Chapter 1266: Chapter 1221: The Change in Propaganda Direction Chapter 1266: Chapter 1221: The Change in Propaganda Direction Liu Zhentao’s attitude greatly satisfied Nie Zhenbang, giving Nie a sense of renewed recognition. Ever since he took office in Longxi, Liu Zhentao had positioned himself correctly. Granted, there were various small-minded considerations, but such things were acceptable.
As the saying goes, “A man who does not act for himself will co to ruin.” Having private interests is not sothing unusual; even I can’t claim to be so perfect, devoid of any personal desires. Such a person doesn’t exist in this world. That would be a saint. Am I not also imperfect when it cos to my private life? As long as the general direction is right. On the whole, it is still good.
Liu Zhentao excelled in this regard, whether it was in the guidance or formulation of governnt work. He always had the common people in mind.
As this project unfolds, there is no doubt that it will impact the economic developnt of Longxi Province. Do not underestimate these eighty billion yuan. For Longxi Province’s current fiscal situation, the annual budget is just about balanced.
All these ca about after Nie Zhenbang took office in Longxi. The automotive and oil city projects were initiated. Nurous related industrial chain enterprises settled in Longxi, bringing about such prosperity.
Not to ntion that these businesses haven’t started operating, can’t contribute to tax revenue, or haven’t started hiring workers. If the automotive and oil cities had only such little effect, Nie Zhenbang wouldn’t have put so much effort into it.
The automotive and oil cities are in themselves a huge advertising effect. Astute businessn can naturally see this. As these two major projects unfold, local housing, and land prices will inevitably soar. Additionally, this will also lead to population growth. It’s business only when there are people. This is a virtuous cycle.
According to current statistics, both comrcial growth and investnt growth in the province have seen a significant increase after the automotive and oil cities began construction; in fact, these are the accompanying effects.
Most of these aspects concern small businesses—a clothing store, a restaurant, or a pharmacy, for example. All are industries closely related to people’s livelihoods. Now, naturally, the tax revenue from this aspect can be clearly seen.
Furthermore, the construction of the automotive and oil cities, and the construction of various large factories, the construction workers needed, and the building materials consud, have all invisibly driven the economic developnt of the entire province. These are so of the elents contributing to fiscal growth.
But now, Longxi’s budget has just begun to move towards balance, and then such a large project is thrown in, moreover, this project can be described as a public welfare project. The shade trees that have no economic value but only improve soil and environntal quality. Indeed, all the people of Longxi stand to benefit, but from the governnt’s perspective, the quality of the environnt has little effect on attracting investnt.
From Liu Zhentao’s point of view, this is a test for him.
Therefore, Liu Zhentao’s imdiate agreent to the project particularly moved Nie Zhenbang. Though everyone has flaws and personal desires, Liu Zhentao is able to stand his ground on the major direction, with his own principles and persistence.
Imdiately, Nie Zhenbang nodded and said, “Governor Zhentao, I’m entrusting this matter to you.”
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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.
Nie Zhenbang and other provincial committee leaders attended the Lantern Festival Gala held in the No. 1 studio hall of Longxi Broadcasting Center.
After the Lantern Festival passed, various works across Longxi Province also got back on track. Projects for constructing the automotive and oil cities also started in full swing.
Before, the friction caused by the Ling Li collaboration had seemingly vanished overnight. The eighteenth of the first lunar month fell on February twenty-seventh of the solar calendar.
This was just an ordinary day. However, today was destined not to be a peaceful one. As soon as Nie Zhenbang arrived at work and entered his office, Xia Gang approached him with a solemn face and whispered, “Secretary, here are today’s newly published ‘Masses Daily’ and ‘Hope Daily’. Take a look at the front-page headlines.”
This last sentence stunned Nie Zhenbang for a mont. Xia Gang had been with him for so long. Nie knew Xia Gang’s character very well. As a secretary, Xia Gang was now quite competent. He said what needed to be said, did what needed to be done, but he would never take the initiative to do sothing he shouldn’t.
In the past, newspapers were categorized and placed on the desk alongside files. Every day at work, he would take half an hour to read the day’s newspapers to understand the central governnt’s developnts—this had beco Nie Zhenbang’s habit, just like watching the news punctually at seven o’clock every evening.
But today brought this additional comnt. Nie Zhenbang paused for a mont, took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack, then looked at the newspapers on the desk.
The first, ‘Masses Daily’, had a prominent headline in bold black type on the front page, clearly stating a signed comntator’s article, “Under the New Situation, the Necessity of Strengthening the Cadre Team Building.”
The second, from the “Hope Daily,” featured an even more direct headline on the front page: “Strengthen the Party’s Democratic Construction, Accelerate the Pace of Economic Developnt.” The subtitle was, “Listen to the Party, Follow the Party.”
Although the headlines of the two national newspapers differed, this was inevitable. In comparison, the “Masses Daily” is a newspaper with Party characteristics; generally speaking, its comntary tends to be more subdued. Of course, for issues that had already been made public, it would be a different story altogether.
The “Hope Daily,” in terms of style, appeared a bit more aggressive.
Upon seeing these two, Nie Zhenbang’s first thought was of Ling Baodong. In the circle, it had long been rumored that his work style in Yu State was quite domineering and autocratic. Moreover, since he had been in charge there, other aspects of Yu State might have been fine, but the construction of spiritual civilization had sowhat regressed. Besides, the economy, although maintaining a certain speed, was due to the inherent conditions in Yu State. By comparison, Ling Baodong’s ti in Yu State had actually not been that impressive economically.
Then, he waved his hand and said to Xia Gang, “Let take a look, Xiaoxia, what’s the agenda for later?”
Speaking of the schedule, Xia Gang also nodded and said, “Secretary, at ten o’clock in the morning, the establishnt congress for the Longxi Province Delegation will be held in the auditorium of the Provincial People’s Congress.”
As the two sessions were drawing near, provincial delegations had been established one after another. With tomorrow passing, it would be March. The formation of the Longxi Province Delegation had been scheduled long ago. In a few days, they would set out for Jingcheng to attend the eting.
After Xia Gang had left the room, Nie Zhenbang picked up the newspapers and began to read them thoroughly. After reading both newspapers in detail, a smile had already appeared on Nie Zhenbang’s face. Why do most leading officials have to watch the news and read the newspapers every day? It’s not simply to pass the ti. The real reason is to discern the trends and intentions from above.
Every action, every change in the central leadership’s thinking, doesn’t just appear suddenly. At that level, every decision, every idea, could have serious consequences.
Therefore, taking this into consideration, in fact, before every change in trends, there tends to be a tentative move.
Just like now, the simultaneous publication of signed comntaries in the two newspapers is such a move. It’s not testing anything else but the reaction and attitude of the provincial and ministerial levels and the various families in Jingcheng to the events.
Throughout both newspapers, although no nas were explicitly ntioned, everyone could see that the articles were directing their criticism squarely at Ling Baodong.
At this crucial mont, on such a critical occasion, the central governnt suddenly played this hand. What does it imply? No need to spell it out. This undoubtedly demonstrated the central governnt’s dissatisfaction with Ling Baodong. This ti, Ling Baodong may be in trouble.
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Yuzhou City
Inside the grand and spacious office of the municipal Party committee building, Ling Baodong, with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the office. He had, of course, seen today’s newspapers and understood their profound implications.
The stance of President Qiao was sothing Ling Baodong had not anticipated. After the incident occurred, aside from so initial disturbances, things quickly settled down, undoubtedly lulling Ling Baodong into a false sense of security. He had not expected the issue to erupt so completely at such a critical juncture.
The telephone on the desk rang, its sound piercing through the silence of the office.
Picking up the phone, he had barely spoken when he heard the voice of Li Guohua: “Baodong, co back to Jingcheng imdiately. The situation seems to have changed. This ti, we’ve been outmaneuvered by Nie Zhenbang.”
After saying this, Li Guohua felt almost frenzied. Calming down now, Li Guohua could see clearly. Since the New Year, all of Nie Zhenbang’s actions had been directed against him. Nie Zhenbang understood that Li Guohua, having been driven out of the system in Liangxi, must have a thorn in his side, and this maneuver had magnified the psychological shadow and resentnt in Li Guohua’s mind. Ultimately, he had sched with Ling Baodong on this matter.
However, Li Guohua had overlooked sothing. In such a sensitive period, this move would not only provoke Nie Zhenbang but also give rise to thoughts in the minds of others. Among them, Shen Guoquan of Yuedong would be the most affected.
One wrong step led to a series of losses. From the start, he had been calculated by Nie Zhenbang. His ntality and even the shadows of the past—all had been factored into Nie Zhenbang’s considerations. Now, the situation had developed into this state; it was nothing less than normal.
However, at this mont, Li Guohua had also made up his mind. It was absolutely impossible to just admit defeat like this. No matter the outco, one must at least strive to the end. (
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