Chapter 2002

The schistosomiasis prevention and control work in Chongjin County is actually already considered to be done quite well. In Chongjin County, there is a specialized schistosomiasis prevention and control hospital. This hospital has made huge contributions to the schistosomiasis prevention and control work in Chongjin County, and the number of schistosomiasis patients in Chongjin County has decreased significantly in recent years.

However, because Chongjin County's economy is not developed, the conditions of the Chongjin County Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control Hospital are also relatively limited. It can only provide schistosomiasis patients with some relatively basic drugs, and it lacks the ability to purchase many advanced instruments, equipment, and drugs.

Aiming at this current situation, Su Xinghui can only seek help from Yu Ruizhi and Yu Ruoqiu. Currently, with Chongjin County's fiscal situation, it is very difficult to improve the medical conditions of the schistosomiasis prevention and control hospital in a short time. On the contrary, seeking help from the Yu siblings' charitable foundation is more convenient.

To improve the medical conditions of the schistosomiasis prevention and control hospital, it actually doesn't take much money; a few hundred thousand could produce immediate results. This amount of money really doesn't mean much to the Yu siblings.

After hearing Su Xinghui's idea, they agreed to Su Xinghui's request without hesitation. They promised to take out one million from the foundation in the first batch, used for purchasing specialized instruments, equipment, and drugs, to provide free treatment for schistosomiasis patients in Chongjin County.

For this reason, Su Xinghui also made a special trip to Jiangcheng. This time going to Jiangcheng, he was specifically seeking an audience with Hudong Provincial Governor Wan Yangbo.

Seeking an audience with Wan Yangbo this time, on one hand, Su Xinghui wanted to talk to Wan Yangbo about the matter of building the Changjiangdaqiao in Chongjin County; on the other hand, he hoped that Wan Yangbo could organize a group of experts in schistosomiasis prevention and control to provide counterpart support to Chongjin County.

Jiangcheng is also a city with a large lake area, so there are quite a few schistosomiasis patients in Jiangcheng. However, with the economic development of Jiangcheng, the schistosomiasis prevention and control work in Jiangcheng is also being done better and better, and naturally, there are quite a few experts in this field in Jiangcheng.

These experts have rich experience in schistosomiasis prevention and control. Letting them provide counterpart support for Chongjin County's schistosomiasis prevention and control will naturally have great benefits for Chongjin County in suppressing the spread of schistosomiasis.

Su Xinghui went to Jiangcheng this time by having Shen Hao drive him there. Going to Jiangcheng was official business, and he couldn't always drive that Mercedes-Benz around.

They first crossed the river at the ferry terminal northwest of the county seat, and then drove to Jiangcheng.

This ferry is a car ferry that can carry automobiles. Generally speaking, cars wanting to cross the river will cross here. When they arrived at the ferry terminal, although it was only a little past eight in the morning, there was already a long line of vehicles at the terminal.

Although the car Su Xinghui was sitting in was the No. 2 car of the County Party Committee, none of the queuing drivers recognized it. Most of them were in the transport business and were not very interested in things in officialdom.

Although Chongjin County is poor, its products are relatively rich, so there are many goods going north of the river. Especially now that it is autumn, it is exactly the time of year when the volume of goods transport is the largest, so most of the cars queuing here are trucks.

These drivers are not in a hurry either; they are all standing under their cars, smoking and chatting. What they talk about the most is the changes in Chongjin County now. Some drivers are from the opposite Xiangjia County, and others are from out of town. They asked the local drivers of Chongjin County: "We haven't come to your Chongjin County for a month, how come there are such big changes?"

The local drivers of Chongjin County said: "This is all thanks to us getting a good county magistrate. I heard this county magistrate is only in his twenties, but he has great ability. He brought in a lot of investment. The day those investors arrived at the county seat, it shocked the whole county."

The out-of-town drivers asked again: "How did it shock them?"

The local driver said: "The cars those investors sat in, we haven't even seen them in our whole lives, let alone touched them. Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lincoln, Bentley, and what else, Rolls-Royce—this is the first time I've heard these names. I heard that one such car costs millions or tens of millions. My goodness, it's too amazing!"

The out-of-town drivers were also shocked: "My goodness, tens of millions for one car; we don't know which lifetime we'd earn one."

Someone then mocked him: "Just you? Even if you didn't eat or drink for a lifetime, it wouldn't work. I reckon if you didn't eat or drink for ten lifetimes, you could earn it."

The local driver was again recounting Su Xinghui's great achievements with great enthusiasm. They were so excited that they brought out many things they had heard from hearsay to talk about. Some things Su Xinghui himself didn't even know he had done, and he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

That local driver saw Su Xinghui shaking his head, and he became unhappy: "Hey, I say, comrade, you don't believe what I said?"

Su Xinghui laughed: "It's a bit hard to believe. You're saying your County Magistrate Su has too much ability, aren't you?"