41: Chapter 41 The Special Education Funds Have Arrived

"Comrade Zhensheng, Shenlan Company will be gradually moving in a batch of enterprises."

"The first enterprise will be a feed mill. You must coordinate well with their work and get the feed mill into production as soon as possible."

"As for the site selection, just follow what we chose before."

"For the land procedures, have Comrade Jianqiang coordinate with the County Land and Resources Bureau."

The sites Sun Ning chose this time were all far away from residential areas; the livestock farms, in particular, were located in the southern mountainous region.

Therefore, those small-scale plots did not involve collective land; most of them were barren hills and wasteland.

Sun Ning did this to reduce unnecessary expenses.

It only required going to the relevant departments to change the land usage.

Of course, the land transfer and tax issues involved would be handled by the relevant departments themselves.

Sun Ning was talking incessantly, detailing the relevant work and instructing the three people to start working immediately.

Although, to a certain extent, a township deputy is just a slightly bigger clerk.

They were, however, veterans who had worked in Mishui Township for a long time.

Deputy Township Head Dong Zhensheng was even a native of Mishui Township, having worked there since he started his career.

In the end, Vice Township Head Wang Penghui and Deputy Township Head Dong Zhensheng exchanged glances and couldn't hold back any longer.

They asked: "Township Head, can you guarantee the investment will arrive? If we take action now, it will inevitably be a waste of manpower and resources."

Come to think of it, this question was reasonable.

If you waste countless manpower and resources, but the investment fails to materialize...

...it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a dereliction of duty.

Strictly speaking, there is even a suspicion of causing a loss of state assets.

To dispel the concerns of Vice Township Head Wang Penghui and the others, Sun Ning said: "Those investors are coming specifically for Mishui Township. Otherwise, why wouldn't they go to Luoshui City, where the food industry is more developed?"

"Go ahead and do it with confidence. I will take responsibility for any problems that arise."

Sun Ning was more blunt this time.

He was one step away from saying, "This company is mine; how could I not guarantee where they invest?"

Seeing that Sun Ning's mind was made up, the few of them, despite their inner doubts, had no choice but to comply.

Over the next two days, Sun Ning entered another busy period.

He had been here for a long time but had only inspected the various villages; he had never visited the township's direct departments.

Originally, Sun Ning had planned to wait until the "acting" title was removed from his position as Acting Township Head before officially making the rounds to take a look.

It was just that a few days ago, Liaison Xiao Yuan reported that the cadres in the various direct departments of the township were all saying they were like stepchildren, not valued by the leadership, and so on.

Originally, the staff of the various offices didn't really care whether or not the Township Head came to inspect, or when he would come.

It was mainly because after Sun Ning arrived, he first took root at the grassroots level, and then later brought in specialized education funds from the ministries.

When he returned, he even brought investors for inspections.

Slowly, he established prestige in Mishui Township.

People in the township all said that Sun Ning had a powerful background, and that his grandfather might be a Vice Minister of some ministry.

In fact, this was the biggest background that township staff could imagine.

How could the grandsons of those ministers come to the countryside to suffer?

However, according to public information, Sun Ning's registered residence was clearly in Yinzhuang Village, Liujun Town, Bianzhou County, Bianzhou City, Heyang.

This was definitely a rural household registration.

Therefore, many people were quite curious about Sun Ning.

This led to the cadres in the township's direct offices saying that Sun Ning was biased, and they had many complaints about him not coming to inspect.

Sun Ning moved up the inspection visits to now.

Within two days, Sun Ning, accompanied by Liaison Xiao Yuan, visited all the direct departments.

However, Sun Ning did not express his stance on the issues raised by the various offices.

Most of them were about funding issues.

Sun Ning was not the God of Wealth; he couldn't just conjure up money to allocate to them at will.

In fact, the office environments of these offices really needed some changes.

For example, the issue with the Police Station's vehicles, and so on.

No undertaking can be accomplished overnight, and one cannot become a fat man in one bite; Sun Ning could only improve things little by little.

On this day, Sun Ning was on the phone with General Manager Li Tao in his office.

Li Tao said that Deep Blue was fully prepared and could come over to sign the contract at any time.

He also said that Vice-County Mayor Pi Yingshi was pressing quite hard, almost living in Zhongzhou.

Gongfan County had been wanting to hold an investment ceremony and asked for Sun Ning's decision.

Sun Ning said to just follow Gongfan County's arrangements, but the signatory must be the Mishui Township People's Government.

Li Tao naturally accepted the order gladly.

Just as the two were on the phone, Secretary Xue Hongtao burst into Sun Ning's office excitedly.

"Sun Ning, it has arrived! The money has arrived!"

Sun Ning said a few words in a low voice and then hung up on Li Tao.

Hearing that the money had arrived, Sun Ning was also quite happy and hurriedly asked: "Party Secretary, which money has arrived?"

"The specialized education funds!"

"That's great. Let's call Comrade Wang Ling over and discuss how to use this money."

He didn't care about the small detail that the arrival of the specialized education funds was notified by the Party Secretary rather than reported by the head of the finance office.

It might also be that Secretary Xue Hongtao had been paying close attention to this matter.

Sun Ning didn't have Liaison Xiao Yuan notify her; he called Wang Ling directly: "Comrade Wang Ling, Party Secretary and I are in the office. Please come over."

After hanging up, Sun Ning asked: "Party Secretary, I have already entrusted the school reconstruction and repair work this time to Comrade Wang Ling."

"I was thinking that you should step forward to be in charge of the project's bidding work."

"Education has always been our country's foundational plan for the century; we cannot afford the slightest negligence."

"In Mishui Township, only you have the prestige sufficient to suppress those petty villains."

Sun Ning was sincerely wanting Secretary Xue Hongtao to keep an eye on this matter.

He didn't trust anyone else.

He didn't want the money he had worked so hard to get to be squandered by parasites.

And end up with a bunch of shoddy construction projects.

You have to know that this is a project worth millions; certain people in the county will definitely be tempted.

And in Mishui Township, only he and Secretary Xue Hongtao could withstand the pressure from the county.

This wasn't him trying to set up Secretary Xue Hongtao or make him take the fall for him.

It was because he respected Secretary Xue Hongtao and didn't want this old man to feel useless.

Sure enough, after hearing Sun Ning's arrangement, Secretary Xue Hongtao smiled, smiling very happily.

He was old, and his greatest wish was to make his due contribution to Mishui Township and let Mishui Township develop better.

"Sun Ning, rest assured. With me here, I will definitely ensure that the bidding is conducted fairly, justly, and openly, and I will also ensure the quality of the school's construction."

With Secretary Xue Hongtao there, Sun Ning felt at ease.

Although the specific tasks would be done by Wang Ling, with Secretary Xue Hongtao's supervision, the quality of the project would definitely be guaranteed.

Sun Ning allowed Wang Ling and the others to have some minor perks.

But he would absolutely not allow them to suck the blood of the people.

Just as Sun Ning and Secretary Xue Hongtao were talking, the phone on the desk rang.

Sun Ning gave Secretary Xue Hongtao an apologetic look and picked up the phone.

On the other end of the line, a pretentious voice came through: "Hello, Township Head Sun, this is Cui Mingyuan from the Personnel Bureau!"

In an instant, Sun Ning wanted to smash the phone onto the desk.

His chest was filled with rage.

Hearing this voice, he seemed to hear that contemptuous and mocking sentence from his previous life again.

'A poor kid from the countryside like him, and he still wants to climb high and marry into our Cui family? I don't know where he gets the courage!'