Chapter 46: The Storm of Sponsorship Money

Suxi Township's electricity and road plan is already the focus of all township work. All personnel who eat state grain will deduct one month's salary as an engineering construction fund, the fund period is five years, calculated at the same bank interest rate. Even so, many people are still complaining. Originally, the salary was not high, and many families relied on this little salary every month to live, suddenly a few hundred yuan disappeared in a month, and they were panicked as if their pockets were patronized by thieves all day long.

What is more terrible is sponsorship, the sponsorship task of 50,000 is harder than Yu Gong moving the mountain. If you can't complete the task, you have to deduct wages, and you won't get wages for nearly three years, how can they live? Some people secretly discussed, saying they wanted to go to the county to react to the situation, if the county didn't care, they would go to the city to petition. The township government temporarily appeared to be busy, I know that behind this busyness, there must be more waves hidden.

I reported the worrying situation to Liu Quan, Liu Quan was unmoved, and asked me instead: "What good way do you have?"

I shook my head and expressed powerlessness. A sponsorship of 50,000, even if I gave up all my savings, it was just a drop in the bucket.

The first to complete the task was still Old Zhao and his son from the Finance Office, Old Zhao had been a finance and tax cadre for decades, and his son was the director of the foundation, who in the township had money, who was the object that could be mobilized for sponsorship, they father and son knew better than anyone else.

The sponsorship money was directly hit into the township's special account, this was the first sponsorship money received. For this, Liu Quan specifically asked me to issue a document to publicly commend Old Zhao and his son in the whole township.

It's like a hero doesn't ask where he comes from! No one cares where this money comes from, who sponsored it. Anyway, they father and son will never say it if they are beaten to death.

The second sponsorship money of 100,000 was handed in by Sun Demao's family. His eighty-year-old father personally accompanied his son to the township government to hand in the sponsorship money, I was also the first time to see Sun Demao himself, five short stature, eyes like torches, hedgehog-like hair, hands like old tree bark. At a glance, I knew this Sun Demao was a person who suffered, his money should be very clean. Although Sun Demao acted very proud and pretended not to care, his hands trembled slightly when he handed in the money, which betrayed his reluctance.

Once the matter started, the next thing was logical, and sponsorship money began to come in one after another.

The county issued two notices, one was the report approval issued by the County Party Committee and County Government, agreeing to Suxi Township's electricity project plan, and the other was the project approval issued by the Development and Reform Bureau, agreeing to approve the project and allocate 300,000 in special funds.

The matter of paying money per head in the whole township was also nearing the end, except for Gude Village, which had not been completed yet, the funds of other villages were basically in place.

Everything was ready, just waiting for an order to start work.

Liu Quan was not in a hurry, he took Hao Township Head and two people to Beijing.

The secretary and township head went out at the same time, the politics of Suxi Township fell into a blank, the state of leaderless appeared immediately, first of all, cadres didn't come to work on time, and then there were people who didn't complete the sponsorship task privately connecting, wrote a situation report, and wanted to go to the county to complain.

Liu Hongyan was anxious, came to my office to ask for ideas.

Looking at her whose butt was like being on fire, I smiled indifferently. Liu Quan went to Beijing, definitely not for tourism, I know this point very well. But what kind of medicine he sold in his gourd, I was also ignorant.

The township people's congress chairman is one of the township party committee members, the secretary is not at home, he has the responsibility to take over administrative affairs. I went to find the people's congress chairman Zhu Shizhen with Liu Hongyan, Zhu Shizhen was very surprised by our arrival, after listening to our report, he spread his hands and said he was busy with the township government people's congress change of term meeting, and couldn't spare time.

I originally heard that Zhu Shizhen always wanted to be secretary, he and Liu Quan were never harmonious. If Liu Quan occupied this position in this year's change of term, he could only be transferred to a certain bureau in the county, planning a leisure position to retire, and his political future would be gone from now on.

Zhu Shizhen's attitude clearly told us that he didn't want to wade into this muddy water.

We came out of his office dejectedly, he didn't care, we couldn't care. If these cadres really ran to the county to complain, the impact would not be small.

Sponsorship, sooner or later, something will happen. I actually knew it clearly when Liu Quan made this decision, I also tried to discuss it with him, money is not enough, you can find the government, if you force sponsorship, once something happens, it will not be an economic problem, it will rise to a political level. Liu Quan's attitude was the firmness that nine cows couldn't pull back, Suxi Township's electricity was the heart disease that had been pressing on him for more than ten years, now the determination was made, even if there was a minefield in front, he had to roll it.

The way hadn't been thought of, the county called, asking about the reason for the cadres making trouble in the county, saying County Magistrate Liu was very angry, named and criticized Suxi Township's practice at the Standing Committee, and wanted to send an investigation team to the township to fully investigate and understand the sponsorship matter.

I reported the situation on the phone, indicating that sponsorship was voluntary, and there was no forced situation. Besides, Suxi Township's electricity wish was not a few people wanting to engage in political achievements, but the wish of more than 4,000 fellow villagers in Suxi Township.

The county was unmoved by my defense, and wanted me to prepare a report, detailing the cause, process, and result of this sponsorship event, especially how much sponsorship was pulled, and who sponsored it, to make it clear.

Liu Hongyan was anxious to cry, and blisters appeared on her lips.

Several deputy secretaries and deputy township heads saw me and hid, fearing that I would pull them to make trouble. On the contrary, Zhu Shizhen, came several times, asked me about the situation with concern, and reminded me: "The organization will not wrong good people, but the organization will absolutely not allow exceeding organizational principles."

I understood a little bit of his meaning, I also understand a little bit of his character now, so I asked humbly: "Chairman Zhu, how do you think this report should be written?"

Zhu Shizhen paced in my room with his hands behind his back, pondered for a long time and said: "Sponsorship, this matter is not the decision of the township party committee. That is to say, it is not an organizational decision. Since it is not an organizational decision, it is an individual act. The organization will not take responsibility for individual acts. Do you understand this?"

I shook my head, I don't understand, who said this is not an organizational decision? If it succeeds, it is an organizational decision, if something happens, it is an individual act! Zhu Shizhen, you old fox! Everyone knows you are coveting this secretary position, you have been a grassroots cadre for decades, don't you understand organizational procedures? Even if Liu Quan is not secretary, this position won't be your turn!

Liu Quan and they went out for seven days without news, on the eighth day one person returned dusty.

Returned to immediately convene an expanded meeting of the party committee, arranged three things at the meeting, first, Liu Hongyan immediately went to Beijing 301 Hospital, full-time nursing Hao Township Head, until discharged from the hospital back to the township. Second, fully count the sponsorship funds results, for cadres who have not completed the task, start the system of deducting wages from this month, third, start the project, each village digs electricity pole pile holes according to the route and requirements measured by the Electric Power Bureau.

After the three things were announced, Liu Quan announced the end of the meeting, called me to his office, and fell into the chair like a bundle of dry wood.

"Little Chen, let's talk, how many moths came out of the township these days?" He said weakly, looking very tired.

I said: "Secretary, nothing big. It's just that the county is asking about sponsorship."

"You don't have to care. I know it's Old Zhu making trouble behind his back." Liu Quan sighed: "Some things, it's better if you don't know."

I probed: "Hao Township Head is hospitalized in Beijing?"

"Old Hao's road is finished." He sighed: "Kidney failure, estimated not far to go."

"Does the family know?" I said: "Does Hao Township Head himself know?"

"Old Hao is still clear. So this time he refused to be hospitalized. But I can't watch him die, even if there is a glimmer of hope, we have to work hard, right?" He stared into my eyes, word by word: "Remember, now we have to seize all time, start as soon as possible, I don't want the electricity project to be yellow again. I don't have the energy to do it again, as long as the project starts, the possibility of anyone wanting to stop is not big. We don't have time."

I said: "Secretary, waited for more than ten years, still afraid of no time and patience?"

"You don't understand." He looked at me and said: "My time is running out. This sponsorship matter, I went to the county when I came back, the wind is not good, without accelerating the pace, maybe I retired and didn't start."

My head was roaring, is the matter really serious?

"Not afraid! We haven't moved a cent of sponsorship money, and I didn't give them the commission they wanted." Liu Quan smiled contemptuously: "Some people, treat sponsorship as a trick to make their own fortune." ===== CHAPTER 47 =====

"Don't worry! We haven't touched a single cent of the sponsorship money, and I didn't give them the kickbacks they wanted." Liu Quan smiled contemptuously and said, "Some people, you know, treat this matter of sponsorship as a trick to get rich themselves."