Chapter 176

Su Yang said, "Of course. The reason I dare to say this is that I firmly believe we will complete the road and open it to traffic within three months."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't need you media to supervise us; our local common people wouldn't let us off."

Mo Xiaobei brushed her hair back and said, "Alright, I'll come back to do an exclusive interview then."

"To see if the road you mentioned is really open, and to see if the apple processing plant you mentioned is really built. Whether it has brought benefits to the villagers."

"Many times, things that are promised too fully mostly end up as vanity projects."

"I think it's better for you to be a bit more conservative. Projects that cannot be completed on schedule due to various problems are everywhere."

"Those that can be completed on schedule are few and far between. Don't let it be that when the time comes..."

Mo Xiaobei meant that Su Yang should be cautious. In case he is targeted by someone with ulterior motives, completing it is certainly a very flashy thing. If he can't complete it, it will become a handle for others to attack Su Yang.

"Don't worry, those projects that cannot be completed on schedule are due to only two points. First, layer-upon-layer corruption leads to arrears in raw materials and unpaid wages for migrant workers, thereby delaying the schedule. Second, funds are not in place. They start the project with only 30% or 40% of the funds from the beginning, and later the funds cannot keep up, so the project has to stop."

"The third one is encountering unexpected events. This probability is very small, at least it won't happen here."

Mo Xiaobei looked at Su Yang's serious eyes and couldn't help but blindly believe him. "What about your apple plant? It's all the talk now, saying that you're going to start building the plant in these few days and start production within a month. Are you confident?"

Su Yang patted his chest and said, "Of course I'm confident. Otherwise, even if I can wait, our common people can't wait, and the apples stored at home can't wait."

The apples he referred to as being stored at home were those that Zhao Da Yong had previously collected in the town at low prices, while the apples that the original villagers of Huatian Village had kept at home had long since been washed away.

After Zhao Da Yong was sentenced, the apples stored in the town belonged to the town government and were to be handled by the town government, so these apples naturally became the raw materials that Su Yang urgently needed to process or send to the apple processing plant.

Mo Xiaobei was a bit dazed for a moment. She had seen many young cadres; of course, at Su Yang's age, many were still just section members, ignorant and understanding nothing.

Even if they had some connections at home, they basically just muddled through their days once they reached grassroots leadership positions, having no governing ideas at all. For these people, as long as they didn't make mistakes and spent a certain amount of time steadily in their positions, they could climb up.

She had truly seen someone like Su Yang, who devoted himself entirely to the common people, for the first time.

For a moment, she couldn't help but feel that Su Yang was an anomaly in the system. On the one hand, he could mingle with the bureau chiefs in the city and even become a core figure in their circle. And people with this kind of energy generally just do their work perfunctorily and are usually pampered by the cadres in their units, with everything eventually being divided by politics.

It was impossible to actually get things done.

But Su Yang was different. Back in the town, he turned back to devoting himself to the cause of the town's economic development, completely different from the bold and unconstrained image she saw at the drinking party.

After a moment of daze, she said, "Alright, I've remembered everything you said. If you can really complete it all, I will definitely do an exclusive interview with you then. I believe the television station leaders will also approve."

The television station leader she referred to was Li Xunhuan.

Originally, their relationship was very good; it was impossible for Li Xunhuan not to agree to her coming to promote Su Yang. At the same time, she also wanted to have a deeper understanding of Su Yang.

"Alright, you're welcome anytime." Su Yang actually also wanted to communicate more with Mo Xiaobei, because in the future, he would have to rely on Mo Xiaobei's personal popularity to promote their apple products.

These days, the ways to advertise are nothing more than newspapers and television.

The promotional effect of newspapers is not ideal, and the cost of being on television is too high, so he can only compromise.

After the group arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel, they warmly entertained the County Committee Organization Department Head, Gao Fengming.

It was the rules of the drinking party; various toasts were made for several rounds, to the point that even the battle-tested Minister Gao couldn't hold up anymore. He simply pulled Su Yang over to block the wine for him.

According to his words, Su Yang was the youngest in the town leadership team, so of course, he should be tested more. Comrades who cannot withstand the test are hard to entrust with important tasks.

Su Yang had no choice but to help Minister Gao block the wine. As a result, those who wanted to toast Minister Gao tactfully toasted others or played finger-guessing games to drink.

This made Qin Chuan feel very jealous. This Gao Fengming was clearly here to support Su Yang, so what did that make him, the top leader?

During this period, Ma Zhengyang didn't miss many chances to steal the spotlight.

But Su Yang didn't take it to heart, while Li Hu was very unhappy. He held a wine decanter and walked directly to Ma Zhengyang, saying, "Welcome Mayor Ma to work in our town. I hope that under Mayor Ma's leadership, the face of our town can undergo earth-shaking changes. With that, I'll toast Mayor Ma a glass."

As he spoke, he directly picked up the full decanter and drank it down in one gulp.

As a local who grew up here and rose all the way from the village, his drinking capacity was measured in kilograms.

When Ma Zhengyang saw someone toasting him so boldly, he naturally couldn't lose face. After all, he had just arrived and wanted to win over a group of people to do things for him, and Li Hu was a local deputy mayor.

If he could win him over to his side, it would be a huge help to him in the future. So he tilted his head back and also downed a decanter.

Then he boasted, "Old Li, don't worry. With your support in the future, I think whether it's the town's planning or economic construction, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

However, before he could finish, Dai Yaxuan picked up her wine glass and walked over, "Mayor Ma, hello. I am the only female deputy mayor in our town. Although my drinking capacity is not good, your parachuting into our town is a huge encouragement to our work here. I'll toast you three glasses."

Dai Yaxuan was a female comrade after all; her drinking capacity was indeed not comparable to Li Hu's, and she certainly couldn't drink a decanter at once, but she directly picked up the tray of wine and finished three glasses in one breath.

The rules of the Lancheng drinking party generally dictate that a tray contains six glasses of wine. Of course, in some occasions, a tray has nine glasses. But today they had six glasses per tray.

At this time, Xu Jin, who had been looking for an opportunity on the side, said, "Mayor Ma, Mayor Dai is a female comrade. If she toasts three glasses, as a male comrade, if you only drink three glasses, I'm afraid..."

Having said this, he stopped directly and then made an expression that everyone understood.

Ma Zhengyang said, "Hehe, of course I can't let Mayor Dai drink more. How about this, fill them all up for me, and I'll drink six glasses to return the toast."

As he spoke, he took the wine bottle himself, filled them all up, and even held the wine glass high for everyone to see, before drinking them down one after another.

Seeing this, the crowd started to boo and cheer.

"Mayor Ma, great drinking capacity!"

"Mayor Ma is the first person to drink like this here!"

"I've heard of Mayor Ma's drinking capacity before, but I've never seen it."

"Mayor Ma, I'll also toast you a glass. The development of our town in the future will all depend on you..."