The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 260: The Planning for Poverty Alleviation in the Entire Village

Chapter 260: Chapter 260: The Planning for Poverty Alleviation in the Entire Village

The next day, Ji Yang sat in his office reflecting on the matters discussed the previous night, among which was the issue of residents from other villages demanding help from the township to aid their development as Wushu Village prospered.

After some thought, Ji Yang summoned the members of several committees to a small conference room.

Soon, everyone arrived.

After greeting everyone with handshakes, Ji Yang said, "Comrades, as Wushu Village prospers, the villagers from other villages have also raised their needs for poverty alleviation and enrichment. I requested your presence today to discuss this matter."

Huang Yu said, "Secretary Ji, we have nine major villages in our township with varying conditions. It’s quite challenging to enrich them all at once, especially since there are many small villages with just a few households, and the poverty alleviation for those people is very difficult."

"My idea," Ji Yang said, "is to motivate everyone to relocate to well-planned villages to live, which would better help them."

Qian Huixian added, "The situation in Wushu Village is different; the village primarily thrives on rice wine, and everyone is willing to invest money."

Looking towards Gu Xiaogui, Ji Yang asked, "Chief Gu, what’s your opinion?"

Gu Xiaogui answered, "Everyone knows the situation in Wushu Village, and the nearby scattered villagers have already moved into newly built villages. Everyone now has their own way of living, so there’s no need to worry. What concerns us now are the other eight major villages. Actually, several of these villages have development potential. For example, Shitou Village can be driven by the Peach Blossom Source tourist area, and Heini Village can leverage Heini folk culture. We can try to use these tourist attractions to help them develop."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement privately, realizing that this could indeed resolve a few village issues.

Huang Yu mentioned, "I’ve always been in charge of Shitou Village, and from what I see, the Peach Blossom Source area does have potential. However, developing it would require a substantial investment."

Zhang Feng remarked, "The township has always focused on developing tourism. However, as everyone knows, the previous leaders, seeing the huge profits from gambling and drugs, weren’t very diligent in developing tourism, resulting in projects that never really took off."

Cui Xiaoying suggested, "Let’s first inventory the development potential of each village."

Ji Yang kept listening without expressing his own view, curious about everyone’s thoughts.

Now, when he heard the discussions about tourism, he thought of Gao Daqing and said, "After President Gao’s arrival from the provincial city, he has been serious about tourism. The next step might involve financial investment. Of course, if substantial funds come in, we won’t be operating on a small scale anymore. Instead, we would need to integrate several tourist spots into unified development and management."

Huang Yu commented, "If that’s the case, it would be a grand scale operation, and the required capital would be substantial."

Ji Yang added, "Shitou Village already has the Peach Blossom Source project, and everyone is quite optimistic about it. If we manage it well, there is a market for it. My idea is to build a new village there, incorporate the surrounding villagers, and include Changshi Village, which is near there, into the project. This could resolve the development issues of both villages."

Gu Xiaogui remarked, "Secretary, Shitou Village is manageable since Peach Blossom Source is within their area, but Changshi Village is different, being farther away. It might be difficult to integrate, and the villagers of Shitou might not agree either."

"Do you know any distinguishing features of Changshi Village?" Ji Yang asked.

"The place is full of rocks," Liu Yun said simply.

"Exactly, it’s full of rocks. I’ve visited and seen that the rocks there are quite unique. It is said that one might even get lost entering that ancient forest. We can create something like a Stone Formation and have tourists come there for experiences, which could be another highlight, right?"

Everyone’s eyes suddenly lit up. They had never thought in that direction before, but now it seemed like a bright idea.

Ji Yang continued, "Another village has already had a businessman build a folk cultural village, which is nearly completed. I saw it, and it seemed quite promising, so that’s another village taken care of."

Qian Huixian laughed, "If it’s like this, several villages already have their own projects. Nearby Changshi Village, there’s Qingshi Village whose rocks are said to be superb, being the best raw material for construction, and businesses have already surveyed it. If possible, a stone mining project is likely a go. Including Wushu Village, that would make five villages with projects. What about the other four villages, though?"

"Indeed, the main issue now is those other four villages."

Whenever the discussion shifted to those four other villages, everyone began to feel the headache again.

Ji Yang said, "The original idea was to set up a floriculture base in Wushu Village. Now it seems we could relocate this base to another village. As for the other villages, with the development of tourism, there would definitely be a big demand for agricultural products. We could look into breeding and farming industries. Everyone should go and thoroughly understand the situation of each village to find solutions. Now I will start making arrangements. Everyone must focus on a village..."

Ji Yang had already begun making arrangements.