92: Chapter 92 Laying Out the Electric Bicycle Industry

Among those who wanted to speak were Deputy Township Head Feng and Zhang Zhibo.

The two of them had come to Mishui Township precisely to achieve results.

Now that they had a leader like Township Head Sun Ning, who didn't care for hoarding power, they were even more eager to prove themselves.

Especially Deputy Township Head Feng.

As far as Mishui Township was concerned, he was also something of a second-generation official.

He had come here to burnish his credentials, hoping for a promotion!

Therefore, he was very eager to produce results.

Only then could his father, who was a bureau chief, put in a good word for him.

Secretary Xue Hongtao also realized that he had been too hasty and had spoken out of turn despite his good intentions.

It was obvious that Sun Ning couldn't make up his mind on his own and wanted everyone to deliberate.

And his own stance had made everyone hesitant to speak.

He laughed heartily and said to the crowd, "This old man is just expressing his personal opinion. Everyone, please feel free to speak your minds, speak your minds!"

After Secretary Xue Hongtao finished speaking, everyone expressed their own views.

Most people supported Secretary Xue Hongtao's view, believing that Mishui Township was only so big, and it would be saturated with just one large industrial park.

Furthermore, the vast majority believed that investment promotion work in Mishui Township would be quite difficult.

They knew that attracting investment required connections.

Not everyone was like Sun Ning, who had graduated from Yanjing University and had worked at the Development and Reform Commission.

This was also a point that worried Sun Ning; once he left, his successor would likely just rest on the laurels of his achievements.

"I believe we should leave enough room for the current industrial park to develop."

"I have looked into Deep Blue Food."

"According to the plans of their General Manager Li, Deep Blue Food has the potential to develop into a giant in the domestic snack food industry."

"When the time is right, many companies will come flocking, drawn by the reputation of Deep Blue Food."

Deputy Township Head Feng used the word "drawn" very well.

Indeed, having been influenced by his environment since childhood, Deputy Township Head Feng's perspective was much higher than most people's.

In fact, it was easy to understand; if Deputy Township Head Feng didn't have some ability, his bureau chief father wouldn't have sent him to a township.

Second-generation officials without ability either ended up in some secondary public institution under a bureau or were safely tucked away in some unimportant department.

Actually, using the word "drawn" showed Deputy Township Head Feng's cultivation.

What he really wanted to say was "copycat."

For example, if a certain sauce-flavored liquor was famous worldwide, then a whole bunch of trademarks would be registered in the town where it was produced.

Like when advertising, they would add a line saying, "Produced at the Mishui Township snack food base."

People would associate it with Deep Blue, naturally assuming that these products wouldn't taste bad.

This was the production site effect.

In fact, Sun Ning didn't mind some small manufacturers doing this, as long as the products met the standards; small manufacturers' recipes weren't necessarily bad.

The government's job was to supervise and ensure that those manufacturers didn't ruin the reputation of Gongfan County.

However, there was a risk involved, which Sun Ning pointed out directly: "What if Deep Blue doesn't become a leading enterprise??"

If it couldn't become a leading enterprise, it wouldn't create an agglomeration effect.

Then the scenario Deputy Township Head Feng described would be nothing more than a mirage.

Sun Ning was, of course, testing him by doing this.

"If Deep Blue doesn't become a leading enterprise, we can go out and attract investment ourselves."

"We have farms and feed mills; with such a solid foundation, why would we fear that no enterprises would move in?"

"Zhongzhou City forms an investment promotion delegation every August, inviting various manufacturers to come; we can go and try our luck."

"I believe that through our efforts, we will build this small industrial park well."

"And the electric bicycle base project proposed by the Township Head has no connection to the food industry."

"Placing the electric bicycle production base in the current industrial park might limit the development of the electric bicycle base."

This last sentence really hit the nail on the head.

The electric bicycle project Sun Ning planned was very large and might eventually form a complete industrial chain.

Once the complete industrial chain was formed, the land usage would be enormous.

And the narrow terrain along the national highway would no longer be suitable for such a massive industry.

However, there were neither many nor few people who supported Deputy Township Head Feng's words.

In the end, the meeting almost turned into a debate.

Although no resolution was formed, a preliminary consensus was reached.

To separate the electric bicycle project.

This plan was also quite to Sun Ning's liking.

However, it was still too early to discuss this; the most important thing for Mishui Township next was the reception work.

Of course, it wasn't a big deal for Sun Ning.

The day after the meeting, Sun Ning went to Mingyue Village again.

He needed to make the final preparations.

By the third day, Sun Ning accompanied the main group to the township border.

Welcoming a Vice Mayor required the appropriate protocol; Sun Ning was not someone who only knew how to bury his head in work.

Up until now, neither the township nor even the county knew what Vice Mayor Wang Pingan intended to inspect.

Everyone could only focus their efforts on the work under his jurisdiction.

It must be said, although the June weather couldn't be called scorching.

But the morning sun beating down on one's head was not very comfortable.

The bad habit of welcoming and seeing off officials was something that could not be stopped within the system.

Sometimes the leaders didn't want this, and the people below didn't want it either.

But some things had to be done.

Even if you waited on the national highway under the scorching sun for two hours, the final result might be that the leader didn't even get out of the car.

Afterward, you might even be reprimanded by the leader for being ridiculous.

At 9:30, the leaders' motorcade finally arrived at the township border.

Vice Mayor Wang Pingan led the way, with Secretary Wang Shengli following half a step behind him.

Many other leaders also got out of the other cars one after another.

Seeing this, many people from Mishui Township were excited, and everyone followed Secretary Xue Hongtao, walking quickly to greet them!

Secretary Xue Hongtao took the lead, followed by Sun Ning, as the group shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with Vice Mayor Wang Pingan and the others.

Vice Mayor Wang Pingan walked up to Sun Ning and patted him on the shoulder.

He laughed heartily: "Officer Xiao Sun is quite good; his achievements are quite outstanding. When I was in the county, I wanted to come here to take a look, but who would have thought I would be suddenly transferred to the city."

After speaking, he shook his head with a hint of regret.

It seemed as if he was very regretful about not having witnessed the development of Mishui Township.

"Not at all. It was all thanks to the support of the leaders that we achieved some minor results."

Sun Ning also went along with what Vice Mayor Wang Pingan said.

However, through this sentence, Sun Ning also grasped the underlying meaning.

I'm afraid Secretary Wang Shengli didn't come here just to look at the education issues in Mishui Township.

He was here for the achievements of Mishui Township.

Sun Ning was just slightly stunned for a moment, then stopped thinking about it.

He was too far removed from Vice Mayor Wang Pingan right now.

If there was a power struggle, it would be between Secretary Wang Shengli and Vice Mayor Wang Pingan; he didn't want to get involved!

When Secretary Wang Shengli walked over, he just lightly patted the back of his hand and then left.

Everything was unspoken.

Having dealt with each other for a long time, there was still some tacit understanding between them.

Originally, according to the arrangements of the County Party Committee, the main group was to return to the Township Government together to listen to Vice Mayor Wang Pingan's speech.

When the comrade from the County Party Committee Office conveyed these arrangements to the comrade from the Municipal Government Office, they were rejected by Vice Mayor Wang Pingan.

"Go to Mingyue Village."

After Vice Mayor Wang Pingan gave this instruction, Zhu Zihao drove the car himself toward Mingyue Village.