Chapter 922: Ou Xiye is About to be Transferred!

Around 6:00 AM the next morning, when Tang Ye and Du Xi woke up, they discovered that Tang Ye had already gotten up and prepared breakfast.

"You are too thoughtful," Du Xi said with a smile.

Tang Ye replied, "I had Xing Zhijun arrange a car to pick us up at seven to go to Yanzhou. We will pick up Fang Lin on the way, then go to meet up with the tour group's bus."

In 2008, domestic transportation was not yet that developed, so traveling by joining a tour group was still more convenient.

Tang Ye learned yesterday that Fang Lin wanted to be a tour guide, so he helped her sign up. Although Fang Lin said she wanted to be a guide, it was naturally impossible for Tang Ye and Du Xi to really let her go to the trouble of looking after them.

After eating breakfast, Tang Ye and Du Xi set off. After picking up Fang Lin, they headed to the tour agency's meeting point together.

After getting on the bus, the tour guide held a microphone and introduced himself: "Hello, fellow travelers! I am the tour guide for your trip this time. My surname is Chen; everyone can just call me Guide Chen. Our itinerary this time is three days and two nights; the specific itinerary includes..."

After finishing, the tour guide then introduced the itinerary arrangements for this trip in detail.

Du Xi opened a bag of potato chips and chatted animatedly with Fang Lin while they ate.

Tang Ye, meanwhile, patiently noted down the details of the itinerary. Although he had signed up for a no-shopping tour group, he still heard some hidden consumption items from the tour guide's words.

However, Tang Ye did not pay too much attention to it. After all, the point of going out to travel is to be happy; as long as it did not involve matters of principle, turning a blind eye would let it pass.

During the three-day, two-night itinerary, everyone finished visiting all the scenic spots in a hurried, superficial manner.

On the way back on the tour bus, Guide Chen took out a service feedback form and distributed it.

Fang Lin took the form and, without hesitation, filled it all with negative reviews.

Du Xi was just preparing to fill out the form when Fang Lin snatched it away and also took the opportunity to mark everything with negative reviews.

Afterwards, Fang Lin leaned over to Tang Ye's side, wanting to snatch his survey form.

Tang Ye smiled and handed the form over: "I have already filled it out. Don't worry, I'm keeping the same pace as you."

When Guide Chen collected the feedback forms, the expression on his face was very ugly.

But to him, these tourists were just passersby met by chance, and these feedback forms were just going through the motions.

The National Day holiday was about to end, and Tang Ye sent Du Xi to the airport.

After getting the boarding pass, Du Xi looked at Tang Ye with reluctance, her eyes full of tears.

Tang Ye gently hugged her and comforted her with a smile: "It will be the Spring Festival in a few more months; we will be able to see each other again then."

Du Xi hugged Tang Ye tightly, then immediately let go: "After National Day, the weather will turn cold. You must take care of your health. I'm leaving."

When walking into the security gate, Du Xi could not help but turn around.

Tang Ye waved his hand vigorously toward her.

Du Xi gritted her teeth and finally turned and walked into the security channel.

Although Tang Ye had taken her sightseeing these past few days, it was not hard for Du Xi to see from some details that Tang Ye, being far away in a strange place, must have experienced many dangers and difficulties.

Those reports of victory heard while far away in Hanzhou were perhaps just illusions he deliberately displayed.

After sending Du Xi away, Tang Ye took a deep breath.

The holiday these past few days allowed him to relax for a moment.

Next, he had to push forward various key tasks in a tight and busy manner.

After National Day, Sun Hai came to Dayu County again. This time, accompanying him was Hong Ruilin's granddaughter, Hong Yu.

It had been a while since they last met, and Hong Yu had gained quite a bit of weight.

"Secretary Tang, long time no see!" Hong Yu grabbed Tang Ye's hand and shook it vigorously.

"Sister Hong Yu, welcome to Dayu County! You've had a hard journey," Tang Ye responded with a smile.

"Hey, this trip really wore me out! I didn't expect this place to be so remote. I'm someone who never gets carsick, but I threw up several times on the road," Hong Yu could not help but complain.

Sun Hai laughed from the side: "Sister Yu, I told you before that you didn't need to make a special trip over here."

Hong Yu shook her head: "That won't do. If I don't come to see it with my own eyes, I won't be at ease."

Nowadays, Hong Yu had quite a bit of spare money in her hands.

Back then, under Tang Ye's suggestion, she had invested all her funds into the hairy crab farming project.

Now that the peak season for hairy crab sales had just passed, the market's popularity far exceeded expectations, and Hong Yu could be considered a somewhat famous boss in Hanzhou.

With more money on hand, her relationship with Gu Wenqin had also eased quite a bit.

Tang Ye also only recently learned that the forty million Sun Hai invested in the copper mine was not entirely his own money.

He just didn't expect that Hong Yu had actually bought a stake in it.

He had complained to Sun Hai about this matter in private.

Sun Hai also looked helpless.

Hong Yu had approached him repeatedly, wanting to find a reliable way to make a fortune.

Sun Hai's resolve softened, and he agreed to let her buy a stake.

Later, when Sun Hai saw that Tang Ye was very dissatisfied with this matter, he proposed to kick Hong Yu out of the project.

However, Tang Ye thought about it carefully and did not let Sun Hai do that.

It was not that he was unwilling to let Hong Yu make money, but that Hong Yu's husband was in the political sphere, and her participation in commercial investment could easily invite criticism from the outside world.

Furthermore.

Hong Ruilin cherished his own feathers and reputation, and he did not quite approve of his granddaughter going into business.

The exploration results for the mining area finally came out.

It was confirmed to be a medium-sized copper mine with reserves of 300,000 tons.

Li Na displayed extraordinary commercial talent, and in a short time, she built the newly established Haichen Mining into an industrial company with 150 employees.

In addition to selling crude copper ingots, she also used the mine as collateral to take out a 100 million yuan loan from the bank to invest in the construction of a 20,000-ton cathode copper project.

After the project is completed, it can produce 20,000 tons of cathode copper annually, with by-products of 50,000 tons of sulfuric acid, 100 kilograms of gold, and 10 tons of silver, with annual sales revenue reaching 600 million yuan and taxes and profits exceeding 100 million yuan.

After the news spread, Provincial Governor Gao personally led a team to inspect the mining area and delivered an important speech, hoping that Dayu County could fully utilize its rich resource advantages to accelerate the pace of economic development.

When reporting on the work, Ou Xiye's voice trembled with excitement.

But Tang Ye maintained a clear head; it was still too early to be happy—the project would not be completed and put into production until October of next year.

Before true success, everything was still subject to change.

Time slipped by, and it was 2009.

After the New Year's Day holiday ended, a working group sent by the Municipal Organization Department arrived at Dayu County.

Not long after, Tang Ye received notice that the working group would speak with members of the leadership team one by one.

"Comrade Tang Ye, please evaluate the work performance of Comrade Ou Xiye."

"Although I have only worked with County Party Secretary Ou for half a year, I deeply admire his ability and courage..."

There was no need to be prickly when communicating with the Organization Department's working group, so Tang Ye naturally spoke of the positives!

The signal was very clear!

Ou Xiye was about to be transferred.

In fact, Tang Ye had heard rumors long ago that the Municipal Party Committee highly approved of Ou Xiye's work over the past year.

To tell the truth, the approval of Ou Xiye was, in fact, also an approval of himself.

As a National-level Poverty-stricken County, Dayu County had delivered a brilliant report card that year: not only had it withstood various doubts from the outside, but it had also secured multiple key projects in succession, and its economic level had been significantly improved.

Originally, there was a high probability that Ou Xiye would end his career in the position of County Party Secretary.

But according to the current development trend, he would very likely be promoted to the Municipal Party Committee to hold a position with real power.

For Tang Ye, his emotions were somewhat complex.

Because Ou Xiye's departure was not a good thing for him.

New emperor, new courtiers.

With a new County Party Secretary, Tang Ye would certainly need a process of adjustment!