(I've been updating continuously for two months without a break, so I'll give myself some praise; this time I'll work hard to update for 100 days straight!)

  As the second enterprise with a net worth of over 10 million in Meixi Town, Zilu Home Textiles was registered and established in early March. Sun Yalin's overseas private company, Zhonghe Investment, although only investing $100,000 in Zilu Home Textiles, holding an 8% stake, but because of this impressive name, it is also the main reason why Xiapu County quickly made concessions and approved the establishment of a joint venture company.

  Although Tao Jixing would not be willing to take too much responsibility for the Meixi Town that is about to be divided out, attracting investment is a task that every secretary and county magistrate must pay attention to.

  Xiapu County's actual foreign investment utilization last year was only $1.5 million, and the investment of Zhonghe Investment in Ziluojiayuan seems to be only $100,000, but it is also a business performance that Xiapu County does not want to give up easily.

  Zhujiang Construction was established at the same time, with Zhu Li, Chu Yiliang and Yang Haipeng holding 4%, 3% and 3% of the shares respectively. Although the registered capital was only one million, Zhu Li's deep roots in Donghua construction industry played a crucial role, and Zhujiang Construction attracted a team of engineers with high professional skills from the beginning. Several construction teams from Meixi Town, including Yang Gui Rong and Bai Jiang, also joined Zhujiang Construction.

  Apart from the renovation of the weaving and dyeing factory's workshop transitional house, under Sun Yalin's recommendation, Yixin Bank also entrusted Xuanjiang Construction to renovate two business outlets in Meixi and Tangzhai districts at the same time.

  Sun Yalin herself also wanted to save trouble, so she also handed over the renovation project of the old house to Zhu Li. The next day, she sent a cash check for 200,000 yuan in renovation fees to Zhujing Construction.

  In order to better promote the collective housing project, Shen Hua registered and established Meixi Real Estate Co., Ltd. under the Assets Office, adding another title of General Manager on himself, but the actual work was still mainly pressed on Guo Quan's head.

  The town couldn't afford to build houses, although the cadres and staff had always been looking forward to raising funds to build houses and improve their living environment, but when the project suddenly started, they couldn't help but hesitate.

  Shen Hua took out 2 million yuan from the steel factory as a special fund for the steel factory employees to participate in the collective housing project, and first invested it in the real estate company to start the collective housing project.

  Over 100 mu of land can be built into 12 ordinary residential buildings, but the initial capital of 2 million yuan can only build two buildings near Gangchang Road in the south first. Even so, building more than 100 suites at one time is also the largest residential project launched by Meixi Town since its history.

  In early March, almost at the same time as the establishment of Zhujing Construction and Development Co., Ltd., the construction team of Zhujing Construction entered the construction site on the south side of Gangtie Road to start the construction of the collective fund housing project.

  As soon as the construction team entered the scene, the topic of raising funds to build houses in the town suddenly became lively.

  The residential buildings in the town are more densely packed than those in the surrounding countryside, and house after house is tightly connected, making it difficult to find space for renovation.

  At that time, the municipal facilities in Meixi Town were quite backward. In residential areas, not all self-flowing water pipes were laid, and a considerable number of households relied on self-dug wells for domestic water use, let alone rainwater, gas and other public pipelines. The collective housing project can rely on the public facilities of the steel plant to build gas, tap water and sewage pipes. After the completion of the collective housing community, the living conditions will be no worse than those in the city.

  Due to the large initial investment, the preliminary calculation of the cost per square meter of the collective house by the real estate company is 650 yuan, which is not much cheaper than the residential houses in the city. However, there are very few commercial houses openly sold to outsiders in Donghua City, and due to reasons such as transportation and household registration, many families in the town still urgently need one or two more houses nearby to improve their living conditions for various reasons such as children growing up.

  Most of the houses in the collective fund are small and medium-sized, and it only takes 400,000 to 500,000 yuan to participate in the construction of a set of houses, which is not an unattainable goal for many families in Meixi Town. By mid-March, more than 100 households had paid the deposit to the real estate company to participate in the collective housing project.

  Including steel plant employees, the real estate company quickly raised tens of millions more in construction funds, and by late March, Shen Hua decided to restart work on four residential buildings.

  At the same time, all aspects of Donghua City are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

  In late March, after Tan Qiping's repeated urging, the Municipal Steel Factory, Municipal Construction Company and Ye Xin Bank reached an agreement to move into the Tianheng Building as a whole after more than two months of negotiations.

  Although the municipal steel factory invested 1.1 billion yuan in construction before and after, Yixin Bank was only willing to pay less than 80 million yuan for the acquisition of the unfinished Tianheng Building, but receiving this payment also allowed the financially troubled municipal steel factory to breathe a sigh of relief.

  Earlier, the municipal standing committee meeting discussed and passed a decision to separate Meixi and Hetang towns from Xiapu County and incorporate them into Tangzha District, which was then submitted to the provincial government for approval.

  However, it was also a good opportunity. Many cities in Huaihai Province had requirements to adjust the urban area, and the provincial government followed the trend, concentrating on multiple applications, and the approval document for Meixi Town to be merged into Tangzhai District was approved at the end of March.

  This time, the main purpose of the stroke is also to open up space for the development of the urban area in the southeast direction.

  However, in Shen Hua's view, it is still far from thorough: the Jinghai Township and Haiken Farm in the southeast wing should be allocated together, so as to thoroughly open up the development space of Jianghai Corner in the southeast wing and form a large pattern of riverbank and coastal development.

  The municipal standing committee meeting discussed and decided to adjust the regional division, but after the two towns were merged into Tangzhai District, the administrative mouth was coordinated by Tangzhai District and Xiapu County, and the city would no longer ask.

  The coordination work for the previous town merger had always been handled by He Qing, but on the afternoon of the 28th, the day after the formal approval document was received from the province, a standing committee meeting was held in Tangzhai District to discuss the financial and construction plans for Meixi and Hetang towns. Shen Huai, as the town party secretary, had to attend the meeting with He Qing to face the "big shots" of the district.

  Several dozen petitioners rushed to block the door, Shen Hua asked Chu Qiang to park the car outside the district committee and government compound, he and He Qing walked in.

  I don't know if it was because of the crowd surrounding them, but as Shen Hua and He Qing she were about to enter the gate, they heard someone shouting: "They are also officials, our factory's affairs must be grasped by officials in order to be resolved..."

  As they watched, three to five people heard the noise and were about to surround them. Shen Hua smiled wryly and said: "Don't mistakenly harm innocent people, we're just here to ask the district government for help with something." He's not a person who likes to intervene in everything, and he knows that some things can't be solved by him alone. With He Qing, they walked quietly into the district government compound, stopping only after entering the gate. It was only then that they heard from the staff stationed at the gate to prevent the crowd from rushing in that the district canned food factory had not paid wages for three months already.

  This matter is not something that anyone can intervene and resolve, in the urban area of over 300 large, medium and small state-owned enterprises, many are struggling to operate, Shen Huai and He Qing She can only stand by and watch.

  At this time, there was a fat man blocking the crowd at the gate, and no explanation was useful. Several times he tried to rush in, but his jacket was pulled down by someone. Shen Huai and He Qing saw it and laughed.

  That fat guy, Yuan Hongjun, the newly appointed secretary of Hezang Town, should also be summoned to attend the district standing committee meeting to discuss the financial and construction plans for the two towns in the future. Don't look at Yuan Hongjun as just a town party secretary, but he is tall and stout, with a big head and ears, his hair slicked back with oil, wearing high-end jackets, with a leather briefcase under his arm, looking more majestic than the district secretary.

  It was Zhu Xueqi, the town mayor of He Tang Town, who was dark and thin, with an unimpressive appearance, wearing a crumpled jacket, quietly entering the mansion through a side door.

  Watching Yuan Hongjun squeeze in at the gate, almost having his briefcase snatched away, He Qingcao laughed and said: "It's all said that Secretary Yuan's bearing is comparable to Secretary Yang Yuguang, but I didn't quite see it. However, the masses' eyes are indeed sharp..." He Qingcao had worked in the towns under Xiapu County for many years and was familiar with grassroots cadres. Seeing Yuan Hongjun's disheveled appearance, he couldn't help but mock him a few times.

  The former secretary of Hetang Town was seriously injured in the snow disaster and was awarded as a rescue advanced individual, but he could not continue to serve as the party secretary of Hetang Town. Yuan Hongjun was transferred from other towns only after the Chinese New Year and coincided with the adjustment of Hetang Town and Meixi Town to Tangzhai District.

  "After this, our two families should stand on the same front line. We haven't even had time to unite against a common enemy, yet you, Hei Zi, don't come over to lend a hand, but instead stand aside and watch the show. Your conscience is really rotten!" Yuan Hongjun was familiar with He Qing's family and joked casually, but he had only met Shen Huai twice before, so he stretched out his hand for a handshake and said, "The district didn't communicate with us beforehand, yet they directly asked us to come over and participate in the discussion of the financial and construction plans for our two towns after the merger. Secretary Shen, what's on your mind?"

  Every meeting has a tone problem, even if the tone between District Director Pan Shihua and District Party Secretary Yang Yuguang is inconsistent, it's usually not appropriate to let Mei Xi and He Tang two towns have no preparation at all, just come over together to discuss and decide on the financial and construction plans for the two towns in the future.

  "Perhaps the district has already made a decision on the financial and construction plans for our two towns, and they just called us over to inform us in person." Shen Hua said. It's good that there are consultations, but when the district makes decisions unilaterally, the town can only silently accept.

  "Alas," Yuan Hongjun let out a light sigh, and then patted Shen Huai's shoulder enthusiastically, saying: "We're all from Xiapu County's new division, in the first few years we were often bullied, it's almost a given. We can't complain about heaven or others. However, among us, we still need to support each other. After the meeting, if Secretary Shen and Hei Zi have nothing going on, why don't we find a place to gather together?"

  Although Shen Hua didn't really want to form an alliance with He Tang Town, Yuan Hongjun was not a very reliable person either. However, thinking that He Tang Town had the riverbank resources that Mei Xi Town lacked, he couldn't refuse them from afar and nodded in agreement, saying: "Alright, Secretary Yuan, Mayor Zhu, you choose the location, we'll be the hosts."

  "The local arrangements have been made and the host has also been arranged," said Yuan Hongjun with a hearty laugh, "This time we come to He Village, next time we will eat at your Mei Creek Town..."

  Xin thought Yuan Hongjun had already made arrangements, and Shen Huai no longer insisted on anything. He walked with Yuan Hongjun, He Qing She, and Zhu Xue Qi towards the district government building.

  Several people walked out of the district government building, and the middle-aged man in the center saw Shen Hua and loudly greeted him: "He Qing She, is this the Party Secretary of Mei Creek Town?"

  Shen Huai was taken aback, looking at the middle-aged man with a familiar face. He suddenly remembered that this person was Pan Shihua, the newly appointed deputy secretary and acting district head of Tangzhazhou District. Shen Huai had almost no impression of Pan Shihua, but Pan Shihua looked somewhat similar to his cousin Pan Shigui.

  Seeing him proactively extend his hand with a fervent expression, seemingly not minding the fact that his family's dyeing and weaving factory was forcibly shut down by the town, Shen Huai felt slightly surprised in her heart. She grasped Pan Shi Hua's hand and said: "Director Pan, hello, we've come to report to you today..."

  "I also understand your work in Mei Xi Town, it's very good, there are achievements to show for it and the masses are very supportive. I told Secretary Yang Yuquan that if Tangzhai District had a few more young cadres like you, the face of Tangzhai District would change quickly." said Pan Shi Hua.

  "I haven't had a chance to discuss the closure of the textile mill with Director Pan yet..." Shen Hua took the opportunity to glance at Pan Shihua twice.

  Pan Shihua was tall and slender, with a gaunt face and wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Although he resembled his cousin Pan Shih-kwei somewhat, perhaps due to his long years of working in government offices, he looked much more refined and cultured than Pan Shih-kwei.

  "The textile dyeing factory issue, Mei Creek Town has done a good job, no mistakes, nothing to review. Shi Gui came to me before the New Year to complain, during the Spring Festival, I found someone to understand the actual situation and knew that the textile dyeing factory caused great pollution to Mei Creek Town. As an entrepreneur, we cannot ignore the environment, I have severely criticized Shi Gui. In addition, this matter I did not pay attention to in time, it should be me who should apologize to the people of Mei Creek Town, Secretary Shen you have done a good thing for the people of Mei Creek Town."

  Pan Shi Hua then said a few words to Yuan Hong Jun, He Qing She and Zhu Xue Qi, "I'll go out first, there are so many petitioners gathered at the gate, as the district head I must resolve this. Secretary Yang should meet with you before the meeting, we'll see each other again in the conference room later..."

  To be honest, Shen Hua had mentally prepared himself for Pan Shi Hua's small shoes, so he was somewhat surprised by Pan Shi Hua's attitude at this time. Looking at Pan Shi Hua walking towards the petitioning crowd surrounded by district government officials, his heart was filled with doubts.

  "Pan District Chief seems like someone who is about to do something big..." Yuan Hongjun sighed softly.

  Shen Huai had a different idea in his mind: Was Pan Shi Hua really following Tan Qi Ping's path, and was adjusted to Tang Zha District as Deputy Secretary and Acting District Head? Just like he was dissatisfied with Su Kaiwen and Zhou Ming in his heart, but had to maintain the unity of the entire circle, Pan Shi Hua, even if he resented him for shutting down the Pan family's contracted dyeing factory, still had to put aside the conflict between them first since he chose to follow Tan Qi Ping's path.

  Shen Huai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt a chill in his heart: Tan Qiping had thoroughly marginalized him, and naturally would not leak the news of personnel adjustments at the department level to him in advance.