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Chapter 930 - Chapter 930 Chapter 930 Starting to Tear

Chapter 930: Chapter 930 Starting to Tear Chapter 930: Chapter 930 Starting to Tear Land auctions are normal: bidding, auctioning, and listing are three procedures that should occur.

However, the specific plot of land outside Luohua Manor in Zhengyang City was intended to be publicly announced first, then auctioned, and then announced again after the auction. Strictly speaking, this is an auction system, but Zhengyang also refers to it as the bidding and auction process.

Handling this plot of land in this manner is somewhat inappropriate because… it was initiated by Yang Yuxin.

It’s not to say that because she initiated it, it should belong to her without going through the bidding and auction procedures. However, she intended to develop an industrial park.

Such situations normally involve bidding and auctioning as a process, adhering to policy and procedural correctness, but, effectively, it’s just a formality.

But it was reported by Zhengyang Daily, Funiu Daily, and all the citizens of Funiu knew about it.

This can’t be said to be wrong–Funiu’s land should be known to Funiu People, to be aware of any changes… This is without fault!

However, it fits the logic Feng Jun accused Mayor Xiang of before: My irregularity is not wrong, but many people are irregular. Why target me specifically? Because I’m perceived as an easy target?

Yang Yuxin choked up when she saw the newspaper announcement, “This is too outrageous!”

The public announcement itself wasn’t a problem, but what angered her was, “Even in the capital, before making a public announcement, shouldn’t they at least invite me to have a seat? At the very least… at least give me a heads up?”

The business atmosphere in the capital… can’t exactly be considered proper; it’s a power-trading business, but even within those circles, there are rules about taking over business.

Skipping the courtesy of informing her and directly proceeding to public announcement… Yang Yuxin had never experienced such a thing in the capital.

No one dared to treat her this way. This was a project she initiated, and someone summoning everyone to enter the scene directly… How audacious must that be?

However, similar to Feng Jun’s situation, although Yang Yuxin was very annoyed by this, she couldn’t openly complain about it.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun immediately dialed Mayor Xiang’s number without a second thought, asking what was going on.

When Mayor Xiang heard his voice, he felt troubled, but he couldn’t ignore him.

He earnestly explained that he was truly wronged in this situation, claiming it was the city’s central administration’s decision because they believed that, as the city’s outskirts expand, suburban land is becoming increasingly popular.

Since someone had already shown interest in purchasing many pieces of land, why not invite other real estate development companies to participate?

That is to say, Yang Yuxin’s idea of building an industrial park there was acknowledged and supported by the city, but if it could be developed into residential land and the revenue was substantial, it was also worth considering.

The central administration’s thought wasn’t necessarily wrong, although it involved issues of unclear land planning. But letting businessmen procure land, allowing the city to earn more from selling land–why not?

The city was exploiting capitalists, not the state, and it might even receive commendations for this–Mayor Xiang couldn’t stop it.

This explanation left Feng Jun somewhat speechless, but he couldn’t criticize too much, so he asked one last question: During this bidding and auction, which real estate companies were interested in participating?

Mayor Xiang mentioned that many real estate companies were interested, even some state-owned enterprises.

Feng Jun shared the information he gathered with Yang Yuxin, and Director Yang scoffed, “Zhengyang really is full of all sorts of odd characters.”

In handling this matter, Feng Jun couldn’t contribute much directly; it was mainly Wang Haifeng, Sister Hong, and others who mobilized various connections to understand who exerted significant influence in this affair.

Upon inquiring, it turned out that a certain publicly listed real estate company had exerted great effort to push this development forward due to financial strains. Therefore, the company was interested in collaborating with local Zhengyang real estate companies to jointly acquire land.

However, what caught Feng Jun’s attention was that the company’s CEO had been supported by the Dou Family–in short, Young Master Dou’s death didn’t end everything. The Dou Family no longer openly troubled Zhengyang City, but supported some minor figures to stir trouble in Zhengyang.

The city was not particularly concerned about such disturbances; in fact, operating this way benefited the city significantly, and they had no need to provoke the Dou Family again.

Only someone involved like Feng Jun could feel the thick malice from the other party: since they couldn’t legally tackle you, they’d find other ways to disgust you–although they couldn’t be sure Feng Jun was the culprit.

One should know that similar plots of land were plentiful around Zhengyang, and Yang Yuxin’s offer was rather reasonable. If they genuinely wanted to develop commercially, there was no need to stubbornly fixate on this plot.

Just after the tender was publicly announced in the newspaper, Li Yongrui, the chairman of Li Dafu, was taken away from his office–someone had reported him for embezzlement of state assets and for bribery and corruption.

This was nothing short of an earthquake. Li Dafu was the leading company in the jewelry and jade industry in Funiu Province, and Li Yongrui had been its chairman for over a decade with a deeply entrenched foundation.

Was there an issue with him? To speak honestly, in his position, it was impossible to be completely problem-free.

Not to mention the jewelry industry, from privately purchasing gold to smuggling foreign jewelry, where could it be completely clean?

Sister Hong got the news at the earliest time, “They said they’re only investigating Li Yongrui, so the higher-ups can’t step in to protect him.”

Without that statement, Zhengyang City would have definitely exploded in chaos. The jewelry industry is murky deep, and if Li Yongrui was determined to drag others down with him, it’s hard to say how many would end up in prison–not just subordinates but many partners would fall too.

So, such a declaration was necessary to continue the investigation on Li Yongrui.

Feng Jun shook his head, “We can’t let them continue the investigation, or else Luohua Manor will be dragged into this sooner or later.”

Correct, Luohua Manor was indeed a partnered party at risk. For others, the investigators might not pursue further, but for Luohua… already an enemy of Young Master Dou, how could they not seize the opportunity to strike?

Moreover, Luohua itself couldn’t withstand scrutiny. Not to mention, the massive jade sales–had the taxes been paid?

At the critical moment, it was Yang Yuxin who took action. The day after Li Yongrui was taken away, two officials from outside the province were also detained, one of whom was a state-owned enterprise cadre, long notorious and constantly reported but never taken down.

In short, the investigation of Li Yongrui couldn’t be escalated, but those two officials could.

These matters shouldn’t be discussed too openly, but on the third day after Li Yongrui was detained, his family was already allowed to visit him–leaving shortly was impossible, but permitting visits was a gesture in itself.

Strictly speaking, the arrest of President Li was just the Dou Family venting their anger after a death had occurred; it was normal for innocent parties to be affected, but the arrest of those two officials could really uncover a lot of dirt.

It’s just that saying–everyone knew those two were corrupt. It’s tough to find someone without issues these days; it’s just that previously no one took action, but now someone had.

It was said that Second Master Gu had stated at an event that day, “The Gu Family has always been benevolent. Being offended once or twice doesn’t matter, but constant provocation is crossing the line… The men of the Gu Family are not extinct yet.”

It was lucky for Li Yongrui that he had frequent dealings with Feng Jun, otherwise no one would have dared to save him against the wrath of the Dou Family.

President Li was under investigation for half a month before he was released, still suspended from work, not allowed to leave his residence.

Even when he was released, he hadn’t understood how he got out–he was aware of his own dealings, just the disclosed reports alone could have sentenced him to over ten years and fined him millions.

However, the second day after he was released, someone visited him and very straightforwardly suggested that if he could identify that the jade sold in recent years was all from Luohua, he might be reinstated.

Who was Li Yongrui? He neither believed in deceit nor had trouble distinguishing friends from foes, so he clearly stated, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about and I don’t want to!”

After all, as a major figure in the province’s industry with years of built credibility, nobody could force him when he refused to cooperate.

Not only that, he spread the news: he told Wei Hong that someone wanted him to act against Luohua.

That very night, a soft click sounded in his courtyard. When he went out to check, he found a walkie-talkie lying on the ground.

“Crap…” Li Yongrui couldn’t help but be utterly astonished, then hastily pocketed the walkie-talkie.

Walking into his room, he hid in a corner, took out the walkie-talkie, and twice called, “Hello?”

“I can hear you,” the voice from the walkie-talkie was muffled, “President Li is a man of temperament, and you didn’t let those who helped you down. Who asked you to act against Luohua Manor, and what exactly did they say?”

“It was a branch manager below me, apparently aiming for a vice president position,” Li Yongrui babbled on.

As he spoke, the person responsible for monitoring him barged in, loudly shouting, “Li Yongrui, what are you doing?”

Li Yongrui ignored him, continuing to speak until the other person snatched the walkie-talkie away.

This person grabbed the walkie-talkie, immediately pressed the call button, and angrily demanded, “Who are you? Confess honestly!”

“Bullshit!” came a scornful snort from the walkie-talkie, followed by a brief chuckle, “You should be reporting to your superior now instead of wasting time with me, you fool…”

“By the way, President Li, don’t trust those promises. The rage of the Dou Family is very fearsome and could easily sweep you away too.”

“You… you dare continue!” The monitoring man was infuriated.

“Kid, this originally had nothing to do with you,” the eerie voice from the walkie-talkie continued, “Your job is to report to the leaders… If others colluded, you turned a blind eye. Now you’re being all strict? Cut it out!”

The man, still wanting to say more, heard no more sounds from the device and quickly reported to his superiors, but it was already too late.

Walkie-talkies are easily traceable, but without professional tools, it’s quite difficult. Locating mobile phones and verifying identities are simple in modern society, yet walkie-talkies can be bought by anyone, and even if you trace them accurately, identifying the person is tough.

One major drawback of walkie-talkies is they aren’t secret, but the person had no intention of hiding, even openly mocking the monitoring staff.

However, this was normal; when someone forced Li Yongrui to make a choice that morning, it was also done in front of the monitoring staff, essentially proving, “If you can pull a stunt, I can pull a bigger one.”

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