Chapter 2819

Quiet people are reliable; leaders always have some little secrets, and the driver is almost always with them from morning till night, so besides the secretary, the driver knows the most about a leader's secrets. If a driver is talkative and spreads these secrets, even if it's harmless, it will affect the leader's image; leaders hate such drivers the most.

As for being diligent and observant, it goes without saying; everyone likes such people. Like Zhang Heping when he was a driver, he was too lazy, so no leader liked using him.

Not being greedy is an even more precious quality, and for Su Xinghui, this point was even more important.

Last time Su Xinghui went to the lower counties and districts to inspect, the leaders of the lower counties and districts all prepared local specialties, red envelopes, and such for Su Xinghui, but Su Xinghui refused them all, and he also observed the people around him.

Xia Song goes without saying; he had been with Su Xinghui for several years, and he knew Su Xinghui's character, and his family also had money, so he also refused all these gifts.

And Zhai Yingjie also took nothing; even when others threw cigarettes at him, he didn't accept them, saying he didn't smoke, but in reality, before he followed Su Xinghui, he did smoke.

Later, perhaps because of this, he quit smoking, and this way, he had even more reason not to accept others' cigarettes; and he also knew that Su Xinghui didn't smoke and didn't like others smoking in front of him, which was also one of the reasons he quit smoking.

How could Su Xinghui not be satisfied with such a driver?

Therefore, Su Xinghui didn't hide many things from Zhai Yingjie now; today Xing Guodong was treating them to a meal, and there were no outsiders, and Xing Guodong had also eaten at Zhai Yingjie's barbecue stall that day, so he could be considered an acquaintance of Zhai Yingjie, which is why he let Zhai Yingjie eat with them.

After entering the private room, Xing Guodong found a waiter to order dishes and asked the waiter to serve the wine and dishes as soon as possible.

Su Xinghui then asked with a smile, "Guodong, what is your purpose in treating me to a meal today? You're still keeping me in suspense."

Xing Guodong said, "Wait until the wine is served, and I'll toast you a glass before I say."

Su Xinghui nodded and started drinking tea.

Xia Song asked, "County Magistrate Xing, you're doing well in Yinshan County, right? I heard you have big moves now."

Xing Guodong said, "It's alright; I do have the idea of making big moves, wanting to carry out old city renovation."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Carrying out old city renovation is a good idea; your county really needs to be renovated, as it has fallen behind the current era."

Baozhou's history is not very long; it is a resource and industrial city with only a few decades of history, so the buildings here generally have a few decades of history, having a sense of dilapidation without much cultural relic value. Up to now, Baozhou's overall architectural style seems to still be stuck in the silly, big, black, and thick former Soviet style of the 50s and 60s.

Yinshan County town is naturally no exception, and the architectural style there is also behind the times; Su Xinghui thinks Xing Guodong's idea of carrying out old city renovation is a good one.

Urban planning from decades ago generally had the shortcoming of being too narrow-sighted, not considering the development of the city, leading to the city now appearing very crowded and bloated. With tens of thousands of people living in an area of a few square kilometers and no high-rise buildings, how could it not be crowded?

Therefore, carrying out old city renovation now is also necessary, even imminent, but old city renovation requires too much capital, so in Baozhou, the process of this work has not yet started, with only some sporadic real estate development underway, but this is a drop in the bucket for changing the face of the entire city.

Xing Guodong chuckled and said, "Mayor Su, I also got this inspiration from you; you are an expert at old city renovation. I have read many of your previous experiences, which is why I came up with this idea. To quickly change the face of Yinshan County, old city renovation is a task that must be done."

Su Xinghui chuckled and said, "Then you have to pay me a copyright fee."

Xing Guodong said, "Isn't this meal today the copyright fee I'm paying?"

Su Xinghui said, "Then you are really slippery; you're just dismissing me with a meal like this?"

Everyone burst into laughter together.

After laughing, Su Xinghui said, "Carrying out old city renovation is indeed a very good idea. Your Yinshan County's pillar industry in the future will definitely be tourism, and to develop tourism, the city's appearance cannot be too bad, and it requires sufficient reception capacity, so your old city renovation is also imminent."

Xing Guodong nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what I think. In the future, tourism will definitely become one of Yinshan County's biggest pillar industries. I plan to build an industrial park for the original state-owned enterprises, move all these enterprises to the industrial park, and clear out their land in the county town so that the county town will be all residential and commercial areas in the future."

Su Xinghui nodded in appreciation and said, "Hmm, you still have good ideas. Separating the industrial zone from the residential and commercial areas is very necessary, which is beneficial for the healthy and orderly development of a city."

Encouraged by Su Xinghui, Xing Guodong became even more confident, and just as he was about to say something else, the waiter served the dishes.

Because Su Xinghui was eating here, the waiter served the dishes very quickly, and in a short while, the dishes were all served, and the waiter also brought two bottles of Moutai wine.

Just as the waiter was about to open the wine, Xing Guodong said to her, "Alright, you don't need to serve here today; you can go out and rest."

The waiter bowed and went out, and just as Xing Guodong was about to open the wine, Zhai Yingjie had already taken the wine and opened it, saying, "Brother Xing, let me pour this wine."

Xing Guodong nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll trouble you."

Zhai Yingjie poured wine for all three of them, but he poured himself a cup of tea; ever since he became Su Xinghui's driver, he had also quit drinking, just to be ready at all times in case Su Xinghui needed to use the car, and if he drank and couldn't stay sober, that would cause trouble.