Li Yuanlang took a symbolic sip, and then, with Ji Tianhou's courtesy, he picked up his chopsticks to taste the delicious food.

During this period, Han Wei rushed back and toasted Li Yuen Long alone.

"Mayor, whatever you want is fine, I'll do it."

Ji Tianhou smiled with satisfaction and kept silent about Director Tong who never showed up again.

During the dinner, everyone spoke freely, and the topic of discussion was inseparable from Uma County.

Li Yuanlang, as the former secretary of the Wuma County Party Committee, the progress that Wuma County has made today is inseparable from his contribution while working in Wuma County.

Fortunately, everyone had restraint and did not toast Li Yuanlang one after another.

Li Yuanlang was chatting and laughing, but in the end he only drank half a small glass.

The banquet lasted for two hours and ended.

The government office had already arranged the tea room upstairs. Ji Tianhou only invited Li Yuanlang, and the two of them drank tea and talked at the same time.

"Tianhou, seeing how absent-minded you are at the wine table, you might as well tell me what troubles you are having."

"Alas! I made others suffer."

While Ji Tianhou sighed, he slowly began to narrate.

Director Tong of the County Investment Promotion Bureau introduced Faith Group.

Faith Group mainly produces automobiles. In the field of domestic automobile manufacturing, it was once unparalleled and glorious.

After many inspections and demonstrations, Faith Group took a fancy to a large piece of land on the outskirts of Wuma County. After signing a land transfer contract with the county government, it paid the land price and used the land use rights as collateral to obtain a loan from a bank.

In fact, these are the business practices of Faith Group and have nothing to do with the Uma County Government.

The key is that after Faith Group obtained the loan, it only fenced off the land and did simple ground preparation. For more than a year, there has been no movement.

Until recently, it was revealed that the CEO of Belief Group, in the name of building cars, was enclosing land at low prices, illegally transferring, and reselling land use rights, and was arrested by the public security agency on suspicion of fraud.

It is reported that Faith Group has acquired more than 5,000 acres of land in various places in recent years, and its real estate commercial and residential land reserves exceed 600,000 square meters of occupied area.

After the Faith Group acquired land at a low price, it used land mortgages for large-scale financing. It did not use the money to manufacture automobiles, but made multiple investments.

As a result, the automobile industry has been in decline. The once-famous Faith brand car was directly 'reset to zero' by the Automobile Association because of falsified sales data last year.

All these show that the Uma County Government has been tricked by the Faith Group.

Hundreds of acres of land are idle. The original cultivated land was expropriated, and a lot of compensation balances have not yet been paid.

The farmers did not receive full compensation, and the preferential conditions promised by Faith Group were not fulfilled.

The boss of Faith Group was arrested, and the group was in a precarious situation with no time to care about anything else.

At the beginning, Faith Group signed a land use contract with the Uma County Government, and it was also the relevant functional departments of the county government that came forward to help farmers.

Now, when something goes wrong with the Faith Group, the Faith Group doesn't care about it, and the farmers have no choice but to go to the government to solve the problem.

Faced with a large amount of compensation funds, the county government is unable to pay. Even if it could, it would not pay for Faith Group and waste money.

When farmers couldn't get money, they naturally refused to give up. They went to the county government, Guangnan City, and even the province to file a complaint every two days.

Ji Tianhou was very worried and agitated by this incident.

No wonder he has such an attitude towards Director Tong of China Merchants Bureau, I bet he hates Director Tong.

What kind of bullshit investment promotion, what kind of golden phoenix it attracted, it was just a grenade!

Li Yuanlang came up with an idea: "You can file a lawsuit in court and sue Faith Group."

Ji Tianhou shook his head helplessly, "We have hired a lawyer to do it. But according to the lawyer, this lawsuit will definitely not take a year and a half, it will be a long process."

"What's more, we are not the only one in Uma County who is suing Faith Group. Several places have filed lawsuits in court."

"Yuen Long, what I need now is not to win or lose the lawsuit, but how to appease the farmers who have expropriated their land. To be honest, they have been making trouble all day long, which has had a great negative impact on me."

"The municipal party committee and the city government have already talked to me and asked the county government to immediately study a plan to resolve the farmers' demands."

"As you know the situation in the county, the county's finances are not well-off. If we spend money to compensate the farmers, one will have no reputation and the other will have to tighten their belts. Oh, how difficult it is!"

No wonder Ji Tianhou frowned and sighed.

His intention is good. Introducing Faith Group to build an automobile production base will not only solve the employment problem, but also greatly promote the economic development of the county.

But he didn't expect that he would be happy to patronize it. Such a big company would not choose a good location, but would choose a small Uma County. It was weird in itself.

The result was not good, I was severely cheated by others, I was beaten to pieces, and I was not able to please both sides.

Things have happened, and complaining will not solve the problem.

Li Yuanlang was well aware of the troubles and difficulties faced by Ji Tianhou, and enlightened: "Land is the lifeblood of farmers. Your county government's expropriation of land is equivalent to depriving farmers of their source of livelihood. They have no disposable income. If they don't ask for it, you can still find it."

We need to understand the difficulties of farmers."

"I understand the truth, but it is impossible for the county finance department to pay in advance, and we are also victims. Yuen Long, I am really forced into a desperate situation now. The municipal party committee and government are putting pressure on me, and farmers are complaining below. I have been fired several times.

I still can’t find a solution during the meeting, which is really frustrating.”

Ji Tianhou was dejected. It was his first time as county magistrate. He failed to ignite the economic boom, but burned himself to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.

I originally thought that Faith Group’s investment would lead to the great economic development of Uma County, and he would be a prominent figure in the credit book.

As a result, people are making trouble inside and out, and most importantly, there is no solution.

This made Ji Tianhou feel very frustrated and even planned to resign.

Li Yuanlang pondered for a moment and asked, "How is the situation at the magnesium ore plant?"

When he was the secretary of the Wuma County Party Committee, he investigated and dealt with the collective case at the magnesium ore factory. From top to bottom, he sent the magnesium ore factory boss Li Hengfa, office director Yao Longbin and others to the squad room one after another.

But later on, it was not clear what happened to the magnesium ore factory after it lost these key leaders.

Ji Tianhou told him that after the magnesium ore factory experienced a corruption case, it carried out internal rectification and replaced it with a group of solid and capable leadership teams.

They are generally younger, hardworking and willing to work hard, and the company's efficiency has been greatly improved compared to before.

Moreover, the company is expanding its scale and strives to double its output value within the year.

Expanding the scale means that a large number of workers will be recruited.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanlang sighed helplessly: "Tianhou, you and I have been brothers for so many years. It is unnecessary for you to take such a big detour."

"I understand what you mean. I will meet Yunyang tomorrow. I will go to Jiang Sheng to find a solution."

"Yuan Long, I..." Ji Tianhou touched the top of his head in embarrassment.

Indeed, when he learned that Li Yuanlang was in Guangnan, he quickly hurriedly met with Li Yuanlang.

Although there is brotherly feeling, more importantly, he urgently needs Li Yuanlang to come forward and find a job for the farmers occupying the land at the magnesium ore factory.

As Li Yuanlang said, Faith Group has defaulted on land compensation payments to farmers, and farmers have hired lawyers to litigate the case.

Repaying debts is a matter of course and has nothing to do with the county government.

When farmers find trouble with the county government, they still focus on the future.

Faith Group originally promised that once the automobile production line is completed, it will give priority to the farmers who occupy the land and give them a place in the automobile factory, thereby completely solving the farmers' worries.

Now that the car factory has nothing to do, they naturally have no way out.

As for what Ji Tianhou said about being forced into a dead end, that was not entirely true. He had already been planning a magnesium ore factory.

It’s just that the magnesium ore plant is affiliated to the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and not even Guangnan City has the right to intervene.

After thinking about it, I could only ask Li Yuanlang for help and ask the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission for help to get through this crisis.

After all, Li Yuanlang has personal relationships with Secretary Wang Zhanhong of the Provincial Party Committee and Jiang Zhaojun of the Provincial Government.

Looking at Ji Tianhou's circle of friends, Li Yuanlang is the most suitable candidate and the person most capable of helping him.

As long as the magnesium ore factory recruits a dozen farmers and let them work in the magnesium ore factory.

Not to mention dignity, there are also very good benefits.

If the county government has made proper arrangements for them, they will not go around complaining and causing trouble for the county government and Ji Tianhou.
Chapter completed!