Chapter 1900

Chapter 1900: Chapter 1900

Zhou Zheng asked him to monitor the project, and notify immediately if there were any developments.

After listening, Zhou Zheng simply responded with a political tone: "We must cooperate well with the City Government’s work."

Pan Changgui politely responded with some perfunctory words and then hung up the phone.

Immediately after, he called the office director and asked him to contact Zhou Xingjian, to ensure the task was completed successfully.

...

The three days of the Qingming Festival quickly passed.

During the holiday, Zhou Xingjian was also busy.

First, he received the official document from the City Government about restarting the Cultural Industrial Park.

Regarding the preferential policies for business recruitment at the park, it was clearly stated in black and white, and he directly sent it to the District Government.

With the document in hand, Mr. Du’s claim that the district finances had no money was now useless.

If there is no money, he should talk to Mayor Wu, and not bother me.

Then, he gathered District Director Chen and Vice District Chief Wang for a meeting.

He clearly pointed out that the current priority was to create complete supporting facilities for the Cultural Industrial Park.

At least three small supermarkets.

At least two food markets.

Small restaurants and food stalls were also included in the recruitment scope.

Additionally, there were the bus routes.

Compared to Song Guanchao’s contacts with foreign companies, recruiting these small businesses was not too difficult.

Moreover, with government encouragement, cash subsidies, and rent subsidies... The only concern for businesses was whether the foot traffic to the park could be increased over time.

Du Qin observed all of this but neither actively participated nor took responsibility.

His thought was simple; whatever the City Government wanted to do was their business.

If someone at the District Government wanted to step forward, he wouldn’t stop them.

Anyway, he himself wouldn’t get involved in these troubles.

Essentially, he didn’t trust Wu Qiangwei’s ability, not believing she could revive the cultural park.

Therefore, he didn’t bother himself with it; whatever happened there wouldn’t concern him.

Time quickly moved on to April 10th.

Song Guanchao walked into the office, sat down, and was about to call Zhou Xingjian to inquire about the progress.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Zhou Xingjian pushed the door open, holding a stack of documents, pulled out a chair to sit down, placed the documents down, and said, "Luckily, I have completed the tasks you instructed, Director Song."

As Song Guanchao read through the documents, he listened to Zhou Xingjian’s report.

Five small supermarkets were recruited near the park, two of which were fresh produce stores that could replace the function of a food market.

The recruitment for the farmers’ market was ongoing, with several farmers already settled, but more time was needed before opening.

After multiple departments received the notice, the bus route approval process was expedited and completed by yesterday evening.

By the latest next week, the buses could be put into operation.

Song Guanchao closed the document and said, "Well done, thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Xingjian smiled, not saying any empty words like "serving the people."

His motivation was that he had already bound himself to Song Guanchao, and secondly, he had ambitions to become a district chief.

Having worked with Song Guanchao for so long, he knew that he was not someone who made empty promises.

Since he asked him whether he was interested in becoming a district chief, he would definitely find a way to push him to the position.

Although he felt it was difficult, he believed what was challenging to him might not be impossible for Song Guanchao.

"Director Song, I heard something recently," Zhou Xingjian suddenly said mysteriously in a low voice.

"What is it?"

"Wasn’t it Qingming a couple of days ago? I heard Mayor Sun went to sweep Secretary Tian’s father’s grave."

"Oh?" Song Guanchao’s expression turned strange: "How did this story come out?"

"Every Qingming, there are people who wish to progress and they use such methods to get close to the leaders. Mayor Sun is not the only one who sweeps the grave of Secretary Tian’s father. It’s just that he was too conspicuous this time, reportedly crying harder than Secretary Tian while burning paper, hence it got out." As Zhou Xingjian shared this, he wore a disdainful expression.

Upon hearing this, Song Guanchao found it extremely absurd, momentarily not knowing how to express his emotions and thoughts.

Burning paper and crying at the grave of a leader’s deceased father... It was truly bizarre.

He had always looked down on Sun Jiajun, but now he was somewhat impressed.

At least, he would never stoop to such disgusting acts personally or towards others.

But Sun could drop his dignity and do something laughable like this.

Undeniably, he was indeed talented in his own right.

Song Guanchao thought he should be wary of him; people who achieve goals by any means usually end up one of two ways.

Either they catch the attention of the leadership and soar to great heights.

Or they sit on a cold bench until they die.

Still, Sun Jiajun’s sudden approach towards Secretary Tian was very unexpected to him.

Song Guanchao didn’t have a clear understanding of the provincial factions, but he knew Secretary Tian and Secretary Gao were not on good terms.

When the Governor’s position was available, Secretary Tian was the most promising candidate.

However, Secretary Gao, in order to prevent him from ascending, managed to gain control over the governor’s evaluation authority from the Central Organization Department.

This ultimately benefited Lu Zhizhong.

This incident directly caused the rift between the two secretaries to grow larger.

He wasn’t sure if Sun Jiajun was aware of the conflict between the two secretaries.

Regardless of whether he knew, since he explicitly aligned himself with Secretary Tian, he stood opposite Secretary Gao.

Simultaneously, he also stood in opposition to Wu Qiangwei.

After Zhou Xingjian left, he went to Wu Qiangwei to tell her about this matter.

Wu Qiangwei was also bewildered by Sun Jiajun’s operation.

This behavior was truly lacking in limits and lacked integrity.

Song Guanchao then continued reporting on the progress of the industrial park, and said, "I’ve scheduled a meeting with the heads of those companies from Pinghai City tomorrow."

The industrial park’s basic facilities were ready, but relying only on these to convince them to enter the park was still insufficient.

Wu Qiangwei also had this concern: "Just the basic infrastructure alone might not persuade them."

Seeing Song Guanchao’s confident smile, Wu Qiangwei asked, "Do you have other ideas?"

Song Guanchao nodded: "I was intending to give you a surprise."

Wu Qiangwei urged, "Don’t keep me in suspense, just say it."

Song Guanchao raised two fingers: "Firstly, attracting investments."

"The three foreign enterprises from Gusu City have already arrived and are currently assessing; I have been privately in contact with them, and there shouldn’t be any unexpected issues."

"Jiangyun Group is also researching special vehicles, conservatively estimating the first vehicle can be completed next month; I will assist them in securing orders. The special vehicle market is vast, and as long as orders are obtained, stability for at least the next five years is assured. Moreover, this market trend is steadily upward. I have also mentioned to Chairman Jiang about hope for their entry into the industrial park. Once the first batch of orders is secured, there won’t be any obstacles."

Wu Qiangwei slightly nodded, understanding that Song Guanchao’s intention was to demonstrate to companies from Pinghai City the effectiveness of the past few months’ investment attraction efforts, allowing them to see the commitment and matching capabilities of the Jiangzhou Municipal Government towards this issue.

"What else?" Wu Qiangwei asked.

Song Guanchao raised his second finger and said, "Foreign supermarkets."