Me! A high-ranking official!

Secondly, the core strategy: repositioning the unfinished fantasy martial arts city and competing for city-level resources.

He paused typing this, took a sip of the now-cold tea, and his eyes gleamed. This was the "secret gift" he truly wanted to give Zhou Qingyan.

That martial arts city, which had been abandoned for two years, consisted entirely of half-built imitation ancient buildings and cement frames. There was no money to demolish it, and no funds to build it.

In his report, he directly presented a highly ambitious new concept: "Eight Desolate Mountains and Seas Zoo".

He incorporated the rumors about the relocation of the city zoo into the design, saying that calling it a "wildlife park" would be too outdated. Instead, he directly relied on the cultural endorsement of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and reorganized the existing antique-style buildings in the martial arts city according to the "Five Mountains Classic" (east, south, west, north, and center).

For example, building the monkey mountain in the "Qingqiu" area and repackaging the bird pavilion as "Danxue Mountain" doesn't require major architectural changes. The rough, semi-finished cement combined with the ancient-style packaging gives it a sense of ancient wilderness and grandeur.

Finally, he added a scathing critique at the end of the passage: "Yong'an County is built on a mountain, with steep tourist routes, which limits future expansion. Our county can use the existing unfinished martial arts city as a plain site, which can not only undertake the relocation of the municipal zoo at a very low cost, but also revitalize the county's largest idle and non-performing asset in one fell swoop, turning a passive situation into an active one."

After writing these two main points at length, he stopped.

When writing official documents within the system, there's a "three-three system" or "every five points in ten" rule. To make the structure look good, a third or fourth point is usually added to fill the gaps.

But Zhao Jianguo looked at the screen and decisively pressed the save button.

I'll just write two points; anything further would be superfluous. One is a quick and easy asset-light project that can be implemented and promoted immediately during the May Day holiday. The other is a medium- to long-term strategy that can completely resolve historical issues and seize municipal resources. These points are detailed and to the point.

Zhou Qingyan will definitely be moved if he sees this.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

The old HP printer in the office spat out two warm A4 sheets of paper. He picked them up, carefully checked for typos, and then stapled them to the top left corner with a "snap".

2:50 PM.

Holding the two thin sheets of paper, he knocked on the door of Director Zhang Baocheng's office.

Zhang Baocheng was leaning back in his leather chair, rubbing his temples. The ashtray in front of him was overflowing with cigarette butts. He had clearly been worried all afternoon and hadn't slept well. Hearing the noise, he didn't even lift his eyelids: "Finished writing?"

"Director Zhang, I rushed to finish it, but the time was too tight, so it's just a rough framework. Could you please take a look?" He bent down and handed over the report with both hands.

2:50 PM.

Holding the two thin sheets of paper, he knocked on the door of Director Zhang Baocheng's office.

Zhang Baocheng was leaning back in his leather chair, rubbing his temples. The ashtray in front of him was full of cigarette butts. Hearing the noise, he didn't even lift his eyelids, but stretched out two fingers stained yellow with smoke: "Finished writing? Let me see it."

He handed the report over with both hands. Zhang Baocheng had barely taken it when he rubbed his fingers together, his previously drooping brows immediately furrowing into a knot: "Just these two pages? There's not even a preface or introduction! This is far too thin!"

Complaining, Zhang Baocheng reluctantly glanced down at the list, but as soon as he saw the subheadings, his face darkened, and he pointed at the first one, banging on the table in dissatisfaction: "Jianguo, Jianguo, what can I say about you? What borderless experience? Do you think this is child's play?!"

Zhang Baocheng exhaled a puff of smoke, his tone laced with undisguised contempt: "Go out and look around. These days, every tourism project involves huge investments and grand scale. It's either a large-scale martial arts city or a massively funded fantasy city! People want to see the spectacle! And you, you've just scribbled something in that run-down Xiaozhai Village, put a couple of old folks there as NPCs, and think you can lure tourists from the city? That's pure office fantasy, completely detached from reality!"

He stood in front of his desk without saying a word. He was mentally prepared to be criticized. This first point was something he came up with on the spur of the moment to deal with the new secretary's dead-end task of "warming up for May Day." His idea was indeed rather crude.

But when Zhang Baocheng's gaze fell on the second point, his anger suddenly became uncontrollable.

"absurd!"

Zhang Baocheng slammed the two pieces of paper heavily on the table with a "bang," his thick, fleshy hand making the teacup lid jump. He glared at Zhao Jianguo, his voice rising eight octaves: "Turning the Fantasy Martial Arts City into some kind of Mountain and Sea Zoo? Do you even know that unfinished building is a festering sore for our Culture and Tourism Bureau! Everyone else avoids it like the plague, and you dare to hand it to Secretary Zhou right under his nose?"

"And then there's the matter of relocating the city zoo!" Zhang Baocheng grew increasingly agitated, his knuckles slamming against the table. "The planning for Xiaohuashan in Yong'an County is all done, and the project is basically settled in Yong'an! Which county leader doesn't know about this? You want me to take this to Secretary Zhou to report? Are you trying to make me seem less informed than others, or are you trying to make me appear arrogant in front of the new secretary? This is just empty flattery and unrealistic!"

Zhang Baocheng shook his head in disappointment, leaned back in his boss's chair, and looked at Zhao Jianguo as if he were a rusty cog in a machine: "I even heard you were a seasoned government official... Looks like you'll need a lot more practice after leaving the government!"

Upon hearing this, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

He accepted the criticism for the first point, but the second point, vying for the zoo project, was a truly brilliant move that could break the deadlock. Within the system, as long as the official document hasn't been issued, there's always a chance to grab it—that's called political acumen! Zhang Baocheng not only couldn't see the trick, but he was also so afraid of taking responsibility that he was afraid to this extent.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and he was about to argue his point, even if it meant pointing out the underlying logic, when he saw Zhang Baocheng pull open a drawer and take out a thick, neatly bound report.

"Luckily, I was prepared and had Lao Xie write a backup copy." Zhang Baocheng patted the thick document, his expression softening slightly, but with a hint of condescension: "Lao Xie's draft, although it's all old news, is solid and reliable. At least the leaders won't find any major faults. It's better than your wildly imaginative one. Alright, you can go back now."

Zhao Jianguo swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.