Wang Xiaohai flipped through the proposal submitted by the Speaker on the table, which was about suggestions and rules for advanced vocational colleges.
The document stated that fifty larger vocational colleges would be established in the city, with each college costing 1 billion Union Coins, for a total cost of 50 billion Union Coins.
Wang Xiaohai hesitated for a long time, not knowing whether to sign his name. He asked the city's finance department, but this year's expenses were high and there was less than 10 billion yuan left in the budget. Now it would cost 50 billion yuan to build a school, so where would he find the remaining 40 billion yuan?
He called Yunmei's office.
"Mayor, what's the matter?" Yun Mei took a look at the phone number and answered it immediately. In the city government, she would not call Wang Xiaohai by his name.
"Can you please call various banks and ask if there is any bank willing to lend money to our Qingliu Municipal Government?" Wang Xiaohai said and hung up.
Wang Xiaohai was a little anxious and kept looking at the wall clock. After waiting for almost half an hour, Yunmei called and he answered the call immediately.
"Mayor, the situation is not good," Yunmei said. "I called the presidents of all the major banks in Qingliu City to inquire, but to my surprise, none of them were willing to lend money to our city."
"Why?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"Because the former mayor still owes them money, the major banks have a total of about 20 billion." Yunmei replied.
"Twenty billion? What did he do with that money?" Wang Xiaohai cursed. "I didn't see any major construction projects in Qingliu City in the past two years. Did he pocket the money? But I didn't see him being sued in the Alliance Court. Is he doing this in a very secretive way?"
"I checked the archives and found out that the previous mayor spent 20 billion to build a city-wide sewer system," Yunmei said.
"What the hell is he building? The main street is knee-deep in water when it rains heavily," Wang Xiaohai cursed. "I'm dead. I'll figure out how to get the money to build a school."
Wang Xiaohai thought about it and found that he really had no way to get the money.
There weren't many ways to get 40 billion yuan, except for extortion and loans. Was there any other way? Who could he blackmail? Wang Xiaohai thought of Yu Tu's company and the Bullet Group, but borrowing money from them would be like trying to get the skin of a tiger. He would have to sell Qingliu City's information and land in exchange.
Wang Xiaohai suddenly thought that Cheng Yan was a big family, and they would probably find a way to get 40 billion. However, if he did that, he would owe them a favor. Owing money didn't matter, but it was hard to repay the favor.
Wang Xiaohai hesitated for a moment, then decided to ask, how many unemployed children could be saved by fifty schools, and how many delinquent teenagers like the little gangster Fang Fang could be eliminated? He owed favors, so he did. He got used to it after owing them enough!
When Cheng Yan was playing the game and got a double kill, he received a call from Wang Xiaohai. He immediately hung up the game and answered the call.
"Wang Xiaohai, what can I do for you?" Cheng Yan asked, "Would you like to treat me to a meal?"
"I want to ask, how do you get 40 billion?" Wang Xiaohai said.
"Even if you sell me out, you won't get 40 billion." Cheng Yan said, "Stop blackmailing me."
"I'm not kidding you. The municipal government needs to build a vocational college, but it doesn't have enough funds," said Wang Xiaohai.
"Oh, then I'll go ask my father. You wait, I'll call you back later." Cheng Yan said and hung up the phone.
Five minutes later, Cheng Yan called: "My father said he wants to come over and talk to you."
"No need. I'll go to your house and talk. I know the address." Wang Xiaohai jumped up, opened the office door and rushed out. "Yunmei, find time to leave work. I'm going out first!"
Wang Xiaohai didn't drive over this time because it was too slow. It would be faster for him to jump over from the roof. In less than twenty seconds, he arrived at Cheng Yan's yard and rang the doorbell.
"Welcome." The servant opened the gate of the yard. He knew Wang Xiaohai. Everyone in the Speaker's family was sensitive to politics.
Cheng Yan was waiting for Wang Xiaohai in front of the courtyard. He sent Wang Xiaohai to the chairman's study on the second floor and left. He had no habit of asking about conversations.
Speaker Cheng Jie was already sitting on the sofa, so Wang Xiaohai sat at the other end of the sofa.
"I heard from Cheng Yan that you need 40 billion to build a vocational college?" The Speaker spoke directly.
"It's not me, it's the Qingliu Municipal Government that needs it." said Wang Xiaohai.
"Yes, if it's your personal need, I'm obligated to help," the Speaker said. "If it's the Qingliu City Government that needs these 40 billion, I think we can discuss business cooperation."
"Oh, what cooperation?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"Doesn't Qingliu City have 10 billion in its treasury now?" the Speaker said. "We can definitely start the 50 billion project. We just need to pay for it in installments. The project will be divided into five phases, 10 billion per phase, with payments based on progress. They can advance the remaining balance."
"Really? I didn't expect that." Wang Xiaohai understood. Ten billion could accomplish something worth fifty billion. At most, they would owe the construction company some money. "The problem is, with so much money upfront, which company would be willing to take it?"
"If it's just advance payment, Cheng's Construction Company, a subsidiary of the Cheng Group, is willing to provide the funds and undertake the construction," the Speaker said. "But I still need to discuss this with the elders of the family. After all, I'm not the eldest in the family, so I can't make the final decision."
Wang Xiaohai understood that this was a deal.
"It's okay to hand it over to your Chengshi Construction Company, but I will ask a third-party supervision company to supervise and inspect it. I will not pay if the requirements are not met." Wang Xiaohai said.
"No problem, we at Chengshi Construction guarantee the quality," said the Speaker.
In the following time, Wang Xiaohai and Speaker Cheng Jie discussed the details of the contract. After several hours of discussion, two contracts were printed out. Wang Xiaohai picked up the contract and stood up. The contract had to be stamped with the city government's seal and his signature, and it had to pass the review of the parliament to be valid.
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