Chapter 346

The New Year is difficult, the New Year is hard to pass, the year-end is hard to pass, but it passes every year! Life is hard to endure, everyone endures, who doesn't endure?

Starting from February 8th, Lu Fan began intensive New Year visits. The "New Year goods" were unified as one box each of "Sui Tang Jade Liquid," "Eighty Thousand Li Dried Tofu," and organic vegetables, one piece of mutton, and one portion of miscellaneous grains, unifiedly prepared by the Government Affairs Bureau.

Lu Fan first went to Chang'an. The first person he visited was Han Guishan, Director of the Provincial Finance Department.

After meeting, Lu Fan reported on the work of the year in detail and expressed his gratitude for Director Han's care and help.

Listening to Lu Fan's report, a glimmer of gratification flashed in Director Han's eyes: "When I knew you back then, you were still a small cadre. Now you have been a County Party Committee Secretary for a year. Time flies! Lu Fan, the achievements you have made now are not easy to come by. You must cherish them well, always keep a clear head, never make mistakes in the economy, and strive to achieve greater achievements in the future!"

Lu Fan resolutely stated: "I will definitely work hard, be clean and self-disciplined, and not fail your expectations! Director, I came to pay you a New Year visit this time and prepared some local specialties of Ganshui. I hope you don't dislike them."

Han Guishan laughed: "If you are just paying a New Year visit, I will accept the things. If you have other 'extravagant hopes,' then that's another matter. You are too careful; you must have bad intentions!"

Lu Fan thickened his skin and said: "Director Han still understands me, and will definitely support my work. I have already inquired clearly. The 2017 central and provincial agricultural production development funds and poverty-stricken county characteristic industry development funds have all come down, and the department is handling year-end settlement. You must pity our Ganshui County and slightly tilt the funds. Our Ganshui 'one town, one product' characteristic industry is booming. I sincerely invite you to visit and guide in Ganshui."

Han Guishan took out a document, pointed to the name of Ganshui County, and said: "21 million, you are ranked second in Yingjiang City, still not satisfied?"

Lu Fan immediately began to strive for it and reported: "Director, the investment in crop pest control, seed demonstration promotion, and 'three products and one label' development is particularly large. Ganshui Tofu has also obtained national landmark product certification. The achievements are much more dazzling than Zhenbei District. How can the allocated funds be less than theirs?"

"You are unreasonable. Can't you see that Ganshui's volume is half worse than Zhenbei? Lu Fan, there are management methods for allocating funds. These have all been studied at the meeting. How can they be changed at will?"

Lu Fan knew a truth: the child who cries has milk to eat, so he rubbed hard against Han Guishan. As long as he could get more funds, how much was face worth? Besides, which County Party Committee Secretary is not unreasonable and strives for three points even if he is unreasonable? Also, the rules are set by people. If you want to give more, just adjust the standard of indicators, right?

After rubbing for ten minutes, Han Guishan was really annoyed, but also wanted to help Lu Fan, so he loosened his mouth. After all, giving fiscal funds to anyone is giving!

However, what made Han Guishan drop his jaw was that as soon as this fund was loosened, Lu Fan couldn't wait to start pestering about the central and provincial transfer payment funds for the first quarter of 2018.

Han Guishan was furious and laughed, mocking: "Lu Fan, the grassroots can really train people. Your skin is thicker than the city wall!"

Lu Fan accompanied with a smiling face and said: "I will take this as your praise for my spirit of perseverance! Director, the grassroots are bitter, the grassroots are difficult, and without fund support, it is simply difficult to move! For this reason, I worry every night and can't sleep, fearing that I will fail the expectations you and the people of Ganshui have for me. This year, I am really full of confidence and ambition, ready to do a big job, and my thirst for funds is looking forward to it. I believe you will always care about and support me as always! With the help of the Director, I guarantee that Ganshui will shine brightly this year!"

Twenty minutes later, Lu Fan came out of Han Guishan's office with satisfaction and found his secretary, Xu Tao, and handed the two "New Year goods" to him.

Xu Tao had been promoted to Deputy Director of the Office and tried his best to decline his share, but was forcibly moved to his trunk by Lu Fan.

In the afternoon, Lu Fan visited Provincial Education Department Director Huang Ming. This was also an old leader. When he was the Education Bureau Director and Deputy County Chief in Ningyang, he had several interactions.

Now, Lu Fan has become a County Party Committee Secretary, and Huang Ming naturally looks at him highly. After all, his age is there, and his future is boundless!

The two communicated very happily, and Lu Fan took the opportunity to propose the application for the "make up for shortcomings, strengthen characteristics" special fund.

The mood was baked to this point, and Huang Ming did not refuse, letting Ganshui submit the fund application report, and the department would focus on considering it.

Coming to the province this time, taking advantage of the New Year visit, Lu Fan "the thief doesn't go empty," wanting support everywhere he went.

After work, Lu Fan followed Han Xinpu's wife to Vice Provincial Governor Tang Bing's house to pay a New Year visit.

Coming this time, Lu Fan clearly felt that Vice Provincial Governor Tang was a bit more enthusiastic and also asked about some situations at the grassroots level, mainly in the fields of education and health. At the same time, he agreed with some of the views put forward by Lu Fan and encouraged Lu Fan to sink his body, lower his posture, go deep into the masses, and listen to the voices and demands of the masses from the bottom of their hearts.

On the morning of February 9th, Lu Fan focused on visiting two departments, the Industry and Information Technology Department and the Commerce Department, accompanied by Gu Hao, Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Ganshui, focusing on striving for two projects: e-commerce platform and double-creation platform, both with a support intensity of 5 million.

Because there was no special relationship, this visit was a normal exchange, appearing a bit official. But after Lu Fan left, he instructed Gu Hao to increase the "strategy" intensity. Special funds are given to anyone, and Ganshui must reflect "sincerity"!

In the afternoon, Lu Fan went to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Agriculture Department, and Health Department again. The directors of several bureaus in Ganshui had already docked well in advance.

In short, coming to the province this time, Lu Fan was taking advantage of the New Year visit to strengthen exchanges and communication with provincial department leaders, at least to get a familiar face. Isn't there such a saying: life lies in movement, opportunity lies in initiative, relationship lies in walking, friendship lies in interaction, and dream lies in action.

Near the end of work, Lu Fan came to the Chang'an Municipal Party Committee, wanting to try his luck to see if he could pay a New Year visit to Secretary Wang Hongtao.

Arriving at Secretary Wang Hongtao's secretary's office, Lu Fan was surprised to find that the secretary was actually Chen Jianfei!

"Jianfei, I really didn't expect that you are now serving Secretary Wang!"

Chen Jianfei poured tea enthusiastically and said: "Secretary Lu, sit down quickly, drink tea! Thanks to the Secretary's promotion, I have the honor to serve the Secretary!"

Lu Fan said sincerely: "I really envy you for having such an opportunity! Jianfei, you must grasp the opportunity and learn more from the Secretary!"

After chatting for a few sentences, Lu Fan stated his intention.

After listening, Chen Jianfei showed a difficult expression and said: "Secretary Lu, the leader specifically instructed that he won't see anyone today; he wants to prepare the speech materials for tomorrow. You might not know that tomorrow's 'City-wide Strengthening and Improving Business Environment Construction Conference,' the leader's speech will be broadcast live on the whole network!"

"What?" Lu Fan said in surprise: "Live broadcast? Do we have channels to watch?"

Chen Jianfei replied: "Network platforms like Douyin, Kuaishou, and media will all broadcast live, so it should be visible."

Lu Fan said excitedly: "That's great, I must watch it on time and understand the spirit of the Secretary's speech. For such an important matter, I won't disturb you. Please tell the Secretary for me; I will find another opportunity to pay him a New Year visit."

"Okay, after I'm busy tomorrow, I will definitely pass it on!"

Although Lu Fan felt a little regretful, it was not without gains. After going downstairs, he rushed back to Ganshui overnight and asked County Party Committee Office Director Li Xinbo to immediately arrange a meeting to watch Secretary Wang Hongtao's speech in the government auditorium tomorrow, requiring all county-level leaders, all township secretaries, town chiefs, and all leaders and cadres of departments involved in the business environment to attend the meeting. No one is allowed to be absent. If there are special circumstances, they must ask for leave from him.

On February 10th, near ten o'clock, the Ganshui County Government Auditorium was full. On the podium, there was only a projection screen, and county-level leaders sat in the first row under the stage.

Lu Fan and the County Chief whispered: "Weiwei, Secretary Wang still has great courage, live broadcast! And I heard that the Secretary's speech has always been off-the-cuff. He is truly a model for our generation, hard to match! I am very looking forward to the content of the Secretary's speech, which will definitely bring us great inspiration! We don't have the ability to innovate, but we can always copy the cat and draw the tiger, right? Let's treat it as stealing a teacher from Secretary Wang today!"

Weiwei smiled and said: "Secretary Wang often has amazing moves, which I simply can't learn. What he is talking about today is improving the business environment. Ganshui's investment attraction this year also needs to continue to exert force, so there must be something to learn from."

Lu Fan waved his hand, and County Party Committee Office Director Li Xinbo bent over and ran over, asking for instructions: "Secretary, what are your orders?"

Lu Fan instructed: "Record the content of the speech later and organize it into materials; I want to see it."

"Okay, Secretary, everything is ready."

At ten o'clock sharp, the Chang'an City Strengthening and Improving Business Environment Construction Conference officially began.

Lu Fan heard some noise in the auditorium, so he stood up and scanned the room with his eyes, and the venue immediately quieted down.

The meeting had five agendas, which were very concise and efficient. The process was completed in less than twenty minutes, and it was Secretary Wang Hongtao's turn to speak.

Secretary Wang's speech time was not long, only a short twenty minutes, but Lu Fan listened particularly carefully, constantly picking up his pen to take notes, feeling that his thoughts were undergoing a baptism.

After the speech ended, Lu Fan walked onto the podium, took the microphone and said: "Comrades, just now we listened to Secretary Wang Hongtao's speech. He pointed out 8 major problems in Chang'an City's business environment. It can be said that all these problems exist in our Ganshui!"

"Secretary Wang proposed four goals, which are also what we must achieve in Ganshui!"

"The five centralized rectifications proposed by Secretary Wang are also the direction of our next rectification!"

"If the water is deep, the fish will be happy; if the city is strong, the merchants will prosper. For our Ganshui, optimizing the business environment is urgent. Otherwise, what can we use to compete with other counties and districts?"

"On the first working day after the Spring Festival, the first major meeting Ganshui will hold is the Business Environment Optimization Conference. All departments will talk about feelings, problems, and action measures around their own duties. Everyone must clearly recognize the huge gap in our county's business environment construction, know shame and then be brave, go all out to fight a turnaround battle, and promote the business environment to improve as soon as possible and continue to improve. Besides this, we have no other choice!"