Perhaps my sincerity impressed them, and they immediately talked to me about some issues in Shangjiang City.
An old comrade said to me: "Mayor Feng, we have so many laid-off workers in Shangjiang City, what will they do with their lives in the future? The subsistence allowance alone cannot solve the problem. Today's prices are getting higher and higher.
As far as I know, there are some laid-off workers who go there to pick up some free vegetables when the stalls are being closed, and it is difficult for them to eat one meal of meat a month."
I was a little surprised, "Didn't they give them a buyout of seniority wages when they were laid off? It shouldn't be that difficult, right?"
They answered me: "They have all used it to raise funds. Now that the fund-raising company cannot pay the money for a while, they have not withdrawn."
I suddenly remembered this matter, and secretly felt that something was not quite right about it. But now I have not investigated the situation of that company, so it is not convenient for me to give a clear answer. I said
: "I will immediately arrange for people to investigate this matter. Regarding our laid-off workers, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have made some plans. On the one hand, we must encourage laid-off workers to start their own businesses. On the other hand, we will definitely take measures to increase employment.
In addition, we are also planning to open a night market after the Spring Festival. The employees of the night market can only be laid-off workers and are completely tax-free."
At this time, an old comrade said: "Wouldn't it be better if we started this matter during the Spring Festival? Everyone has nothing to do during the Spring Festival, so there will definitely be a lot of people visiting the night market."
I explained: "You are right. But we also have our own difficulties. On the one hand, the demolition work has not been completed where we plan to open the night market. On the other hand, we citizens of Shangjiang City are not used to going there during the Spring Festival."
Eat outside, and laid-off workers mostly sell cheap goods. Not many people go to buy such things during the Spring Festival, right? During the Spring Festival, everyone is used to eating at their own and friends’ homes, and maybe people go to night markets to eat.
Not a lot. The opening time of this night market is also very important, we can’t let them lose confidence from the beginning. Don’t you think so?”
The old comrade nodded and said, "It seems that Mayor Feng has thought much more carefully than we have."
At this time, another old comrade said to me: "Mayor Feng, our people in Shangjiang City originally had low incomes, but now we have demolished so many houses to build commercial housing, although the state has provided the same for the demolished houses as new houses."
Compensation for area, but the new houses built by developers are all large in area, so many years of savings will be spent all at once, and many people will owe a large amount of debt. I don’t know if you think about it.
Have you experienced everyone's feelings? Some people may have gone too far: This is simply taking away the people's wealth. But it does reflect part of the reality."
I smiled bitterly in my heart: This is indeed what the developer did deliberately. Just imagine: if half of the new houses built are used to repay the original area that was demolished, how much money will the developer make? Moreover, if the common people are
The purpose of squeezing out money is to stimulate domestic demand in a place, which in the long run is also for the development of a local economy. This is also a good thing for the government. But such words cannot be said, because
Most ordinary people cannot understand this knowledge about macroeconomics, and the more such questions are explained, the more likely they are to cause misunderstandings.
I replied: "You can take a look at the situation in other counties and cities around our provincial capital. They developed earlier than us, and now most of the citizens in those places have lived in new houses, and their lives have also been greatly improved.
Big improvement. Everyone knows the situation in Shangjiang City. Poverty is our current situation, so we must change this situation. Maybe our people will suffer certain losses in the process of change, but from now on
In the long run, everyone's wealth will definitely increase. For example, a citizen of ours used to have a private house of fifty square meters. After the current situation was demolished, the new house built gave him the fifty square meters, and then he used his own money for many years.
He bought the extra area of a house with his savings. On the surface, it seems that he no longer has a private house before, and now he doesn’t even have a deposit. But have you ever thought about it? Has the total value of his house increased? Recently we have
The price of houses in Shangjiang City has increased a lot, right? If you calculate it this way, hasn't his deposit increased in value several times? In the final analysis, it is the wealth of our citizens that has increased, is this a fact?"
Everyone said that my analysis was very reasonable.
In fact, I can't help but feel ashamed in my heart, because what I just said is indeed correct, but there is one thing that many people don't pay attention to: their property has indeed increased in value, but that is their life necessity. If a person
If a family does not have excess real estate, then no matter how valuable the house is, it is just a house. They cannot sell it to rent a house or sell it to live in the countryside. In other words, the increased value of the property is ultimately just a house.
A piece of "real estate" cannot really be converted into usable wealth.
Of course, this is an exception for those who need to get a loan from a bank to start a business. However, I believe one thing: there are only a few people who really have the courage to take out a mortgage loan on their property and then start their own business.
Regarding this issue, our government functions in this way. After all, we have not harmed the interests of most citizens. Moreover, this is also a stage that local economic development must go through.
I continued: "The ultimate goal of our large-scale transformation and reconstruction of the city is for the economic development of our Shangjiang City. As our economy develops, there will be more foreign investors, and we will create more jobs for our laid-off workers."
Channels will also increase as a result, which is a virtuous cycle. In the future, when our city is built, many people will definitely come to us for tourism and consumption, and our various industries will
It will inevitably flourish. Therefore, the ultimate goal of what we do is to pursue such a virtuous cycle. As you may have seen, our government is completely sparing no expense in creating our investment environment. We are transforming Binjiang Road. In the future,
It will become a beautiful park, and our city center will become a unique ancient cultural street in the future, which will also be the business card of our city. In addition, we will also renovate the river that runs through the city.
, its two sides will also become a place for citizens to relax and entertain. In the future, when everyone lives in such a city, the happiness index will also increase a lot. This is also benefiting our future generations. So, even if we are now
It’s worth paying some price. Do you think so?”
They were all intoxicated by the wonderful prospects I described, and couldn't help but applaud.
But then I suddenly realized that I couldn't let them put forward more opinions in this way. And I also found that I was actually very afraid of them asking sharp questions. If that was really the case.
If I did, I would probably be unable to step down because of this. Because of this, I kept beautifying myself and defending the opinions they raised.
Therefore, I now realize that my so-called desire to hear their real opinions is really an unrealistic fantasy.
So, I immediately chose to leave.
I took the person in charge of the department below to the square. I saw that there were many businesses doing activities here, and the welfare lottery draw was also in full swing——
Several rows of sun sheds were erected in the center of the square, and they were full of people selling lottery tickets. Of course, there were also many people who went there to buy lottery tickets.
On the rostrum in front, the host's encouraging words were played. They were telling everyone that there were many big prizes in this batch of lottery tickets. The first prize was a car worth hundreds of thousands, and the second prize was a car worth hundreds of thousands.
Philippine electrical appliances and so on. Those prizes are placed under the podium, which is really eye-catching.
The people following me encouraged me to buy lottery tickets. When I saw the huge crowds of people here, I immediately became interested, and I was also very happy: it seems that the method we adopted is very good, at least it can save the citizens from the lottery.
It was tuned at home.
The lottery tickets cost two yuan each. I spent ten yuan to buy five of them, but I didn’t win any prizes. Secretary Xiao Xu and the driver also bought ten yuan tickets. Their luck was better than mine, and each of them won.
I won two small prizes worth two yuan, so I used the four yuan I won to buy two more lottery tickets. The result was of course one can imagine.
I laughed immediately.
Xiao Sui said: "I have heard a saying that people who buy lottery tickets and win big prizes have descendants burning paper in front of their graves in previous lives, and the paper money burned becomes the windfall of this life. It seems that we
In my previous life, I was a lonely ghost, so I couldn't win the prize."
This was the first time I heard such a statement, and I couldn't help laughing.
At this time, the host on the rostrum suddenly announced loudly: "Wow! Today's first big prize happened! Mr. Peng won the first prize, and the prize he got was a car! Among these lottery tickets
There are also two cars! Everyone, hurry up and buy them!"
Everyone was looking towards the rostrum, and saw a fat middle-aged man standing there, with a big red flower on his chest by the staff. This man looked like a worker, and his face was
He smiled honestly and looked at the people below.
Someone next to me said in surprise: "Isn't this Peng Laosan who is laid off? He is so lucky! I will buy another box!"
I almost laughed out loud. This activity organized by the Civil Affairs Bureau was really effective. They understand the characteristics of ordinary people. In fact, many of us have gambling in our hearts, and activities like this are essentially the same as gambling*
*Same, except it's legal.
I left here and immediately went to the promotional booths of several shops on the edge of the square. There were discounted electrical appliances and a lot of daily necessities. However, there were not many customers in this place at this time. It seemed that they were all occupied.
I was attracted to the place where I bought lottery tickets.
I asked the staff here, and they told me that the sales volume on this day was still very impressive, equivalent to a normal week's sales.
I am secretly happy because I know that for businesses, as long as they enjoy the benefits of such activities, they will often use weekends and holidays to continue such activities in the future. As for our government, we should guide them to make good use of it.
In this way, the city's business will prosper, which will achieve our goal.
On the other side of the square, what I saw turned out to be a stall of local products. This place displayed the cured meats here, as well as oil, salt, tea, rice and other daily consumer goods. I asked about the situation and they told me that today’s
The sales situation is also very good.
At this time, I suddenly saw a group of people coming here. When I looked carefully, it turned out to be Secretary Rong and the others, and the person next to Secretary Rong was Su Wen.
Secretary Rong seemed to be in a very good mood. She also saw me and came over and said to me: "Mayor Feng, this is a good idea."
I smiled and said, "Yes. In the future, during New Years and holidays, even on weekends, they will spontaneously carry out such activities if we no longer organize them."
She smiled and said: "So, the government's guiding role is very important. We will further explore this experience in the future."
I smiled and said: "Comrades from TV stations and newspapers should publicize this situation, especially in provincial newspapers and provincial TV stations. We should attract people from the provincial capital and other places around the provincial capital.
Come to our Shangjiang City."
Secretary Rong smiled and said: "Good idea." Then she said to Su Wen beside her: "Director Su, go and implement this matter."
I found that Su Wen looked particularly beautiful today, probably because she was in a good mood. I smiled and praised her and said, "Director Su organized the event well. Secretary Rong, we should praise her well."
Secretary Rong smiled and said: "I have already praised her. She did organize this event very well, which shows that our Director Su is a very capable female cadre."
Su Wen's face turned red with excitement, "I haven't done well yet, and I need to continue to work hard in the future."
Secretary Rong said with a smile: "Of course, you also have shortcomings. For example, you should take the initiative to think of things like this, including the publicity issues mentioned by Mayor Feng just now. This shows the innovation and initiative of your work.
Sex is not enough. You should think more about it from now on."
Su Wen said respectfully: "Thank you, Secretary Rong, for your criticism, and thank you, Mayor Feng, for your reminder. I will definitely work hard in the future."
I smiled at her. Then, I accompanied Secretary Rong to visit all the stalls in the square. Finally, she hesitated outside the place where lottery tickets were sold and then left the place.
I smiled and asked her: "Secretary Rong, don't you go and buy two?"
She shook her head and said, "I was just thinking, what if I get hit by a car?"
I was stunned immediately because I had never thought about such a possibility before. Yes, why didn’t I think of this? What if the ten-dollar lottery ticket I bought earlier had a first prize?
?Can I go to claim the prize? If I go to claim the prize, people may doubt the fairness of the lottery, and there may even be rumors against me. If I don't go to claim the prize, others will also talk about me.
No ulterior motives.
In short, I just bought a lottery ticket without carefully considering the possible consequences. If I really won the jackpot, it would only put myself in an embarrassing situation.
As a result, I deeply blamed myself. I found that I was indeed very different from Secretary Rong in many aspects. At least I was not comprehensive enough in considering such issues. In the final analysis, this was still a sign of immaturity.
Secretary Rong glanced at me, with a meaningful smile in her eyes. I knew that she might have guessed that I had bought a lottery ticket.
I gave her an apologetic look.
She smiled at me, then looked at the time, "Let's go, Mayor Feng, we have plans for the evening."
In the evening, we hosted a dinner for the legal persons of foreign companies, which is also an important arrangement during the Spring Festival.
I nodded towards her. At this time, I felt very ashamed, and at the same time I was grateful for her tolerance.
She took her secretary to the parking place outside the square, and I followed her. At this time, I suddenly heard Su Wen calling me, "Mayor Feng..."
I turned around and looked at her. She whispered to me: "Mayor Feng, thank you."
I smiled at her and said, "You don't need to thank me. You did your job well."
She blushed slightly and said, "Mayor Feng, I wish you a happy Spring Festival. I would like to come and wish you a happy New Year, is that okay?"
There was a kind of sincerity in her eyes when she looked at me, and I immediately hesitated... (To be continued)