"After looking around, I found that many attractions have great potential, but there is no money to develop them. Isn't that even more heartbreaking for you, Director?" Deputy Director Jiang Rongmeng said slowly.
"First, we need to identify potential tourist attractions and then develop an overall plan. The county doesn't have the funds, so we can report this to the higher authorities. The government will certainly support something that benefits the country and the people!" Feng Yuxing said confidently, "We can spend the whole day inspecting those shabby hotels in the county, like that KTV with a broken microphone. How interesting!
Seeing the young director's increasingly exaggerated remarks, everyone was speechless. However, it was a meeting! Speaking of which, most people were rather perfunctory in the meeting, responding to Feng and Xing's questions one by one.
Especially the two older deputy directors, Geng Linmen and Bo Gongfan.
Whether it is due to lack of experience or other reasons, I don’t mind and continue to make sure that there are attractions that can be explored in those towns.
After the meeting, everyone thought that the newly appointed director was just a person who could only talk big and shout slogans, and might forget what he said yesterday in a few days.
However, what no one expected was that on the next day, Feng Yuxing actually took the initiative to invite Deputy Director Li Bozhi to go to various towns and visit the so-called "attractions" mentioned at the meeting.
This move undoubtedly surprised everyone.
After all, these so-called tourist attractions are not well-known places, and may even be some unknown small places. Of course, they have not been developed yet and are definitely not famous.
As the head of a bureau, Feng Yuxing's ability to act so quickly was truly unexpected. His determination and drive seemed to far exceed people's initial impressions of him, but that didn't change their pessimistic view of Director Feng Yuxing's actions.
The phone's memory and pixels were not enough, so he asked Song Cidong, a young man two years younger than Gengfeng Yuxing from the cultural department, to follow along with him, bringing a DV camera.
There are sixteen towns under the jurisdiction of Jiaoyou County. The nearest town to the county seat is Fubei Town, so Feng Yuxing and his team started their visit from this town.
It was Xihe Town that impressed Feng Yuxing the most and changed his mind about traveling to Jiaoyou County.
Xihe Town has a large population of over 60,000. The houses in the town are very old, the streets are relatively narrow, and there are many tiled houses.
Some ancient and culturally rich potential attractions could not be in the town. They looked at the map while searching, but even navigation did not work.
They passed a village called Yuming Village.
The houses in the village looked very dilapidated.
Some of the houses are still made of adobe, with mottled and falling adobe walls and damaged tiles on the roofs, which leak when it rains. However, in such a harsh environment, a group of innocent children are running and playing in the village.
Their laughter echoed throughout the village, giving people a sense of endless joy and vitality.
But when we look closely, we find that many of the children are not wearing shoes and are walking barefoot on the muddy ground; the clothes they wear are patched up and look tattered.
Feng Yuxing was shocked and tears welled up in his eyes. So he found some children and asked them why they didn't go to school because they looked like they were young people who should go to school.
The answer was that the family had no money to send them to school, so whoever had the best grades could go.
Feng Yuxing simply went to ask some old people in the village. The old people in the village told Feng Yuxing that it was not that they did not want their children to go to school. The transportation here was not convenient, but the crops were good, such as beans and potatoes.
Apart from eating for themselves, they could only grow a small amount because they had to buy crops in town. The money they earned was not much and could not support so many children.
Every family has several children, and it is impossible for all of them to go to school. For a moment, Feng Yuxing felt so happy compared to these children.
Feng Yuxing suddenly felt bad.
Li Blog sighed and said to Fu Yuxing, "Director, there are many situations like this village. Otherwise, how can it be called a particularly poor county!"
"What era is it now? Why don't they build roads here? The crops they grow can be sold to the county town, the provincial capital, or even further afield..." Feng Yuxing said in confusion.
“You need money!” Li Blog said with a wry smile.
"As far as I know, there are a lot of special funds allocated every year for extremely poor counties! How come there is not even a decent road?" Feng Yuxing asked in confusion.
"Who should I ask if you ask me!..."...
Li Blog's words soon came true.
They passed through several villages one after another. The situation was the same as that in Yuming Village. Feng Yuxing asked Song Cidong to record it with a DV.
Whenever Feng Yuxing and his companions arrived at a town, they would deliberately visit some villages. Sure enough, the situation there was similar to that of Yuming Village, and Feng Yuxing's mood became increasingly heavy.
Feng Yuxing, Li Boxu and Song Cidong took turns driving. It took them more than a month to finally complete the journey through all sixteen towns, which almost made Li Boxu and Song Cidong collapse.
Li Bo and Song Cidong rested for several days before they regained their energy, but Feng Yuxing did not rest. Instead, he spent the whole day writing and drawing in the office, planning his travel routes and potential tourism product development plans.
Feng Yuxing spent a whole week and finally completed his masterpiece.
During this period, most of the colleagues in the Culture and Tourism Bureau knew that Feng Yuxing was working on a planning scheme. After all, Feng Yuxing and Song Cidong from the Culture Department under Deputy Director Li Bozhi spent a month conducting an on-site investigation.
Some people think that Feng Yuxing’s work is in vain since they don’t have the money anyway; some people think that it is a waste of money to make something they don’t know; some people think that Feng Yuxing’s formalism is a bit of a joke.
Yinhai Provincial Capital
Office of the Director of Culture and Tourism.
"Comrade Yunshi, what's the latest news about that guy?" Jie Yuxin asked Deputy Director Du Yunshi.
When Du Yunshi arrived, he looked worried. Jie Yuxin knew that Du Yunshi's coming was not for any other reason but the latest news about Feng Yuxing.
"Director, Comrade Yuxing! You've been really hardworking. You've spent over a month touring every township in Jiaoyou County, investigating potential scenic spots.
The two people who went with him were almost devastated. One was Deputy Director Li Bo, and the other was Song Cidong from the Culture Department. But the results were mixed. "Du Yunshi looked at Jie Yuxin with a helpless expression on his face.
"What do you mean by mixed praise and criticism?" Jie Yuxin said nonchalantly.
“Some people say that the new director, Feng Yuxing, deserves recognition for being so dedicated to doing such a thing, no matter what the final result is;
Some people say that he spent so much time on this thing even though he knew he had no money, which is clearly formalism taken to the extreme. . . . "
Du Yunshi didn't know what to say, because whether it was praise or criticism, it seemed to make sense.