Chapter Five: The Inspection Team

  "Master, according to Xiao Yi's analysis, Tang Liang is currently wavering and may have suspicions about Zhao Qiang. He urgently needs a trustworthy partner, so Master should show sincerity to gain his recognition." This was the strategy provided by Xiao Yi before entering the door. If it were Xuan Tai Ming, he might still pretend to understand, but since there's the navigation instrument's help, let's just follow its lead.

  "How did you get here?" Tang Liang was taken aback for a moment. He felt slightly apologetic about driving Xuan Taoming away.

  Xuan Taoming sat down and laughed: "Looking at Mr. Tang's face, it seems that things are not going very smoothly."

  Tang Liang narrowed his eyes, "Mr. Xuan, what do you mean by this?"

  Xuan Taoming, following Xiao Yi's hint, expressed his sincerity without hiding anything, and smiled faintly: "To be honest, I was the one who made the phone call. Originally, I wanted to get rid of him and then have a detailed discussion with you about the authenticity of Zhao Qiang's policy towards you. Now it seems that President Tang has already figured it out himself."

  Tang Liang was shocked, he just suspected, didn't expect Xuan Tai Ming to admit it so frankly. Although he felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart, he thought that Xuan Tai Ming was very down-to-earth and honest, not pretending or lying. The explicit requirements of the policy, individual cheating officials, deceiving Zhao Qiang, were all laid bare without any disguise or deception.

  Talking to people like this gives a sense of security, and cooperating with them is much safer than dealing with those who are all talk.

  Tang Liang fell silent for a moment before speaking in a deep voice, "Mr. Xuan, are you saying that it's absolutely impossible for me to open a factory nearby?"

  Xuan Taoming nodded and pointed to his chin: "You can have someone investigate, take a lap around our Dongshan suburban area, see if there's any venue of your scale nearby. I can guarantee you, there is, and there must be, but that's because Tang has connections?"

  Tang Zong took a few deep drags on his cigarette and let out a dejected sigh. Is there still a way for me to stay here and be deceived?

  "But why should I go to your place? Yong'an Township is very remote, and the location provided by other offices is even worse." Tang looked into Xuan Taoming's eyes.

  Xuan Taoming smiled and said "But would anyone else dare tell you the truth?"

  Tang was silent for a moment, indeed, no matter how good the lie is, it's not as convincing as one true word. Although Yong'an Township is the most remote of the six offices, following others makes you feel at ease in your heart. After Zhao Qiang's incident, Tang was a little scared, they didn't even draft when they deceived him, and they still had the "Municipal Bureau" signboard that shone brightly! Think about it, if the Municipal Bureau is so unscrupulous, can those below be calm?

  "This is it, let's have a meeting, after all, the company isn't mine alone," said Tang hesitantly.

  "Alright, wait for good news." Xuan Taoming nodded and left after leaving his phone number.

  Xuan Taoming didn't know how the meeting went, but as soon as he returned to the office, Tang Liang called and directly stated that he would bring people to inspect the Yong'an Township section tomorrow.

  Tang Liang's several partner brothers were all doing business for the first time, with tight money in hand, and couldn't afford to lose it. Everyone meant that they would rather earn less, but not be cheated, everything was for stability. So, the result of the discussion among the brothers was very quick.

  Xuan Taoming proudly raised his little tail: "Hmph! Zhao Qiang, you're from the Municipal Bureau, what's the big deal? You still ended up in my hands. It seems I also have great potential to be an official." Little did he know, this sentence fully exposed his idiotic side in the official circle.

  Chen spent the day doing official business, drinking tea all day and reading newspapers. Another day of 9 to 5 has passed, now packing up things getting ready to leave work.

  "Director Chen, I have something to report to you."

  Chen Chaonian slightly furrowed his brow. It's almost time to get off work, what else is there to report? But a leader has to have the demeanor of a leader after all.

  "Hmm, what's up, speak," Chen Chaonian said, lighting a cigarette.

  "It's about attracting investment." Xuan Taoming emphasized.

  Chen Chao smiled and said: "Xiao Xuan, don't be discouraged. It's indeed very difficult to recruit merchants in our Yong'an Township, but if we continue to work hard, we will succeed one day."

  "Not...," Xuan Taoming hadn't finished speaking, when Chen Chaonian interrupted him, picked up his own briefcase and walked out: "It's just discrimination, haha, everyone is the same, don't be discouraged, I believe in you."

  "Listen to me!" Xuan Tai Ming stopped Chen Zhao Nian with a speechless expression.

  Chen Chao's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he spoke in a low tone, "Xiao Xuan, what are you doing? If there's official business, we can discuss it tomorrow. I'm off-duty now, move aside!"

  "Director Chen, it's a serious matter!" Xuan Taoming said with a bitter smile.

  Chen Chao was very dissatisfied, how can young cadres nowadays be so careless? Don't they know how to read their leaders' faces?

  "Go on! You say it! The most important thing is what you're going to say!" Chen Chaonian's words were already showing great dissatisfaction.

  "Director Chen, do you have time tomorrow?" Xuan Taoming asked.

  Chen Chao Nian was furious and scolded: "You're asking about this?"

  "Right, if you don't have time tomorrow, let the deputy director go instead. I've pulled in a project and their manager is coming over for an inspection tomorrow." Xuan Taoming's speechless response.

  "What!" Chen Zhao's face, which was full of anger, suddenly changed to one of utter astonishment at the prospect of winning 50 million. "You're saying you've pulled in a project and they're coming to inspect tomorrow?" There are many ways to say that someone has pulled in a project, but if they nod and say they'll consider it, then it can be said that they've really pulled in a project. But if they come to inspect, then there's really hope! An investor who hasn't been moved won't even bother coming!

  "That's right, tomorrow." Xuan Taoming enjoyed Director Chen's surprise, look, this is the ability of a brother, awesome!

  "Come on, come on, tell me in detail, don't miss a single word." Chen Chaonian didn't mention anything about going off work? He came back with his briefcase and spoke politely.

  Having learned about the situation, Chen Zhao Year listened with a series of amazed "tsks", looked at Xuan Tai Ming with new eyes, and changed from being gloomy to laughing loudly: "Xuan Tai Ming, you're too much! But it's good that you are! Those people in the city government eat meat and drink soup every day, we can't even get any leftovers. You managed to snatch a piece of meat from their mouths, our Yong'an Township Street Office is now famous!"

  "Tomorrow I'll personally receive them!" Chen Chaonian's spirit was shocked, and his butt, which had been sitting for a few years, felt like moving for the first time. After thinking about it, Chen Chaonian slapped his mouth: "If this matter is settled and they move in, the director of the street office will definitely have to cut the ribbon personally!"

  "Wow, this is done well, really well!"

  Until he left, Chen Chaonian's mouth was still muttering non-stop, probably smiling as he went back.

  Compared to Xuan Taoming's triumphant smile, Zhao Qiang's face turned as black as coal. He arrived at Wan Tian and hurriedly made a phone call, but it was unreachable, in a powered-off state. After several attempts, Zhao Qiang became suspicious, the more he thought about it, the more it didn't feel right, was this a prank? Suddenly, Zhao Qiang thought of Xuan Taoming!

  "Ah! Laozi's project!" Zhao Qiang suddenly understood and quickly whipped his horse, rushing back at an even faster speed than when he came.

  "Haha, Director Tang, I've pushed things back at the bureau, all for your sake." Zhao Qiang said with a casual smile.

  Tang Liang despised him in his heart, what kind of bureau is this, has he been deceived into relying on others? Look at you, kid, lying so smoothly, fortunately, Xuan Tai said everything, otherwise, you might have been deceived! Tang Zong became even more convinced that Zhao Qiang had previously deceived him, this person cannot be trusted...

  "Oh, it's been a hard day for Mr. Zhao." Tang said indifferently.

  Zhao Qiang felt that something was off and tentatively asked: "Director Tang, is everything okay? You wouldn't have any misunderstandings, would you? About the matter we discussed before, shall we continue?"

  Tang Zong said lightly: "Didn't we already agree on everything? You're in charge of all the arrangements, what's there to discuss?"

  Zhao Qiang sat down and smiled dryly: "I got a bit anxious just now, don't mind me, my intention was to help President Tang solve the problem."

  "It's time for lunch now, I have a table and we can talk again later." Tang said, looking at his watch and standing up.

  "Alright, you go ahead and get busy." Zhao Qiang said with a smile.

  See Zhao Qiang off, Tang total one face disdain: "Cheap bones! Before the old man flattered you, you pretended to be a good person for me. Now that I don't care about you, you still say nice things? Xiao Xuan is right, some cadres have style problems, which are big problems!"

  Zhao Qiang returned to the car with a dark face. In his experience, this project was doomed to fail. At least he couldn't make it work anymore, and had already become a nuisance to others. What's the point of going again, wasn't that just adding trouble for others?

  "I'm going to kill you, Zhao Ming! You're really not kidding around!" Zhao Qiang was furious. Losing a 1.5 million yuan deal was secondary; the key thing was that people from the Municipal Bureau had their food snatched away by underlings, and if this got out, it would be a loss of face to death!

  Zhao Qiang thought for a long time and finally came up with an idea. To settle this matter, he must get the project back, not for anything else, but just to save face!

  "This Tang Liang has already suspected me, and if another salesperson like me comes again, he won't believe it. No way, can only find the boss." Zhao Qiang reluctantly dialed the boss's phone number.

  "Hey, Director Li, I've got a bit of a problem with this project."

  Li Zekun said faintly: "What a big project?"

  "Over one hundred million."

  "It's lost, so be it. You have several hundred million-dollar investment projects in your hands, just take care of them and let the small ones go to the business development office downstairs." Li Zekun said.

  Zhao Qiang's face turned red with anger "But Li Ke, I was about to close this deal, and then some sales office downstairs swooped in and stole it from me! This is unbearable! If word gets out, won't I be embarrassing you, boss?"

  Li Zekun paused slightly, didn't expect this turn of events, the project in the bureau was snatched by the business department downstairs, this is quite refreshing and also quite infuriating!

  "Okay, got it, talk about it when I get back."

  Zhao Qiang snorted with a smile, "Hmph, surname Xuan, Li Kezhang is out, let's see if we can't snatch the meat back!"

  The next day, Tang brought a group of investors down the dry road and drove for over 10 minutes before arriving at Yong'an Township. Tang frowned, this was even worse than he had imagined.

  Fortunately, the leader of the investment promotion agency accompanied us in person, and Xiao Xuan also followed. General Tang's face looked slightly better, after all, they attached great importance to it.

  According to Chen Chao's plan, the factory will be built next to a cement road, and this land is considered flat because it is sandy and has no fields, so it would be less troublesome to requisition.

  At noon, the business department set up a banquet. Even the deputy director who had not been to work for a long time appeared at the wine table with great spirit and drank with Tang's group of people, discussing some general intentions.

  Tang directly stated that if there is no better choice, Yong'an Township is the first choice. They also want to investigate other places and then decide on a letter of intent for cooperation.

  As for this, the helplessness of China Merchants Bank, who let this place be really not satisfactory?