Chapter 1604: Departure

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"..."

Employees greeted him one after another, and Zhou Andong responded to them with a smile.

In the distance, Zhou Anbei, Yao Jun, and Yin Jisheng walked over.

Zhou Andong asked Yao Jun: "You want to go personally?"

Yao Jun said: "With millions in supplies and over thirty million in cash, I'm not at ease, I have to follow along for the trip."

Originally, Zhou Andong thought about remitting money to Ali after arriving, but after thinking about it, he rejected this idea.

Remitting money at this time was very troublesome, and most importantly, transferring over thirty million in funds had a not-so-small handling fee.

If it were just a transfer between enterprises, Zhou Andong wouldn't care, but this was charity money, and even if it were a ten-yuan handling fee, he wouldn't want to pay it.

Then, Zhou Andong called Wu Huilin again, asking her to contact all the group's opening banks, no matter what, to have the money transferred before work ended in the evening.

Each bank received Wu Huilin's call and knew that this money was disaster relief funds donated to Ali, and they would leave at eight tomorrow morning, so they were very cooperative.

And they also gave Zhou Andong a surprise: each bank also organized a donation, totaling over seventeen thousand.

Zhou Andong asked: "How many people are familiar with the situation over there?"

"Three!" Yao Jun said: "They all served as soldiers in the Ali region and are very familiar with it. With them leading the way, there shouldn't be much of a problem. The main thing is to rush on the road overnight, this needs to be well-guarded, I brought over a hundred people."

Zhou Andong nodded. After all, with millions in supplies and over thirty million in cash, one couldn't be too careful.

"I hope everything goes smoothly."

Yao Jun said confidently: "We have nearly two hundred people this time, the escort guards brought twelve assault rifles, and I also issued a steel pipe to every driver and accompanying personnel. Even if there are those who don't have eyes, we aren't afraid."

(Before '97, the escort guards almost all used Type 81 assault rifles or Type 79 submachine guns. It wasn't until after '97 that they switched to the Type 97-1 shotgun with non-lethal ammunition.)

Zhou Andong turned to walk towards the truck and checked the tarpaulin. At this time, a driver holding a steel pipe walked over.

"Chairman!"

Zhou Andong took the steel pipe from the driver's hand and weighed it. It was full of weight, about a meter long, and very handy.

"Not bad!"

The driver wasn't old, only twenty-three or twenty-four years old. He took the steel pipe back and waved it very dashingly twice.

"Don't worry, Chairman. Whoever doesn't have eyes and dares to have ideas about us, I guarantee they won't return."

Zhou Andong laughed loudly and patted the young driver on the shoulder.

"Pay attention to safety when driving on the road, change people to rest when tired."

"I understand!" The young driver was patted on the shoulder by Zhou Andong and felt as if his bones were two taels lighter.

At this time, Gu Bing came, followed closely by Tian Zhuang from the electronics factory. Soon, people from Xurishang, Jiang Xiaobai, and Yuxi Real Estate also arrived.

"Those who haven't eaten." Zhou Andong shouted at the top of his lungs: "Go to the canteen to eat immediately, we set off at 8:30 sharp."

This morning, the food prepared in the canteen was much richer than usual, with meat, fish, and chicken.

Because everyone knew that the people in the disaster area were waiting for rescue, time was very tight, so they ate very quickly.

They finished eating in more than ten minutes. Zhou Andong looked at the time, it was just past eight o'clock.

Two off-road vehicles were parked at the canteen entrance, one Land Cruiser, which was Li Xianghui's.

Zhou Andong knew that the road over there was not easy to walk, so he borrowed the car.

The other two were Cherokees, the first joint-venture car model in Chinese history.

One was Yao Jun's, and one was used by Gu Qing for construction site work.

Put into production in 1984, it originally had unique advantages.

Because the product positioning was very unique and the price was high, sales were not good.

Zhou Andong and Gu Bing got on the Land Cruiser, and Xiaobei also pulled open the passenger door. Afterward, Yin Jisheng and Tian Zhuang got on Yao Jun's car.

And that car of Gu Qing's was driven by the three brothers who had served as soldiers in Ali, leading the way at the very front.

Zhou Andong took the walkie-talkie: "I am Zhou Andong, is everyone ready?"

"Lead car ready!"

"Car No. 1 ready!"

"Car No. 2 ready!"

"Car No. 3 ready!"

"..."

"Set off!"

Zhou Andong said, throwing the walkie-talkie aside.

He was at the end, and it took more than ten minutes for the cars to move.

Along the way, it attracted many citizens to stop and watch.

"Is there a disaster somewhere?"

"It's written on it, Ali had a snow disaster."

"This long motorcade, how many supplies must it be carrying?"

"Must be hundreds of thousands."

"Hundreds of thousands? I estimate it's one or two million."

"This is all donated by Yugong Group."

"Rich but not forgetting their roots, Zhou Andong is a good one."

"You don't know, Qiudongfang donated ten million, Xurishang donated five million, and Jiang Xiaobai also donated five million. Anyway, the enterprises under Yugong Group all donated, and the least was two million."

This person was about forty years old, and when he spoke, he had a face full of pride. He looked like a family member of a winery employee.

"Winery employees all donated money."

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At this time, many people were also gathered in front of the propaganda board at the gate of the Municipal Committee, where the announcement of the renovation and expansion project of the Jiangzhou Martyrs Cemetery was posted.

The project covers an area of 580,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 49,000 square meters and a total investment of 17.65 million yuan.

The project construction content includes land renovation, martyr tomb renovation, tombstones, monuments, and auxiliary building projects.

The project construction period is 10 months, namely March 1994 - December 1994.

Secretary Chen Wenqi pointed out that the construction of martyr memorial facilities is a "Party Heart Project, People's Heart Project, Social Project."

Jiangzhou must strive to improve the management and protection level of martyr memorial facilities and fully exert the thematic function of martyr memorial facilities to "praise martyrs and educate the masses."

The Jiangzhou Martyrs Cemetery has been in disrepair for a long time, and the construction of this project is already imminent, with extremely high requirements.

During the construction process, the project unit must strengthen communication with higher-level competent departments.

Strengthen cost control and construction management, and eliminate phenomena of waste and misappropriation of funds.

If there are any violations, once discovered, they will be investigated and dealt with, and will never be tolerated.

"Want to renovate the Martyrs Cemetery, over ten million, where does the city have so much money?"

"Whether there is money or not, the announcement is out, and it starts in March, this matter can't be fake."

"I estimate it's the money Secretary Chen brought down from the province."

"Now the city is short of money, I think the cemetery should be renovated, but not now."

"Fart, I think the cemetery should be renovated now."

"Why are you still scolding people?"

"So what if I scold you? If I hadn't seen this announcement, I'd be in a good mood. Believe it or not, I'll beat you so your mother won't recognize you."

"Who are you calling 'old man' (father)? Which department are you from? Go, go, go, let's go find your leader, let's reason properly." ===== CHAPTER 1605 =====