Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 698 Tagou

In the courtyard of the Suixian County Party Committee, inside a large cave dwelling.

At a rectangular conference table made up of small long tables and covered with coarse blue cloth, a group of people were taking their seats one after another. Thermos bottles covered with wire mesh were passed around, and ashtrays were found and placed, just like every previous meeting.

The difference was that this was the first meeting since the beginning of 1984. It was held temporarily and seemed a little hasty. After the participants were ready, they all looked at the person sitting at the top of the table.

"Come on, everyone is here. What kind of important economic work is it? Let's get started." said the man in his fifties sitting at the head of the table. His name was Liang Qifeng, the current county magistrate of Suixian County.

Since the old secretary has been in poor health in recent years and often needs to recuperate from illness, he is mainly responsible for the county's work.

After Gao Jinxi nodded, he glanced at the colleagues around the conference table and said loudly: "I am not responsible for oil development now..."

Speaking of this, everyone is running away from the plague. Finances are so tight that they almost can't pay out the New Year's expenses before the Spring Festival. It's all because of this mess.

So even if they know that this is a good thing that the higher authorities are doing to take care of the economic construction of the old revolutionary areas, everyone here can just ignore it without touching it, and they don't even want to hear it. Only Comrade Jinxi, who is highly educated, is not afraid of taking responsibility and dares to take over a stall that has become a mess.

Liang Qifeng interjected: "Jin Xi, you can just take charge of this matter and handle it. There is no need to convene a plenary meeting."

Everyone agreed.

Gao Jinxi smiled slightly and said: "But there are some things that I still need to report. Regarding oil development, I have two plans here, in order. The first thing to solve is the immediate difficulties: debt and development funds. There is good news. I want to tell everyone: I found the money."

Hey!

After hearing this, the scene burst into excitement:

"Are you rich?"

"Where can I find the money? Can I repay the bank loan? Can I make up for the salary arrears?"

"Deputy County Magistrate Gao is really awesome. I really can't think of any other way to get such a large amount of money."

Almost all the attendees grinned. They had not heard such good news for a long time.

Liang Qifeng tapped the table with his fingers and said gently to Gao Jinxi: "It's a good thing. Please explain the specific situation clearly."

Gao Jinxi responded: "Everyone knows that I studied in the capital. Some of my classmates are now doing well. They heard about the difficulties here and actively helped find solutions. They can help contact foreign businessmen.

“My idea is to attract investment and introduce a foreign-funded enterprise to jointly build a refinery with the county. The oil we mine has to be sold anyway, right? This way, it will be sold to the refinery, which is the same for us.

"There are no large-scale refineries in our surrounding areas. Once this refinery is built, it will not only be able to receive our oil, but also other brother counties. Even old wells and low-yield wells, as long as a little adds up, the refinery can There is no shortage of output. To put it bluntly, for foreign businessmen, the benefits are sufficient and attractive.

"Driven by this kind of profit, I will attach a condition to them: first lend our county a sum of money. It will be used to tide over the difficulties and build oil mining facilities. We can then use the oil as a deduction..."

Clap clap clap!

There was applause from below.

"good idea!"

"What a borrowed chicken to lay eggs!"

"Not only are these benefits, the refinery being built in our county also provides a source of tax revenue!"

Gao Jinxi looked at the person who said this and nodded with a smile: "That's right. In this way, it can also create a stable source of fiscal revenue for the county."

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Deputy County Magistrate Gao, you just said that your classmate can help contact foreign businessmen. Does that mean the matter is clear?"

"Yes, the foreign-funded enterprises that are already interested in cooperating fully agree with our requirements. Now all that is left is to meet and discuss in detail."

"Great!"

"It has to be your senior deputy county magistrate."

"You quietly turned a mess around and created another stable financial income. I admire you!"

"Haha, our county will soon have a joint venture, so congratulations!"

Just when everyone was excited and happy, there was a cough from the person in charge. Liang Qifeng raised his hand to suppress it and said: "I don't want to pour cold water on everyone. The idea is a good idea, but Jinxi, you may have overlooked a fundamental issue."

Gao Jinxi frowned slightly: "What?"

"Can the Yanchang Petroleum Administration Bureau agree to the joint venture to set up an oil refinery?"

"Why do they need to agree?" Gao Jinxi asked, "Isn't this policy that the state supports the economic construction of old revolutionary areas and contracts old wells, low-yield wells and related land parcels to counties and districts?"

He added an accent to the word "contract".

What is contracting? Not for free.

For the resources they obtain, they need to pay certain fees to the original owner, the Yanchang Petroleum Administration Bureau. Once the fees are paid, it means that the transaction has been completed, and they have the right to handle the harvest they get from the contracted oil wells independently from any angle, and have nothing to do with the Petroleum Administration Bureau.

"That's what I say," Liang Qifeng pondered, "the problem is that this is oil. Our country doesn't have enough of it. And your plan involves foreign businessmen. You should understand the importance and special significance of the oil industry."

"I don't agree with this. Let's not talk about whether it is enough. In which year did we not export oil?"

Gao Jinxi shook his head and said: "Mr. Liang, what you said is a bit on the line. In fact, as far as I know, the external cooperation of the petroleum industry has already begun, especially in the field of offshore oil. We have cooperated with foreign businessmen from at least ten countries. Enterprises are cooperating in mining at the same time. The opening of 14 coastal cities not long ago was also for the purpose of attracting investment, and the opening is not just a talk. Why can't it work here? I'm not even inviting foreign businessmen to come over to exploit oil." Liang Qifeng expressed a confused expression. Bian said: "It's useless for you to tell me these things. I also think your idea is good, but to avoid causing trouble later, before officially launching this plan, you have to report it to the Petroleum Administration Bureau and obtain it." approve."

"County Magistrate Liang, this is unnecessary!" Gao Jinxi said angrily.

Some things have nothing to do with others at first, but you have to submit a note to others for approval. Doesn't it mean they are endorsing you if they approve it for you?

Who will do it?

"I don't think so, and I think it is very necessary. As a hypothetical, if we start the project and foreign investors invest, what will happen if the superiors suddenly stop it? If foreign investors cause trouble for us, who bears the responsibility and who can compensate for the losses? ? Don’t talk about you, you can’t afford to pay, and in the end you will have to sell the iron to the county.”

As Liang Qifeng spoke, he glanced at the other people around the conference table and continued: "Do you think this is true? Our precarious county can no longer withstand any setbacks and must seek stability!"

The participants looked at each other and had to admit that what he said did make sense.

If the Yanchang Petroleum Administration Bureau, as the supervisory unit of the oil industry in northern Shaanxi, approves this matter, it will be truly foolproof. Even if trouble occurs later, their county will not be responsible, at least they will not be responsible for Datou.

The question is, will the Petroleum Administration Bureau approve it?

The joy on everyone's faces gradually dimmed, and they all frowned.

Gao Jinxi looked up at the top of the kiln with sadness on his face. He never expected that there was still a reason why this matter could not be done, and they would not approve it!

Looking for stability? Do you know how to seek stability now?

Who looked down on old wells and low-yield wells and advocated drilling new wells in the first place? ——

Yellow-brown sky, yellow-brown ground.

Low mountains rise one after another on the ground, with countless depressions and ravines crisscrossing them. Li Jiankun has been to many places, and it is rare to see such complex terrain in front of him.

At first glance, it has a majestic and desolate beauty, which makes it a different kind of scenery.

But if there are people living in such an environment, then it will no longer be related to the word "beautiful", and people will easily think of adjectives such as hard and harsh for the living environment.

In fact, this is indeed the case here in Tagou Village.

In the sky where the sun is so faint that it is almost invisible, there is a swallow-shaped kite flying with the wind. On the bare hill on the ground, there is a little boy controlling the kite string. Next to him is a little girl of about the same height, looking up at the sky. Laughter like silver bells.

Li Jiankun and Hu Ziqiang were lying on a piece of withered grass, surrounded by a group of goats gnawing grass.

If sheep have a sheep language, then the bleating sounds from time to time should mean: "Two foreign guys, hurry up and get out of here! They occupy the grass and don't eat. Isn't this a delay for the sheep?"

The two of them occupied almost the most lush grassland on the hill. Of course, the word "luxuriant" is only a relative term.

"Dandan, Niuniu, are you tired? Take a rest if you are."

"Not tired!" The little boy and the little girl turned their heads at the same time and replied in unison.

"That's great." Brother Qiang said with envy.

"You probably have no chance of surviving, so you still have to look at me." Li Jiankun put his hands on the back of his head, crossed his legs, and looked at the two babies.

"Fuck, I don't believe I can still lose to you in this matter!" Brother Qiang was very unconvinced.

Li Jiankun glanced at him and said, "It's not that I'm looking down on you. Don't forget, you're a fucking public official. If you hit a boy with the first shot, that's the end of it; if you hit a girl with the first shot, you can still fire another shot." , but if the second shot hits a girl...it's different, I just accept the punishment."

Brother Qiang: "..."

I lost my temper when I thought that the fine of a hundred dollars for this bitch was just a drop in the bucket.

This is Lao Gao's hometown, a mountainous retreat thirty miles away from the county seat. It is probably a particularly difficult and dangerous place to travel. Many women in Tagou Village have rarely been able to enter the county seat in several years, and most men go only ten miles away. small town.

Dandan and Niuniu are Lao Gao's children.

Li Jiankun and Hu Ziqiang had wanted to meet them for a long time. They heard that their sister-in-law and their two children were here, and they also wanted to see the place where Lao Gao grew up. With their insistence, Lao Gao had to arrange for a jeep from the county to take them here. , I hurried back to the county to do some errands, saying that I would come to pick them up after it was done. It would not take long, it would take a day or two.

"I used to think that my hometown was a remote village. Only after seeing Tagou Village did I realize that it was not easy for Lao Gao to grow up so big."

Brother Qiang said with mixed emotions: "It's so difficult for Lao Gao to make this place rich!"

Li Jiankun sighed and said, "It would not be difficult if we just make Tagou Village rich. The problem is that Lao Gao cares about the whole county, the whole city, and even this Loess Plateau."

Brother Qiang turned over and sat up and said in surprise: "Isn't it difficult?"

He couldn't see any conditions or basis for getting rich here. There wasn't even much land for farming in this damn place.

"Right now, it's a barbaric period for the private economy. It's not difficult to change thinking on a small scale. Whoever takes action first will get rich." Li Jiankun believes that he still has some say in this aspect. After all, there are successful examples of Qingxidian.

"Damn you, if you have a way to make Tagou Village rich, why don't you think of a way quickly? This is Lao Gao's hometown. How happy would Lao Gao be to change the poverty here? How many years younger would everyone be! "Brother Qiang cursed.

Li Jiankun glanced sideways at him: "What do you want me to say?"

He was thinking about this matter, and the reason was just as Brother Qiang said. Lao Gao carried too many things on his shoulders, and he didn't care whether he could bear the one hundred and twenty kilograms.

Lifting his hometown out of poverty, not to mention how much pressure it can relieve him, should make his tense heartstrings relax a little and make him feel happy.

(End of this chapter)