39: Chapter 39 Eight Million Funding

With such a good opportunity this time, why wouldn't Sun Ning get involved?

As for whether this would offend Vice-County Mayor Pi Yingshi, Sun Ning didn't care at all.

From the moment Vice-County Mayor Pi Yingshi wanted to interfere with Shenlan Food, he had already offended Sun Ning in this lifetime.

Adding the debts from his past life, Vice-County Mayor Pi Yingshi's fate was already sealed.

"County Mayor, you are wise. I think with such a large investment, why not have the Propaganda Department invite newspapers from Zhongzhou to report on it? We might even make the front-page headline."

Since Secretary Wang Shengli wanted to strike at Vice-County Mayor Pi Yingshi, why shouldn't he add fuel to the fire?

If the media from Jiangzhou could come, then this signing ceremony would be a big deal.

For one, it would serve as publicity for Mishui Township, and for another, it would strike at his prestige in the full view of the public.

When Secretary Wang Shengli heard that Sun Ning was actually orchestrating such a grand publicity stunt, he was very pleased.

He couldn't help but say, "Officer Xiao Sun, your idea is still the best. With such a large investment, we must definitely invite the media to publicize it."

And so, the two of them chatted about the details of the signing.

After discussing the details, Secretary Wang Shengli said, "These few enterprises are already enough for the economic take-off of Mishui Township. You don't need to force the matter of your electric bicycle production base."

In Secretary Wang Shengli's view, Sun Ning's second project was indeed a bit too large.

A large industrial park that integrates research and development, design, and production—how many downstream industries would that involve?

Batteries, plastics, glass, and so on.

Such an industrial park would be a fat piece of meat even in Zhongzhou, let alone in a township.

Just the breeding farm and the deep processing of meat products alone, if developed, would be enough to take Sun Ning to the next level.

Sun Ning didn't want to chat about so many details with Secretary Wang Shengli either.

After all, only by accomplishing real things could it be considered real; anything that was just publicized was empty talk.

Therefore, they shifted the topic to agriculture.

Heyang is a major grain-producing province, but the main grain-producing areas are in the eastern, northern, and southern parts of Heyang.

That is where the vast, boundless plains are.

However, Gongfan County and Mishui Township are both mountainous and hilly areas; agriculture is relatively backward, and many places rely on the weather for their harvest.

This does not mean that Sun Ning has given up on agriculture.

In our country, the annual No. 1 Central Document is always about the "three rural issues."

This shows how much our country values rural areas, agriculture, farmers, and food security.

And the saying "Without agriculture, there is no stability; without industry, there is no wealth" has also deeply taken root in everyone's hearts.

Our most honest farming community is also unwilling to let go of a single inch of land.

With the experience from his past life, Sun Ning knew that the land in Mishui Township was not very fertile.

Those fruits with high output value and high returns were not suitable for planting here.

And the "vegetable basket project" for Zhongzhou is implemented by Mouzhou County, where the land is more fertile and closer to Zhongzhou.

For a place like Gongfan County, it simply cannot supply the demand of Zhongzhou and its surrounding areas.

Therefore, he didn't intend to over-exert the farmers; whatever they wanted to plant was entirely up to their own will.

What Sun Ning wanted to do was to build water conservancy projects and try his best to let Gongfan County break away from the situation of relying on the weather.

Although this is an impossible thing to achieve, he still wanted to make an effort.

To let the people in those low hilly areas have access to water.

What Secretary Wang Shengli was least worried about was the so-called "Roads to Every Village" project.

After all, the word was already out about this project, and the 500 billion in funds was also being prepared to be gradually allocated to various provinces and cities.

This was also because Sun Ning was lucky enough to stand at the forefront of national development.

The vision for the development of Mishui Township had already been communicated in detail with Secretary Wang Shengli, but development requires capital.

Even with Sun Ning's great ability, there was no way to conjure money out of thin air.

"County Mayor, Mishui Township is poor. The government's finances are really stretched thin; we don't even have the funds for the most basic "three supplies and one leveling.""

"If the county doesn't support Mishui Township, I'm afraid that 100 million investment from Shenlan Food will go down the drain, right?"

"You kid are putting the County Government in a tough spot!"

That's right, Sun Ning was indeed threatening the County Party Committee and the County Government.

But in officialdom, one cannot call it a threat.

At most, it's just "holding the Emperor hostage to command the nobles!"

Sun Ning had absolutely no connections in Gongfan County; he didn't have the time to run around asking for money.

For him now, time is money.

His main energy was to be used for developing Mishui Township.

He didn't expect Secretary Wang Shengli to actively allocate money to him just because he appreciated his report.

It is estimated that deep down in his heart, he also agreed with bringing Deep Blue to the county seat.

The urban scale and the appearance of a county are all reflections of a County Mayor's political achievements.

To call it a "face project" is a bit inappropriate, but when concentrated, it is indeed more commendable than when scattered.

Sun Ning was not afraid of offending Secretary Wang Shengli. Setting aside the fact that this method is an unspoken rule within the system and no one really takes it seriously.

Secondly, Secretary Wang Shengli had just offended Sun Ning, and he didn't get angry.

So what reason did Secretary Wang Shengli have to get angry?

Isn't the essence of interpersonal relationships just you using me and me using you?

When you have no value to be utilized, let alone threaten, you don't even have the qualification to stand in front of him.

Sun Ning knew this principle well; it was also something he had personally experienced in his past life.

Therefore, he had no psychological burden and said calmly, "County Mayor, you are joking. This subordinate is just stating a fact."

Then, after a pause, he said, "County Mayor, it's better for the meat to rot in the pot than to rot outside. Isn't Huikuo Town a precedent for that?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the trace of displeasure on Secretary Wang Shengli's face disappeared.

He knew better than anyone how Vice Mayor Wang Pingan rose to his position.

From the position of member of the County Party Committee Standing Committee and Party Secretary of Huikuo Town, he went directly to the position of full-time Deputy Party Secretary in charge of Party and mass affairs, then County Mayor, and then County Party Committee Secretary.

The reason Vice Mayor Wang Pingan moved up step by step wasn't it because of the development and growth of Huikuo Town?

If another economically strong township could be hatched under Secretary Wang Shengli's hands, then wouldn't the throne of County Party Committee Secretary be within easy reach?

This was also intentional on Sun Ning's part; one couldn't just offend people, one also had to ease relations, right?

Secretary Wang Shengli laughed loudly and said, "I believe that under your leadership, Mishui Township will become the number one township in Gongfan County."

"I will resolutely complete the County Mayor's instructions. Now, about the funding?"

"Fine, I'll make the decision. I'll allocate five million in construction funds to Mishui Township."

"Only five million?"

"Five million is not a small amount!"

Yes, five million is not a small amount. In this day and age, there haven't been the trillions and trillions in funding allocations of later generations.

Money is still relatively valuable.

Five million is more than enough for the basic construction of a small-scale park.

However, who would complain about having too much money?

Therefore, when it came to asking for money, Sun Ning looked more like a penny-pinching merchant than anyone else.

After some tug-of-war, Secretary Wang Shengli finally agreed to allocate eight million to Mishui Township.

Secretary Wang Shengli said like a defeated rooster, "You kid, if you don't develop Mishui Township into something, I will hold you solely responsible!"

This is also because Gongfan County is a wealthy county within the Heyang area, and it is also a county directly under the provincial capital city.

If it were any other small county in eastern Heyang, how could they easily allocate eight million?

Sun Ning had stayed in the County Mayor's office for quite a while, and it wasn't until Secretary Li Chengping knocked on the office door that Sun Ning bid farewell and left.

He knew that if it weren't for something important, Secretary Li Chengping would definitely not disturb him proactively.