Official Career Storm
Chapter 437

Chapter 437: Chapter 437

Secretary Sun was scolded to the point of anger, but he also didn’t dare to harden his stance.

He knew that Lu Xiaotian was like the local emperor of Dujiang County.

Moreover, his goal was to smoothly demolish, not to confront anyone.

Secretary Sun said, "The compensation plan is three thousand per square meter."

"How much?" Lu Xiaotian dug at his ear, "Three thousand? Are you fucking kidding me?"

"This is Dujiang City, not Dujiang County!"

"Do you know how much developers pay for land here? Nearly eleven thousand per square!"

"The market price for the completed houses is fifteen thousand, and in a good location, it could be twenty to thirty thousand!"

"You’re giving me three thousand? Shit!"

Lu Xiaotian slammed his cigarette butt down and pointed a threatening finger at Secretary Sun, "You little bastard, watch your back when you walk at night, and don’t let me catch you, or I’ll cripple you!"

The blatant threat left Secretary Sun both shocked and furious, yet he didn’t dare to say anything, only managing to force a smile and say, "Mr. Lu, this is just the preliminary compensation scheme; the final plan hasn’t been set yet."

"Not set and you’re pitching me this crap? You playing me? Fuck your mother, believe it or not, I’ll cripple you right now?"

"... " Secretary Sun was livid, but luckily, Lu Xiaotian was just mouthing off, and after swearing a few times, he left with his group of followers.

After he left, Secretary Sun found a junior section chief sent by the Housing and Construction Bureau and said with a dark face, "Sort it out on your side in Dujiang City before contacting me again!"

He, the esteemed Secretary of the City Committee, being cursed at by a thug, had lost all his dignity.

If this thug’s grandfather wasn’t the old secretary of Dujiang City, and if it weren’t for a group of Dujiang City leaders backing him up, he could guarantee that he would have thrown this bastard in jail tonight.

But there were no such ifs.

Even a powerful dragon can’t suppress the local snakes.

Dujiang City’s situation was complicated, and he, a mere secretary, couldn’t handle it.

The junior section chief from the Housing and Construction Bureau repeatedly assured him that he would definitely report back to the relevant leaders.

On the way back, He Songming called Song Guanchao.

"Xiao Song, that Lu Xiaotian is pretty arrogant."

He relayed what had just happened.

Song Guanchao said, "It’s okay, let him jump around for a few more days, I’ll take over in a couple of days."

"You’re taking over?"

"Yeah."

"But the project team has already been established, how are you taking over?"

"I have my own plans," Song Guanchao said with a mysterious smile.

...

Time quickly moved to Saturday.

That day, Dujiang City’s Housing and Construction Bureau held a public tender for an already approved high-speed rail project.

This should have been a big deal, with both the media and the city officials supposed to send representatives.

However, the Housing and Construction Bureau hadn’t publicized it beforehand.

The media didn’t know, and the city was also unaware.

The public tender was conducted hastily.

There were seventeen bidding parties.

The rights to construct the 54-kilometer high-speed rail section in Dujiang City were divided among nine companies.

All nine companies were from outside the province.

The day the tender finished, the municipal government signed a construction contract with these nine companies.

According to the contract, the city government had to pay a total of 70 billion in budgeted funds to these companies within a week.

On average, each company had to be paid 7–8 billion.

...

Song Guanchao was dining with Zhou Qian.

He purely invited Zhou Qian to eat today; it wouldn’t be right to call on her only when needed and ignore her otherwise.

That would be inhuman.

Zhou Qian was in a great mood all day, changing outfits several times after receiving the call, finally picking a pretty floral dress and dressing up beautifully.

Watching Zhou Qian happily eating dessert, Song Guanchao suddenly said, "There might be an important task coming up, would you like to be involved?"

"What task?"

"Something like an anti-corruption documentary."

"Ah?" Zhou Qian curiously said, "I haven’t heard the director mention it."

"That’s because I haven’t informed him yet."

"What is it about? Tell me."

"It’s about a corrupt official preparing to flee, but we discovered it in time and controlled him."

Thinking from a media perspective, Zhou Qian shook her head, "That seems a bit monotonous."

Song Guanchao added, "Additionally, this official also transferred a huge amount of state-owned assets, but under the leadership of Secretary Wu, we successfully recovered these assets."

"That sounds a bit more interesting," Zhou Qian finished, then suddenly widened her eyes, "Is a city leader trying to flee?"

Song Guanchao shook his head with a smile, "It’s not the city."

"Then..."

"Just wait for my call." Song Guanchao said, "This documentary, once shot, will also raise your status at the station."

Zhou Qian stared at him for a few seconds and then suddenly asked, "Are you specially creating this opportunity for me?"

Song Guanchao felt somewhat uncomfortable under her gaze, "You could say that."

Zhou Qian smiled shyly, feeling a surge of joy in her heart.

At that moment, Song Guanchao’s phone vibrated.

He glanced at it; it was Madman calling.

"I’ll take a call."

He didn’t avoid Zhou Qian, "What’s up?"

"Dujiang City has opened bids. Today at noon, the City Construction Bureau conducted a bidding for the high-speed rail project, and nine companies were selected with a total budget of 7 billion."

"How soon is the payment?"

"Within a week."

"Have Director Wang send over the information on those nine companies."

"It’s already sent."

"Forward it to me."

After hanging up, Song Guanchao dialed Fu Ying’s number.

Fu Ying, a bit excited upon receiving the call, thought Song Guanchao had come to Dujiang City because it was the weekend.

"Are you in Dujiang City?"

"No." Song Guanchao asked, "Are you still in charge of the Housing and Construction Bureau?"

"A new director has taken over."

"Hou Wen’s person?"

"Seems so."

"Alright, I got it."

Just as Song Guanchao was about to hang up, Fu Ying asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Song Guanchao suddenly calling to ask this certainly meant something was up in Dujiang City.

"No need, just wait for your appointment."

After ending the call, Lu Feng had already sent the relevant information over.

Song Guanchao quickly glanced through it; all nine companies were from other provinces.

"Something important has come up, seems like I can’t join you for the movie."

"It’s okay, work comes first, go ahead."

"Alright, next time I’ll treat you to a movie."

Leaving the restaurant, Song Guanchao got into his car and headed straight for Dujiang City, calling Lu Feng while driving, "Madman, bring people to Dujiang City."

"How many?"

"All of them!"

"Are you sure? I’ve got over thirty people here."

"Bring them!"

By 2:40 pm, Song Guanchao arrived in Dujiang City.

Soon after, Lu Feng also arrived with his men.

Song Guanchao had pre-booked a dozen rooms and another conference room.

The door to the conference room was tightly closed and locked from inside.

Having already reviewed the data and set a plan, Song Guanchao’s thoughts were clear; he was ready to delegate tasks.

The men Lu Feng brought were familiar faces Song Guanchao had seen before.

These men were also no strangers to Song Guanchao; Lu Feng often told them about this legendary squad leader.

"We all come from the same military region; I won’t stand on ceremony with you."

"Today, I’ve called everyone here for an important matter."

As soon as Song Guanchao started speaking, everyone sat up straight, exuding a military air, as if listening to a briefing from their old squad leader.

"Currently, a leader is attempting to transfer national assets and is planning to flee the country."

"The methods and routes of this leader’s asset transfer have been successfully uncovered by me."

"Our goal is to catch this group of parasites intending to embezzle national assets and hand them over to the public security authorities!"

"Tell me, do you have the confidence to complete this mission?"

"Yes!"

"Didn’t you eat? Louder!"

"Yes!"

A group of retired soldiers, necks strained and voices raised, echoed through the conference room, shaking the ceiling.

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