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

I don't care about the process, I only care about the result!

After saying that, Li Dakang hung up the phone, leaving Yi Xuexi staring blankly at the phone and sighing.

Just then, Chen Hai knocked on the door.

dong dong dong...

"Secretary Yi!"

"District Chief Chen, please come in."

Pushing open the door, Chen Hai looked at Yi Xuexi's worried face and said directly, "Secretary Yi, the matter of Dafeng Factory and Shanshui Group can't be delayed any longer. If there's no solution within half a month, I'm afraid..."

Yi Xuexi shook his head upon hearing this.

"Secretary Dakang just called again to bring up this matter, demanding that we resolve it within a week!"

"One week!"

"Secretary Sha personally intervened at the Standing Committee meeting..."

One sentence was enough to shut Chen Hai up.

"This is insane! The workers at Dafeng Factory want resettlement funds, land, or shares, but Shanshui Group is resolutely refusing to budge."

The key issue is that our district's finances don't have a single penny..."

Chen Hai scratched his head, unable to think of any other solution.

"Who says otherwise? If only the district finances had more money." Yi Xuexi sighed, and suddenly, both of them had a flash of inspiration!

After exchanging glances, Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi spoke at the same time: "Money!"

“Secretary Yi, only our district’s finances can provide the funds to get through this difficult time. Once the Guangmingfeng project’s payments come in, won’t the problem be easily solved?”

"But where will the money come from?"

Yi Xuexi tapped his fingertips on the table.

Without a second thought, Chen Hai said, "Borrow it! Use the district committee and district government's name to apply for low-interest loans from banks. Isn't that what many local governments do?"

Yi Xuexi pondered. He didn't really want to take out a loan, as it was somewhat risky, but unfortunately, he had no other options at the moment.

"borrow!"

In the end, Yi Xuexi gritted his teeth and made this decision.

At 5 p.m. that day, Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai met with the president of Jingzhou City Bank and borrowed 100 million yuan by mortgaging the investment of the Guangming District Committee and District Government in the Guangming Peak project!

With money, Yi Xuexi and Chen Hai were full of energy.

The next morning, Chen Hai called Zheng Xipo to his office.

"Comrade Zheng Xipo, the Guangming District Committee and District Government are currently paying close attention to the resettlement of our workers."

According to laws and regulations, our district committee and government cannot force Shanshui Group to return the shares to Dafeng Factory. Furthermore, Secretary Dakang clearly stated that changing the land use designation requires paying additional fees, and there's no news on that yet. Dafeng Factory should stop worrying about it.

Just as Zheng Xipo was about to retort, Chen Hai took over and said, "Comrade Zheng Xipo, although the Shanshui Group cannot return the shares to Dafeng Factory, our district committee and government can provide appropriate compensation for the land issue of Dafeng Factory."

Land allocation cannot be granted for free.

Our district committee and government are willing to provide Dafeng Factory with an interest-free loan, which is essentially the land rent. After Dafeng Factory is rebuilt and becomes profitable, it can repay a portion of the principal each year.

This is the greatest sincerity our district committee and government can offer. If we still can't agree to this, then Comrade Zheng Xipo can sue if he wants; it will only mean he'll drag me and Secretary Yi out of Guangming District as well.

This was the truth. Neither of them had embezzled or been corrupt. Even if they were punished, at worst they would be reassigned to a sinecure due to poor work performance. Zheng Xipo knew he couldn't keep pressing them, so he simply said, "Secretary Yi, District Chief Chen, you are both upright officials. Could you please provide some more interest-free loans so we can rebuild the factory?"

Chen Hai and Yi Xuexi exchanged a glance.

"Ten million will be provided as an interest-free loan for the land, and thirty million will be provided as a loan for the reconstruction of Dafeng Factory, for a total of forty million. Comrade Zheng Xipo, will Dafeng Factory be satisfied now?"

"What about the 45 million in resettlement funds?"

When Zheng Xipo mentioned the resettlement funds, Yi Xuexi's lips curled into a slightly unpleasant expression, but he still patiently said, "I will ask Secretary Dakang about the 45 million. In short, we will not let you workers suffer any losses."

"That's fine, that's fine!"

Zheng Xipo's face beamed with an incredibly bright smile. Indeed, hard work always pays off!

After Zheng Xipo left, Yi Xuexi picked up the phone on the table and called Li Dakang.

"Hey, Secretary Dakang!"

"City Party Committee," Li Dakang said coldly.

"Speak, what is it?"

"Secretary Dakang, could the city provide some financial assistance for the resettlement of workers from Dafeng Factory?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dakang sneered.

"Vice Mayor Yi didn't say that at the conference a while ago. Now you want money? I'm sorry, the city's finances aren't sufficient either. We can only provide 20 million. The districts will have to figure out the rest themselves. Is that alright?"

Li Dakang was just saying it out of anger, deliberately trying to annoy Yi Xuexi, since the Guangmingfeng project couldn't be delayed. Unfortunately, the clever Yi Xuexi didn't understand the hidden meaning in his words.

"Secretary Dakang, twenty million is fine too!"

The district finance department will cover the rest!

"?????????"

Li Dakang was dumbfounded. The district had money? He had been the municipal party secretary for several years, how could he not know the financial situation of each district and county in Jingzhou?

"Vice Mayor Yi, are you sure?"

"Sure!"

"Okay, then I'll have the municipal finance department allocate funds to your district. It should arrive before nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Thank you very much, Secretary Dakang!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Dakang felt something was off. The confidence in Yi Xuexi's tone was completely different from a few days ago. But as strange as it was, Li Dakang didn't delve into it. Who cared where the money in Guangming District came from!

Meanwhile, in the conference room of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

This was also an enlarged meeting of the municipal party committee.

The conference was chaired by Chen Luo.

"Comrades, as you all know, I went to the capital a couple of days ago."

I can tell you all very clearly that Luzhou is about to experience a qualitative leap in development, and your work will become very busy, but!

However, everyone's hearts were in their throats, pounding wildly.

"However, for the major projects that are coming soon, I don't care who you are or what your connections are. From bidding to construction, if anyone dares to profit from it or to do some shoddy work, I will investigate and punish them. I don't care who your backers are, even if they are provincial or ministerial level officials, I will not let them off lightly!"

Chapter 116 Moon Lake University Approved!

The unpleasant truth has already been stated upfront.

Next comes the specific arrangements.

"Let's talk about the industrial park first. Next, our Luzhou will apply to Beijing for a national-level industrial park. The location of the park will be determined after the approval process."

Has the Director of the Transportation Bureau arrived yet?

"Secretary Chen, I'm here!"

The director of the transportation bureau stood up abruptly.

"Director Liao, your transportation bureau should survey all the roads in the city and widen those that need to be widened during this period."

Roads need repairing; to get rich, build roads first. The city will soon have a new subway project and an airport expansion project—these are major undertakings that must be undertaken immediately, and we can't afford to be careless!

"Please rest assured, Secretary Chen! Our Transportation Bureau will certainly live up to our mission!"

"Besides these major projects, the only thing that's confirmed and that I can tell you about right now is the establishment of a university!"

The university is a private institution, and its application has been submitted to the provincial party committee for review and approval, and is awaiting approval from the Ministry of Education. The approval process should take place in the next few days. The university will be named Yuehu University. Instead of planting thousands of acres of tea plantations near Yueya Lake, it would be better to build a university there. This university is very important! It will determine whether the industrial park can maintain its international advanced level in the long term.

Director Qiu of the Land and Resources Bureau, please conduct an inspection after the meeting to see how much area can be designated. The area should be no less than 5,000 mu. Comrades from the Environmental Protection Bureau should also be involved. We must ensure the university's establishment while preventing it from polluting Crescent Lake. Luzhou needs both economic prosperity and environmental protection!

"Mayor Sun, you should take charge of implementing this matter."

Sun Liancheng nodded.

"Please rest assured, Secretary Chen!"

At this moment, the director of the finance bureau timidly raised his hand.

“Well… Secretary Chen, the large projects you mentioned will probably cost a lot of money… Our municipal finance bureau only has a few billion yuan available right now, which probably won’t be enough to support them…”

Chen Luo smiled and nodded.

"The establishment of the university does not require a single penny from our municipal finances, and the investors will even rent or purchase the land at market prices."

Furthermore, the central government will be allocating funds to Lüzhou to support its development, so there's no need to worry about money.

"understand!"

"Alright, then the meeting is adjourned. The comrades from the Land and Resources Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau will provide a plan within a week, confirm the land, and start construction once the investors are in place."

After the meeting, Chen Luo returned to his office.

I had just sat down and had a cup of tea when the phone rang.

"Minister Hao, hello!"

"I'm not as good as you. You applied to a university without saying a word? You think you're so great!"

Chen Luo explained with a smile, "Minister Hao, isn't this what Luzhou needs for development?"

"Yes, Elder Li gave me instructions yesterday. It's extremely urgent. He told the Ministry of Education to give your Luzhou the green light. I convened a Party group meeting yesterday to vote in favor. I just received your project application from Handong."

This is the first time something like this has ever happened!

Chen Luo felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Ahem, Minister Hao, um..."

"Stop with the 'this' and 'that'. We'll handle this as a special case. I've seen the project proposal. Moon Lake University—it's a very poetic name. Anyway, it's not spending the Ministry of Education's money, so we don't care what you do."

"Yes, thank you, Minister Hao!"

"Tsk, you're too kind, aren't you?"