Shen Hua had just returned from the district, so Zhu Li naturally knew to take the initiative to invite the leaders to dinner and said he wanted to go to Zhuxi Hotel. Although Zhuxi Hotel is good, eating too much can be boring, besides, he was just casually having a late dinner, not treating Zhu Li to a big meal, so he said: "Let's just walk to Mao'erhuzi..." and invited the two construction managers under Zhu Li to follow along.

  "Does Secretary Shen also know about Cat Whiskers?" Zhu Li asked with a smile.

  From the lower plum highway westward, almost to the intersection of Sunjiadui and the town area, is the Cat Whisker Restaurant.

  Although this restaurant is famous for its mutton and braised pork head, it's a rural wild store after all. Except for locals, it's hard to enter the eyes of outsiders. Zhu Li didn't expect Shen Huai to know about this restaurant.

  Zhu Li wouldn't have taken the initiative to invite Shen Huai to dine at the rural Wild Restaurant, but Shen Huai brought it up himself. Since Cat Whiskers in Meixi Town was also a restaurant with its own unique character, they didn't say much and parked their car by the old residence before walking over.

  The restaurant was very small and simple, just a three-room flat house by the road, with a glass food cabinet outside selling pig head meat and mutton; inside were four or five tables for dining in, which were already filled with people at this time, and business was booming.

  Zhu came over to eat several times, and the boss knew him. He greeted: "Zhu Baozi, you've come at a bad time. Either wait a bit or I'll set up a table for you outside?"

  The restaurant owner has a mustache and is about 40 years old, with the surname Sun. Shen Hua only knows that others call him Sun Hu Zi, but doesn't know his specific name. He isn't from Sun Jia Duan village, but was a sent-down youth who came to the countryside early on and never returned to the city. His cooking skills are a family tradition.

  He really likes the mutton and pig head meat made by Sun Hu Zi. In the past, when he got off work from the municipal steel factory, he would often come over to buy half a catty or one catty of cold-cut mutton or pig head meat. It's been more than half a year since he last had a chance to come and have another taste.

  There is a light bulb protruding from the eaves, with low power and dim yellow light, barely illuminating the small area.

  Zhu Li didn't mind being called a nickname, and seeing Shen Huan had already come over to help the waitress little girl open up the small square table, he also walked over to take five or six stacked plastic stools to distribute.

  Sun Yalin was somewhat dissatisfied with the simplicity of this place and worried about its cleanliness, but she knew that if she made any suggestions, Shen Hui would definitely tell her to go find another place to eat, so she could only reluctantly compromise.

  Pig head meat, cold cut mutton, old vinegar peanuts, and stir-fried lamb's lettuce with broad beans were served as four cold dishes. Then a catty of Huajiu was poured. The privately brewed Huajiu was very strong but smooth and easy to drink, Sun Yalin took a sip and nodded in agreement.

  Looking at the meat dishes served in a corner of the plate, Sun Yalin also had an appetite to start eating. The mutton entered her mouth, with a slight medicinal flavor, and was eaten with osmanthus sauce, which tasted best. The cold sliced mutton melted in her mouth as soon as she chewed it lightly. Sun Yalin couldn't help but say to Shen Huai: "It's really good! Why didn't you think of bringing me here to eat before? Chen Dan can't bring out this flavor, who is the head chef here? Let Chen Dan invite him over."

  Shen Huai smiled and said, "It's delicious, we'll come back next time, no need to take all the good things home..." He knew that the boss of this restaurant had great skills, but was also idle. This kind of person would rather open a small rural store than work as a chef in a big hotel. Looking at Sun Ya Lin drinking greedily, he advised, "Drink slowly, this wine has a strong aftertaste, ordinary people can't even drink half a kilogram..."

  "Then you don't drink; if I get drunk, you'll be responsible for driving." Sun Yalin took the wine bowl in front of Shen Hua.

  Shen Huai smiled helplessly and sipped his wine, discussing with Zhu Li about the construction and development of Zhujing River.

  "Even if the adjustment of the administrative regions of Meixi and Hetang towns is passed by the district, it will take at least a few months to complete the entire process. However, the Jianggang Wharf project cannot wait, and once the survey and design work is almost done, the pre-construction work must be launched immediately," Shen Huai said to Zhu Li. "The whole project will eventually be handed over to the Municipal Port Construction Company for contracting and construction. We are still discussing some details, but some civil engineering projects will be assigned to Zhujian Construction. This has also been agreed upon with Gangjian. Once the Meixi Steel Plant renovation is completed, the entire plant expansion will have a significant amount of work, and Zhujian Construction may not be able to take a break for another year or two..."

  "I don't want to be idle either." Zhu Li said with a smile.

  Then Shen Hua told Zhu Li about the collective house fund.

  The entire fund-raising housing estate has six buildings that have already been capped, and the remaining six buildings are also half-built. Shen Hua is generally quite satisfied overall.

  Initially, the cost of the collective housing was set at 650 yuan per square meter, which is the basis for calculating the collective housing fees with the participating households, including land, municipal administration, construction and safety expenses, as well as a small management fee collected by the property company and taxes payable.

  The construction cost per square meter for the construction of Zhujian is 500 yuan, which also includes the engineering profit that Zhujian Construction should receive. This was a relatively high standard in '93 and '94.

  If Zhu Li is ruthless and cruel, even if he takes away half of the profit, he can still build these twelve buildings. The only difference is that the quality of the residential building will be very poor.

  Zhu Li actually reserved about 10% of the engineering profit for the construction of the Yujiang River, abandoned the relatively low-cost brick-concrete structure and directly adopted the frame structure for construction. In terms of materials and labor, it was also invested in a down-to-earth manner, making the quality of the six completed buildings quite high.

  A few days ago, the town organized representatives of the collective fund-raising house to visit the construction site, and almost no one was dissatisfied. Even if some opinions were raised on details, Zhu Li also quickly implemented improvements.

  The town, after all, is the organizer of this fund-raising house building. The quality of the fund-raised houses is good, which also enhances Shen Hua's reputation in Mei Creek Town. Only then did Shen Hua feel relatively at ease and continue to hand over other projects to Zhejiang Construction for undertaking.

  Nowadays, Zhujiang Construction has around 40 to 50 professional personnel in engineering management alone, and with the construction team included, there are over 300 employees. Even if placed in Donghua City, Zhujiang Construction is still considered a fairly large-scale construction enterprise.

  However, the establishment of Zhujiang Construction is relatively short, and the engineering management personnel recruited need more time to grind with the construction team below. At this time, some projects with small risks, certain scale, and guaranteed profits are extremely important for the development of Zhujiang Construction.

  However, no matter how hard Shen Hua works to support the construction of Chongjiang, it first needs Zhu Li and other major shareholders such as Chu Yiliang and Yang Haipeng to have a certain degree of foresight and not be so eager for quick success or gain.

  Putting aside personal emotional entanglements, Zhu Li had to admit that Shen Huai was a person with great ability and charisma.

  The ability to do things and the courage to do them, as well as a series of work achievements, bring personal charm and prestige. Perhaps at the beginning, under Shen Hua's suggestion, the establishment of Zhujiang Construction had some reasons due to helpless reality, with no more choices, and at that time, Zhu Li also clearly knew that he was willing to do business under Shen Hua's wing.

  Shen Hua and Zhu Li were drinking and chatting on this side when five or six young people rode their bicycles over in this direction.

  The boss of the restaurant, Sun Hu, seeing these young people, hurried over to greet Shen Hua and others: "Sorry, it's not allowed to set up tables outside. I'll have someone move your table inside, and we'll add two more jugs of wine later, really sorry..."

  Sun Yalin was enjoying her meal, but was quite dissatisfied with being interrupted like this. She had no choice but to stand aside with Shen Huai and Zhu Li, letting Sun Hu follow the two dark-skinned and plump female waitresses to clean up the table.

  However, these young men did not give Sun Hu Zi a chance. From afar, they watched as Sun Hu Zi was putting away the tables and scolded: "Your mother's Sun Hu Zi, how many times have we told you to remember?" The leader of the group rode his bike over, without braking, and directly charged at the glass food cabinet on the scene, knocking it over. Glass shattered all over the floor, and the mutton and pork head inside also rolled onto the ground, covered in dust.

  Sun Yalin's arm was hit by the flying glass fragments, although it didn't bleed, but it hurt her arm, and she angrily asked: "Don't you have eyes...?"

  "Your mom, you dare to scold me? Do you have eyes or not?" The young man slammed his bicycle to the side and rushed towards Sun Yalin, pointing at her face and cursing as he walked.

  "Which department are you from?" Shen Huan saw the young man rush over, wanting to poke his finger at Sun Ya Lin's face. He grabbed his wrist and asked, "Who allowed you to come over and smash things?"

  "Who are you yelling at?" The young man, seeing someone blocking his way, cursed and was about to kick him when Sun Ya Lin moved even faster, kicking him in the stomach with one foot, causing him to kneel down like a shrimp.

  Zhu Li and his two construction managers, where could they possibly see Shen Hua being bullied in Meixi Town? Rushing over to grab another young man who was rushing over to help, and blocking others outside, he shouted: "You've eaten leopard gallbladders, dare to lay hands on Secretary Shen!"

  These young people are also ruthless and cunning, seeing four strong men and a fierce woman standing up, they don't dare to fight easily, for a while they can't figure out the identity of these people in front of them, but looking at their majestic momentum, they won't be easily provoked.

  The person who fell off the bike at the back got up, dusted himself off and walked over to the streetlight. When he saw Shen Hua's face clearly under the light, his expression changed in fright: "Secretary Shen, what are you doing here?"

  "......" Shen Huai looked at the person's face, which seemed familiar, but he couldn't recall the name. He thought to himself that it must be one of the staff members below, and considering the town government's reputation, he didn't curse out loud. With a stern expression, he asked, "Who are you? What's going on here?"

  "I'm Zhang Sheng," the man said, seeing Shen Hua frowning, seemingly still not thinking of him coming, and continued with a hint of nervousness in his heart. "I'm the deputy branch secretary of Sunjiadun Village and the commander of the militia battalion. These days, the street has been cleaned up, and this store has put tables outside several times, affecting the appearance of the street. I've advised them many times but they didn't listen, so... I really don't know if Secretary Shen is also eating here."

  Comprehensive rectification work is Li Feng's responsibility, and Shen Hua would not easily interfere, but the obviously over-the-top rectification work has dragged him in, and if he doesn't ask about it, others will think he's sweeping the streets.

  "Then tell me about the street renovation work in the town this time, what's the scope and what are the key points?" Shen Huan took a stool to sit down and asked Zhang Sheng, the deputy secretary of Sunjiadun Village, to come forward and report on the work.

  The five young men who had been beaten up only then realized that the youth in front of them was the town's "Secretary Shen", and with embarrassed faces, they nervously walked over to await their scolding.

  Shen Hua looked at these people and felt annoyed, pointing to the curb and scolding: "Get out of the way!" Let them stand by the side of the road.

  Zhang Sheng hurried over, bowing and scraping like a grandson, apologizing profusely, but when it came to Shen Hua's question, he couldn't answer. Shen Hua scowled, glaring at him fiercely, and berated him: "The urban renewal project covers the entire town, focusing on solving the problem of street vendors occupying roads. For businesses operating along the streets, we must insist on persuasion and education. Even if we need to use coercive measures, we must have personnel from industry and commerce, as well as public security, present on site. Which part of this did you follow? You think you have a little power, and now you're lawless?"

  Seeing Zhang Sheng's face turn white, he didn't dare to refute. Shen Hua also lost interest in scolding him and pointed at Sun Hu Zi, saying to Zhang Sheng: "You go apologize to the other party, compensate for whatever was damaged, and pay according to the price. After you've done these things well, submit a written self-criticism to my office tomorrow! How do you do mass work?"