After accompanying Ye Qingrou to play in Hanzhou for two days, the little girl never mentioned going back to Yunhai to study. Fang Zhicheng knew her character and did not force her. He just waited for her to go back by herself after she got tired of playing.
Back to work, in addition to paying attention to the transformation of urban villages, Fang Zhicheng has recently focused on the construction of industrial parks. Xiaguang Industrial Park is located in the eastern suburbs of Xiaguang District. It was established in 2002. As the starting area of Xiaguang New City, the construction of the park once attracted a lot of attention. Nearly 200 companies from 20 countries were introduced into the park, with an investment of nearly 10 billion yuan.
However, in the past two years, the economic indicators of the park have been declining year after year, but the infrastructure of the industrial park is still expanding, and the third phase of the project is under construction. Fang Zhicheng is a little skeptical whether the subsequent momentum of the industrial park can still remain strong. He also wonders whether the park planning five or six years ago has lagged behind. So he wants to understand the problems of the industrial park in detail in order to prescribe the right remedy.
At the district mayor's regular meeting on Friday afternoon, after everyone had finished reporting, Fang Zhicheng coughed and said, "Today we are going to discuss the issue of the industrial park. Since the year before last, the growth rate has declined. I hope everyone can study the reasons and find a solution."
This was the first time Fang Zhicheng had been in Xiaguang for so long that he asked for everyone's opinions in such a serious tone, which surprised everyone, especially the executive deputy district mayor Mo Jin.
Fang Zhicheng has always maintained a low-key style of doing things, and he was full of doubts as to why today's regular meeting was so different from the norm.
Mo Jin took a sip of tea and said slowly, "District Chief Fang, you just came to Hanzhou, so you don't know much. The reason why the industrial park was able to maintain rapid growth was mainly because we built the park relatively early. Now all districts and counties in the city are building parks, and a large number of companies have been diverted. In addition, compared with other new parks, our Xiaguang Industrial Park's investment policy cannot keep up with the situation. Therefore, many companies in the park have left in the past two years, and at the same time, capable companies are unwilling to enter the park, which has caused the current embarrassing situation."
Fang Zhicheng stared at Mo Jin and said calmly, "Since you all know the reason, why haven't you taken effective measures?"
Mo Jin reached out and touched his slightly protruding chin, and said with a wry smile: "District Chief Fang, you still don't know enough about Xiaguang. The government has spent a lot of energy on the development of the industrial park in the past two years. The third phase of the project is being planned to cope with the competition from other counties and districts. Once the third phase of the industrial park is completed, we will attract enterprises from all over the country to join the park with the best policies. By then, we will definitely be able to make a comeback."
Fang Zhicheng glanced at the rest of the people. Most of them kept their heads down and remained silent. Only one person was concentrating and looking at Mo Jin with some disdain. This person was called Cheng Hao, the deputy district chief in charge of agricultural work. He was 45 years old, not tall, thin, and wore a pair of glasses, giving people an extremely decent feeling.
Fang Zhicheng did not directly respond to Mo Jin's point of view. He glanced around and said, "Do you have any other opinions on the issue of the industrial park? Comrade Cheng Hao, please tell us."
Fang Zhicheng called out Cheng Hao's name, which surprised everyone, because everyone knew that Cheng Hao's personality was not very sociable. If it weren't for someone protecting him, he would have been asked to leave Xiaguang District long ago.
Mo Jin frowned, a little unhappy, thinking that Fang Zhicheng had bad intentions today, and was probably going to target him and make some trouble. However, he was still quite confident. He had planned and built the industrial park himself, and he was very familiar with this project. Although the growth rate had slowed down in the past two years, it was still an important contribution to the completion of the economic indicators of the entire district.
Cheng Hao was a little surprised to see Fang Zhicheng name him. However, he was not excited because he was smart and knew that Fang Zhicheng wanted him to support him and make Mo Jin feel a little bit of an obstacle. Cheng Hao felt a little abrupt that Fang Zhicheng chose him as the gun. He was very disgusted with Mo Jin, but he never showed it on his face. How did Fang Zhicheng know his dissatisfaction
In fact, Fang Zhicheng's method of judging Cheng Hao's hostility towards Mo Jin was not simple. The Xiaguang District Government had a total of one district chief and six deputy district chiefs. In addition to Fang Zhicheng, there must be other deputy district chiefs who were hostile to Mo Jin. Otherwise, this would not conform to the rules of officialdom.
Every time he attended the district heads' regular meeting, he would carefully observe all the deputy district heads, analyze their words, actions, and expressions, and finally came to the conclusion that only Cheng Hao and Mo Jin had the most insignificant relationship, and choosing Cheng Hao as a chess piece would be the safest choice.
Many thoughts suddenly surged into Cheng Hao's mind. He knew that his speech this time was very important. Once he revealed his true thoughts, he and Mo Jin would fight to the death.
Mo Jin cast a cold look towards Cheng Hao. He knew why Cheng Hao was full of hostility towards him. When they were running for the position of executive deputy district chief together, he did not hesitate to frame Cheng Hao in order to get to the top, so that Cheng Hao is now only a deputy district chief in charge of agriculture. Over the years, he has had difficulty making any progress.
Mo Jin's method of swindling Cheng Hao was extremely despicable. He knew that Cheng Hao's wife had been ill for many years and was in poor health, so he instigated a manager of a pharmaceutical company to send nutritional supplements to Cheng Hao several times when he was not at home. At that time, Cheng Hao was still the deputy district chief in charge of medical care. As a result, at the bidding meeting that year, the manager did not get his order as he wished. In anger, he wrote a letter of complaint and sued Cheng Hao for bribery and corruption. Cheng Hao was a very honest official and returned the nutritional supplements, so the Commission for Discipline Inspection did not investigate further. However, this was also the process of Cheng Hao's election for executive deputy district chief. He lost to Mo Jin and his division of labor was adjusted to be in charge of relatively clean agricultural work.
Cheng Hao said calmly: "I am not familiar with the issues of industrial parks. If District Chief Fang insists on my comment, I can only express some immature opinions. If we want to return to the development prosperity of a few years ago, we must carry out a second transformation on the existing basis. I read a report some time ago that industrial parks are already divided into traditional and new ones. Behind closed doors, Xiaguang Industrial Park has become a traditional industrial park. The industrial park formed by cheap labor, free land, and preferential policies is no longer suitable for the needs of economic development. Only by transforming to technology-driven and financial-driven can the industrial park have a second spring."
Cheng Hao's ruthless remarks made Mo Jin look a little disappointed.
Mo Jin winked at Liu Rong, the deputy district chief in charge of the economy. Liu Rong immediately understood and retorted: "What you said is all theoretical knowledge, not practical. Hanzhou does not have a good university to support it. How can it use technology to promote industrial innovation? As for financial promotion, it is even more difficult. Attracting investment has always been our shortcoming."
Cheng Hao retorted: "Without good universities to provide technical support, we have to create conditions and find breakthroughs. As for the shortcomings in attracting investment, I think that is caused by lazy politics."
Cheng Hao's words surprised Fang Zhicheng. He didn't expect Cheng Hao to be so bold and speak out the ills of the current Xiaguang and even Hanzhou officialdom. From top to bottom, everyone seeks stability and peace, so that economic development has been slow, and even a small decline has occurred in the past two years.
Mo Jin's face darkened, and he was about to angrily rebuke Cheng Hao for his arrogance. Fang Zhicheng saw the opportunity and waved his hand to ease the atmosphere of the meeting. He smiled and said, "This is the first meeting that I feel pleasantly surprised in all the time I have been in Xiaguang District. First of all, I want to make one thing clear to Comrade Cheng Hao. In previous meetings, I seldom spoke. It's not that I am 'lazy', but I think the topics of the meeting are too dull. How can a meeting without controversy excite people?"
"Comrade Cheng Hao's words today inspired me because he, like me, also felt the problems in our government's work. I think we can understand 'lazy governance' in this way. It does not mean that everyone is lazy every day. Everyone works hard every day, but everyone's work is not done to the point. This is also a disguised form of passive sabotage and a manifestation of lazy governance."
"The problems of the industrial park reflect the lack of ambition of our Xiaguang District government officials. Now that all parts of the country are advocating reform and opening up, Xiaguang District cannot stand still, because once it stops, it will only get further and further away from other regions. I think the third phase of the industrial park project should be stopped for a while. We need to study clearly what kind of projects are suitable for the transformation and upgrading of the industrial park, and then start construction in a targeted manner, rather than blindly starting construction without thinking. Even if the third phase of the project is successfully completed, it will only become a political achievement project that does not live up to its name. Political achievement projects that do not make sense will be criticized by the people!"
This was the first time Fang Zhicheng spoke so much at the district chiefs' regular meeting. All the deputy district chiefs, including Mo Jin, were secretly surprised because they realized for the first time that Fang Zhicheng had such a sharp vision, and his speech was so grand and profound, and so sharp. Many people originally thought that Fang Zhicheng was using Xiaguang District as a temporary springboard to gain experience for two years before leaving.
Now they all saw it wrong. Fang Zhicheng had been hiding himself before. He was observing the glow area and everyone. When he was confident, he would suddenly attack.
Today's meeting is a signal light, and Fang Zhicheng has sounded the clarion call to fight for the power of district mayor.
Although Mo Jin had been prepared, he was caught off guard by Fang Zhicheng's sharp words. As for Cheng Hao, he had mixed emotions because he had unknowingly fallen into a trap and was afraid that he would be mistaken for Fang Zhicheng's man in the future.
The meeting was over, and Mo Jin walked out of the meeting room with a gloomy look on his face. Jiao Zhengcai was waiting for him at the stairs, waving anxiously at him. Mo Jin knew that he had something urgent to do, so he walked quickly to his office. Not long after, Jiao Zhengcai pushed the door open and whispered, "Oh no, someone is investigating the renovation of the urban village."
Chapter 0473: People in the Jianghu Can't Help Themselves
"What?" Mo Jin frowned, "Who is it?"
"Zuo Leng, the reporter who met Fang Zhicheng before." Jiao Zhengcai said anxiously, "He stayed in Sanyuanqiao Village for half a month. He is a very experienced reporter. He lurked among the citizens and collected a lot of materials. If he hadn't gone to Sanyuanqiao Community to scout the area a few days ago and revealed some flaws, we would never have been able to find him."
Mo Jin slammed the table heavily and said angrily, "I've known for a long time that Fang Zhicheng is not a good person, but I didn't expect him to be so insidious and use reporters to investigate our past. What is his ultimate goal? Does he really want to expose the family scandal of Xiaguang District to the media?"
Jiao Zhengcai said with a complicated expression: "I think the possibility of being exposed is very small. It is more likely that he wants to use reporters to collect materials against us and use them as a handle to blackmail us."
Mo Jin nodded and said, "Where is that reporter now?"
Jiao Zhengcai said in a deep voice: "He has been controlled. We are arranging people to question him about what he has investigated. However, this guy is very stubborn and we can't get anything out of him."
Mo Jin stood up, walked around a few times, and said, "Does this guy want some money? Aren't all reporters like this now? They use the excuse of reporting negative news just to get some money. Ask him to name a price, as long as it's reasonable, I can agree to it."
Jiao Zhengcai shook his head and sighed, "This Zuo Leng is different from other reporters. He has a strong personality and I'm afraid he can't be bought with money."
Mo Jin said in a deep voice: "What should we do? We can't keep him locked up forever, right? Since Fang Zhicheng has contact with him, once he knows he is missing, he will definitely suspect us."
Jiao Zhengcai said slowly: "We are now in a dilemma. If we let him go, I am afraid he will immediately contact the media and expose the problems of the urban village reconstruction. But if we don't let him go, the sequelae will be even greater."
Mo Jin frowned for a long time and said, "Give him good food and drink. I'm going to meet the old district chief. He is the only one who has the power to help us get out of this quagmire."
Jiao Zhengcai had approached Ma Zhendong last time, but was rejected by Ma Zhendong. If Mo Jin came forward, he would have a better chance of success than himself, after all, Mo Jin was Ma Zhendong's chosen successor.