County Magistrate He raised his head and gave him a deep look, tapping his raised knees with his fingers one after another. After about two or three minutes, as Huo Qianli waited anxiously, he slowly shook his head again, "No."
"Why?" Huo Qianli couldn't help but raise a questioning tone, "The county is short of money and needs to balance the relationships between all parties. We all understand that. Why can't we raise funds and develop on our own?"
As soon as he said this, he realized that there was something wrong with his tone. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, County Magistrate He. I was a little emotional just now. I apologize."
County Magistrate He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I understand."
"But County Magistrate He, although Qianfu Town's current statistics are still acceptable, the momentum of development is no longer right!"
Huo Qianli looked at County Magistrate He with a sincere expression. "Earlier, we established Hushan Village as the leader and determined the development path of the Chinese medicinal materials industry with Danshen as the main and the rest as auxiliary. This was fine and went very well, but the subsequent path was not followed up in time. Qianfu Town has been limping for nearly five years. Now Hushan Village is the only dominant village, and the other villages have hardly enjoyed the dividends of development. The per capita output value of some villages is even only one-fifth of that of Hushan Village. The public's response is also very strong, and the demand for development is very strong."
"Another key issue is that the development of Hushan Village has also reached a bottleneck. Our industrial park is built on the unique core production advantages of Hushan Village and surrounding villages. The output of the land is limited. Existing industrial companies have basically squeezed out the town's production capacity, and the environmental level has basically reached its carrying limit. If we cannot open up new paths, Hushan Village will gradually fall behind in the competition."
Then, Huo Qianli shared his and Qianfu Town Committee’s many thoughts on the industrial park, including poverty alleviation, environmental protection, industrial collaboration, beautiful countryside construction, sustainable development, human resource advantages, and so on.
These things are written in the plan, but not as detailed as he said.
County Magistrate He listened carefully, but shook his head after listening. "Comrade Qianli, I still say the same thing. I fully understand your ideas and appreciate your work results, but I don't agree with you launching this project now."
Huo Qianli was anxious. "I can guarantee that the entire project funds will be raised by our Qianfu Town. We only need the county to provide the necessary policy preferences and administrative support."
County Magistrate He looked at him, suddenly put the booklet in his hand on the coffee table in front of him, picked up the teacup, and said, "Have a sip of tea first."
Huo Qianli had no mood to drink tea, he picked it up and drank it in one gulp, then looked at him anxiously.
County Magistrate He took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "You are full of vigor, enterprising and courageous. Comrade Qianli, looking at you reminds me of when I was as young as you."
Huo Qianli pulled the corners of his mouth, which was considered a smile.
County Magistrate He sighed, "You just said that you can assure the organization that you can raise funds on your own, and all you need is for us to provide the necessary policy and administrative support?"
Huo Qianli nodded quickly.
"But the question is, can you guarantee it?"
County Magistrate He's gaze suddenly became focused and somewhat intimidating.
Huo Qianli was stunned.
County Magistrate He said slowly: "If everything develops as you expected, the project is finally successful, you win thousands of praises, our county will also have outstanding achievements, more fiscal revenue, and the people will live a better life. This is of course a happy ending for everyone. But what if it is not as expected?"
"Our work has an organizational procedure. It's not like the ancient times where we could issue a military order when marching to war. Even if it's possible, Zhuge Liang executed Ma Su with tears in his eyes. Ma Su was punished and fulfilled his responsibility, but what? Zhuge Liang also lost Jieting and the promising situation of the Northern Expedition! This cannot be reversed!"
"You said we should support you, but what if you don't do it well? You are willing to be punished, so how can we punish you? The worst is that we have taken off your hat, but what about the people? Do they still have to suffer? Do we in the county still have to bite the bullet and clean up the mess for you and Qianfu Town?"
He looked at Huo Qianli and said in a deep voice: “If you start rashly, you are essentially kidnapping the county!”
Huo Qianli's heart was shocked. Even though he was very reluctant, he had to admit that what County Magistrate He said made sense.
But he has never been a man with a wavering mind, let alone a man who gives up easily. He picked up the teacup, sipped the last bit of cold water, moistened his dry throat, and said, "However, development is bound to be accompanied by risks. We can't just do nothing because of the risks, right?"
"But the risks must be controllable!" County Magistrate He sighed. "Let me tell you a story. In 1998, there was an executive deputy county magistrate in a neighboring county. He was young, promising and high-spirited. At that time, he had his eyes on a garment factory project. For the finances at that time, the investment was not small, but if it succeeded, it would probably be a great political achievement for the county and would also be beneficial to the people. Based on this, the deputy county magistrate at that time also tried his best to lobby the secretary and the county magistrate, appealing to their emotions and reasoning. The secretary and the county magistrate firstly felt that this project was indeed a good project. Although there were some risks, there shouldn't be any big problems. Secondly, seeing that the deputy county magistrate was in the limelight and had a bright future, they didn't want to block his future and ruin their relationship."
County Magistrate He looked at Huo Qianli, "However, things never go as planned. Too many unforeseen events caused this project to fail. The county's fiscal revenue for several years was lost, and the city spent a lot of money to deal with the aftermath. Afterwards, the deputy county magistrate was naturally the primary person responsible and was removed from his post. The secretary and the county magistrate were also punished, and their futures were greatly affected. Sometimes I think, if the secretary and the county magistrate could have pulled his sleeves and pulled him, would everything be different?"
Huo Qianli pursed his lips and remained silent.
"But you are right about one thing. Development is risky. We can't just do nothing."
Just when Huo Qianli was about to give up temporarily and go back to regroup and think of another solution, County Magistrate He spoke again, "How about this, it's written in your booklet that the initial investment requires 30 million. If you can find a source of funding for 25 million, whether it's a grant from the higher authorities or private investment, as long as you can confirm it and put it on my desk, I'll pass this matter!"
Huo Qianli looked at County Magistrate He suddenly with a look of surprise.
County Magistrate He laughed at himself and said slowly, "It is not advisable to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The country needs to develop, and the people also need to develop. In our work, we should have less of the sluggish people like me and more of the enterprising people like you."
Huo Qianli said, "County Magistrate He is very mature and prudent. Thanks to your words, I was alerted. I was indeed reckless before."
"Okay, stop being polite. Go get busy and get the funding sorted as soon as possible." County Magistrate He smiled and picked up the booklet and waved it in his hand. "I also want to see if you can turn this plan into reality as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, leader. I will work hard! I won't bother you any more."
Huo Qianli stood up, shook hands with County Magistrate He, then turned and walked out.
Just after taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and said, "Leader, is that deputy county magistrate the..."
County Magistrate He smiled calmly, "It's all in the past."
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