At noon the next day, Ye Tian came to the hotel in advance and called Li Zhongcheng. Li Zhongcheng undoubtedly wanted to give him his face, so he readily agreed. After contacting Zhou Shunmin, Ye Tian, ??who had nothing to do in the morning, came over earlier than the two of them. The hotel was booked by Zhou Shunmin, Nanxing Hotel. The first time he and Li Zhongcheng had dinner, it was here, a four-star hotel. , is not very far from the Provincial Department of Finance. Zhou Shunmin may also have thought that he met Li Zhongcheng and had dinner with him here last time, so he simply booked a box here this time, and it is also close to the Department of Finance. Zhou Shunmin himself It¡¯s also convenient to come here. After getting off the car, Ye Tian checked the time. It was not yet 11:30. Zhou Shunmin said that he would definitely be there before 12 o'clock. It would be time to come over after a while. When he walked into the hotel, Ye Tian asked Zhang Meng and Chen Xiao Hai and the other two also directly found a place to eat in the hotel, so there was no need to go outside. Arriving at the box first, Zhou Shunmin arrived less than ten minutes after Ye Tian sat down. As soon as he entered the door and saw that Li Zhongcheng had not arrived yet, Zhou Shunmin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ye Tian with a smile on his face, "County Magistrate Xiaoye, I'm almost late." "Ting Zhou is not too late. Secretary Li probably won't be here for another half an hour," Ye Tian said with a smile. "Fortunately, Secretary Li hasn't come here yet. It would be really embarrassing if I came here later than Secretary Li." Zhou Shunmin shook his head and smiled, then sat down, "Hey, I've been in meetings all morning, just for this. There was almost a quarrel at the meeting about poverty alleviation funds for impoverished counties. "What, did something happen?" Ye Tian asked with concern when he heard that it was related to poverty alleviation funds. "Aren't there too many impoverished counties that have been reported? For this billion in poverty alleviation funds, the people here are really showing off their magic powers. Many people have come through their connections. You said this is not making things difficult for us who are doing things. Well, the specific decision is made by the provincial government. We are only responsible for the implementation. The people below basically came to the Finance Department. "Zhou Shunmin stroked his forehead with a headache. "It's all because of money." " This billion in poverty alleviation funds are allocated by your Finance Department, so everyone is naturally targeting your Finance Department for public relations," Ye Tian said with a smile, "But the province should also come up with a specific charter, and we can't just distribute it casually. "Yes, the province has already given specific instructions. It will select the ten poorest counties and provide each county with 100 million in poverty alleviation funds. At the same time, it requires the local city to allocate the same amount in a one-to-one ratio. poverty alleviation funds," Zhou Shunmin said. "A one-to-one ratio? This means that if any county wins the provincial poverty alleviation funds, the local municipal finance will also have to allocate 100 million in poverty alleviation funds?" Ye Tian immediately understood what Zhou Shunmin meant. . "Yes, that's what I mean." Zhou Shunmin nodded. When Ye Tian heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes. It would be strange that the counties and cities below didn't rush to support such a good thing. In addition to the province's 100 million, the local city also allocated 100 million. This is a real 200 million. Gold and silver, if you can get them, who doesn't want free money? Anyone who doesn't fight is a fool. "Ting Zhou, the ten poorest counties in this province are going to be selected. How should we select them? The province will make its own selection?" Ye Tian asked again. "Hey, this specific selection is carried out by the Department of Finance." Zhou Shunmin's face flashed with a hint of pride. This is the advantage of working in the Department of Finance. He is in charge of the money bag and everyone has to fawn over him. He is in the Department of Finance Being a deputy director is undoubtedly much more arrogant than the deputy directors of other departments. "Department Zhou, your Finance Department is responsible for this specific selection. No wonder everyone has gone to your Finance Department's public relations. Who makes your Finance Department arrogant? It's no wonder others." Ye Tian smiled, "Then please hand in the information now. "How many counties are there?" "At least 20 counties." Zhou Shunmin pointed with two fingers, "We haven't finished reporting yet. We don't know how many there will be in Tiannan Province when all the registrations are submitted." How many counties are there?" Ye Tian asked doubtfully. ¡°If we don¡¯t count county-level cities and municipal districts, we have 11 cities in Tiannan Province, which is only 47 counties.¡± Zhou Shunmin replied. "" After hearing this, Ye Tian had the urge to scold his mother. Excluding county-level cities and municipal districts, there are only forty-seven counties. Now there are twenty counties that have signed up to submit information, and there are still not all of them. Damn it, if all the applications are completed, then more than half of the counties in Tiannan Province will be poor counties. "How about it? You're surprised, right?" Zhou Shunmin curled his lips and smiled, "There's nothing surprising. The money you don't need is free. No matter whether you are really poor or pretending to be poor, you have to cry hard for poverty. The province and the city Yes, it adds up to 200 million. Those who don¡¯t fight for it really have something wrong with their brains.¡± ¡°What I¡¯m saying is that no one can live with money. No matter how much money is spent in this government, it¡¯s not enough.¡± Shaking his head and smiling, he looked at Zhou Shunmin,Zhou Hall, fortunately I know you as the head of the hall. We in Qingbei County can count on you. " "County Magistrate Xiaoye, it's true that I'm still saying that, if I can help you fight for it, I will do my best. "Zhou Shunmin laughed and looked at Ye Tian with squinted eyes. This young man spoke very likably. He felt comfortable hearing the title of the chief of the hall. He didn't know if Ye Tian just knew Li Zhongcheng or if he was also good at it. background, but regardless of this, people like Ye Tian are obviously very comfortable in the officialdom. Ye Tian flattered Zhou Shunmin and was thinking that if he successfully obtained the provincial poverty alleviation funds, it would be 200 million. , for Qingbei who is short of money now, let alone 200 million, even 20 million is good, let alone getting it for free. If Qingbei wants to develop, what it lacks is money. Ye Tian didn¡¯t bother to ask. What specific criteria does the Finance Department use to evaluate poor counties? Anyway, he has left this matter to Zhou Shunmin. It doesn¡¯t matter if he owes Zhou Shunmin a favor. The more favors owed to Zhou Shunmin in this person¡¯s interactions, the more favors he owes. The two of them were chatting in the box. Zhou Shunmin raised his hand to look at the time. Li Zhongcheng said that he would not be able to come out until a little after 12 o'clock. Zhou Shunmin was not afraid of waiting, but he was afraid that Li Zhongcheng would call suddenly and say that he was unable to come due to something else. , so before he saw Li Zhong, Zhou Shunmin was in a very anxious mood. ¡°County Magistrate, Xiaomeng started a fight with someone. "Chen Xiaohai suddenly pushed open the box door and walked in, looking anxious. "What's going on? "Ye Tian was stunned and stood up. "I don't know, Xiaomeng and I were eating in the hall. Suddenly a man brought a few people over and attacked Xiaomeng indiscriminately. "Chen Xiaohai was still confused at this moment. He was afraid that Zhang Meng would suffer a loss, so he hurried over to report to Ye Tian. Ye Tian didn't ask any more questions and walked out quickly. He heard from Chen Xiaohai that there were just a few people. With Zhang Meng With his fierce skills, he was not afraid of Zhang Meng suffering a loss, but Zhang Meng came directly from the capital to Qingbei to protect him. Not to mention in Jiangdu, even in Ji'an, Zhang Meng didn't know anyone at all. Not to mention offending someone, Ye Tian was also confused about who would take action against Zhang Meng. (To be continued.)