Chapter 964

Lin Dafa had been mixing in the business world for over twenty years and had been dealing with officials for over twenty years. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen someone like Lan Mei, who didn't even want "Mao Zedongs." Seeing her attitude was very firm, Lin Dafa had no choice but to smile awkwardly. Extremely unwillingly, he picked up the money from Lan Mei's desk and put it back into his bag. Doing big business inevitably involved dealing with officials. Lin Dafa had always believed in a principle: if the money spent on any given day was less than 50,000, it meant the day's business hadn't been handled properly. So, the fact that this 100,000 yuan hadn't been given away was a burden to him. He felt that this hurdle with Lan Mei hadn't been cleared, and if the company had new projects in the future, the procedures wouldn't be so easy to handle.

Lan Mei leaned back in her chair, looking at him calmly, and said, "Lin Zong, if you have nothing else, go back first. I will strive to finish reading these materials in the morning and handle the procedures in the afternoon. I won't deliberately drag it out. I'm also afraid that if someone from above investigates, they will blame me for not being strict with the gatekeeping."

"Director Lan, there is also the construction commencement application report for that day," Lin Dafa reminded.

"Lin Zong, rest assured. As soon as the planning procedures are finished, the construction commencement report procedures can be approved immediately. If there is nothing else, go back first. I won't drag it out. Besides, with Director Zheng supporting you so much, how would I dare to drag it out?" Lan Mei said, leaning back in her chair.

Hearing Lan Mei say this, Lin Dafa felt slightly relieved. He thought what she said was also true. Now the Moon Bay project had already started construction, and there were no planning procedures from the Construction Bureau, nor was there a construction commencement report. If someone from above really investigated, as the leader of the competent department, Lan Mei certainly wouldn't be able to escape responsibility.

"That's fine, Director Lan, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go first. Please let me know when you've finished handling it," Lin Dafa said.

"Mm," Lan Mei nodded.

So Lin Dafa walked out of Lan Mei's office door. Because he didn't dare to compliment the efficiency of government departments after years of dealing with them, in order to get the planning approval and construction commencement report as soon as possible, Lin Dafa went directly to the third floor, intending to find Zheng Tulu to talk about this matter and let him come forward to put pressure on Lan Mei to handle the procedures as soon as possible.

Clutching his leather bag, Lin Dafa walked to the door of Zheng Tulu's office, ready to knock, when he heard him on the phone inside. He lowered his hand, which was reaching for the door, leaned against the balcony, lit a cigarette, and prepared to wait for Zheng Tulu to finish his call before going in.

It turned out that although Zheng Tulu had treated Su Qing to dinner last night and explained and defended the "misunderstanding" that had arisen between them at the dinner table, he was still worried that Su Qing would pull strings regarding his personnel issues. Although he had made several calls after returning home last night to move connections to help him suppress this matter, the connections he moved weren't very strong, and they were leaders of departments that had nothing to do with personnel transfers. On the suggestion of one of them, Zheng Tulu decided to try to find Li Changping, who had told him the secret that his position was not secure, to help. After all, he was the Deputy Minister of the Provincial Party Organization Department, and perhaps he had a certain say in this matter.

Arriving at the office early in the morning, Zheng Tulu sat in his chair and worried about his official career again. After some ideological struggle, he decided to ask Li Changping for this favor. Although the two didn't have a deep friendship, he knew that as the Deputy Minister of the Organization Department, Li Changping, who had lived under the pressure of the Minister Su Qing for a long time, must have many dissatisfactions with her. Grasping this point, perhaps he could cozy up to Li Changping and let him help suppress this matter. So, Zheng Tulu picked up his phone from the table, looked at Li Changping's mobile number in the "Directory of Major Leaders of Departments in Hexi Province" on the wall, pressed the numbers on the keypad, called Li Changping, and waited nervously with the phone to his ear.

After a full half-minute, the call was connected, and Li Changping's lazy, not-yet-awake voice came through: "Hello, who is this?"

"Deputy Minister Li?" Zheng Tulu asked with a fawning chuckle.

"Mm," Li Changping said lazily, "Who is this?"

"Deputy Minister Li, I am Zheng Liangyu from the Construction Bureau. We met at the Yaxiang Restaurant yesterday," Zheng Tulu said immediately and enthusiastically, pinning his hopes on him.

As soon as Li Changping heard that the call was from Zheng Liangyu, he thought that he didn't have any friendship with this person, so why did he call so early in the morning? He must be here for a reason, Li Changping thought. As an old hand who had been mixing in official circles for many years, he basically understood the purpose of this call. So, he asked knowingly with a chuckle, "Oh, Director Zheng, what made you think of calling me?" ===== CHAPTER 965 =====