Chapter 2803

Miao Leshan nodded and said, "Correct, this money will be transferred to the Rolling Mill's account immediately, so you can go buy coal for heating."

Wei Ziming added, "Not only that, the municipal government will also introduce investors to cooperate with the Rolling Mill and carry out a shareholding reform. As long as the shareholding reform is successful, everyone will have job opportunities."

The laid-off workers stirred again. Has the municipal government had a change of heart today? Why are they suddenly so easy to talk to? They gave them so much good news: first providing them with heating, and then carrying out a shareholding reform to create job opportunities for them.

Wei Ziming pointed at Cai Jianguo and Su Xinghui and said, "This is Vice Mayor Cai Jianguo, and this is Vice Mayor Su Xinghui. They have promised to contact investors immediately, and there will be news within a month at the latest. If there is no news, everyone can come back to the municipal government to find us."

Cai Jianguo cursed Wei Ziming in his heart. One month? Aren't you putting me on the spot? If the investors don't come by then, are you going to let these laid-off workers all come find me?

However, he could not avoid stating his position at this point, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "I am Cai Jianguo. Within one month, I will do my utmost to find investors to carry out the shareholding reform of the Rolling Mill."

Su Xinghui also said, "I am Su Xinghui. Within one month, Vice Mayor Cai and I guarantee we will find investors to carry out the shareholding reform of the Rolling Mill. If the investors don't come by then, everyone is welcome to come find me!"

It is difficult for a young vice mayor like Su Xinghui to inspire trust. There is a Chinese saying that those without hair on their lips (the young) are not reliable in their actions. However, his words were also firm and resolute, even harder in tone than Cai Jianguo's, so these laid-off workers were half-believing and half-doubting.

The factory manager of the Rolling Mill said, "Since several city leaders have stated their positions, everyone should go back now."

The laid-off workers did not come to block the gate as an end in itself; having the municipal government agree to their demands was the goal. Their demands were nothing more than improving their living conditions and obtaining job opportunities. Now that the municipal government had basically agreed to their demands, what else was there to say?

Of course, it wasn't as if no one suspected that this was a delaying tactic by the municipal government, but Wei Ziming had already said that heating would be restored today; if it couldn't be restored, it wouldn't be too late to come back and block the municipal government gate again.

Thus, the laid-off workers blocking the gate dispersed in twos and threes, and the onlookers were also asked to leave by the police. Before long, the entrance to the municipal government compound returned to peace, which made Wei Ziming heave a long sigh of relief.

Next was restoring heating to the Rolling Mill. Miao Leshan made a phone call to the Director of the Finance Bureau, telling him to allocate a sum of funds to the Rolling Mill's account so the factory could buy coal.

As for the specific details, they were of course left to the leaders of the Rolling Mill. Wei Ziming criticized them severely, telling them they must restore heating within the day; if it couldn't be restored today, the factory leadership would be collectively dismissed.

In fact, as long as there is money, these factory leaders do have the ability to get things done; the channels for buying coal and such are all ready-made. Therefore, it is not difficult to urgently organize a batch of coal to restore heating within the day. Once today is over, things will be easier to handle.

The leaders of the Rolling Mill were submissive and left one by one to carry out the orders. Wei Ziming said, "Old Miao, Old Cai, Comrade Xinghui, I'll have to trouble you all. This matter must be treated as a priority in our recent work."

Several of them nodded and returned to their respective offices.

Just as Su Xinghui reached the door of his office, he heard Cai Jianguo calling him from behind. He looked back and saw Cai Jianguo walking over quickly. He said, "Vice Mayor Su, I'll come to your office to sit for a while."

Su Xinghui nodded, opened his office door, let Cai Jianguo in, had him sit down, and then brewed a cup of tea and placed it in front of him.

Cai Jianguo said, "Thank you, Vice Mayor Su!"

Today, Su Xinghui had essentially taken the responsibility for Cai Jianguo and cleaned up his mess. If Su Xinghui could really invite the investors, that would be an even greater favor, so Cai Jianguo really should say this thank you.

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Vice Mayor Cai, don't be so formal."

Cai Jianguo said, "How about we discuss how to improve the investment environment and overhaul the work style of the functional departments together?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Fine, Vice Mayor Cai, whatever you say is fine."

Cai Jianguo was very satisfied with Su Xinghui's attitude. A somewhat embarrassed smile appeared on his face as he said, "By the way, Vice Mayor Su, if the Rolling Mill is to undergo a shareholding reform, it might need a capable investor. I have looked for investors in this regard, but the results have been mediocre..."

At this point, Cai Jianguo hesitated, leaving his words unfinished. Su Xinghui understood what he meant and said, "Alright then, Vice Mayor Cai, I will try to contact a few investors."

Cai Jianguo said happily, "Then thank you very much, Vice Mayor Su."

It wasn't that Cai Jianguo didn't have investor friends; after all, he was also a vice mayor. However, whenever he talked to his friends about investing in Baozhou City, they would shake their heads incessantly. They would say, "Investing in Baozhou is not as good as just giving you some money, Old Cai; at least you would owe me a favor. Investing in Baozhou is just throwing money into the water, isn't it?"

Although there was talk this time of improving Baozhou City's investment environment and overhauling the work style of the functional departments, Cai Jianguo was not optimistic about this work, so he didn't have much confidence in inviting investors either.

But just now, in front of so many people, he had said he would invite investors within a month. If he couldn't finish it, that would be hard to handle.

Fortunately, Su Xinghui had said at the mayor's office meeting that he could invite investors, so Cai Jianguo pinned his hopes on Su Xinghui. Now that Su Xinghui had confirmed this, Cai Jianguo felt relieved.

Cai Jianguo then stood up and said, "Alright, then I won't disturb you anymore."

Su Xinghui stood up to see Cai Jianguo out, then returned to his desk, thinking about how to improve Baozhou City's investment environment.

The severity of Baozhou City's poor investment environment is not a one-day problem, and wanting to improve it in a short time is no easy task.

However, it is not without solutions. Establishing a municipal government administrative service center is a relatively good method. By concentrating the staff of various functional departments here and setting deadlines for handling affairs with supervision, the results should be quite good.

Su Xinghui was deep in thought when his door was knocked. He straightened his body and called out, "Please come in!"