Chapter 475: Sun Changqing is again eyeing the meat company

Chen Yang stayed at Old Master Chen's house for two hours, then went to Sun Changqing's house, and it was already 9 p. m.

The one who opened the door was Sun Changqing's wife; seeing Chen Yang standing at the door with big and small bags, her face immediately broke into a bright smile.

"Chen Yang, just come, why bring so much stuff?"

Chen Yang said with a smile, "Auntie, I came in a hurry, didn't prepare anything, just grabbed some products from the company; I hope you don't mind."

At that moment, Sun Changqing also heard and came over; seeing what Chen Yang was holding, he not only didn't smile but looked a bit displeased. "Chen Yang, I thought you were different from others, but I didn't expect you to be worldly."

Chen Yang immediately protested, "Mayor Sun, don't think too much; I'm not here to seek promotion or wealth from you. I'm purely expressing my respect as a junior."

After saying that, he opened the snakeskin bag he brought for Sun Changqing to inspect: "Look, these are mountain products we collected during our company's poverty relief work in the mountains; they're only worth a few hundred bucks, not exactly a bribe, right?"

Sun Changqing's expression eased a little upon hearing it was mountain goods gathered during poverty relief, but he soon pointed to the other bag Chen Yang was carrying and said, "But these cigarettes and alcohol can't be called cheap goods, can they?"

Chen Yang laughed and explained, "No matter how expensive something is, once it's in your stomach it's just the same. I actually wanted to bring you two bottles of local baijiu from Qingshui City, but I searched the whole house and couldn't find any."

Sun Changqing said nothing more after hearing that. His wife, seeing this, complained dissatisfiedly, "Old Sun, Chen Yang rarely comes over; why are you putting on a sour face for anyone to see?"

Sun Changqing remained silent, walked back to the living room alone, and began smoking on the sofa.

Chen Yang followed over and sat beside him, carefully asking, "Mayor Sun, did I do something wrong? Tell me and I can fix it."

Sun Changqing blew a smoke ring, then sighed and said, "Chen Yang, it's not about you. It's just that during the New Year we get a lot of guests, and I'm a bit tired."

Upon hearing that, Chen Yang thought Sun Changqing was about to order him to leave, so he quickly got up and said, "Then I'll head back."

Sun Changqing gave Chen Yang a sideways glance and said irritably, "I already said it's not about you."

At that moment, Pan Ruoyun walked out from the bedroom with a man about thirty years old.

That man resembled Sun Changqing a bit, was five centimeters taller than him, and without guessing anyone could tell he was Pan Ruoyun's husband.

"Chen Yang, welcome to our home as a guest!" Pan Ruoyun greeted him with a grin, then pointed to the man beside her and introduced, "This is my husband Sun Ce, who works at the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission."

Chen Yang shook hands with Sun Ce while smiling, "Brother Sun, please look after me in the future."

Sun Ce is the type who gets along easily; he patted Chen Yang's shoulder and said, "Junior Chen, just because I gave my wife ten units of welfare housing, feel free to ask me for anything in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Changqing let out a cold snort and bluntly lectured his son: "What nonsense are you bragging about? Chen Yang is worth several billion; even Director Huo of the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission has to beg him for help—what could a low-level section chief like you possibly do to assist?"

Sun Ce heard that and gave an embarrassed smile.

To avoid an awkward atmosphere, Chen Yang quickly smoothed things over: "Director Huo is swamped with work; if I really needed to go to the State-owned Assets Commission for business, it might actually be easier to find Brother Sun."

Sun Ce's face instantly lit up with a beaming smile. "Chen Yang, I have plenty of good friends at the State-owned Assets Commission; as long as I step in, there's nothing you can't get done."

Sun Changqing gave Sun Ce a sideways glance and coldly snorted, "I have serious matters to discuss with Chen Yang; don't embarrass yourself here. Get lost back to your room!"

Sun Ce seemed a bit afraid of Sun Changqing, and immediately pulled Pan Ruoyun back to his room.

After he left, Sun Changqing's expression eased a little, and he said to Chen Yang, "I heard your father-in-law is going to get a promotion after the year; does that mean your investments in Qingshui City also need to be moved?"

Chen Yang understood Sun Changqing's meaning—he wanted him to move all his Qingshui City industries to Xingcheng. The problem is, those industries, especially Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd., are major taxpayers in Qingshui City; if he dared to move them, whether it's Lin Jianguo or Secretary Kong Jie, they'd be furious.

Not wanting to invite trouble for himself, Chen Yang politely refused Sun Changqing: "Mayor Sun, my investments in Qingshui City aren't relying on my father-in-law's connections, and most of them were personally facilitated by Secretary Kong Jie during his term as mayor. Even if I wanted to move, Secretary Kong wouldn't agree."

What Sun Changqing most wanted to swallow was that big chunk of fat, Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd.; he wouldn't give up, telling Chen Yang, "If you agree to move Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd. to Xingcheng, I can have the provincial leaders step in to coordinate with Secretary Kong Jie."

Chen Yang said with difficulty to Sun Changqing, "Mayor Sun, Secretary Kong helped me a lot when I invested in Qingshui City; I really can't go through with tearing down what we've built."

Seeing Chen Yang unwilling to relocate, Sun Changqing backed off: "Since you don't want to move, I won't force you. However, the branch of Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd. in Jiangmen Town must be expanded in scale, and preferably we should also build a pig farm with an annual output of 100,000 hogs."

Building a large-scale pig farm in Jiangmen Town would pollute the waters near Jiangmen Island; Chen Yang certainly didn't want to shoot himself in the foot.

"Mayor Sun, Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd.'s business volume in Xingcheng is already huge; the branch can be enlarged a bit. But a pig farm would be too smelly and cause serious pollution, so it would be more suitable to build it in a remote area."

Sun Changqing, seeing that neither option worked, grew a bit annoyed and said, "You kid, you're not short of funds now—what's with all these excuses about building a pig farm? I'm doing this to help your company make money."

Chen Yang gave a wry smile: "I finally made a name for myself in Xingcheng with great effort; if I were blamed and pointed at for a smelly pig farm, wouldn't these two years of work be wasted?"

Sun Changqing replied, "Just pour more disinfectant and wash it—how could there be any smell?"

Although Chen Yang had never visited the pig farm in Shuangfeng Town, he had heard in his previous life many news reports about severe pollution from pig farms; he dared not take that risk.

"Mayor Sun, there are plenty of investment projects in Xingcheng; there's no need to insist on building a pig farm."

Moreover, after the year, our company's focus will still be the online sales platform. Once we break through that, it can drive the development of many industries in Xingcheng. Governor Liu is also very supportive.

Seeing Chen Yang bring up Liu Jianghua, Sun Changqing could only give up.