It won't be long before a long-term railway from Beijing to Taipei will be built, two years later, and will pass through the eastern part of Lang City, exactly where Gu Xiangguo proposed to build a large overpass. Now that it is being built, after it is completed, the construction of the railway will almost begin, and the overpass that has just been built will have to be demolished.

Between construction and demolition, a lot of manpower and material resources are wasted, and the investment of the municipal government will be wasted, but someone will make a steady profit, that is, the contractor. Xia Xiang could even guess that the project would definitely fall into the hands of Oh Chen!

He must stop Gu Xiangguo's fake public and private behavior!

Because municipal projects have always been government investment and government behavior, therefore, it is the people's money that is spent. One in and one out, the preliminary estimate is to lose hundreds of millions.

Of course, it is the government and taxpayers' money that are lost, not Gu Xiangguo's money, nor Oh Chen's money. When it is built, the government will invest. When the time comes to demolish and relocate, the government will subsidize it. Between entering and exiting, the developer will not lose anything and will make a lot of money.

It is a way to make money under the combination of government and business.

Whether the other deputy mayors are clear, Xia Xiang is unwilling to guess, he knows the doors, he can't let Gu Xiangguo's plan succeed.

"Mayor Gu, the proposal to build an overpass is not feasible!" Xia Xiang also directly objected, "With the scale of Lang City, it is a waste of manpower and material resources to go on a large overpass, and it cannot be used to the fullest, so I don't think there is any need to get started." ”

Xia Xiang's objection was very direct, and he showed no mercy at all, which made Gu Xiangguo's face a little unbearable. In fact, Gu Xiangguo didn't know that Xia Xiang still showed him affection and didn't directly say his intentions, otherwise he would definitely lose face.

"The overpass project has been demonstrated by experts from the Planning Bureau, which is not only feasible, but also very conducive to the economic development of Lang City, and is very useful for enhancing the overall image of Lang City. Mayor Xia is too arbitrary, and he denies it, not the attitude of discussing the problem. The Ancient Blood Kingdom said dissatisfiedly, quite justifiably.

Gu Xiangguo has the upper hand in momentum, just hoping to suppress Xia Xiang, after all, he is the mayor, and at the same time, it is also to cover up his weakness. He thought that Xia Xiang didn't know the inside story, but he didn't know who Xia Xiang was, Xia Xiang was very clear about the construction industry, and he had advantages that others did not have.

Chen Zhijie said: "I think Mayor Xia is right, with the current scale of Yan City, there are only two overpasses in total, and the utilization rate is very low, and the Yan Municipal Government is also reflecting on the overpass project is not fully used, it is a face project." Combined with the experience of the provinces and other cities in the country, the construction of an overpass is basically equivalent to decoration in terms of Lang's current GDP and population density. My opinion is that it is more practical to invest limited funds where they are more needed, such as building a large convention center, rather than an overpass.

Of course, Gu Xiangguo knew that the conference center would be more conducive to the economic construction of Lang City than the overpass, but it was not conducive to his shrewd plan, so Chen Zhijie spoke to Xia Xiang very partially, and retorted: "Lang City does have a long-term plan to build a conference center, but the conference center is a conference center, and the overpass is an overpass.

In contrast, the overpass has the greatest benefit to the people, and it can best reflect the determination of the municipal government to do practical things for the people. ”

Often corrupt officials will have a dignified side, as far as Xia wants to see with his own eyes, as well as many corrupt officials who were exposed after the fall of later generations, almost all of them are sanctimonious, people before and after they talk about anti-corruption and clean government, but also have to keep saying that they are for the country and the people, and after the fall, not only do the people not believe that he is a corrupt official, a big corrupt official, even the colleagues who have been together are very surprised.

Real people don't show their faces, and corrupt officials don't show their faces.

Shao Ding echoed Gu Xiangguo's words in time: "I think Mayor Gu's proposal is still very in line with the current situation of Lang City, with the popularity of private cars, at the same time, more and more foreign populations are pouring into Lang City, and in the area of Dongkai District, there are paint factories, and the flow of people is very dense, and an overpass is urgently needed to relieve traffic pressure." I agree with Mayor Gu's proposal and think that it is absolutely necessary to build an overpass. ”

"Yes, it does." Wang Hao also expressed his position in time and expressed his approval, "Mayor Gu and Mayor Shao are very reasonable, of course, Mayor Xia's statement is also good from the starting point...... In my opinion, it is still necessary to put the overpass on the horse. ”

Although Wang Hao agreed with Gu Xiangguo's opinion, he also implicitly released goodwill to Xia Xiang, which attracted Gu Xiangguo's profound attention. Wang Hao hurriedly lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

Liu Xianshan's attitude was very resolute, not more than Wang Hao, who was afraid of offending Xia Xiang, and he said very generously: "The overpass project must be launched, and it will not work if it is not launched." Langshi is about to become a pilot city in the Dajing Economic Circle, and there is not even an overpass, which is too damaging to the image of Lang Nian. I think that the overpass should not only be built, but also be put up as soon as possible. ”

Liu Xianshan's momentum is full, and when he speaks, he cooperates with waving gestures, and he has the style of a general.

Wu Ruolan glanced at Liu Xianshan with disdain, first knocked lightly on the table, and when Liu Xianshan turned her head to look at her, she said unhurriedly: "Mayor Liu, don't speak too loudly, the conference room is not big, the noise is so loud that your ears are buzzing, and it is easy to lose sleep."

Zhu Ruile was drinking water, spit on the ground with a "poof", and waved his hand with a busy smile: "I'm sorry to choke on it, Mayor Wu, please continue to speak." ”

Zhu Ruile's obvious sneer, how could Liu Xianshan not see it? He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wu Ruolan's words.

"I think Mayor Gu's proposal is too hasty, it's not that the overpass can't be built, but not now. Now that the scale of Lang City is still small, will the future development be inclined to the east or to the north? The jury is still out. Besides, after the Dajing City Economic Circle is launched, the province's positioning of Lang City will definitely be adjusted, and now it is rushed to the overpass, in case it is inconsistent with the provincial policy, isn't it doing useless work? ”

I have to say that Wu Ruolan's speech is the most realistic and convincing, as soon as her words fell, even Gu Xiangguo was slightly surprised, obviously not expecting Wu Ruolan to have such a profound insight.

Although there are many voices of opposition and questioning, Gu Xiangguo just wants to seize the time to reach a consensus in the government team first, and then submit it to the Standing Committee for discussion, because if the government team does not agree with each other, it will be very embarrassing when discussing it at the Standing Committee, after all, the government team now occupies a total of three Standing Committee seats, and the weight is very heavy.

Time waits for no one, and after the approval of the Ministry of Railways comes down, everyone knows that if there is a railway crossing the overpass, his intentions will be revealed and unveiled in front of everyone.

At this stage, the news has not been officially disclosed to the public, but he has learned the inside story through special channels, so he will make a time difference and make a lot of money together.

After all, the change in policy cannot be blamed on his head, money must be earned, but it must be earned reasonably, and there must be no sequelae, so it is necessary to use the foresight and sensitivity to the policy to make money within the scope of reasonable and legal.

Gu Xiangguo decided to give full play to the authority of the mayor and to force Xia Xiangyi: "I think this is the case for the time being, although some comrades have different opinions, I still ask comrades to focus on the overall situation, and not just blindly oppose it." Comrades who have opinions should reserve their opinions first, and my attitude is that some projects must be launched, and those who oppose them must also be launched. ”

Gu Xiangguo waved his hand, and the authority of the top leader of the city government was revealed, obviously not wanting to give Xia Xiang and others another chance to speak.

Xia wanted to see this scene and knew that Gu Xiangguo had decided to make a desperate decision to be forcibly submitted to the Standing Committee for discussion, Gu Xiangguo was the mayor and could make a decision at the executive meeting of the government, but the overpass was a major matter related to the overall interests of Lang City, and it must be discussed by the Standing Committee, so he stretched out his hands: "Since Mayor Gu insisted, I have nothing to say, so I will go to the Standing Committee to discuss it." However, ......" suddenly changed his tone, and he added lightly, "I want to remind Mayor Gu in advance that there are some things behind the scenes, in fact, everyone knows that it is better to talk about the surface, and hiding behind the scenes will have the opposite effect." ”

At this point, Xia Xiang understands a little more clearly, the launch of the overpass not only benefits Chen and Gu Xiangguo, but also because it involves the purchase of a large amount of paint, it can also bring a lot of income to occupy the paint, which is really a good hand to kill three birds with one stone.

The only loser is the revenue of the municipal government.

If Xia Xiang didn't have any principles, and it didn't involve his personal interests anyway, he would have raised his hand and passed. The government's money has never lacked precedents for being divided up by image projects, political performance projects, and even some insider projects, intentionally or unintentionally, but Xia Xiang can't tolerate such a thing happening under his nose.

Originally, Xia Xiang's attention was drawn to Leng Zhifang's aftermath recently, but because of the slow progress of the case, he also happened to increase the supervision of the university town and the support for tourism agriculture, ready to make due contributions to the economic construction of Lang City, I don't want to first come out of Wang Qiangrose's paint incident, and now there is an overpass incident, both incidents are directly related to Oh Chen, indirectly related to Sato, and the problem of occupying the lacquer is once again in front of Xia Xiang in a situation of multiple intertwined contradictions.

And because Chen Datou is the general agent of the lacquer, Xia Xiang knows that the first meeting between him and Sato may not be easy.

After the government meeting, Gu Xiangguo left Wang Chao, Liu Xianshan, and Shao Ding to continue the meeting to study the details, Xia Xiang, Chen Zhijie, Zhu Ruile and Wu Ruolan all left the conference room, and the government team was obviously divided into two factions.

Xia Xiang did not go back to the office, but came directly to Ai Chengwen's office, and first exchanged views with Ai Chengwen on the issue of the overpass proposed by Gu Xiangguo.

Ai Chengwen said that he had also heard about the matter, and he had not conducted in-depth research on the matter, and his preliminary view was that it was feasible to a certain extent. Xia Xiang didn't reveal too much to Ai Chengwen, but implicitly pointed out that rushing to the horse might have bad consequences, and persuaded Ai Chengwen not to make a decision to support it easily.

Ai Chengwen saw that Xia wanted to put it forward solemnly, so he said that he would be cautious about this matter.

The reason why Xia Xiang did not directly explain Gu Xiangguo's motives to Ai Chengwen was that it was not appropriate for him to beat Gu Xiangguo to death just by guessing, and second, he had to ask the capital to verify the specific launch time of the railway, whether it was the same as what he knew. Only the conclusions reached after comprehensive analysis can verify Gu Xiangguo's intentions.

Even if Gu Xiangguo really has no selfish thoughts, as long as the railway passes through the east of the city, the overpass cannot be put on the horse, otherwise it will be a project that costs the people and money.

Xia Xiang didn't delay, and immediately asked the capital for verification. He first called Yi Xiangshi and then called Chen Feng, and now Chen Feng has officially taken office in Shancheng, but he is also very clear about the decision of the National Development and Reform Commission before, and he got a consistent answer from the two mouths, and it will not be long before the railway project from Beijing to Taipei will be officially announced.

In this way, Gu Xiangguo's intentions are self-evident.

In the evening, Oh Neen Chen called again to invite Xia Xiang to the banquet, but Nie Xiang refused again.

Second, Xia Xiang inspected the construction site of the university town and pointed out that in the selection of building materials, we should be based on the principle of practicality, try to choose high-quality and low-cost products, and do not necessarily use brand-name building materials. After all, college towns are not high-end residences and convention centers, but are built to be solid and affordable.

Subsequently, Xia Xiang expressed his views on specific building materials, pointing out that other domestic brands of paint can be appropriately selected, not necessarily the city's paint, and then make a decision after comprehensive comparison, not to ignore cost savings because of the blind pursuit of brand.

After Xiao Wu recovered from his illness, he has been in charge of the construction of the university town project in Lang City, preparing to base himself in the university town of Xiangri, and then take root in Lang City.

Xiao Wu expressed his position on the spot and decided to purchase a batch of domestic paints from manufacturers in the south in response to Mayor Xia's call for cost savings.

Jiangshan Real Estate then purchased millions of yuan of paint from the south at one time, and went all the way to Lang City, which immediately caused a sensation in Lang City.

For many years, the construction project in Lang City, has never used other brands of paint, whether it is government investment or corporate behavior, basically do not need to occupy the paint do not want to successfully complete the construction, sometimes even the government will come forward to persuade, can not convince, on the policy control, in short, all the buildings in Lang City, as long as the need for exterior or interior wall paint, all are occupied paint.

The university town is very well-known among the citizens, and its every move has attracted the attention of many people. For the first time, the university town project did not take the occupation of paint, but also under the instructions of Mayor Xia, the high-profile purchase of a domestic brand of paint, which is the most competitive domestic brand in China and occupy the paint, one by one to many people to convey a complex message, many people have speculated, is it possible that the government's support for the occupation of paint has weakened? The wind has changed?

Sato can really calm down, after Xia Xiang beat him with the university town project, he was stunned to withstand the pressure, or didn't call in person, so Xia Xiang also secretly admired the stubbornness of the Japanese, okay, hard support, right? See how long you can last!

Two years later, Wu Ruotian's representative Lei Yan came to Lang City from the capital, went directly to Xia Xiang's office, and officially proposed to Xia Xiang that he intended to set up a paint factory in Lang City.

When the news came out, there was an uproar, which made the municipal party committee and municipal government and many citizens speculate that Mayor Xia's move was completely the practice of cutting off the back road of paint, and it was pressing step by step!

All everyone saw was the appearance, and as for what Lei Yan talked about with Xia Xiang in private, outsiders naturally didn't know. Xia Xiang came to the conclusion after a deep discussion with Lei Yan that the Wu family really wanted to take the opportunity of investing in the paint factory to officially intervene in the affairs of Lang City.

Not only for the sake of economic interests, but the economic benefits of Lang City will not be put in the eyes of the Wu family, but there are deep-seated political intentions, where the sword is pointed, Xia Xiang is not sure, because Lei Yan was just entrusted by Wu Caiyang and specially confessed a few words to him.

The first is to let Xia Xiang make Wu Ruotian's paint factory as successful as possible, and if it goes smoothly, the Wu family owes him a favor. The second is to warn Xia Xiang that some people in Lang City are far more complicated than they seem, mainly because the forces behind them are huge, so Xia Xiang should be careful and careful.

Wu Caiyang's words are very interesting, both direct and subtle, but he did not specify who he was asked to guard against. But no matter what, the Wu family intervened in Lang City through the paint factory incident, and the first contradictions and conflicts were Gu Xiangguo and Oh Chen!

After the news that there might be a new paint factory in Lang City, Sato only persisted for → and finally couldn't sit still, and took the initiative to make the first call to Xia Xiang.

Sato spoke Chinese fluently, and if he hadn't reported his family, Xia Xiang wouldn't have heard that he was Japanese at all. It's a good thing to speak fluent Chinese, but his tone is a bit stiff, and the first contact gave Xia Xiang a not-so-good impression.

"Mayor Xia, hello, I'm Naoichi Sato." Sato's pronunciation is standard, but his tone is not known whether it is intentional or unintentional, and he is very stiff, "I want to talk to you, when are you free?" ”

In all fairness, Zhanzhu Qi, as the largest foreign-funded project introduced by Lang City, should be courteous to the municipal government, but courtesy is not the same as a low voice. The city government's eagerness to invest is true, but the investment is not to bow its head in exchange, but to be voluntary on both sides, in line with the principle of mutual benefit, Sato may be used to a high posture in front of the rest of the city government, and also spoke to Xia Xiang in a condescending tone, which made Xia Xiang put a big question mark on his sincerity in wanting to talk.

"Mr. Sato......" After a little deliberation on the sentence, Xia Xiang's tone was light and detached, "I've been busy lately, so I can't spare time, and I can't think of any need to talk between us!"