Chapter 1915: Disregarding

The next morning, Qin Feng personally called Liao Lijun, director of the Culture and Tourism Bureau, and asked him to come to his office.

"Mayor Qin." Liao Lijun walked into Qin Feng's office with a smile. Although he greeted him, Liao Lijun was not too respectful to Qin Feng. Qin Feng could feel from his eyes that Liao Lijun never took Qin Feng, the deputy mayor, seriously from beginning to end.

The key reason why Liao Lijun did not take Qin Feng seriously was that he knew very well that Qin Feng was not on the same page as the mayor Liu Xiaoping and the executive vice mayor Huang Jiancheng. Without the mayor's support, Qin Feng, the vice mayor, was just a lame duck, a figurehead with no real power, and could do nothing to Liao Lijun.

More importantly, Qin Feng guessed that Liao Lijun was against him and Yian County at every turn. There must be Liu Xiaoping's secret instructions behind this, otherwise Liao Lijun would not have the courage to do so.

Liu Xiaoping has been obstructing Yian's development in various ways since the very beginning. This was due to Liu Xiaoping's personal interests as well as political considerations.

From the perspective of personal interests, the interest groups behind Liu Xiaoping do not want Xiquan City to be out of poverty. As long as Xiquan does not develop and get out of poverty, they can continue to rely on the government to suck blood. Once Xiquan is really out of poverty, they will get nothing.

Poverty alleviation in Yian is the highlight of Xiquan’s poverty alleviation, so the interest group headed by Liu Xiaoping cannot just sit and watch Yian develop.

From the perspective of Liu Xiaoping's political interests, he did not want Yi'an to develop. Although he was the mayor, he was naturally credited with the development of Yi'an. But everyone in the city and the province knew that it was Xie Zhiguo's idea to emphasize the development of Yi'an, and Liu Xiaoping was against it from the beginning.

If Yian develops, the province will only attribute all the credit to Xie Zhiguo, and Liu Xiaoping will not get much.

This is why Liu Xiaoping was determined to hinder the development of Yian and tried every means to transfer various projects and funds to Tai'an County.

There are some things that Liu Xiaoping cannot do directly, so he will definitely secretly instruct people from various departments to do them, such as Liao Lijun in front of him.

Qin Feng and Cao Changsheng analyzed the reasons why Liao Lijun obstructed the development of Yian that day. There were definitely personal reasons, as Yian County had indeed offended Liao Lijun, but it was more about political stance. Qin Feng just didn't tell Cao Changsheng this clearly.

It was because Liao Lijun was executing Liu Xiaoping's orders that he was so fearless towards Qin Feng and treated Qin Feng, the deputy mayor, as nothing.

"Director Liao, please sit down!" Qin Feng politely asked Liao Lijun to sit down.

Liao Lijun sat down in front of Qin Feng without hesitation. He planned to sit down even if Qin Feng didn't invite him to sit down.

"Director Liao, Yian County is the highlight of our city's tourism industry. The municipal party committee and government attach great importance to it. The leaders are very concerned about the progress of major projects in Yian's tourism industry. I came here today just to ask you about the progress of Yian's tourism projects." Qin Feng asked straight to the point.

Liao Lijun had obviously guessed why Qin Feng came to see him today, and said seriously: "Yian's major projects are progressing rapidly..."

Liao Lijun began to report to Qin Feng one by one on the progress of several major tourism projects in Yian. It must be said that Liao Lijun was familiar with the situation and what he said was basically accurate.

Of course, Qin Feng is much more familiar with the progress of several projects in Yian than Liao Lijun. His mobile phone reports the progress of major projects in Yian to Qin Feng in real time every day.

Liao Lijun reported seriously and Qin Feng listened seriously as well.

After Liao Lijun finished his report, Qin Feng asked, "I heard that the Feitian Waterfall Scenic Area in Yi'an has been completed and passed the project acceptance, but your Cultural and Tourism Bureau found problems during the acceptance and did not give approval. What is the reason?"

"I was just about to report this to you. Last time, according to the prescribed procedures, the Municipal Tourism Scenic Area Quality Rating Committee organized experts to evaluate the Feitian Waterfall Scenic Area in Yi'an County and the Yi'an Night Tour Tourism Project, but in the end, both projects failed to pass the review of the committee's experts."

"This is the review opinion given by the expert group. It lists in detail the reasons for failure. Please take a look." Liao Lijun handed the document to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took the document and pretended to look at it.

He had read this document a long time ago, and the county government had already placed the review opinion on his desk.

Qin Feng only gave two words to the judges' opinions - bullshit!

The review seemed reasonable, legal, fair and just, and it listed one by one the points that did not meet the requirements, but most of them were trivial matters.

Qin Feng has been working in this industry for so many years, he is well aware of the routine. If everything is strictly in accordance with the rules and regulations and nitpicking about each item, nothing will be passed.

To put it another way, as long as the regulatory authorities want to say that you are non-compliant, they can find loopholes no matter how well you do.

This is the case with the review opinion before us. Anyone who is an expert can tell at a glance that someone is deliberately blocking Yian County.

Because it is listed above that it is based on certain laws, regulations and rules, so you can't say it is wrong.

"Director Liao, you should know that Yi'an County's tourism projects are the focus of our Xiquan City's cultural and tourism industry, and it is also our opening shot. The development of Xiquan City's cultural and tourism industry is the focus of our poverty alleviation strategy."

"In this regard, the municipal party committee and government leaders attach great importance to the progress of Yi'an's tourism projects. According to the requirements of the municipal party committee leaders, Yi'an's first phase of tourism projects must be completed and open to the public before the end of this year."

"Although the current progress is acceptable, you also need to know that after these projects are approved by your municipal culture and tourism bureau, they must be submitted to the provincial government for approval."

"Let's not talk about the approval situation in the province. Now it's stuck in our city. How can we complete the project on time and open it smoothly according to the requirements of the municipal party committee?"

"So I think if it's a big problem, then we must strictly follow the standards for review. But if it's a small problem, we can ask Yi'an County to make corrections while letting it go and submit the project to the provincial tourism department for approval as soon as possible."

"What do you think?" Qin Feng asked Liao Lijun indifferently.

"Mayor Qin, I have a different opinion on this point." Liao Lijun said decisively.

"You say." Qin Feng nodded.

"First of all, the rejection of the approval was not a decision made by our Cultural and Tourism Bureau or me, Liao Lijun, personally. It was the opinion of the expert review group. This is a key procedure. There is nothing we can do if the expert review group rejects it." Liao Lijun said again in a serious tone.