Chapter 2013

The County Magistrate of Xiangjia County, Huang Bo, specially came to Chongjin County for this reason and met with Su Xinghui, mainly to discuss the matter of this Changjiangdaqiao. He did know that Su Xinghui promised to raise money, but without confirming it face-to-face with Su Xinghui, he always felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.

Huang Bo is not a stupid person. He naturally knows how difficult it is for a county to build a Changjiangdaqiao. This kind of thing can be said to be something you can meet but not seek. Now, during his tenure as County Magistrate, he happened to meet a capable person who is the County Magistrate of Chongjin County across the river. This is what good luck!

Huang Bo must seize this opportunity. Therefore, he cast aside the reserve of a County Magistrate. As soon as he heard the news, he immediately submitted the project application to the Provincial Government, and then immediately rushed to the Chongjin County Government to seek an audience with Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui was originally at the embankment repair construction site. He received a pager from the County Government Office and heard that the County Magistrate of Xiangjia County had arrived. He hurriedly returned to the County Government from the construction site and met with Huang Bo in his office.

Huang Bo is a middle-aged man nearly fifty years old. In fact, in the vast majority of counties in China, county magistrates are of this age, or even older. A county magistrate as young as Su Xinghui is absolutely rare.

Huang Bo is not very tall, with dark skin and a lean figure. If he weren't wearing a Zhongshan suit, he would look like a fisherman in the lake area.

Su Xinghui invited Huang Bo into his office, made tea for him, and said enthusiastically: "County Magistrate Huang, please sit."

Huang Bo sat down and laughed: "County Magistrate Su, don't be busy."

Su Xinghui put the teacup in front of Huang Bo and laughed: "County Magistrate Huang, you are a distinguished guest; I couldn't invite you even if I wanted to."

Huang Bo's image made Su Xinghui have more favorable impressions of him. It's not that he is a person who judges people by their appearance, but anyway, among those cadres who look fat and bloated, Su Xinghui doesn't like them very much. In this day and age, those who can look fat and bloated are at least those who like to eat and drink outside.

Isn't there a saying? Big head and thick neck, either a leader or a cook. What do leaders and cooks have in common? That is, they have a lot of oil and water in their food.

Huang Bo's image at least shows that he is unlikely to be eating and drinking outside often. Of course, he is the County Magistrate of Xiangjia County, so he must comply with the new reception standards and cannot eat and drink excessively.

Huang Bo said: "County Magistrate Su, you are our noble person. If you hadn't come here, in what year and month would our Xiangjia County be able to build a Changjiangdaqiao!"

Su Xinghui said: "County Magistrate Huang, are you so sure that we will definitely be able to build this Changjiangdaqiao? This matter hasn't even started yet."

Huang Bo laughed: "I know the ability of you, County Magistrate Su. When you were still the town mayor, you built the Shangjun Changjiangdaqiao. Now that you are the County Magistrate, you can't build a bridge?"

Su Xinghui said: "County Magistrate Huang, building this bridge is not just a matter for our Chongjin County. It also requires your Xiangjia County to cooperate sincerely with us. Only by working together for this goal can we build this bridge."

Huang Bo nodded and said: "We must naturally cooperate sincerely. Otherwise, I wouldn't have rushed over as soon as I heard about this. Now you are the noble person of our Xiangjia County, so I have to flatter you!"

Su Xinghui laughed and said: "County Magistrate Huang, you are overstating it. Okay, let's talk about the cooperation."

Huang Bo nodded and said: "Okay, when you Shangjun County built that Changjiangdaqiao before, wasn't it the so-called BOT mode? I studied it carefully, but I didn't study any insights. Can you explain it to me carefully?"

Su Xinghui said: "This is no problem. Let's explore this BOT mode together."

Su Xinghui then explained the operation mode of this BOT mode to Huang Bo. He had used this mode in several places to engage in large-scale infrastructure construction. He had already mastered the operation mode of this kind of mode. He explained it to Huang Bo in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and Huang Bo nodded repeatedly.

After listening to Su Xinghui's explanation, Huang Bo said: "County Magistrate Su, you explained it really well, but our Xiangjia County doesn't have much money and can't take out much funding. The Provincial Government might be able to allocate some funds, but there might not be much more. In terms of funding, I might only be able to let you find a way."

Su Xinghui nodded and said: "Funding is no problem, I'll cover it. However, for this Changjiangdaqiao on the Xiangjia County side, County Magistrate Huang also needs to be responsible for coordination. I hope to let this bridge start construction as soon as possible, and don't delay the construction period because of coordination reasons."

This Changjiangdaqiao spans two counties. The coordination work between the two counties is very important, especially since these two counties are also in two different provinces. The coordination work between them is even more difficult. So today Su Xinghui wants to make this clear to Huang Bo in advance, so as to avoid any real problems when the time comes, which would be too late.

Huang Bo said: "County Magistrate Su, don't worry about this. As soon as they heard about building a bridge, the common people in our county were all as happy as could be, especially the common people in Nanshe Township. They all wished they could beat drums and gongs. They will definitely not add chaos."

Nanshe Township is the location where Xiangjia County plans to build the Changjiangdaqiao. The common people in Nanshe Township heard that a bridge was going to be built there, and naturally, they were all extremely happy. Everyone knows what building a bridge means. Any place where a Changjiangdaqiao is built will become ten times or a hundred times more prosperous than before.

To be honest, the common people in this day and age are much purer than the common people twenty years later. In such key projects, they generally will not add chaos to the government. They are even willing to contribute their labor and voluntary work.

Su Xinghui knows this very well. He nodded and said: "County Magistrate Huang, since you said so, I can rest assured. In short, our two counties must work together and strive to let this Changjiangdaqiao be built between our two counties as soon as possible. A bridge flies across the north and south, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare!"

Huang Bo said with emotion: "Yes, our two counties are neighbors, but it is too inconvenient for us to communicate. Just take today, for example. The car I was sitting in waited for almost two hours to cross the ferry. I found that the number of vehicles communicating between our two counties is increasing, especially those trucks, one after another."

Su Xinghui said: "Now that Chongjin County has so many engineering projects started, there are more and more people, and the market demand is getting bigger and bigger. Those doing business in your Xiangjia County naturally see business opportunities, so they naturally rush here."

Huang Bo said: "Yes, if it's like this with only a ferry, if we build a bridge between our two counties, the economy will definitely be very prosperous."

The two chatted very speculatively. They talked about the details of the cooperation between the two counties very thoroughly. Su Xinghui also felt very gratified. In the conversation with Huang Bo, he felt that this Xiangjia County Magistrate was a very pragmatic person. With such a county magistrate, Xiangjia County will definitely be able to cooperate well with them, and this Changjiangdaqiao will definitely be able to start construction smoothly.