Lin Yu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, gazing out at the bustling yet perilously hidden cityscape outside. His brow was furrowed tightly, and the anxiety in his heart, much like the smog lingering outside the window, refused to disperse. Though the urgent crisis of land approval had been resolved, a new difficulty followed hot on its heels: the funding gap. Introducing emerging industry projects inherently required massive upfront investment, yet the limited fiscal budget made everything an uphill battle.
On his desk, documents were piled in disarray. The one right on top was the detailed budget report for the emerging industry project, and every single figure felt like a sharp needle piercing Lin Yu's nerves. He turned around, sat back down at the desk cluttered with materials, and casually flipped through the documents, his thoughts drifting back to his meeting with the leaders of the Finance Bureau not long ago.
"Professor Lin, we are all well aware of the importance of your reform plan and the newly introduced emerging industry projects for urban development. But you also know the current state of the city's finances; the funds we can allocate to this project are truly limited," the Finance Bureau leader said with a helpless expression.
Chapter 130