The village chief looked at Jiang Shiyue.
Jiang Shiyue smiled and said, "Director Xie, I'm here for the Shajia Village issue. You're familiar with their situation. I have a plan to relocate the villagers and give you enough money to build dormitories and allocate housing."
Director Xie’s first reaction was to look at the village chief.
The village chief nodded to indicate that what Jiang Shiyue said was true.
Director Xie's eyes lit up and he asked the canteen chef to fry a separate meat dish and serve it.
"Student Jiang, can you tell me what the solution is?" Director Xie's eyes lit up.
"It's like this..." Jiang Shiyue combined the common methods of modern demolition with the economic policies of 1979 and explained them in detail to Director Xie.
The plan was to transfer the land in Shajia Village to Jiang Shiyue, who would then build a batch of commercial housing and sell it. Part of the proceeds from the sales would go to the Housing Authority, and part would be used to build new housing in Shajia Village.
In the new century, it can be completely commercial. If a local government wants to sell a piece of land, it will put it up for bidding, and developers will bid to acquire the land, build buildings, and sell them.
Or the developer can directly negotiate cooperation with the village, buy land from the village, build houses or relocation houses, and give subsidies to the villagers.
However, land sale and leasing are not allowed at this stage.
That is why those big foreign capitalists did not come in.
Jiang Shiyue is well-versed in history and the future, so he can naturally look at all this rationally, but Director Xie is different.
He got angry on the spot.
"How is that possible?" Director Xie frowned as if he was going to pinch a fly. "Land leasing and trading are not allowed."
He was very disappointed and felt that what Jiang Shiyue said was impossible to achieve.
But, I am a little moved.
Because this is indeed a good idea, killing two birds with one stone.
The village chief looked even more disappointed than Director Xie, but he didn't say anything.
Jiang Shiyue didn't rush to refute. He tasted the food in the cafeteria, frowned slightly, and put down his chopsticks.
Her stomach is now spoiled, and she is somewhat not used to such simple meals.
She took out a pack of tissues from her bag, wiped her hands, and said slowly, "Director Xie, do you have a better idea?"
Director Xie: “…”
He didn't.
"Director Xie, our country's economic development since its founding is like a newborn baby. It's very weak. But as the baby grows, it becomes a toddler, and the tiny shoes on its feet can no longer keep up with its running and jumping feet. What should we do now?"
Director Xie pursed his lips and said nothing.
The answer is obvious: "Change your shoes."
"Ill-fitting shoes will rub your feet, making walking uncomfortable and restricting their growth. Even if you don't buy new shoes, your old shoes will still get torn and expose your toes. We lack food and clothing, and now we're in a serious housing shortage, all of which are manifestations of ill-fitting shoes. As you said, our Housing Authority is short of money and has no money to build dormitories. Employees from all units are begging you for housing like hungry babies. But without money, nothing matters."
Director Xie listened quietly. Village Chief Sha looked at Jiang Shiyue from time to time, and the admiration in his eyes became more and more obvious.
I used to think Jiang Shiyue had some ulterior motives in pushing them to relocate, but now it sounds like this girl is quite capable! She's a university student after all!
"Besides, I didn't ask you to sell the land. I'm talking about compensation trade. Didn't Pengcheng already use this a long time ago? Otherwise, how did they build the port? And why is Pengcheng now setting it aside as a pilot reform plan?"
Jiang Shiyue presented facts and reasoned.
Director Xie was finally persuaded, but said that what he said did not count as something that needed to be reported to his superiors.
Jiang Shiyue knew that he had to go through the process, and he also knew that this process was long and tedious.
Nodded to show understanding.
Before leaving, Jiang Shiyue thanked Director Xie: "Director Xie, thank you for treating us to dinner. I'll treat you next time."
She shamelessly took advantage of the meal just for "next time".
Jiang Shiyue had already made up her mind that even if Director Xie rejected her this time, she would find an excuse to invite Director Xie back for dinner.
Coming out of the housing management office, the village chief asked Jiang Shiyue, "Student Jiang, can this be done?"
Jiang Shiyue nodded without hesitation, "Yes! But it won't be done in a short time. Before this matter is finalized, I have one more thing to trouble you about. It's about the one-third that don't want to be demolished..."
***
The matter of Shajia Village cannot be settled in the short term.
After returning from Huacheng, Jiang Shiyue shifted his focus to architectural design.
The architectural designer that Chen Shanhe knew was Mike, whom he met at an international competition.
Mike served only to fulfill his obligation and had long since been discharged and returned home.
Although Chen Shanhe spoke modestly, Jiang Shiyue could guess that Mike was a fan of Chen Shanhe.
The two had no contact in the meantime due to their hostile relationship, but when Mike came to China last year, he found Chen Shanhe and the two resumed contact.
After Jiang Shiyue got Mike's phone number, she contacted him immediately.
Mike readily agreed to Jiang Shiyue's request.
Of course, this pleasure is because of Chen Shanhe.
Jiang Shiyue arrived at the airport to pick up Mike on time.
Li Xiao followed Jiang Shiyue and looked around, "So this is the airport? It's so grand!"
She had only been to the bus station and the train station.
Nothing like the airport.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shiyue glanced around the airport and agreed, "Yes!"
Today's airports are definitely not comparable to those in the new century.
In Jiang Shiyue's eyes, he was poor and unsophisticated.
The beautiful and well-built stewardess is still wrapped in dark blue work clothes. Apart from being prettier, she is not much different from the factory workers.
Moreover, civil aviation is now under the control of the Air Force, and it is rigid and serious everywhere, which Jiang Shiyue finds somewhat uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the two of them didn't have to wait long before the blond-haired and blue-eyed Mike came out.
He saw Jiang Shiyue holding the sign and walked straight towards him, "Ms. Jiang Shiyue?"
"Mr. Mike?"
The two men nodded and shook hands.
"Your handwriting is so beautiful!" McQua Jiang Shiyue.
Li Xiao muttered softly: "Foreigners also speak Chinese?"
Mike heard and laughed: "Yes! I am a foreigner who can speak Chinese!"
Li Xiao: “…”
His face flushed instantly, as if he had been caught badmouthing someone in public.
Jiang Shiyue was also surprised and praised Mike: "You speak Chinese very well!"
"That's right!" Mike wasn't modest at all, "Because my Chinese teacher is great. His name is Chen Shanhe."
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
***
Jiang Shiyue drove Mike to the hotel she had booked in advance.
Mike, who had been on the plane for a long time, was still very excited and kept asking Jiang Shiyue about Chen Shanhe.
However, he has only studied Chinese for a short time, and often his words fail to express his ideas clearly.
In the end, Jiang Shiyue had no choice but to switch to communicating with him in English.
"I didn't expect you to speak English so well!" Mike was very surprised. According to his experience, apart from professional translators or people with experience living abroad, there are basically no people in China who can speak English, let alone speak it so well.
Jiang Shiyue smiled and said, "Because I also have a good English teacher, his name is Chen Shanhe."
"NO! NO! NO!" Mike raised his index finger and shook it repeatedly to express his disagreement.
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