Super first-tier cities: Starting from village committee secretary

"Zhang Yaoming is known throughout the county for being henpecked. If his eldest daughter finds out about your conflict with Li Chunhua, or if Li Chunhua tells his eldest daughter, she will definitely make Zhang Yaoming create obstacles for you, starting with your company's environmental protection measures," Li Sanjiang kindly warned.

Xiong Xu didn't say anything, seemingly lost in thought.

Li Sanjiang also stopped talking, smoking his cigarette while waiting for Zhang Wenjie to arrive.

After about a few minutes, precisely at one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Wenjie strode into the conference room, decisively taking the central seat on the stage.

"The meeting begins!"

"I'll keep it brief. This meeting is to summarize the work of our town government this year, focusing primarily on the economy."

Zhang Wenjie calmly spoke into the microphone in front of him.

Many cadres, including the village committee secretary, took out their pens to take notes. Xiong Xu felt a bit awkward seeing this scene; it was his first time attending such a meeting, and he had forgotten to bring a pen and notebook.

"Tear off a page for me."

Xiong Xu asked Li Sanjiang for two pages of paper, rolled one page into a cylinder to use as a pen, and then pretended to write on the other page.

Zhang Wenjie noticed Xiong Xu's action, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"You're fooling no one."

"This year, Shgang Town has done very well. According to the statistics from the Finance and Tax Office, the per capita income in Shgang Town this year is 27,432 yuan, an increase of 2,780 yuan compared to last year. The average salary of employees is 47,436 yuan, an increase of 5,329 yuan compared to last year. The per capita disposable income reached 12,794 yuan, an increase of 2,800 yuan compared to last year."

"Comrades, this is a great progress. Whether it's per capita income, the average salary of employees, or per capita disposable income, the growth rate has reached 10%."

Zhang Wenjie announced Shgang Town's economic achievements this year with a beaming face.

"These are all political achievements."

"Clap clap clap!"

The cadres in attendance applauded enthusiastically.

"The above have all increased rapidly, but there is one that has increased even more, and that is tax revenue. Last year, our town's tax revenue was only 24 million yuan, but this year, our town's tax revenue reached 248.9 million yuan, which is 11 times that of last year!"

Zhang Wenjie continued, revealing this year's tax revenue situation.

Nearly 250 million yuan in tax revenue, of which 170 million yuan was paid by Shan Xiong Company, Hongchang Construction Group also paid 24 million yuan in taxes on the residential project, and Huatai Engineering Company also paid 20 million yuan in taxes on the Pingshan project, and Poly also paid several million.

Although these three companies are not local enterprises in Shgang Town, their labor service locations are in Shgang Town, and the employers are also in Shgang Town, so the taxes are paid to the local government, rather than the company's registered location.

Of course, this is corporate income tax. If it is individual income tax, it must be paid at the company's registered location.

Simply put, the company pays taxes where it earns the money.

This is why some local governments desperately engage in investment promotion, which is mainly not to increase the employment rate, but to increase government tax revenue.

"Not bad this year."

"Looks like we won't have to tighten our belts next year."

"Haha."

Hearing that nearly 250 million yuan in taxes were collected this year, the cadres present were very happy, especially those from hospitals and schools.

Whether it is a town, county, city, or province, the annual tax revenue must be turned over to the national treasury. After the national treasury receives the money, it is returned layer by layer, with a return ratio of 60% to the central government, 20% to the county, and 20% to the town.

That is to say, after this 250 million yuan in tax revenue is turned over, the national treasury will return it next year, and Shgang Town will receive 50 million yuan in freely usable funds.

Last year, Shgang Town only received 4.8 million yuan in freely usable funds, and all government units in the town were struggling, with the salaries of doctors in hospitals and teachers in schools being repeatedly suppressed.

Of course, some people were not struggling.

"Here, I want to give special praise to Xiong Xu." Zhang Wenjie directly called out Xiong Xu's name, and in the next second, everyone's eyes turned to Xiong Xu.

Xiong Xu responded with a smile.

"Why praise Xiong Xu? As everyone knows, almost 80% of our nearly 250 million yuan in tax revenue is contributed by Shan Xiong Company and its related enterprises. Let's applaud Xiong Xu to encourage him to create greater glories tomorrow!"

After Zhang Wenjie finished speaking, he began to applaud. The cadres present also applauded vigorously, except for Li Chunhua, who only clapped perfunctorily.

Everyone present was shrewd, and seeing Li Chunhua's attitude, they understood everything, including Zhang Wenjie.

"Secretary Zhang, rest assured, Shan Xiong Company will contribute more tax revenue next year. I also believe that under the leadership of Secretary Zhang, our Shgang Town will move towards the road of becoming a prosperous town," Xiong Xu said, standing up.

"What a good dog."

Li Chunhua sneered inwardly.

Zhang Wenjie smiled at Xiong Xu with great satisfaction, then raised his hand to signal Xiong Xu to sit down.

"In addition to the surge in tax revenue, our Shgang Town's GDP has also broken historical records this year. Last year, our GDP was 700 million yuan, but this year, it has reached a full 3 billion yuan!"

Zhang Wenjie continued to talk about GDP growth, and 70% of this 3 billion yuan GDP was contributed by Shan Xiong Village.

The current economic volume of Shan Xiong Village is almost three times that of Shgang Town last year.

"Comrades, the achievements we have made this year are excellent enough, but we must not take it lightly. Even if life is better, we must not forget the hard days before."

"Our Shgang Town must learn from the pain and combine it with reality..."

What Zhang Wenjie said next were some painless and irrelevant official words. Everyone was almost falling asleep listening, but they all pretended to listen attentively.

Zhang Wenjie spoke for half an hour in one breath. After he finished speaking, Li Chunhua also said some official words.

The entire meeting lasted until 2:30 in the afternoon, an hour and a half-long meeting. Li Chunhua spoke the most, making Xiong Xu want to sleep.

Fortunately, the meeting finally ended. Xiong Xu immediately slipped away to Zhang Wenjie's office to rest, as he would be going to a meeting in the county with him later.

"I'm so thirsty."

Zhang Wenjie then returned to the office, picked up the teacup on the table and drank wildly, having forgotten to bring his teacup over just now.

"I'm telling you, these leaders, wouldn't it be enough to just talk about the main points in a meeting? Who are you saying so many platitudes to? You're tiring yourselves and making people dislike you."

Xiong Xu lay on the sofa smoking a cigarette, unable to resist complaining to Zhang Wenjie.

Zhang Wenjie walked over with the water cup and took another sip, "Do you think we want to say these words? We also know that it's useless to say these words, but we still have to say them."

"Why? Because if there's a problem, if I didn't say these relevant words, then it's dereliction of duty, and in serious cases, it can be said to be malfeasance. But if I said these relevant words, the problem can't be traced back to me, because I've already said it, warned about it, and reminded everyone. If there's still a problem, I'm not a god, it's none of my business."