Mid-August. Zhao Xiaobei began a major inspection of tourism project construction.
The main purpose is to check the completion and quality of Chengdu. In water conservancy and agriculture, Zhao Xiaobei has seen that all these projects have been completed and are now starting to be debugged and put into trial operation.
He was very satisfied, especially Director Yin Guozhang of Water Conservancy, who went down every two days to inspect and supervise. Their bureau's construction projects were the first to be completed. Not only was it well done, but the funds were used very efficiently.
Director Yin has stepped up process audits, optimized change procedures, and controlled contractors' expenses. For example, he does not eat at the project department during inspections and does not accept banquets from contractors, but the bureau has its own subsidies.
In this way, the contractor also saves a lot of social expenses. Don't underestimate the expense of eating and drinking. This is the largest expense on the project, and it is outside the contract. In other words, these are all paid out of profits by the contractors themselves.
Then their profits are certain, and they had already included the profits when they responded to the tender. They certainly won't make a loss-making deal now. We had no choice but to make engineering changes and change some sub-projects that were not very profitable into profitable ones.
For example, when it comes to ditch construction, there is no way to make money by plowing roads. Then shorten the channels that should be built and convert the extra money into profitable tractor road construction, and so on.
At this time, they need the cooperation of the owners, and then naturally they will make transactions with power and money.
This is how Liu Lijun of the Transportation Bureau operates, but this will inevitably affect the construction schedule and quality.
Zhao Xiaobei checked several transportation bureau construction sites. Whether it was on-site management or construction quality, they were obviously much worse than those of the water conservancy bureau.
He also discovered that the amount of work that was supposed to be completed had not yet been completed. If this continues, the construction period will definitely be delayed.
"Director Xu, how does your transportation bureau work? Why is the project not being constructed according to schedule? Can you complete it in mid-September if you keep going like this? Can you make it in time for the tourism festival? I repeatedly emphasized this at the government office meeting. , your transportation bureau is not the leader of the county government?”
This series of rhetorical questions made Executive Deputy Director Xu Jun ashamed. But this is not his responsibility. These delayed projects are all due to changes, and they were all approved by the director.
"County Magistrate Zhao, these projects have been delayed due to changes, and some projects have been completed. These are only part of the Transportation Bureau's projects."
When Zhao Xiaobei heard that Xu Jun was still explaining, he immediately became angry. Why didn't he know all the details here? He wanted to knock Liu Lijun from the Transportation Bureau today, but that guy didn't even have the county magistrate accompanying him.
I am still grinding my teeth in Deputy Secretary Yin Zhihua’s office.
"Director Xu, your project feasibility study report and technical construction design are all mature plans finalized by several parties. Where did so many changes come from? Is it the responsibility of the construction party, the design, or your owner?"
Xu Jun had long understood from the hint of the old director Sun Lijun that County Magistrate Zhao wanted to beat Sun Lijun of the Transportation Bureau. So he didn't speak for him, he just told the facts.
"This is my work error, I don't even know it clearly."
"You don't know who knows? Then call the person who knows. Now, right away!"
It was the first time for many people accompanying the inspection to see County Magistrate Zhao being so angry. Magistrate Zhao was usually very amiable. It seemed that Liu Lijun had stepped on Magistrate Zhao's bottom line this time.
They didn't dare to speak, but they all understood that this was because Liu Lijun was selfish and ignored the interests of the county government.
"These projects were all decided by Director Liu himself."
"What about someone else? He, a person who knows everything about such a big matter, won't come here. What's the use of people like you who don't know about it? You don't know anything about it."
"County magistrate, we'll call right away."
Xu Jun took out his cell phone and ran to the side to make a call. Zhao Xiaobei suddenly said:
"You don't have to go to the side. This is work and not a private matter. You can fight here."
Xu Jun really didn't move and started to make phone calls while standing in the crowd.
"Director Liu, the county magistrate is currently inspecting our village-to-village project. Where are you?"
An impatient voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Didn't you go to accompany him? I'll report to Secretary Yin's office and I'll be there in a moment."
Xu Jun was also speechless. He stood there awkwardly and didn't know how to answer. I thought that you, the director, were the boss, and you couldn't tell which side of the kang was hot and which side was cold.
Zhao Xiaobei also knew about Liu Lijun's conduct, so he directly answered the phone:
"Director Liu Lijun, there are some situations in your Transportation Bureau's project that need you to explain on the spot. You should rush to the Fushan Village project site immediately. I'm waiting for you."
After speaking, Liu Lijun hung up the phone without waiting for a reply. Then he asked Song Xiaoping, director of the Finance Bureau who accompanied the inspection:
“To what extent has the Transportation Bureau’s construction funds been allocated now?”
"County Magistrate, our Finance Bureau strictly follows the bidding contract. Now the overall allocation has reached 60%, because some projects have been completed and audited, so we have allocated 95%."
Zhao Xiaobei then asked:
"What about the projects you just looked at?"
“Our Finance Bureau has allocated 50% of these.”
Zhao Xiaobei said with a majestic look:
"From now on, if the transportation bureau's projects are not completed, all fund allocations will be suspended until they are completed and they will be allocated after asking me for instructions."
Liu Lijun on the other end of the phone also complained to Secretary Yin sitting opposite him immediately after hanging up the phone, but there was nothing he could do. The county magistrate's orders must be carried out.
When he arrived, he saw a group of people from Wuyangyang standing at the construction site.
He stepped forward to say hello:
"County Magistrate Zhao, I'm sorry. I was just reporting on work, so I'm late."
Zhao Xiaobei did not respond to him and asked directly:
"Why can't these projects catch up with the progress of the project? Why are there so many changes? Is it because of you, the construction unit, or the design?"
This series of questions confused Liu Lijun. He originally thought that these projects were not closely related to tourism projects, so there would be no problem if they were completed a little later.
Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Zhao Xiaobei still clung to this construction period. He didn't know how to explain it for a while. Could it be that for the sake of his own interests, he agreed to their changes and the project progress could not be kept up?
Zhao Xiaobei also knew that Liu Lijun could not answer, but he did not intend to give him a chance to step down. Then he asked the question:
"If you don't speak, is it because you don't know or you don't want to talk?"
Liu Lijun knew that Zhao Xiaobei's anger was rising. If he didn't speak now, he wouldn't have a chance to speak later. "
"County Magistrate, there are reasonable reasons for the changes in these projects. They have been stated in the change instructions, but I will let them step up the construction and will not affect the unified deployment of the county."
When Zhao Xiaobei heard Liu Lijun's explanation, what was the reasonable reason? It seems that you really think that I, Zhao Xiaobei, am young and easy to bully. If I don't give you some color, you don't know the benefits.
Zhao Xiaobei was also determined to make Liu Lijun look good today. The following questions and operations made Liu Lijun instantly petrified.
