Chapter 1873

Su Xinghui praised her at the right moment, which made her very happy. She often shared intimate moments with him at night, and although they could only use their hands and mouths for intimacy for the time being, this was already enough to satisfy Su Xinghui.

After several days of inspection, Xu Zhigang decided to invest in the construction of a large shopping mall in the new district of Changshan County. This mall would be a ten-story building, located specifically to the west of the county government's new office building. This was the central area of the new district, where many buildings had already been completed or were under construction. It would become a densely populated residential area in the future, making it very suitable for building a large shopping mall.

At the same time, representing the Jiangshang Group, Xu Zhigang leased the first and second floors of a commercial and residential building developed by the Hongtu Real Estate Company in the new district to open a large supermarket. This building would be delivered for use in October, at which point the Jiangshang Group could directly renovate these two floors to open the supermarket.

Additionally, representing the Jiangshang Group, Xu Zhigang bought a two-story street-front storefront belonging to the state-owned Changshan County Five-Intersection Chemical Store located in the old town. He planned to renovate it and open another large supermarket there. The location of this storefront was excellent, right in the center of Changshan County's old town, but the Five-Intersection Chemical Store had been poorly managed for years and was now insolvent. Using this storefront to open a supermarket was quite appropriate.

The single-floor area of this storefront exceeded 1,500 square meters, with a total area of over 3,000 square meters. Selling it to the Jiangshang Group brought in millions in funds. Furthermore, an agreement was signed regarding the laid-off workers of the state-owned Five-Intersection Chemical Store; they would be taken on by the Jiangshang Group and could start working at the supermarket after simple training.

For Changshan County, this was certainly a great piece of good news. The Five-Intersection Chemical Store had originally been a burden for the county, but now not only had someone taken over this burden, the county treasury had also recovered a sum of funds.

Of course, for the Jiangshang Group, this was also a good thing. This ready-made storefront only needed simple renovation to open for business, taking no more than two months at most. Moreover, the storefront area was large enough, and it was in the center of Changshan County's old town, so business after opening would surely be quite booming. After all, this was Changshan County's first large supermarket.

The total investment for these few projects by the Jiangshang Group in Changshan County was expected to be tens of millions of RMB. This investment was not particularly large for the current Changshan County, but its significance was still great. It would make Changshan County's commerce increasingly prosperous and improve the comfort of residents' lives.

Another benefit was that these investments could solve the employment problem for at least several hundred people, which was something Su Xinghui valued very much.

After Xu Zhigang signed the investment agreement with the Changshan County government, he met with Su Xinghui again. This meeting took place in Su Xinghui's office.

Su Xinghui personally poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhigang and said, "Mr. Xu, thank you for deciding to invest in our Changshan County."

Xu Zhigang smiled and said, "County Magistrate Su is too polite. My decision to invest in Changshan County is also because your place is indeed very suitable for investing in shopping malls and supermarkets, which is beneficial for our company's development."

Su Xinghui said, "Mr. Xu is a person with great vision."

Xu Zhigang said, "Compared to you, County Magistrate Su, I am ashamed to fall short! I have been walking around Changshan for the past few days. To be able to achieve such a great undertaking in Changshan County in just over a year, County Magistrate Su has truly created a miracle! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have dared to believe it."

Su Xinghui said, "I just had some luck. It is precisely because people like President Shao and you, Mr. Xu, are willing to come to Changshan County to invest that I have been able to achieve some minor results. So, I still have to thank you all!"

Xu Zhigang said, "We can consider this a mutually beneficial matter for both sides. Just as you said, County Magistrate Su, when you were creating the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone, it's cooperation for mutual benefit!"

The two looked at each other and smiled. Su Xinghui said, "By the way, Mr. Xu, there is one thing I would like to ask for your help with."

Xu Zhigang said, "County Magistrate Su, please feel free to say whatever it is."

Su Xinghui said, "It's about the hiring for your two supermarkets and one shopping mall. Could you please give priority to laid-off workers?"

Xu Zhigang nodded and said, "No problem. We can hire anyone. If I can help you, County Magistrate Su, that would be even better. Is the problem of laid-off workers in Changshan County very serious?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's not too serious. There are only a few thousand laid-off workers in Changshan County, and now almost half of them have been arranged. If you can give priority to laid-off workers, it would be a great help to us."

Xu Zhigang said, "This is just a small matter. However, since our supermarkets are opening in your Changshan County, there will be many places in the future where we will need your care, County Magistrate Su. If things go wrong, we might need your help, County Magistrate Su, which is why I came to visit you today."