In the county committee meeting room, shortly after Liu Haotian sat down, Meng Qinghu walked in.
After sitting down, Meng Qinghu said straight to the point: "Comrades, the theme of our meeting today is about the traffic issues in Longhu County.
Our Longhu County is mostly mountainous, and traffic problems have always been a huge bottleneck that plagues the economic development of our County.
Especially for those coal mining companies located in the northern mountainous areas, road traffic is their lifeline. However, over the years, the provincial road that passes under the coal mine has been in disrepair, and it is very difficult for coal trucks to find their way out after entering.
The economic situation was good before, and our Longhu County had sufficient domestic demand. These coal companies did not have a very strong demand for this road. However, in recent months, due to Comrade Liu Haotian's vigorous efforts to control pollution, the number of power companies in our county started
It is obviously insufficient, and the demand for coal has also dropped significantly. Coupled with the severe domestic coal situation, domestic demand can no longer solve the problem of overproduction of coal enterprises, and they can only sell it externally.
However, external sales are limited by poor road traffic. As a result, although our coal companies have a large amount of coal resources, vehicles from other places cannot come in and internal vehicles cannot go out. Many companies are frowning, said the president of the Coal Federation.
Zhang Tianqiang came to me personally and expressed to me the current difficulties encountered by coal enterprises.
As the top leader of Longhu County, I sympathize with the plight of coal companies.
Moreover, these coal companies in Longhu County have made huge contributions to our Longhu County, whether in terms of taxes or resources. We should treat their difficulties as our own difficulties, so I hope everyone will discuss it.
Let’s see how we can help these coal companies tide over this crisis.
County Magistrate Liu, you are in charge of economics and finance, please tell me how you plan to help these coal companies resolve their difficulties."
Liu Haotian did not expect that the road traffic construction issues Meng Qinghu mentioned were actually to help the coal bosses solve their difficulties.
Liu Haotian's brows furrowed, and Meng Qinghu saw Liu Haotian's expression becoming a little gloomy: "County Magistrate Liu, do you have any difficulties?"
Liu Haotian said in a deep voice: "Secretary Meng, I think one thing you said is very correct, that is, the road traffic situation in Longhu County has indeed become a bottleneck restricting our economic development, so we must make great efforts to solve it.
Transportation issues.
However, because our Longhu County has limited funds, limited personnel, and limited energy, we must do this kind of thing step by step, and we must prioritize, and we must carry out transportation construction in a step-by-step and orderly manner.”
Having said this, Liu Haotian asked the staff to distribute the road planning plan and copies given to him by Qi Zhidong to all standing committee members on site.
Liu Haotian then said: "Secretary Meng, everyone, this is a request from the High-tech Zone regarding road transportation construction, because with the injection of large amounts of funds from the High-tech Zone, the incoming and outgoing transportation of various materials will be even faster.
Frequent, and expecting this provincial highway to undertake such tasks is no longer enough to ensure the normal operation of our Longhu County economy, let alone the rapid economic development of our Longhu County in the future.
Therefore, it is urgent to build one or even two highways.
Therefore, I think that the urgency of building the provincial highway for coal export is far lower than the urgency of building these two expressways. I think we should focus our energy on building these two expressways first.
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After Liu Haotian finished speaking, Deputy County Magistrate Qi Kaibo said: "I disagree with Magistrate Liu's opinion. First of all, the construction of two expressways consumes too many resources, too much money, and too much labor cost. This is very important to us in Longhu County.
Said it was an unbearable weight.
Building a provincial road requires low investment, quick results, short cycle, and many benefits, so I think we should first concentrate our resources in Longhu County to build this lifeline of coal transportation."
Liu Haotian said calmly: "I have just said that things should be prioritized rather than looking at short-term benefits. Moreover, the future industries in the High-tech Zone will also be based on coal, and the demand for coal will be
It will be very big. Only when the high-tech zone develops will the coal in the hands of these coal bosses find better sales. And in the future, our Longhu County will have more than one graphene manufacturer, and the consumption of coal will be very huge.
, so from this perspective, the provincial road dedicated to coal transportation can be temporarily postponed, but the construction of the expressway is urgent!"
Although Liu Haotian spoke in a calm tone, his attitude was very firm.
Meng Qinghu pondered for a moment and said: "Comrade Liu Haotian, I think this is it. Regarding the provincial road for coal transportation, the county will get part of the funds, I think it will be 8 million, and then we will go to the city and the province to apply for a part respectively.
funds to build this road as soon as possible.
As for the construction of the expressway, we must also advance it simultaneously, and you will be fully responsible. As for the form of construction, you can consider it. After all, our county will definitely not be able to come up with the money.
I can only place my hope on your financing ability!”
Liu Haotian shook his head: "Secretary Meng, the county finance department can indeed provide 8 million yuan, but once this fund is used, it will inevitably break the muscles and bones. And, with all due respect, the coal situation is severe and only one or two yuan can be used."
Years ago, and a year or two ago, the coal market was very good, and almost all these coal bosses made a lot of money. As far as I know, there are many coal bosses in Kyoto City and even in international cities like Haiming City.
Every metropolitan city in the world owns more than one property, and coal bosses with some qualifications are worth hundreds of millions. They have made so much money relying on the coal resources of Longhu County, but they have caused damage to them.
They turn a blind eye to this provincial road and just think that our county will pay for it to repair it. Isn't this appropriate?
The county will not spend this money! If they want to build this road, they can raise money to build it themselves, because I have checked the previous information and the quality of the provincial road is very good after it is repaired. The money is provided by us.
The county, city and province invested respectively, but the coal bosses who use this provincial road most frequently are them, so this road must be built by them! We in the county cannot be taken advantage of!"
Liu Haotian said it categorically.
Qi Kaibo slowly raised his head and said: "Mr. Liu, you are wrong. Although they did use this road, they also paid taxes to our Longhu County!"
Liu Haotian sneered and said: "Yes, they did pay taxes, but Comrade Qi Kaibo, do you know how much taxes we have collected from the coal production field in Longhu County in the past five years?"
Qi Kaibo frowned and said, "I'm not too sure."
Liu Haotian snorted coldly and said: "This shows that you, the deputy county magistrate in charge of coal, are unqualified. So far, in the past five years, the annual tax revenue from the coal field has only been 15 million. And our annual investment in the coal field is 8 million. In the end,
Our annual balance in Longhu County is only 7 million.
Why are the taxes so low? I believe you, Qi Kaibo, know very well what’s fishy here. Everyone knows. I believe even among us here today, some of us have shares in some coal mines!
That’s why these coal companies dare to openly evade taxes!
Why are these coal bosses not active when paying taxes, but when building roads, they have to go to the county? Isn’t it because they think there are people in the county to support them!
But, I'm sorry, I, Liu Haotian, am the county magistrate of Longhu County, and I am not used to their problems."
After Liu Haotian finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room, and everyone looked at Liu Haotian with very complicated eyes.
Because no one expected that Liu Haotian would openly dry some gray things in the sun on this occasion today.
This made some people present very uncomfortable.
Meng Qinghu's face suddenly darkened: "Comrade Liu Haotian, please pay attention to the way you speak. It is extremely irresponsible to say such things without any evidence. This is just this one time, and it will not be the case next time.
As for whether the county finance department should provide the money, I think we should vote on it. Those who are opposed to the county finance department please raise your hands."
Liu Haotian raised his hand directly.
There was silence in the conference room. Only Liu Haotian raised his right hand.
Liu Haotian's face became very ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "If you agree that the county finance will be used to fund it, please raise your hands."
Meng Qinghu was the first to raise his hand, followed closely by Qi Kaibo, and then Organization Department Director Lou Jianming also raised his hand.
When Liu Haotian saw this, he already understood in his heart that these three people were the iron triangle.
Liu Haotian rolled his eyes, thought about it, and immediately said with a smile: "Secretary Meng, look, there are only three people who support funding from the county finance. It seems that your proposal does not have a lot of support!"
As soon as Liu Haotian finished speaking, Wang Liming, director of the county party committee office, said calmly: "I support Secretary Meng's opinion."
There was a slap on the face, and Liu Haotian's face turned dark at that moment. A faint smile appeared on Meng Qinghu's face.
Immediately afterwards, Jin Zhipeng, secretary of the Longhu Town Party Committee, also raised his hand.
Although he is the last standing member of the county committee, it still represents one vote.
The reason why Jin Zhipeng was able to join the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee in Longhu County is because the largest coal company in Longhu County is located in Longhu Town.
Longhu Town is not in the county seat of Longhu County, but on the outskirts of Longhu County. There are many large and medium-sized coal mines in the town, and the GDP data is the best. So Jin Zhipeng, as the secretary of the town committee, has also entered the
County Party Committee Standing Committee Team.
Meng Qinghu looked at Liu Haotian with a smile and said: "Mr. Liu, what do you think now? It's a 5-to-1 vote. I think the money will come from the county finance, 8 million!"
As he spoke, Meng Qinghu's face was filled with a proud smile, and he looked at Liu Haotian with a hint of contempt.
Liu Haotian, a newly appointed county magistrate, dared to challenge himself, a leader who had worked in Longhu County for many years. Isn't this a slap in the face?
If Meng Qinghu hadn't wanted to expose all his trump cards, Liu Haotian would have suffered even worse today!