Chapter 136: The Wasteland Was Selected Again
Lin Shanshan introduced to Gu Yiye, "Don't be fooled by Haidong's current appearance; it will become the new darling of Haishi in the future."
Gu Yiye nodded; he always unconditionally trusted his little wife.
The car drove a little further in and came across a large wasteland. Lin Shanshan said, "Brother Gu, let's stop for a moment. I think this place is quite nice."
It was overgrown with weeds and there were hardly any houses around, but it was very large, and what's even more amazing is that there was a small lake.
Gu Yiye also thought it was a good idea. At least there were no houses or farmland here, so it should be very cheap to rent land use rights from the local brigade.
All land in China belongs to the state. Ordinary people do not have the right to buy or sell land, but they can lease the right to use it.
After asking around among the nearby villagers, they learned that this place belonged to the Changde Production Brigade. Following their directions, the two drove to find Shi Shulin, the secretary of the Changde Production Brigade.
The Party Secretary was actually a young man wearing glasses, who smiled somewhat shyly, and seemed to have just taken office not long ago.
Gu Yiye got straight to the point, saying, "Secretary Shi, hello. We want to lease a large area of wasteland in your brigade to build a university."
Upon hearing "university," Secretary Shi's eyes lit up behind his thick glasses, and he asked, "Really?"
Lin Shanshan nodded: "Yes, and it's a university of science and technology, specializing in training scientific research talents."
Secretary Shi said, "I am also a college student, but I graduated from a worker-peasant-soldier university, and my career path is agriculture."
“Nowadays, without the college entrance examination, college students can only go to school through the recommendation of leaders. Very few can actually go to school. If you can really make it happen, I will try my best to persuade the other cadres and villagers in the brigade to lease the wasteland to you.”
"How long do you want to rent it for?"
Lin Shanshan retorted, "We'll rent for as long as you can. They say it takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to cultivate a person; 100 years is the minimum standard."
After hearing Lin Shanshan's words, Secretary Shi now truly believed that they were genuinely committed to establishing a university.
I'm afraid some people will use the guise of running a school to collect tuition fees but not provide proper education.
Secretary Shi said, "I can really rest assured now, but I still need to discuss it with the other cadres and villagers. I can't make the decision on my own."
Gu Yiye nodded: "Of course."
Secretary Shi, a new official, was eager to make his mark and act decisively. He wanted to discuss the matter with the cadres immediately and get a result, so he said to Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan, "Then you two, come back here to see me at this time tomorrow, and I will give you an answer."
Gu Yiye nodded, then remembered that Secretary Shi didn't know his and his wife's names, so he said, "Secretary Shi, my name is Gu Yiye, and this is my wife, Lin Shanshan."
Secretary Shi shook hands with the two men one by one, saying, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Yiye invited him to get in his car and give him a ride.
Of course, this was also Gu Yiye's personal motive. Secretary Shi didn't know they had come by car, and it was always good to let him see his strength.
In this way, Secretary Shi could be more convinced that they had the ability and sincerity to run a school, after all, in the 1970s, there were quite a few people who could afford off-road vehicles.
It's not that wealthy or powerful families would open a school just to scam money.
Sure enough, when Secretary Shi saw the SUV, his eyes became even more determined, and he repeatedly promised that he would definitely make this happen.
When Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan left the Changde Brigade, it was almost noon. Instead of going home for lunch, they found a restaurant on the Bund and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Yellow Sea River while eating.
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