Chapter 3241

In the past few days, subordinates such as Luo Guoxiu, Xia Song, Liu Xin, Che Hongwei, and Chen Zengxiang heard the news and came to Baozhou to see Su Xinghui and express their concern for him. Su Xinghui said he was fine and asked them to rest assured. Doing their work well was the greatest concern for him.

Of course, Su Xinghui said so, but he was still a little moved by their concern because he could see that they were all sincere.

Time went to 2003. This year was a special year in history because SARS swept across the country. It was this year, of course, now the SARS epidemic was temporarily limited to Yuedong Province, and for people in other provinces, it had not formed too much of a threat, so there were not many people concerned about it nationwide.

Everyone might just know that a very terrible infectious disease was happening in Yuedong. They had not realized that this infectious disease would threaten them in the near future.

Now everyone was happy to have entered a new year. In the new year, China's economy had achieved great results, and for the people of Baozhou, they were even happier. This year, the growth rate of Baozhou's GDP continued to maintain a high level, and Baozhou's total GDP had officially ranked behind Yanzhong City, becoming the second in the province.

Several pillar industries in Baozhou developed well. Tourism, animal husbandry, steel industry, and electrical appliance industry were all rising continuously. And the Ernest Company, which was built only last year, had reached a production of about 20,000 vehicles in these three months or so, and production and sales were both prosperous.

The commercial vehicles of Ernest Company had been sold far to provinces such as Yuedong and Hudong, and the first two SUV models finalized by Ernest Company were even more popular. As soon as they came out, they were sold crazy.

Due to Su Xinghui's guidance, in addition to excellent performance, these two SUVs had spacious interior space and a very modern design, plus quite high-end interior decoration, making these two SUVs very popular with Chinese consumers.

These two SUVs were priced at about 150,000 to 200,000, and the other was priced at about 300,000 to 500,000, depending on the configuration. They were the representative models of domestic mid-to-high-end SUVs at that time. Coupled with the fact that their advertisements on TV were also very high-end, these two SUVs were suddenly sold out. Dealers were bringing checks to Baozhou, waiting to pick up the goods.

Such a grand occasion made Pearson, the general manager of Ernest Company, unable to close his mouth with joy. He was skeptical about Su Xinghui's suggestion at the beginning. He didn't think SUVs would sell so well, but now the situation made him regard Su Xinghui as a god.

This was indeed too magical. How could Su Xinghui grasp the psychology of Chinese consumers so accurately? The models he designed also played a big role. Through market research, Pearson could also know that many consumers chose them because of the very modern exterior design of these two SUVs.

Pearson originally suggested that the company pay Su Xinghui a design fee, but Su Xinghui politely declined with a smile. Pearson still felt very strange. Su Xinghui's design was so genius and indeed had a very good effect, so isn't it normal to accept a remuneration?

Pearson naturally did not know China's national conditions. If Su Xinghui accepted this remuneration, his trouble would be big.

However, this did not affect his respect for Su Xinghui. This was because Su Xinghui was a capable person, and capable people would always be respected.

The output value of Ernest Company in three months had exceeded 5 billion. This number was undoubtedly terrible. At this speed, its annual output value could reach more than 20 billion yuan. Moreover, the production capacity of Ernest Company had not been fully released at all.

Ernest Company was still continuing to build the subsequent two phases of the project. After that, if production and sales continued to be prosperous, it could continue to expand.

Su Xinghui knew that with the development speed of China's automobile industry, in about ten years, some automobile manufacturing enterprises could reach an annual output of hundreds of thousands or even millions of vehicles. Now the output of Ernest Company in three months was only 20,000 vehicles. This output could not be counted as anything at all.

Of course, Ernest Company was currently taking the mid-to-high-end route, and its production and sales volume might not reach the level of millions of vehicles per year for the time being. But if the annual production and sales volume could reach the figure of hundreds of thousands of vehicles, their annual output value could reach the level of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions. What a huge number this was?

In the current Baozhou City, the GDP of the whole city had not reached this level yet. This was equivalent to rebuilding a Baozhou.

The good development momentum of Ernest Company made Su Xinghui very happy.

The good economic development of the whole Baozhou made the per capita income level of Baozhou people rise step by step, which made Baozhou people happy, and they were also full of hope for the new year, full of energy.

However, there were also things that made people unhappy. In the past few days, the gunman seemed to have disappeared in Baozhou, without a trace.

In these days, in addition to deploying control at various traffic arteries, bus stations, and railway stations, the Municipal Public Security Bureau also investigated the urban area through various police stations and neighborhood committees, focusing on investigating a thin man about 1.65 meters tall.

Mobilizing the masses had always been one of the important means of our party. Many cases were solved with the assistance of the masses. No matter how cunning the criminals were, they had nowhere to hide in the vast ocean of people's war.

Those "small-footed detective teams" of the neighborhood committees also had high enthusiasm. They heard that there was a very dangerous criminal hiding in Baozhou City, and they all wanted to find this criminal. Although they knew that this criminal was very dangerous, they were also fearless.

However, these old ladies who were most familiar with the local area could not find this gunman. They did find some suspicious objects, but after secret comparison by public security personnel, they found that they were not the targets they wanted, but they did catch some petty thieves.

Now the weather was cold, and as the end of the year was approaching, these petty thieves also needed some harvest to spend the New Year. Therefore, the closer it was to this time every year, the more active these petty thieves were.

There was no news about the gunman for a long time, which put great pressure on Gu Aimin and other bureau leaders. They felt that whether this gunman had already left Baozhou, their investigation direction needed to change.

However, Ren Weidong always had a premonition that this gunman should still be in Baozhou City and had not left because these deployments were all arranged by him personally. He felt that there were no loopholes, and this gunman should still want to complete his mission.

Under Ren Weidong's insistence, the deployment continued, and Su Xinghui also continued to accept protection.

It was the gunman's gun that had clues. Through ballistic comparison, it was found that the gun used by the gunman was a lost gun from the public security department of Dianxi Province, which had been lost for more than three years and had not been found. This time, these two bullets were fired from this gun.

With this, the gunman's identity had clues. He might be from Dianxi because this gun was stolen by someone when a policeman in Dianxi put it at home.

Ren Weidong sent his capable subordinates to Dianxi to investigate the detailed situation of this lost gun. As for the specific situation, they had to wait for them to come back.

However, no matter what, everyone was in high spirits. After such a long time of work, there was finally some result. There was finally a glimmer of hope for the information about this gunman, and it was no longer looking for a needle in a haystack.

Before, many people were a little desperate. When the shooting case happened, it was snowing heavily, which made Ren Weidong not see the gunman's appearance at all, not even the figure. This was completely dark. Coupled with such a long time of investigation, there was no clue at all, so how could everyone not be frustrated?

They spent so much manpower and material resources, and now they finally saw a glimmer of light, which made them all cheered up.

In these days, Lu Xiaoya, Yu Ruizhi, and Yu Ruoqiu often called Su Xinghui to ask about the gunman. They also wanted to come to Baozhou, but Su Xinghui said that Baozhou was not safe now and asked them not to come, so they reluctantly suppressed it.

Lu Zhenghong also called Su Xinghui several times to ask about the situation. Su Xinghui also asked him about the SARS epidemic in Yuedong Province on the phone.

The SARS epidemic in Yuedong Province was not optimistic now. In the past few days, there was news that several more medical staff were infected.

The provincial government issued a notice to the epidemic prevention departments and health departments in various places, asking them to attach importance to it and do a good job in the prevention, control, and treatment of the SARS epidemic. They should treat this epidemic as a battle. Any local government official who failed to execute it effectively would be punished with suspension or even dismissal in the most serious cases.

Because the government strictly controlled the media, the ordinary people could not get true epidemic information, and their panic was increasing day by day. Now rumors were flying everywhere, and white vinegar, Ban Lan Gen, and masks had long been sold out. Unscrupulous businessmen imported goods from other places to sell in Yuedong. A bottle of white vinegar was sold for hundreds or even thousands.

Such a situation also attracted the attention of the Yuedong Provincial Government. The Yuedong Provincial Government asked the industrial and commercial departments to resolutely crack down on such hoarding and price-gouging behaviors, dealt with a batch of unscrupulous businessmen, confiscated their illegal income, and even arrested some unscrupulous businessmen with serious circumstances.

Such measures still effectively controlled this price-gouging behavior. Of course, this was treating the symptoms but not the root cause. As long as the government continued to conceal the epidemic and the ordinary people could not get correct information, their panic could not be eliminated.