Mayor’s Office.
Secretary Zhang knocked on the door of the office with a stack of documents, and then gently pushed it open. Behind the door, Mayor Chen was seriously working at his desk.
“Mayor, this is the latest urban planning information.” Secretary Zhang put the documents in his hand in front of Mayor Chen.
Mayor Chen stopped his work, picked up the document and read a few lines. Afterward, he could not help but frown. It was about real estate construction again. Presently, real estate prices in the capital had reached a frightening high.
“Is there anything else?” Mayor Chen looked up after a while and found that Secretary Zhang had not yet left, so he asked.
“Mayor, Shen Weijun has come to study in the capital and wants to visit you,” Secretary Zhang reported.
“Weijun is here in the capital?” Mayor Chen said with some surprise, “Let him come over.”
“Yes.” Secretary Zhang nodded. He turned around and went out to make arrangements.
Shen Weijun was Mayor Chen’s first secretary. After staying with Mayor Chen for five to six years, he was transferred to a lower tier city as a county governor. Around eight years have passed now. Because of Shen Weijun’s excellent political performance, he rapidly rose to the top, and was transferred to be the Mayor of Qingmu City just recently.
That’s right, it was Chen Yu’s hometown for the past eighteen years. Qingmu City, along with Damu Village, the place where she constantly thought of repairing the roads.
Shen Weijun arrived quickly. After Secretary Zhang called, Shen Weijun rushed to the office in the same afternoon.
“Elder leader.” Shen Weijun smilingly walked into the office.
“Weijun.” Mayor Chen smiled, got up and greeted him.
Secretary Zhang brought in tea, and after Mayor Chen and Zhang Weijun exchanged pleasantries for a while, the two began to talk about the development plan of Qingmu City.
“Elder leader, you have no idea about my suffering, sigh. Qingmu City is located at the border, with the most jungles and mountains. Nowadays there are still a large number of villagers living in the deep mountains who can’t get out.” Shen Weijun complained, “Because of this, every time I go to the provincial meeting, I can not hold up my head.”
“Then what are you going to do?” Mayor Chen nodded with understanding.
“I came to the capital mainly to learn, and secondly to see if there is a way for me to apply for more funding.” Shen Weijun said, “In order to get rid of poverty, we must first repair the road.”
When Mayor Chen heard road construction, his thoughts turned and he continued to nod: “Your thinking is right, so do you have a specific plan?”
“I have two plans.” Shen Weijun said, “One is to build the Panshan Highway from Qingmu City to Qingyang County all the way to the east. Once this road is completed, the poorest townships in Qingmu City will improve. The other is to build a road to the south, all the way to Shan’an County. If it is planned and developed there, it can be developed as a tourism industry.”
Qingyang County? Mayor Chen remembered that Damu Village, where Chen Yu previously lived, was part of this county.
“Then which one do you prefer?” Mayor Chen asked calmly.
“To be honest, I actually prefer the first plan, let the impoverished advance. However, it is estimated that it is difficult to achieve,” Shen Weijun said with a wry smile.
“Why?” Mayor Chen raised his eyebrows.
“The first route is almost winding up to the mountains. The difficulty and cost of road construction are too high. Even if I don’t consider the economic benefits brought by the road construction, the government’s funds will still be insufficient. I have also considered whether it can be repaired by raising funds from the people, but the people along the way are really too poor.” Shen Weijun remembered that when he first took office, he went to the mountains to inspect and saw those poor and backward villages. After returning, he wanted to build roads, but government funds just couldn’t keep up.
“The previous mayors have also been trying to repair the roads, but in each planning, funding was always a few hundred million short. Finally, these funds were allocated to other places,” Shen Weijun explained.
Mayor Chen nodded in deep thought.
Mayor Chen always remembered that when Chen Yu first came home, he promised her that he would help inquire about road constructions, so after chatting with Shen Weijun today, Mayor Chen went home.
As the family of four sat down to eat together, Mayor Chen asked, seemingly casually, “Shishi ah, do you still remember the road repair matter?”
“Yes, I’ve been saving money,” Chen Yu replied.
Saving money? How could a young girl save hundreds of millions?
Although Mayor Chen felt that his daughter certainly lacked this ability, he promised her something, so he still had to tell her the results: “Qingmu City just changed a mayor recently, and he is my former secretary.”
Chen Yu, who was engrossed in eating, perked up with surprise.
“It’s Weijun, right?” Mother Chen guessed almost instantly.
“That’s right.” Mayor Chen nodded. “He came to study and came to see me, so I asked about the road construction there.”
“What did he say? Is he going to build a road for us in Damu Village?” Chen Yu said excitedly.
Chen Yang also stopped the chopsticks in his hand to look at his father.
“In fact, Qingmu City has always had the intention of building a road to Qingyang County, but the government’s funding has been insufficient. Thus, the road construction matter has been brought up repeatedly, and then shelved,” Mayor Chen said.
“How much money is missing? I’ll just fill it up to them,” Chen Yu said with a heroism that almost touched the clouds.
The Chen family: How bold of you to say that.
Mayor Chen felt that he had to let his daughter recognize the reality, so he said, “The start-up capital for the first phase alone is 300 million short, and that’s just the first phase.”
“But as long as we can get the project started, then it’s just a matter of time before the whole road is reconstructed.” Chen Yang continued his father’s words.
“Hmm.” Mayor Chen nodded, but the problem was that you had to have the 300 million.
“300 million?” Chen Yu also stopped eating. She put down the chopsticks and took her phone out to check her balance online, then could not help but frown.
Chen family members: You even have to check your bank balance. That’s 300 million, ah. Do you have to check?
Chen Yu swiped her phone again, and then clicked on the Metaphysics website. She counted the A-Level tasks pinned there, and then one by one, added up all the bonuses with her fingers.
Chen family members: 300 million ah. Counting on your fingers; our Shishi must have been scared silly by 300 million.