After exchanging a few words at the gate, Chu Heng, surrounded by Kong Jun and other people, entered the compound and came to a conference room in a two-story building that stood among many bungalows.
After sitting down in the room, Kong Jun smoked a cigarette and asked with a smile on his face: "I heard that Manager Chu drove here by himself?"
"Yes, there is no direct flight, and the sleeper car is too slow. I thought I had nothing to do recently, so I took a brother and drove all the way here for fun." Chu Heng said with a smile.
"How's the scenery along the way?"
“The mountains and rivers are picturesque and beautiful, and all the mountains and rivers can be included in poetry.”
"Well said!"
Kong Jun immediately led the others to smack his palms a few times, and then asked with a smile: "Manager Chu has traveled all over the country and even abroad many times. I wonder how you feel about our Yanchuan?"
"Very good, very good." Chu Heng looked at Kong Jun, whose eyes were rolling, and didn't answer at all. How could Kong Jun not know what Yanchuan was like?
This is obviously a question made knowingly and for other purposes.
But how could Kong Jun just let him go? He took the tea brought by the secretary and poured him a cup himself, and said: "Mr. Chu, please don't be polite. We have a rough idea of what's going on in Yanchuan.
So please give us a more objective evaluation? This way we can know how big the gap is between Yanchuan and other places."
"Yes, yes." A county leader sitting below him immediately agreed: "I also ask Manager Chu to give you some advice, so that we can better understand ourselves, know where the gap is, and how to catch up."
"Yes, please don't be polite, Manager Chu."
"We want to hear the truth."
Several more people followed.
"Then I'll tell the truth." At this point, Chu Heng found it hard to refuse. After pondering for a while, he said: "To be honest, Yanchuan County is relatively backward among the places I have been to.
whether it is urban and rural construction or people’s livelihood, etc.
All the above things lag behind most places in the country, such as modern agriculture among the four modernizations. Yesterday I went to Liujiagou to visit my brother, and I didn’t even see a few decent machines there.
It’s like before, it’s bulls pulling and people pushing.”
Kong Jun was waiting for his words. He sighed heavily when he heard the words and said: "We are actually aware of the situations you mentioned. We also want our comrades to live a better life. Everyone has food to eat and clothing to wear."
Wear, but it’s hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. The land in Yanchuan is so barren that she can’t grow much food at all. Even feeding herself is a problem, so she has to apply for relief every year.
Not to mention the industry, there are only a few small factories, which are not worth mentioning at all. The only thing that can be obtained is coal, but this income is really a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of thousands of people in the county."
As he spoke, he winked at the other leaders. One of them, a chubby little old man, immediately understood and said with a smile: "Manager Chu, I heard that you are the famous God of Wealth in the Ministry of Foreign Trade. You have the ability to turn decay into magic.
I wonder if you have any good ideas to make our county richer?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and everyone looked at Chu Heng in unison.
I know you guys have bad intentions!
Chu Heng secretly curled his lips, but had no intention of refusing. He had already tried his best to speed up the construction of the motherland. This was done in Sijiu City, and wasn't it also done in Yanchuan?
In short, the meat will be rotten in the pot.
Then he spread his hands and said with a smile: "Comrades, this is really hard for me. Just like Comrade Kong said, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. I don't even know the specific situation in Yanchuan, so how can I help?"
Can you help me?"
"You mean, you agreed?" Kong Jun couldn't help but be stunned when he saw him agreeing to help so easily. He had originally prepared some benefits to try to impress Chu Heng, but unexpectedly they were useless.
"I can't bear to see the comrades in Yanchuan so poor. If I can help you, I will naturally be willing." Chu Heng said with a look of compassion.
"Thank you, Comrade Chu Heng!" Kong Jun stood up moved and held his hand tightly. He really didn't expect that Chu Heng's character was so noble. He felt extremely ashamed and felt that he was a villain.
"Thank you for not being in a hurry. I still have to wait and see whether I can help you." Chu Heng quickly took out his hand to avoid any bad luck and said with a smile: "Please take me to understand the situation in Yanchuan first, so that I can know what to do.
Where to start?"
"Okay, okay, what about when we have lunch?" Kong Jun asked excitedly.
Others were also smiling and full of hope.
Chu Heng looked at the time and said: "It's still early, don't be in a hurry to eat. Please introduce it to me first."
"No problem." Kong Jun quickly signaled to the secretary, who turned around and hurried out of the conference room, and came back soon with a thick stack of information.
"Manager Chu, these materials are all about the agricultural resources and industrial resources of our county." Kong Jun took the materials and put them in front of Chu Heng. It still smelled of ink, which they compiled overnight yesterday.
"Okay, let me take a look first."
Chu Heng lit a cigarette, picked up a piece of information, and read it carefully.
After about half an hour of this, he put down the last piece of information and rubbed his swollen temples.
When the old man saw this, he asked before he could speak, "Has Manager Chu found any solution?"
"There are ways." Chu Heng took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I read from the information that northern Shaanxi is very suitable for planting some medicinal materials such as angelica and Tianqi. These are quite good.
For cash crops, you can go back to the relevant departments and ask them to send people to conduct on-site surveys and provide guidance. First, find a place for trial planting, collect data, etc. After confirming the planting area and production capacity, you can contact me and I will ask the agricultural products company
I'll give you tasks and plans over there."
"I'm afraid it will take several years to achieve this." Kong Jun frowned when he heard this, and then rubbed his hands with a smile on his face: "Manager Chu, I wonder if there is a quick way? There are several factories in our county..."
"Don't mention your factory." Chu Heng waved his hand and said: "I have read the information on some factories such as detergents and cement factories. They are all factories with old equipment and backward technology. Their products are not sold outside.
If there is no market, we can still make ends meet by supplying local products.”
When everyone heard this, they were immediately disappointed.
But at this moment, Chu Heng continued: "So until the factory's equipment and technology are updated, we can't rely on them for the time being. We have to start with other things with local characteristics."
"What?" Kong Jun asked quickly.
"Handicrafts, this is the only area where you are good at this, and you can get money as soon as possible." Chu Heng pointed to the information in front of him: "But I didn't see any relevant information here."