Chapter 3664

Minister Shi raised his wrist to look at his watch and said to Su Xinghui, "Alright, I will give you another half an hour. You should tell me about your ideas for developing Linshan. I don't know much about these."

Su Xinghui shook his spirit and said, "Although Linshan's economy is very poor now, Linshan also has its own advantages. For example, resources are rich, especially the reserves of anthracite coal are very large, and it has unique conditions for developing the coal chemical industry. Linshan also has rich tourism resources, rich mineral water resources, and rich animal and plant resources. Therefore, this industry can be developed, and the prospects are very good."

"Now that Linshan City has these large enterprises to invest, it already has a very good foundation. We can rely on these large enterprises to build several pillar industries. The annual output value of each of these pillar industries can reach the 10-billion level. With these pillar industries as the skeleton, how can Linshan's economy not become full?"

"Of course, Linshan has its own disadvantages, that is, the quality of cadres is relatively poor, the investment environment is relatively poor, and the attraction to talents is also relatively poor. However, we have already introduced relevant policies to improve the investment environment, make cadres younger and more knowledgeable, and also increase the attraction to talents..."

Su Xinghui talked eloquently and told Minister Shi about some of his measures in Linshan. Minister Shi listened with great interest and would ask some questions from time to time. Minister Shi had worked in the railway department all his life and had never held a position in the local government, so he was very interested in Su Xinghui's words.

During this period, Minister Shi's secretary came in once, saying that a vice governor of a certain province was waiting outside to see Minister Shi, which was scheduled yesterday. However, Minister Shi said to let him wait a while longer; he hadn't finished talking with Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui finished talking about his ideas for developing Linshan, and then said to Minister Shi, "Minister Shi, I am confident that Linshan will be able to rise within two or three years. By that time, can this line from Linshan to Yanzhong, to Baozhou, and then to the capital be called a 'golden line'?"

Minister Shi nodded involuntarily and said, "If that's the case, this line can indeed be called a 'golden line'."

Su Xinghui said, "Since it is a 'golden line,' shouldn't this road be built?"

Minister Shi laughed loudly, "You kid, you have set me up. Alright, I promise you, I will seriously consider this line. However, funds are still a relatively big problem, so it may not be arranged so quickly. You have to understand this."

Su Xinghui said, "As for funds, I have already solved a part of it by finding Mr. Nelson of the World Bank, and he will go to Linshan for an inspection in a few days."

Minister Shi showed a surprised expression again and said, "You kid also know Nelson?"

Because of building railways, Minister Shi was also very familiar with people from the World Bank. He naturally knew Nelson too. Nelson was not a person who was easy to deal with. He didn't expect Su Xinghui to be able to solve such a large sum of funds by finding Nelson so easily.

Although Su Xinghui said it was only a part, Minister Shi knew that this sum of funds was too huge. Even if it was only a part, it was not a small amount. Nelson could help Su Xinghui solve it so readily, which was not an ordinary friendship.

Su Xinghui said, "Minister Shi, I have been dealing with the World Bank since I was a town mayor in Jun County, Hudong. At that time, I built a Changjiangdaqiao in our town. Over the years, my relationship with the World Bank has always been good. From the former representative Mr. Hackett to the current Mr. Nelson, I am still relatively familiar with them."

Minister Shi said, "Then you are really omnipotent. No wonder you have been able to build roads wherever you go all these years. It turns out you have such a big rich man supporting you behind your back!"

Su Xinghui said, "This is also because the economy in the places where I am is quite good, and the repayment is timely, and the reputation is still okay, so they trust me more."

Minister Shi said, "Good, just for your good reputation and being able to get Nelson's trust, I promise you, as long as you have the conditions there, I will definitely give priority to letting you go on this project!"

Getting this sentence from Minister Shi, Su Xinghui was overjoyed. He originally thought it would be very difficult to persuade Minister Shi today, but he didn't expect Minister Shi to agree so quickly. Although Minister Shi was stubborn, he would not change what he said. This was his advantage.

Su Xinghui said, "Thank you, Minister Shi. I thank you on behalf of the 6 million old folks in Linshan City!"

Minister Shi said, "Mayor Su, do you know why I promised you?"

Su Xinghui said, "I would like to hear the details."

Minister Shi smiled and said, "Because you are also a person who does practical things. Such people are not many now."

Su Xinghui laughed loudly, "Minister Shi, that is really my honor!"

Minister Shi also laughed loudly, "Mayor Su, that's it for today. I won't keep you. I originally said I would talk to you for ten minutes, but now two hours have passed. You have caused me to work overtime again tonight."

Su Xinghui stood up and said, "Then I'm sorry to Minister Shi. I won't disturb you anymore. Goodbye!"

Leaving Minister Shi's office, Su Xinghui was so happy that he wanted to laugh out loud. He endured his smile and returned to the car. Zhai Yingjie and Ding Qingyong saw Su Xinghui laughing as soon as he returned to the car, and they both asked, "Mayor, did Minister Shi agree?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, he agreed!"

Zhai Yingjie and Ding Qingyong were also so happy that they wanted to shout out loud. They naturally knew how significant a high-speed railway was to Linshan City and how great a promotion it was to Linshan City's economy. This was also very important to Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui being able to persuade Minister Shi so smoothly made them very pleasantly surprised.

Su Xinghui said, "Let's go, let's go back and celebrate properly today."

After returning to the office in the capital, Su Xinghui told them about persuading Minister Shi, and almost everyone in the room cheered. They had been in the capital for so long, and the project progress was not big. But as soon as Su Xinghui came, this matter immediately showed a glimmer of dawn. How could they not be happy?

This matter could also be considered a considerable political achievement for them.

Even Qi Huanping, the deputy director of the Provincial Transportation Department, had a happy look on his face. He didn't care about running these two projects before, because he had no relationship in the capital and no way to run them, so he was happy to be idle every day.

But now it was different. These two projects were in sight of success, which was not a small political achievement for Qi Huanping. He also had the ambition to go to a higher level.

Qi Huanping said, "Mayor Su, you have made a great contribution to Yanbei Province this time! The people of Yanbei will remember you."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Director Qi, you overstate it. Let's go, let's celebrate properly today!"

Qi Huanping said, "I'll treat you today, let's drink until we're drunk!"

Everyone cheered, but Su Xinghui noticed that Cao Yuanhao's face seemed a bit gloomy. Of course, his face still had a reluctant smile, but that smile was too reluctant, so reluctant that Su Xinghui could see it at a glance. However, others were very happy, so no one noticed Cao Yuanhao's unnaturalness, and only Su Xinghui noticed it.

Cao Yuanhao didn't know what kind of taste it was in his heart now. He wouldn't think that these two projects were finally going to succeed. He just thought that the two projects he had run for so long without much progress, Su Xinghui had come to the capital for less than three days and was already close to success. What a sharp contrast?

He was thinking, would others think he was too far behind Su Xinghui? This made Cao Yuanhao both jealous and hateful in his heart. Such intense jealousy and hatred made Cao Yuanhao, who usually claimed to be gloomy and wise, show his true colors, but he was noticed by Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui couldn't help shaking his head in his heart. This Cao Yuanhao is really narrow-minded. He doesn't think that since he came to Linshan to "pick peaches," he helped him run these two projects successfully, isn't it his political achievement? He was actually still unhappy. This person couldn't do big things.

Su Xinghui didn't take Cao Yuanhao's reaction to heart. They went downstairs together, went to the restaurant of the office in the capital, and drank. Everyone was very happy. Qi Huanping, Lin Shaoguang, and others were all drunk. Only Su Xinghui, no matter how much he drank, would not be drunk.

Cao Yuanhao was also not drunk. He was a person who cherished his life very much and would never drink too much. Today he was no exception. He drank until he was 30 percent drunk and didn't drink much anymore.