Ling Ran shook his head. "Deposit it? Can I still withdraw it? That's all working money, I need to use it frequently, and I also have to pay the employees' salaries."
"Ms. Zhou, please save a little more, just a little bit." Mayor Zhang also gestured with the tip of his little finger to indicate a little bit.
Zhou Xiang smiled and said, "Is this a little bit too much?"
Mayor Zhang immediately opened his palm and said, "Five million."
"There are only five million for two streets in town. East and West Streets are a bit longer. Can we use up all that?"
Mayor Zhang nodded repeatedly. "We can use it all up. East and West Streets are all private residences. If we want to build a building, we'll have to take out a loan. And now prices are rising again."
"Alright! We can't give up halfway. Let me ask, how many meters do you plan to move East and West Streets back?"
"Same four meters, you saw it too..."
Zhou Xiang waved his hand and said, "Your idea is wrong. North-South Street is the main street, a two-way double lane, while East-West Street is the secondary street, a two-way single lane. The lane is three meters wide, and the sidewalks on both sides are also two meters wide. Add one meter for the green belt, for a total of 12 meters. Just set back three meters on each side is enough."
Do you want to call my exhibition hall without that little courtyard, and also call the alley over there to my warehouse building so narrow that even Little Flying Tiger can't get in?"
“Will the two-way bicycle lane be too narrow?”
"There has to be a distinction between the main and secondary streets, right? Have you ever seen a place where urban construction has made the secondary streets as wide as the main streets?"
"Okay, okay!"
Mayor Zhang nodded. As long as the God of Wealth agreed to deposit the money, he would listen to her. It was a three-meter driveway! At worst, the sidewalk could be demolished later.
"Okay then! You can ask the bank to come and get the cash! Goodbye." Zhou wanted to see the guest off directly.
The road crew leader quickly spoke up, "Miss Zhou, I, we're still a little short of a gap here."
Zhou Xiang raised an eyebrow, "Still missing? Corruption?"
The road crew leader waved his hands repeatedly, "I dare not. It's all recorded in the records. I put a lot of effort into the first and second town streets. The cost is a bit high."
"Where's the high?"
"It's in the sewers. Didn't Miss Zhou say that the sewers on both sides of the road must be wide and deep to prevent water accumulation during rainy days? It's a little late in the rainy season today. Once the rainy season comes, Miss Zhou will be able to find it."
"Then how big is your gap?"
The road crew leader opened his palm and closed his eyes. "Five million."
Zhou Xiang put down his teacup and said, "Mayor, please take him away, or don't blame me for forcibly sending him away."
Mayor Zhang slapped the road crew leader on the head and said, "What do you want to do? Five million dollars wouldn't even be enough to repair three streets in the town."
The road crew leader opened his eyes when Zhou wanted to ask the mayor to take him away. He knew that Miss Zhou would not agree.
"I, I want to repair the provincial road."
Zhou Xiang scoffed: "Squad Leader, you have good intentions, but have you ever thought about this: if I agree to you repairing the provincial road, will I still have a good life in the future?"
"What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? Let me ask you, if you want so much, it must have been built to a high standard, right?"
The road crew leader nodded and said, "Of course, if we have to repair it, we have to do it the best way possible."
"You repaired the section under the jurisdiction of Xuzhen, but the section under the jurisdiction of Liuzhen is subject to criticism. Xuzhen can find a solution, so why can't Liuzhen find a solution?
Then where will Liu Zhen get the money?
Liu Zhen came to me for investment. Should I give it to him? If I don't, he'll be criticized because of you. If I give it to him, then will Gu County, west of Liu Zhen, be criticized? Who will they blame?
They won't blame you, they will only blame me for not caring about everyone, not caring about the fact that we all belong to Zhucheng. They will blame me for paying for it, so why don't I just repair everything within Zhucheng?
Do you think I should eventually finish building the entire provincial highway? Then there will be more than one provincial highway in the province!
Squad leader, it's not that I don't want to do good things, but if this good thing causes others to get scolded, then I will be the one who gets scolded in return.
I understand your desire to repair the road, but this is not within my jurisdiction.
Moreover, your idea is wrong. No road can be paved in one go, especially provincial roads with large vehicles.
There will be some repairs, and even if it's not a technical problem during construction, there will be changes in the terrain. One of the reasons for the existence of road maintenance is to repair roads."
The road crew leader stood up in shame and said, "I was too greedy."
He was about to leave, but Zhou Xiang stopped him, "Wait."
The road crew leader turned around and waited for Zhou to speak.
Zhou Xiang stood up and handed him a bank card. "Here's 500,000 yuan. It's for repairing the gap in East-West Street. Also, for the road from the town to the west end of East-West Street, I promised Principal Zhang of the town that after my school is finished, I'll build a new road. It will be built at the same time as East-West Street. I won't invest anymore. You can handle it yourself."
The road crew leader took the bank card with a beaming smile and said, "Thank you, thank you, Miss Zhou. This time it's definitely enough. The quality of East and West Streets will definitely be the same as these two streets. No, the streets in the middle of the town will also be of the same quality."
After sending the two debt collectors away, Zhou Xiang moved some of the money out of the ring. "Ling Ran, someone's coming from the bank soon. Come with us to deposit the money!"
"Are you really going to touch the income from the food station?"
"What else? Would I still use my bank card to transfer money? If I transfer large sums of money while all the major banks are watching me, it would be like telling them that I'm investing in the town again. These are earned in the town, so I should keep them here."
"All right!"
Ling Ran went to the kitchen, took out a few snakeskin bags, and threw the money into them.
Because there were still quite a few ten-yuan, five-yuan, and fifty-yuan notes, filling seven or eight snakeskin bags.
As soon as the installation was completed here, the bank president brought his people over. It was really fast.
Ling Ran asked them to carry the bags into the elevator. The person behind the president looked at the box in his hand in a daze.
The bank president quickly took over the boxes from several people and said, "Hurry up and carry them."
Zhou Xiang threw a piece of rope to the bank president and said, "Use it to tie up the box!"
"Thank you, Miss Zhou."
The bank president tied all the handles of the suitcase to the rope, dragged it into the elevator, and hurried back to deal with business. His image was not important.
The East-West Street was going to be demolished and rebuilt, and the townspeople were excited because almost all the townspeople in the market town lived on the East-West Street. Only the section at the south end of the town's first street near the hotel was private, and the rest was all public land.
Now, the town government plans to demolish and rebuild East and West Streets, so they can live in new buildings.
Those who built new houses were not very happy, especially Aunt Huang. Wasn’t her homestay business going to be cut off?
A lot of business had already been taken away by the "Weizhen Hotel" of the Gang of Six.
Unsatisfied Aunt Huang came to Zhou's house to chat with her good sisters.
Dong Yunrong advised her not to hinder the town's development. "Once the new buildings are built, you can open a restaurant instead of a hotel! Or rent it out. There's no need to hang yourself on one tree."
Aunt Huang muttered for a while, then she felt relieved. "I didn't dare to tell anyone about this, so I came to talk to you."
Dong Yunrong nodded. "Be careful what you say, or you'll get reported. Neighbors aren't always sincere with each other. The streets still need to be planned and built to look good. East and West Streets need a facelift."
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