Chapter 391 Why do they interfere?
"Brother Zhou, after I hung up the phone with you, I called County Magistrate Gao, and he said he needed to think about this matter carefully..."
Zhou Yong poured a glass of water for Old Lu. Village Chief Lu took it and held the cup to cover his hands.
"Brother Lu, this matter cannot be rushed. It will probably take a few days for County Magistrate Gao to give me a reply..."
County Mayor Gao naturally has to consider such a big matter carefully.
Old Lu took a sip of water and said, "That's true. I'm just afraid that County Magistrate Gao will consider it and decide not to guarantee Huaixi Village..."
Zhou Yong glanced at Old Lu and said, "Brother Lu, even if County Magistrate Gao doesn't guarantee Huaixi Village, that's human nature."
Old Lu nodded continuously: "Having said that, if we can get this project, Huaixi Village will be a completely different place..."
Zhou Yong must do the project, and the current situation is the question of how to do it.
Zhou Yong has a clear plan for engineering contracting. If he can get loan support, he will give it priority as it will provide him with more funds to advance the project.
However, he will not give up easily without the support of loans.
He plans to contract the project directly and then subcontract it out.
Although the profit from subcontracting projects is relatively small, he believes it is still a viable option.
Of course, there are certain risks in subcontracting projects.
If the constructed road breaks, collapses or other problems occur within three years, the construction party will be required to bear the corresponding maintenance costs.
If it is just a matter of paying for repairs, it would not be a big deal. But the worry is that the damage to the road will cause casualties. If that is the case, the construction management personnel will have to eat steamed buns in the back.
However, Zhou Yong did not mention these things to Old Lu, and he had not even told Sun Qing, Li Hongjun and Chen Pingliang.
The main reason was that in that era, there was no such thing as subcontracting of projects, and Zhou Yong didn't want the matter to become known to everyone before it was even completed.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Brother Lu, it all depends on God's will!"
Zhou Yong has done everything he should do, and as for the outcome, he can only leave it to fate.
Old Lu kept nodding his head. He finished the water in his teacup, looked at the time and stood up: "Brother Zhou, I'm going back first. Call me if you have anything."
Zhou Yong stood up and said, "Brother Lu, come back after lunch."
Old Lu shook his head and said with a smile: "My brother has to go to Qianjin Township. Old Zeng got a big fat grandson and asked me to go to the full moon banquet..."
Seeing this, Zhou Yong did not try to keep Lao Lu and personally saw him out the door.
The snow fell heavier in the afternoon, and Zhou Yong returned home early at around three o'clock.
Li Baotian was sitting in front of the stove in the living room roasting potatoes, while Zhang Guifang was sitting on the sofa in the living room sewing shoe soles.
"Mom, where's Xiaoyun?"
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "Caiyun went to Masanjia."
Zhou Yong said "oh", went into the house and took a look around, then he also went to Ma Sanjia's house.
It was unknown what Li Caiyun was talking about with Liu Juan. When Zhou Yong just arrived at the door of Ma San's outer room, he heard their laughter.
Zhou Yong opened the door and entered the house. Li Caiyun saw her man coming and wiped her eyes: "Why are you here?"
There was nothing to do in the team in the afternoon and it was snowing heavily, so Zhou Yong left work early.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Li Caiyun raised her wrist to check the time.
"It's already four o'clock, I thought it was three o'clock!"
Liu Juan looked at the time and said, "Not bad. I have to go soak the rice..."
As she was talking, Liu Juan got off the field. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Caiyun immediately prepared to go home.
"Why are you going home? You and Brother Zhou are going to have dinner at my house tonight..."
Li Caiyun smiled and shook her head: "Juanzi, it's too troublesome to have a meal at your house, the two of us should go home!"
If they stayed, Liu Juan would have to prepare some dishes, but Li Caiyun didn't want to cause trouble for her good sister.
Liu Juan glared at Li Caiyun and said, "Sister-in-law, did you say that?"
Li Caiyun smiled, and at Liu Juan's request, she and Zhou Yong returned home.
When they got home, the five children had already finished school, and Li Jingan was lying on the coffee table in the living room doing his homework!
Zhou Yong leaned over to look at the handwriting of his eldest son and found that the boy's handwriting was becoming more and more neat.
"Dad, the teacher rewarded me with a little red flower today..."
Seeing Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun coming back, Li Jingan put the pencil in his hand aside and showed off the little red flower he had won.
Zhou Yong smiled, and Li Jingan carefully took the little red paper flower out of his schoolbag.
Li Caiyun asked with a smile: "Gang Pao, why did the teacher give you a red flower this time?"
Li Jingan smiled and said, "Mom, because I got 100 points in both math and Chinese..."
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun smiled at each other. They had never expected that among the five children, the most inconspicuous Li Jingan was actually a hidden academic master.
This kid has never caused any worries to his teachers and parents regarding his studies since he started school.
Normally, he doesn't seem to study much, he just completes his homework normally, but he always gets 100 points in every exam.
Zhou Yong couldn't hide the smile in his eyes and quickly started to brag.
Li Jingan was so happy that he was grinning from ear to ear, but he didn't have a tail. If he had one, the tail would have been up in the air.
After Zhou Yong finished praising his eldest son, Li Jing'an looked at Li Caiyun.
As soon as she saw it, she quickly praised her eldest son for being smart and clever, and that guy made Li Jingan very proud.
After being praised by his parents, Li Jingan happily continued to do his homework, while Zhang Guifang at the side was having a hard time trying not to laugh.
Li Baotian smiled and shook his head. He said to himself, "I wonder who this kid inherited his personality from..."
Zhou Yong looked at Li Jing'an with loving eyes. He sat down next to Li Baotian and said, "This kid is a natural optimist. I really like his personality..."
"optimist?"
Zhou Yong explained what an optimist was, and Li Baotian couldn't help but look at Li Jing'an.
The father-in-law and son-in-law were chatting when Li Baoshan and his wife came.
Zhou Yong greeted the couple, then got up and went back to the bedroom.
Lying straight on the kang, Zhou Yong picked up a book and started reading. As he was reading, he actually fell asleep.
Zhou Yong was in a daze for more than ten minutes before being awakened by Li Caiyun. He stretched and sat up.
"It's time to eat."
Zhou Yong rubbed his face and followed Li Caiyun to the living room.
"Uncle and Madam are back?"
Li Caiyun nodded: "Uncle and Madam went to Sister Xia!"
Zhou Yong didn't ask any more questions, washed his face and went to the table to eat.
The next day was still snowing. In such weather, Zhou Yong dilly-dallyed and did not go to the brigade until eight o'clock.
At nine o'clock Xu Jianmin called.
After hanging up the phone with his senior brother, Zhou Yong's expression gradually became ugly. Everyone looked at each other, wanting to know what had happened to make Zhou Yong's expression change.
Li Hongjun couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yong's mouth was straightened: "The head of the Second Construction Company just went to the county government and wanted to contract the Highway Bureau's project..."
The office was in an uproar in an instant, and Li Ming even cursed.
"Does the Second Construction Company understand the principle of first come first served? We negotiated with the Highway Bureau first for this project, so why are they interfering?"
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and said, "Just because it's a state-owned enterprise, you have the right to interfere."
The Second Construction Company is a veritable state-owned enterprise, while the factories in Huaixi Village, including the construction company, are profit-making projects established in cooperation between the village enterprises and the state. They are essentially very different.
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