I actually had no other plans that night, except that I didn't want to spend time having dinner with the organist.
I rushed back to Shangjiang. I wanted to take more time to carefully study and think about some recent work.
The next afternoon Guan Qin called and said that the visa to go abroad had been processed, and this travel agency happened to have a tour group going to Australia the day after tomorrow. The travel agency meant that we could go to Australia with this tour group, so the air tickets
It's much cheaper, and we can come back with this tour group on the return trip, but we can move around freely during the trip.
Of course I knew that the travel agency wanted to do a promotion, but I thought it was very convenient. I said to her: "Doctor Guan, I think we can ask the travel agency to handle our air tickets, and you can also join this tour group personally.
But you have to take one or two days to go to the University of Sydney to investigate. It is necessary to show off and walk around, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when you come back. I have something to do in the past, so I will not join the group to travel with them.
Already."
She said: "I think, let's make an appointment to go to the University of Sydney together. Just for one day. How about that?"
I thought about it and then said: "The tour group will definitely arrange a day to visit Sydney. Australian tourism should definitely include a visit to the Sydney Opera House, just this day."
She said: "But, I also want to see the Sydney Opera House. What should I do?"
I smiled and said: "Let's go alone in the evening. The travel agency's arrangements are often just a quick tour. If you go in the evening, you can also watch an opera or something. How nice is that?"
She smiled and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of that? OK, I'll contact the travel agency right away."
I reminded her: "You go to the school right away to borrow some money today. This time we are going to Australia for an academic visit, and the medical school has to pay for it. After you borrow the money, pay the money to the travel agency first, including our air tickets."
money and convert the remainder into foreign currency.”
She said: "Then I will do it right away."
I said to her apologetically: "I have to arrange my work before going abroad, so I have to ask you to worry about these things."
She smiled and said: "I told you, I am your secretary. Don't worry, we women are the ones who do this kind of thing."
I couldn't help but laugh, "If you are too busy, I can send my secretary over to assist you."
She smiled and asked me: "Is your secretary male or female?"
I smiled and said, "Of course he is a man. Didn't I tell you yesterday? We male government officials are not allowed to have female secretaries. Female officials usually accompany female secretaries."
She smiled and said: "That's right, so as not to be criticized by others. By the way, Mayor Feng, does your secretary-general have to be handsome?"
I laughed and said, "He's quite handsome. But he's still a young man, so don't take his ideas seriously."
She said: "Why can't I have an idea for him? Am I single too?"
I was silent for a moment. Then I heard her laughing on the phone, "Mayor Feng, I'm kidding you. How could I like a young kid? But I'm more interested in someone like you.
"
I didn't expect that she would say such a thing. You know, the number of times I have been in contact with her is actually not that many, and the issues we talk about every time we meet are relatively serious and never involve things between men and women.
At this time, she suddenly made such a joke with me on the phone, which really made me unable to adapt for a while. I hurriedly said: "Doctor Guan, please stop making such a joke."
."
She couldn't help laughing on the other end of the phone, "Mayor Feng, I'm sorry, I like to go crazy after getting to know others, don't mind. I am a little excited to think that we are going out together this time, and I am even more hopeful.
We can be more easy-going with each other, otherwise it won’t be fun.”
After hearing what she said, I suddenly felt that I was indeed too sensitive. I thought that after all, she was a person with a Western education, and making such a joke was more in line with her personality. I smiled and said: "Haha! It's okay.
Just take care of the doctor, that's it. I have something on hand right now. If you need me to do anything, please call me at any time. You have a lot of things to do soon, so please worry about it."
She said: "I'll do it right away. I won't say anything anymore. We'll have to sit on a plane together for a long time. Let's chat slowly then. I've gone out to do errands. I will definitely come to you if I have anything to do."
I felt that she was indeed a little excited, and I couldn’t help but smile bitterly: It wasn’t her first time going abroad, so how could she be so excited?
Then I thought of a possibility: maybe after returning to China, she was not only restricted in behavior, but also in thinking, so she felt a kind of depression in her heart. Now that she is going abroad soon, that kind of desire
The feeling of release was immediately apparent. The conversation between her and Yes yesterday seemed to confirm this.
But I don’t think it matters. After all, she and I will break up soon after we go out together. Then she will go traveling and I will meet Hong Ya, so the two of us are just theoretically traveling together.
After our call ended, I finished processing the last few reports I had, and then called Mayor Wu.
He is the executive deputy mayor. When I am away, he has full authority to handle various affairs of the city government on my behalf, so I must make some important matters clear to him.
In fact, he already knew that I was going abroad soon. I had told him about it a few days ago. After he came in, he smiled and asked me: "Mayor Feng, the time for your departure has been decided. Is it
Bar?"
I smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'll leave the day after tomorrow, first to Guangzhou, and then fly directly to Melbourne. Lao Wu, I'll leave the city government affairs to you while I'm away."
He smiled and said to me: "You have taken care of all the things, why don't you just go out for a few days? It's okay, I will take care of the house, you can go out and do your things happily."
I smiled and said, "Old Wu, I don't worry about other things. What I'm most worried about now are two things. The first is worrying about emergencies. The second is the problem of government finances."
He smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about these two things. Emergencies are unpredictable. Even if they really happen, aren't there still Secretary Rong and other members of the Standing Committee? If you are not here, if things get serious
, isn’t it just right to escape? You are not in a private situation, you went out this time with the approval of the leaders of the municipal party committee and the province. It’s okay.”
I thought what he said made sense, so I immediately smiled and said, "That's true. It seems that my nerves have indeed become a little sensitive recently."
He then added: "As for the money issue in the government finance, I recently discussed it with Secretary Qian, and I am still going to transfer a sum of money from the account of the industrial park to our financial account first, and pay the interest according to the bank's interest rate. However,
At present, several projects in the industrial park require money to invest, and working capital is also very tight."
I thought for a while and said: "Judging from the current situation, the credibility of the companies in the industrial park is relatively high with banks, because the company's current profitability is relatively good and its repayments are relatively timely. However, government loans are not
More and more, which will put some pressure on banks.
I think this way, when the government really needs money in the future, it will borrow it from the companies in the industrial park, and then ask Yu Yong and others to loan the money out from the bank. The only thing we have to do now is to try our best to find ways to borrow the money from the bank.
Taking out the money is the key. So we just need to change the way we operate."
He said worriedly: "Mayor Feng, I am a little worried now. The government has invested too much in recent years, and the interest on this fund is a terrible figure. Although our government's finances are gradually improving, tax revenue is also improving.
It is increasing rapidly, and there is also huge funds from land sales, but our investment is several times of this revenue, so our fiscal deficit is not small. I often think that if this continues, the government will not be able to
The finances will go bankrupt by then." (To be continued)