Chapter 57: Wolves Surround and Stalk

  "Xu Yi, yeah, that hotel over there is the only four-star hotel in our Qixi County."

  Hu Fei pointed to a 20-story building in front of him, chuckled and said, "However, the room prices there are really expensive. If you're staying for a long time, I suggest renting an apartment would be more cost-effective."

  "I will carefully consider your proposal."

  Xu smiled and slung his computer bag over his shoulder, "By the way, where's the internet cafe you work at?"

  "On the other side, just two streets away, there's an internet cafe called Longquan Wangba." Hu Fei chuckled and waved at Xu Yi, "Xu Yi, see you later, come find me at the internet cafe when you're free."

  He nodded slightly, watching Hu Fei's chubby figure disappear into the crowd, then turned around and walked quickly into the Longquan Hotel with his computer bag on his back.

  Booked a standard room, did a set of internal family boxing, took a shower and came out with his mobile phone to dial the office phone number of Jiang Weifeng, "Secretary Jiang, I have arrived in Qixi County, just at the Longquan Hotel."

  "Director Xu, why didn't you give me a call? I could have gone to pick you up."

  A laughter came from the receiver, "By the way, Director Xu, when would it be convenient for us to meet and discuss the contract signing?"

  "Director Jiang, I have time right now."

  Xu Yi smiled and thought that Jiang Weifeng was eager to sign the contract, he had the same idea, after all, Binjiang Community is a rare large project in Hengchuan City, with profits of over 100 million, such a project, not to mention Qixi County, even in Hengchuan City, there must be many people who are eager for it.

  Now things have gotten out of hand, and who knows, some of those rich kids from the provincial capital might also be eyeing this project.

  "Alright, let's have dinner at Longquan Hotel this evening and I'll invite Director Xu to join us." On the other end of the phone, Jiang Weifeng chuckled, "Director Xu, it's not that I'm in a hurry, but there have been some changes. A few young masters from the provincial government are also very concerned about the Binjiang residential project, so we need to finalize the cooperation contract as soon as possible."

  "Secretary Jiang, thank you, I owe you one."

  Xu Yi was a clever person and immediately understood the implicit meaning of Jiang Weifeng's words. This was because some powerful figures in the province had taken a liking to this project and wanted to snatch it from his jaws.

  Damn it, what do these rich kids from Jiangnan want to do? You bastards, if I don't come to Qi Creek for a project, you guys won't come either. Now that I want to come and do something, this group of bastards just wants to come and stir up trouble. This is exactly what they are here for, to cause trouble for me on purpose.

  He hung up the phone, lit a cigarette and took a sip, then pulled out his laptop, connected to the internet, opened the stock trading software and checked the stocks he had bought. He was quite optimistic about these two stocks, although they had risen a bit, he didn't plan to sell them yet.

  It occurred to Xu Yi that Li Ruoxi had said that one could also look up information online, so he opened his browser and casually entered a sentence from the Laozi. As expected, many annotations popped up, but many of the explanations were incorrect. However, they did provide Xu Yi with a brand new line of thinking.

  Right away, Xu Yi entered the parts of economics books he didn't understand into it and indeed found some professional explanations, which made him suddenly enlightened, and gradually Xu Yi became so absorbed in learning that he couldn't extricate himself.

  A crisp mobile phone ringtone sounded, and Xu Yi woke up from his studies, grabbed the phone to take a look, and immediately answered it. "Secretary Jiang, hello."

  "Director Xu, my driver will arrive at Longquan Hotel soon. I think it's necessary for the two of us to meet first." Jiang Weifeng's slightly urgent voice came from the receiver.

  "Okay, I'll go down right away."

  "Alright, see you in a bit."

  He hung up the phone, and Xu Yi quickly shut down his computer, put on his suit, opened the door and walked out. Jiang Weifeng was so anxious to make a phone call, just to meet in private, he must have something very important to say.

  As soon as Xu Yi walked out of the hotel lobby, he saw the No. 1 car of Qixi County Committee slowly coming to a stop. A young man got off the car and Xu Yi hurried over, the young man smiled and greeted him, "Mr. Xu, hello, I am Zheng He Ping, Secretary Jiang's secretary."

  "Hello." Xu smiled and said that the last time Jiang Weifeng went to the hospital, he brought this young man along.

  "Director Xu, the boss is already waiting for you, let's go."

  Zheng Heping smiled and hastily opened the car door to invite Xu Yi to get in.

  The place where Xu Yi and Jiang Weifeng met was a teahouse, the environment was not bad, when Xu Yi arrived at the place, Jiang Weifeng was drinking tea very calmly.

  "Director Xu, have some tea, I think the Bi Luo Chun here is quite good."

  The two exchanged a few pleasantries before Jiang Weifeng invited Xu to take a seat.

  "What's going on, Secretary Jiang?"

  Xu Yi and the waiters went out, sat on the sofa opposite Jiang Weifeng, picked up a cigarette from the tea table, lit it and took a sip. "Is someone eyeing this fat meat?"

  "Director Xu, this morning Zhou Tong, the deputy director of the Municipal People's Congress, his son Zhou Wei came to see me and directly proposed taking over the unfinished project of Binjiang Community..."

  Jiang Weifeng briefly described the situation of Zhou Wei meeting him, and finally furrowed his brow, "I heard that Zhou Wei has a good relationship with a certain leader in the province."

  Jiang Weifeng stopped talking at this point, and the reason he called Xu Yi over to talk was to let Xu Yi know that he had offended a lot of people for Xu Yi's sake. This was something he had to make Xu Yi aware of, so that Xu Yi would owe him a favor.

  "Secretary Jiang, this time it's really putting you in a difficult position." Xu Yi picked up his teacup and took a sip. "I'll remember this favor of yours. If it really puts you in a tough spot, then forget it. Conveniently, Zhang Lei, the mayor of Hengchuan City, is about to give me a few small projects to play with."

  Xu's implicit meaning is that the East is not bright, the West is bright. If there are no more projects on this side of Qi Creek, go to Hengchuan City to get municipal engineering projects. It's impossible for human feelings to be involved, and it's not bad if you don't settle accounts with Jiang Weifeng.

  Of course, if the project goes smoothly and Xu Yi gets it, then he owes Jiang Weifeng a favor.

  "Director Xu, don't worry, the Binjiang Community project is yours to do, I've already finalized it at the Standing Committee meeting. Besides, you're planning to start a business in Qixi, those rich kids in the provincial city are all thinking of taking the project and selling it out for a profit before leaving."

  Jiang Weifeng smiled and took a sip of tea from his cup, "However, I've never heard that people from the provincial capital came to interfere with this project before. Are they coming for you?"

  Xu Yi was taken aback, slowly putting the cigarette in his mouth and taking a puff. "It can't be, I believe I haven't offended those young masters of the White Sand family, they won't come looking for trouble with me without reason, will they?"

  "I don't know, maybe the Guan family father and son are not willing to leave the stage like this and want to take revenge on you?" Jiang Weifeng lowered his head and flicked the cigarette ash, his face a bit solemn. "It's said that some young masters in the provincial city have formed a small circle, these people echo each other, watch out for each other, and Zhou Wei is also one of them."

  It's about here, Jiang Weifeng believes that Xu Yi will definitely understand the current situation.

  "Of course, we Qixi County Committee are very grateful for Mr. Xu's help and also hope to take the opportunity of the Binjiang Community project to build Qixi into the most livable city in Yongchuan."

  "Secretary Jiang, this development concept of yours is quite good. Building a livable city and developing the tertiary industry is indeed a very good way to develop."

  Xu Yi was taken aback by the words, and only then did he understand that Jiang Weifeng had planned to build Qixi County into a livable city for Yongchuan City. No wonder the Qixi County Party Committee attached so much importance to the Bijin Xiaoqu project, it turned out they had this plan all along.

  Qixi County's environment is indeed very good, with clear mountains and water, and it's not far from Hengchuan City. Jiang Weifeng's livable city as Qixi County's business card is also a great idea.

  Jiang Weifeng was taken aback, a bright smile spreading across his face. After so many years in the officialdom, he could naturally tell that Xu Yi's words were sincere and not just perfunctory.

  Since he had to go to the county government in the afternoon to sign a contract, Xu Yi didn't bother to return to the Longquan Hotel. He simply found a restaurant on the street to have a casual meal. As soon as he glanced around, he saw an internet cafe in front of him. He took out his phone and checked the time, finding that it was still early before the scheduled signing time in the afternoon, so he decided to go into the internet cafe to take a look.

  Xu Yi was the first time in his life to enter an internet cafe, as soon as he entered, he was almost dizzy from the smell inside, his ears were filled with the shouting of gamers, and the sound of keyboards and mice being slapped forcefully.

  "A deposit of ten yuan, two yuan per hour."

  There was a fat man with fluffy hair sitting at the bar, with a cigarette in his mouth, staring intently at the screen, and his hands flying across the keyboard, with a faint smile on his face.

  Xu handed over a 10-yuan bill, and the fat man took out a card and slapped it on the counter, pointing inside with his hand. "Machine number 35."

  Xu Yi picked up his card and walked towards machine No. 35, where every monitor had a number written on it in red pen, and the computer next to machine No. 35 was already being used by someone.

  Boot up the computer, Xu turned his head and took a glance at the girl on his left. She seemed to be filling out a personal data form for a job application. Sitting on her left was a girl in her early twenties, who looked quite pretty with her hair dyed slightly yellowish, staring intently at the screen and occasionally letting out a giggle.

  "Willow eyebrows, you see, you see, someone has indeed exposed it online. The beautiful woman, Xue Hua, died from a miscarriage, and the playboy, Hua Xin, took advantage of a civilian girl. This younger brother is really too explosive! I said so, even if Zhao Mingheng had more power, he couldn't cover up everything. You see, someone has exposed it online!"

  The girl with yellow hair hummed, "This post also mentioned Zhao Mingheng's scandalous behavior, we've never heard of it before, it must be someone from his circle who exposed him."

  "Those rich kids aren't any good, and yet so many pretty girls are swarming around them." A girl searching for a job online snorted, "Don't be fooled by their fancy appearances, they're actually just brainless playthings with no substance."

  Xu Yi's eyebrows furrowed, and a lovely face flashed in his mind. The name Zhao Mingheng seemed to have been mentioned by Mei Shufen before.

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