Chapter 2398

Su Xinghui said, "Mayor Yi, I can wait, but the workers of the Yanzhong Textile Group can't wait. In such weather, we are quite comfortable here, but those workers don't even have heating or electricity. How are they supposed to get through this winter?"

Yi Bingcheng's face flushed red all of a sudden. He also knew about the Yanzhong Textile Group stopping heating and electricity, but he didn't take this matter to heart. However, Su Xinghui was now bringing this matter up. Isn't this slapping his face?

Yi Bingcheng said, "Group Leader Su, the city is not ignoring this matter. We are also trying to coordinate, hoping that the workers of the Yanzhong Textile Group can use electricity and restore heating as soon as possible. But they owe too much coal and electricity fees, which have now reached tens of millions. The other party refuses to compromise no matter what. Relying on the city to solve it—the city has too many places to use money, and we can't throw money into a bottomless pit."

Yi Bingcheng's words made Su Xinghui's impression of him even worse. Providing heating and electricity to workers is throwing money into a bottomless pit? Su Xinghui completely looked down on such cadres who didn't care about the suffering of the common people. This is a typical bureaucrat!

Su Xinghui laughed and said, "Mayor Yi, I am not your superior, so you don't need to explain anything to me. I am just stating a fact. Those workers are having a hard time this winter, and the city can't help them solve the difficulties. But difficulties must be solved by someone. Since I came here, I will try my best to help them solve the difficulties."

Yi Bingcheng suddenly realized that just now he was in a hurry to explain to Su Xinghui, which made it seem like he was Su Xinghui's subordinate. He couldn't help but feel annoyed. Why was he so unable to hold his breath in front of such a young man?

Yi Bingcheng adjusted his mindset and laughed again: "Since Group Leader Su has this idea, then I will thank Group Leader Su on behalf of the Yanzhong Municipal Government. However, Group Leader Su might have thought of the problem too seriously. I think the problem isn't that serious. It's still a long way from the real winter."

Su Xinghui said indifferently, "Whether it's serious or not, I'll know once I move into the Yanzhong Textile Group."

Yi Bingcheng suddenly felt a chill all over his body. What's going on? The heating in the room was clearly very sufficient.

No matter how reluctant Yi Bingcheng was, on this day, he still notified all the leaders of the Yanzhong Textile Group to hold a meeting in the group's conference room in the afternoon to welcome the National Planning Commission's working group.

At 2:00 PM, the two cars of Yi Bingcheng and Su Xinghui drove into the gate of the Yanzhong Textile Group one after another. When the retractable gate, which hadn't been fully opened for many days, slowly opened, many workers' eyes noticed these two cars.

The cotton curtain of the snack shop opposite the gate was lifted. It wasn't meal time, so there were no customers in the shop. The owner and his wife stood at the door of the snack shop, looking at these two cars.

These two cars—one was the city government's car, which they naturally recognized. This car had been to the Yanzhong Textile Group many times. And the other was a car with a capital license plate, which they had never seen before.

The landlady said, "Master, what's the situation? Why is there a car with a capital license plate coming to the factory?"

The owner shook his head and said, "I don't know. But this car came in with Mayor Yi's car. Could it be an investor? Coming to engage in joint-stock reform?"

The news that the Yanzhong Textile Group was going to undergo reform was no longer a secret. Various reform plans were circulating everywhere. Although they were rumors, they were not groundless. Joint-stock reform was also one of the plans.

The landlady said, "These guys, will they sell the factory cheaply? If that's the case, we can't agree. I heard that in some places, state-owned enterprises were sold to private bosses for almost nothing, and all the workers were laid off. It was miserable. That enterprise was sold to a private boss, and he wouldn't care about your original workers."

The owner sighed deeply and said, "Forget it, this isn't something we can manage. We just need to manage this snack shop well. This should be our livelihood for the rest of our lives."

The landlady said, "But I can't swallow this breath. We have worked in the factory for decades, and now the factory says they don't want us, so they don't want us?"

The owner knew that his wife, who usually looked gentle, was actually very stubborn. He didn't argue with his wife and said, "It's not clear what's going on now. Let's wait and see. Maybe it's a good thing."

The landlady muttered, "Just these factory leaders, just these city leaders—can they do anything good?"

Although she muttered like this, she still turned back to the shop. She still had to prepare things for the afternoon. In the afternoon, there would be another peak of business, and she had to start preparing now.

The owner sighed silently again, looked at the retractable gate that was closing, and then returned to the shop to prepare with his wife.

They couldn't afford not to do business for a day in this small shop. They had two children at home, one studying in university and one in high school, both at the time when they needed money. So, they couldn't waste a single minute, starting from 3:00 or 4:00 AM every day until after 9:00 PM to close the shop. ===== CHAPTER 2400 =====