Chapter 97: Officials and businessmen are entangled

Zhang Ke handed the coffee to his uncle, held a cup himself, and sat down in a hurry, and gently stirred it with a stainless steel spoon: "Did you feel surprised?"

"I didn't feel surprised, I just thought you were impatient." Zhang Zhifei took a sip of coffee and scalded it.

"The legal representative of the company is...it seems that this requirement is over 18 years old?" Zhang Zhifei suddenly thought of this problem, shook his hand and poured a few drops of coffee on the glass table.

"Xu Si," Zhang Ke said it straightforwardly, "Is this name already circling in your mind?"

Zhang Zhifei remembered the fact that Xia Tian accompanied Zhang Ke to send money to Xu Si’s family. When he passed by Sha Tin, he thought of her and smiled and said, “Be careful that your dad knows to peel off a layer of skin.”

"Why?" Zhang Ke looked at his uncle Zhang Zhifei with an innocent face. "Contracting a paper mill in the name of Haiyu Company is a key step to help Zhou Fuming and Tang Xueqian recover their disadvantages. Today, my father was embarrassed to scold me. How could he peel me a layer of skin?"

"You know what I said," Zhang Zhifei stared at Zhang Ke's eyes seriously, wanting to see his real plan in his heart. "The Ding Xiangshan case has been handed over to the local procuratorate, and the trial may be held at the end of the year..."

"Among so many people, I won't hide it from you, my uncle. Xu Si was found by Sister Wan Qing in name, but in fact he worked for me..."

"I would rather you lied to me. Aren't you forcing me to lie with you?" Zhang Zhifei said with a wry smile, "You are so stubborn. I can't sit still at this time. Why can't you ask others for help?"

Zhang Ke shook his head calmly. In his previous life, his intersection with Xu Si was only met in the trial after the Ding Xiangshan case in 1999. After hearing the news of her suicide in prison, he could never forget the woman who left a brief impression on her: that was the beauty after being ruthlessly destroyed by the world. Xu Si's weak beauty can touch people's hearts even more against the cruel reality. Moreover, so many things happened in 1994 were related to Xu Si, so Zhang Ke could not convince himself to let go of Xu Si.

"Sister Wan Qing also thinks that Xu Si can trust, and it is not easy to find someone she can trust," Zhang Ke did not tell the truth completely. Others cannot understand the feeling in his heart. "The Ding Xiangshan case will not be tried publicly, and the subsequent trial of Xinfeng Group's state-owned assets loss case will not involve Xu Si. The 270,000 she withdraws from Xinfeng Group will only be used as a loan. Of course, considering that there will be some impact on a small scale, I think that in a few years, everyone will forget that even a labor reform criminal cannot deprive her of work."

"It's good that you know the right position," Zhang Zhifei smiled helplessly, knowing that he couldn't convince this nephew. Besides, with Xu Xueping behind this matter, it's not a big deal. I'm afraid that Zhang Ke will be fascinated by Xu Si. Thinking of Zhang Ke's intimacy with Tang Jing on weekdays, this possibility is not great. Zhang Zhifei never thinks that men need to keep a woman, as long as they can keep their minds clear in front of women. Of course, this view will not be accepted by the second brother Zhang Zhixing. Since he can't accept it, he can only hide it from him. Zhang Zhifei remembered something and said, "Xu Si is an outsider after all, and Zhang Yi has no prospects in staying in the East Society, or let him help you."

My cousin Zhang Yi is the son of my uncle Zhang Zhiwei. He graduated from high school the year before yesterday and worked in the Civil Affairs Bureau of Dongshe County. He just turned 20 today. My uncle probably hopes that Zhang Yi can have more room for development, so he thought about getting him into the city.

"You are afraid that my parents will have any objections," Zhang Ke said with a smile, "I forgot that I actually have the biggest objection to my uncle?"

"Your uncle won't talk about him anymore. Zhang Yi treats you well. I think you can tell me." Zhang Zhifei smiled.

"It's not that I have any objections to my uncle. Zhang Yi's temperament is unstable. I don't keep him here. I think you don't pay attention to him for the time being. When he comes to the city by himself, he always has to rely on his ability. If he can't even take this small step, it's better to let him stay in Dongshe."

"I just hope he can help me with half of your shrewdness," Zhang Zhifei refused to comment. He didn't want Zhang Yi to stay in Dongshe to waste his youth. "The topic goes so far, what did we say at the beginning?"

"Why are you talking about the boss of the Garden Hotel Shao Zhigang..."

"Yes, since you can make the decision here, you should meet Shao Zhigang. He used to be the director of the Municipal Agricultural Machinery Factory. He squeezed it down for others to set up a garden hotel. This person really has his own ideas."

"Shao Zhigang can ask you to give me a break, of course you are a little real," Zhang Ke didn't know Shao Zhigang very well before. The report did not mention that he was the director of an agricultural machinery factory. He smiled, "Did your uncle think about asking him to help you?"

"Do you know him?" Zhang Zhifei was a little surprised. "Shao Zhigang is very knowledgeable. He also declined after he left the city agricultural machinery factory. He was very prosperous when he was in the agricultural machinery factory. Hongyuan had to become bigger and stronger and recruit more such people, but I just revealed some ideas and refused him. Such people are unwilling to work for others."

"This kind of person is arrogant and you can't give him what he wants, and I can't give him either. But for the catering and leisure square project, I have already considered it mature, and there is no need to ask his opinion," Zhang Ke closed his chin with his fingers closed, "My uncle will definitely say that I am too complacent. Even if I think it mature, I have to listen to other people's opinions? He is such an idea person. He heard that there is a shadow of Haiyu Company behind this project. Do you think he can sit still? I want him to take the bait by himself!"

Seeing that Zhang Ke had the cunning that a young man should not have in his eyes, Zhang Zhifei smiled.

Zhang Ke asked Zhou Wenbin to drive him and his uncle back to the courtyard. Before leaving the office, he mentioned to Zhou Fu that he would transfer Zhou Wenbin to the Jinhu Company.

When Zhang Zhifei got in the car, he naturally had to ask about the military signs. Zhang Ke briefly introduced the background of Shengxin Company. Only then did Zhang Zhifei realize that Zhang Ke had contacted much higher than him. If Hongyuan wanted to truly develop and grow, his vision could not be limited to Haizhou City.

When talking about Shengxin Company, Zhang Ke remembered that he wanted to ask Xie Wanqing to send Ye Jianbin the draft marketing plan for Ericsson GH398. Although he had completely withdrawn from Haitai Trade, Haiyu Company was still the main shareholder of Haitai. In addition, the military card of the security card was a favor given by Shengxin, so some things still have to be done.

Zhang Zhixing and his wife were returning from the vegetable market to buy vegetables. When they saw Zhang Ke and his cousin Zhang Zhifei sitting in the Audi car, they asked Zhang Zhifei with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is getting more and more stylized. Where did this car come from? Didn't you still have the same broken Mitsubishi last time?"

"This is the car of Haiyu Company." Jiang Wei drove Zhang Ke back last time, and Liang Gezhen had seen this car.

Zhang Zhixing found it strange: Xie Wanqing shouldn't have used this car in Haizhou.

Zhang Ke and his uncle Zhang Zhifei smiled and poked their heads out of the car window. Some things naturally could not be known to people with old-fashioned styles. Zhang Zhifei suggested going to a restaurant for dinner, and Zhang Zhixing raised the plastic bags he carried with his left and right hands, full of two bags of food. Zhang Ke also annoyed to treat the hotel as his own kitchen, pushing the cart with his uncle, and asking Zhou Wenbin to drive the car back.

Everyone helped to clean up, and the table of dishes was quickly prepared. When eating, it was inevitable that they would mention the parent-teacher meeting held this morning. Liang Gezhen naturally wanted to criticize Zhang Ke for not having any thoughts on studying recently. Seeing her husband Zhang Zhixing drinking with Zhang Zhifei indifferently, she couldn't help but complain. However, Zhang Zhifei agreed to send him abroad after Zhang Ke finished high school, and then she was relieved. Talk about the parent-teacher meeting. When Zhang Zhixing mentioned the composition written by Zhang Ke in the exam, Zhang Zhifei realized that the port and river dredging project that Zhang Ke mentioned was not groundless. Tang Xueqian wanted to make great achievements, and vigorously rectifying the urban environment would definitely be the first step.

After all, Tang Xueqian's foundation is not deep, and no one is sure that he can remove the word "Daily" smoothly next year. He will probably take some action before the People's Congress next year to expand his influence.

Zhang Zhifei mentioned the issue of Shugang River. Zhang Zhixing stopped chopsticks and thought: "Shugang River has a great impact on the urban environment. This is indeed an urgent issue. There is no need to wait for the general draft of urban construction planning to be released. I mentioned to Mayor Tang that it may be proposed to be discussed at the municipal government office meeting as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhifei asked Zhang Zhixing if he could delay for a month and then mention this matter to Tang Xueqian, or just pretended that he had never heard of it.

Zhang Zhixing said: "For such a big problem, how much will it take to delay a month? Why do you have to delay a month?"

Once the issue of the municipal government office meeting is formed, other engineering companies will also receive news. If it can be passed in the end, everyone will have their own judgment. What are the opportunities to speak of? Looking at Zhang Ke's joking and ridiculing eyes, Zhang Zhifei wished he could slap himself twice. What should he do if he had nothing to say? It is impossible to make Zhang Zhixing favoritism, and he was extremely depressed.

"It is best to raise this issue below," Zhang Ke said to his father. "Whether the Water Conservancy Bureau or the Environmental Protection Bureau, and the Municipal Administration Bureau have all put forward this issue. Before the draft of the General Planning of the Urban Planning Commission came out, Uncle Tang personally raised this issue. Others will have questions: But Mayor Tang would think of this issue, and someone would still be blowing in his ears? I think there is a lot of resistance to passing this issue. The Municipal Government Office Meeting was passed, and what about the Municipal Standing Committee Meeting? Such a large project must pass the National People's Congress, and Old Man Wan's qualifying level was the most sad. Of course, the wind can be revealed inadvertently from Uncle Tang's mouth, and the following engineering companies must be made famous. If my uncle does some work, several engineering companies in Haizhou City may have the following banking bureaus posed this issue, and it can pass the issue smoothly."

"Can this work?" Zhang Zhixing asked retort in a habitual manner.

"A city project is so big, how big is a piece of fat, think about how many people are willing to become a fact," Zhang Ke smiled, "I think my uncle is very greedy."

Zhang Zhifei subconsciously wiped his lips, which made Liang Gezhen laugh: "His uncle looks very greedy."

"The Shugang River has affected the image of Haizhou too much," Zhang Zhifei said embarrassedly, "Isn't this annoying thing for Mayor Tang?"

"Okay, yes, don't hide it," Zhang Ke smiled, "Opening a company is about making money. My dad didn't expect you to have a great responsibility in your heart. Just do a pretty life, don't let someone poke my dad's spine. The whole project is very large, with a budget of several hundred million, and the municipal finance department is not rich enough. It's not that it can be done in a while. It's good to promote it now, and it's good to be included in the budget next year. It's not that Hongyuan's family can eat. My uncle has already taken the initiative to promote this matter. What else should I worry about?"

Zhang Zhifei smiled and said, "Xiao Ke can do politics when he grows up. This is enough to keep the old guys from Wan Xiangqian from a row. Didn't you see your dad and Mayor Tang have a headache these days?"

Liang Gezhen shook her head and said, "What's the best thing about being an official? Like your brother, he is all about work. This month, I will accompany me to buy vegetables today. Mayor Tang will take it back to Sister Gu first. The money may not be more than others. Among the department-level cadres in Haizhou City, my family is the least welcome to everyone."

"If you ask you to squeeze into the shacks another day, you will be satisfied," Zhang Zhixing shook his head and sighed, "How many people in Haizhou can live in a three-bedroom and one-living house?"

"Isn't Mayor Tang a house for the Teachers' College?" Zhang Zhifei said with a smile, "My brother has a bright future, and he has been in his right position for two or three years. My sister-in-law now changes houses. Wait until my brother becomes a member of the Standing Committee and then changes houses. Isn't that a problem? Just wait for my brother to make progress and become a member of the Standing Committee, and then change houses. In one step, I will find the best designer to help you decorate, so that you will definitely be the most decent in Haizhou."

Liang Gezhen smiled embarrassedly: "You are your brother. I don't know that you can make progress in the year of donkeys and horses every month, so I don't expect it."

Zhang Ke said: "This is not nonsense, it is unlucky."

Liang Gezhen was stunned for a moment, subconsciously covering her mouth, but saw Zhang Ke laughing and slapping him with chopsticks: "Mom dares to tease you, your courage is getting fatter and fatter."

Zhang Ke turned his head to look at his father and said, "Dad, if Uncle Tang wants to do anything, he must join forces with Zhou Fuming to invite Wan Xiangqian. He is too troublesome in Renmin University."

"I'm afraid this is not easy..." Zhang Zhixing said with a frown.

"Will Xu Hongbo have good ideas?"

"Ha, I know you won't be able to learn chess with him. Why did you think of finding him?" Zhang Zhixing used to talking to his son with his adult mind.

"What are you learning chess? Your grades are like this, and you still have time to learn chess?" Liang Gezhen was not sure, so she refused to allow Zhang Ke to learn chess for a long time, and she screamed in surprise when she heard this. In her eyes, Zhang Ke is always just a sixteen-year-old boy. No matter how she usually performs, even if she asks Zhang Ke to think of some bad ideas sometimes? This is probably the instinct of motherhood.

"You don't understand, don't interrupt. Domestic education is not suitable for Zhang Ke, and there is no way to achieve poor grades." Zhang Ke said.

"Look at your brother, just indulge Zhang Ke so much." Liang Gezhen said to Zhang Zhifei.

"Why did I indulge him?" Zhang Zhixing said with a wry smile, "I went to his school to train him so much."

"All right, it's all my fault," Zhang Ke begged for mercy with his hands together, "I'll go to the provincial capital to buy gifts next time, my mother will be the first."

"Do you think your mother is so easy to buy?" Liang Gezhen said angrily and funny, "Ignore you, sit in the living room and chat, I'll clean up the table."

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, turning on the TV, the sound was very small, and it did not hinder the conversation. Zhang Ke mentioned the encounter with Xu Hongbo to his father, ignoring Xu Si and Chen Feirong's existence: "I happened to meet him, and then I realized that he might be helpful to my father and Uncle Tang. I think Uncle Tang wants to win him over today."

Zhang Zhixing nodded with a smile: "Not mentioning that Xu Hongbo has worked with Wan Xiangqian for six years, his level is very high. Uncle Tang didn't expect you to help this. You might as well find him to play a few more games recently and write that article first. This will be of great help to adjust the city's urban construction planning ideas."

"This article was signed by Xu Hongbo in Haizhou Daily and then proposed by Uncle Tang in the city. Wan Xiangqian was probably suspicious," Zhang Ke said with a smile, "But Xu Hongbo's ghost spirit is not easy to fool, I'm afraid he won't agree to sign the article, which is a headache."

Zhang Zhifei smiled and said, "Do you all know that Xu Hongbo is a ghost-like figure, and he racks his brains to plot against him?"

"How can this be called a calculating? He probably won't refuse to ask Uncle Tang to help Haizhou Chess Academy to contact better places. The effect is not the same?" Zhang Ke smiled. "Xu Hongbo is still a bit influential among the cultural people in Haizhou City. Publishing articles in Haizhou Daily can expand its influence and let others follow the trend and publish articles. There will be good public opinion guidance to alleviate the pressure on Uncle Tang and my father. Besides, this article can have a wide impact and will directly promote the launch of the Shugang River dredging project. In this way, my uncle will think it doesn't matter if he plans Xu Hongbo?"

Zhang Zhifei smiled and knew that the bickering was not Zhang Ke's opponent, so he simply shut up and said nothing.

Zhang Ke is not without his own calculations. It is a big article to rectify the urban environment, shape the characteristics of the city, and carry out large cities. As long as a good public opinion atmosphere is formed, Song Peiming can be encouraged to set an example on behalf of the Chengnan District Government. Chengnan District does not have the ability to promote large projects such as dredging of the Harbor River, but isn’t the transformation of a paper mill into a catering and leisure square an excellent example of improving the urban environment and shaping the urban characteristics?

The old factory has been transformed into a catering and leisure square, and the hot topics of resettlement of laid-off workers are not only attracted by media attention, but also a sum of money can be deducted from the district finance.

Sometimes, you have to admit that many things are closely related, and officials and businessmen are even more entangled.
Chapter completed!