Chapter 417 Dandan Island Takes Off (1/2)

Chen Shulin's desk is full of thick documents. Shangfeng Town has been dealing with so many things recently that he can't even count them.

Some overseas Chinese came back and said they wanted to invest in textile enterprises and hoped that local organizations would help and cooperate.

A new warehouse is to be built at Qingkou Wharf, and the organization plans to turn it into a foreign trade port.

There are still a lot of chores in the town to deal with, and the biggest headache for Chen Shulin is the wind power test project declared by Dandan Island.

A few days ago, when he and Mayor Gao saw the document, they were both frightened and couldn't sleep for several nights.

I thought that the wind power test project was just a few "big fans" that could generate electricity.

Who would have thought that this was a major national-level scientific research project, and those "big fans" were all imported. The actual price of the four fans combined was estimated to be higher than the entire Shangfeng Town's annual income.

And for this wind test, the organization decided to lay a submarine cable to Dandan Island, and the cost was astronomical.

It can be said that from the moment this project was launched, it was constantly burning money.

Chen Shulin knew very well that there was a high probability that this project was not chosen by them, but he and Mayor Gao were the nominal applicants.

The pressure instantly became great. In the days after the project was launched, Mayor Gao scolded Li Duoyu frequently.

Because this is a pilot project, to put it harshly, it will only benefit Dandan Island and not much benefit to Shangfeng Town as a whole. If the project is not done well, people will be held accountable.

In addition, this matter somewhat bypassed the county committee, which made the county leaders very angry.

Chen Shulin took off his reading glasses and rubbed his temples. The document he just wrote was a project description and review letter to the county.

Although he was severely criticized by his superiors this time, Chen Shulin was very happy. He always remembered what his teacher said to him.

"As long as it is something that is beneficial to the people, there is no need to be too forward-thinking, otherwise it will not succeed."

For Chen Shulin, the most correct choice he has made in these years is to stay at the grassroots level, stay in Shangfeng Town, and not return to Rongcheng.

If he had gone back, he would now be the section chief of a certain department, meeting every day to write documents.

It is impossible to be exposed to so many projects and learn so many things.

But Chen Shulin also knew very well that all changes might start with the young man in front of him.

In a sense, Li Duoyu is really his "elegant person".

In the beginning, if he hadn't helped to make plans and catch the two fake Hong Kong Islanders, he would have been kicked back to Rongcheng, and he might even have received a demerit.

Without his wonderful speech at the fishery conference, Rongcheng Aquatic Products Processing Factory would not have landed in Shangfeng Town.

Without him taking the lead in aquaculture, Shangfeng Town would not have been able to add more than 100,000-yuan households in a year.

And the most important thing is that without him, the big leaders would not notice the small place Shangfeng Town at all.

Chen Shulin was very grateful to Li Duoyu, and what made him most comfortable was that this young man was very easy to get along with, not pretentious and very humble.

I saw him eating three or four oranges.

Chen Shulin asked with a smile: "Aren't these oranges delicious?"

Li Duoyu said: "Anything that costs nothing is delicious. This thing is sold at our supply and marketing cooperative for a very expensive price. It costs 30 cents per pound."

"Ahem."

A taller middle-aged man came to Secretary Chen's office: "You look like someone who is short of three cents, but the town's finances are very tight. In two days, we won't even be able to eat three cents of oranges." Come on, you, the richest man in Shangfeng Town, would you like to donate some money?"

Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Mayor Gao, I am really poor now. If you don't believe me, you can come to our island to see it. I have invested all the money I earned. In two days, maybe I will come again." I asked Director Zhang for a loan.”

"What a sting."

Chen Shulin smiled: "Duoyu, how do you feel about being a teacher on Ludao these two months?"

Li Duoyu thought for a while and said: "It's painful but also happy. It's not that easy to be a teacher. I feel like breeding is easier."

Mayor Gao said disgustedly: "That's because being a teacher means you can't make money because you don't have any luck. If you had money to make, you wouldn't say that."

"Mayor Gao, you are testing my D personality. I am not the kind of D officer who only cares about money."

Gao Tianyun narrowed his eyes and said, "How about donating some money to the town committee first? Our town's fishermen don't pay taxes, so our finances are really tight."

Chen Shulin smiled and said: "Old Gao, please restrain yourself. I'm afraid if you continue to talk, Director Li will really not dare to come to our place in the future."

Gao Tianyun hummed: "Because of this kid, everyone in the county has a problem with us. This month's financial situation is more serious than anything else. If I don't say a few words to him, I will feel particularly uncomfortable."

"ah."

Li Duoyu scratched his head and finally understood that the moment Mayor Gao saw him, he was full of resentment. It turned out that this was the problem.

It seems that the "fishery tax" was only implemented in 1986, but it may not be collected everywhere.

Anyway, after Li Duoyu was released from prison in his previous life, the fishermen on Dandan Island still did not have to pay taxes, and the organization encouraged entrepreneurship, so self-employed households like him did not have to pay taxes.

At present, Shangfeng Town's finances come entirely from superior allocations. If the relationship with the superiors is not good, they will definitely be manipulated to death.

Secretary Chen continued: "Duoyu, you should have read the documents I sent to your village."

Li Duoyu nodded: "I saw it."

Chen Shulin suddenly said seriously: "Because of this matter, Mayor Gao and I have held two meetings. I will give you a brief introduction again, as a pre-communication."

"Okay."

"Currently, this project is a national project, and our Provincial Science and Technology Commission is fully responsible. At present, at least ten units are cooperating with this matter."

Li Duoyu listened carefully.

After Secretary Chen finished speaking.

Mayor Gao added: "We applied for this project, which bypassed the county a bit. Now those leaders have great opinions about our town. I guess the cooperation will not be very strong. You have to be mentally prepared."

"In short, you have to discuss this matter with the villagers. When the time comes, it would be best to select a group of people to help."

"As for the reception, our town committee really has no money now. We may need your village committee to advance it and keep the bills. We will find a suitable time or wait until the project is over to reimburse together."

"That's no problem."

Li Duoyu really didn't expect Mayor Gao to say such a thing. It seems that the finances of the town committee are really stuck.

But even if he had money, he wouldn't dare to donate money to the town committee. This is obviously an internal issue.

If he helped.

It would be equivalent to challenging the county in disguise, and he would not have a good ending.

Li Duoyu didn't expect that such a project would lead to so many problems. Speaking of which, he seemed to have offended the county leaders when he sold eels last time.

Fortunately, he had someone above him, otherwise he would not have a good life in the future.

The three of them discussed for more than an hour.

Secretary Chen asked: "Duoyu, are you free these two days?"

Li Duoyu replied:

"I should be."

Chen Shulin looked at his watch: "Well, how about this, the three of us go directly to the city today, meet with the experts first, and directly attend the meeting tomorrow morning."

Li Duoyu was stunned. He didn't expect that he had to go to the city for a meeting right after returning to Dandan Island. He was probably going to be nagged by his mother again.

"Okay, I'll go to the market and tell my relatives."

"Okay, we'll wait for you here, and we'll set off on time at five o'clock."

"Okay, no problem."

After leaving the town committee, Li Duoyu came to the market and found that there were fewer people, and the residents of nearby villages had begun to evacuate.

When he came, Li Duoyu met several people from the village, and they all smiled and greeted him.

"Director Li, you're here at this time, everyone is about to evacuate."

Li Duoyu smiled.

"I'm not buying anything."

"If you don't buy anything, why come to the market."

"I just like places with a lot of people."

"Hahaha."

Li Duoyu looked around the market and finally found Li Qingguang in a corner. He was pouring the unburned charcoal in the grill into the water.

In this way, the unburned charcoal can be used again after drying.

The oysters he brought were almost sold out. A simple wooden table was built next to it. Two people were sitting on a small bamboo stool eating oysters. There were more than ten oyster shells on the table. It seemed that they had eaten a lot.

The two men were shirtless and shaved bald. They looked very social and difficult to mess with.

Li Qingguang frowned. He wanted to close the stall, but these two people kept eating here and didn't seem to want to pay.

"Little brother, grill ten more oysters for us."

Li Qingguang, whose two arms were not as thick as his calves, could only pray that these two people would not make trouble.

Just as he was about to continue grilling oysters, Li Duoyu came to him.

Li Qingguang was pleasantly surprised: "Brother."

"It's my turn."

Li Duoyu asked: "Do you want garlic sauce or original flavor?"

"Sure, you guys pay first, I'll close the stall soon."

"What the hell, how can you be so ignorant? You've been setting up the stall for so long, have you ever paid the management fee?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "How much management fee? Do you want me to report to Director Zhang, Mayor Gao and Secretary Chen?"

After hearing this, the two people who were eating oysters suddenly turned around and looked at Li Duoyu in shock.

"Brother Yu, why are you here?"

"This is my brother's barbecue stall, selling my family's oysters, is it strange for me to be here?"

The two smiled awkwardly. "Brother Yu, I'm sorry, I really didn't know that this guy is your brother."

After the two stood up, they wanted to leave.

Li Duoyu said in a deep voice: "One cent each, a total of twenty-one, two dollars and one cent."

"Sorry, I forgot."

The two big men couldn't even get one and a half dollars in their four pockets, and said awkwardly: "Brother Yu, I still owe you six cents, can I pay you back next time."

Li Duoyu waved his hand in disdain.

"You owe us six cents, don't forget it."

"I won't."

Seeing that Brother Duoyu scared the two street urchins like this as soon as he appeared, Li Qingguang couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother, do you know them?"

Li Duoyu nodded and said: "These two people used to be Brother Shui's henchmen."

"Ah, then they weren't arrested."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "These two people are very timid, they don't dare to mess around at all, at most they just scare you like this, that's why they haven't been arrested. If you are tougher and take out the knife, they probably won't have the courage."

"Is that so."

After the two left, Li Qingguang wiped the simple table clean, and then cleaned up the oyster shells, ready to close the stall.

Li Duoyu asked: "How are the sales today?"

Li Qingguang scratched his head: "I came late, so not all of them were sold out today, but after deducting the cost today, I should have made a small profit of five yuan."

"That's good."

If they attend the fair, they do it nine to ten times a month on average. If they can earn five yuan each time, they can earn forty or fifty in a month.

In the village, this would be considered a middle-income income, and Li Shuguang also gave him the small sampan.

If you catch some fish and do some chores on days when you are not busy with the fairing, it is theoretically possible to earn over a hundred a month.

"How about I treat you to a meal?"

Li Qingguang frowned and said: "Brother, it may not be possible. I have to catch the passenger ship back. If I don't catch it and stay in a guest house, it will be a big loss."

"By the way, brother, you didn't sail over today, don't you have to catch the passenger ship?"

"I have to rush to the city tonight. There is a meeting to be held early tomorrow morning. If you go back, tell Xiaoying for me."

"No problem, I'll tell Sister Xiaoying right away when I get back."

Li Duoyu helped Li Qingguang pack his things and asked by the way: "You have been working so hard recently, are you planning to save money to learn mechanical maintenance?"

Li Qingguang thought for a moment.

"Brother, I don't want to learn mechanical maintenance for the time being. I have a new goal now."

Li Duoyu asked in confusion: "What goal?"

Li Qingguang grinned, a little embarrassed: "I will tell you when I succeed."

"Is there a woman you like?"

Li Qingguang was startled for a moment, Brother Duoyu was so awesome, how could he guess so accurately?

"No, I'm not an adult yet."

"If you wait until you are an adult before you consider a woman, then the woman will belong to someone else. If you are looking for a woman, you need to be thick-skinned. Don't be a licking dog. You must stalk her as soon as possible."

Li Qingguang frowned, suddenly feeling that it made sense, but he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what is dog licking?"

"You're like a licking dog. You don't even dare to confess your feelings, but you don't dare to pursue them. Every day, you imagine that your efforts will one day move the other person."

"I understand, is it Zhao Dahai's kind?"

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly.

"Roughly the same."

Li Duoyu helped Li Qingguang move the barbecue equipment to the tractor.

Then, he simply waved goodbye.

And he also said to a hawker in a familiar position: "Boss, do you still have the bean curd?"

The boss asked curiously: "You are always very good at picking out the spots. I have two portions at the end. Do you want one to be sweet and one to be salty like before?"

"No, I'll order two sweets this time. I've been to other places in the past two months and the food there was too salty. I only want sweets now."

"Then I'll put more sugar for you."

"This is acceptable."

After Li Duoyu finished eating the tofu pudding, he followed Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao directly to take the bus to Rongcheng.

For the rest of the trip, Li Duoyu, like his younger brother, followed Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao and stayed in a guest house that night.

The next day, we went directly to the Foreign Trade Center Hotel to attend the meeting.

There were quite a few people at this meeting, including a provincial cadre named Zhao. I don’t know why, but he looked a bit like Zhao Jialu.

There were more than ten units participating in the meeting.

Even Teacher Xie Youzheng was there. He was sitting in the Construction Bureau, and he should have a temporary job there.

What surprised Li Duoyu the most was that the person presiding over the meeting was actually Secretary Huang Qingfeng.

The three of them were the smallest in the entire conference room and sat in the corner. However, all three of them were holding Shanghai brand notebooks and taking notes carefully.

Li Duoyu looked at the "participation information" and realized that the wind turbine was originally very large and difficult to transport and install.

The old pier is too small, and there are houses on both sides. If the windmill comes ashore from here, many houses will definitely be demolished.

In addition, there are still three to four kilometers from the old dock to the installation site. Building another road will extend the entire construction period.

It was decided to build a new deep-water pier where large ships could dock at the location where the windmill was installed, and technicians had already surveyed the location.

In addition to this, a mountain road leading to the wind turbine erection point must be built so that transport trucks can transport the equipment there.

The Electric Power Bureau said: "The original lines on the island are very aging, and it is recommended that they be completely replaced."

Mayor Gao couldn't help but mutter: "This time, your island will make a lot of money."

Li Duoyu was silent, but he was happy in his heart. The wind power project he applied for not only permanently solved the electricity problem of Dandan Island, but also built a new deep-water dock and a section of highway for free.

At the end of the meeting, Secretary Huang said: “This project requires all units to cooperate and strive to open a new chapter in wind power generation.”

After the meeting, Teacher Xie came over and said, "Director Li, congratulations."

"Teacher Xie, I'm really sorry for troubling you. I didn't know you went to the island so many times, otherwise I would have treated you well."

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities next."

To be honest, his contribution to society and the organization is actually not very great. The little foreign exchange he earns is simply not enough to cover the cost of this project.

Fortunately, the entire project is included in the national, provincial and municipal plans, and the project funds are all funded by the organization. Otherwise, who can afford this money.

When leaving, many department heads were chatting with Secretary Huang, and the leader's secretary, after greeting everyone, smiled and walked towards him, the village director.

"Duoyu, long time no see. I thought you were still teaching on Ludao?"

"Hello, Director Huang."

"The leader said that the quality of the eels produced by those assembly lines is not good, so you should use more snacks."

Li Duoyu understood instantly and hurriedly said: "You know, I will not let the leader down, and I will definitely develop vigorously."

Huang Mi sighed: "You are usually so smart, why didn't you understand? What the leader meant was that the eels you sent last time were not as delicious as the ones I ate on the island the first time."

"Now you understand."

"Understood."

Secretary Huang patted Li Duoyu on the shoulder: "Now we have electricity, work hard, that Principal Chen thinks very highly of you."

Li Duoyu scratched his head. Huang Mi talked to him on this occasion just to give him a platform.

"Okay, I will never let the organization down."

"By the way, haven't you written a report and submitted it to the organization recently?"

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then grimaced, and immediately guessed that the leader was probably paying attention to his report.

"I just got back. I'll write it as soon as I get back to the island."

Huang Mi then said: "One more thing, do you want to join the Association for the Promotion of Foreign Exchange?"

This is a good organization. After joining, you can follow the leaders to discuss business and come into contact with many overseas Chinese.

"Am I qualified?"

Secretary Huang touched his chin: "It should be so. Your contribution to the last island country inspection was actually quite large. I heard Director Wu say that you still helped with the two big ships in our city."

"Then I'll join."

"I heard that your Japanese is good. During the Chinese New Year, we may have to go to Hong Kong Island. You'd better learn English as well."

"Ah~"

Going to Hong Kong Island?

At this moment, Li Duoyu suddenly remembered that Xiaoying's relatives seemed to be in Hong Kong Island, although they were likely to be scolded.

But he still tried to ask: "Boss, my English is really poor. Can I bring my family members? My wife's English is good."

"You kid, you can give me problems." Secretary Huang frowned and thought for a while: "If there is a place, I will try to leave one more for you."

"Thank you, leader."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I didn't promise you." (End of Chapter)