Chapter 903: A Focused Gaze (Part II)

"How much do you earn each month?"

A female reporter smiled, the camera focused on a family of four living in a shack, the father looked honest, in front of the camera stiffly rubbed calloused hands, dirt has soaked into the skin, he is a little shy, gray-brown old coat, a pair of wide pants, wearing a little yellowed white shoulders.

The wife with her 12-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter next to her looks dressed up, but it is difficult to hide the stumbling left by the years on this young woman, she is wearing a somewhat old white dress, which looks out of place with her own body, her son and daughter are wearing clothes cut from coarse cloth, and the two children look a little dazed, as if they have seen something they have never seen before.

"A little more than 500!"

The husband said a little embarrassed, and there were many people similar to this family around him, and many people were talking nonsense, although the scene was a little chaotic, but the reporters from many media were still interviewing seriously.

"Sir, do you know Le Xiao!"

Immediately the wife was happy.

"Of course I know, the children of Sister Su's family used to run around us when they were young!"

The narrow and congested streets, the large shacks, the intricate winding paths, the rooftops climbed by many people, all supported by simple steel frames, filled with some planks or cloth, have been few decades and there has been little change here.

Time seems to be frozen in this slum, and even now, fights and brawls are a daily occurrence here, and most people have been running around for work since graduating from primary school.

You can only find some scattered jobs to do in the area, and the most work is to deliver things, and the economic growth in the region has been almost zero for many years, and most of the people who have made some money in the area will choose to leave, leaving only those who can no longer afford to leave, or some people who can only come back after failing in other areas.

The councillors of the ward office have carried out many economic stimulus plans, but all of them have failed, and there is not much left after the monthly tax revenue basically subsidizes the utility bills, and it is too difficult to build anything, and no one wants to start a certain industry here.

The shops lined up on the streets, the most are the shops that sell liquid food, although most of the liquid food manufacturers are different, most of them are the same, a can costs 8 cents, a family of three needs at least 3 cans of liquid food every day, and needs 2.4 yuan of food expenses, plus the cost of water and electricity, the minimum cost of living is basically about 200 yuan a month.

"Your Excellency the two section chiefs, in recent years, the section has promoted many low-level bills, but they all ended in failure, the slum is like another world completely isolated from the city, the two have also vigorously promoted some bills in the past, I would like to ask the two section chiefs, there are actually some changes in the slums compared with the past, can you explain for us in detail, specific changes?"

King Xue smiled gently, and after making eye gestures with Li Ang, Li Ang took the lead in speaking.

"If you want to say that the changes in the slums, in fact, it is very big, what you see is only a part of the poverty in the slums, this part of the root cause lies in the rapid construction and development of the city, most people have the construction and development to the middle and upper class to extend and expand, this is the inevitable trend of development, this we do not need to delve into today, after all, the root cause of poverty, in every era is the same, this I think Mr. Hu Youran should be clearer than me."

As Li Ang spoke, Pan Hua immediately looked at Hu Youran, and he nodded.

"The weaker the economic benefits, the poorer the economy, this century, the most prosperous era at the bottom is when the city enters the rapid development, when the quarrying of the gully area, it is also the time when the flow of people is the largest, at that time, because of the explosive growth of the population base, coupled with the inevitability of supply and demand materials, so although the economic benefits are weak, but there is a quantity to improve the economic benefits, but as the urban development tends to stabilize, the city no longer needs so much stone, after the supply and demand began to slow down, There is a fault line in the huge economic efficiency that has been built on the population base, which has torn apart the economic chain of the original circular output, and the huge volume in the past has not had enough support points with the exhaustion of economic efficiency, so the economy at the bottom has begun to decline, and there is still no trend of rebound, because the economic benefits are too weak in the slums, and no one wants to invest in any industry in the slums, even if the labor is cheap. ”

Duke smiled slightly, and King Xue nodded slightly.

"For a simple example, if I open a factory in the middle level, a worker needs 10 yuan, and the goods I produce can be sold for 100 yuan, and these 100 yuan include production and processing, logistics and warehousing, water and electricity, taxes and so on, but I can actually earn 20 yuan, and if I build a factory at the bottom level, a worker may only need 5 yuan, and the goods I stretch out are still sold for 100 yuan, but in these 100 yuan, I have to send the goods to places with stronger consumption power. Logistics warehousing may have to occupy 30 yuan, plus taxes, in the end my income may be less than 5 yuan, the economic benefits have shrunk by 4 times, plus the subsidy of taxes in the region and other preferential policies for enterprises, etc., a comparison is obvious, even if the labor force in the slum is cheap, the cost of living is low, because the economic benefits caused by the environment all day are weak, so this has discouraged businessmen who want to invest, plus the maintenance cost in other aspects, there will be problems with poor local security, Even in order to prevent crime, factories can only install more monitoring equipment and more security personnel, and these things will add up to the economic benefits of the slums. ”

There were bursts of applause in the studio, and King Xue clapped his hands and said with a smile.

"In fact, over the years, the changes at the bottom are just not much of the attention we pay to, 20 years ago, the underlying network coverage was only less than 30%, but now it is as high as 95%, although many people at the bottom are still using old metal equipment, and there is no convenient light and shadow utensils access equipment, but most of the living utensils they use, many of them are made by some enterprises at the middle level with the recycling and reuse of original materials, and there are not too old things. The changes at the bottom also include the establishment of hospitals, including the introduction of low-cost medical insurance, and in terms of education, the teaching materials are strictly regulated and synchronized with the best schools in the upper class. ”

Duke nodded immediately and took the conversation.

"In fact, I have seen remarks on the Internet before, and there are still some enthusiastic citizens who have filmed the situation at the bottom, saying that the bottom is because no one cares about it, so it leads to today's misery, and how miserable the life of the people at the bottom is, in fact, you can think about it from another angle, if the department really ignores the bottom, I am afraid that the bottom of the world has already been destroyed, in fact, this is a very interesting social psychological phenomenon, I call it conscience self-blame, when people see the misfortune of others, The part of the conscience in the heart will feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing to be done, especially when there is nothing to be done, most people will feel that the current society is created, and it is the power that creates the society, so the helplessness and anger generated by the harsh conscience will choose a thing that should be responsible for this, to achieve self-comfort, but the reality is that no one wants such a thing to happen, but because the development of society is built by individuals with independent thoughts, a complex and huge system, So one should not blame something, that's not true! ”

After Duke finished speaking, Pan Hua immediately smiled and nodded, and turned to Li Ang and King Xue.

"Your Excellency the two section chiefs, today is an important day for His Excellency Le Xiao, the secretary of the 13th section, to return to his hometown, and it is also a day to carry out a small bill, a medium-sized bill and a huge bill at the bottom, some people speculate that this is an important step for the section to solve the problem of poverty at the bottom, is this interpretation correct?"

Leon nodded.

"Indeed, the next four bills of our action section will be through the mechanical ball leasing bill, the bottom cinema construction bill, and the barrier area agricultural experiment base bill, including the waste treatment plant, to boost the bottom economy, including the more than 100 million funds donated by our branch for activities in various districts will also be launched in some poor areas at the bottom first, these activities will cooperate with the media and people from all walks of life, only hope to effectively improve the per capita income of the bottom, That's what we're doing right now. ”

There were bursts of applause in the studio, and at this time, many people were still being interviewed in some of the split pictures, and most of them felt that their lives were very tired, and they were not as good as they were doing day by day.

"There is no hope!"

A young man on the street said, looking at the camera with some emotion in his eyes.

"I used to be able to find some work around here, but now I can't find anything, because this place died many years ago, and everyone wants to get out of here, earn money outside, and take their families over."

"Then it's back now, I'm excited to see how you look!"

The young man nodded.

"I thought it was going to come alive, so I came back because there were a lot of people I knew and I wanted to do something with my friends and relatives."

At this time, the street outside the eastern subway station in District 118 was already lively, a large number of people were standing behind the human wall composed of 3 and 5 branches, the street was vacant about 10 meters away, the flow of people had blocked the block, the roof was full of people, some people from the 5 department dissuaded to no avail, and could only climb to the roof to maintain order.

Ma Tao and the four regional section officers of the 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th sections were waiting with a few squad leaders under their hands, according to the instructions, Le Xiao would arrive on time at 8 o'clock, and now it is 6:51, and there is still more than 1 hour.

Everyone was eagerly looking forward to this live broadcast like a city-wide event, at this time at the entrance of the subway station, the Angus couple walked out of it under the escort of more than a dozen 1st section personnel, and the couple smiled and waved at the crowd next to them who suddenly cheered.

Many people were stunned, although the Angus couple did not appear on TV very often, they were the richest people in the city, even if they met once, many people could remember it, and the crowd became restless at this time.

Behind Violit and Avano, there were many businessmen who had already signed contracts with the Angus family, and Miris was among them, and the purpose of their visit today was to congratulate Le Xiao on his first proposal as secretary, and secondly, to establish a proposal for the establishment of an agricultural experimental base in the Barrier District.

At this time, in a small building near the station, there were a large number of councillors, all of whom were councillors from the district near the ground floor, nearly 50 people, and the arrival of Le Xiao was a great benefit to them.