Volume 2: Phoenix Cultivation Chapter 16: A New Perspective

  With Li Chenfeng's guarantee, Han Qin no longer had to worry about the election speech. In the next three days, he just needed to come up with a perfect and creative governance plan.

  After a two-day field survey in Fenghuang Township, I have a general understanding of the local resource situation. Fenghuang Township is lacking in resources, not to mention gold and coal underground, but even limestone is scarce. The industrial foundation is even weaker, with no decent enterprises throughout the township.

  At the beginning, Han Qin's first thought was also to attract investment and industry, which is currently the most fashionable slogan and definitely the first choice for many people's governance. However, for Fenghuang Township, it's a bit unrealistic. All over the country are sparing no effort to attract investment, and the preferential conditions offered are more generous than one another. Fenghuang Township is located in a remote area, lacks resources, has no industrial foundation, and no talent, what can attract foreign capital? Even if there are those who are willing to come, they are polluting enterprises that advanced regions do not want.

  In such a backward area, to rely on industry to start from scratch, first of all, we must focus on building infrastructure. Without three to five years of time, don't even think about having any results. Not to mention where the funds will come from, these five years are a long and difficult process.

  After the first inspection, Han Qin immediately adjusted his thinking to develop efficient agriculture and build a green ecological vegetable base. This should be the best development direction for Fenghuang Township. Fenghuang Township has fertile land, complete water facilities, and a huge market support. The high-efficiency vegetable base has unique conditions.

  Developing efficient agriculture, compared to industry, requires much lower investment in infrastructure. Fertile land is the greatest foundation, standard factory buildings and good machinery are just a matter of proper management. Now, the profit from agricultural products is even higher than that of industrial products. This green giant industry also reduces environmental pollution, solving this major problem.

  Pulling one hair and moving the whole body, the characteristic agricultural products will go up, which will drive a series of downstream industries such as transportation, storage, packaging, catering, entertainment, and circulation. Han Qin said that in less than three years, Fenghuang Township can be built into a garden-like green vegetable base. Farmers can make a lot of money at home, live and work in peace and contentment, and build a harmonious new countryside, which is also a matter of course.

  Three days later, the public election of the party secretary of the townships in Xiping County was held as scheduled. The county committee conference hall was newly decorated with banners and colorful flags flying high. As a pilot unit for the whole province, not only did the county and city TV stations report on the entire process, but also the Donghai Provincial Station sent reporters to make special reports.

  The rostrum was cleared, leaving only a microphone. The judges below were divided into three areas, the first area sat members of the Xiping County Party Committee Standing Committee, and officials from the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department's Publicity and Selection Leadership Group, the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Supervision Bureau also sat closely in the second area

  Sitting in the back are the number one leaders of various county bureaus in Xiping County. For these leaders, their homes have not been quiet for several days as several candidates participating in the election have entrusted their relatives to come and visit them. The purpose is nothing more than one thing: when they make their campaign speeches, they must be given attention.

  It's laughable to say, you take care of me, I take care of you, but who is taking care of whom in the end? The leaders carefully studied the public nomination and election plan. These so-called judges actually only played a reference role, and the final decision-making power was still with the county party committee. Since all the candidates are excellent, we can't favor one over another, so let's just kick the ball to the standing committee and see whose skills are greater there.

  At 9:00, Yang Yang, the director of the Organization Department of Xiping County Party Committee, walked onto the podium and solemnly announced: "The public election of the township party committee secretary of Xiping County has officially begun. According to the implementation plan, each candidate will make a speech on site for 20 minutes. Based on the drawing result, the first candidate to give a speech is Comrade Zhang Tiancheng. Everyone welcome."

  Accompanied by warm applause, Zhang Tiancheng, dressed in a suit and tie, walked onto the stage with spirit and energy. He bowed deeply to the audience below, adjusted the microphone, smiled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, leaders, judges, hello! I am Zhang Tiancheng, the current mayor of Fenghuang Township. The theme of my speech today is: Emancipate our minds, attract investment, build a strong industrial township..."

  If we only look at this governance plan, it should be said that Zhang Tiancheng's presentation was quite impressive. He made an in-depth and clear explanation from four aspects: ideology, methods, channels, and services. With Zhang Tiancheng's generous and passionate tone, the speech was very infectious.

  This campaign speech, Zhang Tiancheng indeed put in a lot of effort. His mentor, Deputy Secretary Wang Youmin, has a classmate who is a professor at the Economics Department of Donghai University and has done extensive research on attracting investment. With the recommendation of the deputy secretary, Zhang Tiancheng spent a lot of money, and that professor finally let his graduate student create a draft for him.

  After Zhang Tiancheng got the script, he closed the door and refused to see guests. He finally memorized it thoroughly. Looking at the satisfied expressions of the judges below and their warm applause, Zhang Tiancheng was very satisfied. The large amount of money had not been spent in vain.

  For the judges under the table, being a good person requires sincerity. The enthusiastic applause is just a return for Zhang Tiancheng's visit, and they have to live up to the gift of what is called investment promotion. The leaders already had immunity years ago. In the past few years when there was no investment promotion agency, every unit had the task of attracting investment, and it was even a veto vote that made these heads simply brain-damaged.

  Where can I find so many foreign businessmen to invite if not for the indicators on my body? It's better to go out and travel, it's hard to come and ask a few people to inspect, take care of eating and drinking, take care of gambling and prostitution, serve as a master, in the end just sign an investment intention letter, and then there is no more news.

  What's more, the traffic bureau was so unlucky that it even attracted swindlers. Not only did they fail to attract investment, but the director of the loan office was also deceived by a bank and lost tens of millions, losing his official position. The secretary warned that for several years in a row, this became a joke that everyone would laugh about after dinner.

  This time's judges' voting was different from the past, it was a named vote. Since someone specially visited and I didn't have the final say, why should I ruin Zhang Tiancheng's future? The county bureau's leaders basically voted in favor of Zhang Tiancheng.

  The next speaker was the deputy director of the county government office. To say that this deputy director was not very lucky, Zhang Tiancheng had a big collision with his governance strategy. This is also an unavoidable thing. Attracting investment and capital is the current fashion trend, if you don't make a move from here, where else can you start?

  With the outstanding performance of Zhang Tiancheng, the deputy director seems a bit inferior. However, the theme of collision is not a problem, and everyone has their own way of playing. Every family develops its economy, and you can still create new ideas and engage in class struggle. Except for a few leaders who have some grievances with the deputy director, the vast majority still voted in favor of the deputy director.

  The deputy director of the county government office finished speaking, and the next one was Han Qin. The judges below had a little **Among the six candidates, this is the only outsider, and of course, there is no contact with these leaders, let alone visiting them. However, about the story of the youngest section-level cadre in Dongfang City, about Han Qin's identity background, there are at least two versions in Xiping.

  One of them is Han Qin, a super second-generation official, whose grandfather was a founding general and father was the director of the central leadership's office. Some people even specially looked up the genealogy of the founding generals and found that there were several generals with the surname Han, but they couldn't match the numbers no matter how hard they tried, mainly because the surnames didn't match, which also added to the mystery. The mysterious family can be like ordinary civilians, with generations having the same surname, which is also a political strategy.

  Another rumor is that Han Qin is the illegitimate son of Zheng Tongxin, the municipal party secretary. Someone also revealed that the secretary's mistress was a former actress from the city drama troupe and now serves as deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture. The more this story spreads, the stranger it becomes. People would rather believe in its existence than not, but no one believes his true identity information on his resume.

  These rumors are varied but all point to one thing: Han Qin's background is mysterious and prestigious, when he was in Xiping County it was just to temper his golden aura, this person's future prospects are boundless.

  Han Qin walked up to the podium, gave a standard bow to the judges below, and said sincerely: "My name is Han Qin, the director of the office at Dongfang Old Cadre University. I am a student who graduated last year and has no grassroots work experience. But I believe that as long as we truly liberate our thinking, abandon dogma, and adapt to local conditions, we can completely build Fenghuang Township into a beautiful home. The theme of my speech is: Developing efficient agriculture, creating Dongfang's vegetable basket..."

  In the next twenty minutes, Han Qin elaborated on Fenghuang Township's geographical conditions, environmental resources, and location advantages, outlining a grand vision for building a high-efficiency agricultural township, achieving sustainable development, and expanding its green industries.

  In Han Qin's description, within three years, Fenghuang Township will become a dazzling pearl in the northwest corner of Dongfang City, the backyard of Dongfang City, and a stable vegetable basket. This place will integrate agricultural production and tourism, becoming another great destination for citizens of Dongfang to relax.

  Han Qin's idea made the leaders of these counties suddenly refreshed. In a township with a very backward foundation, what sounds good is to attract investment and industry, but everyone knows how feasible it is in their hearts. It's just that you're good, I'm good, we're all good, and no one will expose each other.

  Develop efficient agriculture, build the Oriental backyard garden. Whether it's creativity or feasibility, and those beautiful-sounding pie-in-the-sky ideas, which is better, which is worse, instantly distinguish between high and low.

  Although it was the first time interacting with this young man, Han Qin's grand vision truly moved these leaders in attendance. Since young people have talent, they should be given an opportunity to showcase their abilities.

  The judges of the county bureau all cast their votes in favor. This is also a vote of approval without any reservations.