Several members of the village committee, you look at me, I look at you, the village director Zhou Jianliang opened his mouth with an exaggerated expression, "I need so much money!" ”

"What, it's too much money? This is an external line, not only to buy materials, but also to use labor, which does not cost money! Just these budgets, or depending on the face of friends, many small accessories are not counted as money. Zhou Jianping said.

"Jianliang is not too much money, but ......" Xu Zhishu wanted to speak and stopped.

"Why is that?" Zhou Jianping suddenly felt strange.

"We don't know anything about this, we think we can't spend a few dollars, we thought that the village committee had enough money, but listening to the budget you reported, the village committee is too far behind!" Xu Zhishu said.

"How much worse?"

"I'm seventy or eighty percent worse." Zhou Jianliang lowered his head, looking very depressed.

"That's so much! So what to do? Seeing this situation, Zhou Jianping was also disappointed.

"Yes, it's not a little bit worse, where can I find so much money! Why don't you do it, after so many years of no phone calls and no TV, don't you still come over? A member of the village committee suggested.

"In the past, because everyone didn't have it, the days came like this, but now there are other places, and the villagers have to compare, and many people have bought TV sets at home, but they can't watch the program. In addition, the wind has blown out, and the whole village knows that the village needs to have program-controlled telephones and closed-circuit television. Zhou Jianliang said.

"Director Jianliang's concern is very reasonable, the news has spread, if you don't leave it quietly, you can't explain it to the villagers, if you go down, how can the funding gap be solved?" The village party secretary frowned, "Or, let's also raise money?" ”

"To whom do you solicit donations?"

"Of course, it is to do things for all the villagers, the village committee does not have enough money, who can you ask for donations if you don't collect donations from them?" Zhou Jianliang said.

"Well, that's a good idea, do you pay it to each household, or do you do it voluntarily?" A member of the village committee asked.

"yes, that's better?" Zhou Jianliang also ran out of ideas.

"My experience is that apportionment is easy to be disgusted, and some people may deliberately not donate because of disgust; If you volunteer, it has something to do with the consciousness of the villagers, and you don't know how much money you can raise in the end. Zhou Jianping said.

"There are pros and cons to both approaches, but I prefer to use the voluntary method, which is offensive and not good to spread out. In addition, not every household in the village now has a TV, and not everyone wants to install a program-controlled telephone, if the apportionment is carried out, those families who do not have a TV and do not want to install a telephone must have opinions, and they will definitely not be willing to pay; If these families buy televisions in the future, they want to watch CCTV and install program-controlled telephones, it will not be fair to these families who are paying for them now. Xu Zhishu said.

Zhou Jianping also thinks that the voluntary way is good, "If we start mobilizing from tomorrow, we will know the results of the fundraising in a few days." ”

"A few days----, ouch, why a week, right?" Zhou Jianliang looked at the branch secretary Lao Xu.

"Well, about a week."

"Okay, then I'll go back first, and in a week, I'll call you?" Or do you call me? Zhou Jianping said.

"We'll call you as soon as we get the results."

On the afternoon of the fifth day, Zhou Jianping received a call from Zhou Jianliang from Yuanba Village, "The result is so soon?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"It's there, but it's still far from your budget." From Zhou Jianliang's voice, you can tell that he is very disappointed.

"How many have you collected?"

"If you add up the village council and the funds raised, you'll only get 40 percent of your budget."

"Oh, there's not a big funding gap! Second brother, you hang up the phone first, I know the situation, let me think about it, and then contact you. ”

Putting down the phone, Zhou Jianping leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, he recalled all kinds of connections with his hometown Yuanba Village over the years, after failing the college entrance examination, because he did not want to be trapped in that barren and backward remote village, he ran away from home with his father's resentment and the ridicule of the old and young masters.

In the first two or three years, Zhou Jianping suffered a lot outside, he chose to persevere, did not take half a step back, and in the future, his career gradually improved, and he got better and better, but he was not in a hurry to return to his hometown, but remembered the wish in his heart before he ran away from home, he did not forget his original intention, and wanted to use his own practical actions to change the appearance of his hometown and people's backward concepts.

Ask yourself, the original wish has been basically realized, the natural conditions of Yuanba Village have long been different from what they used to be, the economic situation of the villagers has been greatly improved, and people's ideas have been able to keep up with the pace of the times.

In all fairness, Zhou Jianping can completely ignore the affairs of his hometown now.

However, when the Xiyuan Highway was built, Zhou Jianping's Jiansheng Food Company had limited strength, but it had to bear the cost of road repair alone.

I remember that there is a local folk saying, which is called ninety-nine heads kowtowed, not the last one.

Zhou Jianping grabbed the phone in front of him and dialed a few numbers, "Yuanba Village Committee?" ”

"Who are you looking for?"

"Who are the leaders of the village committee?"

"It's all there."

"Please ask Secretary Xu or Director Zhou Jianliang to answer the phone."

Zhou Jianliang took the phone, "You are Jianping, right?" ”

"Second brother, you return all the money you raised from the villagers."

"Go back? The funds are already much worse, and the money raised is returned to the villagers, and this thing is not done? Zhou Jianliang didn't know what he meant.

"To do, not only to do, but also to do well." Zhou Jianping said in a firm tone.

"And ...... funding gap?"

"In this way, the village committee will take as much as it wants, and how much money it lacks, and I will pay for it."

"Really?" Zhou Jianliang was pleasantly surprised.

"I'm calling you to make this clear, and of course it's true. Do you think I'm joking with you? Zhou Jianping said seriously.

"Yes, yes! It's just that we feel very embarrassed, for the sake of the affairs of the village, you not only worry about being tired, but also take out huge sums of money again and again. ”

"Hey, money is earned to spend, what are you going to do if you don't earn money?" After speaking, Zhou Jianping laughed.

"Your money has also been earned a lot of hard work, and we really can't bear to let you pay so much money again and again!"

"It's nothing, I've decided, you guys get ready, wait for the construction." Just as he was about to end the call, Zhou Jianping remembered something again, "Second brother, let me make it clear here, whether it is a program-controlled telephone or a closed-circuit television, the external line is only responsible for pulling to the head of each natural village, and then down, to the branch line of each household, and each family pays for it themselves." Families who don't have a TV now and don't want a phone will be responsible for the wiring in the future, which is fairer. I hope you will explain it clearly to the villagers. ”

Not only to bear most of the funds, but also to contact the telecommunications bureau and the broadcasting bureau, this matter eventually evolved into Zhou Jianping's own business, put down the phone and shook his head, Zhou Jianping started the phone again, he wanted to find the head of the telecommunications bureau to discuss specific construction matters.

"Section Chief Wen, I'm Xingwei's classmate Zhou Jianping, we met two days ago."

"Remember, hello Mr. Zhou, has your matter been decided?"

"It's settled, but here I want to ask you a question."

"Mr. Zhou, please tell me something."

"Do you think it's possible to tie a telephone line to a CCTV signal line on a pole?" For example, after your telecommunications department has erected a pole and pulled the cable, the broadcasting bureau has also routed the signal line from the pole you erected. "Zhou Jianping's consultation is still very professional.

"This should be possible, but only with the consent of the telecommunications department, and the guarantee does not affect the existing lines of telecommunications. Mr. Zhou, why are you asking this? ”

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, the Broadcasting Bureau will be independent again, so won't it be a waste of money, and it's too much?"

"Well, Mr. Zhou thought very carefully, if you don't emphasize it, the people in the Broadcasting Bureau are likely to set up their own poles."

"If it's easy to walk from a pole and save money and trouble, why not do it? Section Chief Wen, do you say it? ”

"Your idea is very good, when the time comes, bring it up to Section Chief Shi who met that day, and say that the telecommunications department agrees to take a pole."

After confirming the start time with Section Chief Wen, Zhou Jianping kept calling the office of Section Chief Shi of the Broadcasting Bureau, "Section Chief Shi, I am Zhou Jianping of Jiansheng Company, and we met a few days ago. ”

"Mr. Zhou, I inquired for you, it's no problem to pull the signal line to the countryside, how are you preparing?"

"We're ready, Chief Shi, and before we get to work, I want to make a point, and that is that we want to tie the CCTV line to the telephone line on a pole."

"You mean, you don't want us to stand alone again?"

"As you may have guessed, this is to save money, and I just discussed it with Chief Shi, and he said that the signal line is allowed to go from the pole of the telecom."

"Okay, then we won't erect the pole, but we'll have to wait after the telecommunications are done."

"No problem, you can start when the telecom is finished."

After the details were communicated, Zhou Jianping reported the situation to the Yuanba Village Committee, although he paid money, but not for him to work, Zhou Jianping could not be the representative of Party A, and the company had a lot of work waiting for him, Zhou Jianping did not want to be entangled in such trivial matters, he asked the village committee to send people to the city as soon as possible to sign a construction contract with the telecommunications bureau and the broadcasting bureau.

Before construction, according to the provisions of the contract, Party B needed to pay the first payment, and Zhou Jianping suddenly remembered that he did not greet Executive Vice President Zhao Xinmei in advance. Although Jiansheng Company is Zhou Jianping's company, but the practice formed over the years, out of respect for Zhao Xinmei, everything involving the company's major and minor affairs, Zhou Jianping will report to Zhao Xinmei, in this matter, Zhou Jianping feels that his approach is inappropriate, if he ignores the illusion of Zhao Xinmei's existence, it will be too unworthy!

Pushing the door into Zhao Xinmei's office, Zhou Jianping's expression was a little unnatural, "Xinmei, let me tell you something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I should have discussed it with you earlier, but there were a lot of things some time ago, and I forgot about it when I was busy, so don't take it to heart!" Zhou Jianping looked timid.

"Sit down. What's the matter? Why did I go to my heart? Zhao Xinmei was inexplicable.

"My hometown village needs to have closed-circuit television and program-controlled telephones, and there is no money rack outside line, so when I told me about it, I promised to help some of it."

"That's it? You don't have to tell me that the road to your hometown is your own expense, which is a small amount of money compared to that. Zhao Xinmei said casually.

"But I should have told you sooner."

"Didn't you just tell me? It doesn't matter, it's the same sooner or later. ”

"Don't think about it!"

Zhao Xinmei giggled, "You are very interesting, what am I thinking about?" Don't worry, you should have known what kind of character I am! ”

"That's good, I'll pay more attention to this aspect in the future."

......

A month later, Zhou Jianping received a call from Zhou Jianliang from Yuanba Village, "Jianping, the construction of program-controlled telephones and closed-circuit television in the village has been completed, and many families have used it. ”

"Second brother, whether to do the completion ceremony or not, how to do it, you can do it, I won't participate in such a thing." Zhou Jianping said calmly.

"You contributed most of the money, why don't you participate?"

"I have other important things to do, I'm going on a business trip soon, developing new markets, and I've bought my tickets for tonight's train."

（The end）