Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 143 142. Build a road through the mountains and a bridge over the water

When people heard Jia Minglu's question, their reactions varied.

The light in the eyes of several young village officials suddenly dimmed, while the town cadres and some old village heads just smiled and shook their heads. It was obvious that they had thought about these grand ideas, but had to give them up in the end because of their empty wallets.

The topic was old news at the moment, but they were very curious about what unusual answer this unconventional deputy mayor could give.

Lin Xiao smiled.

If it were two months ago, when he heard what Jia Minglu said, he would think that he was deliberately making trouble.

But now he doesn't feel that way anymore.

Because the issue of money is real and is the prerequisite for the realization of all dreams.

Even if Jia Minglu didn't mention it, he definitely couldn't avoid it!
At that moment, he said seriously: "I have thought about this problem. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible to solve it!"

Everyone in the room listened attentively.

Lin Xiao continued: "For example, the improvement of some rural hardware facilities, such as the road construction and house renovation in Jiajia Village, were originally included in this year's "Rural Renovation Plan" and have special funds. However, our renovation plan may have to make some adjustments!
"Originally, we just hardened the gravel road inside the ancient village into a cement road, but now in order to maintain the style of the ancient village, we can adjust it to a gravel road or a brick road, so that the overall style can be consistent, which not only realizes the rural transformation, but also does not destroy the overall beauty!"

Lin Xiao added: "The same is true for other villages. Special funds can be used for infrastructure upgrades like this. However, during the renovation process, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but rather it is tailored to the characteristics of each village.

"For example, if Xiaguan Village wants to reflect the porcelain culture, it can use broken porcelain pieces as exterior wall decorations, or even harden them onto the road surface. There is a tourist attraction in Jincheng, northern China called the Porcelain House, where the entire facade of the house is made of broken porcelain pieces, which looks very delicate and distinctive. Xiaguan Village can definitely learn from this. Anyway, there are so many discarded porcelains in the village, so they can just make use of them!"

There was another round of chattering, and everyone in the room looked very happy.

Except Jiaming Road.

He is in charge of rural revitalization work and is most familiar with the affairs of the 16 administrative villages, so it is naturally not easy to fool him.

Jia Minglu said seriously, "There is indeed a special fund for rural reconstruction, but this fund is graded according to the assessment of the township in the previous year. Last year, our Chaobai Town was not at the bottom of the assessment because of the Xuefu Yaju project, but it was only in the middle. In addition, only two new rural demonstration projects were approved, so this fund is only about 300 million, which is barely enough for Xiaguan Village and Jiajia Village... What about other villages?"

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to answer, he asked again: "And if we want to develop rural tourism, it's not enough to just improve the hardware facilities, right? When tourists come, they can get accommodation in the town, but what about food? It's impossible to go to the village to play and then run back to the town to eat, right? Jiajia Village and Xiaguan Village are not close to the town, it takes 20 to 30 minutes to drive there!

"It's easy to eat! But when you travel, you can't just look around, you have to play! What to play? Just visiting the ancient village and buying two pieces of porcelain made by ancient methods... can you keep tourists like this? I think it's very unlikely!"

These words caused the whole room to fall silent again. Everyone frowned and thought about the possibility of this matter.

Qin Zhenggang said unhappily, "We don't have any foundation for rural tourism in Chaobai Town. It will be very difficult to start from scratch. If you have any ideas, please speak up. Don't just pour cold water on me!"

Jia Minglu said seriously, "Qin Zhen, I'm not pouring cold water on you. I said it from the beginning that I support rural tourism. I am a native of Chaobai. If rural tourism is really developed, it will boost the economy of each village, increase the income of many idle villagers at home, and even attract many villagers who work away from home to come back and start their own businesses. I am willing to do this even if it makes me die of exhaustion..."

Qin Zhenggang was somewhat touched when he heard what he said.

Having worked with Jia Minglu for several years, Qin Zhenggang believes he knows him well. He is down-to-earth and hardworking. When he first came to the town, he was as energetic and hardworking as Lin Xiao is now. Otherwise, he would not have become deputy mayor at the age of less than 35.

But perhaps one of the issues that grassroots cadres need to face throughout their lives is to reconcile their ambitions with the cruel reality.

After working for a few years, Jia Minglu found that it was too difficult to achieve success in the town.

The upper limit of a place's development is often determined by the natural conditions and environmental location of the land.

Human will cannot be changed much!
After realizing this, Jia Minglu gradually became lazy at work and started to develop towards the direction of a veteran.

Being able to seriously participate in the discussion at today's meeting and raise so many practical and realistic difficulties can be considered as diligence and dedication.

Jia Minglu continued, "I saw other places doing well, and I was jealous. I also wanted to do rural tourism, really! But just because other places can do it doesn't mean Chaobai Town can do it. They either have mountains or water, and there is a 4A scenic spot in the jurisdiction. Tourists will come without doing anything, and they can just sit back and make money!

"But Chaobai Town, the only thing they can boast of is Laoya Mountain... and because of that incident, we're not sure if we can touch it now! Other things, like the ancient villages and ceramics that Lin Zhen mentioned, are not new at all in Nanzhou Province. To put it bluntly, these things can be found in every county, city, and town. Moreover, they have been developed for a long time and have a well-known reputation and mature industries. Why would tourists come here..."

These words made everyone in the room frown again.

Jia Minglu sighed and said, "Of course, let's not talk about these. The most important thing is the money. Without money, no matter how beautiful your imagination is, it's useless... Lin Zhen, I'm a straightforward person, don't mind it!"

Lin Xiao laughed.

Jia Minglu had also said the last sentence to him before.

It’s just that last time he said it was intentional to cause trouble, but this time, it came from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Xiao could feel Deputy Mayor Jia's sincerity and contradiction in developing parents. He paused and stood up.

"Dear leaders and party secretaries, I know this proposal today is very sudden and everyone has a lot of questions!"

Lin Xiao's tone was calm, as if he was not frightened at all by Jia Minglu's words just now. "Yes, the difficulties Jia Zhen just mentioned are objectively existing, and there are more and more. But I just want to ask everyone one question, do you want to develop rural tourism in Chaobai Town and let 5 people make money?"

Everyone in the room was a little confused.

It was Deputy Mayor Tu Hui who broke the silence with a smile: "Lin Zhen, you are not talking nonsense, who would be unwilling?"

Everyone then opened their mouths.

"Of course!"

"This is a great thing!"

"If the family can earn money, who would be willing to go out to work?"

"..."

Everyone became excited.

Lin Xiao smiled calmly and said loudly: "Okay! Since everyone recognizes the benefits of this matter, then nothing is impossible! Just now Jia Zhen said that the tourism resources that Chaobai Town can show off have no competitive advantages and are all the same old things. I admit this!

“But don’t forget! Chaobai Town is so close to Ninghai, but it couldn’t attract tourists before because of traffic problems and tourism planning issues. But now, the traffic problem has been solved. As long as we can solve the problem of tourist attractions, we don’t have to worry about people not coming!
"The homogeneity of tourist attractions is not only a problem here, but also exists across the country. To be honest, no matter where you go, it's the same. So why go?"

Lin Xiao left something to say and everyone in the room looked at each other in surprise.

Then he answered seriously: "Because I have nothing to do!"

These four words made everyone in the room laugh.

Lin Xiao also laughed and said, "Modern people are under a lot of pressure, so they need to relax after work. This is the main reason why rural tourism is so popular. In addition, families with children in the city hope that their children can get in touch with nature while being overwhelmed by electronic products. So when the weekend comes, they run to the countryside like crazy!
"As for what to do and see in the countryside, people don't really care. As long as they can stay in a place close to nature for two days, that's enough! Of course, I'm not suggesting that we just mess around when renovating the countryside. We still need to plan it well so that tourists will want to come again after coming once.

"I say this to tell you that the homogeneity of tourism resources is not important, and neither is the lack of experience or foundation. What is important is that everyone wants to make this happen. I can't do it alone. The whole town and villages must be mobilized for this to be possible!"

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "As for the funding issue that Jia Zhen just mentioned, it is indeed a problem, but it is not unsolvable. The development of tourism cannot be achieved without the involvement of social capital. We can't just close the door and do it ourselves just to make money for the villagers. We have to cooperate with some tourism companies! We have resources and needs, and they have funds and experience. Only by cooperating can we achieve twice the result with half the effort!
Qin Zhenggang nodded and said, "What Lin Xiao said is right. You see, the Sanhuai Town next door built a glass plank road a few years ago in cooperation with a tourism development company. It has attracted many tourists in the past two years. In other towns, as long as the tourism industry is developed, it is the cooperation between the township government and the tourism company. After it is gradually developed, people will come to open homestays, restaurants, and various tourism projects, and gradually form a scale."

Lin Xiao nodded and said, "What Qin Zhen said makes sense. It is impossible to think of all the difficulties in rural tourism and solve them in advance. We can only do it blindly, build roads through mountains and bridges across rivers, and solve problems one by one! To put it bluntly, even if the project is not carried out in the end, at least the infrastructure of each village will be improved, the environment will be improved, and it will also benefit the villagers. What do you think?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded again, and even Jia Minglu stopped finding fault.

A village official named Zhang Fengxia asked: "Then where should we start now, Lin Town?"

Lin Xiao thought for a moment, looked at Qin Zhenggang and said, "Qin Zhen, I think we need to walk on two legs. On the one hand, each village should first combine its own characteristics and plan a tourism project for the village, and then we will consider it comprehensively. On the other hand, we can't just wait for the highway to be built. I think we can start to attract tourists now. After all, if the highway is blocked, the national highway can still be used!"

Qin Zhenggang frowned: "Attract tourists now? How? What are they going to see?"

Lin Xiao said: "Looking at the natural scenery and watching the life of farmers, these don't need to be deliberately created. Let's not talk about anything else. Today is March 3th. On my way to work this morning, I saw the rape flowers in Shangguan Village blooming. In half a month, the azaleas on the mountain will also be in bloom. These are all very attractive. We can use the external publicity platform to show warm-up first!"

Qin Zhenggang didn't doubt it and nodded.

He actually has no hope for the publicity effect of the "Chaobai Window" public account, after all, the number of fans is only more than 10,000, and most of the followers are local people in Chaobai Town. What effect can it have if it is only promoted on the public account?

However, since rural tourism is going to be developed, Qin Zhenggang can't pour cold water on Lin Xiao at this time, so he lets him do it with confidence.

……

After the morning meeting.

The party secretaries and village officials of each village walked out of the town compound with smiles on their faces.

Lin Xiao was called to Qin Zhenggang's office again, and the two discussed many details until noon.

After lunch, Lin Xiao called the publicity officer Zhou Baoping to his office and asked him, "Has Chaobai Town ever filmed any promotional films or short videos?"

Zhou Baoping shook his head and said, "No. Since I took over the publicity work, our town's external publicity channels have only been two microblogs and one terminal. In the past two years, Weibo has become increasingly unsatisfactory, and the client made by the county integrated media has little traffic. The town mainly operates its own public account, and then reports the same manuscript to the county integrated media. It is mainly graphic information. Short videos have never been shot, let alone promotional films!"

Lin Xiao nodded and asked, "Then you don't have a video account or a Douyin account either?"

Zhou Baoping nodded.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and asked again: "If we want to shoot a video, can we invite people from the integrated media to come over, or are there any companies or teams in the county that can do this?"

Zhou Baoping had already made some guesses after hearing his questions.

"Lin Zhen, do you want to shoot a promotional video?"

"If you have this idea, you have to explore the way first!"

"Integrated media can be used for filming, but..." He said in an awkward tone.

Lin Xiao understood immediately: "It costs money?"

Zhou Baoping nodded: "Before, the county integrated media came down to report news for free, but in the past two years, the public institutions were reformed, and the county integrated media center is now a self-supporting unit. In addition to normal graphic and text reports, other publicity must be paid for separately, such as shooting short videos, inviting reporters to come for professional reporting, and planning cultural and sports activities!"

"What about the effect?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Uh... I can only say it's just average!"

Zhou Baoping told the truth, then took out his mobile phone and found several activity videos shot by the Media Integration Center for other departments.

Lin Xiao took a quick look and found the effect hard to describe.

"There should be a company that shoots videos like this in the county, right?" he asked again.

"Of course there are. Those wedding companies all take on the work of event video shooting separately, but the price is not cheap, much more expensive than integrated media... Our town has no budget for this, and Qin Town has never cared about this, so it has never been done!"

Zhou Baoping spoke his mind. After working under Lin Xiao for some time, he had completely become convinced of him.

Lin Xiao nodded, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

Zhou Baoping took the initiative to say: "Lin Zhen, if you just want to shoot a short video, you don't necessarily have to hire a professional team. Nowadays, mobile phones have very high pixels, so you can shoot it yourself!"

Lin Xiao nodded: "I have thought about shooting it myself, but it would take a lot of work to make a good film. I don't have time to study this, you..."

Zhou Baoping looked embarrassed, but still nodded: "Lin Zhen, I haven't come into contact with it, but I can study it... I can't guarantee the effect."

Lin Xiao did not comment.

"Lin Zhen, I can recommend someone!"

"Oh?"

"The college student village official of Xiaguan Village is called Leng Tao. He likes photography very much!"

Zhou Baoping said, "I follow him on TikTok. Sometimes I often take some photos of the scenery of Xiaguan Village. They are all very interesting. Take a look!"

As he spoke, he found Leng Tao's account and opened them one by one.

Lin Xiao looked over with curiosity, and his eyes lit up.

The videos shot by Leng Tao are only a few dozen seconds long, but they are not perfunctory at all. Each one has a theme, such as autumn harvest, rice planting, and drying rice.

Moreover, the camera language is also very rich. It is not the kind of video that is recorded from beginning to end with one shot. Instead, it has composition and editing, and there is a logical relationship between each shot. Some even have narration and dubbing, and the music is also chosen just right.

The more Lin Xiao read it, the more interesting it became.

"Ask him when he is free, I will go to Xiaguan Village to talk to him!" he said with a smile.

"Can you just let him come over?"

"No, everyone is very busy. I just happen to want to visit various villages recently. I will go to see him when he has time!"

"okay!"

Zhou Baoping agreed, feeling that this Deputy Mayor Lin was really different from the others.

……

The next day, Tuesday, Lin Xiao went to Xiaguan Village.

Xiaguan Xiaguan is a village where all the people have the surname Guan, located in the lower reaches of Chaobai River.

There is also a village called Shangguan upstream, and its surname is also Guan.

However, only people with the same surname know the connection between the two villages, and outsiders do not pay attention to it.

Lin Xiao went there on an electric bike. Before he reached the village committee, he saw a young man wearing a straw hat huddled in the weeds by the roadside, concentrating on photographing the green seedlings.

It was a sunny day today, the sun was a little hot, and sweat was already oozing out of his cheeks.

"Leng Tao." Lin Xiao shouted.

"Ugh……"

Leng Tao agreed, but did not move. He did not move until he finished shooting the last shot. Then he stood up and looked towards the source of the sound.

"Lin Zhen?" Leng Tao was a little surprised and walked over quickly.

"What are you shooting?" Lin Xiao asked with a smile.

"Look at the rice seedlings, they are growing well. I just took a picture of them. Are you here to see the branch secretary?"

"I'm coming to you!"

"..."

Leng Tao was stunned for a long time before asking, "Looking for me?"

Lin Xiao nodded, smiling as if he had some conspiracy: "Go to the village committee and tell them!"

(End of this chapter)