Chapter 775

After concealing Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory in the form of rectification, Chen Yang's focus shifted back to the land acquisition work for the employee community.

What surprised him was that Shangguan Yan had actually been discharged early. Moreover, she had obtained two parcels of commercial-residential land totaling 500 mu from the Pine River District government.

These two parcels are located at the junction of Pine River District and Fujian Action District. Although they are not contiguous, the district government made a promise, guaranteeing to handle all demolition and relocation work. On the Old People's Financial Investment Company side, only a land use fee of 750 million needs to be paid.

Such high efficiency made Chen Yang unable to help but view Shangguan Yan with new eyes.

However, when Chen Yang went to look for Shangguan Yan, he learned that she had already been taken back to Hangzhou by the Wang family. Her phone was also turned off.

Chen Yang sighed in the direction of Hangzhou, then said to Assistant Xu Mengyao standing by: "Assistant Xu, you need to learn more from General Manager Shangguan Yan; her work efficiency is much faster than yours."

Xu Mengyao gave a bitter smile: "Director Chen, General Manager Shangguan Yan went to the district government to request land with her head bandaged; you can't possibly expect me to go smash my own head to get land from the district government leaders, can you?"

Moreover, her connections are formidable. An old gentleman who claimed to be her future father-in-law only sat with her at the district government for a short while; besides the district Party secretary and district head, even Deputy Mayor Wang and Deputy Mayor Tang personally came.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang was also startled. He didn't expect that the father of Wang Qing Shu would have such influence.

In that case, Shangguan Yan is eighty percent unlikely to return to Modu.

Of course, Chen Yang's greater concern is still Wang Qing Shu, far away in the Beautiful Country. If he returns to China and is also taken back to Hangzhou by Old Master Wang, then even if his plan doesn't fall through, it will have to be delayed for a while.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang immediately asked Xu Mengyao: "Assistant Xu, did General Manager Shangguan Yan tell you before leaving whether she would come back or not?"

After Xu Mengyao recollected for a moment, she said: "Director Chen, she only said she was returning to Hangzhou to handle some personal matters, so you don't need to worry. Then she just handed over work-related matters to me."

Chen Yang lowered his head in thought for a while, feeling that Shangguan Yan should still return to Modu. After all, she and Wang Qing Shu have not yet formally confirmed their relationship, so it's temporarily unsuitable for her to take over the Wang family's business.

Even if Blue Sea Shipping Company had Old Master Wang's backing, she would not get much authority. After all, in a large family with male-line inheritance, it rarely passes the inheritance rights to a woman.

Even if the Head Steward had a prior verbal agreement with the Wang family, they still have grounds to shirk responsibility.

After clearing his thoughts, Chen Yang felt much more relaxed.

"Assistant Xu, first go handle the procedures in Pine River District for now. After everything is settled, then go to Qingpuqu."

"Director Chen, why don't you directly look for Deputy Mayor Wang here in Qingpuqu?" Xu Mengyao looked at Chen Yang, somewhat puzzled.

She was very clear about the relationship between Chen Yang and Wang Tianhe. Meanwhile, the Modu municipal government had made some minor personnel adjustments recently, and the position of Qingpuqu district Party secretary was concurrently held by Wang Tianhe.

"First handle Pine River district; Green Bank can wait." Chen Yang still didn't fully trust Xu Mengyao, so he didn't want to explain further.

Actually, if Wang Tianhe's work adjustment hadn't come after the employee community plan of the Ordinary People's Financial Investment Company, his position as nephew-in-law would still have required avoiding conflict of interest.

In order not to give Wang Tianhe's political rivals a pretext, Chen Yang deliberately raised the land acquisition price in Qingpuqu by ten percent.

After Xu Mengyao left the office, Chen Yang called Hu Haiquan, who was far away in Shencheng, and asked him to arrange a technical team to visit Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory for technical exchange.

Before the outsourcing contract with the Fruit Company was fully settled, enhancing the company's internal technical capabilities was very necessary.

After hanging up, Chen Yang gave his secretary a few instructions, then had Bai Ruonan drive him back to Tangchenyipin.

Unexpectedly, just as he left the company, he received a call from Wang Tianhe asking him to go to the district government.

Chen Yang felt a bit puzzled; since becoming relatives with Wang Tianhe, this was the first time the latter had summoned him to an office. Usually, whenever there was something to discuss, they basically met privately in his study at home.

Full of doubts, Chen Yang went to the Qingpuqu district government.

Upon arriving at the district government gate, Wang Tianhe's secretary Jiang Xin was already waiting at the entrance.

After Chen Yang got out of the car and greeted Jiang Xin, he followed him to Wang Tianhe's office.

The office door was open; Jiang Xin let Chen Yang go in alone to see Wang Tianhe, while he himself stood guard at the door.

It was Chen Yang's first formal meeting with Wang Tianhe; worried that others might be present, he felt somewhat restrained and was very careful upon entering. Only after realizing that Wang Tianhe was the only person inside did he finally relax.

"Mayor Wang, hello!"

"Please have a seat!"

Wang Tianhe pointed to the chair in front of his office and gestured for Chen Yang to sit, then pushed a Qingpuqu urban construction planning map on the desk toward him.

"Chen Yang, the city has entrusted me with overseeing Qingpuqu's work—a truly weighty and far-reaching responsibility. I have a general understanding; compared to the urban districts, the entire area's economy and infrastructure are lagging far behind. I need your support."

Chen Yang, feeling doubtful, said to Wang Dao: "Uncle, do I need to avoid conflict of interest for my investments in Qingpuqu?"

Wang Tianhe gave Chen Yang a sideways glance and said solemnly: "Here there is no uncle, no nephew-in-law; only Deputy Mayor Wang and Chairman Chen. From now on, in the workplace, please address each other by title."

Chen Yang suppressed a smile and asked: "Deputy Mayor Wang, will anyone object to my investments in Qingpuqu?"

"Who would dare object?" Wang Tianhe said unhappily: "They sold Pine River district's five hundred mu of land for 750 million, while I here even added an extra ten percent!"

Chen Yang laughed: "That's because Old Master Wang has great influence. Moreover, when Shangguan Yan was injured in the head during the demolition scene, the Pine River district government leaders inevitably felt some guilt."

Wang Tianhe let out a light snort: "Old Master Wang's personal connections in Modu from his early years have pretty much been used up. If it were merely because Shangguan Yan got beaten and they offered five hundred mu as compensation, you'd be overestimating those Pine River folks. To put it bluntly, they just want to leverage your name to attract more capital."

"If that's the case, why shouldn't I make good use of this resource?"

Seeing that Wang Tianhe didn't care about outside opinions, Chen Yang's mood also lightened.

As long as Wang Tianhe is willing to support, the employee community plan for Qingpuqu can proceed in tandem.

"Deputy Mayor Wang, since you're willing to support our work, I also formally apply to you for opening a green channel for the employee community project. I hope to complete the employee community within three years."

"No problem! However..." Wang Tianhe, with a solemn expression, told Chen Yang: "Besides the employee community, we also hope that the Ordinary People's Agricultural Products Trading Company can be stationed at the Western Suburbs International Agricultural Products Trading Center."

Chen Yang agreed without hesitation. "No problem! If conditions permit, I hope to also build an independent cold-chain logistics warehouse there."