Chapter 2757 I Will Not Give Up

"What I am going to tell you now is the top secret about the sandbar, so you can't tell anyone what I say to you today once you leave this door. Just keep it in your mind." Qin Feng emphasized a few words.

"Mayor Qin can rest assured. After all these years, I still have this political awareness, otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today. And for now, the only connection between Meng Dan, me and Shazhou is you." Xiao Jianan said.

Qin Feng nodded. He trusted Xiao Jianan very much, otherwise he would not have called him this time.

"As I said before, this is a political action. The Shazhou Municipal Government is conducting a comprehensive inspection of all major projects in Shazhou City. The reason for this comprehensive inspection is that there have been serious corruption and safety and quality problems in the construction sector in Shazhou City."

"The purpose of this comprehensive inspection is, firstly, to thoroughly investigate and identify safety and quality loopholes in major projects and prevent any engineering safety and quality issues from occurring. Secondly, it is also to rectify the various irregularities in engineering projects that have long existed in Shazhou City."

"And the third point is the most crucial one. Corruption in engineering projects often involves political corruption and the transfer of interests among interest groups. Shazhou is no exception, and it is even more serious."

"This major inspection is aimed at political corruption and cracking down on interest groups. It may involve one or several important leaders of our Shazhou Municipal Government, as well as a large enterprise in our Shazhou and the huge interest group behind it." Qin Feng paused again and looked at Xiao Jianan.

If Xiao Jianan's eyes showed fear, he would immediately persuade Xiao Jianan not to go to the sandbar.

However, what made Qin Feng feel relieved was that Xiao Jianan did not show any fear at all.

"We are now organizing a comprehensive inspection of these major projects. It is conceivable that our opponents will not remain indifferent and allow us to attack them without fighting back."

"According to reliable information we secretly learned, they plan to organize a collective strike for all the contractors of the major projects we are inspecting when our inspection work enters a critical period. They intend to paralyze the construction of all major projects on Shazhou Island and use this to put political pressure on the government and me personally."

"Secondly, they will organize migrant workers to cause trouble, going to the municipal party committee and government, as well as the provincial party committee and provincial government. Migrant workers are very easily incited. As long as they are owed wages and the responsibility and conflicts are directed at the government, these migrant workers will vent all their anger on the government, and then they will do what they want."

"During this time, they might pretend to be the government and secretly attack the migrant workers, creating one or two serious injuries or even murders. At that point, the anger and public opinion among the migrant workers will erupt completely, and everything will get completely out of control."

"Their purpose is not just to put pressure on me, but to force me to step down."

"Many people advised me to abandon this major project inspection because it was too risky and politically untenable."

"But for me, giving up is equivalent to surrendering, and you know my character. The word "surrender" has never appeared in my dictionary, so I don't plan to give up. Not only will I not give up, but I will carry it out even more resolutely." Qin Feng said while smoking.

Xiao Jianan had been listening attentively without interrupting. After Qin Feng finished speaking, Xiao Jianan did not continue speaking. "I roughly understand the whole context of the matter and have roughly figured out some details. Mayor Qin, what are you going to do?"

"If they've just gone on strike against the government, I'll use administrative means to forcibly remove them and hand over the project to you to continue construction. Of course, not all of them. This time, I'm inspecting nine major projects, involving an investment of nearly 5 billion yuan."

"You don't have the ability or the need to take on all of this. Of these nine major projects, our assessment shows that three are vital livelihood projects. They are extremely important and urgent, and these three projects must not be stopped."

"And I suspect the other side is aware of this and will definitely focus on causing trouble in these three areas. Therefore, these three areas are the core, and their attitude in these areas will definitely be very stubborn, and their resistance will be the most intense."

"So what I want you to do is to enter the site immediately after the government has cleared these three projects. Once you enter, you must ensure that funds and workers are in place in a timely manner and that the projects are completed on time with guaranteed quality and quantity."

"Of course, I can let you take on other projects if you're capable, but I suggest you focus on these three, because they're not only important, but also require a huge investment."

"I will find other companies to take over the other projects, but you must take these three. I won't give them to anyone else because I will only feel at ease if you take them over."

"That's the first requirement. The second requirement is workers. The funds and workers I mentioned earlier mean that you must bring some workers from Jiangnan Province to carry out the preliminary construction. These workers will serve as the main force and backbone. Only in this way can we avoid being strangled by the other party."

"Then you must follow the government's requirements and accept some local migrant workers. To be more specific, these are the migrant workers who participated in the riots. You must put them to work on the construction site, provide them with employment, and pay them immediately."

"Why are they causing trouble? Isn't it because of unpaid wages and job losses? Our government will take care of the unpaid wages, and you'll be responsible for the job losses. At least you can take care of some of the turmoil."

"As long as we appease this group of people, the migrant workers' unrest will naturally not cause any trouble." Qin Feng continued.

"Mr. Xiao, this is the reason why I asked you to come to Shazhou this time, and also my two requirements for you. Tell me the truth now, can you do it?" Qin Feng asked directly.

"Mayor Qin, how much money will this require?" Xiao Jianan asked after thinking for a while.

"Five hundred million, and this five hundred million is cash flow. With just five hundred million, we can completely activate these three stalls." Qin Feng said.

Xiao Jianan frowned: "Mayor, I really can't take out 500 million yuan. I have 500 million yuan, but I can't take out 500 million yuan."

"You have to find a way to resolve this. You have to bring 500 million to Shazhou, or at least 400 million. But it won't take too long. The government will also solve the project payment issue. However, this involves liquidating the previous company, and the procedures will take time, at least half a year."

"So at least you have to raise 400 million yuan to come to Shazhou and maintain it for half a year." Qin Feng put out the cigarette butt again.