Chapter 28: The Counties and the Counties

Lunch was arranged in the canteen of the Duli Township Guest House. There are two tables of people, there are only six people at the main table, Li Dongwen, Sun Yunsheng, County Magistrate Li, Director Feng, Director Su and Township Chief Tang, and the other table is the entourage of County Magistrate Li, accompanied by other leaders in the township.

The wine is a local liquor, called "Xiangxi Chunquan", Li Dongwen did not go out of his way to toast anyone, but when others came to toast, he did not refuse to come, and the wine was dry. Sun Yunsheng drank a little high, but fortunately, it was the first time they met, and everyone didn't drink much. Lunch was eaten and drunk for less than an hour, and it was over.

When the county magistrate came, Li Dongwen could no longer stay in the township, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the distinguished guests. In the afternoon, the group symbolically inspected several tea plantations nearby, all of which were planted sporadically by some farmers themselves, and then they hurried to the county seat.

When the large army went to the county seat, Township Chief Tang insisted on accompanying him, and it was useless for County Magistrate Li to stop him.

returned to the county seat, and Li Dongwen and the two were arranged in the county official hotel. At the dinner, County Magistrate Li did not accompany him anymore, but was accompanied by Director Feng of the Investment Promotion Office.

As soon as County Magistrate Li returned to the office, he asked the secretary to inform today's entourage: This matter is kept strictly confidential for the time being, and no public information is allowed. Then he grabbed the phone and began to flip through the phone book.

"Hello old classmate. Who am I? You're drinking high again. I'm Li Zhenkun...... What do you say about the big county magistrate, the poor countryside, how can you be at ease in Pengcheng...... Do me a favor, you are close to Hong Kong Island, and there are many friends and customers over there...... Help me inquire about a company and a person, the company is called ...... Hong Kong Island Taohuaxian International Investment and Development Company, whose name is Li Dongwen, is the chairman of this company...... Can you help me ask, is there such a company, and if so, how big is the company, and what is the strength...... Please, old classmate, I need it urgently, waiting for your news...... Okay, as long as you can come, I'll find a dozen Xiangxi girls to compensate you for drinking......"

Li Zhenkun always felt that this matter was not very practical, and felt that these two people were either big liars or really big investors. Li Dongwen, calm, calm, full of aura, like a big boss, just a little younger, in his thirties, really so rich? But that Manager Sun, how does he feel like a gangster, like a gangster?

Li Zhenkun was in a mess in the office.

The mobile phone rang, and Li Zhenkun hurriedly answered.

"Well, what? 1200 million?...... ...... who have just invested Can you send a few newspapers over there?...... Send Email...... Forget it, I have to go to the province to receive it, I'm afraid we don't have that high-tech thing in our state...... Thank you very much old classmates...... The beautiful Xiangxi girl has it for you......"

Li Zhenkun was down-to-earth at this moment, and clenched his fists. Then he grabbed the phone on the table: "Secretary Zhang, are you in the office? I have something to report to you...... County Magistrate Li remembered his partner, Secretary Zhang of the county party committee.

Secretary Zhang is over fifty years old and more than ten years older than Li County.

In the secretary's office, Li Zhenkun reported to Secretary Zhang about today's reception of Hong Kong businessmen. In fact, he knows in his heart that the principle of confidentiality is a fart in some cases, he doesn't believe that Secretary Zhang doesn't know about it, but he still has to act as if he doesn't know.

Secretary Zhang's first reaction was also like this: "With such a big investment, could it be a liar?" In fact, he was also looking for a friend to verify the matter just now, and was waiting for a reply.

Li Zhenkun said: "I just checked with a friend in Pengcheng, this company is true, and Boss Li's people are also true, their company has just invested in a jewelry company on Hong Kong Island, investing 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the major news media on Hong Kong Island have reported it." You can find it on the Internet, but unfortunately we don't have the Internet in this broken place. ”

Secretary Zhang: "Zhenkun, if this is true, we can't contain the fire in the paper, and the state will know sooner or later." The two of us must withstand the pressure, Governor Hong, you go and report. But be sure to guard against Wang Yi......"

Wang Yi is the vice governor of Xiangxi Prefecture, the director of the Development Commission, and the director of the China Merchants Bureau. Usually, Xiangxi County always begged Director Wang, hoping that he could get some investment projects to come over and take care of the poor counties. But this time it's different, such a big project, I'm really afraid of being targeted by the state, and Xiangxi Prefecture is also poor.

County Magistrate Li: "I don't think we're in a hurry to report to the state, so we said that we are still investigating and verifying." It's going to take a process......"

Secretary Zhang understands better that this is a procrastination trick......

On the morning of the next day, Director Feng of the County Investment Promotion Office, Director Su of the Forestry Bureau, and the relevant persons in charge of the Agriculture Bureau, the Light Industry Bureau, and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau explained to Li Dongwen and Sun Yunsheng in the conference room of the county government, facing the map of Shenniao County. Township Chief Tang also wanted to squeeze in, but was stopped by County Magistrate Li's secretary, saying that the county magistrate had been invited.

As soon as Township Chief Tang walked into County Magistrate Li's office, he was greeted with a scolding: "Tang Xiaoping, you can endure it, such a big investment has been pulled by you, you are a great hero!"

Township Chief Tang heard that it was not right, and laughed with him, "County Magistrate Li, you dissipate your anger, and I will pour you a glass of water." ”

Li Zhenkun continued: "100,000 mu, don't you know how big your Duli Township is? Ah? Do you have a total area of 100,000 mu in Duli Township? 100,000 mu, that's nearly 100 square kilometers! Do you know?!......

Tang Township Chief said in his heart, you don't need to be so exaggerated if you are the county magistrate, 100,000 acres, only more than 60 square kilometers. Well, it's a little bigger than Duli Township, but it's not much bigger.

At this time, the phone in the county magistrate's office rang, and as soon as the county magistrate Li looked at the call number, he quickly answered it: "Hello Governor Hong!"

A voice came from the phone: "I'm not good. Our state has attracted investment of 70 or 80 million US dollars, and I, the governor, don't even know it, do you think I can be good, Magistrate Lida?"

"Report to the governor of Guoquan, we are verifying the identity of the investor, mainly because we are scared by such a large investment, and we are afraid of running into a scammer......"

He continued on the phone: "County Magistrate Li, do you know how much investment was attracted in Xiangxi Prefecture in '97? $2.3 million. What is the amount of investment in the province? Less than $60 million...... Last year, the state's annual fiscal revenue was just over 200 million yuan, less than $30 million. Do you know what this means by quietly attracting $70 or 80 million? You, the county magistrate of Li Da, have single-handedly completed and surpassed the task of attracting investment from the whole province. How dare you hide such a big thing? Can you handle it in a single Divine Bird County? What should you do if the investment runs away? Just because you have a mountain in the Divine Bird, next door to you is Qiandong Prefecture in Guizhou Province, where there are many mountains, and there is also an airport...... If the investors really go to Qiandong, do you know the consequences of hiding them like this? You are the historical sinner of Xiangxi......

This phone call did not give Li Zhenkun a chance to explain at all.

Putting down the phone, County Magistrate Li Da scolded: "There is still a bit of organizational discipline, where is the principle of secrecy? Shenniao County is like a sieve, leaking air everywhere, don't you know the governor of fire prevention, theft prevention, and prevention?"

Pointing at Township Chief Tang, "This news must have come out of your Duli Township, this investment is going to be snatched away by the state, I can't spare you!"

Township Chief Tang was depressed for a while, and sure enough, the official was crushed to death.