Chapter 1233: No Time to Curse

Zhao Baoli cursed fiercely in his heart. Damn it, when a person is down on their luck, even swallowing saliva can choke them to death.

The more urgent the matter, the harder it is to find someone; yet when there's nothing going on, you bump into them with your eyes closed.

"I need to find Mayor Li. Can you get in touch with him?"

"Today they went to inspect the Yudu Fujia Motorcycle Gear Company." The woman checked the time. "They should have finished lunch by now. They might be going to other places this afternoon, so I'm not sure if they've already left the Fujia Motorcycle Gear Company."

Zhao Baoli said urgently, "Regardless of whether they are there or not, try to contact them first. I have an urgent matter to report to Mayor Li."

"Alright!"

The woman also saw Zhao Baoli's urgency. She figured something major must have happened for him to run to her after failing to reach anyone else.

"Xiao Liu, give me the phone book."

A young girl took out a thick phone book from inside the bar counter. The woman found the section for municipal enterprises, then found the letter 'F', flipped two pages, and saw the number for Fujia Motorcycle Gear Co., Ltd.

She then quickly dialed the number. Soon, a very pleasant female voice came through the receiver.

"Hello, this is the customer service department of Fujia Motorcycle Gear Co., Ltd. How may I help you?"

The woman said, "I am Guo Lanyu, Deputy General Manager of the Municipal Guesthouse. May I ask if the municipal leaders and the Xiangjiang inspection delegation are still at your company?"

"Please wait a moment, let me go ask."

The other party said this but did not hang up the phone. One could vaguely hear the *clack-clack* sound of high heels stepping on the floor.

Guo Lanyu looked at Zhao Baoli, "Wait a moment, they've gone to ask."

After about a minute, the other party replied, "Hello? Are you still there?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Guo Lanyu said hurriedly, "Have they left?"

"They haven't left!" the other party said. "They are holding a discussion in the conference room."

Zhao Baoli was listening with his ear tilted. Hearing that they were still there, he hurriedly said, "Ask if there is a phone in the conference room and get it."

Guo Lanyu asked, "Is there a phone in the conference room? Can you give it to me?"

"Yes!" The other party recited a string of numbers.

Guo Lanyu took a pen and quickly wrote it down on a piece of paper. "Thank you!"

Zhao Baoli snatched the paper with the phone number, took the phone Guo Lanyu handed him, and quickly dialed the number.

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Yudu Fujia Motorcycle Gear Co., Ltd., formerly the Yudu Gearbox Factory, was a Sino-foreign joint venture established earlier this year with Xiangjiang Fujia Technology Co., Ltd.

The reason it was the first stop was that Fujia was the first Xiangjiang enterprise to invest in Ganzhou, which could serve as a good demonstration for Qiudongfang.

The large conference room on the third floor of the factory building was full of people, not just Li Xingquan and the leaders of the main municipal departments, but also leaders from several counties below, including Li Jun and Fan Yu.

As for Fan Liangjun, the provincial deputy leader, he had returned to the province this morning.

This guy had personally escorted Yuan Wanqi to Ganzhou; the sincerity was truly sufficient.

If she didn't know the situation inside, Yuan Wanqi would have really been moved.

Li Xingquan said with a smile, "General Manager Yuan, Fujia Company is also a Xiangjiang enterprise; you should know them."

"I know!" Yuan Wanqi nodded. "The fact that they can invest in Yudu proves that Ganzhou's investment environment is fine. However, what we at Qiudongfang value is rare earth. Regarding foreign investment, are there any investment restrictions?"

"There are certainly some. The main one is that foreign capital cannot hold a controlling stake. For example, in the gear factory, Fujia only holds 27 percent of the shares. As for other issues, they aren't issues at all. Regulations are dead, but people are alive, right?"

Yuan Wanqi nodded, "I know the regulation about not being able to hold a controlling stake."

"General Manager Yuan!" Fan Yu suddenly said, "Qiudongfang wants to invest in rare earth mines; I think we can cooperate."

Last night, Tong Huaiyu had already told them the plan: they must tie Qiudongfang to their chariot, and once they monopolized the rare earth, they would then slaughter the donkey after the millstone was no longer needed.

Yuan Wanqi looked at Fan Yu, "General Manager Fan, where are your mines, and what are the reserves?"

"Our rare earth mine is in Gan County, 30 kilometers from the city center..."

Fan Yu introduced it, and Yuan Wanqi listened very carefully, while the leaders of Gan County added a few words from time to time.

If Yuan Wanqi really formed a joint venture with Wufeng Mining, it would mean foreign capital had landed in their county; they all looked very excited.

"How about this." After Fan Yu finished the introduction, Hu Qingfu, the County Magistrate of Gan County, said, "The afternoon is just a discussion meeting with no arrangements. General Manager Yuan, why don't you go to our Gan County to take a walk and have a look?"

Li Xingquan said with a smile, "I think that's fine. It's only an hour's drive, and then we can have a meal on Comrade Qingfu's turf."

Hu Qingfu laughed happily, "That's no problem. I'll notify the county to prepare immediately."

He was happy, but the leaders of other counties were dissatisfied. Is it only your Gan County that has rare earth?

Especially those two from Dingnan, "Our Dingnan is the main rare earth producing area; what does your Gan County count for?"

It's just that dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction; none of them could afford to offend these ancestors from Wufeng Mining.

Yuan Wanqi pondered for a moment, "Alright, it's still early, let's go to Gan County and have a look."

"Then let's go."

Li Xingquan stood up, and after Yuan Wanqi stood up, the two walked out together.

This old guy was also very happy; being able to help his son secure foreign investment meant he had achieved a political accomplishment, truly killing two birds with one stone.

As soon as the group walked out of the conference room, the phone in the room rang urgently.

The deputy factory manager of Fujia Company was walking at the back; as soon as he went out, he turned his head and went back.

Li Xingquan and Yuan Wanqi had just reached the stairs when the deputy factory manager chased after them.

"Mayor!"

Li Xingquan stopped, and the deputy factory manager said, "It's Zhao Baoli from Dingnan, calling to find you, saying he has an urgent matter to report to you."

Li Xingquan frowned, then said to Yuan Wanqi, "General Manager Yuan, I'm sorry, I need to take a call."

"It's alright." Yuan Wanqi nodded.

Li Xingquan walked quickly toward the conference room, wondering all the while, the call had chased him all the way here; it seemed the matter was not small.

Arriving at the conference room, seeing that the phone hadn't been hung up, he picked it up, "Hello, I am Li Xingquan."

Zhao Baoli's somewhat trembling voice came through the receiver, "Mayor, something happened, something big happened."

Li Xingquan's eyelid twitched wildly, "What happened?"

Listening to Zhao Baoli's report, Li Xingquan's complexion turned from black to green, then from green to purple, and finally to white.

*Bang! * Li Xingquan slammed the phone down and walked quickly out of the conference room.

He didn't even have time to curse now; he had to deploy as soon as possible. No matter what, he had to catch the reporter and find the videotape.

But he also knew clearly in his heart that three or four hours had already passed since the conflict occurred; the hope of catching the person was not great. ===== CHAPTER 1234 =====