If you cheat, money will follow

"You, you, what should I say to you? I didn't say it was wrong for you to ask Chang Le to go on an on-site inspection, but I said you didn't think clearly..." Grandpa Jiang Xia said.

"Yizhou's permanent population is only 30, and the floating population from outside is more than 60. The area is either an ecological protection zone or a historical and cultural protection zone. What's the basis for this?

"Can we develop advanced manufacturing with just a few half-dead backward companies?"

"You can't just say that Yizhou also has a car manufacturing foundation when you see that Leda Investment has Leda Automobile, right?"

Jiang Zhixin: "..."

"Don't be unconvinced, I think what I said makes sense. Development must still rely on seeking truth from facts, adapting measures to local conditions, and planning based on reality." Grandpa Jiang Xia continued:

"It should be to find a breakthrough that others do not have or have not considered, continue to attack difficulties, and become stronger and better."

"For county-level administrative regions like Yizhou, superiors will not inspect them in terms of scale or total volume, but rather their ability to innovate in thinking and focus on characteristic industries."

“It’s not the ability to spend big money on big projects, nor the ability to follow others’ example and wave the flag.”

"A train of thought like yours essentially means that you shout whatever others shout; you just follow what others do, and you have absolutely no ideas or characteristics of your own."

"The foundation is relatively weak. How can we compete with others if we follow the same path?"

“In the end, it was nothing more than an endless cycle of investment, debt repayment, reinvestment, debt repayment, and debt repayment one after another. Urban development and urban appearance have not changed in essence.”

Jiang Zhixin was unconvinced: "Dad, we can't just stop developing Yizhou because the conditions for its development are poor, right?"

“The prosperity of industries will lead to the prosperity of cities, and the prosperity of industries will lead to the prosperity of cities.”

"Relying on the agglomeration power of the industry platform, we can develop the economy, increase employment, increase finance and taxation, gather the population, improve supporting facilities, and promote the city to enter the main channel and highway of healthy development..."

"This is the summary of decades of development experience, and it cannot be changed into something new."

"So whether the industry can prosper depends on two key points, policy and investment. There are countless successful examples."

"Whoever can fight for high-quality policies and attract high-quality enterprises can develop and be a hero."

"Don't use the materials written by the laboratory to fight against me. These are old tricks. I am older than you, have seen more than you, know more than you, and have written more materials than you. Okay, how can I not understand this?" Grandpa Jiang Xia disagreed:

"Policy and investment promotion are important, and they are indeed the core method of local development. But it is definitely not the kind of blindly competing for policies and blind spot investment promotion that you think of setting up positions according to people and enterprises."

"It is about giving full play to subjective initiative, combining local reality, determining a path, creating conditions and soil for the development of this path, selectively pursuing policies, and attracting investment that is in line with reality."

"Zhixin, your starting point is higher than that of ordinary cadres, and your resources are richer. You must have higher requirements for yourself and not be ordinary, plain and vulgar."

Jiang Zhixin said: "Dad, I know what you mean. But how difficult is it to determine a path and create conditions and soil suitable for its development? Yizhou does not have the capital to choose a path and enterprises, so it can only try its best to fight for it. limited resources."

Grandpa Jiang Xia said: "Yizhou has no capital, but does Yangcheng County have it? This is a living example."

Jiang Zhixin: "..."

Grandpa Jiang Xia said: "You also read that report. Chang Le's father, Comrade Chang Xueqin, works in Yangcheng County. What are the conditions in Yangcheng County?"

"The foundation is even weaker than that of Yizhou. The GDP is half that of Yizhou, and the fiscal and tax revenue is even less. It is a proper agricultural county."

"But we don't focus on big industries and big projects. Instead, we tap the potential under limited resource conditions and innate talents, innovate with the old, make old trees bloom, and build a nationally renowned brand in a down-to-earth manner."

"Currently, there are millions of pieces sold every month. If nothing unexpected happens, a tens of billions industry will be formed in a few years."

"Are you talking about whether the clothing industry is traditional or not? Is the project big? If it were you, would you be able to work on it? Can you do it like this? Can you do it?"

"Comrade Chang Xueqin is Chang Le's father. How much money did Chang Le invest? Does the superior have any policies?"

"But people just used their subjective initiative, and under extremely poor conditions, they found a path that no one else had thought of or tried, and drove to the fast lane. It was really eye-opening."

"This is the innovative thinking and selective development that I have always emphasized to you, and it is also what your superiors value most."

"I admit that I can't do this, and I admire you very much." Jiang Zhixin nodded.

"So, when you graduated from college, I told you that you didn't have the innate talent for politics and asked you to become a teacher. You refused to accept it and just jumped in." Grandpa Jiang Xia said:

"Is this road so easy to walk? Is it so easy to be a cadre? Do you really think that it's enough to support each other, make reports, touch your head, and shout slogans?"

"What conditions do cadres need to meet? They must not only stand firm, maintain political sobriety, implement the spirit and requirements of their superiors, but also coordinate and take into account the actual local economic development..."

“More importantly, we must have a keen sense of the market, be able to accurately grasp the development of the times and market trends, and lead urban development.”

"In other words, he is someone who can carve his own way in the business world even if he is not a cadre."

"There are not many people who can achieve this level, but Comrade Chang Xueqin is definitely one of them."

"When Chang Le was still in elementary school, he spent more than 10 years carefully cultivating Linzhou Construction, a first-class general contracting construction unit."

"So, I hope you will work hard in this direction."

"When you have time, go to Yangcheng and have a good chat with others and learn from them. Don't always stare at those people who only look up at the road and don't bury their heads in work. It will not be good for you."

The living example left Jiang Zhixin speechless and irrefutable.

As his old father said, Jiang Zhixin has a high starting point and abundant resources, so he can prosper even if he does nothing.

But Jiang Zhixin has self-respect. He really hopes to find a way and achieve a career, instead of relying on a high starting point and abundant resources to get by.

He silently took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Chang Le's hand:

"Chang Le, it's my first time to visit. This is my uncle's kindness."

"Thank you, uncle." Chang Le accepted the red envelope naturally.

You can't refuse the red envelope that comes to your door for the first time.

"My dad is right. I did have impure motives and wanted to take shortcuts blindly. I will reflect on this, think about it and do research when I go back, and try to find a suitable path before talking to you." Jiang Zhixin continued:

"However, I still invite you and Jiang Xia to come and visit Jinshan. Jinshan's landscape is good, and there are many literati and famous places of interest. After all, it is a thousand-year-old city."

"Okay, uncle, I will definitely go when I have time." Chang Le nodded.

"Xiao Xia, uncle is gone. I will definitely come and play when I have time." Jiang Zhixin said.

"Okay, uncle, walk slowly."

"Dad, I'm back to Yizhou. If I find a chance, I must go to Yangcheng and have a good chat with Comrade Chang Xueqin."

"That's right. When you go back, think carefully and explore the advantageous industries that Yizhou already has. You can't just look at the watermelons you can't get and lose the sesame seeds that are already in your hands."