Chapter 59: Moving stones to hit one's own feet

  Liu Ping thought the secretary had gone out for a stroll and got dizzy, walked over and said, "Secretary, these two are small officials from the southern province, not some kind of leader, did you make a mistake..."

  "What's with your attitude, and what's with yours? You'll apologize to the two leaders right away. And as for you, Deputy Director of the Commission, don't bother continuing in this position either. I don't think you're fit to be a leader at all, just go home and rest for half a year first." Secretary Jiang shouted angrily at Liu Ping.

  The secretary now just wants to handle things as soon as possible and send away these two "pests".

  Chen Gong already knew that he was the Jiangnan Provincial Committee Standing Committee member and Jianghe City Party Secretary who had arrived at the scene of the incident that day but had not spoken a word. "Didn't you just say we can't leave without your permission, Secretary?"

  The secretary hastily came up with a strong and powerful reason, "I really said it, because it's rare to see the leader, so I'd rather seize the day than wait for a good day. I want to invite the two leaders to have dinner together, and after getting drunk and full, it's not too late to leave. I'm also doing my best as a host."

  Chen Gong didn't want to deal with this kind of person and didn't even think about how someone like that could become the municipal party secretary. "No need, we still have to rush to the airport, you don't have to see us off, Director. If you're free, come visit our Fuhai sometime. We'll take our leave. Secretary, there's one thing I'd like to trouble you with - the two companies, Oulaiya and Youyou, in this industrial park would like to ask for your help. Please expedite their relocation according to standard procedures so that the local residents won't have any complaints and the enterprises will also be satisfied, allowing your place to continue developing smoothly."

  Chen Gong took advantage of the situation and told the secretary about the two companies' affairs. He knew that the secretary would definitely agree, and as a result, not only did he agree immediately, but also arranged for personnel to contact the two companies, and all relocation matters were settled within three days.

  The two of them left after saying goodbye only to the director of the project construction bureau, and ignored everyone else.

  Liu Ping ran to the secretary's side with a self-deprecating smile, "Secretary, they're being too arrogant, completely not putting you in their eyes..."

  With a loud slap, Liu Ping was hit in the face and covered his face with a very wronged expression. The secretary continued to scold, "You damn it, you have nothing to do with me, the farther away from me the better. You also want to move people, but you don't deserve yourself a few pounds of flesh. One of their fingers can crush you to death."

  Liu Ping thought to himself that he was too unlucky, moving a stone but ended up hurting his own foot.

  Two people on the plane read a newspaper from Jiangnan Province, which is now cracking down on underworld forces. The arrested ringleader of the underworld, nicknamed "Knife Scar", has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

  The air in Fuhai City is still so fresh, just like the last time when Xiang Xingya accompanied Chen Gong back from Jing City. The air is the same, and the people are the same, but the two of them can no longer return to their original state. Last time, Xiang Xingya was a female entrepreneur, and Chen Gong was the mayor of a small town. This time, when they returned, Xiang Xingya was still a female entrepreneur, but in her eyes, Chen Gong had become so familiar yet strange.

  The original Chen Gong was so insignificant in Xiao Xingya's eyes, slowly, Xiao Xingya felt that the insignificant person should be herself, their identities were too different, and Chen Gong had a "flower" with a master, forget it, why bother forcing oneself.

  Xiao Xingya bid farewell to Chen Gong at Fuhai Airport and got into her Hummer. Before leaving, she only said one sentence: "Director Chen, I will find someone to take charge of our company's project, and I hope you can support us when the time comes."

  Chen Gong is really going crazy, why are all women like this, can't a few of them be normal?

  The current Fuhai has completely changed, Wei Chengxu left, the mayor was replaced by Zhao Bo, the municipal party secretary is a completely unfamiliar Li Xiuming, the new bridge secretary is a half-enemy Yuan Weihua, and the district head is the newly arrived Yang Xian. Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh again, "Alas, people's faces are gone, peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. Never mind, Huang Haibo and Wang Xian, two old classmates, should be arriving in Fuhai in a few days."

  Wei Shuqin had received the news early and was waiting for Chen Gong to come out at the airport. Today is very lively, Huang Liang from Da Tou Cai company also wants to invite Chen Gong to dinner, and can bring his family members. Chen Gong knows that there are still Li Fenghua and Li Jiangtao, two fathers and sons, so he agreed to come down and told Huang Liang that in addition to Wei Shuqin, he would also call his subordinate Lu Feng, the location was set inside Xin Qiao district city area, this way everyone can come and go more conveniently.

  At dinner time, Huang Liang warmly invited everyone to take their seats. Chen Gong knew they were all his own people, so he spoke directly, "Director Huang, if Secretary Yuan had come today, I definitely wouldn't have come to join you all for this meal."

  Huang Liang smiled, "Director Chen, don't be polite. Secretary Yuan is a big leader, I invited him to discuss business and official matters. We are all brothers, we shouldn't be restrained when we're together. Today everyone can eat freely."

  Chen Gong asked Huang Liang about the progress of his big-headed cabbage factory, and Huang Liang seemed to be in a good mood because he had successfully relocated the farmers and was now constructing the site. He expected to start production within half a year and hoped that the management committee could build more wide roads.

  Wei Shuqin was also delighted to see the smooth development of Fuhai Industrial Park, "Chen Gong, I think you've been very busy lately. Luo Ge and the propaganda department, as well as our Wanhai Daily, have done a lot of groundwork in the past few days. They will soon be advertising the park across the province, even nationwide. You'll be too busy to handle all the receptions when the time comes."

  Li Fenghua has been in a bad mood, and when everyone asked him if there was any trouble with his recent work, Li Fenghua explained the reason. It turned out that he didn't want to stay in Qinghe government anymore, but wanted to follow Chen Gong to attract investment, anyway, being with his brothers made him feel full of energy.

  Chen Gong immediately stopped Li Fenghua's idea, because the park is within the jurisdiction of Qinghe Town, and many things need to be negotiated with the Qinghe government. Although Zhang Zhuli and Ning Wenjing, the two deputy town heads in charge of business, still gave Chen Gong some face, but specific things also need to be done by people below, and with Li Fenghua as an intermediary, many things can be handled more easily. Moreover, Zhang Zhuli and Ning Wenjing are not Chen Gong's people, and they don't have a close relationship with him, so it's inevitable that they will become estranged over time.

  Li Fenghua nodded, it seemed he had also become a master of hiding in plain sight.

  Li Jiangtao also advised his son, "You just do a good job with your work and take care of the tasks Chen Gong has assigned to you. Later when he has risen to prominence, it won't be too late for you to go help him then. He's still not standing firmly on his feet now."

  Lu Feng also stood up and said, "Thank you everyone for your concern and support for our leader. Let me represent our leader to toast each of you a glass."

  Wei Shuqin didn't hold her cup, Lu Feng asked, "Sister Wei?"

  Wei Shuqin explained that she and Chen Gong were inseparable, so she wouldn't drink this cup. Lu Feng thought for a moment, "In that case, let's get the leaders to join in on the fun too. The leader has been working hard outside, and it's not easy for the leader's wife to take care of the home either. Let's all come together and I'll make a toast."

  Huang Liang sat down, and his phone rang. "Hello? Uh-huh, uh-huh, okay, take care of the person for me. If they cause trouble upstairs, I'll deal with you guys later. Alright, that's it, I'm still drinking."

  Chen Gong heard Huang Liang's tone and sensed that something was wrong, so he asked Huang Liang what had happened. Huang Liang said it was just a small matter, the workers were making trouble over their wages, but Chen Gong didn't need to worry about it, indicating for him to continue drinking.

  Chen Gong once again thought of the guarantee he made on behalf of the town government for the Big Head Cabbage Company, and immediately asked Huang Liang about it. Huang Liang, while drinking wine, kept changing the subject, basically saying things like "don't worry", "no problem", and "I guarantee". Chen Gong is no longer working at the Qinghe Town Government, and if others find out about this matter, the impact would be very bad. "Director Huang, stop playing tricks on me! After your factory gets the land, you immediately mortgage it to pay off the two debts that I guaranteed, otherwise I'll make sure you can never get started."

  Huang Liang saw that Chen Gong was serious, so he immediately agreed and took the land deed to pay off his debts.

  Li Jiangtao also said on the side, "Little Huang, Chen Gong helped you a lot at that time. If you delay again, I won't recognize you as a friend." Huang Liang heard this and became anxious too. He is also a sentimental person. He picked up his wine glass and drank three cups in one go. "Brother Li, Director Chen, you are both my benefactors! Although I'm a bit sly, I wouldn't dare cheat either of you. It's true that there's a problem with the funds circulation. As soon as I got the certificate, I'll borrow money from the bank to repay the debt."

  "Wei Shuqin also wanted to ease the atmosphere at the table, 'Alright, alright, we're all old friends here, let's just get along, come on, everyone, I'll also toast you all a glass, thank you all for your help and support for Chen Gong over the past few years.'"

  Chen Gong also smiled and said, "Alright, I'll join everyone in finishing this cup. May our friendship last forever."

  After dinner, since everyone had a car, they all went their separate ways. Chen Gong left Lu Feng with Li Fenghua and others, while he himself followed Wei Shuqin to the coffee shop to find a romantic atmosphere.

  Chen Gong was very concerned about Wei Shuqin's father's recent situation, and after sitting for half an hour, the topic remained on Wei Chengxu, which made Wei Shuqin very dissatisfied.

  In the conversation, Chen Gong learned that Wei Chengxu went to Nancheng City, which is a great thing for him. The temporary idea of the province is to let him take over as the secretary of the Nancheng City Party Committee, and it is estimated that the mayor's position will last at most three years.

  But Chen Gong also received some bad news, that Wei Chengxu, although very powerful as the mayor of Fuhai City, had all his power based on his personal ability and charisma, but he had cultivated very few officials, and among the several standing committee members in Fuhai, Wei Chengxu, who was highly respected, did not even have a single loyal follower.

  Chen Gong now has no friends in Fuhai City except for Minister of Propaganda Luo Chuan, and whether Luo Chuan will help himself under pressure from above is hard to say.

  Wei Shuqin was very bored, but in order to provide more information to Chen Gong, he said, "Now the Secretary of the Fuhai Municipal Party Committee, Li Xiuying, has basically controlled the Standing Committee. Although it is not as strong as his father's original power, it occupies more than half of the seats. The newly arrived Mayor Zhao Bo only focuses on economics and supports Li Xiuying's development plan. As long as Zhao Bo stands on Li Xiuying's side in other matters, can't Li Xiuying become the absolute authority in Fuhai?"

  Chen Gong sighed, Mayor, I'm still your half-son-in-law, but you didn't even leave one person to help me. Chen Gong was about to ask Wei Shuqin about the government's situation, but Wei Shuqin immediately turned her face away and ignored him.

  Chen Gong couldn't understand the girl's mind, Shu Qin, what's wrong with you? You were just talking to me non-stop, and now? "Shu Qin, what's wrong? Are you thinking about something again?"

  Wei Shuqin put on an air, "If you ask me, if you ask me, I'll tell you what's going on."

  Chen Gong had no choice but to yield for the sake of harmony and said in a low voice, "Please, my good friend Qiu Xian, tell me about this crowd that doesn't understand the truth."

  Wei Shuqin had her hands on her hips, "You've been sitting here asking about the situation in the city and the leaders of the city, have you ever asked about your direct leader's situation?"

  Chen Gong thought for a moment, who is my direct supervisor? I am currently only serving as the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Office of the Management Committee, and the director is Yuan Weihua. Did something happen to Yuan Weihua?