Chapter 1629: Better Than Reading Ten Years of Books

Hearing Su Xinghui's words, several county magistrates were thoughtful. Did they also have some problems in exerting the advantages of exchange cadres and mobilizing their work enthusiasm? It seemed they had to learn from Changshan County and Shangjun County.

Just as they were thinking, Ling Anguo laughed, "Okay, let's communicate these things privately. Let's talk about business now. Although everyone has set aside two days, time is still very tight."

Everyone nodded in agreement. After all, road construction was the real business this time. They also had high expectations for this road construction. If done well, this would be a major achievement during their tenure. If they relied on the strength of one county, it would be impossible to build this road. Now that Changshan County was taking the lead, this was a good opportunity.

Ling Anguo said, "Next, please ask County Magistrate Su to talk about the general situation."

Su Xinghui let Zhu Tie distribute the copied budget reports to the county magistrates and deputy county magistrates, and then said, "These counties of ours are all mountainous, and the area is relatively large. Therefore, the roads built cannot be a straight line, and the distance will be relatively long. The cost is high. It is estimated that if these roads are to be fully opened to traffic, at least two hundred million funds will be needed."

Over two hundred million funds—hearing this terrible number, several county magistrates gasped together. They opened the budget report. They could naturally understand the budget report and looked at the numbers inside carefully.

Although this budget report only budgeted for the road sections within Changshan County, it could roughly be seen how much construction cost was needed for the entire journey. They calculated silently in their hearts, which should be about the same as the number Su Xinghui said. They looked up at Su Xinghui together. It was Su Xinghui who said he had a way to solve the funding problem, which was why they came.

Su Xinghui said, "Let me introduce the Changwu Highway model to everyone first. The Changwu Highway is the highway from our Changshan County to Wushui County. I think this situation is relatively similar to the highway situation between our counties, so I will tell everyone first, let everyone consider whether this model is reasonable."

Everyone nodded. They had also heard the news that Changshan County and Wushui County had built a highway and it was about to be fully opened to traffic. They were very interested in this, but they naturally couldn't know too many details, so they all wanted to hear Su Xinghui talk about the details.

Su Xinghui talked about the operation mode of the Changwu Highway. What he said was very fresh to these county magistrates. Using county fiscal revenue as a guarantee to borrow from the World Bank, then establishing a Changwu Highway Management Company, collecting road tolls, and then repaying the loan—this operation mode was unheard of for them.

In the past, for these county magistrates, if they wanted to build a road, they had to rely on finance, whether it was the appropriation of higher-level finance or the county's fiscal budget. Relying on financing to build roads, they simply didn't have this consciousness.

Perhaps they would borrow from several major state-owned banks, but in their consciousness, the bank's money was also the country's money. Loans were okay, but repayment was difficult. However, the bank's money was not endless. Now these county governments were already very difficult to get loans from state-owned banks.

Not only that, they didn't have the concept of operating assets at all, and they wouldn't establish a company to collect fees and manage assets uniformly. This led to very chaotic asset management, low utilization efficiency, and even the possibility of becoming a tool for some people to reach out.

This was the gap in concepts. Su Xinghui's narration was like opening a window in front of them, letting them know that roads could be built like this.

They kept asking Su Xinghui questions, asking about some technical problems, and many trivial problems were asked.

Su Xinghui could also understand. They hadn't been exposed to this concept before. It was normal to ask more questions at this time. And the more they asked, the more thoroughly they would understand this operation mode, and the easier it would be for them to accept this operation mode. Therefore, Su Xinghui was very patient, tireless, and answered every question.

The enthusiastic atmosphere at the meeting made Ling Anguo very happy. He could also understand the feelings of these county magistrates. When he first heard about this operation mode, wasn't he also feeling very novel? But now, he felt the benefits of this operation mode.

In this enthusiastic atmosphere, time passed quickly. When it was almost twelve o'clock, Ling Anguo said, "It's almost twelve o'clock. Everyone go to eat first, rest for a while at noon, and continue the discussion in the afternoon."

Everyone was surprised that it was so late, so they went to the Changshan County Committee Reception House together and had a work meal.

Because there were things in the afternoon, no wine was arranged at noon. Everyone ate quickly. After eating, Ling Anguo arranged the guests in their respective rooms, let them rest for a while, and continued the discussion at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Su Xinghui also opened a room, but he had no sleepiness. He still had to prepare some content for the afternoon.

Just as Su Xinghui was writing hard, his door was knocked. Su Xinghui opened the door. It turned out that outside the door was Wan Ping, the county magistrate of Shiyang County. Su Xinghui hurriedly said, "It's County Magistrate Wan, please come in."

Wan Ping was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a medium build, looking very capable. He nodded to Su Xinghui with a smile and walked into Su Xinghui's room.

Su Xinghui closed the door and made a cup of tea for Wan Ping, "County Magistrate Wan, don't you want to rest at noon?"

Wan Ping laughed, "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books! I have no sleepiness now, just thinking about asking County Magistrate Su for advice separately."

In fact, Su Xinghui probably knew Wan Ping's intention. Lu Zhenghong greeted Xu Yunlai, the mayor of Qingshan City, and Xu Yunlai greeted Wan Ping. Wan Ping naturally wanted to come and communicate with Su Xinghui separately. In a sense, the two belonged to their own people. Wan Ping naturally wanted to support his own people.

Su Xinghui said modestly, "County Magistrate Wan, you overstate it. I dare not accept the advice, it can only be considered mutual communication." ===== CHAPTER 1631 =====