"I must ask Mayor Liu for advice." Ye Sansheng nodded.

"In this way, Brother Ye, you can just call me brother when we are alone, and outsiders you will call me mayor. Mayor Liu will be in a panic every time he speaks."

Liu Chengjia toasts.

"Okay, brother."

Ye Sansheng follows the good deeds and raises his glass.

This time, the two of them took a sip.

“First let’s talk about the specific reason: no money.”

Liu Chengjia drummed his hands on the table.

"When I was young, I attended a party school for the first time. I was very excited. Various experts and professors came to give us various classes. Twenty or thirty years later, I always remember what a history professor from the normal college said:

When the country is in trouble, as long as money and food are collected, the problem will eventually be alleviated. But if there is no money and trouble, the situation will be over. The old professor also cited the Chongzhen Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty as an example, saying that the most important reason is,

It was because the imperial court had no money that it increased the salary, which aggravated the conflicts and eventually destroyed the country. So if I have any work experience that I can tell you about in the past twenty or thirty years, it is that I have always kept my money bag tight, including

When I was serving as a district and county leader below, I would never use money indiscriminately. It was people's money, and we officials cannot squander hundreds or tens of millions with just a stroke of a pen."

"However, in these years, especially in the past ten or twenty years, various cities have made great strides in development and advancement. Government finances cannot be held back as long as they want. Especially in the past few years, everyone has been blindly pursuing GDP.

Holding back your energy to work on projects, big projects, there are not many big projects in a city, or in other words, there are not many outstanding political achievements in the appointment of a municipal party committee secretary, it is like a restaurant without shark fins and bird's nests.

It immediately fell down the grade. Basically, money is flowing like water all over the country, and our Jiangcheng is no exception. Starting from Wang Yuan Dynasty, several municipal party committee secretaries have accumulated a fiscal deficit of more than 30 billion, which is transferred every year.

To make a living, Zhongxing District has been unable to pay wages several times. Others don't know the financial situation of Jiangcheng. As the executive deputy mayor, I have to review every expenditure, which makes me feel very stressed."

"Now that Zhou Shuji is here, he is more powerful and more powerful than the previous Shuji. Everyone can see the changes in Jiangcheng in the past six months. They are very good and prosperous. However, these are all made of money. You may not know

"Jiangtou has just been established for more than half a year. How many local bonds has it issued? Six special bonds, nine ordinary bonds, nearly 10 billion in funds, almost all of them were poured in and spent."

Ye Sansheng had no clear idea of ​​the scale, but looking at Liu Chengjia's solemn expression, he knew that the number should be quite large.

——But what they don’t know is that Zhou Zhongrong’s Jiangtou, more or less, first came to Baolai Village to inspect and listened to Ye Sansheng’s introduction to the situation, and then he immediately thought of drawing on the experience of the Baolai Village Cooperative to start the second finance.

"And looking at this trend, the scale of investment promotion work will be even greater in the second half of the year. I have reviewed fifty or sixty projects, and our investment scale will also increase accordingly. Infrastructure construction alone is a huge expenditure.

It is absolutely appropriate to spend 20 billion a year."

"You want me to persuade Zhou Shuji to put on the brakes?"

Ye Sansheng asked keenly.

"The history professor also said that with or without the stupid Grouchy, Napoleon would have suffered a 'Waterloo', and with or without the short Napoleon, European civilization would have developed greatly. Engels also said that history only moves forward according to its own laws.

Actions and people are just necessary props of history. So we Jiang

The city, whether Zhou Shuji or Yuan Shuji, will follow this trend, large-scale production, great development, and great leap forward, but the way and degree are different, so this is not Zhou Shuji's fault, not Zhou Shuji's problem." Liu Chengjia ignored Ye Sansheng.

, said to himself: "I am just speaking from my personal point of view, from a person

When considering this development issue for the position of executive deputy mayor, I feel that the current steps are too big and the stalls are spread too wide, which is far beyond what our Jiangcheng city can bear. It’s like... our Jiangcheng is like a beggar.

What we need most now is a meal of twice-cooked pork and mapo tofu.

Just a table full of Manchu and Chinese people can't digest it at all. At the same time, it's not that the money needs to be used wisely, but that there is no money at all. Our fiscal deficit is too big. Lao Qin and I will feel scared when discussing this issue.

How will the bonds issued, whether they have a three-year term or a five-year term, be redeemed at that time?"

Ye Sansheng's expression also darkened: "I understand."

"Brother Ye, you are right. I just want to influence Zhou Shuji through you, whether it is direct advice or subtle hints. In short, we want Zhou Shuji to put on the brakes and change the speed and style of spending money in all aspects.

.”

"Why me? Brother, if you tell him in person, will Zhou Shuji not listen?"

Ye Sansheng hesitated for a moment, then asked directly.

"You should ask how to influence Zhou Shuji." Liu Chengjia glared at him, "Zhou Shuji often... makes decisive decisions even without drinking. As long as he sees the project correctly and thinks it is feasible, the plan will be the final decision. So your first point is,

Just at the right time, close

When the key is crucial, prevent or delay Zhou Shuji from making hasty decisions, especially with foreign businessmen. You cannot make promises and then break them, so the best way is not to make decisions easily. Then there are the preferential conditions in attracting investment, and you cannot rush for quick results.

and compensation for ceding territory

, so this one requires you to prepare all kinds of information in advance. This is your strength. Provide reference for Zhou Shuji and make rational decisions. This is your influence. Also, by providing Zhou Shuji with various information, you can even provide

When making suggestions, we should tactfully hint at our fiscal deficit through the evaluation of the project and our matching. Zhou Shuji is a smart man, he will definitely understand, and then... control the scale and decision-making of the entire Jiangcheng economic work, and decide our

the development and functioning of the city.”

"Zhou Shuji must understand that I do this. So, if he asks me why I do this, how should I answer?"

Having said this, Ye Sansheng no longer had any scruples and asked directly.

"Of course you can't say that it was me, Lao Qin, Lao Wang and others who thought this way. You have to say that it was your own thinking. You can say that it was Mayor Ma's influence on you, but you really can't say that we. Why? Any

Leaders don’t want the people below to unite, especially to unite with the leader

The direction is inconsistent, especially since I am now considered a general under Zhou Shuji, and you are considered Zhou Shuji's close... secretary, we can't get together." Liu Chengjia said frankly, "I deliberately told Zhou Shuji at noon that we were having a late night snack, and that was also

I am afraid that someone will make a report in the future, so I have to take precautions in advance.

What I just said about Lao Qin and Lao Wang is indeed our common anxiety these days. Lao Qin is in charge of the Finance Bureau and knows the city's income and expenditure better than I do, and is more worried about thunder. Wang Changan has been crazy about road construction in recent years.

It is a big spender of money in our city. The money flowing out from the Transportation Bureau accounts for a large part of the finance.

Part, but how about it? We can't even make ends meet and can't pay the project contractor. The transportation bureau has been surrounded by migrant workers several times. Not long ago, the contractor was guarding the entrance of the transportation bureau. He spotted his car and stopped him, so he climbed up and slept.

It's on the hood, so he now rides in someone else's car to go to work."

"I understand." Ye Sansheng nodded.

——But he didn’t say “I will do what my brother tells me to do.”

"You just asked me why I didn't tell Zhou Shuji personally, and I'll tell you now." Liu Chengjia sighed, "If Zhou Shuji has a shortcoming, it is that he is overconfident and willful. He thinks that as long as the direction is right, he doesn't care what's on the road.

Trap, as long as it is to develop the economy, he is not afraid of borrowing money to survive. Once he decides something, he does not allow others to give opinions. It sounds like he has a domineering work style, which is not good to hear.

Dictatorship. I mentioned it several times before, but he didn’t listen at all. In other words, I didn’t realize that his Great Leap Forward was so powerful. He wanted to cover ten buckets with one lid. Now I will continue to mention it.

But Zhou Shuji basically won’t listen. Haha, many people now think that since I am so close to Zhou Shuji, Zhou Shuji will probably obey my words, but in fact Zhou Shuji only regards me as an effective decision-maker."

Liu Chengjia sighed again and said: "Let me tell you again... Let me be more specific. Now, in the entire Jiangcheng, there is only one woman who can influence Zhou Shuji, and that is me. Zhang Zigao is obedient in everything, but I can't really

To influence Zhou Shuji, I mobilized Gu Ming, but he is stubborn, timid, and only wants to be a good person honestly, so I brought you here, and I hope we can influence Zhou Shuji together."

"What we want to do now is to put the brakes on Zhou Shuji. It is best to make him and Mayor Ma reach a consensus. In fact, when I heard you say consensus, Gu Ling and I had a private communication. That is

Quite shocking. This is one of the reasons why I am determined to recommend you to Zhou Shuji and get you to the municipal * committee."

"In your work in the past two years, you have not shown the kind of narrow personal struggle, unscrupulous utilitarianism, and an overall view of things. I have always admired you. You are qualified for this job."

"Sometimes I regret a little. If I had known that Zhou Shuji was so ambitious, I might as well have supported Mayor Ma's steady progress. Why did I support Zhou Shuji at that time? It was because I felt that Jiangcheng had fallen into the middle and lower reaches of the province and needed someone brave enough to innovate.

, Chief officers who dare to do things come and go, and they need to create new situations, but why do you want to hit the brakes now?"

"Brother Ye, I'm from Jiangcheng. My father is here, my daughter is here, and my grandson is here. I can't leave, and I have never thought about leaving here. Otherwise, I might still have the opportunity to work in other places.

A chief official. And they, whether it is Zhou Shuji or Mayor Ma, will leave Jiangcheng sooner or later. Regardless of promotion or anything, their work in Jiangcheng,

I don't care what they think, I think they care more about political achievements and use this city as their... experimental field, rather than us native Jiangcheng people who live and die here.

The bad things will be borne by us and our descendants, so in my heart I want to do well and let this city develop well."

"This is also the fundamental difference between me and Huang Yuanhong."

"Brother, can I ask you a question?" Ye Sansheng asked abruptly.

"Ask."
Chapter completed!