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Chapter 272 Wang Dalu's Method
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Qi Tongwei recently received another large sum of money.
The Southern Daily and Huacheng sent him a new royalty payment—156 million (after tax).
The Southern Daily and Huacheng Morning Post sold another 30 copies of "The Rise of a Great Power," with a 13% royalty.
Including his original royalties, Qi Tongwei now has more than 530 million yuan.
This doesn't even include the HK$1300 million in his Hong Kong account.
In the days that followed, Qi Tongwei focused on the repair of the old roads in the county town and the city.
Although his plan was simply to repair all the existing road damage and restore normal traffic on the highway connecting the county town to the city.
However, to facilitate the next steps of the plan, Qi Tongwei wanted to ensure that the quality of the repaired old road would be satisfactory.
Only in this way can this old road be used for a long time after it is repaired.
Qi Tongwei will not begin construction on the new road until the route planning and design are completed.
Moreover, there isn't enough funding for road construction right now, and Qi Tongwei has to wait for the exploration results from the provincial geological team.
After all, it's impossible to build a secondary highway for 37 million yuan. The distance from Jinshan County to Luzhou City is not just a few kilometers, but more than 100 kilometers.
The construction company responsible for repairing the old road from the county seat to the city was the Jinshan County Construction Engineering Company, which was brought in by Lin Haiyang, the deputy director of the Transportation Bureau.
Qi Tongwei learned about the county construction engineering company from Du Qiang before agreeing to let them do the work.
Otherwise, if he messes up the project, he won't be able to explain it to the county party committee and the county government.
There's no way to explain this to the city or the province.
After all, the funding came from the city and the province.
Before starting the repair of the old road from the county to the city, Qi Tongwei specifically instructed the person in charge of the county construction engineering company that the project must be completed with high quality and quantity.
Although the project was small, it was still a test for them.
Once that's done, we can do some other transportation projects for them in the county.
If they don't do a good job, the county's construction company can forget about getting any more projects.
After keeping an eye on things for several days, Qi Tongwei asked Du Qiang to keep an eye on them for him.
He has other things to attend to.
Once the road from the county seat to the city is repaired, transportation between Jinshan County and Luzhou City will be greatly improved.
The transportation of goods from Jinshan County to the city will also be much easier.
In this way, Jinshan County can begin to develop.
As someone who rose through the ranks in the development field, Qi Tongwei naturally wanted to bring about some changes to Jinshan County and promote its development.
Qi Tongwei asked Ma Ningtao to learn about the local specialties of Jinshan County.
Previously, due to poor transportation, no one was willing to come to Jinshan County, and the local specialties of Jinshan County could not be sold at all.
Before long, the transportation in Jinshan County will be improved, and some merchants will definitely come to buy local specialties.
As long as the local people can sell their specialty products, their living pressures can be temporarily relieved.
However, this may have directly helped Li Dakang.
During this period, Li Dakang was unable to obtain any money from businesses and shop owners, and cadres, teachers, and medical staff also failed to contribute much money to him.
If he wants to build roads, he can only do so by taking money from ordinary people.
In order to avoid placing too much burden on the people by raising funds for the county government to repair roads, Qi Tongwei hoped that the local specialties of the people could be sold as soon as possible.
However, it will take two or three months for the road from the county to the city to be repaired. I wonder if Li Dakang can wait until then.
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After thinking about it for a long time, Li Dakang decided not to ask his superiors for help and to try to find a solution himself first.
Regardless of the circumstances, we must raise as much funding as possible for road construction.
Since the goal of repairing all the roads in the county had been set, Li Dakang naturally had to accomplish it.
Qi Tongwei has already started road construction, so he can't remain completely inactive.
Otherwise, people would think that he, as the county head, is not as good as Qi Tongwei, the deputy county head.
Since businesses, shop owners, officials, teachers, and medical staff cannot raise the money, then let the 600,000 people of Jinshan County contribute.
20 yuan per household, that's over two million yuan.
Adding the more than two million yuan contributed by teachers, cadres, and medical staff throughout the county, the total comes to five million.
If he were to force businesses and shop owners to contribute even more, he could still scrape together ten million.
With ten million, he could finally carry out his road construction goals.
If we really can't get the money, then let Qi Tongwei come up with ten million.
Of the 3700 million yuan Qi Tongwei requested, he only used 200 million yuan, leaving 3500 million yuan remaining.
It's all for road construction, all for the development of Jinshan County, and Qi Tongwei uses this money the same way he does.
"County Chief Li, this can't go on like this!"
Wang Dalu looked worried in Li Dakang's office.
During this period, he visited all the businesses and shops in Jinshan County and did a lot of work.
But the effect was minimal; no matter how he tried to persuade them, those businesses and shops simply refused to pay.
There are also various townships; the county assigned them tasks, but they didn't complete them properly.
They haven't paid a single penny yet.
"I refuse to believe that these businesses and shops really don't have money!"
In this way, a notice was issued in the name of the county government to all businesses and shops in the county seat, requiring them to pay the full amount within three days.
Li Dakang thought for a moment and then said.
At this point, we have to resort to forced contributions; otherwise, when will we ever raise enough money to repair the road?
"County Chief Li, what if they still refuse to pay even after we issue the notice?"
Wang Dalu asked.
He felt that Li Dakang's method might not work.
“If they don’t pay, then let the county bureaus investigate them one by one.”
Can they guarantee there won't be any problems at all?
Li Dakang said.
If you refuse a toast offered with politeness, then you'll have to suffer the consequences.
If they refuse to pay, then fine them severely, and see if they feel the pinch.
“County Chief Li, I think doing this might cause dissatisfaction among all the businesses and shop owners in the county, leading to trouble.”
We should make an example of them, directly assigning the county's bureaus to investigate a few troublemakers and then heavily fine them.
The remaining businesses and shop owners will see this and voluntarily pay up!
Wang Dalu felt that Li Dakang's approach was flawed, as it put them in a very passive position.
They should turn the passive situation into an active one.
"Mainland, your idea is good. We'll do it your way. This matter is entrusted to you!"
Since it was Wang Dalu who proposed it, let Wang Dalu carry it out.
"Yes, County Chief Li!"
With Li Dakang's consent, Wang Dalu immediately went to carry it out.
Soon, the Public Security Bureau, Tax Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, Health Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Urban Construction Bureau, Price Bureau, Transportation Bureau, and Land Bureau all took action.
The companies and shops mentioned by Wang Dalu were subject to focused inspections.
These companies and shops were found to have many problems, were fined heavily, and were ordered to suspend operations for rectification.
Several leaders of one of the county-owned enterprises were arrested and taken to the county discipline inspection commission.
For a time, businesses and shop owners in Jinshan County were all on edge.
Then, the county government notified them to pay the money as soon as possible.
As a result, some businesses and shops in the county town began to pay money voluntarily.
They don't want to be investigated by several departments, fined, and forced to suspend operations for rectification.