Chapter 60: Finding a way to get close to District Chief

  Wei Shuqin really wanted to pour the cup of Blue Mountain coffee in front of her onto Chen Gong's face. She pointed at him with her right hand, "You heartless thing, I was thinking about you every day in Jiangnan Province, but you never called me once. Every time it was me who sent you a text message first, if I didn't send one would you not take the initiative to look for me?"

  Chen Gong suddenly reacted, "Ah, I really haven't fulfilled my responsibilities as a boyfriend. Sorry, Shu Qin, it's been too busy outside the province, but now that I'm back, I'll definitely make up for it and spend more time with you. By the way, tell me what happened with my direct supervisor."

  Wei Shuqin was speechless towards Chen Gong, "What am I to you?"

  Chen Gong was taken aback for a moment, why would Shu Qin ask this question, "Of course it's my beloved girlfriend."

  "Does the girlfriend count as a direct superior?" Wei Shuqin had already given the answer directly, really didn't know if Chen Gong was so stupid, fortunately Chen Gong was a down-to-earth person, if he was a slippery person, Wei Shuqin wouldn't have been able to bear it for so long and would have stood up and left.

  Chen Gong finally reacted, "Shu Qin, how have you been these days since I left?"

  Wei Shuqin saw this fool finally reacted, "Well, I'm fine, can't I sit in front of you if I'm not?"

  Chen Gong knew that Wei Shuqin was still very angry this time, so he hurriedly admitted his mistake and said all the nice things he could. Finally, when Chen Gong mentioned giving a diamond ring to Wei Shuqin, a smile finally appeared on her face. It seems that women are all fond of beauty and dressing up.

  Wei Shuqin saw that Chen Gong was also sincerely asking for forgiveness, so she didn't keep a tight face anymore. "Chen Gong, I have some good news to tell you. I've been promoted and now I'm the deputy director of the news department at our Fuhai Daily newspaper. Now I can be considered a leader too." Wei Shuqin looked very pleased with herself.

  Chen Gong was also thrilled for Wei's book on Guqin, and now he didn't have to run around interviewing and reporting, sitting in the office reviewing manuscripts was a wonderful thing.

  It's getting late now, so buying a ring has been put off until the weekend.

  Chen Gong and Wei Shuqin parted ways, but instead of returning to the collective dormitory in Qinghe Town, they went to Song Huiyun's home in Xin Bridge. Chen Gong was still thinking as he walked up the stairs, feeling like a beast for having just returned from Fuhai with Xiao Xingya and now spending the night at Song Huiyun's house after dinner with Wei Shuqin. Chen Gong couldn't help but feel that this relationship was complicated and hard to unravel.

  Song Huiyun held Chen Gong for a long time before letting go, and to Song Huiyun, Chen Gong had truly become a beautiful gift given by heaven.

  The two of them also talked about Xin Qiao in the room later on.

  Chen Gong really wanted to know what kind of person the new district head Yang Qian was, because his relationship with Secretary Yuan Weihua was impossible to get along with, and he could only see if he could establish a good relationship with the district head, so that work would go smoothly.

  Although the administrative level of Fuhai Industrial Park Management Committee is not lower than that of Xin Qiao District, and Yang Kuan as district head does not participate in the management of the committee, as a local management, the industrial park is located on the territory of Xin Qiao District, it is inevitable to deal with the leaders of Xin Qiao District. If the relationship is not handled well, it may have a great impact on the project's progress and development.

  Song Huiyun observed for some time and analyzed Yang Qian's style of doing things and being a person to Chen Gong, "Director Yang is very easy-going and has a liberated mindset, he dares to think and act, wearing a suit and tie with the appearance of an enterprise white-collar worker. Possibly because of his previous role as the head of the Agricultural Development Bureau, he is particularly concerned about the three rural issues. He came to this new district only to solve the problems of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, so you must not make mistakes in this regard."

  Chen Gong thinks that as a manufacturing-oriented Fuhai Industrial Park, there is no intersection with the district head who takes the development of three rural areas as his goal, so conflict will definitely not occur, but contact will also be very rare, and it is even more impossible to join his circle.

  Song Huiyun felt that Chen Gong's idea was not correct, there were still a large number of lands waiting to be demolished in the industrial park, and later the park would be upgraded and expanded, involving an even wider range, as long as the demolition problem of these farmers was solved, enterprises solved the livelihood problem of a large number of land-lost farmers, they would definitely get the support of Director Yang.

  Two people came and went, repeatedly studying Yang Qian's tactics of affection and war. Song Huiyun finally thought of a way, after discussing with Chen Gong, Chen Gong agreed to come, after all, finding a reliable backing is the most important thing now, and Song Huiyun, who was often delegated and head of the organization department, could not play a decisive role in many things.

  Chen Gong was tired after a busy day and didn't think much of it, "Sister Song, shall we turn off the lights? Go to sleep?"

  Song Huiyun blushed and asked, "Sleep? With or without dreams?"

  Chen Gongguan lit the lamp and rushed up.

  Chen Gong went to work the next day, feeling that the Qinghe Town Government Dormitory was definitely not livable. Song Huiyun's family home was not a long-term solution, so it seemed like he had to buy an apartment, but the prices were too high. He didn't want his parents to send over some money, as they couldn't afford it anyway. Even in Xin Qiao, a mid-to-low-end district, the elevator apartments cost at least 5,000 yuan per square meter. He really didn't know where all the difference in price was going - the government? The developers? The builders? The suppliers? The marketing companies? Or the speculators?

  Chen Gong took the first step according to Song Huiyun's plan yesterday.

  Chen Gong asked Lu Feng to draft a letter immediately and send it to the Xinqiao District Government. The general content is that due to the special nature of the industrial park's level, region, industry planning, and Fuhai City Government's strong development, in order to make the demolition work within the park go smoothly, we should refer to Fuhai City's demolition standard for compensation.

  It is far from enough to move Yang Qian that the farmers involved in land acquisition for industrial parks can only benefit, so the following text continues to say that the Xinqiao District Government can take advantage of Fuhai City's strong support for industrial parks and ride on the wind to let Xinqiao District follow the standard of demolition and relocation.

  It's a good thing for anyone to think about, if the dispossessed peasants can get more money, they won't go petitioning everywhere, and the situation of nail households will also decrease, and peasants' confidence in the local government will also increase.

  In fact, Chen Gong's letter has a second meaning. The first is to raise the compensation standard for farmers as mentioned above, and the second is to bring closer the relationship between the Park Management Committee and the Xin Qiao District Government, so that the district always knows that the two are actually one family. Isn't Yuan Weihua also serving as the director of the Investment Promotion Office of the Management Committee?

  What's most important is that regardless of whether this standard can be smoothly raised or not, Chen Gong will leave a friendly impression on Yang Jue that cannot be erased.

  Lu Feng reminded, "On what grounds was this document issued and who signed it?"

  Chen Gong thought for a moment, "In the name of the Management Committee's investment promotion, although it is a letter, use a report format to write, go up and sign my name. Anyway, writing Yuan Weihua's name doesn't make sense, and I don't plan to let him know in the first place. Leave my contact person and phone number."

  Over the weekend, Chen Gong accompanied Wei Shuqin to buy a diamond ring. "Diamonds are forever", as the advertisement says, but Wei Shuqin doesn't agree. The first one is just a test of their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, the second one will be kept forever, that one has to wait until the wedding ceremony when Chen Gong puts it on Wei Shuqin in front of everyone.

  Chen Gong was frightened by what he heard, this one ring cost 7,000 yuan, and they still need to buy another one for the wedding, which definitely can't be inferior to this one. With his meager salary, how could he afford to support her?

  Chen Gong, with empty pockets, thought it over and over again, but finally made up his mind to borrow money from someone and buy a house first.

  The richest Xiao Xingya Chen Gong didn't dare to borrow, and Chen Gong had already seen that Xiao Xingya was intentionally keeping a distance from him; Li Fenghua and his son Chen Gong couldn't open their mouths, after all, Fenghua counted as half of his subordinate, and the other's mother still didn't know what opinion she held; Wei Shuqin could forget it, or else Wei Chengxu would think that Chen Gong was some kind of person; Huang Liang? That's an unreliable person, forget it, don't let him be counted in; Luo Chuan? The relationship hadn't reached that step yet.

  After some thought, he could only go to Song Huiyun for help. He also knew that this was a bit cruel, Chen Gong saw that Song Huiyun wanted him to stay forever, but he didn't dare.

  In the afternoon before getting off work, Chen Gong received a call from Song Huiyun, asking what dish Chen Gong wanted to eat for dinner, and she would go to the market to buy some ingredients and cook it personally.

  Chen Gong had actually considered not going back to Xin Qiao for dinner and was planning to tell Song Huiyun directly that night, but Song Huiyun's concern for Chen Gong made him change his mind. He really couldn't bear to hurt Song Huiyun's feelings.

  After dinner, Song Huiyun asked Chen Gong about the progress of winning over Yang Jia. Chen Gong replied that everything was going smoothly and as long as Yang Jia saw it, he would definitely have a better impression of him.

  The ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents-in-law. Chen Gong let out a sigh, "Song sister, I want to borrow some money from you."

  Song Huiyun didn't even flinch, took out her purse and pulled out a few bank cards. "How much?"

  Song Huiyun surprisingly didn't ask Chen Gong where the money was used, this trust had far exceeded Chen Gong's expectations. "Sister Song, you don't even ask me what I borrowed the money for?"

  Song Huiyun smiled and said, "Why should I ask? One person can't spend that much money. If you have an emergency, just use it first. It's not a big deal if you don't pay me back."

  Chen Gong was deeply moved, but what needed to be said had to be said, because he would have to face some things in the future. "Song Jie, actually I wanted to buy a small apartment in Xin Qiao, but no one at home supported me, and my salary was far from enough, so..."

  Chen Gong immediately thought that continuing to speak like this would imply a desire to leave, which would be very hurtful to Song Huiyun. "It's like this, having stayed at Sister Song's place for so long, I feel a bit embarrassed too. As a man, how can I rely on a woman for living? The money is considered borrowed from you, and I'll think of a way to repay it for sure. I will definitely come to Sister Song's place often, but I'm worried that Sister Song will be afraid or cry at night when she's alone."

  Chen Gong changed his tone, and Song Huiyun's heart felt a little better. "Okay, since you've already decided, I have 800,000 yuan on this card. You can take it all to buy a slightly larger two-bedroom apartment. The small one won't be enough. Use the extra money for decoration and appliances. If it's still not enough, I'll add more."

  "Chen Gong is now really at a loss for words, feeling that the good fortune he has accumulated in his past life has allowed him to have so many people who deeply love him. 'Sister Song, as I said before, quit your job and come with me to Beijing. I'll support you for the rest of your life. I may not be able to give you a title or status, but I can give you freedom and happiness.'"

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  Xin Qiao District Government, District Mayor's Office, on Yang Qian's desk was a document from the Management Committee's Commerce Bureau, it really made one think deeply.