Chapter 1899

Chapter 1899: Chapter 1899

Du Qin looked at the disconnected phone, the smile slowly disappearing from his wrinkled face.

Since Song Guanchao arrived in Jiangzhou, he had heard all about the things Song had done and knew that this person had a huge temper and was difficult to get along with.

He just hadn’t expected Song Guanchao’s temper to be this big, to speak to him in such a tone.

After all, he was just a director.

And he himself was the District Head of Wensong District.

If he doesn’t cooperate with the reopening of the Cultural Park, Song Guanchao will have a hard time.

Du Qin shook his head but only sneered.

An arrogant man is bound to encounter trouble; he was waiting for Song Guanchao to come and apologize to him.

...

An apology was impossible.

Song Guanchao immediately called Zhou Xingjian over.

"Contact the deputy district heads of Wensong District and ask them to come."

"All of them?"

"Yes, all of them."

Seeing his unpleasant expression, Zhou Xingjian asked, "Mr. Du is not cooperating?"

Song Guanchao nodded lightly, and Zhou Xingjian wasn’t surprised. He had mentioned before that Du Qin wasn’t very keen on reopening the Cultural Park.

Even if Wu Qiangwei paid special attention, Du Qin could still deal with it passively.

This project has been difficult to push forward from the very beginning, filled with resistance everywhere.

Zhou Xingjian didn’t immediately go back but said, "Contacting the deputy district heads will be difficult too. After all, the district head is Du Qin, if you bypass him and directly contact the deputy district heads, it will be hard for them to get along with him in the district in the future."

Song Guanchao sneered, "Give him some face, and he really thinks he matters. If he can do the job, fine, if not, then he’s out."

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Zhou Xingjian with a smile, "Old Zhou, are you interested?"

"Ah? What?" Zhou Xingjian was taken aback by the question.

Song Guanchao said, "Are you interested in being the district head?"

Damn!

Zhou Xingjian’s heart jolted, his constricted pupils showing his shock. The slowly emerging excitement on his face indicated his longing for Song Guanchao’s proposal.

He suppressed his excitement and calmed down quickly.

He didn’t know if Song Guanchao was provoked by Du Qin and said it deliberately.

Even if he really had this idea, it would be hard to realize.

Not to mention Du Qin hadn’t committed any wrongdoings. Even if he did, could they really get him removed over such a minor issue when he’s nearly retiring?

If they truly did this, they would offend him profoundly.

"Director Song, don’t say anything in anger." He suppressed his greed and spoke calmly.

Song Guanchao observed the changes in his expression and said, "I’m indeed quite angry, but I’m not speaking out of anger. Faced with the City Government’s decision, Mr. Du’s passive attitude has severely hindered our development plan for this year. If Jiangzhou’s economic development is obstructed because of him as a district head, can he bear the responsibility?"

"This year is Mayor Wu’s most important year, and the Cultural Industrial Park must be restarted. If the industrial park restarts successfully, it will be a huge political achievement. If Mr. Du cooperates well, I don’t mind sharing this political achievement with him. But if he not only refused to cooperate but also deliberately delayed, should I just let him stay in his position and disgust me?"

Zhou Xingjian realized that Song Guanchao truly intended to remove Du Qin.

Since that’s the case, he now had to consider some realistic factors.

"Mr. Du hasn’t committed any mistakes, so removing him won’t be easy. Not to mention the standing committee, even within the City Government, it wouldn’t get approved." Zhou Xingjian said.

Song Guanchao replied, "I didn’t say I want to remove him."

Zhou Xingjian was puzzled - hadn’t he just asked if Zhou wanted to be district head?

How come now he said he didn’t want to remove him?

These two matters were inherently contradictory.

If he doesn’t remove him, Zhou can’t possibly become the district head.

"From now on, you are fully responsible for the Cultural Industrial Park. With this political achievement as a base, the district head position next year is yours."

"As for Mr. Du, I have other plans."

"Also, don’t contact the deputy district heads anymore. In the afternoon, accompany me to the district committee to meet Secretary Pan."

Zhou Xingjian’s eyes widened, "District committee?"

He understood Song Guanchao’s intention.

Song Guanchao plans to bypass the district government and cooperate directly with the district committee to set up the supporting facilities for the industrial park.

This approach sounded quite unusual.

"Yes." Song Guanchao replied, "Our primary urgency is to recruit the tenants for the ground-floor shops by the tenth."

"Let’s first see the attitude of the district committee in the afternoon. If they are willing, we can treat the district government as non-existent. If they are also pushing it around, then we can call a few deputy district heads to discuss."

"Okay!" Zhou Xingjian couldn’t help but admire that although Song Guanchao was young, he was really sharp.

In this short moment, he had set the process.

"Take a seat." Song Guanchao found the phone number of Secretary Pan Changgui of the district committee.

"Secretary Pan, it’s me, Song Guanchao..."

After a few dozen seconds, Song Guanchao hung up and said, "Let’s go."

Secretary Pan was outside, and once they went over, it would be just about time for him to return.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the district committee and met with Pan Changgui in the office.

Pan Changgui had the standard face of an official.

A slightly long face, fleshy cheeks, drooping corners of the eyes, from whichever angle you looked, he seemed to be smiling.

"Director Song, Director Zhou, please have a seat."

Pan Changgui was exceptionally warm with the two and poured them some tea himself.

When he received the call, he guessed that Song Guanchao was most likely coming for the industrial park.

He returned to his seat, held the tea, and smiled at the two.

He knew that Song Guanchao was straightforward and wasn’t someone who liked to beat around the bush.

Indeed, Song Guanchao didn’t touch the tea and directly stated his purpose.

After hearing his request, a hint of doubt flashed through Pan Changgui’s mind.

Was it such a small matter?

The district government could handle it, so why bother troubling him?

The doubt only lasted a second before he immediately understood the reason.

It seemed that Du Qin hadn’t taken Wu Qiangwei’s words seriously.

Having been frustrated at Du Qin’s end, Song Guanchao wanted to bypass the district government and directly engage with the district committee.

This sort of thing didn’t require any evidence; knowing Du Qin for so many years, he was already familiar with the other’s temperament.

"Mayor Wu is willing to restart the industrial park, which I personally support. However, the preferential policies for attracting business must come from the district government."

"The district government will issue them, but the personnel is tight in the district, needing assistance from the district committee."

Hearing him say this, Pan Changgui understood.

He didn’t need the district committee to make policies, only to provide personnel and connections.

After all, if no staff members come forward to attract business and explain the policies to small businesses, even if the policies exist, there will be a situation of no interest.

"I hope the recruitment for the ground-floor shops can be completed by the 10th, what does Secretary Pan think?" asked Song Guanchao.

Today was already the third, which meant just one week.

Subtracting the weekend and three-day Ching Ming Festival holiday, there was only four business days left.

Pan Changgui pondered, "The time is quite tight, but I’ll do my best."

Song Guanchao could see he genuinely felt the deadline was tight, and didn’t dare to promise too much.

"The Cultural Park project will be fully handled by Director Zhou. He will also fully cooperate with the district committee on shop recruitment. Whatever needs the City Government and district government to provide, I will coordinate."

Pan Changgui could see that Song Guanchao was really committed and urgent about this matter.

"Alright."

"Then Secretary Pan, we’ll leave you to your work, I have matters to attend to as well, I’ll head back first."

After the two left, Pan Changgui pondered for a few seconds and called Zhou Zheng.