Chapter 2476: Shazhou’s Financial Difficulties

Hu Guangxiang stared at the ornament for a long time, and finally smiled and said, "It is indeed a treasure. No wonder Qin Feng is in such a dilemma."

"Secretary Hu, this is Comrade Qin Feng's instruction manual." The middle-aged man handed a statement written by Qin Feng himself in a box to Hu Guangxiang.

Hu Guangxiang flipped through it roughly and smiled: "Qin Feng is very serious this time. He actually wrote it by hand."

After Hu Guangxiang finished laughing, he picked up a pen, wrote "The situation is true" at the bottom of Qin Feng's statement, and then signed his name.

"Take this over, follow the formal process, and then write a certification document in my name and keep it on file." Hu Guangxiang said to the middle-aged man.

After the middle-aged man left, Hu Guangxiang made a phone call.

"Minister Hong, Qin Feng's things have been delivered. Do you have time? Let's have dinner together in the evening?" Hu Guangxiang said with a smile.

And on the door of Hu Guangxiang’s office hung a sign with the title of Deputy Secretary.

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"Mayor, Director Hu Haihui is waiting outside." Zhang Xinming did not stay in Beijing for long, but flew back to Xidu that night and returned to the office to continue working the next morning.

"You're back so soon? You finally made the trip to Beijing, why didn't you stay there for a few more days?" Qin Feng looked at Zhang Xinming in surprise as he suddenly came back.

"There's nothing fun here, so I thought I might as well come back to work. Besides, you've been very busy with work during this period, so my absence might have some impact on your work," Zhang Xinming explained.

Qin Feng didn't say much, but his liking for Zhang Xinmei increased.

"Mayor, Director Hu Haihui is waiting outside." Zhang Xinming reported again.

"Let him in, and also call the secretary general and ask him to come as well." Qin Feng thought for a while and said.

"Okay." Zhang Xinming turned and walked out.

Not long after Zhang Xinming left, Hu Haihui, director of the Shazhou Municipal Finance Bureau, walked into Qin Feng's office.

Hu Haihui held two documents in his hands.

"Comrade Haihui is here, please sit down!" Qin Feng said politely in a "formal" manner.

"Mayor, this is the current situation of our Finance Bureau. I have made a summary report." Hu Haihui did not rush to sit down, but stood in front of him and handed the report to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took the report and asked Hu Haihui to sit down again.

"Please give me a brief introduction." Qin Feng leaned back in his chair, flipping through the report given by Hu Haihui while listening to Hu Haihui's oral report.

Just when Hu Haihui was almost finished with his report, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Qin Feng continued to look at the report.

The door opened and Chen Guohua walked in. Zhang Xinming followed Chen Guohua in with a kettle in his hand.

"Director Hu is here too!" Chen Guohua came in and greeted Hu Haihui, walked to the desk, handed Qin Feng a cigarette, lit it for Qin Feng, and then sat in front of the desk.

Qin Feng did not look up and continued to flip through the report given by Hu Haihui.

Zhang Xinming poured tea for the two leaders, and then refilled Qin Feng's cup with tea before leaving.

"Shazhou's financial situation is not very ideal." Qin Feng threw the report on the table.

"Yes, in recent years Shazhou has been in a state of deficit, robbing Peter to pay Paul, and the pace of loans has become more and more frequent, already exceeding the red line set by superiors," Hu Haihui reported.

"Where did all this money go?" Qin Feng asked.

"On the one hand, there is Nanshan New District, which is almost a bottomless pit. Since the development of Nanshan New District, the municipal government's finances have almost all been filled in Nanshan New District, in addition to loans and bonds. In short, Nanshan New District is the biggest gap in our city's finances."

"On the other hand, there are municipal projects that have started construction, including roads and urban water pipe renovations," Hu Haihui reported.

Qin Feng is very clear about the affairs of Nanshan New District. It is the biggest burden on the finances of the entire Shazhou City and the main culprit for the financial tension in Shazhou City.

Qin Feng discovered this problem shortly after taking office in Shazhou City. He also realized that the development of Nanshan New District was too blind, and that the speed at which many projects were launched far exceeded the financial capacity of Shazhou City.

In Qin Feng's opinion, it would take at least ten or even twenty years for the Nanshan New District to be fully constructed, but according to the plan of Shazhou City, it must be completed within five years, and three years have passed now.

One can imagine how much pressure this will put on the finances of the entire Shazhou City.

Of course, Qin Feng understood very well that all this was Jiang Longjun's intention. Nanshan New District was a political achievement project created by Jiang Longjun himself, and it was also Jiang Longjun's stepping stone to knock on the door of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.

Jiang Longjun's term of office will end in more than two years, so Jiang Longjun must use the remaining two years to build the Nanshan New District.

Qin Feng did not dare to object to this matter, at least he did not dare to do anything about the Nanshan New District. He knew very well that the Nanshan New District was the lifeblood of Jiang Longjun.

If Qin Feng does anything about the Nanshan New District, Jiang Longjun will definitely fight him to the death.

Why did Jiang Longjun finally agree to let him take over the finance and auditing businesses from Shao Hongli this time? Wasn't it because Shao Hongli moved against the Nanshan New District and angered Jiang Longjun?

"We won't talk about the Nanshan New District. It is the strategic layout of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. It is a top priority and must be given financial priority. Of course, it is not a blind guarantee. It must be given priority while ensuring basic people's livelihood and development." Qin Feng said.

Hu Haihui nodded quickly. He could naturally hear the meaning behind Qin Feng's words.

"I looked through it carefully. We have invested a lot of money in urban construction in Shazhou City in recent years, and many of them are duplicated."

"The year before last, the city's sewage pipes were completely renovated, with an investment of 380 million yuan. Last year, several main urban roads such as Shazhou Avenue and Jiefang Avenue were renovated with rainwater collection systems, and the government paid an additional 80 million yuan."

"This year, sewage and rainwater pipes will be laid on Shazhou Avenue and Jiefang Avenue, with an investment of 120 million yuan."

"I don't know much about urban construction, but these are not included in the urban construction budget. They are additional special fiscal expenditures. Do you think these are reasonable?" Qin Feng asked.

"I know about this. The year before last, the sewage pipes in the whole city were uniformly renovated. Last year, the rainwater collection system of several main roads such as Shazhou Avenue and Jiefang Avenue was renovated."

"At the beginning of this year, it was said that the previously renovated sewage pipes and rainwater collection systems did not meet the requirements, and they were required to be renovated in accordance with the most advanced sewage and rainwater collection systems. It seems that the sewage and rainwater pipes are merged together, which also serves the purpose of urban flood control." Hu Haihui explained.