Zhang Qiang and Sun Xiang looked at each other in silence. When it came to provincial leaders, no one was willing to speak out. In the end, Zhou Nan took the initiative to change the conversation with a faint smile.
The three of them slowly walked up the stairs chatting and laughing. Halfway there, Zhang Qiang suddenly stopped and asked, "Comrade Zhou Nan, you are the one who made the Sky Group's shutdown cause such a fuss. I forgot to ask you, what are you doing with Xinsheng Company?"
How are the talks with the Hong Kong people going? Is there no substantial progress? What does the other side say?"
Zhang Qiang asked several questions in succession, speaking a bit fast.
Zhou Nan smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang, it's settled. The other party has agreed to engage in in-depth cooperation negotiations with us... Their demands are actually not too high. They just want a piece of land, and the county government will provide corresponding policy support."
.At the same time, the county also needs assistance from the county to complete the project approval procedures."
"Such a large-scale industrial project requires an investment of at least 150 million yuan... However, although the investment is large, the negative effect is that it will produce a certain amount of pollution..."
Zhang Qiang waved his hands excitedly and said, "Where can we develop the economy without pollution? The environmental quality of our county is very good, very high-quality, but what's the use? The county's finances are poor, and the people are even poorer... As a well-known poor county in the province
, those of us who are county leaders are too embarrassed to identify ourselves when we go out, what a shame!"
"Development comes at a certain price, and we must pay this price. Can we still go back to the era of horse-drawn and donkey-carts just because of automobile exhaust emissions? I don't think so! Besides, our county has no industrial base.
The existence of the project will not have much impact on the overall environment of the county. We are located in the mid-levels of the mountainous area and have strong air purification capabilities, so there are no major problems."
Sun Xiang also smiled and agreed, "Yes, Comrade Zhou Nan, Secretary Zhang is right. If we want to develop the economy, we must pay a certain price. With such a large investment in this project, it will at least solve hundreds or thousands of problems for the county."
People’s employment issues will also contribute a lot of tax revenue to the government.”
"Yes, this project must be won. I have already said that even if the other party's conditions are harsher, as long as it does not violate the principle, we can agree to them." Zhang Qiang nodded aside.
Zhou Nan let out a sigh of relief, spread his hands and said with a smile, "Now that the two leaders have made a decision, I can only implement it. Well, I will definitely follow the instructions of Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Sun to complete the project and strive for an early date."
Let Xinsheng Company settle down in Ningshan County!"
"I originally made an agreement with the other party tonight to have the two leaders come forward to meet Ouyang Xinsheng, the boss of Xinsheng Company, but it turned out that the Sky Group incident happened again, so..."
Before Zhou Nan could finish his words, he was hurriedly interrupted by Zhang Qiang, "Comrade Zhou Nan, we don't have anything to do anyway. You should contact the other party immediately, and the three of us will go together to meet that Hong Kong person. He came from afar.
, how can we, the county leaders, not give you this little face?"
Zhang Qiang was a little anxious. Sun Xiang also looked at Zhou Nan with a smile and kept nodding.
Zhou Nan secretly laughed in his heart. He understood why Zhang Qiang was so eager. He just wanted to seize the time to negotiate with the other party and hold a project signing ceremony while the provincial party committee leaders were still in Ningshan.
Not a small political achievement.
A 1 million-ton steel project involves an investment of more than 150 million yuan. Not to mention Ningshan, it is not a small project even if you look at the city and the province.
Zhou Nan had no choice but to agree.
The three people rushed to Ningshan Hotel at short notice and talked with Ouyang Xinsheng from Xinsheng Company for more than half an hour. The atmosphere was naturally very pleasant. Zhang Qiang and Sun Xiang agreed to all the requests made by Ouyang Xinsheng on behalf of the county committee and county government.
, and solemnly promised that the county will do its best to support the construction of the project and provide maximum policy support.
The attitude of the two party and government officials in the county made Ouyang Xinsheng secretly happy, and he made up his mind to invest in this project in Ningshan, and the two parties hit it off immediately.
Of course, this is just a preliminary investment and cooperation intention. For such a large steel project to become a reality, it cannot be accomplished by just saying a few words and patting the table. For example, the establishment of the project and the handling of procedures are not that easy either.
, at least it needs city approval.
However, the project can be prepared for the time being. This does not affect the two parties to hold a ceremony first and sign a cooperation memorandum. What Zhang Qiang and the other three need is this ceremony. The project can be carried out slowly, but the ceremony must come first.
Public opinion and momentum are created.
The two parties agreed to sign a cooperation framework agreement at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. After the negotiation, Zhou Nan and the other two people broke up directly from the Ningshan Hotel and went back to rest.
The next morning, Zhou Xiaolin, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, went around the construction sites of several projects as planned, especially the garment industrial park project site where he spent the longest time, and delivered a brief speech. The main idea was——
Ningshan's development model is very representative and useful for reference. It has found a successful path for poverty-stricken areas to promote economic development through attracting investment, thereby changing their backwardness. The approach is worthy of praise and the experience is worth summarizing. In the future, the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government will vigorously implement
Supporting the economic development of Central and South China will further mobilize the province's resources and strength and comprehensively promote the poverty alleviation strategy for Central and South China to a new climax, and so on.
Zhou Xiaolin must make a public appearance to express his position as a "footnote" to his Ningshan inspection, giving the media an opportunity to report publicly, and at the same time showing his confidence and determination to unswervingly support the economic development of poverty-stricken areas in Central and South China. At the same time, Zhou Xiaolin also announced,
Each standing committee member of the Provincial Party Committee will be affiliated with a poor county in the central and southern regions as a contact point for grassroots work, and his contact point is Ningshan County.
Zhou Xiaolin's statement made city and county officials ecstatic. At that time, Zhang Qiang and Sun Xiang heard the news behind a group of provincial and municipal officials. They looked at each other excitedly, and their shoulders were shaking with excitement.
The contact point of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary... This may be just a nominal statement. However, this is another "big tiger skin" that can be pulled up. As long as Zhou Xiaolin is still in Binhai Province as the Provincial Party Committee Secretary, the province and city will have a strong relationship with Ningshan County.
The policy support will be strong.
More importantly, as the contact point of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Ningshan County must achieve results, otherwise how can the main leaders of the Provincial Party Committee keep their reputation? In this way, for county officials such as Zhang Qiang and Sun Xiang,
There are more opportunities to move up.
In the afternoon, Zhou Xiaolin led a delegation of provincial party committee leaders to attend the signing ceremony of the framework cooperation agreement between Ningshan County and Hong Kong Xinsheng Company on the 1 million tons cold-rolled steel project. This event will be a highlight of Zhou Xiaolin's inspection of Ningshan.
On the morning of the third day, Zhou Xiaolin inspected the Ningshan County Power Plant, the water source of the water company and other public institutions. He had lunch and took a short break. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the group left Ningshan and returned to the provincial capital Ningzhou, where the inspection ended.
In the following days, the provincial media, especially Binhai Daily, the official newspaper of the provincial party committee, began to report extensively on the inspection trip to Ningshan by provincial party secretary Zhou Xiaolin.
On March 3, Binhai Daily used more than half of its front page to publish a blockbuster newsletter - "Steady advancement of poverty alleviation work in Central and South China - Provincial Party Committee Secretary Zhou Xiaolin went to Ningshan County for an inspection trip."
The subtitle of the report used the original words from Zhou Xiaolin’s speech – “Awareness must be raised, goals must be clear, and planning must go first.” Zhou Xiaolin’s speech was also quoted extensively in the report, “Developing production is the center and increasing farmers’ income.
It is the core... Cadres at all levels have firmly grasped these two key points, vigorously developed production, continuously improved the added value of agriculture, accelerated the development of the forestry industry, accelerated investment promotion, accelerated the development of emerging industries, and constantly cultivated new economic growth points, leaving no stone unturned.
Increase farmers’ income…”
The "Binhai Daily" on that day also published the first article in the series of newsletters "The Nirvana Rebirth of a Poverty-stricken County" on page 2. It quoted the words of Zhou Xiaolin, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and summarized the investment promotion and economic development of Ningshan County in recent years as "Ningshan County.
"Mountain Model" began a public opinion campaign that lasted for more than half a month.
Subsequently, Zhou Xiaolin proposed to promote the Ningshan model at the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee on March 5 and continue to steadily promote the poverty alleviation strategy in Central and South China.
For a time, Ningshan became a model county and a typical county for the whole province to learn from, and became the "vanguard" of economic development in the entire central and southern region. In fact, such a "name" is not too false, as long as all these projects in the county are completed
Once the operation is officially put into operation and the benefits are seen, needless to say, there is absolutely no problem in doubling Ningshan County's fiscal revenue from the original basis.
Time flies by. In May, the garment industrial park project and the market logistics project were put into operation one after another, and Zhou Nan's work at hand finally came to an end for the time being.
After receiving an economic delegation from Linshi, Zhou Nan was preparing to wrap up the work at hand and asked for leave to return to Haidu and go to Hong Kong to register for marriage with Lan Ruo. The two decided to register first and choose a good day in the second half of the year to hold the wedding ceremony.
Both the Zhou family and the Lan family in Hong Kong have recently been urging Zhou Nan and Lan Ruo to get married as soon as possible. After discussing it several times on the phone, the two decided to get married before the National Day in 1999, so as not to make the elders of both families anxious and angry.
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In the morning, Zhou Nan finished processing several documents at hand and was about to call the county party secretary Zhang Qiang and the county magistrate Sun Xiang to say hello and ask for leave to leave the county for a few days when he suddenly received unexpected news from his secretary Zhu Yong.
It is said that the province is currently adjusting the cadres in the city. Two deputy mayors have resigned, and Zhang Qiang, secretary of the county party committee, is likely to be promoted to deputy mayor of the city this time. He also said categorically that the province
The Organization Department of the Party Committee has already talked to Zhang Qiang.
This kind of news is certainly not groundless. At the very least, it is true that Zhou Nan knows that Zhang Qiang has been running around the city and provinces in the past two days.
Thinking of this, Zhou Nan immediately picked up the phone and called Zhang Qiang's office. Sure enough, no one answered. After pondering for a moment, Zhou Nan called the county magistrate Sun Xiang again. Sun Xiang was in the office. He picked up Zhou Nan's call and immediately smiled, "
Comrade Zhou Nan, do you have anything to do with me?"
"That's right, County Magistrate Sun, I want to take advantage of the fact that the county is not too busy at work and deal with some personal matters. I plan to go to Hong Kong with my fiancée to register for marriage, and hold the wedding in the second half of the year... Haha." Zhou Nan said with a smile.
"Oh? This is a good thing, congratulations." Sun Xiang smiled, "But what about Comrade Zhou Nan, I think, are you leaving a few days later?"
"...You may have also heard that the province is adjusting the city's leadership. Maybe, there may be major changes. With two deputy mayors relegating to the second line, will any county-level cadres be promoted?
...Haha, so, at this critical moment, I suggest that we stay put and wait for organizational arrangements. Otherwise, we will suffer a loss if our own people are not around, don’t you think?"
Sun Xiang's words were very soft and roundabout. Although he didn't say it clearly, the meaning was conveyed.
Once Zhang Qiang is promoted, Sun Xiang is likely to take over as Ningshan County Party Committee Secretary. If Sun Xiang becomes the County Party Committee Secretary, who will be the County Chief? This is a question.
Sun Xiang is not worried about himself. He is a close associate of Municipal Party Committee Secretary Feng Botao. To put it bluntly, he came to Ningshan just to take over from Zhang Qiang. Sun Xiang did it out of good intentions and hinted that Zhou Nan should not leave Ningshan recently.
Instead, you should go to the city to build connections and connections, and try to get yourself the county magistrate's seat.
Although Zhou Nan is now the deputy secretary of the county party committee and executive deputy county magistrate, and it is natural to take over as county magistrate, Zhou Nan has only a few qualifications after all. It has only been two years since he officially served as a member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and a deputy county-level cadre. If someone in the city makes an issue out of this, the municipal party committee
Secretary Feng Botao and Mayor Ma Liguo will also find it difficult.
If there is a 90% certainty that Sun Xiang will succeed Zhang Qiang, then Zhou Nan will succeed Sun Xiang as the county magistrate, which is still full of variables for the time being.
After finishing the phone call with Sun Xiang, Zhou Nan also fell into thinking.
If Zhang Qiang really leaves and Sun Xiang takes over, of course he will strive to be the county magistrate. Why not fight? Only by gaining greater power can he advance his policy strategy with greater freedom and be able to do bigger and more things.
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However, as Sun Xiang said, although his work ability is super strong and his political achievements are outstanding, it can be said that the city and county are basically acquiescing that the reason why Ningshan County's investment promotion work is booming and projects are constantly happening is completely
It is driven by Zhou Nan's personal strength, but his biggest weakness is his age and qualifications.
Maybe no one will say anything if you hold a deputy position, but once you take a full-time position, there will definitely be criticism.
But fortunately, Zhou Xiaolin, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, publicly stated at the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee that the process of rejuvenation of cadres should be accelerated, and more attention should be paid to young people like Zhou Nan, the executive deputy head of Ningshan County, who have the ability to speak politics, have a pioneering and innovative spirit, and have economic acumen.
Promotion and reuse of cadres - The provincial party committee secretary specifically named Zhou Nan's name at the public meeting. This is a sword of admiration and can become a key bargaining chip for Zhou Nan's promotion this time.
Do you want to do the work behind the scenes? Zhou Nan pondered.
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Zhou Nan has not left Ningshan for the time being. And just as the county cadres guessed, county party secretary Zhang Qiang will soon be promoted to deputy mayor of Ningnan City. Most of the organizational procedures have been completed and only need to be officially appointed by the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department.
His official career was settled, and he finally crossed the threshold of the deputy department level. Zhang Qiang felt reassured and naturally felt very happy. Although his people were still working in the county, the news that he was about to be appointed deputy mayor had already spread.
, many county leaders have begun to congratulate him in person.
Zhang Qiang's promotion has become a foregone conclusion. Next, people in the county are waiting to see who will become the county party committee secretary and who will become the county magistrate.
On the surface, Sun Xiang takes over as county party secretary and Zhou Nan takes over as county magistrate, which is the most likely scenario. However, the changes in the officialdom are full of unknown variables. No one can guarantee that there will be no upset until the last moment.
Just as Sun Xiang was worried, there was indeed some controversy at the Standing Committee of the Ningnan Municipal Party Committee regarding the adjustment of the Ningshan County team to who would be Ningshan County Magistrate. Mayor Ma Liguo recommended Zhou Nan, and Municipal Party Committee Secretary Feng Botao nodded.
However, several members of the Standing Committee expressed opposition. The reason for the objection was Zhou Nan's age and qualifications. They also said that Zhou Nan's promotion speed was too fast and was already an exceptional promotion. It was very unfair that he was promoted to county magistrate after less than one year as deputy county magistrate.
That's right.
This reason for opposition is so valid that even the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Feng Botao cannot suppress it too much. But in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this reason is just nice to say. The reason why these standing committee members oppose Zhou Nan's promotion is simply to arrange their own affairs.
People, out of considerations of their own political interests.
Because of the controversy, the matter was temporarily shelved.
On May 21, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee came to announce the appointment. Ningshan County Party Committee Secretary Zhang Qiang got his wish and was nominated as the deputy mayor of Ningnan City. On May 22, Sun Xiang, Zhou Nan and other county leaders saw off the new officials.
Zhang Qiang received another order from the Municipal Party Committee.
To everyone's surprise, the municipal party committee did not directly appoint Sun Xiang as county party secretary, but asked Sun Xiang to act as county party secretary.
The occurrence of this situation can only mean that the municipal party committee has not really decided on the position of county magistrate. In other words, there is a dispute - whether it is Zhou Nan or not, it is really not certain.
As a result, various gossips in the county began to spread again. Some people said that Zhou Nan had no hope of promotion this time, while others said that the city would arrange a new county magistrate. As for Zhou Nan, after all, he was too young and still needed to be a party and government official.
Several years of experience.
Zhou Nan paid no attention to such gossip. At this time, Zhou Nan did not "jump up and down" as everyone imagined, running around for his political future. Instead, he took leave and returned to Haidu, claiming to register for marriage.
County officials were in an uproar.
At this time, you actually got married? Oh my god, is this a shame? Or is it just a shame?
Zhou Nan did return to Haidu, and he was going to Hong Kong with Lan Ruo to complete the registration. But before going to Hong Kong, he was approached by Ouyang Honglie, secretary of the Haidu Municipal Party Committee, and met with a top leader from another city in Binhai Province.
——We met once with Ye Zhaoyan, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Mengjiawan City.
Ye Zhaoyan and Ouyang Honglie were old acquaintances. They had worked together on a team for five or six years. One was the district chief and the other was the secretary of the district committee. This time Ye Zhaoyan led a delegation to Haidu for inspection and invited Feiteng.
The group’s idea of investing in Mengjiawan.
Hearing that Zhou Nan was in Haidu, he made an appointment with Zhou Nan through Ouyang Honglie. Of course, he had other plans for meeting Zhou Nan.