han Xixi nodded in agreement: "Anyway, I don't dare to open it a second time..."

Lin Xiao said seriously, "Yes! You don't dare, and ordinary private cars don't dare either. Although there are many new cameras on the road now, the fatality rate has been reduced a lot, but the decline in the traffic accident rate is not that big, and there are still car accidents every few days!"

Han Xixi nodded seriously in the video.

"anything else?"

"There is also the issue of large vehicles! Chaobai Town has two clay mines, which account for 40% of the city's annual clay collection!"

Lin Xiao talked nonstop, "This is a huge profit, but it goes directly to the county for overall planning and is not included in the GDP data of our Chaobai Town. The money has nothing to do with us, but the environmental impact and road traffic problems caused are all thrown to the town. If there is no highway entrance and exit, this problem will never be solved!"

Han Xixi listened carefully, his face full of seriousness: "So the existence of clay transport vehicles is also a major hidden danger to road traffic safety, right?"

Lin Xiao's face brightened: "You are absolutely right!"

Xixi was not happy about it. She frowned and thought about it seriously.

"Anything else?" she asked again.

“And of course there is the issue of economic development!”

Lin Xiao sighed and said, "Without a highway entrance and exit, companies are not willing to set up factories here because it is inconvenient to transport products! We can only contact some local small companies, but these companies will either choose to set up factories around Yizhou or go to the industrial park in Ninghai, and will not come to our Chaobai Town at all. So in the end, it is the traffic problem that hinders the economic development of the town!"

Han Xixi understood and said seriously, "I think your analysis is very thorough! In this case, it means that this highway entrance and exit is still very necessary. The city has its own considerations, but you are right to start from the actual situation at the grassroots level. This is the meaning of the existence of the grassroots, isn't it?"

After hearing these words, Lin Xiao suddenly became enlightened.

Once again, he looked at the little face in the video, his eyes filled with joy from the bottom of his heart.

Other people's girlfriends act like a spoiled brat and make trouble, spend your money, and blame you for not spending time with her.

His wife is making a lot of money outside, but she still wants to listen to her husband complain about work during a video call. Not only is she not impatient, she also helps analyze the problem and provides a lot of emotional value!
Where can I find such a good wife?
Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh: With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for!

"You're just talking about me...How are you? Is your work going well recently?" he asked.

"It went well!"

Han Xixi laughed, "The songs you wrote for me are all very popular, plus Kalia's endorsement is very successful, many endorsements have come to me recently, and even big-name music variety shows have sent me invitations for collaborations. Sister Hui is eager for me to take them all!

"But I told her to only pick the ones that suit me and to strictly control the number - I don't want to be an accessory to music, I want to be Han Xixi myself!"

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he felt that his wife was glowing on the screen.

"Your agent is so obsessed with money, will she listen to you?"

"What if you don't want to listen?"

Han Xixi said proudly, "I have the support of Teacher Ma Yao. No one dares to mess with me now, not even my agent! What happened in the end?"

Lin Xiao's eyes were full of doting, and he continued the conversation: "How is it?"

Han Xixi snorted: "Of course you all listen to me! That's why I have time to video chat with you now, hehe~"

Her smile was so bright and lovely that Lin Xiao's heart melted.

"Are you going back to Ninghai this weekend?" Lin Xiao asked.

"This weekend... I probably won't be able to come back. I have a performance!"

"In Haicheng?"

"In Jingzhou..."

"I'll come find you!" Lin Xiao said without waiting for her to finish.

On the other end of the video, Han Xixi was stunned for a moment.

Needless to say, her full of expectations turned into a sweet smile, and she said delicately: "Okay~"

……

Go to work the next day.

Lin Xiao was sitting in the office, having made up his mind: the highway entrance and exit work had to be done, and it had to be done!
But as to how to do it, he had no idea.

Of course, finding your father-in-law is the easiest way!
But based on his understanding of the South Korean Navy, he is definitely not a person who uses his power for personal gain, and he will not approve a meaningless project just because of personal relationships.

Of course, whether it is meaningful or not is not up to Lin Xiao to decide. The final say lies in the research report of the Municipal Transportation Bureau.

The Municipal Transportation Bureau said this was not possible from the perspective of the city's road network. However, Han Haijun's perspective was higher and broader, and he would think it was even less possible!
Therefore, there is absolutely no point in looking for the Han Navy.

And deep down, Lin Xiao didn't want to look for his father-in-law. After all, this was a major development event for Chaobai Town, but it was a small project that was not worth mentioning at the municipal level.

It would be a bit tactless to ask the mayor for such a small matter.

Lin Xiao quickly gave up this option.

However, apart from going through the Korean Navy, what other methods can be used to resolve the current dilemma?
Director Chen doesn't even give the mayor face. Is there any chance that he will change his mind and approve this project?
Lin Xiao was confused!

Having a headache, he planned to make himself a cup of coffee, but when he opened the drawer, he was attracted by a business card - Meng Zhaodong, Director and Deputy General Manager of Benda Group!
His eyes lit up.

This business card was given to him by Meng Zhaodong in Haicheng last weekend.

After he brought it back, he put it directly in the drawer and never took it seriously.

Now looking at the name on the business card, he rolled his eyes and made a decision.

Instead of waiting for a turnaround, why not give it a try?
I opened WeChat and searched for the phone number on the business card, and I actually found WeChat.

Click to add a friend and note "Haicheng University alumni Lin Xiao".

I sent the application to add them, but there was no reply for a long time.

He knew Meng Zhaodong would agree, so he was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

This wait lasted until the afternoon.

As expected, the friend request was approved, and Meng Zhaodong sent a voice message directly.

[Meng: Junior brother, do you still remember me?]

Lin Xiao quickly responded through voice, and the two of them started chatting naturally.

[Lin: Haha, I didn’t dare to add you on WeChat for fear of disturbing you.]

[Meng: Why bother you? We are all friends. I haven’t thanked you in person for the autographed photo of the singer last time.]

[Lin: Senior, what are you talking about? You are calling me your junior, isn’t that the way it should be?]

Meng Zhaodong burst into laughter.

The conversation was harmonious and after a few brief chats, they ended with a promise to "keep in touch".

Although Lin Xiao had something on his mind, he knew it was not the right time to speak, so he said goodbye decisively.

That end.

Meng Zhaodong was a little surprised when he saw the words "Goodbye, Senior" on the screen.

When he was passing the WeChat message, he guessed that Lin Xiao must have something to ask for, but he still passed it.

But I didn't expect that the other party said nothing.

This surprised him and made him more interested in this mysterious junior.

And the other side.

After Lin Xiao finished the brief chat, he clicked into Meng Zhaodong’s circle of friends.

There are generally two types of domineering bosses’ circles of friends.

Either it is visible for three days, or it is displayed to the public but nothing is released, so clean that there is no trace of anything.

Or, they just act like ordinary middle-aged people, who can live broadcast the entire process of taking a flight, from check-in to boarding and getting off the plane, and post at least seven or eight times a day on WeChat Moments.

Meng Zhaodong belongs to the latter.

Lin Xiao was not surprised by this. After all, as a domineering boss, he was able to ask people for help everywhere for his daughter's star chasing business. It was obvious that he was a very emotional person!
This provided him with a lot of material to carry out his plan.

As luck would have it, he had just posted a message on WeChat Moments this morning, saying that he would be going to Jingzhou on Saturday to attend a new energy vehicle summit forum, and also attached a photo of the invitation letter.

Lin Xiao immediately became alert.

"Saturday, Jingzhou... Isn't this a coincidence!"

(End of this chapter)