When they arrived at Qilitang Town, the person who received them said that only deputy mayor Lu Feng was there and that he was convening a meeting with several village cadres.
Hua Nianping asked Secretary-General Hao and Yao Yong for their opinions and said how about going directly to the venue to listen.
Both of them found Hua Nianping's idea ridiculous. They thought that no department-level executive could listen to the meeting of a department-level town mayor, and he was also a deputy town mayor.
They were taken into the town meeting room.
Lu Feng was speaking to several village cadres when he suddenly saw Hua Nianping and others coming in. He immediately stood up from his seat and planned to come over to greet them.
Hua Nianping waved his hand to Lu Feng, indicating that they should continue the meeting.
He quietly sat on a chair at the door, looking at the rural grassroots cadres one by one, showing great interest. Secretary-General Hao and Yao Yong also quietly found a seat each.
The three of them listened for a while and understood that the meeting was discussing arrangements for the general election of the village committee.
Lu Feng said: "Village officials are also officials. When the Municipal People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference elect standing committee members, we elect village cadres. The difference is that they use differential elections, while our village officials are directly elected. Every villager has signed up to run.
With regard to power, everyone will choose whoever can do a good job. The town will not recommend candidates this year."
A village cadre said: "What if no one signs up? I've only served one term and that's enough. I don't plan to sign up for the election this year!"
Lu Feng smiled and said: "I've thought about it. It doesn't matter if no one signs up. The villagers can jointly recommend it. The key is to find someone who works fairly and everyone can trust. In particular, we must mobilize people with integrity to rush forward and participate in the direct election!"
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Another village cadre said: "I'm afraid that like in previous years, powerful people will engage in forced elections and rich people will engage in vote bribery!"
Lu Feng said: "I have thought about this issue. This year, we will all vote on the spot, count the votes on the spot, and announce on the spot. If you believe me, I will go to every village for the village committee election this year.
It is to guide the election, but it is also to supervise. Do you think there are any other problems?"
Everyone said no more, so Lu Feng announced that the meeting was adjourned.
Hua Nianping saw that Lu Feng's speech at the meeting was crisp and clear, and he was very confident in everything he did. He admired this short township cadre very much.
Lu Feng sent several village cadres away and immediately returned to the conference room and asked: "Commissioner Hua, why did you leaders come to the town in person? Do you have anything important to arrange?"
Hua Nianping asked Lu Feng to sit down first and asked: "I remember I heard you say that I studied bioengineering in college, so I want to know something about Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory and this major from you. Are you familiar with it?"
Lu Feng said: "My sister and brother-in-law both work in Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory. My sister does technical testing and my brother-in-law is in the sales business. I often hear them discuss things in the factory. As Commissioner Hua knows, I am majoring in chemical and biological engineering.
, plus I work in this town, so I am more concerned about Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory."
Hua Nianping said: "Very good, please explain the situation you know as thoroughly as possible!"
When Lu Feng heard Commissioner Hua use the word "please" to ask him to express his opinion, he immediately felt flattered and happy, and no longer had any scruples in his heart.
He said: "In fact, in my opinion, Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory is a very good enterprise, but it has not been managed well over the years, mainly due to poor systems and mechanisms. There are two serious problems in the factory that need to be solved. One is the high production cost;
Management costs are high and resource efficiency is low.”
Lu Feng gave an example: "For example, in the production of citric acid, the main raw materials are corn and dried potatoes. After fermentation, they can be processed into many by-products, but they are not fully utilized in the factory. Secondly, environmental pollution has not been solved, including both water pollution and air pollution.
The lysine production process can produce a large amount of sulfur-containing substances, which is very harmful to the human body."
Lu Feng went on to analyze: "This time, several elderly people in the nursing home died. In addition to dietary factors, air pollution was also one of the causes. Even more terrifying, long-term breathing of this sulfur-containing air can lead to the production of cancer cells and some viruses. I
It has been noticed that in the villages surrounding the Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory, more and more women are giving birth to children with deformities or cerebral palsy."
Hua Nianping's heart became increasingly heavy, and he felt that he was in a dilemma. On one side was the local economic development of Huaishang City and the profit growth of Enyuan Group, and on the other side was the people's livelihood issues.
He remembered a paper he wrote many years ago, called "The Impact of my country's Economic Development on the World Economy". It mentioned that about the world's processing factories, there are many items that are no longer produced or restricted in production abroad. More than fifty of them are supplied to Western developed countries by developing countries at the expense of the environment, and citric acid and amino acids seem to be among the examples in his article.
Secretary-General Hao reminded Hua Nianping that it was already past 12 noon and it was time to eat. Hua Nianping asked him to arrange a meal in the town canteen.
Lu Feng said that the canteen has been closed. The reason is that sometimes he is the only one eating in the town canteen. He feels it is a waste, so he orders the door to be closed temporarily. When he needs a meal, he usually goes to the family restaurant run by Uncle Yan Si.
restaurant.
Yao Yong said that if they rushed back to the guest house restaurant to eat at this time, they would probably have leftovers and cold soup. They hadn’t eaten local dishes from the countryside for a long time, so he suggested that they go to Uncle Yan Si’s place to try something new.
Hua Nianping didn't want to go back and trouble the chef in the restaurant to cook for him alone, expressing his respect for everyone's "public opinion" about lunch.
Uncle Yan Si's local restaurant is indeed very unique, especially the two dishes of stewed mutton and scrambled eggs, which several people ate with gusto. Uncle Yan Si came in when they were about to finish eating and asked Commissioner Hua if he was satisfied with the food.
Hua Nianping replied that this was the most delicious meal since coming to Huaishang.
Uncle Yan Si said that all the food on the table is green food. The vegetables are grown in his own land, and the chickens and sheep are also raised by himself. The only drawback is that the water used to water the vegetables and the water used by the chickens and sheep are all grown by Xinhua.
Contaminated by pharmaceutical factories.
When Secretary-General Hao and Yao Yong heard this, they thought how could this be called green, and immediately stopped using their chopsticks.
At this time, a woman's cry suddenly came from outside, and then a few middle-aged men cursed. Uncle Yan hurriedly left and walked away. Lu Feng seemed to be attracted by the woman's cry.
He threw away the job he had just eaten and went out.
Hua Nianping and others waited in the house for a while but Lu Feng didn't come back, so they had to leave the restaurant and wait for him on the roadside.
Not long after the three of them stood there, they saw four or five men leaving the restaurant aggressively and boarding two cars parked at the door. They also saw Uncle Yan Si running out hurriedly behind them and holding a big red paper envelope.
Tuck it into the open car window.
Unexpectedly, the red paper bag immediately flew out of the car, fell at Uncle Yan's feet and burst into pieces, and a large pile of hundred-dollar bills scattered on the floor.
Uncle Yan looked at the two cars speeding away with a frown on his face.
Hua Nianping and the other three stepped forward to pick up the money on the ground, sorted it out and gave it to Uncle Yan, asking him what was going on?