Chapter 1363

Zhang Shiming then stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Then Mayor, please continue with your work."

After Zhang Shiming left, Ren Guisheng sat there for a while, then picked up the phone and dialed the number for Xue Xingyuan's office. The call was answered quickly: "This is Xue Xingyuan."

Ren Guisheng said, "Old Xue, this is Ren Guisheng."

Xue Xingyuan's voice immediately became enthusiastic: "It's the Mayor! Does the Mayor have any instructions?"

Ren Guisheng snorted and said, "How would I dare to instruct you? I heard that the work in your Changshan County is being carried out quite well, flourishing. It seems that I, as Mayor, still need you to instruct me on how to develop the economy."

After a moment of silence, Xue Xingyuan said, "Mayor, you are criticizing me. If we have any mistakes in our work, I hope the Mayor will point them out to us."

Ren Guisheng said, "No, no, I just heard that your county's economy is developing well. It seems there's a good chance of surpassing Dashan County this year, so I'm calling to congratulate you!"

Of course, Xue Xingyuan knew that this was because some of his recent actions had made Ren Guisheng somewhat dissatisfied, so he was making this call to give him a warning. He also understood Ren Guisheng very well; although this person held a high position and great power, he was narrow-minded, vindictive, and his speech was sharp and mean, so it was normal for him to make this call.

Xue Xingyuan said, "It seems that I haven't been to the city to report my work to the Mayor for a long time, and the Mayor has an opinion. I will go to the city in a few days to report on my work."

Ren Guisheng snorted, chatted about this and that for a few more sentences, and then hung up the phone.

Xue Xingyuan shook his head with a bitter smile. Such a senseless phone call still put a lot of pressure on him. After all, Ren Guisheng was the Mayor, and he had previously been quite supportive of Xue Xingyuan, so Xue Xingyuan had to care about his opinion.

Initially, because Xue Xingyuan couldn't stand that Su Xinghui was so young and could serve as a town's Party Secretary, and felt that Su Xinghui didn't show him enough respect, he had some opinions about him, thinking that he was arrogant and overbearing because he had a background.

However, Su Xinghui had been here for a month, and the ability he displayed was quite strong, achieving immediate results, which gave Changshan County a chance to turn things around. This made Xue Xingyuan's opinion of him change significantly.

Xue Xingyuan was a Changshan native and had lived in Changshan for over fifty years. Of course, he hoped Changshan would become better. Now that Changshan had hope, although he still didn't like Su Xinghui very much, he could support him in his work. Of course, he didn't support him directly, but indirectly by supporting Ling Anguo.

He did this for the sake of his own pride; he had cared about his reputation his whole life.

Now that Ren Guisheng had made this call to him, it showed that Ren Guisheng was very dissatisfied with his performance. To be honest, he didn't approve of Ren Guisheng's approach; Ren Guisheng only knew how to fight and didn't care about work.

However, Ren Guisheng was the Mayor after all. Since he had made this call, Xue Xingyuan had to weigh things in his heart.

Xue Xingyuan himself didn't really care; he was over fifty, and he didn't have many political aspirations left. After finishing this term as County Party Secretary, he could retire to the second line. It was just that his son was still working in the Yulin Municipal Government, under Ren Guisheng's jurisdiction, so he didn't dare to offend Ren Guisheng too much.

Ling Anguo acted quickly. Within two days, the animal husbandry stations in every township in the county had dispatched technicians to Matou Town to learn the breeding techniques for Matou goats and Jiangnong No. 1 beef cattle from Professor Rao Songnian and his students. Rao Songnian then opened a training class at the cooperative run by He Gaoling in Mayang Village to impart techniques to these technicians.

On this day, Guo Qikai, the Town Mayor of Xiongshan Town, which was east of Matou Town, also came to the Matou Town Government to request an audience with Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui received him in his office. He poured a cup of tea for Guo Qikai and said, "Town Mayor Guo, what brings you here? Do you have any advice?"

Guo Qikai was just over thirty years old, relatively young among the township mayors in Changshan County. He had also attended a technical secondary school and had been Ling Anguo's communications officer; he was also a young cadre highly valued by Ling Anguo.

Guo Qikai smiled and said, "Secretary Su, you are joking. Today, our town's technicians came here to learn from you, and I have also come here to learn from you. Knowing the techniques alone is not enough; I also have to learn from you, Secretary Su, about your valuable experience in economic development."

Su Xinghui said, "Town Mayor Guo, you overstate it. Let's learn from each other."

Guo Qikai shook his head and said, "I have nothing that you could learn from. Wherever you go, you make the economy flourish—it's too impressive. County Magistrate Ling told me to learn well from you, so I came today. You must not hold anything back."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't hold anything back, and there's nothing worth holding back."

Guo Qikai then exchanged insights on economic development with Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui suggested that Guo Qikai adapt to local conditions and develop the economy according to the actual situation in Xiongshan Town. Xiongshan Town and Matou Town were similar in all aspects; currently, the most suitable industries to develop were animal husbandry and tourism. If developing industry, it was best not to introduce those polluting enterprises, as that would be more trouble than it was worth.

Hearing Su Xinghui's words, Guo Qikai was also very inspired. In fact, he was not stupid; it was just that Changshan was a bit isolated, and his horizons were not broad. Now that he had heard some insights from Su Xinghui, he accepted them very quickly.

After listening, Guo Qikai said, "I'm just a bit worried now. If we raise more cattle and sheep, or even if the whole county raises cattle and sheep, and the inventory reaches hundreds of thousands, how will we sell them?"

Guo Qikai's worry was not without reason. If all the grazing wasteland in Changshan County were used to raise cattle and sheep, the total inventory would easily reach hundreds of thousands. Then, sales would be a significant problem; selling so many cattle and sheep would be a huge project.

Changshan County hadn't failed to try animal husbandry before, but it had failed due to a lack of sales channels, so Guo Qikai couldn't help but worry.

Su Xinghui said, "There's no need to worry about this. I plan to contact the Jiangcheng Meat Processing Plant during the New Year. They can currently slaughter hundreds of thousands of tons a year and are planning to expand. If we establish contact with them, they can easily handle our cattle and sheep."

Guo Qikai nodded happily and said, "If that's the case, then that couldn't be better. Then I have nothing to worry about."

Su Xinghui said, "Town Mayor Guo, then I'll take you to see a few cooperatives in our town and visit their operating models on-site. After you go back, you can also ask your village cadres to come and learn, and you can get the cooperatives started when you return."

Guo Qikai nodded, and Su Xinghui took him to visit several cooperatives.

Su Xinghui had mature experience in running cooperatives in Shangjun County, so the cooperative model in Matou Town was relatively mature and easy to operate. After seeing it, Guo Qikai was very inspired. He said that after he returned, he would definitely have the village cadres from every village in Xiongshan Town come to Matou Town to visit and learn.

After visiting the cooperatives, Su Xinghui personally treated Guo Qikai to a meal at the Haozailai Restaurant. The two drank some liquor; Guo Qikai was also a very straightforward person, and Su Xinghui quite liked his personality. The two felt as if they had known each other for a long time.