In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

"District Chief Chen, I'm here..."

"Director Zhou, I don't want to bring up past issues. Can your bureau rectify the problems at the petition office's service window yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Director Zhou lowered his head as if he had something stuck in his throat and remained silent for a long time.

"Speak up!"

Yi Xuexi got furious. If Chen Hai hadn't told him to put Director Zhou in charge of the rectification, he would have directly asked the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate the other party. He didn't believe that the director was clean.

"Secretary Yi, District Chief Chen, we also want to make improvements, but... but we don't have the money!"

"No money?"

Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi were both stunned.

"Has Director Zhang from the Finance Bureau arrived yet?"

Chen Hai quickly realized what was happening.

Director Zhang of the Finance Bureau, who was sitting in the middle, stood up slowly, inwardly complaining, "District Chief? He's been in office for more than half a month and only now remembers me? This is really outrageous."

"District Chief Chen, I'm here!"

Chen Hai nodded.

"Director Zhang, how much can the district finance department provide right now?"

Director Zhang pretended to think for a moment before speaking: "Reporting to Secretary Yi and District Chief Chen, the Guangming District is currently facing a very tight budget. The available funds are less than 500,000 yuan, which may not be enough to support the rectification of the petition window."

"Only 500,000?!"

Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi exchanged a glance, both seeing deep shock in each other's eyes.

"Yes, Secretary Yi, District Chief Chen, the estimated working capital of 500,000 yuan that the District Finance Bureau can provide, apart from fixed fiscal expenditures, is an overestimation. In reality, it may only have around 300,000 to 400,000 yuan."

The vast Guangming District only had about 500,000 yuan in circulating fiscal funds. If they hadn't heard it with their own ears, Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai would not have believed it. Especially Yi Xuexi, the financial situation of Luzhou City was worlds apart from that of Guangming District.

Besides fixed expenditures, Luzhou City has several billion yuan in surplus fiscal funds, which is why he was able to launch all sorts of projects in Luzhou.

And now...

"Secretary Yi, District Chief Chen, it's like this: during Ding Yizhen's tenure, most of Guangming District's fiscal funds were invested in the Guangming Peak project, leaving very little for others!"

This reason is irrefutable, and in fact it is true; the amount of financial investment from Guangming District into the Guangming Peak project is enormous.

Silence, dead silence.

Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai, the two chief officials of Guangming District, had extremely complicated feelings at this moment.

"Director Zhang, can't we squeeze in any more?"

"District Chief Chen, the district's finances are truly completely depleted!"

Without money, upgrading the petition office windows is just wishful thinking. We can't just let wages and material costs go unpaid, can we?

The meeting reached a stalemate.

The district committee cadres and bureau chiefs below remained silent. They had long realized that the newly appointed district head, Chen Hai, and the district party secretary, Yi Xuexi, were both idiots. No one wanted to offer advice to such leaders, let alone work under pressure and solve problems.

The meeting ultimately came to nothing regarding the rectification of the petition office window in Guangming District. What's the point of talking if there's no money?

The meeting had just ended, and everyone was walking out of the conference room when Zheng Xipo walked towards them from a short distance away, holding a banner.

The cadres in Guangming District were used to it and quickly walked around it, pretending not to see anything. Zheng Xipo did not stop them either, as his target was always Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi.

"Secretary Yi, District Chief Chen, you must give us an explanation this time! You always just give me empty words, and then you do nothing after I leave. If you don't agree this time, I'm not leaving!"

With a thud, Zheng Xipo was about to kneel on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai were about to step forward when a young man who had come with Zheng Xipo picked up his phone and started snapping photos.

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

Yi Xuexi angrily pointed at the young man, but instead of a response, he was met with a new round of filming, which captured Yi Xuexi's angry expression perfectly.

Chen Hai knew Zheng Qian.

"Zheng Qian, what are you doing? Stop!"

The photos were already taken, and Zheng Qian didn't dwell on it. He smiled and uploaded the photos from his phone before putting it down.

"Brother Hai, I came here with my dad..."

You can't hit someone who's smiling, and Chen Hai was helpless against the even more shameless Zheng Qian, except for his trembling fingertips.

Chapter 110 Chen Luo's Voluntary Reporting Upon Arrival in Beijing

"Comrade Zheng Xipo, your behavior is despicable!"

Let me reiterate, our district committee and government are actively working to resolve the issue of Dafeng Factory. Your constant disturbances will not yield any results.

Yi Xuexi's voice was cold. Even a clay figure has some temper. He had been tormented to the point of near collapse, so Yi Xuexi decided to stand up for himself.

Seeing that Yi Xuexi was genuinely angry, Zheng Qian's smile vanished instantly, and even Zheng Xipo, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately stood up.

As the saying goes, the lazy are afraid of the ruthless, and the ruthless are afraid of the reckless.

“Secretary Yi, our factory workers also want to trust you and District Chief Chen, but what has been the result? We haven’t gotten the results we want. We can’t let our workers go hungry and continue to be unemployed at home, can we?”

"Half a month!"

"If there's still no solution to the Dafeng Factory issue within half a month, I, as the district party secretary, will personally apologize to you and the workers of Dafeng Factory!"

"We don't want your apology. Half a month is fine. If there's still no result after half a month, I'll go to the provincial capital and even Beijing to sue you!"

After saying that, Zheng Xipo left the district committee and government offices with his son Zheng Qian, cursing and swearing.

In stark contrast to Jingzhou is Lüzhou.

In less than three days after taking office, Chen Luo convened three municipal party committee meetings, covering a wide range of topics, including project review, personnel changes, and work mobilization. In these three days, Luzhou was in a state of rapid motion, from the municipal government to other departments of the municipal party committee.

On Tuesday, the third day, Chen Luo returned to Jingzhou after arranging his work in Lüzhou. Every Tuesday and Friday, Chen Luo would return to Jingzhou to handle the work of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. Friday was also the usual time for the provincial party committee meeting in Handong.

Upon returning to Jingzhou, Chen Luo first went to the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to sign some documents, and then went home.

After a brief reunion with his family, Chen Luo, carrying with him the information his wife had prepared about some high-tech companies that Dong Sheng had invested in overseas, flew to Beijing without stopping.

Chen Luo's purpose in coming to Beijing this time was simple: to develop Luzhou using the technology companies invested in by Dongsheng Overseas, he needed to report it in advance.

He had already mentioned it to Sha Ruijin, but Sha Ruijin didn't quite understand the ins and outs, so he asked Tian Guofu to handle it.

After speaking with Chen Luo, Tian Guofu took the initiative to contact the National Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the superior authority of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, on Chen Luo's behalf.

The plane departed at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday and landed at Beijing Capital International Airport on time at 2 p.m.

As soon as Chen Luo got off the plane, staff from the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing came to pick him up in an Audi.

"Secretary Chen!"

The director of the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing is surnamed Wu and holds the rank of deputy director-general.

"Director Wu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No, no, Secretary Chen, I just arrived. Your arrival in Beijing must be for something important. You've only just arrived, so I'd be happy to wait here for a whole day and night!"

"Then I'll have to trouble Director Wu."

Upon arriving at the parking lot, Director Wu personally opened the back door for Chen Luo, and then got into the passenger seat himself.

"Secretary Chen, shall we go first?"

"Go to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection!"

"Ah?! I understand!"

At first, Director Wu was surprised, but then he came to his senses and said, "Don't pry into the leaders' affairs. Go wherever Chen Luo says."

The vehicle traveled through Beijing and stopped in front of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's gate half an hour later.

After getting off the car, Chen Luo took the materials he had prepared and went into the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The person in charge of receiving Chen Luo was a middle-aged man in his forties, a full-time secretary at the level of a department director!

At 2:50 p.m., led by the secretary, Chen Luo went to a room and waited quietly.

Five minutes later, an elderly figure pushed open the door and walked in.

In an instant, Chen Luo stood up straight, his expression solemn!

The person in front of me is Director Xiao, Secretary of the Secretariat, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director of the National Supervisory Commission!

"Hello, Director Xiao!"

Chen Luo was very humble, while Director Xiao opposite him smiled and nodded, then said, "Comrade Chen Luo, please sit down."

"Thank you, Director Xiao!"

As soon as Chen Luo sat down, Director Xiao continued, "Comrade Tian Guofu from Handong has already reported your purpose for coming. In fact, our Discipline Inspection Commission is aware of your situation."

"Director Xiao, the international situation has been quite complex in recent years, and Dongsheng's overseas investments are too large."

"If Dongsheng can attract some high-tech manufacturing industries back to China before major trade frictions occur, it will be a huge boost to Handong's modernization and economic development!"

"Yes, the fact that you think this way shows that your overall considerations and international perspective are commendable."

However, I looked at the materials provided by Dongsheng, and the scale was too large, especially in some key areas!

I remember that when Dongsheng Overseas Investment was filed five years ago, its scale was only a few hundred billion yuan. Now it has increased more than tenfold. This scale is frightening!

I understand that you didn't include the specific industry distribution details in the report, and I won't ask.

Chen Luo smiled shyly.

"Director Xiao, that's how the financial market is, especially overseas, where capital expands very quickly!"

"So you young people are really something!"

The reporting of this matter is just a formality; it's not like it's illegal or unethical gain. Even if Comrade Chen Luo wants to transfer these manufacturing industries domestically, it's probably not that simple, is it?

"Well, at the moment, the only option seems to be to exchange some shares for key technologies, even at a loss, so that we can return to China as quickly as possible."

"This won't do. In the end, Dongsheng is also a domestic company. If Dongsheng suffers losses, it's the same as the domestic companies suffering losses."

The meat has to be thoroughly cooked in the pot!

I have already reported this matter to the State Council, and the State Council should cooperate with Dongsheng in transferring its industries back to China.

"Director Xiao, thank you!"