Chapter 22: The Layman's Speech

However, due to various reasons, the new Haidong line has stopped here, and the development plan of Dongjiang County has also stalled here. Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng only came to Dongjiang County last year, both of them are in their forties, if they can make a little achievement in Dongjiang County, then according to the age of the two people, it is very likely to take a step forward in their careers. However, Dongjiang County is the economic depression of Haizhou City, and now special attention is paid to the assessment of GDP in the evaluation of cadres' political performance. In the view of Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng, the best way for this new development model is to make use of Dongjiang County's location in the center of Jiangzhou and Haizhou, and make some fuss about the industrial connection and logistics transfer between the two places, so that Dongjiang County will become an industrial supporting center and logistics base for the two major cities of Jiangzhou and Haizhou at the same time. Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line must be completed and opened to traffic, otherwise the connection between Haizhou and Jiangzhou will still pass through Yuehai County, Jiangfeng County and other places, where is Dongjiang County's turn to get a piece of the pie.

Regarding the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, Zhou Xicheng and Ma Qianli also invested a lot of energy and mind to solve this problem, but because Dongjiang County is a food finance, there is still a gap of more than 200 million yuan in land requisition compensation and construction funds for the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line. Even if the provincial and municipal transportation departments have the intention to increase investment in the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, they are still powerless.

At this time, Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng's hearts were full of complaints about the design department of the Haidong New Line, and even Sun Jinping, the old governor who advocated the change of the design route of the Haidong New Line, was also a little dissatisfied. If the original design plan of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line had been completed and opened to traffic, why did it fall into the current dilemma?

Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng had a lawsuit, but they had to find a way to raise funds for the construction of the Dongjiang section. This time, Zhao Changfeng was promoted from the position of secretary of the Yuehai County Party Committee to the executive vice mayor of Haizhou City, Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng had their minds in their hearts, and planned to find an opportunity to report to Mayor Zhao, complain about their grievances, and let Mayor Zhao find a way to take care of Dongjiang County, solve the construction funds of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, and let the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line be completed and opened to traffic as soon as possible, turning this traffic blind intestine across the territory of Dongjiang County into a golden high-speed channel for economic development. However, Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng did not expect that without waiting for them to start reporting, Mayor Zhao took the initiative to come to Donghai County to inspect the construction progress of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, and what they did not expect was that Mayor Zhao's inspection itinerary actually included the initial design route of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line.

People who wallow in officialdom have always been good at understanding the intentions of leaders. Mayor Zhao's proposal to inspect the original design route of the Dongjiang section, which has long been abandoned, shows what does this mean? Mayor Zhao is not an ordinary deputy mayor, he is a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, executive vice mayor, responsible for the city's economy, finance, finance, transportation and other aspects of the work, has a great say and even decision-making power in these aspects of the work, as such a major city leader, he will go to inspect the original design of the Dongjiang section of the abandoned Haidong New Line for no reason?

If Mayor Zhao's inspection of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line conveys the leadership of Haizhou City, at least Mayor Zhao himself attaches great importance to the construction of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, then the inclusion of the original design route of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line in the specific itinerary shows that Mayor Zhao himself is at least considering whether this abandoned design line can be brought back to life.

For this idea, Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng have not thought about it, but they never dared to think about it. It is already very difficult to declare a secondary road, and it is even more difficult to modify the design route of the secondary highway that has already started construction. Because the modification of the design route is to make the design unit and the approval unit of the route admit that the original design plan is wrong, or at least inappropriate, which means responsibility, although there is no specific person to bear this responsibility for coming out, but this will still touch the bottom line of some bureaucracy. They have always held the power of approval, watching others beg to come to the door, and now they want to make them admit that they are wrong, isn't it a slap in the face? The difficulty can be imagined. What's more, the existing line of the Dongjiang section of the new Haidong line also involves the retired old governor Sun Jinping, although Sun Jinping only became the vice governor, but his influence in the political arena of eastern Guangdong has never been underestimated...... Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng dare not think about it, it does not mean that others dare not think about it. Judging from Mayor Zhao's inspection route arrangement, Mayor Zhao dared to think like this, and probably planned to do so, otherwise he would not have led a group of subordinates to inspect the originally designed route of the Dongjiang section with such fanfareβ€”as the executive vice mayor in charge of transportation, Zhao Changfeng should know very well what kind of information his every move will convey to the cadres below.

When Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng touched each other like this, they had a score in each other's hearts, and their caliber was unified. That is, at the next discussion meeting, Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng must cry poverty, emphasizing how much the Dongjiang section of the new Haidong Line will be promoted to the social and economic development of Dongjiang County. The city is required to tilt the policy towards Dongjiang County, provide greater financial support, and let the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line be completed and opened to traffic as soon as possible. If Chen Xinren, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, also cried poverty, saying that the Municipal Transportation Bureau is also short of funds and overstretched, and cannot give greater support to Dongjiang County, then let Zhou Xicheng throw out the original design line of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line to test Mayor Zhao's reaction.

As Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng expected, as soon as they proposed that Dongjiang County has a poor foundation and a weak foundation, and hoped that the city could give a little more support in terms of capital investment, so that the Haidong New Line could be completed and opened to traffic as soon as possible, and become a road to prosperity and prosperity for all the people of Dongjiang County, Chen Xinren, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, said:

"I personally understand that at present, it is still necessary to advocate the spirit of self-reliance and arduous struggle at the grassroots level, and not to always wait, rely on, and demand, and grassroots cadres must break this old concept. The city's funds are also limited, when the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line was originally designed, the city only arranged 160 million yuan of construction funds, and later, considering the specific difficulties of Dongjiang County, the city added 60 million yuan of construction funds, and at the same time made the work of the Provincial Department of Communications, so that the Provincial Department of Transportation also increased 60 million yuan of matching funds, which in itself is a huge support for the transportation construction of Dongjiang County. The two districts and three counties in the city are also a big construction project, and money is needed everywhere, and the city's transportation construction funds are also limited, mainly relying on the hard work of the cadres and masses below. Mayor Zhao just emphasized that we must hold high two banners, one is reform and opening up, and the other is hard work. I believe that Mayor Zhao's instructions are extremely correct, and we should deeply appreciate the spirit of Mayor Zhao's instructions. ”

Ma Qianli and Zhou Xicheng touched each other's eyes, and as expected, Chen Xinren, the old guy, is playing the same old tune again, always this old way.

Zhou Xicheng coughed, moved the teacup in front of him, and said, "Director Chen's speech is very good, and it speaks the voice of our grassroots cadres. Secretary Ma and I agree with Mayor Zhao's point of view, the more we are in the reform and opening up, the more we cannot forget the spirit of self-reliance and hard work. ”

Ma Qianli stretched out his hand and flicked the cigarette ash, and looked at Zhou Xicheng with a smile, which is undoubtedly the best footnote to Zhou Xicheng's speech, letting everyone know that what Zhou Xicheng said "Secretary Ma and I" is definitely not empty words, it is the unanimous opinion of two people.

Zhao Changfeng leaned on the seat, while listening to Zhou Xicheng's speech, he sighed in his heart, it seems that although the foundation of Dongjiang County is poor, the leading group is still very united, at least on key issues, the top and second leaders can take the same position, so the situation is still beneficial to the economic development of Dongjiang County.

Zhou Xicheng glanced up at Mayor Zhao, unable to figure out what was going on under Mayor Zhao's plain expression, he continued: "However, self-reliance and hard work also require some basic conditions. Take the construction of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line as an example, if Dongjiang County is allowed to rely on the current conditions to be self-reliant and work hard, then the Dongjiang section must abandon the existing design line and return to the original design line - Mayor Zhao and Director Chen should have found during their inspection today that if the Dongjiang section returns to the original design line, not only will the line be shortened by more than five kilometers, but also one less tunnel through the mountain and three bridges across the river will be built, and the surplus funds will be more than 200 million yuan - if so, All the cadres and masses in Dongjiang County can still have the confidence to complete and open the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line to traffic! ”

Zhou Xicheng made a start, and many cadres of the Dongjiang County Transportation Bureau echoed it, regardless of whether they really agreed with the opinion of County Magistrate Zhou in their hearts - at this time, the words spoken by County Magistrate Zhou were obviously agreed by Secretary Ma, and the top party and government leaders in the county all spoke.

Li Zhenjie, director of the Dongjiang County Transportation Bureau, did not speak immediately, but took a pen and diligently recorded it in his notebook, as if he was summing up the essence of everyone's speeches.

Wang Wenfeng, executive deputy commander of the Dongjiang section project headquarters, opened his mouth and sang the opposite: "The opinions of the county magistrate Zhou and the comrades of the Dongjiang County Transportation Bureau are very good, but I think it is necessary to think about it carefully?" Although the new line of Haidong is a secondary highway, but the design standards of many sections of the road have actually reached the standard of a highway, the design route of this road is surveyed and designed by the Provincial Urban Construction Survey and Design Institute, after the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, reported to the Provincial Department of Communications, and studied and adopted at the office meeting of the Provincial Department of Communications, and finally reported to the vice governor in charge, and decided on the study at the governor's office meeting. It can be said that at present, this line has been demonstrated by authoritative experts inside and outside the province from the project proposal to the project feasibility report, and then it has been approved and checked at all levels, and finally decided. At this time, if we want to propose a design modification, what will those experts think? What would the higher authorities think? What will the supervisor think? Of course, this is just my personal opinion, anyway...... I think it's still important to be cautious about this. ”

There was silence in the room. Wang Wenfeng's question is a bit big, and no one can answer it.

Zhao Changfeng glanced at Wang Wenfeng lightly, took a sip of tea from the teacup, moistened his throat, and then said: "The comrades just now all spoke enthusiastically, very good, the discussion meeting, you need such an atmosphere, you know everything, you can talk about everything, you can take out any point of view, the more you argue, the clearer it is." ”

As he spoke, his gaze swept faintly across the venue, taking in the reactions of everyone in the room.

"Many of you are experts in the transportation system, and although I am in charge of the transportation system, it goes without saying that I am a layman in transportation construction compared to the experts here." Zhao Changfeng swept his eyes around and took it back, "So for the construction of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, I, a layman, basically have no right to speak, so I won't talk about any opinions." For now, I can only talk about the working methods for a while. The old-timers of the republic once said that in the work, we must 'not only go to the top, not only the book, but only the truth', how do you think of this sentence? Personally, I understand that it is very simple, that is, we are required to not only look at what the leaders say and what the experts say in the books in our work, but to do our work according to the actual situation, according to local conditions, according to the time conditions, and seeking truth from facts. Because leaders are also people, experts are also people, and people will make mistakes, so their opinions and views are not necessarily correct, and the final foothold of our work should also fall on the specific situation of the work. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Changfeng glanced around again, smiled and made a concluding remark: "This is a little insight I have in my actual work, and I will encourage you to speak out." That's all for today's seminar. On the issue of the Dongjiang section of the Haidong New Line, the Haizhou Municipal Transportation Bureau and Dongjiang County should set up a joint group to study it again and come up with a plan to submit to it. In short, we must find a way to solve this problem, and we can't let the cecum of Haizhou City hinder the economic development of our Haizhou City anymore! ”

There was a warm applause at the venue, and Wang Wenfeng and Li Zhenjie also applauded, as if they had exerted all their strength.

(To be continued)

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