Insufficient balance

  "This... Don't worry, leader, I'll go and take care of it right away." Wang Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, but then thought better of it - the county official is not as good as the county manager, I'll listen to Li Town Chief.

  "Wang Zhiyuan returned to the office, 'Director Ning, immediately take people to Qinghe Village Primary School, find their teacher representative to discuss the demolition and relocation matter, first probe their tone and bottom line. I will go to Liangxi Village Committee to talk to their secretary and village head about this matter.'"

  "Alright, Director Wang. Little Li, Old Jiang, you two come with me."

  Xiao Li is a very positive young man, "Who is the person in charge of your village? We are from the town's demolition office. This is our Director Ning. We want to talk to your leader about something important."

  The old man at the door entered the classroom and should be looking for the person in charge of the school.

  The teaching building in the village school has only two floors, with only one teacher's office, ten classrooms, a female toilet on the first floor and a male toilet on the second floor. In front of the office building is a flag-raising platform, and behind it is a basketball court.

  But soon, a middle-aged man wearing glasses came out of the classroom, holding a textbook and a ruler.

  "Hello, I am the head teacher of Village Elementary School, my name is Li Wenyuan."

  Quick-witted Little Li ran out and said, "Hello Teacher Li, this is Director Ning from our town's demolition office, we are all staff members of the demolition office."

  Ning calmly stretched out her right hand and shook hands with Li Wenyan, "Hello, Teacher Li, can we go to the office to talk?"

  "Alright, let's go with a few leaders." Li Wenyuan walked ahead and led the way.

  Several people sat down in the cramped office, "Old Zhang, go and pour some water for a few leaders. A few leaders, we don't have any good tea here, so just make do."

  Ning calmly replied, "Nothing, Teacher Li, we came here to discuss something, not to drink tea and eat."

  "Is there something you'd like to say, Director Ning?"

  "Teacher Li, the land occupied by this village school is being considered for unified allocation by the government in the next step, so the village school must be demolished and relocated immediately. I came here today to ask about your opinions on the village school. Let's get a rough idea first, we'll take your opinions back and provide them as a reference for leadership decision-making."

  "No way, all the students here are from nearby villages. If we demolish and move, what will happen to them? You go back and report to your leaders, we won't move!"

  Demolition work is indeed difficult to handle, and it's often reported online that either this place or that place has problems.

  Ning Wenjing took a sip of water, looking at Li Wenyuan, "This time the village school is going to be demolished, it's already been decided by the town government, we're just here representing the government to inform you, hoping you can raise some reasonable demands and suggestions, not seeking your opinion on whether or not to agree. As far as I know, this land was rented by your village school from the Liangxi Village Committee a long time ago, now it belongs to the collective economic organization of Liangxi Village, we're negotiating with them about demolition, not with you." Ning Wenjing informed Li Wenyuan of the situation, also wanting to make him lose confidence and psychologically attack him. Chen Gong observed that this Ning Wenjing was a negotiation expert.

  "This land was indeed rented by us from the Erxi Village, but the village school has been running for nearly twenty years. Since the end of Qing Dynasty, this place has been a private school. Even if you want to demolish and relocate, you have to consider some historical factors. It's not that you can just demolish wherever you want." Li Wensheng also refused to back down, his heart was indeed anxious. He thought that if the village committee agreed, their school would be demolished, and he had no bottom line.

  "What you said, we've already considered it. The village school is now preparing for its final reform. You are the last batch of village schools and there won't be any more in the future. Instead of discussing with us whether to relocate or not, shouldn't you consider your future work and survival issues? By the end of next month, which is June, please resolve the issue of where the students will go. The town will hold a unified meeting to discuss the teacher problem. We'll leave first, Teacher Li. I hope you can move out ahead of time. If you do it voluntarily, we'll also be voluntary (forced relocation)." After finishing speaking, Ning Wenjing stood up and left the school with Xiao Li and Lao Jiang.

  The teacher-student issue has not yet been clarified, and they are already being asked to move out. It seems that the difficulty is not small, and it's indeed too inhumane.

  Four people returned to the town government demolition office, and Director Wang Zhiyuan also came back from Erxi Village Committee. "The village's demolition agreement has been agreed upon by Erxi Village, with a price of 400,000 yuan per mu. Director Ning is preparing a report to be submitted to the district government. Today is May 28th, and we must obtain approval from the district before June 10th. We will strive to get the funds as soon as possible and arrange personnel to prepare for early action."

  "Alright, Director Wang."

  "By the way, you went to Tongbao Village today to report on the situation. How is it over there?" Wang Zhiyuan asked.

  "Director Wang, the person in charge of that village school is difficult to deal with and will definitely not cooperate."

  "Don't care if they cooperate or not, even if they live in the school, we'll carry them out." After finishing speaking, Wang Zhiyuan walked towards Li Zhen's office, apparently to report on the village demolition and relocation work.

  Ning Wenjing said to Chen Gong, "Old Jiang quickly draft a document, tomorrow noon before the village demolition report to me, sent to the district, on the go, even if overtime, must rush out."

  "Alright, Director Ning, I'll get started on drafting it right away." After finishing speaking, Old Jiang lowered his head to familiarize himself with a copy of the village's small archives that he had brought today.

  The next day, Li Zhen's office.

  "Director Wang, you must write this report personally. How can you let your subordinates do it? The demolition and relocation of the village was decided by the higher-ups, but there is no specific document or meeting record. To put it bluntly, if anything goes wrong, we will be held responsible. Haitian Real Estate did not buy that piece of land in the village, and it belongs to the collective ownership of Erxi Village. What grounds do you have for demolishing it? Think about it carefully, are you saying it's for the Haitian Real Estate project? You must take charge personally and make sure our words are justified, so we don't appear to be acting recklessly."

  "Yes, yes, yes, Mayor Li. I was lacking in consideration and didn't have a long-term view of leadership. I'll go take care of the report right away." Wang Zhiyuan said as he opened the door to the mayor's office.

  Wang Zhiyuan just twisted the door handle and with a "ding", the door panel hit Wang Zhiyuan's forehead, "Ow..."

  "Director Wang, sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention." It was Ning Wenjing who had come in. "Mayor Li, the content of this report is not easy to write. Although Haitian Real Estate plans to use this land, its ownership does not currently belong to Haitian Real Estate, nor is it within the scope of unified requisition."

  "I and Director Wang were just discussing this matter, it's really hard to find an entry point." Li Aimin stood up and looked out the window.

  Wang Zhiyuan suddenly had an idea, "With Li Zhenchang on board, we can say in the report that the village's small land is for Haitian Real Estate's greening and supporting facilities. Who would investigate this? Our demolition will be successful, and all we need to do is get the district survey team to issue another boundary certificate, easy."

  "Uh, okay, Director Wang is indeed different. Director Ning, I'll sign the draft first. You revise it and take it to Mayor Guo (the head of Qinghe Town Government) for signature. He should be in his office now. I'll give him a call later about this." Li Aimin signed his name on the draft, "Draft approved, submitted to Mayor Guo for review."

  "Alright, Mayor Li, I'll leave first then." Ning Wenjing walked out of Mayor Li's office.

  Qinghe Town Mayor Guo Kesheng's office.

  Due to Li Jiangtao's reasons, Chen Gong and Guo Kesheng's intimacy increased rapidly. For this reason, Li Jiangtao even made a special phone call to Guo Kesheng, saying that apart from his son, there was also a very capable young man named Chen Gong who could help take care of things.

  Chen Gong is also very sensible and took the initiative to contact Guo Kesheng, and said that although he is Wang Guoqiang's secretary, Mayor Guo is his half-uncle.

  "Uncle Guo, I followed Director Wang to the district several times for meetings, and the district attaches great importance to the problems of village elementary school students' education and employment. I also went to find Teacher Li Wensheng, a representative of the village elementary school teachers, who is a very nice person and has put forward his valuable opinions on the upcoming reform of the village elementary school." Chen Gong said to Guo Kesheng, knowing that the village elementary school was being demolished, he was trying to persuade Guo Kesheng to agree to wait until after the specific plan for the reform of the village elementary school was implemented before proceeding with the demolition of the land, so that students and teachers would not be disturbed by the demolition at all. Wang Guoqiang is in charge of education, Chen Gong naturally knows a lot about it.

  "Hmm, I also know that the city and district are planning to reform this village next step. Don't worry, I'll take charge of it. This group of people is simply lawless, saying they will demolish wherever they want. I disagree, no money, no manpower, no tools, let's see what they can demolish." Guo Kesheng said sternly.

  The phone on Guo Kesheng's desk rang, "Hello, who is it?"

  "Oh, Director Yuan, it's you, hello! Yes, yes, okay, no problem. I'll make a statement: the village school will definitely be demolished by the end of June. Good, I'll fully coordinate this matter. Okay, goodbye Director Yuan." Unexpectedly, for the demolition and relocation of just a few acres of land in a small village, Yuan Weihua, the head of Xinqiao District Government, personally called Guo Kesheng. Since the district government attaches such importance to this matter, Guo Kesheng is even more careful, after all, the demolition work is still specifically handled by the government side. If it goes well, his credit will definitely be greater than Qi Xiaonan's."

  Hanging up the phone, Guo Kesha's smile turned into a rain of tears. "Xian Shu, Uncle's power is limited, and sometimes I really can't do anything about it."

  Chen Gong understood Guo Kesheng's pressure, and it can be confirmed that Guo Kesheng is concerned about the masses.

  "You did your best too, Mayor Guo."

  Knock knock knock, "Come in", Guo Kesheng sat on a chair and adjusted his collar.

  "Director Guo is good, there is a report to be sent to the district, please sign and issue it." Ning Wenjing put the file on Guo Kesheng's office desk.

  "Put it here, you go out first." Guo Kesheng didn't even lift his head.

  "Oh, Mayor Li said it's an urgent matter and must be reported to the district today. Let Mayor Guo take a look first. Once you sign it, I'll arrange for a driver to send it to the district government office immediately." Ning Wenjing stood still in front of Guo Kesheng's desk.

  "Hmm, how urgent is it? Let me take a look. Will there be a problem if I send it out tomorrow afternoon?" Guo Kesong furrowed his brow, took the file handed over to him, and still sarcastically said to Ning Wenjing. He was already feeling depressed, and now a deputy director of the demolition office dared to guard against himself, asking him to sign and issue the document immediately, which made him even more furious.

  Two minutes later, Guo Kesong put down the documents in his hand, wrote his name on the signature of the leadership, and stood up to hand them over to Ning Wenjing. "Director Ning, immediately send a red envelope to the district government office. Then tell Mayor Li that an ad hoc coordination group for village demolition will be established, with your demolition office taking the lead, and the police station, comprehensive governance office, finance office, land office and other departments will fully cooperate. No unit or individual can interfere with this demolition work. By the way, just say it's my intention, Chen Gong is also serving as Secretary to Mayor Wang, who has done a lot of research on education, so this time two deputy group leaders are arranged, Chen Gong takes one seat."

  "Yes, Director Guo." Ning Wenjing looked at Guo Kesheng's sudden change in attitude and thought that someone must have called him. Guo Kesheng was already close to retirement age and was known for being slow and dragging his feet, but he was surprisingly efficient and serious about this matter. What surprised Ning Wenjing even more was that Chen Gong had been made deputy leader - she wondered when the two of them had gotten together.

  After Ning Wenjing left the office, Guo Kesheng patted Chen Gong's shoulder and said, "Chen Gong, I can only help you this far."

  Chen Gong knew that Guo Kesheng was trying to take the initiative for him, and by joining the coordination group, he would be able to do more things for the village school teachers and students. As for what exactly could be done, no one knew.