At nine o'clock the next morning, a group of leaders from Anyang County sat in the small conference room of the Nantong Municipal Government. Earlier, the Ganhe Prefectural Committee sent an official letter to the Nantong Municipal Committee, and yesterday the County Party Committee Office communicated with the city, which led to today's meeting.
The Nantong Municipal Government received the guests, including Guo Xinjun, deputy director of the government office, and six other people, including deputy directors of the Municipal Planning Commission, Economic and Trade Commission, and Construction Bureau.
Guo Xinjun first expressed welcome on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to the leaders from the old revolutionary base areas who came to Nantong to supervise the work, and then introduced the economic and social development of Nantong in the past two years.
On behalf of Anyang County, County Mayor Sui Gang expressed his gratitude to Nantong City for its reception. He introduced the positions of the delegation and gave a brief introduction to Anyang County's natural environment, regional transportation, and social development. Finally, he hoped that Nantong City could put forward development suggestions for Anyang County's high-quality mineral resources.
The leaders of both sides discussed topics of interest respectively. In particular, there were many cadres from Shandong Province who went south to Nantong City. When talking about Shandong Province's contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, they all looked at it with envy. This is a heroic land. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, more than 200,000 people crossed the Bohai Sea to the Northeast, becoming the backbone of the Northeast Field Army. They even reached Hainan Island and liberated nearly half of China.
The local troops remaining in Shandong Province were reorganized into the East China Field Army. After the great victory in the Huaihai Campaign, they crossed the river successfully and swept across the country's richest East China region.
The Red Sisters and Model Supporters of Shandong Province are immortal monuments in the history of the Chinese revolution.
After a short break after lunch, a staff member of the Nantong Municipal Office took the Anyang County delegation to inspect two textile production enterprises and a construction site, and finally went to a tourist attraction in Nantong City. It was sunset when they returned to the guesthouse.
The dinner was held in a private room of the guesthouse. Director Guo Xinjun came in person to accompany us. The dishes were close to southern cuisine and the wine was Yanghe wine. They drank to their heart's content and their relationship was further deepened.
Guo Xinjun's father is a cadre who went south from Shandong Province. Taking advantage of his fellow villager's relationship, he vaguely revealed during the dinner that the Nantong Municipal Government's economic development has been in a mess in the past two years, and the possibility of investing in Anyang is not very high. Anyang County needs to find more ways to attract investment.
After the banquet ended at 9:30 in the evening, Sun Zongyuan had just returned to his room when County Magistrate Sui Gang called and asked him to go to his room.
In County Magistrate Sui's room, CPPCC Chairman Gong Xiaoguo and Office Director Zhu Yawen sat around a small table.
Sui Gang:
"Zongyuan, the information we received from the County Party Committee Office during our early contact may be biased. It seems we will accomplish nothing in Nantong."
"We came here with a heavy responsibility. If we go back empty-handed, our development plan will basically fail. We will feel unwilling to do that!" said Gong Xiaoguo.
"Nantong is a nationally renowned construction town, with construction companies operating all over the country. With so many projects underway, shouldn't they have a base for raw materials? I feel our approach to attracting investment is sound."
"County Mayor Sui, I think Secretary Li Jianguo, Director Li Jiancheng and I will go to several construction companies alone tomorrow to try our luck. You and Chairman Gong will continue to go to Nanjing and Shanghai to do investment promotion work as planned. We will meet in Shanghai on the 8th. What do you think?" Sun Zongyuan asked.
"We've informed Nanjing and Shanghai of our schedule. We really can't delay it. You can split up. We'll talk openly with the government, and you can talk privately with the companies. We're going to try both."
County Magistrate Sui Gang agreed with his suggestion.
The next morning, Sun Zongyu arrived at the door of Nantong Municipal Government Office early. Director Guo Xinjun saw Sun Zongyu coming and hurriedly took him to the office. Sun Zongyu explained his purpose. Guo Xinjun found some information and gave it to Sun Zongyu about the company's situation. Half an hour later, Sun Zongyu said goodbye to Guo Xinjun and started a new visit.
Nantong City has jurisdiction over 7 counties and districts, and the areas near the Yangtze River are all plains. Historically, Nantong people have traveled far and wide to make a living in construction. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Daqing Oilfield and the Shengli Oilfield left behind the figures of their "daring to fight and dare to take responsibility" construction team. In the 1980s, a considerable number of the country's key projects were completed by Nantong people.
Nantong has numerous construction companies, operating in the city, various counties, and even some townships. The most renowned are Nantong No. 1 Construction, No. 2 Construction, ... No. 7 Construction, and No. 8 Construction. Even during the rapid urbanization years of later generations, any property built by a Nantong construction company was practically sold out immediately upon launch. Their reputation for quality has been built over hundreds of years.
Sun Zongyuan had never made contact with Secretary Li Jianguo and Director Li Jiancheng before, but when the three of them were alone, they found that the two had many similarities in appearance. Secretary Li Jianguo said:
"Don't measure it, he is my brother, I am his brother."
"But I haven't heard you talk about it with others?"
"It's a long story. My brother and I lived in the county town. My second uncle's family had no boys, so I lived with my second uncle since I was a child. My household registration was transferred to my second uncle's family, so we are not brothers at all according to the household registration. When we grew up, my brother passed the college entrance examination and I joined the army. We had no background and relied on our own struggle to get to where we are today." Secretary Li Jianguo said.
"You're putting a lot of pressure on me now. You see, you're my boss in Honghua Township, and Director Li of the County Planning Commission is my boss. Even if I were Sun Wukong, I couldn't escape from Old Li's gate!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Work hard and achieve results, otherwise we two brothers will not forgive you!" Director Li Jiancheng said with a smile.
I visited two construction companies in the morning. The CEO of one of them was not in the company, but the vice president said that the company had no investment plans in the past few years due to slow performance growth.
The boss of another company is at home. The market they are developing is mainly in Suzhou and Wuxi. They mainly purchase cement and concrete aggregates from Anhui and transport them via the Yangtze River. The cost is a bit high compared to transporting them from Shandong Province.
At noon, in a restaurant in the city, the three of them each had a bowl of beef noodles. Sun Zongyuan took out a pancake from his backpack and ate one for each of them with green onions. After drinking the noodle soup, they continued to visit the next company.
Although it was only May, the temperature in Nantong was still several degrees higher than that in Shandong Province. Based on the experience of the morning visit, Li Jianguo and the other two did not address each other by their positions. Instead, they said:
Anyang County Investment Promotion Commissioner.
After visiting the last construction company at 5:30 in the afternoon, the boss casually mentioned that a company had the idea of building a building materials base.
This was the biggest achievement of the first day’s visit.
So the three of them found a hotel near the company to stay in. After dinner, the three of them wore shorts and white vests and chatted with a group of elderly people at the gate of the community not far from the hotel.
It's not just about casual chatting, but about getting to know the company in detail and doing some homework in advance for tomorrow's visit.
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