The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Time flies, and it was May. Zhao Xiong arrived at the county government early in the morning to wait.

As soon as Xie Shanquan came out of Chen Shi's office, Zhao Xiongcai hurried over and asked, "Secretary Xie, is anyone in County Chief Chen's office?"

Xie Shanquan asked, "Secretary Zhao, is something urgent?"

"I have something very important to report to County Chief Chen."

"Please wait a moment," Xie Shanquan said, turning around, walking into the office, and closing the door behind him.

"Zhao Xiongcai, the Party Secretary of Chengnan Subdistrict Office in Chen County, is waiting at the door. He said he has something urgent to report."

Chen Shi knew why Zhao Xiong had come: "Please ask Secretary Zhao to wait a moment, I have urgent business to attend to."

Xie Shanquan walked out of the office: "Secretary Zhao, County Chief Chen is busy. Please wait in my office for a moment."

No matter how anxious Zhao Xiongcai was, he could only follow Xie Shanquan to his office to wait.

Chen Shi picked up the landline and called Duan Yanping, the general manager of Chunyang Urban Development Co., Ltd.

Duan Yanping answered the phone immediately when he saw that it was a call from the government office.

"Hello."

"Mr. Duan, I am Chen Shi."

Chen County's Duan Yanping stood up.

"Mr. Duan, has the land mortgage loan for the Greater Bay Area been approved yet?"

"It'll be soon, it should be available in May."

I need a specific time.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen. The head office procedures have been completed, and we are now waiting for the loan to be disbursed. I called the person in charge of loan disbursement at the head office yesterday, and the funds should be available by mid-May at the latest."

"If I don't see the payment by May 15th, you, the general manager, should resign."

Duan Yanping wanted to say something more, but Chen Shi had already hung up the phone.

Chen Shi was confident and asked Xie Shanquan to bring Zhao Xiongcai to his office.

As soon as Zhao Xiong sat down, he hurriedly said, "Chen County, the funds for the dilapidated housing renovation project have been gone for half a month. The county government's 500 million yuan has not yet arrived. Our Chengnan Subdistrict Office can't hold on any longer."

All the funds of Chengnan Subdistrict Office have been invested, but it is still not enough. The staff of Chengnan Subdistrict Office have not been paid since March. Everyone relies on this salary to support their families. If they are not paid in May, they will go hungry.

The dilapidated housing renovation project has been delayed for half a month. This morning, the construction team stopped work because they haven't received payment and are refusing to continue.

Upon learning that construction was to be halted, the residents of Xiaxin Neighborhood Committee cordoned off the construction site and demanded that construction continue. They threatened to petition the city government if construction did not resume within three days, and even threatened to blockade the municipal government.

"I really had no other choice but to come to you. Could you please have the Finance Bureau allocate 50 million yuan to solve this urgent problem? Once the county government's allocation comes through, I will repay the Finance Bureau."

Chen Shi solemnly said, "The construction site cannot be shut down. Go back and let them continue construction. If they stop, according to the contract, we will not pay them a single penny."

The county government's 500 million yuan allocation will be disbursed to you at the end of the month. The Finance Bureau also lacks funds. I've asked Director Guan to find a way to lend you 20 million yuan, payable at bank interest for one month.

Twenty million is a bit low, but it's barely enough to last half a month. This month, the salaries of the staff of Chengnan Subdistrict Office for February need to be paid out.

After seeing Zhao Xiongcai off, Chen Shi called Guan Hui, the director of the Finance Bureau.

Chen County

"Director, how much money is in the Finance Bureau's account?"

"More than 50 million"

"We'll first allocate 20 million yuan to the Chengnan Subdistrict Office. It's a loan they took from the Finance Bureau. We'll pay it back to you at bank interest rates, one month's interest, at the end of the month."

"County Chief Chen, this 50 million yuan is all earmarked for specific purposes, and the funds will be allocated in the next few days."

"Think of a way to delay it for a while, and return it all to your finance bureau by the end of the month."

When Chen Shi spoke, Guan Hui was in a dilemma. He forced himself to say, "County Chief Chen, the money must be returned to the Finance Bureau before the end of the month, otherwise I cannot delay any longer."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely return it to your finance bureau by the end of the month."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Shanquan walked in: "County Chief Chen, Director Bai Haiping of the Land and Resources Bureau is here to report to you."

"Have him come to my office."

Bai Haiping arrived at Chen Shi's office: "County Magistrate Chen..."

"Director Bai, please sit down."

Bai Haiping sat down: "Chen County, the houses along the highway that need to be demolished have been counted. The area of ​​houses to be demolished is 200,000 square meters, and there are 20,000 square meters of illegal buildings."

Chen Shi calculated in his mind that, based on the compensation of 1,000 yuan per square meter, the demolition of the house would cost 200 million yuan.

"All illegal buildings must be demolished, regardless of who is involved. Everyone must be treated equally so that the people have nothing to say."

Bai Haiping is under a lot of pressure. Many people have come to him to plead for their lives not to be demolished, but the people disagree and will petition, making the situation bigger and out of control.

They demolished the homes of their relatives and friends, which offended them. They all work in the county and see each other all the time, so sometimes they have to ask them for help.

Demolition work is difficult and can easily offend people.

"In Chen County, the Land and Resources Bureau should mark the illegal buildings so that the local government can demolish them. With the government involved, the demolition will be much easier."

Chen Shi could tell that Bai Haiping didn't want to offend anyone, so he solemnly said, "Director Bai, as leading cadres, we can't be hesitant in our actions. We must act according to principles. If the demolition isn't fair, the people won't agree."

What ordinary people want is equal treatment, not special treatment. If someone has relatives or friends working in the government and holding leadership positions, their illegal buildings won't be demolished, but if they don't have relatives or friends working in the government, they will be demolished. If you were in their shoes, could you swallow this insult?

The same applies to demolished houses. The compensation standard is 1,000 yuan per square meter for brick-concrete houses and 600 yuan per square meter for brick-wood houses. This applies to all houses, regardless of whose they are.

The land and resources bureau must participate in the demolition and relocation process, and work together with the local government and public security bureau.

Leading cadres should not be afraid of offending people. If they are afraid of offending people, they should not be in leadership positions. They should not perform their duties if they are not in a position, and they can retire to the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) and offend no one.

Bai Haiping broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking of Xiao Ning, the Party Secretary of Heyuan Town, who had been transferred to the CPPCC for retirement some time ago, Chen Shi was not bluffing. He had the ability to transfer disobedient subordinates to the CPPCC for retirement.

Offending colleagues can be remedied later, but failing to follow Chen Shi's orders will cost you your position.

If you're transferred to the CPPCC and lose power, who will still respect you?

"Chen County, our Land and Resources Bureau will follow your instructions and earnestly implement the county government's demolition compensation standards, and cooperate with the local government and public security to carry out the demolition work."

Chen Shi nodded: "Director Bai, you must remember one thing: doing work isn't like hosting a dinner party; you can't please everyone. What we need to do is meticulously implement the policies issued by the government."

There must be laws to follow and policies to implement. Building the expressway is a long-term project for the Chunyang County government; individual interests must be subordinate to collective interests. In special circumstances, sacrificing individual interests is unavoidable.

Bai Haiping took out documents about the demolition of houses along the highway from his briefcase and handed them to Chen Shi.

"All staff from the Chen County Land and Resources Bureau will be dispatched to complete the demolition work within the stipulated time."

Chen Shi gave Bai Haiping an approving look and took the documents.