Chapter 2035

Su Xinghui did not say any more words for the farmers; saying these few sentences was already enough, enough to put him on the high moral ground. Saying more would have been counterproductive, making people feel he was being pretentious.

Su Xinghui said, "As for the issue of fiscal revenue, everyone can rest assured. In 1998, I guarantee that the growth rate of Chongjin County's fiscal revenue will not be lower than 30 percent on the basis of 1997."

Su Xinghui's words shocked everyone, and almost everyone gasped.

What was the concept of Su Xinghui's words? Everyone thought about it a little, and they could calculate how difficult it would be to realize Su Xinghui's words.

In 1996, Chongjin County's fiscal revenue was 42.3 million yuan. The specific figures for 1997's fiscal revenue had not yet come out, but after Su Xinghui took office, the growth momentum of Chongjin County's fiscal revenue was very obvious, and exceeding 45 million yuan was already a foregone conclusion.

45 million yuan, of which more than 60 percent came from the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system. And Su Xinghui wanted to increase fiscal revenue by 30 percent on the basis of abolishing the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system. This meant that the actual growth rate of fiscal revenue this year would be no less than 90 percent. This was almost like recreating a Chongjin County.

Within one year, fiscal revenue increasing by 90 percent—in the hearts of these county leaders in Chongjin County, this was simply a miracle that could not happen.

But Su Xinghui was confident. He had created such miracles in Shangjun County and Changshan County, and now, in fact, his conditions in Chongjin County were better than before, because there were more and more people willing to invest in him.

If it weren't for this great flood in 1998, Su Xinghui would have directly raised the expectation to over 50 percent. But this great flood was really too much of a hindrance; it not only caused losses but would also cause many industries to fall into stagnation.

Meng Lingguo said, "County Magistrate Su, your words today are to be recorded in the meeting minutes. Are you sure you didn't say it wrong? After abolishing the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system, you still want to increase fiscal revenue by 30 percent?"

Su Xinghui nodded firmly and said, "I am very sure, it is 30 percent. If it cannot be realized, I will immediately resign from this position of county magistrate."

In fact, Su Xinghui was still only an acting county magistrate now. He still had to go through an election at the County People's Congress after the Spring Festival to officially become the County Magistrate of Chongjin County. Of course, no one would mention this point now.

Yuan Yifu said, "County Magistrate, can you talk about your plan? Abolishing the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system is not a small matter. It cannot be that just because you said so, everyone agreed. If Chongjin County's fiscal revenue collapses directly, everyone present here will have to take responsibility."

Su Xinghui said, "Currently, the number of enterprises investing in the economic development zone has reached nearly 40, and the confirmed total investment has reached about 2 billion. The construction of the new district is also underway, and the investment that can be attracted here is also several hundred million. So much investment will be able to start generating GDP and fiscal revenue in the second half of this year. We have already made calculations, and it is entirely possible for this year's fiscal revenue to increase by 30 percent compared to last year."

Su Xinghui looked at everyone present and continued, "Although we have abolished the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system, this does not mean that agriculture cannot generate GDP or fiscal revenue. We plan to introduce some enterprises to carry out deep processing of Chongjin County's agricultural and aquatic products. In this way, we can significantly increase the added value, which can also generate high GDP and fiscal revenue."

"Our Chongjin County is a major agricultural county. The output of agricultural and aquatic products here is very large, and the quality is very high. However, deep processing has not been carried out in the past, which is actually a waste of resources. As long as deep processing is carried out and the added value is increased, the prospects for Chongjin County's agriculture are still quite considerable."

"In addition, the potential of Chongjin County's tertiary industry is also very large. Now several investors are preparing to build high-end hotels and restaurants in Chongjin County, and the commercial street is also under development. The tourism resources of Yanglan Lake are also very rich, and there are quite a few people who come here to watch birds every year. Investors have also signed investment agreements with the county government to set up tourism development companies. This area can directly bring fiscal revenue to the county government, and it will be more and more."

"With so many new sources of fiscal revenue, is everyone still afraid that my words cannot be fulfilled?"

Su Xinghui's words left Yuan Yifu speechless. The things he mentioned were not just empty words, but real things happening. Investors were coming to Chongjin County in an endless stream. Everyone could not help but sigh, why was Su Xinghui's attraction to investors so great? It was like a magnet attracting iron filings.

Since things had been said to this point, everyone had no reason to oppose it. Just like that, Su Xinghui painstakingly persuaded all the Standing Committee members and successfully passed the resolution to abolish the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system throughout the county.

After abolishing the agricultural tax and the retention and pooling system, Su Xinghui's promises were fulfilled one by one. First, the tourism development company was officially established. Yu Ruizhi, Chu Zheng, and Han Xiang Dong invested a total of 200 million yuan to develop Chongjin County's tourism resources.

Yu Ruizhi and the others invited Fu Weiping again, asking him to film another documentary for Chongjin County. This was already Yu Ruizhi's old method of promotion, but this method was really quite effective. CCTV was still the television station with the highest ratings in this era, and this kind of scenic documentary also had a very good market.

Fu Weiping and Su Xinghui could already be considered old friends. This time when he came, Su Xinghui accompanied him to the banks of Yanglan Lake to take a look. As soon as Fu Weiping saw the overwhelming flock of migratory birds, he was extremely excited again. He was very confident that he could film another fine documentary.

Immediately after, Indonesian Chinese businessman Luo Xinghan also signed an investment agreement with the Chongjin County government. He would invest 100 million yuan in the first phase in Jinxi Township to build a large-scale agricultural product processing enterprise to carry out deep processing of Chongjin County's agricultural products.

One of the main businesses of the Luo family in Indonesia is agricultural product processing. Their technical reserves in this industry are very deep, and they can carry out deep processing of various agricultural products. The products manufactured range from snack foods to extracted amino acids, high-fructose syrup, crystalline sugar, modified starch, lactic acid, polylactic acid, enzyme preparations, high-quality edible alcohol, and medical alcohol, having a very complete industrial chain.

The output of various agricultural products in Chongjin County is very high, and the quality is also very good. Here, there are sufficient raw materials, and investing in an agricultural product processing enterprise is very appropriate.

Moreover, Luo Xinghan had always wanted to repay Su Xinghui. Last time he went to Qinxi Province, he made a huge investment in Xidu City. This time when he came back, he invested in an agricultural product processing enterprise here again. These were all to repay Su Xinghui, and this processing enterprise was indeed the kind of enterprise that Chongjin County needed most urgently.

The Hou Group and several Hong Kong and Chinese businessmen involved in the hotel and catering industry also invested in the new district to build several high-end hotels. Chongjin County is currently vigorously developing the tourism industry, and the prospects for investing in high-end hotels here are also very good.

After the investment boom at the end of last year, in January 1998, the intensity of Chongjin County's investment attraction not only did not decrease but had a trend of accelerating. This was simply a miracle. This kind of miracle was entirely brought by Su Xinghui, which made everyone marvel at it.

In the midst of a thriving atmosphere, Su Xinghui cast his eyes on another place. On this day, he called Cheng Minxing, the section chief of the Administrative and Institutional Audit Section of the County Audit Bureau, into his office.

Cheng Minxing is also in his thirties this year. He is a graduate of the Accounting Department of Hongzhou University. After graduation, he returned to the county and has been working in the County Audit Bureau. He has been engaged in audit work for more than ten years. He is very skilled in audit business and can be said to be the most proficient in the Audit Bureau, but he just cannot get promoted, and even now he is only a section chief.

Su Xinghui heard the name Cheng Minxing from Duan Qi. Duan Qi and Cheng Minxing are alumni of Hongzhou University, and they usually interact quite a bit and cherish each other. Therefore, Duan Qi recommended this person to Su Xinghui, hoping that Su Xinghui could use Cheng Minxing.