Chapter 235: Deputy Mayor Cao, the Blame-Shifter
"Brother Huo, I am Xiaolong.
Chen Xiaolong spoke with a smile.
"Well, we haven't arrived yet and are getting ready to leave."
"No, Brother Huo, I have something to ask you.
Are the hundreds of greenhouses in the town the legal assets of the town or do they belong to others? "
Chen Pingan gave him a thumbs up, which was indeed straightforward.
Huo Xiulin was silent for a moment before saying:
“Legally, it’s not the town’s. But now the town has the final say.
how? you want? "
Chen Xiaolong winked at Chen Pingan, meaning this thing was very troublesome.
But he continued to smile and said: "Yes, if you can contract it to me, you can start working right away!
As long as I clear out the people currently using it, I can always find experts here to guide farming. "
Huo Xiulin seemed a little embarrassed and was silent for about ten seconds before saying:
"This may be a bit troublesome. It is said that the owner who invested in building the greenhouse died in a car accident.
My wife and children are all abroad and I have never been here.
In the past two years, the town has paid for the maintenance of the greenhouses, and now it is also operating these greenhouses as a leasing entity.
If you really want it, I'll help you figure it out. "
Chen Ping'an hurriedly and silently lip-synced to Chen Xiaolong, "Cold storage! Cold storage!"
Chen Xiaolong nodded slightly, "Brother Huo, we discussed it after we came back. The fastest way to get results is to take down the greenhouse. In return, I will invest in building a large cold storage.
I don’t know if there is a cold storage in the county. In this case, the ownership of the cold storage will be transferred to the town government after five years, which can be regarded as a wealth you left to the town, right?
The most important thing is that once the greenhouse is given to me, it will immediately solve the income problem of at least several hundred people.
Brother Huo, I still need to trouble you to find a solution for this matter. "
"Okay, I'll discuss this with the other leaders right away. You guys wait for a while. I'll toast you two brothers at noon."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiaolong frowned and looked at Chen Pingan, and happened to see him also frowning.
"What's wrong?" Chen Pingan asked when he saw something was wrong in his eyes.
Chen Xiaolong waved his hand slightly, "It's okay, I just think this greenhouse is probably not easy to handle.
You have also heard that the maintenance in the past two years has been done at the town's expense.
That is, it's actually the town's thing now, but legally it's not.
This could be a problem..."
Chen Ping'an continued: "Not only that, but the people who are renting the greenhouses are probably also related to the leaders of the town and the village. It will not be easy to clear them out by then.
Even if it is cleared, it might cause trouble for us when the time comes.
Unless they rent a small number of greenhouses.
As for those that don't matter, they should be cleared easily. "
A smile appeared on Chen Xiaolong's face.
"Yes, that's what I thought.
But this is just what we two young men under twenty years old think about. What the actual situation will be depends on how far Young Master Huo can achieve..."
He hesitated to speak, looked at the time and said, "Let's go, why don't we go down and wait for them first?"
Chen Pingan stared at him and asked: "What did you want to say just now?
Do you want to say that it depends on whether he wants to use the above relationship? "
Chen Xiaolong sighed: "Yes, if he is willing to disclose his identity, then these will not be a problem at all.
The question is, if he is willing to disclose his identity, do you think we still need to come to this place? "
Chen Ping'an smiled bitterly and said, "Oh, you're right. I didn't expect it.
It's better to provide help in times of need. If he discloses his identity, I'm afraid we won't even have the chance to add icing on the cake. "
Chen Xiaolong regained his indifferent expression and said:
"It doesn't matter, it was my dad who did this. If it failed, it's his fault.
It’s done, we may be able to find more ways to do it in the future.
That's it, let's go down together? "
…
Lunch is actually quite sumptuous.
But eating is just a pretext. Although everyone needs to eat, not many people who recruit business actually really like drinking.
Especially since it's still noon and I have to go to work in the afternoon.
There were a total of 2 bottles of wine on the table, which meant that was all.
Neither of them really liked drinking anyway, so they didn't say anything.
They won't speak during the discussion. Unless someone talks to them directly, whether or not to invest or what to invest really has nothing to do with them.
It’s not like they spent money to invest, it’s just a job with a very high salary.
The highest-ranking local leader who came to eat was Huo Xiulin.
When he opened his mouth, he first apologized, saying that the secretary and deputy secretary went directly to the county after returning in the morning, and there was a meeting to be held in the afternoon...
After the dishes were served, after three rounds of wine, all that needed to be said was finished, and then the real business started.
“Our team is very welcoming to the two Mr. Chens who came to Kaiyuan to invest.
However, Mr. Xiaolong called me before to inquire about the greenhouse, and I reported it to the secretary. The secretary’s opinion was to try to meet the reasonable demands of companies willing to invest in Kaiyuan.
As the executive deputy mayor, I should shoulder this responsibility, so today at noon I specially invited the deputy mayor who had experienced greenhouse investment matters. "
Huo Xiulin was talking about the old man next to him who looked at least fifty or even almost sixty and was about to retire.
He hadn't said a word since he came in. For some reason, he seemed reluctant to come.
Now Chen Pingan understood.
It was estimated that the big investment boss had suffered a lot when dealing with him.
He glanced at Chen Xiaolong and saw him nod slightly, then nodded and smiled at him.
Huo Xiulin continued: "Deputy Mayor Cao, I have just been in Kaiyuan Town for more than a year. The greenhouse investment project was promoted by you, and I don't know the process.
Please tell the two Mr. Chen about the situation back then."
The deputy mayor surnamed Cao smiled and picked up the cup in front of him.
"I am about to retire, and I am really envious of the two Mr. Chens who are so young!
As one of the leaders of the town, we will definitely go all out to create a good business environment, which has always been the main goal of our work.
When Mr. Li came to invest in agricultural greenhouses, I was responsible for receiving him.
There are a total of 433 greenhouses, all of which were the most advanced greenhouses at the time. For this, the town also invested more than 2.07 million yuan.
I am very clear about this data.
But Mr. Li died abroad when the greenhouses were just built and not put into use.
This also resulted in the loss of a channel for the more than 2 million yuan invested in our town.
After contacting Mr. Li's company and family in many ways, in the end, the matter was still because of some internal problems with Mr. Li's family, and then the matter was left unresolved.
In order to recover the town's investment, the greenhouses are now actually managed and operated by the town government, and the income is used to recover the original investment..."
Chen Ping'an didn't want to interrupt him and listened quietly.
"...When Mayor Huo told me that you were interested in the greenhouse, I was also a little troubled.
This ownership issue is a historical legacy.
As for how to solve this problem, I'm afraid we still have to wait for the secretary to come back and make a decision.
It may even be necessary to report to the county and listen to the opinions of the county leaders before giving you a reply."
Deputy Mayor Cao stood up and started to toast.
After he finished speaking, he felt much more relaxed.
But he threw all the problems to the leaders, and even made it clear that in this matter, what he, Huo Xiulin, the executive deputy mayor, said would not count!