Chapter 1324

"Second, this dining standard is too vague. What is 'four dishes and one soup'? Many places are doing 'four dishes and one soup' now, but their dishes are served in large soup bowls, and the soup is served in a washbasin. These four dishes equal a dozen ordinary dishes. What is the point of this? I think we should set a cost standard based on our Pengjiawan Township: ten yuan per person based on the number of guests. Lunch is not allowed to have alcohol, and dinner can have a little, but the cost cannot exceed the standard."

"Third, regarding the number of people accompanying guests, your system says to entertain according to the number of guests. Fine, I won't set a rule for the number of accompanying people, but the dining standard will still be set according to the number of guests—ten yuan per person. No matter how many people accompany them, it's still this standard. It must be strictly enforced, and exceeding the standard is not allowed."

"Fourth, the reimbursement documents for dining must have your signature and my signature to be reimbursed. If you dine in the canteen, no invoice is fine, but if you entertain guests or stay in other places, formal invoices are required. If there is no invoice, white slips are strictly prohibited from being entered into the accounts, including other reimbursement items—this rule applies to all."

"That's all my opinion. If you have any opinions, you can raise them now, and we can discuss them together."

Ma Sheng turned his head to the side. He was expressing his dissatisfaction to Su Xinghui in this way. He still didn't dare to look Su Xinghui in the eye, but he also felt that the points Su Xinghui made were too excessive.

Many cadres who came from the county to the township did so just to improve their situation. What reasonable cause did they have? They could just pull out any excuse for an inspection and spend the whole day below, eating at noon and eating at night, drinking at noon and drinking at night. If you asked them to state a reasonable cause, could they? Wouldn't that be offending people?

What was even more offensive was setting a ten-yuan dining standard per person, based on the number of guests. What would that buy? It would be enough to fill their stomachs, but in this day and age, how many dishes could you order? It wouldn't even be enough to order a bottle of good wine. And no alcohol allowed at lunch? But now, "no wine, no banquet."

White slips not allowed to be entered into accounts? This rule blocked the path for how many cadres to engage in under-the-table dealings. How many cadres relied on reimbursing white slips to have some extra income? Now it was all gone, not a drop of oil or water left. Who would still be willing to do this?

Reimbursement signatures now required both Ma Sheng's and Su Xinghui's signatures. Wasn't this snatching away half of Ma Sheng's power? Or even more than half? In the past, Ma Sheng's signature was enough for reimbursement; now, without Su Xinghui's signature, it couldn't be reimbursed.

Then what was the point of him being Township Head?

Su Xinghui said, "Township Head Ma, if you have no objections, please modify it according to the points I mentioned."

Ma Sheng stood up without a word, picked up the material papers, and prepared to leave. He thought to himself, *You say do it, so I'll do it. Anyway, you're the one offending people. You've almost offended all the county leaders, and it's not certain how many days you'll be able to stay in our Matou Township. *

Su Xinghui said, "Township Head Ma, wait a moment."

Ma Sheng stopped and turned around, asking, "Does Secretary Su have anything else?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's like this: tomorrow, some investor friends of mine will come to the township. They will come to take a look and talk to us about road construction, and there might be an investment intention."

Ma Sheng was shocked. Su Xinghui was so capable? He had only been in the township for two or three days, and investor friends were already coming? He said, "Secretary, that's a good thing."

Su Xinghui said, "Then don't go anywhere else tomorrow. We will accompany these investors together."

There was a hint of respect in Ma Sheng's voice: "Okay, Secretary. What standard should be set for entertaining these investors tomorrow?"

Su Xinghui said, "Set it according to what I said today—ten yuan per person. If it exceeds the standard, I will pay the extra money. They are my friends, after all."

Ma Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."