Chapter 2764

Cai Jianguo nodded and smiled, "It's good not to smoke. It's a pity that I just can't quit. Otherwise, my body wouldn't be like this."

Su Xinghui said, "I don't think there is any problem with Mayor Cai's body. It's quite good."

Cai Jianguo was fifty years old, but his body looked quite strong, and his face looked relatively young.

Cai Jianguo said, "That's because you don't know. My blood pressure is a little high, and I have a little kidney stone or something. I can't compare with you."

Cai Jianguo didn't ask Su Xinghui what he came to find him for. He just talked about a lot of idle things, laughing and joking, as if Su Xinghui came to find him to chat about family matters.

Su Xinghui was not anxious or impatient. He also chatted with Cai Jianguo about family matters, as if he had no serious business finding Cai Jianguo.

Cai Jianguo also marveled at this. This Su Xinghui, so young, could really hold his breath.

Su Xinghui relied on the momentum of the youngest Vice Mayor-level cadre in the history of Baozhou City to take office in Baozhou strongly, which posed a threat to many city leaders in Baozhou City, and Cai Jianguo felt this threat more intuitively.

He had studied Su Xinghui's resume. Su Xinghui was famous for being good at engaging in the economy. No matter where he worked, he could drive the economy there and hand in a beautiful report card.

And looking at Cai Jianguo himself, he had been the Vice Mayor in charge of the economy in Baozhou for more than two years, and basically had no bright political achievements. The economy of Baozhou City was tepid. Compared with Su Xinghui's achievements, it didn't know how many grades it was worse.

How could this not make Cai Jianguo worry? He felt, was the above sending Su Xinghui to replace his position?

Although Su Xinghui was only in charge of culture, education, and health now, that was because Su Xinghui's qualifications were not enough. He felt that perhaps Su Xinghui would accumulate qualifications here for a year or a half, and might replace him.

Such worry made Cai Jianguo truly feel Su Xinghui's threat. Therefore, he didn't have a good impression of Su Xinghui.

These days, the news that Niutouyu Village, Funiu Township, Yinshan County wanted to invest several hundred million to build a large ski resort was also spreading like wildfire, which made Cai Jianguo even more worried. Su Xinghui had just arrived in Baozhou City and engaged in such a big project. Although he was not in charge of the economy, his political achievements in the economy had already overwhelmed Cai Jianguo.

Today, Su Xinghui came to find him again. Cai Jianguo estimated that he had something to ask of him. Therefore, he deliberately didn't mention this and just talked about idle things there, which could also be considered as suppressing Su Xinghui's limelight and seeing Su Xinghui's patience.

Now it seemed that Su Xinghui's patience was not a bit worse than Cai Jianguo's.

Su Xinghui of course knew that Cai Jianguo was guarding against him, but he didn't feel anything strange. His momentum was so fierce, and among all the city leaders ranked ahead of him, who didn't guard against him?

Therefore, Su Xinghui was not impatient at all. He just chatted with Cai Jianguo slowly, seeing who couldn't hold back first.

Finally, it was Cai Jianguo, who was more than twenty years older than Su Xinghui, who couldn't hold back first. He picked up the teacup in front of him, took a slow sip, and then asked, "Mayor Su, what advice do you have for me today?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "I don't dare to give advice. I do have a matter to discuss with Mayor Cai."

Cai Jianguo said, "Oh, what matter, tell me."

Su Xinghui said, "It's like this. Didn't I go to Yinshan County with a few investors to see the scenery there a few days ago? These investors are engaged in tourism development. They took a fancy to the place of Niutouyu, Funiu Township, and wanted to invest in building a large ski resort there. But now there is a problem that is the biggest obstacle to this project."

Cai Jianguo said, "This is a good project. What problem is hindering this project?"

Su Xinghui said, "The road. The road to that village is really too hard to travel. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and the roads are narrow, only allowing one small car to enter. With such road conditions, how can we develop it? How can we let foreign tourists go into the mountains to play?"

Cai Jianguo had actually thought of Su Xinghui's purpose in coming to find him long ago. He estimated it was related to transportation. Now that he heard it, it was indeed for this matter.

Cai Jianguo laughed and said, "Is Mayor Su here to hold me accountable? Speaking of which, I, the Vice Mayor in charge of transportation, am responsible!"

Su Xinghui quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I don't think Mayor Cai has much responsibility. Ice is three feet thick, not formed in one day. The current transportation status of Baozhou City has historical reasons."

Although Cai Jianguo used a joking tone, Su Xinghui of course could hear some unhappiness in his words, so he quickly expressed his attitude.

Cai Jianguo said, "Oh, then what does Mayor Su mean by coming today?"

Su Xinghui said, "I of course want to repair that road well. It is not easy to introduce this project. If it falls short for the reason of the road, it would be too regrettable. Therefore, I am here today to discuss this matter with Mayor Cai."

Cai Jianguo pondered and said, "Do you mean to rebuild a road from Yinshan County seat to Niutouyu Village? How long is this road?"

Su Xinghui said, "About 30 kilometers."

Cai Jianguo's brows couldn't help but wrinkle. He said, "For such a long road, even if it is only built into a secondary highway, I estimate it will cost at least tens of millions or hundreds of millions of funds, right? The annual road repair funds of Baozhou City are also limited, and it is impossible to invest so much in a rural highway. There are many roads in Baozhou urban area that need to be repaired."

Cai Jianguo's words were not entirely an excuse. As the Vice Mayor in charge of transportation, he couldn't distribute the road repair funds he held like rain to every corner of the city. He always had to have some focus.

And the Baozhou urban area was of course the most important place. In addition, it was the highway from the city to the county, as well as the highway connecting Baozhou City to Yanzhong City and the capital. Most of the road repair funds were used in these places every year. For rural highways, naturally, less was invested.

Speaking of which, these rural highways should be invested by county-level finance. Therefore, no one could say anything about Cai Jianguo not wanting to allocate funds to build the road Su Xinghui mentioned.

Su Xinghui said, "Mayor Cai, I know that the city's road repair funds are limited, but if this road is repaired, it will still have a relatively large driving effect on the economy of Baozhou City. Especially if this project is successful, investors may continue to develop other scenic areas in Baozhou City. I think this significance is very important."

Cai Jianguo's expression was even more solemn. He of course understood that the significance of this road was very important, but the key was, what good did this do for him? This political achievement was Su Xinghui's, not his, Cai Jianguo's. And he still spent so much road repair funds to help Su Xinghui repair the road. Wasn't that stupid?

Yes, Cai Jianguo thought this was helping Su Xinghui repair the road, not fulfilling his own duties. Why should he do things that had no benefits for himself?