Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 829 Dare to do it?

In the afternoon, Xiao Wei, Xia Maosheng, Chen Hui, and Liu Hongliang arrived at the Municipal Party Committee.

Secretary Tian put aside his work for two hours and waited for them in his office.

The secretary led the four of them into the office, and the four bowed and greeted him, "Hello, Secretary Tian, ​​thank you for your help."

Secretary Tian stood up with a smile: "Don't call me Secretary Tian, ​​call me Uncle Tian. Come, come, sit down. Xiao Qian, make some tea."

Xiao Wei glanced at the secretary and thought to himself, "What a great surname! Perfect for a secretary. The boss calls her name with such a pleasant and grand manner, and it's all just small change."

The five people took their seats as host and guest, and Secretary Tian asked kindly, "Have you taken a stroll around Harbin? Harbin has quite a few unique features."

Xiao Wei said, "My mom and the others went. The rest of us attended an investment promotion meeting yesterday and were discussing things this morning, so we haven't had a chance yet. We're going to go on a shopping spree."

Secretary Tian waved his hand and said, "Let's not bring up the past anymore, and forget about unpleasant things. Your area will be included in the municipal party committee's investment promotion plan, and I will personally take charge. Don't worry, I made a guarantee to Comrade Chen Jianguo. Haha."

Xiao Wei said, "Secretary Tian, ​​you flatter us. We're just small fry and can't possibly deserve that."

Chen Hui said, "Uncle, if you keep talking like that, we won't dare to stay here."

Secretary Tian laughed and said, "Alright, enough of that, let's get down to business. I only have one hope for you: you can't be smaller than Xidu, okay? You can do whatever you want with the rest, but let's set the same conditions as Xidu, is that alright? Actually, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage. Our Bingcheng will definitely be stronger than Xidu in the future. I'm putting my words here, and you'll see in a few years."

Xiao Wei said, "It's not easy to get such a large piece of land in Harbin, is it? Actually, the Japanese planned a large area, but only built part of it, so there's a lot of empty land. I feel it's a pity to demolish these old buildings in Harbin."

Secretary Tian pointed at Xiao Wei with his pen and said, "You're young, but your thinking is rigid. There are many ways to preserve a city's character, and blindly preserving the old things, as you've suggested, is the dumbest approach. Don't look at foreign countries; it's completely different. How many people live in a foreign country? How many people live in our country? If cities don't develop, where will people live? Throw them into the river?"

The city needs a style, a consistent feel, to reasonably preserve iconic old buildings and carefully integrate them with new architecture. Do you understand? That's why I went to the trouble of sending you this invitation – I felt your style was very similar to Harbin's. The municipal government sent out five invitations for this investment promotion conference, and two companies attended.

Both of these companies are from Northeast China. Sigh, it really comes down to relying on family; you can't trust outsiders. What I admired was your architectural style and approach. I specifically sent someone to Xingcheng and Xidu to take photos and get the blueprints to look at—this is exactly what I wanted. It has nothing to do with any personal connections; back then, I didn't even know who you were.”

Secretary Tian looked around and pulled out a map from the pile of documents. He spread it out on the table. The map was drawn all over the place, and it was obvious that he always studied and pondered it.

"Ice City was built on the foundation laid by the Russians, so the Russian style is quite prominent in many aspects. On the other hand, things built by the West all look pretty much the same to us, with little difference in style. Ice City currently has a few iconic sites, such as Sun Island, Central Street, St. Sophia Cathedral, and Jile Temple, about seventeen or eighteen in total."

"After discussion and research by experts, these buildings are all symbols that need to be preserved. Some are to be used and have their exteriors preserved, while others are to be left vacant for protection. The interiors of these latter buildings should also be preserved, such as churches, temples, and several other historically significant sites."

However, Harbin is only so big. Compared to Fengtian, Harbin is very small, even smaller than Xidu. The buildings are scattered, almost from the riverbank to the city center. This has created certain difficulties for our urban planning and development.

So I decided to set up a test site. If it succeeds, I'll replicate it; if it fails, then there's no such thing as failure.

The requirements for this entire plot of land are: preservation and protection of the church, a unified style and pattern, a high degree of modernization, at least two green spaces and a small park, a commercial plaza, office buildings, some residential areas, and a hotel, at least three stars. Do you have the confidence? Do you dare to do it?

Chen Hui, Xia Maosheng, and Liu Hongliang abruptly turned to look at Xiao Wei. Secretary Tian saw this and narrowed his eyes slightly. This was different from what he had expected. He thought the children would discuss, argue, express their opinions, and then someone would compromise and finally reach a consensus.

Xiao Wei looked at the map and considered for a while, then said, "There are two problems. First, funding. We're not exaggerating, but we definitely won't have enough funds to do this. You know, we in Xidu, Fengtian, Andong, and Dalian are all doing this, and we have hundreds of millions of yuan worth of properties, but we don't want to sell them yet. Second..."

Xiao Wei looked up and stared directly at Secretary Tian: "This time we've offended Mayor Li. After all, he's the mayor of the city, the local official. Such a big project involves too many aspects, and I'm a little worried. After all, you can't keep an eye on things all the time, and we can't bother you with every little thing."

Chen Hui, Xia Maosheng, and Liu Hongliang all turned to look at Secretary Tian.

Secretary Tian stroked his chin and said, "Don't worry about the funding issue, I'll take care of it for you, at a low interest rate. Secondly, as you said, as a local official, you have parents to support you, you're not running the household alone. I believe I can still make the majority of the decisions. You can come to me anytime if you have any problems. I'll have Xiao Qian take charge of the liaison work for this project, and he'll handle the external affairs."

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "There's something else. We'd like to buy some old buildings, located on street corners with convenient transportation, the kind that will generally be preserved in the future. They need to be in bustling commercial areas or relatively concentrated residential areas. Is that possible? I've already asked Uncle Cheng to inquire about the buildings. We just need the city to give us the green light, hehe."

Secretary Tian said, "That's no problem. You're not just buying it and putting it in your pocket to take away; you're going to run a business. Are there any other issues?"

Xiao Wei said, "There's one last thing, safety. This place, well, Secretary Tian, ​​you know, it's even bigger than Xidu, you know. The construction site is so big, there are bound to be all sorts of big and small incidents, and all sorts of weirdos. I have to be responsible for the safety of the people on my side."

Secretary Tian asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Xiao Wei said, "Back in Xidu, Mayor Mi set up a security checkpoint with police officers on duty. We also hired people from the military to maintain order. Could we do the same here?"

Secretary Tian tapped his fingers lightly on the table a few times and said, "I'll have the armed police stationed at your place. Tell me your problems all at once, then get to work seriously. I have high hopes for you."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "Then there's no problem. Let's get started."

Chen Hui asked, "How will the demolition and relocation be handled?"

Secretary Tian said, "The city is in charge of the demolition and relocation; you don't need to worry about this, I'll take care of it."

(End of this chapter)