Chapter 049: A Trip to Star City (Part I)
This is the first chapter, and there should be another chapter.
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Yan Weiyu was in a trance, and suddenly remembered hearing the whining sound of the puppy not far away. She and Xiao Chen hurriedly looked over, only to see the two front legs of the Star of Hope resting on the edge of the cardboard box, looking at Xiao Chen with pure big eyes and looking at Yan Weiyu for a while, the tender and thin little red tongue in his mouth stretched out slightly, as if to protest that the two of them forgot about this little baby as soon as they talked. It has been waging its tail since Xiao Chen came in just now, and now it has been so long, Xiao Chen has not yet gone to see it, and the little guy is a little dissatisfied.
Yan Weiyu hurriedly got up and went over, touched Xiao Hope's head, and said, "Do you want me to play with you?" So saying, he sat down on the couch, but picked it up and put it on his lap.
After hope fell on Yan Weiyu's legs, the little tail hurriedly wagged up, and the little feet in front of him crossed Yan Weiyu's hand and probed forward, but they were going to go towards Xiao Chen, and their eyes were also looking at Xiao Chen, looking flattering.
Yan Weiyu was extremely angry, twisted the loose skin on the back of its neck, lifted it up, and made it look at herself, and then made a fierce expression and said, "You little stupid dog, you don't even know who is best for you?" I still want to go to him, but when he is upset, he throws you out! ”
Xiao Hope crawled on all fours, just wanting to come down, but his head actually turned to Xiao Chen's side, as if he was looking for Xiao Chen for help. Seeing that Yan Weiyu complained again, she was reluctant to do anything about it, so she had to touch the top of its head hard, and muttered: "In these years, such a small dog knows that it is inflammatory, how can it be done?" ”
Xiao Chen couldn't help laughing, and also leaned over, reached out to take the puppy, and said, "I'm called affinity." ”
Yan Weiyu pouted, just you, the "Secretary Xiao" who plays an official tone as a whole, still have affinity? …… You must have secretly fed Hope dog food recently, so that Hope thought you were a good person. Such a big person, you know to buy a dog with a little favor, hum......
Xiao Chen hugged Hope over and looked at its injuries, it turned out that its hind legs were almost healed, but the skin disease did not have too many obvious signs of healing, and the situation was just under control.
Yan Weiyu saw Xiao Chen frowning, and also sighed a little, and said, "There were a lot of things during the New Year, but I still couldn't take care of it, and the situation was a bit repetitive...... The veterinarian said that the disease was incurable and that there was no way to slack off, which seemed to be true. ”
Xiao Chen nodded, didn't speak, just touched Hope's little head, Hope narrowed his eyes, and looked extremely enjoyable, seeing that Yan Weiyu was only pouting on the side.
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The next morning, the rare good weather, a few white clouds floating leisurely in the blue sky, people's mood also relaxed a lot, and the unique fast pace of the city seemed to be reduced by this leisurely pace.
But not everyone can be so leisurely, such as Xiao Chen, deputy secretary of the district party committee of Dingqing District. At this moment, the well-known black Santana of the district party committee was running on the national highway leading to Star City, and in the back seat of the car, Xiao Chen was talking to someone.
After Xiao Chen hung up the phone with a smile on his face, the car seemed to be quieter. Huang Rui and Lao Han just listened to Secretary Xiao's call just now, and they further confirmed Secretary Xiao's latent power from this call, and at the same time they were glad that they could be by Secretary Xiao's side.
The object of Xiao Chen's call just now was Chen Xu, president of the Xiaonan branch of Huaxia Industrial and Commercial Bank, and the reason why Xiao Chen was talking to him was that he planned to make a loan for the funding gap of Far Eastern. Although the Finance Bureau was able to raise 3 million yuan, there was still a funding gap of 17 million yuan, and it was certainly not enough to rely on the district to allocate money without loans, because there were so many places in the district that needed to use the money, and it would be impossible for the Standing Committee to pass by investing so much money for the sake of a Far East.
Although Xiao Chen plans to be a "good official" in his mind, he is not an old-fashioned person, and he is a fool if he has a relationship but does not use it. So he called the uncle in advance last night and asked if he could get the money in the banking system.
After the uncle asked about the role of this money, Xiao Chen also briefly mentioned the idea of the Far East to him by the way. Xiao Zheng didn't think much about it, so he smiled and gave him half of the answer, saying that he would help him ask now.
Xiao Chen also knows that although the uncle is one of the deputy governors of the People's Bank of China, since the current governor of the People's Bank of China is Vice Premier Hong, he is also very cautious in handling affairs.
Especially since 1992, there has been a real estate boom, a boom in development zones, a boom in port and airport construction, and a boom in fundraising, and the disconnect between supply and demand has caused prices to skyrocket. In 1993, prices rose by 13 per cent nationwide and will continue to rise this year. According to the uncle's revelation at the "family annual meeting" during the Chinese New Year, it is expected that it may exceed 20% this year, which is the highest record after the reform and opening up.
Vice Premier Hong has always been resolute with an iron fist, and since last year, the state has released a large amount of state grain reserves, and it is said that by the end of this year, a total of 40 billion catties of state grain reserves will be released. In fact, due to the rise in food prices, the price of non-staple food has risen, and the price increase of non-staple food affects about two-thirds of the price at this time, which can be said to have hit the seven inches of the inflation snake. At the same time, the central government has raised grain prices twice in a row to encourage peasants to grow grain. Xiao Chen knows that the effect of Vice Premier Hong's measure is obvious, and by next year, that is, after the national grain harvest in '95, the supply of grain in the market will begin to exceed demand, and the most difficult stage of controlling inflation will be over.
Since Vice Premier Hong personally concurrently served as governor of the People's Bank of China in July last year, the large-scale regulation and control of the banks has officially begun. If Xiao Chen remembers correctly, then in July next year, the People's Bank of China will convene a national banking conference and promulgate the "16 Articles" to block the channels for goods to enter the market, starting with tightening credit.
Tighten the credit 16 articles, release grain, and cut projects. Vice Premier Hong's three moves are extremely sharp, and the tricks are bloody. As a result, China's price growth has been declining. By 1996, it had dropped to 6 percent, and in October 1997, there was a negative price growth rarely seen in China's economic history and unprecedented since the reform and opening up.
Xiao Chen also knew that this year's uncle's life would definitely not be very good. In '94, Vice Premier Hong's "year of reform" saw the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, the financial system, the investment system, the enterprise system, the housing system, and the price system...... And how could all this be done without the People's Bank of China? And there are so many reforms, it is a hornet's nest, although reform is always lost and gained, but how easy is it to let the powerful class give up their vested interests?
The most difficult fiscal and taxation reform is to implement the tax-sharing system, that is, to divide the tax sources into three types: central taxes, local taxes, and central and local shared taxes, with the aim of eliminating the fiscal pattern in which the local government takes the big head and the central government takes the small head, and this is simply cutting the flesh of the local officials.
However, the coarsness of the tone of speech is always directly proportional to how bulging the pockets are, and without changing the fiscal and taxation system, the central government will not be able to take the lead in the construction of the new economic system. After more than 10 years of decentralization and concessions, the proportion of the central government's fiscal revenue in GDP has dropped from 31.2 percent in 1978 to 14 percent in 1994, but the central government has no money to launch infrastructure projects that require overall consideration such as energy, transportation, and communications, and the bottleneck constraints of economic development are becoming more and more prominent; The rich provinces are getting richer and the poor provinces are getting poorer, but the central government is powerless to adjust; The high consumption of public funds is difficult to control, and inflationary pressure is increasing......
This reform was instructed by Zheng Lao and Xiao Lao. Zheng Lao didn't say it, let's just say Xiao Lao, he was known as the big shopkeeper of Red China abroad, and he was responsible for assisting the first prime minister in managing the national economic work since the victory of the revolution......
Because of these relationships, Xiao Zheng, as the eldest son of Xiao Lao, is currently standing on the cusp, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is in the limelight. In fact, this is also a very clever move by Vice Premier Hong, with Xiao Lao's eldest son by his side, there are many people who dare not question the policy of the Government Council in person, otherwise once the Government Council and the powerful Xiao family force really forcibly advance, how can those mantis arms who are in the way be spared?
If the regulation and control is done well this time, once the central financial strength is restored, then under the leadership of Vice Premier Hong and under his direct control, the achievements of the People's Bank of China are self-evidently huge, and this achievement is a great capital for himself and even for the entire Xiao family.
Twenty minutes later, the uncle called him back and told him a number, and the owner of the number was Chen Xu, the president of the Xiaonan branch of the Huaxia Industrial and Commercial Bank. Xiao Zheng instructed Xiao Chen to discuss with Chen Xu himself.
Since the uncle said so, he has naturally explained it to President Chen. As for why the uncle knew President Chen, Xiao Chen didn't ask, he only knew that the uncle was quite well connected in the national banking system, and of course this was also related to the rudder of his grandfather's many years of helm of the Huaxia economic giant.
Governor Chen's tone was quite polite, but in 1994, the loan of 20 million was not a small amount after all, so he asked Xiao Chen to come to Star City tomorrow to discuss in person.
Just now, Xiao Chen was on the phone to finalize the time and place of meeting with President Chen.
Xiao Chen thought about it and slowly closed his eyes, this time he came to Star City, it seemed that he should also see his cousin. I don't know if Brother Yi Cheng made sense on his aunt's side, in case it doesn't make sense, don't really want to intercede with grandpa yourself, it won't be fun.
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