Ye Ming listened to Xu Tai and Feng Jialiang had a great opinion of himself, with a sneer of disdain on his face, and said to Xu Tai: "County Magistrate Xu, you don't have to worry about this, if he is not willing to come to Beishan to guide the work, then we will go directly to the Finance Department to find him in a few days, and we will always find a solution." ”

Xu Tailai was secretly surprised when he saw Ye Ming looking like he was in his chest, and he didn't know what method he was going to use to persuade Feng Jialiang to change his mind, but he didn't want to ask again, so he had to nod and agree.

After all the teachers dispersed, Ye Ming took Jiang Dunyi's car to the People's Hospital to treat the wound briefly, and rushed back to the office, dealt with some more urgent official business, and convened all the Standing Committee members at home in the afternoon to hold a meeting, first of all, Liu Honda informed the participants of Li Zheng's investigation and punishment by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and then Yang Qiang read out several personnel appointment and dismissal plans, one of which was to transfer Zhu Hua to the Land Bureau as deputy director, Su Jinsong to the county party committee office as the secretary section chief, and made it clear that he was Ye Ming's secretary.

The last topic of the meeting was the funding of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Beishan County. Because Ye Ming didn't know much about this matter, Chen Lichang, the propaganda minister, made a detailed report to him.

It turned out that July 15 this year was the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of Beishan County. As early as the beginning of the year, Zhang Jiankun, the former secretary of the county party committee, proposed to hold a grand celebration, and invited provincial and municipal television stations, newspapers and other news media to come to publicize and report, in order to enhance the popularity of Beishan, promote the development achievements of Beishan in recent years, and enhance the pride and cohesion of the people of the county.

Therefore, he instructed the Propaganda Department many times: We must make this celebration more grand and lively, carefully select and rehearse theatrical performances, and at the same time invite some famous hosts and celebrities to come to cheer the scene, even if it costs more money for this.

In accordance with Zhang Jiankun's instructions, Beishan County set up a preparatory committee for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the county, and Zhang Jiankun personally served as the director of the preparatory committee, and he came forward to contact some famous entrepreneurs from Beishan to raise 5 million yuan for the celebration activities, but there is not much left of these 5 million yuan. If you want to invite famous hosts and celebrities to participate in the celebrations, plus fireworks at the party, banquets for leaders and guests, red envelopes to news media reporters, and other expenses, there is still a funding gap of at least 3 million yuan.

But now, the county treasury can't pay salaries, and there is no money left over for celebrations. And now, there are only 20 days until July 15th, and if we don't solve the problem of funds quickly, not only will we not be able to invite celebrities and reporters, but we will not even be able to get the money for banquets and guests......

Ye Ming knew that in a poor county like Beishan, every financial expenditure was budgeted at the beginning of the year, one nail and one eye, and sometimes even one nail did not have one eye, and the east wall and the west wall needed to be demolished to barely maintain the balance of income and expenditure. Therefore, the funding gap of 3 million yuan may not seem like much, but if it is not included in the county budget at the beginning of the year, there is no way to fill it with money from the financial funds.

So, he asked a little strangely: "Minister Chen, since Comrade Zhang Jiankun originally proposed to hold a grand celebration and invite celebrities and media reporters to attend, didn't he consider the issue of funds?" Why didn't the county's budget at the beginning of the year include this expenditure? ”

Chen Lichang said with a wry smile: "Secretary Ye, we are a poor county, if we spend millions of yuan in the budget for luxury celebrations, what will the people think?" What will the superiors think? Therefore, Secretary Zhang Jiankun said at the beginning: This celebration does not need a penny from the treasury, and he will raise money from entrepreneurs from Beishan. Later, he persuaded several entrepreneurs from Beishan who were developing in other places to agree to jointly invest 10 million yuan to organize the celebration.

Among them, three entrepreneurs have fulfilled their promises, donating a total of 5 million yuan to the celebration preparation group in March. However, a billionaire from Beishan in Shenzhen originally promised to donate 5 million yuan, and said that he would definitely be in place in early June. As a result, as soon as Secretary Zhang Jiankun was transferred, he changed his mind and said that their company's capital turnover was difficult and he could not donate, and he himself would not come back to participate in the celebration——"

Ye Ming immediately interrupted him and asked, "What is the name of this entrepreneur in Shenzhen?" What industry do you do? Why did it suddenly change hexagrams? ”

His surname is Zhang, his name is Zhang Guangyuan, and his company is engaged in the production and sales of low-end mobile phones, and the products are mainly exported to some poor countries in Southeast Asia and Africa. He had a very good relationship with Secretary Zhang Jiankun, so as soon as Secretary Zhang asked for donations, he immediately agreed to donate 5 million yuan. I guess the reason for his change of hexagram is also because Secretary Zhang has been transferred, and he feels that there is no need to spend this money, so he found an excuse not to donate. ”

Ye Ming silently wrote down the name Zhang Guangyuan in his heart, did not dwell on this topic anymore, and asked: "Which celebrities are you going to invite to host and perform?" How much does it cost to budget? ”

Chen Lichang replied: "In terms of host, Secretary Zhang wants to invite Li Wen, the most popular female host of Tianjiang TV, to come over, and promise the middleman who is responsible for contact, no matter how much Li Wen wants, the county will agree." However, Li Wen declined the invitation. Therefore, we asked someone to contact another female host of the provincial TV station who is less famous than Li Wen, and the appearance fee is 200,000 yuan.

"In terms of stars, we contacted a first-line male singer, two second-tier female singers, and two second-tier actresses, the first-line male singer offered 300,000 yuan, and only sang one song, and the two second-tier female singers each sang two songs, and the price was 200,000 yuan per person; The two actresses recited a prose poem depicting the development prospects of Beishan together, and the price per person was 100,000 yuan. Together with the host's 200,000 yuan, a total of 1.1 million yuan needs to be paid, not including their transportation and accommodation expenses. ”

Ye Ming shook his head disappreciably and said, "This money is too extravagant to spend, and it is completely unnecessary. Minister Chen, have you signed performance contracts with these stars? ”

"Not yet. These people are some characters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, although they have negotiated with us about their intentions, but we must pay half of their money in advance before they are willing to officially sign a contract with us. We can't raise the advance money now, so we don't dare to sign them or put their names on the posters and promotional materials for the celebrations. ”

Ye Ming pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head to look at Chen Lichang, and asked with a smile: "Minister Chen, how about I invite Xia Chuchu from CCTV to come over as the host of the party?" ”