445: Beijing-South High-speed Railway

Lin Zifeng walked out of the villa and headed quickly toward the parking lot.

A few minutes later, Lin Zifeng arrived at the parking lot, quickly drove his car out, and headed in the direction of his home.

More than ten minutes later, Lin Zifeng drove into the Residential Community. After returning home and freshening up, he walked into the Kitchen.

In less than half an hour, Lin Zifeng walked out of the Kitchen carrying a large bowl of egg noodles.

He sat down at the dining table and started eating the egg noodles in large mouthfuls; in less than five minutes, Lin Zifeng had finished the entire large bowl of egg noodles.

Seeing that it was not yet six o'clock, Lin Zifeng washed the bowl and returned to the Bedroom, where he lay down on the bed to take a nap.

At 7:15, Lin Zifeng woke up on time. After tidying up a bit, he grabbed his briefcase and went straight downstairs.

On the way to work, Wang Zhongyu said, "Secretary, all departments throughout our City Level have made preparations to welcome the inspection by the leaders from the higher authorities."

The other Municipal Leaders worked overtime all yesterday afternoon to re-verify the preparations.

"We are just waiting for the arrival of the leaders from the Ministry of Railways and the Provincial Railway Bureau."

Hearing what Wang Zhongyu said, Lin Zifeng replied, "Our Yushu City has an Expressway and provincial roads connecting various places, but the only thing missing is a railway."

"The nearest train station to our City Level is over a hundred kilometers away, which to a certain extent restricts the all-around development of our City Level."

"It is not easy to get the jingnan high-speed railway line built. Our City Level must strive to have the high-speed railway line pass through Yushu City. At the very least, we must establish one high-speed railway station in Yushu City, and it would be even better if we could secure two."

The reason Lin Zifeng insisted on returning to Yushu City yesterday was precisely because the Ministry of Railways is planning to build the jingnan high-speed railway line. If this high-speed railway line is successfully built, it will be possible to travel from Yushu City to the capital by high-speed rail in less than two hours.

If Yushu City has a high-speed railway station, it will not only facilitate travel and attract more businessmen and tourists, but also greatly increase our transportation capacity.

For Yushu City, it is absolutely beneficial and harmless; it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The leaders from the Ministry of Railways and the Provincial Railway Bureau will arrive in Yushu City this morning to inspect and study the high-speed railway line. Everyone in Yushu City attaches great importance to this task.

Because everyone understands what it means for the high-speed railway line to pass through Yushu City, even the people of Yushu City attach great importance to this matter. Recently, the high-speed railway has been the topic of conversation on every street and alley.

This task came quite suddenly. Yushu City only received the news a week ago. Knowing that this project will affect the development of Yushu City for the next few decades, it has become the focus of work for Yushu City over the past week.

Although Lin Zifeng held meetings to carefully arrange the relevant work after receiving the news, he had to be in Yushu City in advance today to prepare to welcome the leaders from the two levels of the Ministry of Railways, which is also the reason he had to rush back yesterday.

Hearing Lin Zifeng say that he wanted to strive for two high-speed railway stations, Wang Zhongyu couldn't help but think that his leader truly has vision and courage!

Other Municipal Leaders' goal is just to have the high-speed railway line pass through Yushu City; they would be thankful enough to have one entrance and exit. He didn't expect the Secretary's goal to be two stations.

Don't forget, the Ministry of Railways' decision to build the jingnan high-speed railway line involves two plans within the Chunhua City area, one of which passes through Yushu City.

The second one passes through the neighboring Jianyang County. Currently, the Ministry of Railways is still conducting field inspections to choose between them, yet his Secretary has so much confidence.

It seems he and the Secretary are not on the same level!

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongyu hesitated for a moment but still reminded him, "Secretary, our Yushu City is not the only option! The neighboring Jianyang County is also very competitive."

"I heard the Mayor mention a few days ago that our Yushu City has many mountains. If the high-speed railway line is chosen to pass through our City Level, many tunnels will need to be built."

"However, Jianyang County has a lot of water. If the high-speed railway line passes through Jianyang County, many bridges will need to be built. The Ministry of Railways will ultimately calculate the costs before deciding where the high-speed railway line will pass."

Hearing Wang Zhongyu's reminder, Lin Zifeng nodded and said, "What you said is correct, but there is one point you have forgotten."

"The construction of the high-speed railway line is meant to maximize its value. Apart from facilitating the people, its most important role is to generate economic value."

"Do you think the economic scale of Jianyang County can compare with our Yushu City? According to incomplete statistics, our Yushu City's annual tourist traffic is more than ten times that of Jianyang County."

"Where do you think the high-speed railway line would be more effective?"

Seeing the confident Lin Zifeng, Wang Zhongyu felt as if he had been enlightened and nodded vigorously.

Li Qiang drove the car to the front of the hall of the Municipal Party Committee Compound. Lin Zifeng and Wang Zhongyu got out of the car together. Li Qiang went to park the car, while Wang Zhongyu accompanied Lin Zifeng into the Office building.

The two went all the way to Lin Zifeng's Office. Wang Zhongyu made tea for Lin Zifeng before saying, "Secretary, the leaders from the two levels of the Ministry of Railways are expected to arrive in our Yushu City at nine o'clock."

"You notified us last Friday to hold an Ad Hoc Standing Committee Meeting at 8:30 in the morning. When the time is almost up, I will come to remind you to go to the meeting."

Lin Zifeng nodded with satisfaction, and Wang Zhongyu turned and left the Office.

Sitting behind the desk, Lin Zifeng couldn't help but recall that last week, upon receiving the news that the Ministry of Railways was going to build the jingnan high-speed railway line, he had called his classmate from the Central Party School, who was the Vice Class Monitor of class three and served as the Deputy Director of the Safety Supervision Department of the Ministry of Railways, Jiang Shuhua.

He inquired about the specific situation of the jingnan high-speed railway line from Jiang Shuhua and asked him to find a way to help. Jiang Shuhua agreed readily.

However, when Lin Zifeng asked him if he would come to Yushu City for an inspection today, the other party said that he was not responsible for this inspection work, which made Lin Zifeng feel very regretful.

Because if Jiang Shuhua also participated in this inspection work, things would have gone much more smoothly.

Thinking of this, Lin Zifeng couldn't help but feel a bit regretful, but then he thought about how Yushu City had made full preparations and possessed such great advantages, and Lin Zifeng once again revealed a confident smile.

Thinking of this, Lin Zifeng picked up the documents on the desk and began to read them with a calm mind.

Time passed minute by minute. When it was five minutes to 8:30, Wang Zhongyu knocked on the door and walked in.

"Secretary, there are five minutes left until the meeting time. You should go to the meeting room."

Lin Zifeng nodded, stood up, and walked out of the Office. Wang Zhongyu took Lin Zifeng's water cup and followed behind him.

When the two walked into the Small Meeting Room one after the other, the other Members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee had already arrived.

Everyone greeted Lin Zifeng with smiles. After Lin Zifeng responded to each one, he sat down at the main seat.

"Comrades, let's start the meeting."

Everyone quickly sat up straight, and Wang Zhongyu opened the meeting record book, preparing to take meeting minutes.

Xu Minghao and Wei Ting gave concise reports on the preparations for welcoming the leaders from the two levels of the railway authorities, respectively.