Chapter 2180

If Su Xinghui were tactful, he should take the hint and thank the Premier and the Provincial Party Secretary for their good intentions.

But no one expected Su Xinghui to smile and say, "Premier, Secretary Jiang, thank you for your good intentions, but there is no need to change this goal. I have absolute confidence that I can complete it. In the first half of this year, the fiscal revenue realized by Chongjin County has already reached about 90% of last year's total annual fiscal revenue."

Su Xinghui's words caused an uproar among everyone. Realizing 90% of last year's annual fiscal revenue in just half a year, and that was while completely abolishing agricultural taxes and the retention of overall planning funds—what kind of concept was this?

This was too terrifying. There was a major flood this year, too. If there hadn't been a flood, wouldn't Chongjin County's fiscal revenue this year have doubled?

Jiang Fangping's face darkened instantly, but since he was following behind Premier Nan and Su Xinghui, they didn't see his expression.

Jiang Fangping had originally been trying to smooth things over for Su Xinghui, which could be considered an attempt to ease his relationship with him, but who would have thought that Su Xinghui wouldn't appreciate it? Was this young man too tactless?

Premier Nan, however, did not look displeased at all. He asked with interest, "Has your Chongjin County's fiscal revenue for the first half of the year really reached 90% of last year's total annual revenue?"

Su Xinghui smiled, "Premier, this money has all been deposited into the treasury; it cannot be faked."

Premier Nan said, "Then you are truly an amazing county magistrate. I have to concede defeat; I couldn't achieve such results."

Su Xinghui said, "Premier, you overstate it. I would never dare to compare myself to you."

Premier Nan said, "Don't be too humble. Excessive humility is equal to pride. Keep working hard; I think highly of you!"

Premier Nan's words made everyone's expressions change in shock. One had to know that Premier Nan was known for his iron fist and rarely treated lower-level officials with a pleasant countenance; he was generally very serious. When he encountered things that didn't satisfy him, he would criticize them mercilessly.

But what was wrong with him today? He showed such favor to this Su Xinghui, with an attitude so kind, as if treating his own nephew. This was truly surprising.

They couldn't help but think of that matter again: could Premier Nan's visit to Chongjin County this time be specifically for Su Xinghui? If that were really the case, then their attitude toward Su Xinghui would have to be different.

Previously, Su Xinghui's backer was only Ke Zhifang; now, perhaps his backer was Premier Nan. That carried a different weight.

Those provincial leaders thought to themselves, it seems Ke Zhifang's relationship with Premier Nan is not shallow either; otherwise, why would their relationships with Su Xinghui both be so good?

Amidst the wild guesses of these leaders, the group arrived at the river embankment. Su Xinghui led Premier Nan to kindly offer condolences to the flood control and rescue personnel on the embankment. Premier Nan, with a kind smile, shook hands with the flood-fighting soldiers and civilians on the embankment one by one.

Seeing the Premier come to offer condolences, the flood-fighting soldiers and civilians on the embankment were incredibly excited. Some even cried while shaking hands with the Premier. They were just too moved; what a great blessing it was to be able to see the Premier in this lifetime.

The reporters who came with Premier Nan faithfully recorded this scene. These images would all be on the News Simulcast; every move the Premier made was news.

And Su Xinghui, who was following closely by Premier Nan's side, was naturally recorded as well. A few days ago, he had ridden on Ke Zhifang's coattails to get on Jiangyou News; this time, he estimated he would ride on Premier Nan's coattails to get on the News Simulcast.

After offering condolences to the flood-fighting soldiers and civilians, the Premier inspected the river embankment of Chongjin County. Premier Nan was no layman when it came to water conservancy work. After looking at Chongjin County's river embankment, he couldn't help but be greatly astonished. He wasn't astonished by anything else; he was astonished that this river embankment was built too sturdily.

Under such high water levels, Chongjin County's river embankment actually had no obvious signs of cracking, let alone being breached. This was simply too rare. The Premier had been to many places in the past few days, and no matter where, the river embankments would show some cracks or breaches; some places were even riddled with holes, relying entirely on sandbags to hold them up.