Chapter 131: Qin Chuan wants to control the Party Committee

"Oh, okay, I know. Then we'll go over in a moment."

Su Yang had thought that he would be the one to propose convening the Party Committee meeting today, but he didn't expect Qin Chuan to do it.

This is a bit interesting. It seems that since Li Tian was 'double-regulated', Qin Chuan has been impatient to seize power.

A moment later, Su Yang arrived at the conference room. Looking around, except for Qin Chuan, all the other Town Party Committee members had arrived.

"Mayor Su, good morning!"

"Mayor, good morning. Have you had breakfast? I have eggs and milk here."

"Mayor, you look good today. You look more energetic than us old people."

The people in the conference room were one flattery after another. If this were in the past, they would have been indifferent.

But now the situation is vastly different. Everyone in their hearts knows very well that today's Party Committee meeting is a confrontation between Qin Chuan and Su Yang. Whoever has the upper hand has a high probability of controlling the Party Committee.

Su Yang greeted everyone one by one and said, "You make me feel embarrassed. I am young and inexperienced; I will need your criticism and corrections in the future."

"As for old people, you sitting here are far from it. People say 'five'—that means you haven't reached your peak yet."

"Calculated this way, I have to run to catch up with you, otherwise I will be left behind by you before long."

Everyone laughed out loud. Su Yang and Li Tian were completely different types. Every time Li Tian came, he acted as if he were the king of the world. He spoke and acted entirely according to his own temper and preferences. Although the people present were all Party Committee members, he wouldn't give them face if he didn't want to, and cursing with national essence was a common occurrence.

But Su Yang is different. Everyone jokes when they should, and chats when they should.

Thus, no matter how they stand in the future, they don't have much resentment toward Su Yang himself.

Bai Jing, sitting at the end on the right, kept her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

She was originally Li Tian's number one die-hard, and now Li Tian is in. It stands to reason that she should be the most frustrated. That is to say, at today's Party Committee meeting, she has to make a new choice.

Of course, besides her, the situation of the others is about the same. After all, except for Xu Jin, they were all Li Tian's people before.

After a full few minutes, Qin Chuan walked in with a steady, square-stepping gait. "Oh, everyone is here. I thought I came early. I'm really sorry."

"Let's not talk about idle gossip. Today's meeting was proposed by me, so I will preside over it myself."

"There are mainly three topics: one is the issue of post-disaster reconstruction, the second is the issue of establishing an apple processing plant, and the third is brewing candidates for an Executive Vice Town Mayor."

"Let's talk about the first issue first, which is the post-disaster reconstruction. Now, the losses of poultry such as cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks in Huatian Village, as well as apples and stored grain, have been converted into cash and compensated."

"Materials of all aspects have also been fully supplied, and there is even a surplus."

"Now, there is only one last thing left, which is about the post-disaster house reconstruction. I made a preliminary calculation; this is a project of about 5 million. In our Huatian Town, this is not a small project."

"I personally suggest that this reconstruction project be carried out through bidding. Does anyone have any objections?"

Since Qin Chuan had said so, even if others had objections, they couldn't easily say them. And they also had self-knowledge, knowing that no matter how it was done, it wouldn't be their share.

So everyone focused their eyes on Su Yang's face.

Su Yang smiled and said, "Secretary Qin is right. I agree to carry out house reconstruction through bidding."

Immediately after, the others said one after another that they had no objections.

Qin Chuan was very satisfied, clearly having a sense of pleasure in controlling the rhythm of the whole scene. He said, "Then let's continue to the second thing: establishing village enterprises, which is the apple processing plant we talked about before."

"This matter was first proposed by Mayor Su, and I have also considered it later. For our town, we indeed need such a real economy to drive the development of the whole town."

"But it involves two problems: one is where the funds come from. The other is the funding issue and who will be responsible for this matter in the future."

"My personal suggestion is that we carry out investment attraction. At that time, we will provide land and resources to see if we can attract bosses from outside."

"Of course, this requires a process. I plan to complete the preliminary investment attraction negotiations within three months, and then spend another three months to build the apple processing plant and put it into production and use."

"Regarding this matter, does anyone have any objections? If not, then let's proceed to the next topic."

What he meant by saying this was too obvious. The town doesn't have this money; it has to come from outside investors. And the half-year time from investment attraction to factory construction and production is actually reasonable.

With this half-year time, his investment attraction project will have already arrived and generated benefits. This alone can suppress Su Yang. And what he said was very reasonable, so even Su Yang couldn't find a way to refute it.

He also came well-prepared. To directly control the Party Committee, he must follow his own rhythm.

At this time, Su Yang said, "Secretary Qin, I have an idea. The method of investment attraction for factory construction is not unfeasible, but the cycle is too long. If it takes half a year to build, at least the apples of the villagers in Huatian Village and the surrounding villagers will have completely rotted."

"So this matter must be completed within one month. Investment attraction negotiations must be in place within one week, and production must be officially completed within one month."

"Regarding the funds, this is what I think: the disaster relief funds allocated from above this time are more than 10 million. In fact, our overall expenditure will be less than 10 million, which is enough."

"And building an apple processing plant only requires 300,000 in funds, so I plan to take this money from this disaster relief fund."

"And I won't hide it from everyone: I have already had preliminary contact with an entrepreneur who went out from our Huatian Town. He is willing to come back to establish an apple processing plant, but he is responsible for technology and sales. Construction and funding are provided by us."

"In addition, we have also preliminarily drafted the equity issue: our town provides the funds and accounts for 60%, and they provide the technology and account for 40%."

"In addition, in order to introduce them as soon as possible and build the apple processing plant as soon as possible, there is a clause in the preliminarily drafted cooperation terms: if it makes money, dividends will be distributed according to the previous proportions. If there is no benefit in the short term, all labor wages will be borne by us, and they don't need to be responsible."

"This is what I want to say. Do comrades have any objections? If there are any, you can bring them up and we can discuss them together..." ===== CHAPTER 132 =====