Chapter 715: Tang Ye is in the briefing again!

Tang Ye received a call from Du Chengfeng.

Du Chengfeng said with a smile, "I heard you're in the briefing again."

Tang Ye said modestly, "I've been quite lucky. Besides, the foundation of Dayu County is indeed poor; if I do even a little bit of work, it gets magnified. Your advice to me back then gave me a lot of confidence."

Du Chengfeng waved his hand, "Other people's words can only play an auxiliary role; the key is that you put your heart into your work."

Tang Ye said with a serious expression, "If an official doesn't act for the people, they might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. After arriving in Dayu County, I went deep into the grassroots and discovered that the common people are actually very simple. Their demands aren't high; even if the Government does nothing, they can silently endure it. I have also developed a sense of awe for my own position."

Du Chengfeng sighed softly and praised, "This is the value of communication! Go ahead and do it; I believe you can do it well."

Tang Ye asked softly, "Dad, there is a matter I would like to consult you about. There is a very remote village that has never had a road. I want to build this road, but the financial situation is too terrible."

Du Chengfeng stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, "Although Dayu County has a thin foundation, as long as you find a way, there will definitely be funds. You are in charge of finance, so you should know where the loopholes exist. Where there are loopholes, there must be padding. You are so smart, you must know how to squeeze the water out!"

Tang Ye was thoughtful, then his eyes lit up, "Dad, I understand what you mean."

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The next morning.

Tang Ye had just walked into the office.

The office landline suddenly rang.

Tang Ye glanced at the caller ID, and seeing it was Ou Xiye's phone number, he immediately picked up and said respectfully, "Secretary Ou, good morning! Do you have any instructions for me?"

Ou Xiye's tone revealed a good mood as he asked, "Are you busy now? If you're not busy, come to my office."

Tang Ye hurriedly replied with a smile, "I'm coming right over!"

With the continuous accumulation of Ou Xiye's own political achievements, his attitude toward Tang Ye also became increasingly cordial.

Especially during this donation event, Minister Zhao from the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department specifically came to Dayu County.

This allowed Ou Xiye to touch upon a whole new power map.

Ou Xiye originally had a very clear positioning for himself: to treat the position of Dayu County Party Secretary as the last stop of his life's official career, and after completing this term, to take a Deputy Department-level Official idle post in the city and retire.

But this time, Minister Zhao chatted with him quite a bit, and his words were full of encouragement.

Minister Zhao is a few years younger than Ou Xiye, and his future official career is very likely to go further.

He holds the power of speech over the promotion of County Party Secretaries, and this immediately activated the spirit that had long been extinguished in Ou Xiye's heart.

Tang Ye knocked gently on the office door.

Ou Xiye's voice came from inside, "Please come in."

After Tang Ye sat down on the sofa, Ou Xiye actually took the initiative to get up and pour him a cup of tea.

Tang Ye is actually not used to drinking the local tea of Dayu County, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do, so he acted as if he liked it very much.

"This donation ceremony was held very successfully. Both the province and the city gave very high evaluations, and even the major media outlets allocated promotional resources to report on it. I just received a call from Comrade Xu Yang, saying that the Investment Promotion Bureau has already received many inquiry calls, all asking about our Dayu County investment policies."

Tang Ye immediately followed up and flattered, "It mainly relied on Secretary Ou's overall coordination, and the concerted cooperation of other cadres, to achieve such results."

A smile immediately appeared on Ou Xiye's face.

Tang Ye is very young, but he can truly achieve results and is also very good at providing emotional value.

He is worthy of the term "slick and sophisticated."

"Next, do you have any work ideas?"

As soon as Tang Ye heard Ou Xiye ask this, his heart suddenly lifted.

He knew that Ou Xiye finally recognized his value.

Tang Ye has always had a habit: every time he arrives at a new place, he will grasp the local core figures at the first opportunity.

He knows very well that if he wants to truly show his skills in Dayu County, he must get the support of the number one person in the County Party Committee.

Compared to those so-called superficial achievements, Tang Ye actually cares more about Ou Xiye's recognition and opinion of him.

Tang Ye immediately restrained his previous relaxed tone, his expression became serious, and he said earnestly, "Secretary Ou, some time ago I went to Shanyang Village with the teachers from the Women's High School.

Although I had long known that Dayu County was generally poor, when I actually arrived there, I was still shocked by the scene before me.

Shanyang Village is almost completely isolated from the outside world. If the children in the village want to go to middle school, they must be led by adults in the family and walk a particularly dangerous mountain road.

I believe that to solve the problem of poverty, we cannot always be general; we must pull out those most critical 'nails' one by one."

Ou Xiye naturally knew about the road Tang Ye was talking about.

He had seen relevant reports in the *Yanzhou Evening News* before, and at the time, the reporter even took pictures of the most dangerous Vine Ladder on that road.

That report was quite widely circulated at the time, and many people had seen it.

After listening, Ou Xiye nodded heavily and immediately replied, "Okay! Let's do it according to your wishes; let's pull out this 'nail' first. But there is one point: we have to find a way to solve the funding issue."

He also knew in his heart that the difficulty of building that road was not small, not to mention that the county's finance currently had no spare money in the account.

"Secretary Ou, when you first took over this mess of Dayu County, you indeed put in a lot of effort; everyone sees this. But the problem is, that mess of a City Square has now become a 'safe haven' for many bad debts. Once some accounts are not cleared up, they are directly pushed onto the City Square, and as a result, many people have found loopholes."

Ou Xiye nodded slightly while listening, secretly acknowledging in his heart: Tang Ye's analysis is indeed not wrong.

"The problem you mentioned does exist. You should also be clear about the actual situation in Dayu County; what I need to do most now is to stabilize the situation first."

Tang Ye was well-prepared, and seeing this, he immediately said, "Secretary Ou, regarding the source of funds, I have a suggestion. During this time, I checked the whereabouts of the county's poverty alleviation funds and found that education investment accounted for the bulk of it.

Ask yourself, over these years, has the education level of Dayu County really improved substantially?

Besides the seemingly bright but illusory data, what have the common people gained?"

Ou Xiye frowned slightly and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he spoke, "Continue!"

Tang Ye lowered his voice and said firmly, "If we want Dayu County to truly get rid of its previous predicament, we must completely tear down those vanity projects and start over. Besides the City Square, the County No. 1 Middle School is also a typical vanity project!"

Ou Xiye subconsciously took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. After taking a puff, he asked calmly, "Is there an inevitable connection between the County No. 1 Middle School and the funds for road construction?"

Tang Ye explained patiently, "Previously, the three million-plus in funds for the Dayu Women's High School was successfully transferred out of the County No. 1 Middle School's account by the County Education Bureau in less than a day. This shows that the Education Bureau has ways. So for the funds for this road construction, I think we can completely let the Education Bureau find a way to solve it."

Upon hearing this, Ou Xiye's eyes suddenly lit up, and he instantly understood Tang Ye's true thoughts.

The County No. 1 Middle School has been constantly expanding in recent years, and there must be many economic problems inside; he is well aware of this.

Previously, in order to maintain the stability of the whole county's situation, he had never dared to touch this minefield.

Ou Xiye frowned inwardly; could Chen Dongan have offended Tang Ye somewhere?

However, one must admit that Tang Ye's line of thinking was still correct!

The finance department might not have money, and County No. 1 Middle School might not have money either.

But behind the massive construction and expansion projects at County No. 1 Middle School over the past few years, a group of people had grown fat.

They definitely had money.

Du Chengfeng said he wanted to squeeze out the water!

Tang Ye understood it this way: he wanted to make this bunch of people spit the money back out!

Ou Xiye said softly, "You shall be responsible for this matter; I support you!"

Tang Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

With the support of the number one leader, things would be easy to handle.

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