Chapter 338: The Small Town
After Ren Xiaoyao returned from the battlefield, Ren Xiaoyao went straight home and packed a few pieces of daily laundry. After kissing Qiaoyun goodbye, he drove to the airport and boarded a Boeing passenger plane bound for Province G, accompanied by Xu Wenbin.
While waiting for the flight in the terminal, Ren Xiaoyao called Dongfang Bi, Han Bingbing, Long Yan, Qiao Meng, and Ren Yu respectively and told them that he was going out for a few days.
On a municipal highway from City W in Province G to Taiping Township in the outer suburbs, vehicles were driving on the bumpy road that had been in disrepair for a long time.
Because of the dry weather, every passing vehicle without exception would kick up a cloud of dust, causing hardship to the drivers following behind.
A large truck drove towards us, followed by overwhelming dust.
The windshield of an ordinary-looking jeep suddenly became blurry. Xu Wenbin, who was driving the car, hurriedly used a wiper to clean away the dust that blocked his view, and cursed: "Damn it, China is now
Why are there still such dilapidated roads? It’s like we’re still stuck in the last century.”
Sitting in the passenger seat, a local staff member of the National Security Bureau named Zhuang Hu said: "Taiping Township is a remote area, and it has just been placed under W City. Of course, the leaders in the city will not pay attention to it. Taiping Township is not
If you are not rich, how can you find the money to build roads? The road we are taking now is pretty good, but the road conditions in other places are even worse. The weather is fine but a bit dusty. If it rains, even the road we are sitting on
Even an off-road jeep like this can’t move.”
Ren Xiaoyao has always thought that Province G is a well-known economically developed province in the country, and even a county-level unit should be better than a poor southwest city-level unit.
Sitting in the car and looking along the road, the mountains and rivers are colorless, and one or two dilapidated adobe houses are exposed among the barren fields and mountains and rivers, making people suddenly feel like they are in a remote countryside during the period of reform and opening up.
Although Ren Xiaoyao had just learned from the brother from the National Security Bureau stationed in City W that Taiping Township was a poor place, he did not expect it to be so poor.
Dasheng couldn't help but sigh and said: "It has been almost 30 years since the reform and opening up. How can Taiping Township, located in Province G, an economically developed province, still be like this?"
Smelling the lingering stench in the air, Ren Xiaoyao continued: "And the pollution seems to be very serious. In the past few years, the government has called for poverty alleviation every year. The economic strength of Province G is one of the best in the country, and the provincial government has no money.
Just let it go?"
The friend of the National Security Bureau stationed in City W replied: "Boss Cheng, you don't know something. There are no resources to develop and utilize here. It is located inland, has no seaport, and has poor infrastructure. And it is in line with the saying; poor mountains and bad waters lead to bad things."
Diaomin. In the early days of reform and opening up, there were also a few foreign bosses who wanted to invest and build factories here because of the cheap labor here. However, as soon as the cars entered the boundary of Taiping Township, local farmers blocked the road and made them pay tolls before they were allowed to pass. In the end, they were directly
These developers were all scared away, and from then on no investor was willing to invest and build factories here."
Then he added: "As for why poverty alleviation in the province has not been carried out here, the reason is actually very simple. Although Taiping Township is extremely poor, the per capita fiscal income reported every year ranks among the top five in the city.
According to the provincial government’s files, Taiping Township is a wealthy township, so how can we talk about poverty alleviation!”
Ren Xiaoyao looked at the poor mountains and rivers outside the car window and then asked doubtfully: "These officials are really going to any lengths to gain political achievements! Since no one in the township has opened a factory, why is the environmental pollution so serious?"
Zhuang Hu said helplessly: "We rely on mountains to eat mountains, and we rely on water to eat water! Taiping Township has nothing, but it can provide some coal, so the leaders in the county and township have partnered with their relatives to open small coal mines in the township to make huge profits.
, the small coal mine where the accident happened this time was jointly operated by a director named Xiang of the County Industrial Bureau and his distant relative in City A. In the end, when something happened, Director Zhang took care of it and put all the blame on him.
I have completely forgotten my relationship with this small coal mine in front of my distant relatives!"
"How is the relationship between this director named Zhang and the higher-ups?" Ren Xiaoyao asked suddenly.
When Zhuang Hu said this, he turned around and said to Ren Xiaoyao, who was sitting in the back row, as if he was flattering: "This director named Zhang is not good at anything else, but he is very good at flattering people. Several leaders in the county have a close relationship with him.
, there is even a deputy mayor on the municipal committee who has a good relationship with him. Of course, local emperors like them cannot be compared with Boss Cheng."
"You are good at talking!" Ren Xiaoyao smiled and turned to look out of the car without saying anything else. Zhuang Hu in front also closed his mouth knowingly.
As soon as the off-road jeep stopped at the gate of Taiping Township Government, the scene was suddenly filled with gongs, drums and firecrackers.
The heads of the township government stood in a row in front of and behind the township government office building. A large banner with red background and white characters was hung: Welcome Mr. Long, chairman of Longxiao Group in City A, to come to Taiping Township to inspect investment.
Ren Xiaoyao sat in the car and saw the grand office building of the township government. Then he thought about the dilapidated adobe houses he saw along the way. He frowned tightly and understood why Zhou Ruo's hometown was so poor.
reason.
Looking at the banner hanging at the door of the township government, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "X, your mother, even if I throw money into the kitchen, I won't let you bastards get it from me.
Every penny benefits.”
"Welcome Boss Cheng to come to our Taiping Township to investigate investment." As soon as Ren Xiaoyao and his party got off the bus, Mayor Sun of Taiping Township led dozens of cadres in the township to greet him and took the initiative to greet this man from Taiping Township.
The big boss of City A extended his right hand.
"The 'conditions' here are not bad!" Ren Xiaoyao completely dismissed the smiling Mayor Sun as nothing, and ignored him and walked straight into the gate of the township government.
Seeing that Boss Cheng was so disrespectful to him, Township Chief Sun's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver. He retracted his stretched out hand in embarrassment and led his subordinates to follow Ren Xiaoyao and his party into the township government building.
In the conference room of the township government building, Mayor Sun and the two deputy mayors held a stack of documents in their hands and introduced to Ren Xiaoyao various policy benefits provided by the township for foreign investment.
All in all, it was just a sentence. I hope Ren Xiaoyao can invest in building a factory in the village. As for the scale, they didn't particularly care.
As long as the big boss from City A is willing to invest, even if he only invests a few hundred thousand, then when the time comes to report it, he will just add a zero after the specific investment amount of the external investment. Everyone does this now.
Chapter completed!