Smart people do not contradict Secretary Qi on such occasions, especially after hearing the requirements and conditions laid out.
It remains the same old story: only those who have had to beg for funding from the higher-ups truly understand how impossibly difficult it is to secure. Drinking and entertaining are merely the basics; when you hit a dead end, it’s the absurd, bureaucratic demands that really choke you. Now that Secretary Qi has taken the funding issue upon himself, in the eyes of these pragmatic leaders who hold actual power, he is a living bodhisattva.
Zhang Weimin shook his head with straightforward candor, then, feeling that wasn't emphatic enough, added, "I fully support Secretary Qi’s vision, and I am in complete agreement with his perspective. The capable should lead and the mediocre should step aside. If anyone here can truly solve this funding problem better than Secretary Qi, I’ll be the first to work as his subordinate."
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