Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

Song Yuanchao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"

After saying that, he looked at Song Jianmin on the side.

Obviously, the two were well prepared.

Song Jianmin pulled out a bound stack of papers from his bag and handed them over. "This is the plan and budget that Secretary Yuan Chao asked his friends at the county water conservancy bureau to help him prepare."

Zhao Wenhao took it and looked at it carefully.

Song Yuanchao and Song Jianmin on the side were obviously a little nervous, and they were quite uneasy at this moment.

More than 200 million yuan is a considerable sum of money for anyone. Although they could see that Zhao Wenhao seemed willing to help, they had no idea how much he would ultimately be able to contribute.

The two of them had even figured out that as long as Zhao Wenhao could come up with 100 million, the three villages could raise the remaining amount by collecting funds and then begging in the town and county.

Twenty minutes passed before Zhao Wenhao realized it, and he finally finished reading the plan.

He handed the materials back to Song Jianmin, then pondered for a while and did not speak immediately.

Seeing this situation, Song Yuanchao and Song Jianmin couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts.

"Wenhao, if you have any difficulties here, just pretend we didn't say anything." Song Yuanchao finally couldn't help but speak.

Although he said so, one could still see a desire in his expression.

Zhao Wenhao reacted and realized that his pensive expression just now had caused them to misunderstand.

Therefore, he quickly explained: "Secretary Yuan Chao, please don't misunderstand me. I was just thinking about how to give you this money."

"Really?" Song Yuanchao was shocked when he heard this. He stood up and grabbed Zhao Wenhao's arm. "Wenhao, are you willing to pay this money?"

"Of course, since I've agreed, I won't go back on my word!" Zhao Wenhao appeased the other party and asked him to sit down again. "However, I have some ideas on how to use this money!"

As long as Zhao Wenhao is willing to sponsor the money, Song Yuanchao doesn't care about other aspects.

Therefore, he said directly: "Just tell us what you want us to do, and we will do as you say."

"Secretary Yuanchao, Second Uncle, of course I am very confident in you two. There is no problem in letting you two manage this money directly. But I estimate that there will be gossip outside at that time, which will be detrimental to you." Zhao Wenhao explained.

"It's not good for us? Why?" Song Jianmin was a little puzzled and raised an objection.

"With such a huge sum of money, do you think other people won't be tempted? If you were allowed to control it directly, it would be strange if they didn't say something sarcastic behind your back! Then you would have a headache." Zhao Wenhao laughed.

When it comes to human nature, Zhao Wenhao actually sees it more clearly than Song Yuanchao and Song Jianmin.

Song Yuanchao shook his head repeatedly: "I don't care. As long as this matter is done, I can also give an explanation to our Zhaojiayu. I will retire next year. Why should I care what they say?"

"Secretary Yuan Chao, I don't want to do something good that ends up being counterproductive and cause you to be suspected by others." Zhao Wenhao continued to explain, "How about this, I will apply for a special account to deposit this money.

Then, payment will be made according to the progress of the project and the degree to which quality is met.

In addition, I will invite an auditing company to conduct supervision and auditing.

You two don't understand the specific construction work. It is much better for me to pay a professional company to do this job than for you to be cheated.

That way, no matter what happens in the future, nothing will be said about you."

Zhao Wenhao explained it very clearly. He was really afraid that the two would have some opinions about his behavior.

In fact, he did this on purpose because he knew the personalities of these two people.

It would be strange if the town didn't get jealous of such a large amount of money.

Not only the people in the town, but other people will also have the same idea and will definitely do something.

If Song Yuanchao and Song Jianmin were held responsible for this matter, they would inevitably be under pressure from all sides.

By then, it is very likely that you will be unpopular with both sides.

In that case, Zhao Wenhao might as well take charge of it himself.

It doesn't cost much to invite a third-party auditing or supervision company, and the supervision work can be directly transferred to them.

And Zhao Wenhao doesn't need to spend too much energy.

"Wenhao, you are very thoughtful. We will listen to you." Song Jianmin thought for a while and finally spoke.

"Secretary Yuan Chao, Second Uncle, it's not that I don't trust you. If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly. I won't say anything."

Zhao Wenhao explained again that he was really afraid that the two of them would misunderstand and think that he, Zhao Wenhao, was worried that the money would be embezzled if given to them.

In this way, the friendship between the two parties will be greatly reduced.

"Wenhao, you don't need to explain. We watched you grow up. We know what kind of person you are." Song Yuanchao was very pleased.

"Okay, then it's settled." Song Jianmin stood up and prepared to say goodbye. "You just got back, and we're talking to you about this. It's disturbing your rest. So, come to my house some other day, I'll treat you, and we can have a nice drink!"

"Okay, I'll definitely bother you then!" Zhao Wenhao also stood up and blocked their way. "Now that you've finished talking, I suddenly thought of something to discuss with you."

Song Yuanchao was a little confused, and he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Zhao Wenhao pulled the two of them to sit down again, and then continued: "In the past few years, I have been away most of the time, rarely coming back, and have not made much contribution to our village.

I just walked through our village today and saw that many roads are still dirt roads, and even the main roads are only paved with gravel.

I thought I could spend some money to repair several main roads in our village and pave them all with cement.

If I were to do this, I definitely wouldn't have the time to deal with it.

Since you two proposed the small reservoir and the project of connecting to the Dalong River, I would like to join us in the road construction as well.

I wonder how your accident happened?"

Song Yuanchao and Song Jianmin looked at each other in surprise.

"Wenhao, our Zhaojia Island has four main roads running through it from east to west and north to south. Together, they're about seven kilometers long. If we build all of them into cement roads as you suggested, it would be quite a hefty expense."

"I know. Don't worry. Since I said it, I will naturally do it." Zhao Wenhao chuckled and didn't take it too seriously. "Do you think this will work? After the New Year, find a few engineering teams and make budgets for them. Then I will transfer the money to a dedicated account."

"Well, since you know it yourself, we would certainly love it." Song Yuanchao could not hide the joy on his face.