"Hey, Mr. Chen, are you so active? You arrived before us."
Old Chen, who was sitting at the door of the government compound, knocked off his cigarette pot and pinned it on his waist: "Hey, I heard that you are coming to collect money. Can you be more proactive?"
"That's true, but I heard that Mayor Bai is going to lead everyone to make a lot of money this time. You and Chen Ping are so familiar, please tell us some gossip."
"What are you familiar with? I am now with Mayor Bai and stay away from home all day long. But I heard from Chen Ping's wife that Mayor Bai really didn't do it this time. He made a total of two dollars in the stock market with everyone's money." One billion, don’t you think it’s scary?”
"Hey, I don't even dare to think about it. Anyway, Mayor Bai is a very capable person. It's absolutely right to follow him!"
"Let's go, let's wait in the courtyard and listen to what others have to say."
"go together!"
…
Early in the morning, Bai Zhe called Dong Xiaorui and asked her to help organize the villagers of Chen Village, saying that there was a major event to be announced that affected everyone.
Regarding the major event Bai Zhe mentioned, Dong Xiaorui immediately guessed that it was about the two billion.
Knowing that this was something that could not be kept secret, it would be more appropriate for the town government to announce the matter.
On this point, Dong Xiaorui's thoughts are still different from Qi Chao's.
However, what Bai Zhe wants is this kind of obedient subordinate. He is not without his own opinions and does not need to listen to too many random opinions.
At nine o'clock in the morning, all the villagers of Chen Village were gathered in the town government compound.
At present, Chen Village has been completely demolished, and the villagers are scattered in villages in all directions.
Invisibly, as soon as the news about Bai Zhe is released today, it will spread quickly, and even several nearby towns will get the news quickly.
This is what Bai Zhe wants.
Although Dong Xiaorui had been waiting anxiously at the scene for an hour, and all the villagers were waiting impatiently and looking forward to it, Bai Zhe did not appear.
Hearing the villagers below talking about it, Dong Xiaorui was very anxious, but he had no idea what to do.
She didn't know that Bai Zhe had actually arrived in Lishui Town a long time ago, but he didn't enter the government compound. Instead, he sat in the car with his legs crossed, leisurely waiting for today's important guests.
Because he knew that if this important guest didn't come, it would be useless even if he went over. He would definitely be overwhelmed by all the noise. He would simply let them wait a little longer. This would also increase some expectations, and maybe it would be beneficial to his own expectations. Woolen cloth.
Not long after, Bai Zhe saw Gao Huilin's face, and he stuck his head out of the car window to greet him from all the way.
She was riding in an Audi A6. It was obvious at first glance that it was not an official car. She must have brought an engineer with her.
"How's it going? Have you done what you were asked to do?"
Before the car stopped, Gao Huilin ran over from the passenger side.
"That's for sure. How dare I fail to handle the things my dear told me?"
Then he turned around and saw a middle-aged man getting out of the car, followed by a fair and elegant young man wearing glasses.
"Here, let me introduce to you. This is Director Cheng, the director of the Construction Planning Office, and this is Fu Wei, the bridge architect."
"This is what I told you, Mayor Bai Zhe of Lishui Town."
Bai Zhe quickly got out of the car and enthusiastically stepped forward to shake hands with the two of them.
Although the office director has a small official position, fortunately, he is in charge of construction matters and has a lot of money. Without Gao Huilin's recommendation, they would not have come here easily.
In other words, in Director Cheng's eyes, Bai Zhe was just a cadre at the provincial level and would not be taken seriously at all.
From his calm and calm eyes, Bai Zhe could see the disdain in the other person's heart.
Director Cheng took out his cigarette, and Fu Wei quickly lit it for him. After blowing out a puff of cigarette, he said, "Uh, Xiao Gao, I don't know how long Mayor Bai plans to build a bridge. Why do you have to ask me to build it?" Senior designer? Let's try to solve it as quickly as possible. There are still many things to deal with in the office, so we can't stay here for too long."
After saying that, he held his cigarette and smoked while looking at the surrounding environment.
To be honest, in towns like this, the bridges they build are nothing more than rural road bridges that are a few hundred meters long and a few kilometers long. The main reason is that the funds are not in place. Looking at the situation, it is estimated that today's trip will be in vain.
Gao Huilin quickly explained: "Don't worry, Director Cheng will not delay your work."
When they looked over, Bai Zhe said, "It's not a big deal. I just want to build a bridge across the Li River, so I asked Director Cheng and the designer to come over and stand."
Hearing Bai Zhe's words, Director Cheng originally thought that he heard wrongly and waved his hands nonchalantly: "Ah, these are all trivial matters. In fact, you can contact the planning bureau of your county committee. There is no need to alert the city."
Gao Huilin whispered: "Director Cheng, you may have heard wrong. Mayor Bai meant to build a bridge across the river, not Lishui, but Lihe..."
"Um?"
Director Cheng was stunned, and the cigarette in his hand gradually turned into a straight line.
Fu Wei looked at Bai Zhe and asked with a smile, "Are you sure you are talking about Lihe?"
Bai Zhe nodded: "Yes, Lihe."
The two people looked at each other and were stunned at the same time.
Fu Wei confirmed again: "Mayor Bai, do you know how much it costs to build a bridge across the river?"
Bai Zhe lowered his head and took out his ears: "I thought it would be two billion anyway?"
Originally, Fu Wei wanted to scare Bai Zhe with a huge fee, but he didn't expect that he would ask for two billion.
Bai Zhe didn't calm down, but he shocked himself.
"Two billion? Are you planning to build six lanes?"
"Uh, yes." Bai Zhe smiled and praised Gao Huilin: "After all, he is still a senior engineer. He is very professional as soon as he speaks."
But at this moment, Fu Wei was not in the mood to listen to others praise him for his professionalism. He had already been completely shocked by Bai Zhe's casual remarks.
This small town mayor, who was driving a car worth more than 300,000 yuan, was now standing on the side of the road and told him that he planned to invest in building a cross-river bridge worth 2 billion.
This thing sounds like a dream.
Director Cheng recovered from his daze, stared at Bai Zhe and asked, "Mayor Bai, are you right? Do you have two billion?"
Bai Zhe smiled and said nothing, but Gao Huilin stepped forward and explained: "Director Cheng may not know that Mayor Bai is the listing consultant of Tianhai Group, and two billion is not a problem for him."
"I'm dizzy!"
Director Cheng quickly stamped out the cigarette butt, hurriedly took out a Yuxi cigarette from his pocket for Bai Zhe, and put it in front of Bai Zhe.
"Mayor Bai, come on, let's have a cigarette."
Gao Huilin stood aside, raised her jade finger and put it on the tip of her nose, and chuckled.
Bai Zhe raised his hand to block it, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Director Cheng, I don't smoke this, it's so harsh."
After saying that, he took out a box of soft Chinese from his pocket, shook it and said, "I only smoke Chinese."
As he spoke, he took out one and stuffed it into his mouth.
Fu Wei hurriedly stepped forward to light the fire, but Director Cheng got there first and opened his own windproof lighter.
Facing the blue flames that came to him, Director Cheng covered them with one hand, while Bai Zhe put one hand in his pocket and lit the cigarette on fire.
"Well, let's stop standing around. The folks in the town are still waiting. You can just come with me."
Director Cheng nodded repeatedly: "Okay, then Mayor Lao Bai will lead the way for us."
Without saying a word, Bai Zhe abandoned Hua Zi, who had taken two puffs, and got into the car. He also asked Gao Huilin to sit with him.
Gao Huilin came up and kissed Bai Zhe on the face, took Bai Zhe's arm and said happily: "It was so interesting just now. Director Cheng's hands were all burnt yellow from the smoke, hehe."
Bai Zhe said indifferently: "He is an old smoker. Look at his teeth when he smiles."
Gao Huilin asked curiously: "Then why are your teeth not yellow?"
Bai Zhe smiled bitterly and said, "I only smoke a few cigarettes a day. But let me tell you a little secret now. Director Cheng is very selfish. When it comes to corruption, his heart is darker than his lungs."
Gao Huilin looked at Bai Zhe in surprise: "Can you see this?"
"If you don't believe it, let's wait and see."
Looking at Bai Zhe's confident look, Gao Huilin rested her head on Bai Zhe's arms.
"I believe that what you said is an imperial decree, okay?"
"hehe."
Smelling the fragrance of Gao Huilin's hair, Bai Zhe looked up and saw the car turning into the town government compound.
"Look, Mayor Bai is back."
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, haven't you seen Mayor Bai coming back? He doesn't even have this bit of vision!"
"Look, there is a car following him. Who could be inside?"
"Let's go up and have a look."
When they saw the car driving in, the crowd immediately surrounded it.
"Mayor Bai, hello Mayor Bai."
Bai Zhe got out of the car and as soon as he raised his head, he was greeted by a crowd of people, surrounding him.
"Okay, everyone is fine."
Bai Zhe raised his hand and shook hands with everyone one by one to say hello.
After holding a dozen of them, Bai Zhe saw that there were still more people coming towards him.
Dong Xiaorui quickly raised his hand and ran over: "Everyone, please give way. Let Mayor Bai stand on the stage."
As he spoke, he grabbed a few young people beside him and said, "Quick, maintain order for Mayor Bai."
So several young staff members quickly stepped forward and started to clear the way for Bai Zhe.
Bai Zhe took the opportunity to greet the people around him and walked forward.
From a distance, the entire crowd looked like a black vortex, tightly surrounding Bai Zhe. Every step he took, he encountered many enthusiastic villagers who wanted to break through the obstacles and step forward to shake hands with him.
Looking at the crowd's enthusiasm and expectation for Bai Zhe, both Cheng Wen and Fu Wei felt a huge shock, which was constantly impacting their hearts.
"Director Cheng, isn't this incredible? Can a mayor have such appeal?"
Director Cheng looked forward and murmured: "This is the power of money."
After saying that, he suddenly realized that he was being left out in the cold. Then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go and listen to what he has to say."
As he spoke, he raised his feet and walked forward.
With the reluctant support of the young clerk, Bai Zhe finally stood on the national flag stage in the government compound, looked back at the simple faces in front of him, and took a deep breath.
