Chapter 412: with translation of chapter title

Lu Fan, Zhang Qianyuan. Also "urban complex project" is a project, not a named entity; it's a generic term "urban complex project". Not a proper name. "funds" is generic.

Zhang Qianyuan again. "urban complex project", "sports center project", "red education and study base". These are project names but not proper nouns; they are descriptive. Might be considered named entities? The instruction: "named beasts/items, fan-fiction names." Probably not include generic project names unless they are proper nouns. They are not capitalized proper names. So skip.

Lu Fan said expressionlessly: "Every bowl of porridge, every meal, we should remember how hard-won they are; every thread, every fiber, we should constantly remember the difficulty of material resources! Qianyuan, fiscal funds are the people's blood and sweat money; the finance department must, from the height of safeguarding the people's fundamental interests, genuinely do well in fiscal thrift work; money that shouldn't be spent must not be wasted a cent!"

Zhang Qianyuan said helplessly: "Funds of each county/district and each department are easy to supervise, but the funds approved by the mayor are really impossible to handle."

Lu Fan, Zhang Qianyuan, City Government Party Committee

Also "collective decision-making" is generic.

"Mayor" is a rank; translate as "Mayor". Not in the glossary, but we translate the meaning.

Anbao County Party Secretary Ma Yajun → "Anbao County Party Secretary Ma Yajun". Also "Zhang Bureau Chief" possibly refers to Zhang Bureau Chief (Zhang Qianyuan? Actually earlier Zhang Qianyuan is the finance bureau chief? He is the Municipal Finance Bureau Director, so "Zhang Bureau Chief" refers to Zhang Bureau Chief. So it's a reference to a person by surname + title. We'll treat as "Chief Zhang". But we need to list named entity: "Zhang Qianyuan" already. The nickname "Zhang Bureau Chief" is not a separate name; it's a reference. We'll not add new.

Lu Fan smiled and asked: "Who else?"

Ma Yajun, Liu Yuhen, Wang Jiaming, Zhang Yuxuan.

All are our own people, Lu Fan said: "Having a meal is fine, but no alcohol!"

"Mayor, rest assured, if you don't give the word, no one will drink!" Ma Yajun gave a sly smile.

After checking the time, Lu Fan said: "It's almost time to get off work; you go ahead, I'll arrive later."

(no names)

Lu Fan, Duan Yongjiao, Mu Lankei, Yingjiang Guesthouse. Also "county and district leaders" is generic.

Recently there will be many banquets; each county/district and the divisions will surely try every way to get close to the leadership; many companies are also eager to move; as long as Lu Fan opens his golden mouth, even wives will be sent overnight; the authority of the standing committee is too great!

Upon entering the private room, everyone rose to greet; the cold platters and snacks were already on the table.

Ma Yajun eagerly took the bottled water and filled Lu Fan's glass, accompanying it with a smiling face: "Mayor, this is low-alcohol; have a drink to liven things up!"

Lu Fan had already smelled that this was 53-degree alcohol, but he couldn't reject everyone's good intentions, so he raised his glass and said: "I said beforehand, for eight people we limit to three bottles total; tomorrow we still have work, don't let the alcohol get overwhelming; I, this Vice Mayor, haven't even been elected yet!"

Everyone hurriedly rose, clinked glasses, and drank them all in one go!

Ma Yajun laughed and said: "Everyone is happy for the leadership; drinking is just to liven things up, drink well and that's enough!"

Relations lie in interaction, feelings in communication, teamwork in activities; sharing drinks and conversation with everyone is also an important task; the comrades' support is Lu Fan's confidence to be invincible in Yingjiang.

Lu Fan, brother-in-law Li Siwei. Also "Li Siwei".

Li Siwei.

"Brother-in-law, I've arrived in Yingjiang; where are you? Are you free tonight?"

"Arrived in Yingjiang? I'm having a simple meal with a few colleagues at the Yingjiang Hotel; have you eaten? If not, come over and we'll eat together."

"Brother-in-law, would it be appropriate for me to come over?"

"What's inappropriate about having a simple meal? We're all our own people!"

"Alright, send me your location; I'll head into the city right away."

"Good, I'll arrange someone to meet you in the lobby."

After hanging up, Mu Lankai had already come up beside Lu Fan, on standby.

Lu Fan said to him: "A guest will come later, named Li Siwei; I'll send you his number, you go to the lobby to meet him, then bring him here."

"Okay, Secretary, I'll go down now."

Lu Fan returned to his seat, smiling and said: "A guest is coming later; we need to add another set of chopsticks."

Upon hearing that, Ma Yajun hurriedly arranged seats and utensils; Wang Jia Ming reordered a few of Yingjiang's specialty dishes.

Twenty minutes later, Mu Lankai brought Li Siwei inside, then went out again to receive Li Siwei's entourage.

Lu Fan, Li Siwei, Ma Yajun (Anbao County Party Secretary), Liu Yuhen (Fangzhou County Party Secretary), Zhang Yuxuan (Yanshui County Party Secretary), Wang Jiaming (Fu County Party Secretary), Zhang Qianyuan (Municipal Finance Bureau Director), Duan Yongjiao (Municipal Government Deputy Secretary-General). Also "Tianhui Energy" – a company name. Also "Li Siwei" again.

Li Siwei hurriedly greeted everyone enthusiastically; although he is impressive, he understands even better the influence of these local bullies. Moreover, Li Siwei came to Yingjiang to invest in a wind power project, so he inevitably has to deal with the county/district leaders.

Having been in the business world for many years, Li Siwei is very worldly-wise, knowing exactly how to communicate with leaders at all levels. He lowered his stance, proactively raised his glass to toast a round of drinks, and moreover he clinked glasses three times in a row, which is quite generous.

After the gathering, the entourage stayed at the Yingjiang Hotel, and Lu Fan took Li Siwei home.

After entering, Li Siwei began brewing tea and asked: "Brother-in-law, were those people just now all yours?"

Lu Fan replied: "What's yours or mine, we're all comrades!"

"Alright, alright, they're all your comrades?"

Lu Fan changed the subject and asked: "This time you came to Yingjiang, is it about the wind power quota?"

"Brother-in-law, you're remarkably perceptive; Yingjiang's quota for this year has been approved—2 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind and solar power. Our company already entered Yingjiang's project planning database last year. Brother-in-law, can you let me 'take it all'?"

Lu Fan laughed: "Do you think it's possible? There are so many companies in the project planning database; their strength and connections are not to be underestimated. If you want to take it all for yourself, aren't you afraid of bursting your belly?"

(no names)

Lu Fan, "Government Standing Committee", "Mayor", "Standing Committee", "Party Secretary Rui Fang". Also "Party Secretary Rui Fang" is a person: Rui Fang.

"It's just about benefit distribution; whatever others can give, I can give too. Our company is a private enterprise, more flexible than those state-owned enterprises."

"Siwei, I can help you with this, but I won't get involved in those messy affairs. You've worked on wind power projects in Ganshui; you know my principles. I suggest you still plan some solid manufacturing projects to exchange for the wind power quota. Yingjiang's resources must benefit Yingjiang's people, solving Yingjiang's GDP, investment, tax, and employment issues; any enterprise trying to get something for nothing won't pass my gate."

"Brother-in-law, where are there so many manufacturing projects!"

"So, the bigger your belly, the more you can eat! I'll tell you clearly: next week I'll go inspect, and for those who signed resource development agreements with the counties/districts but haven't started construction, I'll take back all the quotas."

"Brother-in-law, you're awesome! But nobody in the wind power business is a pushover; be careful not to bring trouble upon yourself."

Lu Fan, Yongjiang Party Secretary

Li Siwei said: "As long as you treat everyone equally, competition is competition, no problem. Don't let me painstakingly plan projects here while others just say hello and walk in."

Lu Fan simply said: "Don't worry about this; regarding wind and solar projects, the City Government will issue normative documents; you just plan according to Ganshui's policies."

Li Siwei, Lu Fan, "Party Secretary" and "Mayor". Actually line: "I will find an opportunity to take you to meet Party Secretary Rui Fang; as for the Mayor, forget it." So "Party Secretary Rui Fang" and "Mayor".

Lu Fan, "Party Secretary Rui Fang", "Mayor".

After work the next day, the mayor had the secretary summon Lu Fan to the office, smiling and said: "Lu Fan, I've thought it over; adjusting the division of labor to improve work efficiency is the starting point and goal. Since the comrades feel awkward, let's readjust. You solicit opinions from a few Vice Mayors, quickly come up with a plan, and in two days bring it to the Party Group meeting for study."

Lu Fan nodded and said: "Okay, I'll follow the mayor's instructions!"

Zhao Tao continued: "After the debts were cleared, Yingjiang could finally go into battle lightly equipped to pursue development; now the financial situation is good, with a slight surplus, we need to plan some people‑benefiting projects. After extensive discussion and public demand, the City Government plans to implement an underground city complex project, making full use of underground space to organically interconnect the underground of the central area of the old city, with the first underground level for commercial development and the second underground level for city roads, creating 45,000 square meters of commercial land, 1,200 underground parking spaces, two underground pedestrian passages with dual carriageways running from south to north, each roadway 7 meters wide, totaling about 3 kilometers, with an estimated investment of around 1 billion."

Lu Fan thought for a moment, then said: "Mayor, how the government plans to spend money is probably what ordinary people care most about. My personal opinion is to prioritize limited financial resources for improving people's livelihoods, and budget arrangements should focus on continually raising the people's standard of living and quality. An investment of over 10 billion cannot be controlled for economic benefit; the risk is too great. I suggest adopting an investment attraction model, letting social funds invest, making the project market-oriented and economical."

Zhao Tao frowned and said: "Government investment has a guiding role; we should focus on the people's livelihood and social sectors, continually increase investment efforts in areas such as building foundations, long-term benefits, addressing shortcomings, and adjusting structures, continually meet the people's expectations for a better life, we cannot only look at economic benefits; social benefits are more important!"

To serve in office for one term is to benefit the region; we must not fear taking risks and shirk responsibility! As long as we wholeheartedly serve the people, we must undertake what needs to be done despite pressure, and we must bear what responsibilities we should, even at risk.

Mayor, government investment must be within our means, fully considering fiscal capacity and government investment ability; the province strictly requires no borrowing for construction, and construction units must not advance funds for construction. Regarding this project, I suggest we fully conduct research and argumentation, widely gather public opinion, disclose the project's construction content and investment scale; an investment of over ten billion must withstand the scrutiny of the masses and history! I will abide by the decisions of the government standing committee and the Municipal Party Committee standing committee.