Chapter 308 - The Proposal
Chapter 308: The Proposal
Translator: Lonelytree
Many shrewd villagers had connected the leak to the sudden cash in Xiao Chengcai’s house and the enmity between Xiao Chengcai and Xiao Zhengyang’s family.
They quickly figured it out. It was very likely that Xiao Chengcai was the betrayer. However, they were not going to confront him for no reason.
Since the village chief hadn’t said anything, it meant that there was not enough evidence. No one confronted Xiao Chengcai, but everyone looked at him with deep suspicion.
In the office of Global Tourism Development Company, Li Jianmin took out a development plan for Taoyuan Village and handed it to Liao Guohui. He said, “Boss, this is the development plan that the employees have prepared. Please take a look.”
Liao Guohui roughly skimmed through it. Then, he frowned and said, “No, the cost is too high, especially the resettlement fee. It’s tens of millions. We should only give these country bumpkins a little money. Why would we give them so much money?
“There are also requests for equipment and manpower. Why? We aren’t going to develop a tourist destination. We only want the land and the Little Cattle King. So, cancel out all the unnecessary expenditures.”
Li Jianmin immediately nodded and replied, “Boss, you’re right. However,” He explained, “The employees below don’t know our goal.
“They really think that we’re going to develop Taoyuan Village, so they submitted this proposal. I know Boss won’t be satisfied, so I made a proposal in private. Boss, please take a look at it.” With that, he handed the other proposal to Liao Guohui.
Liao Guohui flipped through it and nodded in satisfaction a moment later. Then, he said with a smile, “Young man, you’re doing a very good job. Keep this up.”
Li Jianmin said happily again, “Yes, Boss. Thank you, Boss.”
To do this, they needed to get approval from the county and the city. After all, the development would require them to occupy farmlands. The country had very strict laws and regulations regarding the occupation of farmland.
Ifa party wanted to occupy farmland, they had to give a certain amount of compensation to the farmers. However, Liao Guohui didn’t mean to develop Taoyuan Village. He merely wanted to take over all the farmlands to create a farm of his own. Therefore, he needed to find another loophole.
With that in mind, Liao Guohui made a call. As soon as the call was connected, he said with a smile, “Leader Lin, Hello. Today, a new product has come out from the Golden Jade Pavilion. I would like to invite you over to admire it. Hmm, okay. I’l see you later at nine pm.”
Three days later, Liao Guohui got the answer he wanted.
Then, he called Li Jianmin to his office, took a document, and said to Li Jianmin in a very serious tone, “I’ll leave this matter to you. Remember, you have to complete it perfectly. If you do, I’ll give you a promotion and a raise. But on the contrary…”
Li Jianmin said excitedly, “Boss, don’t worry. I’l definitely do it well. If I fail this task, I’ll bring my head to meet you.”
Liao Guohui nodded with satisfaction and said, “Okay, remember what you said.”
In the meeting room of Xing Yin County, besides some of the main leaders, there was also a young man sitting there. He wore a pair of glasses, but his expression was full of arrogance. When he looked at the leaders sitting there, there was some disdain in his eyes.
At this moment, Lin Fangzhou made the introduction, “This is the representative from Global Tourism Development Company, general manager Li.”
Everyone present clapped.
Qian Guoxin, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes.
Lin Fangzhou had his secretary pass down the document. “City Z has already approved Global Tourism Development Company’s proposal to develop Taoyuan Village. Please take a look.” He flipped through it and continued, “The document also includes Global Tourism Development Company’s
resettlement compensation and demolition plans for the local villagers. If you have any questions, ask them now. Once this is over, the company can start working.”
Hong Qing flipped through the pages and shook his head. “I don’t have any questions.”
“Idon’t have any questions either!”
More than a dozen people present said that they had no questions, which made Li Jianmin even more pleased with himself.
“These backward people should be thankful that we’re even giving them some compensation. What more do they want?
At this moment, Qian Guoxin suddenly asked, “CEO Li, is your company’s resettlement plan always like this?”
Li Jianmin did not take this question to heart at all, so he nodded and said, “That’s right.”
Qian Guoxin suddenly asked sharply, “So whenever your company did tourism development in the past, you would drive out the entire village and then take over their homestead and farmland?”
Li Jianmin frowned slightly, then nodded and said, “That’s right.” At this point, he paused for a moment and then added, “Every time we want to develop a new place for tourism, we’ll get the approval from the county city.
“Our tourism developments are always reasonable and legal. Plus, you can see from the documents that they are signed by the relevant leaders and officials. Do you have any other questions?”
Li Jianmin didn’t even learn Qian Guoxin’s name. That was how much he looked down on them.
However, Qian Guoxin pressed. “So your plan is to drive the local villagers out and steal their land…”
“Qian Guoxin, how could you say that?” Before Qian Guoxin could finish his question, Hong Qing stopped him loudly, “What do you mean by stealing their land? Can’t you see the compensation plan?”
Qian Guoxin said angrily, “Compensation? According to the proposal, every person will be compensated for 5000 RMB. And the company will claim the land for 100 RMB per Mu. If that is not stealing, what is?
“With such a low compensation, where do you expect these villagers to live? They are losing their houses and the land where they farm. Do you want to starve them to death?”
Hong Qing said, “5000 RMB is already a lot. Have you been to Taoyuan Village? That place is really poor. With 5000 RMB, they can build a beautiful house elsewhere. If you ask me, they will be very happy with this plan.”
Qian Guoxin said, “What nonsense! They are losing their houses and lands for a few coins. Do you think they will be happy? Hong Qing, are you out of your mind?”
Hong Qing did not argue with him. He sneered and said, “So, Qian Guoxin, what you mean is that you don’t agree with this proposal?”
Qian Guoxin did not say anything.
He knew very well that among all the people present, he was the person who had the least weight to speak.
‘Whether he agreed or not, this plan was going forward.
However, when he saw the proposal, he really could not control his anger. They were openly bullying the villagers.
Li Jianmin expressed his displeasure at Qian Guoxin’s doubts, but he still smiled and explained, “I think deputy leader Qian misunderstood our company. In fact, the compensation we gave is quite high.
“Take, for example, a family with ten people. They will get 50,000 RMB. With the farmland lease, they will get in total around 70,000 to 80,000. With the economic level of your county, it’s enough to buy a house in the city.
“As for the villagers, we will hire them when we develop the land. In a way, we’re making their lives better.”
But of course, that was all a lie. Then again, what could these poor villagers do to them anyway?
After Hong Qing heard this, he smiled proudly and said, “Qian Guoxin, did you hear that? In the future, the tourism company will give these farmers a job. Do you have any problems?”
Of course, Qian Guoxin had problems. The company behind this proposal was the biggest problem.
Just as he was about to speak, Lin Fangzhou ended the meeting, “Alright, this matter has been decided. Deputy Leader Qian, if you have any questions, come to my office.”
Qian Guoxin’s face was sullen as he said unwillingly, “I have no more questions.”
His biggest problem was he didn’t have much power. He couldn’t change much with just words..