Chapter 664

The next day.

Gu Anran rested in the hotel, while Wu An arrived early at the municipal Party committee to attend the symposium.

Wu An was actually quite nervous, after all he had to go on stage to speak.

As it turned out, the symposium had a set schedule and lasted a long time; basically, they were just listening to others or the leaders speak.

After the symposium ended, the Chen-surnamed leader who chaired the meeting asked him to stay.

The two of them went to the office.

Leader Chen asked him to sit first, personally poured him a cup of tea, and said, "You're young, yet what you've done astonishes even an old fogey like me."

Wu An stood up to receive the tea and said a few modest words.

After a bit of small talk, Wu An said, "Leader, you summoned me; is there any instruction?"

Leader Chen smiled and said, "Just to touch base with you."

"We've studied it in our city and think you have a good chance of being selected as an outstanding youth of the province."

"However, becoming a national outstanding youth representative is probably a bit of a stretch."

Upon hearing this, Wu An was quite surprised: "It's already reached the provincial level?"

Originally, he wanted the title of outstanding youth representative, naturally understanding its value; he had merely aimed for the county-level outstanding youth representative.

He never expected to jump straight to the provincial level in one go.

This honor is a bit big; he even worries he might be overwhelmed by it.

Leader Chen said, "You've really put our city on the map."

"Next, you might have to come here a few more times."

"There are still some honors at the county and city levels that you have a good chance of winning."

Upon hearing this, Wu An's eyes flickered.

The leader's remarks were quite thought-provoking.

At that moment.

Someone knocked on the door; Wu An looked up and recognized the secretary of the senior leader who had previously come to inspect the village—surname Wang—and they had exchanged contact information.

"Chen Zhuren, Manager Wu, the meeting in Liu City has just ended; please go to his office."

Wu An followed along.

Arriving at Liu City's office, Chen Zhuren entered and greeted, "General Manager Liu, Manager Wu has arrived."

Just as before, General Manager Liu was approachable and quite enthusiastic, saying, "If it weren't for a meeting I couldn't get out of, I would have liked to chair this symposium myself."

"By the way, are you still a Party member?"

"Yes, I joined the Party in my senior year of high school, and I've been paying dues."

"Good, good, good, Comrade Wu An, since you're a Party member, I'll just say it straight: you previously said your ability determines how big a thing you can do; with sufficient support, how do you plan to contribute to your hometown?"

Upon hearing this, Wu An set down his tea cup and said, "Leader, I'll just say that where we are, we live off the sea, and the development prospects are very good."

"Aquaculture is relatively mature in that regard, but it's not enough; we can cooperate with universities and research institutes to develop deep-sea farming and expand the scale."

"Furthermore, seafood processing is still weak; we can establish enterprises to achieve an integrated chain from farming to processing to sales."

"Most importantly, our area has mountains, water, sea, and unique local customs; developing cultural tourism is perfectly suited."

"The homestay I'm currently working on, as well as the deep cooperation with Zhenzhongcun to develop a tourist town, is a bold experiment in cultural tourism development."

"According to my plan, the tourist town will focus on commercial development, with eating, drinking, and entertainment as the main focus."

"In the future, I intend to develop recreational projects around the sea in Xixi Village, such as marine sports, surfing, diving, and even building an ocean park."

Wu An spoke leisurely.

In fact, these ideas had already been run through his mind countless times.

But one must eat bite by bite and walk step by step.

Many things, he currently still only can think about.

But since the leaders have already asked, he has nothing to hold back; he should speak up, and at worst they'll think he's bragging.

After listening, General Manager Liu and Chen Zhuren exchanged a glance; the former laughed and said, "I heard Director Zhang say you're currently going out to sea to fish, and your earnings are quite good."

Wu An nodded: "Thank you for your concern, Leader; it's not bad."

"Please rest assured, Leader, I won't short a single cent on the taxes I owe."

General Manager Liu chuckled: "Are you putting all your earnings into the homestay project?"

Wu An said: "More or less."

"To be frank, I could actually handle the homestay project on my own, but I still brought in partners so we share the risks and profits equally."

"That way I can have more energy and money to devote to other things."

In front of such senior leaders, Wu An had no reservations.

General Manager Liu was quite pleased; whether it was Wu An's vision, ability, or sense of social responsibility, all were impeccable, especially the latter, which Liu valued most.

He asked: "After hearing all these development directions, which path do you intend to take?"

Wu An countered: "Can't I pursue them all?"

General Manager Liu smiled and asked: "In aquaculture and setting up enterprises, you have no foundation there; what will you rely on to achieve a leapfrog advance?"

"Let's mainly develop cultural tourism."

"Especially the ocean park you mentioned."

"Let me lay it out for you: land, loans, tax subsidies and reductions, talent recruitment, and other resources—the city can tilt them heavily in your favor."

Wu An's face lit up with joy.

His heart surged with excitement.

"What a partner! To earn the honor of outstanding youth representative, the city even threw in such a huge growth gift package!"

He felt a bit dizzy.

He was hit by such a big surprise.

He stood up and said, "Leader, within three years I can hand in the paper."

Anyway, just copy it and it's done.

As for how to answer the paper, those big shots of later generations have already written the answers; he can take fewer detours and also ensure correctness.

Manager Liu had him sit down and said, "Good, having determination is a good thing."

"But, on this side of the Market, they give you help, tilt resources; this platform still needs you to build it yourself."

Wu An nodded.

This is like raising chickens: first he needs chicks; then the Market can send the best feed, the best technical talent, all the way to escort, smoothly letting the chickens leave the pen.

So.

He needs to think of a way to attract investment himself.

Relying on himself, it's probably impossible to achieve in one or two years; after all, to make a project that the Market values, the investment will not be less than nine figures.

The initial launch also needs an eight-figure base.

For now.

Relying on himself, his foundation is still too weak.

He still has to take on Liang Rong, the young master from Jiangzhe, and the idea of the local young master Xiao Cang; if before he was somewhat lacking, but now with the Market leaders' support, what is there to be timid about?

As they chatted, it became mealtime.

Wu An was about to get up and leave, but Manager Liu warmly urged him to stay; Wu An used Gu Anran as an excuse, and as a result Gu Anran was also invited.

The young couple had lunch at the Municipal Committee, accompanied by Manager Liu and several leaders.

After eating.

Wu An and Gu Anran hurried home.

Just as they arrived home, Leader Xi called, saying the county leaders were holding a commendation meeting for him; originally this meeting was to be held in the town, but the county leaders insisted on coming to join the fun.

Wu An agreed.

As the saying goes, a county official is no match for the local administrator; whether in town or county, relations still need to be handled well, otherwise if someone secretly trips you up, it will be unpleasant.