Chapter 86: The Overall Situation of Economic Development

  After muttering to herself for a while, Ouyang Qian tilted her head and said leisurely: "It seems that I'm not cut out for being an official either. In your eyes, I must look like a complete idiot. And I'm no good at doing business either... Alas, it seems I'm really useless."

  Liu Siyuan saw her self-pitying look today and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy, so he said: "Xiao Qian, you also have a side that others don't have. I've heard Zheng Gaofeng say that in the Hanjiang government circle, there are hardly any people who don't do anything out of line, and you're one of them. Moreover, Xiao Qian is actually very clever, maybe just not good at scheming with people." After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that his girlfriend was particularly skilled at these things.

  After some consolation, Ouyang Qian's mood improved a lot, and soon the two hugged each other. Ouyang Qian even mischievously whispered in his ear: "Today I really can't serve you, my relatives haven't left yet, and my butt still hurts, not fully recovered."

  Liu Siyuan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, saying: "Even if you're fine, just thinking about my parents being outside the door, I wouldn't dare to do anything rash." He paused for a moment, then asked with some concern: "Is your butt okay? Yesterday was really sorry, I was too impulsive."

  Ouyang Qian saw that he spoke with a sincere expression, without any pretence, and her heart softened. She didn't scold him, but instead pursed her lips and said: "Actually, it's okay, just a little uncomfortable, not too serious, probably in another day or two I'll be fine." After hesitating for a moment, she blushed and whispered in his ear: "But there's one problem, I haven't had a bowel movement since last night, what should I do?"

  Liu Siyuan is not a doctor, and for the time being, he was at a loss, so he could only say to observe for a while longer. If it continued like this for two or three days, she should hurry to the hospital. He also didn't dare stay in her room for long, so after chatting for a bit, he returned to his own room to sleep.

  There were still many things waiting for him to deal with in the town, so he stayed at home for only one night. The next morning, the two of them hurried back to Beixi Town. It happened that Yī Xǐngshā and ōuyáng Huá had also finished their discussion. The latter wiped his sweat and complained that this Deputy Mayor Yī was too difficult to deal with, implying that Liú Sīyuǎn should think of a way to persuade him. Liú Sīyuǎn could only say a few words of courtesy, knowing in his heart that Yī Xǐngshā must also be fighting for the town's interests. He didn't dare to directly criticize him, and this matter was indeed somewhat difficult to handle.

  After Ou Yang's sister and brother left, his life returned to its normal rhythm. About two weeks later, he received a call from Wei Da Chao. It turned out that he had already taken office in Ziwei City. On the phone, Mayor Wei invited him to visit the city when he was free. Liu Siyuan didn't dare to be presumptuous and hurriedly said that he would definitely go to report on his work to the leader as soon as possible.

  That day, after confirming his schedule for the next week with Zhao Guotang, he was pondering whether it was wise to bring Ouyang Qian back home last time. His parents seemed to have ignored his explanation and had already recognized her as their future daughter-in-law. As a result, Fang Xinyi's side didn't know what to do. In desperation, he tried to communicate with his laptop, asking how to get all those women at the same time. Unexpectedly, the laptop responded, and the answer left him speechless: Do nothing, just wait. Liu Siyuan was not giving up, asking how long to wait, and the laptop quickly replied: Very soon.

  It really happened quickly, as soon as he put down his laptop, he received a call from Ouyang Qian, who had just left for a day. On the phone, she only said one sentence: "I'm now at Beixi Town Bus Station, appear to pick me up within 10 minutes, otherwise don't think about seeing me again in this lifetime."

  Fortunately, the bus station was not far from the town committee, and Liu Siyuan ran wildly over, taking about 15 minutes. He saw Ouyang Qian in the corner of the waiting room at the bus station, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was pale, she was curled up in a ball, shivering with fear, looking like a wounded animal, extremely pitiful.

  Liu Siyuan hastily asked her what was going on, and she didn't answer. She just looked at him with a pitiful expression, making Liu Siyuan not dare to ask more questions. It was already the end of the year, and the weather was getting colder by the day. She wasn't dressed warmly enough, so he took her to check into a hotel first. But she didn't want to, insisting on going to Liu Siyuan's place with a courtyard instead. Liu Siyuan tried to persuade her, but it was no use, and he had to surrender. However, he couldn't just bring her into the house like this, so he could only find Zhao Guodong again. This kid obviously knew some trick.

  Zhao Guodong arrived at the long-distance bus station in just five minutes, without asking why, and directly said it was no problem, handing over the person to him. Liu Siyuan finally felt at ease, saying that this kid was indeed quite reliable in handling things. After entrusting Ouyang Qian to him, Liu Siyuan returned to the office again, as he had been busy with matters recently and an important party committee meeting had to be convened.

  County Party Secretary Fan responded to the city's call, saying that it was necessary to build an industrial city. Then, the county assigned specific targets to each township. As a result, Beixi Township was allocated a production value task of several hundred million yuan, which made Wu Wei and his two colleagues complain together in unison.

  However, there is no way out. The county's task must be completed, otherwise the two deputy team leaders will be at the bottom of the year-end assessment. So Wu Wei proposed that everyone work together to overcome the difficulties and convened this party committee meeting.

  As soon as the indicators were announced, several party committee members gasped in unison. Deputy Mayor Jin Hai even cursed out loud, saying that the county was completely messing around. But complaints aside, things still had to be done. Bai Changjiang suggested reassigning tasks down to each village, street, and industrial zone.

  Wu Weiqiang, on the other hand, has a different opinion. He thinks that since Beixi Town has two industrial parks after all, it should take on the main task of developing industry, and there is no need to forcibly require villages to develop industry or enterprises, which completely goes against natural laws and will only lead to twice the effort for half the result.

  Soon, the party committee class was divided into two factions. There were not a few people who supported Bai Changjiang, such as propaganda commissioner Zhao Ze. He had relatively well-informed news and half-jokingly said that he heard that Longquan Township had allocated a production value task of 2 million yuan to even kindergartens. It's nothing for us to allocate it to the villages below. Even people like Jin Haixin, who usually supported Wu Weiqiang, expressed similar views.

  On the contrary, Du Hang, a neutral organization committee member, supported Wu Weiqiang's point of view. He said that industrial development also depends on the situation and ensuring the red line of arable land is also a clear requirement of the central government. Letting kindergartens engage in production value is simply putting the cart before the horse, and he does not recognize it as valid.

  In the end, no one could convince anyone else, and everyone's eyes turned to Liu Siyuan, who was sitting in the middle. Recently, his prestige had risen greatly, so his words carried more weight, and he indeed had some of the demeanor of a leader.

  Liu Siyuan had been silent for a while, and others thought he was being pretentious, but in fact, he was asking the notebook for its opinion. The notebook gave him clear guidance this time, so when he spoke up, he was full of confidence: "Everyone's opinions are very good, Secretary Bai is right, the county has given us a high task indicator, which shows that the county leaders still have confidence in our team. We can't have too many worries and must throw away our burdens to face challenges head-on. For this big indicator, all villages and streets should make their own contributions. However, Wu Zhen's statement is also very reasonable, we can't just play a simple numbers game, but must plan the correct development direction according to each village's actual situation. This is also a responsible approach for every citizen in Beixi Town. My opinion is that the town government should be led by Wu Zhen, organizing all village branch secretaries and village heads to think of ways together, so that each village has an indicator, but also based on actual conditions. Moreover, I must emphasize one point here: developing industry absolutely cannot come at the cost of sacrificing the natural environment!" Seeing everyone listening attentively, he continued with satisfaction: "Beixi Town not only has beautiful mountains and rivers but also a rich cultural heritage. It would be a pity if we didn't develop tourism well. My point is that developing industry is okay, having indicators for each village is okay, but the bottom line is that we cannot destroy the environment! At the same time, we can consider vigorously developing tourism, which is green GDP!"

  Wu Weiqiang was the first to express his agreement with his views, and Bai Changjiang also followed suit. Others naturally had no more opinions, and finally reached a consensus. The development of industry was led by Wu Weiqiang's government team, and another path was taken to develop tourism, which was temporarily led by Liu Siyuan himself.

  The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and Liu Siyuan was a little worried about Ouyang Qian. He had planned to return to the office to tidy up and then head back to the reception room, but unexpectedly Bai Changjiang pushed open the door and came in, so he sat down again.

  "Secretary Liu, there are some things I don't know if I should say or not." Bai Changjiang didn't stand on ceremony either. After coming in, he poured himself a cup of water and also made one for Liu Siyuan. Then he pulled up a chair and sat down with great respect. As soon as Liu Siyuan saw his manner, he knew that nothing good was going to come out of this...