vncnus Chapter 97 Reliable
Chapter 97 Reliable
David replied with a serious expression, "Three to five hundred million."
The budget can't be less than 300 million, right?
If you're going to do it, do it properly.
Even if we don't talk about a national-level navel orange planting demonstration garden, we should at least have a provincial-level one, right?
Wu Maocai quickly wiped his face, pointed at Dawei, then withdrew his hand, paused to organize his thoughts, and hurriedly said, "The last two times I applied for this kind of funding from the provincial department, the most I got was only in the millions. You, you..."
David smiled and said, "It's an application."
Whether or not the higher-ups approve it, and how much they approve, is their business.
If we don't dare to apply and are too cautious to even speak up, the higher-ups will think we're incapable of getting things done.
Wu Maocai understood and nodded slightly, replying, "I understand."
Seeking the middle leads to the lower; seeking the upper leads to the middle.
The county magistrate is truly wise.
Hey... you've smoothed things over, haven't you?
How come the news came so quickly? We hadn't heard a thing.
My classmate works in another county, in charge of agriculture, and I haven't heard him mention it either.
Seeing Dawei remain silent, Wu Maocai knew he had guessed correctly and felt a surge of secret joy.
If this can be accomplished, the county's agricultural output will take a big leap forward in the next few years.
"Good news, good news."
Hehehe... However, our county government office has been working overtime these past two days.
"When Qin Hongmei asks later, you'll have to be my witness."
Dawei chuckled and handed over a cigarette: "Don't worry, I'll have Mom tell Sister Hongmei that there's something going on in the county these days."
"Okay, Auntie's intervention will definitely work."
"Hey, by the way, how did things go with that matter you were dealing with?"
As soon as Wu Maocai arrived at the office, he took a phone call and went out, but Dawei was still thinking about this matter.
Wu Maocai reported the incident of the child being intercepted, as well as the story of the bearded man being detained at the police station.
However, they concealed the fact that the mute man had beaten someone.
Upon hearing this, David's face immediately turned quite grim. Only those kinds of people would resort to such despicable methods.
"I called Zheng Zhiguo and told him to investigate thoroughly!"
These bastards are utterly lawless.
Wu Maocai shook his head helplessly: "It's no use."
Why?
Wu Maocai blinked, looking distressed: "First of all, Zheng Zhiguo is a slippery man. If you give him a direct order, he will definitely obey it to your face."
But how much effort he puts in behind the scenes? That's anyone's guess.
Secondly, even if Zheng Zhiguo were willing to put in the effort and not be afraid of offending people, the thug who was arrested would not reveal who was behind him.
These people were all selected, and they had already made various mental preparations before taking action.
The amount of compensation one can receive per year if sentenced, and the amount of subsidies one can receive if injured, are all clearly stated.
They knew perfectly well what would happen to them if they were caught and revealed their accomplices and the mastermind behind it all.
Xie Liting's case is about to be closed. Zheng Zhiguo imposed an administrative detention penalty without further investigation.
Director Wu was very disappointed by this, feeling that Zheng Zhiguo was too slippery.
David clenched his fists, feeling frustrated: "Is that Jiang Xiong really that powerful?"
"Hmm, amazing control."
"Wait until I have some free time. Once I've sorted out the personnel arrangements in the county party committee and government, and everything's been streamlined, I'll deal with him next!"
"That's right, our roots are still in the compound."
……
The two people were chatting.
Inside the rice noodle shop outside the compound, Lao Zhou from the Agriculture Bureau and Deputy Director Xie were also chatting.
The two of them were called to a meeting early in the morning and didn't even have time to eat breakfast.
Normally, when I'm at the bureau, I first show up at the office, then leisurely have breakfast at the breakfast shop behind the office before starting my workday.
The female deputy director surnamed Xie ate half a bowl and then stopped, dieting to maintain her figure: "Director Zhou, you guys go back to the bureau first, I'll take a taxi home later."
"What's wrong? Where are you going?"
"I just remembered that Director Li asked me for some livestock disease prevention data last week. Since I'm already here, I might as well send it over."
Before Lao Zhou could answer, Deputy Director Xie got up and left the room, heading towards the county committee building.
Another male deputy director leaned over and whispered to Lao Zhou, "When did Li Taoying start caring about animal husbandry and disease prevention?"
Old Zhou snorted but didn't answer.
Deputy Director Xie went to the office of Li Taoying, the director of the county party committee office, and told her about the meeting Dawei had attended that morning.
The two women sat close together, talking in hushed tones. To an outsider, it would seem as if they were engaged in some kind of intelligence work.
After listening, Li Taoying did not express her opinion, but opened the drawer and took out a small gift box.
"These are perfumes my cousin brought back from France. There are two scents, one for you and one for me."
"How could I possibly accept this?" Deputy Director Xie said with a forced smile as he accepted the gift.
"Why are we sisters being so polite?"
After sitting for a while, Deputy Director Xie made an excuse to leave.
Li Taoying turned around and went to find Zhou Xiangzhang. She knocked on the door but received no response, so she simply pushed the door open and went in.
Zhou Xiangzhang was on the phone with Jiang Xiong when he learned that the plan to threaten Wu Maocai's son had failed. He was in a bad mood and turned his head to indicate that Li Taoying should sit wherever she wanted.
"I hope the bearded man doesn't say anything inappropriate?"
"Don't worry, the people I've found are all reliable."
"That's fine then."
"Sorry, boss, we messed up this time."
Zhou Xiangzhang was unhappy, but she couldn't say anything. After all, no one would have expected that Zheng Zhiguo would arrange for auxiliary police officers to protect them.
"It's not your fault."
"They're on guard now, the kid's harder to deal with. Should I arrange for someone to take care of his parents?"
"Let's stop for a moment and think about it some more."
"Okay, feel free to let me know if you need anything."
"Okay, I have something to do, I'll leave now."
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Li Taoying inquired about it, and Zhou Xiangzhang told her about Big Beard's arrest.
"What do you want?"
"Oh, that's also about Chen Dawei..."
After listening to Li Taoying's report, Zhou Xiangzhang pursed his lips, sat down at the table, and hugged his arms tightly: "This kid has some serious connections."
I didn't even get a word of it, but he found out first.
You tell me, how come he's so lucky? He seems to encounter all sorts of good things.
"He's only been in office for a short time, and the province is already allocating special funds?"
Li Taoying understood him; she didn't want Chen Dawei to succeed, so she immediately suggested that he reveal the provincial government's establishment of a special fund to the neighboring Wufeng County.
"Don't you often play cards with the deputy county head of Wufeng County? It's just a matter of one phone call."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiangzhang smiled sinisterly: "Alright."
Those who are bad at building are sure to be good at destroying.
Zhou Xiangzhang's abilities are limited in order to accomplish anything.
He has too many ways to mess things up.
The gate at the entrance of the county government compound was raised.
Two buses with local license plates drove into the yard.
Five people got out of the car, each carrying a black briefcase. The group walked quickly toward the county government office building, heading straight to the county magistrate's office floor.
When Zhao Kui saw that they were heading towards Dawei's office, he quickly got up and stopped them.
"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"
A man in a white shirt flashed his work badge, his face showing impatience: "We're from the city's investigation team. There are some things we need to verify with County Chief Chen."
Zhao Kui wasn't going to put up with them. He kept his arm outstretched, blocking their way. It wasn't like the Discipline Inspection Commission was handling a case; it was just an investigation team verifying issues. Why all the fuss?
"Please wait a moment while I consult with County Magistrate Chen."