Chapter 1328

Li Bokun said with a smile: "Comrade Xinghui, it's like this: yesterday, my good-for-nothing brother-in-law found me and said that perhaps his nephew had some misunderstanding with you and offended you, so you made his quarry stop production. He wants to explain to you, but he doesn't dare, so he entrusted me to talk to you."

Su Xinghui understood Li Bokun's words clearly. This was characterizing the reason Su Xinghui made the quarry stop production as the nephew offending Su Xinghui. In this way, if Su Xinghui insisted on making the quarry stop production, others wouldn't think he was doing it for the public good, but would think he had selfish motives and wanted to retaliate against the quarry.

This method of muddying the waters, although not seeing the light of day, was very effective. How many people could see the truth? How many people believed that Su Xinghui truly made the quarry stop production because of the quarry's failure to meet safety production and occupational health standards? Conspiracy theories and struggle theories still had a market.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Oh, so the boss of that quarry is Secretary Li's brother-in-law?"

Li Bokun thought, *You didn't know he was my brother-in-law? Still playing dumb here? *

He laughed and said, "Sigh, this brother-in-law of mine is good-for-nothing. He hasn't read books, has no job, and can barely support his family. He hangs out outside every day, making his family worry, so last year my wife instigated him to find a few shareholders and pool some money to buy this quarry, which can be considered a way for him to make a living, so he doesn't cause trouble every day, and at the same time, make a contribution to the county's economic construction."

Su Xinghui said, "I heard this quarry was bought from the county Highway Department. I wonder how much it cost?"

A glint flashed in Li Bokun's smiling eyes, and he shook his head: "I truly don't know about this."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Li, you might have a misunderstanding. I made the Baiyun Mountain Quarry stop production not because someone offended me, but because this quarry does not meet the conditions to continue production."

Li Bokun still smiled: "Then why doesn't it meet the conditions?"

Su Xinghui said, "Their blasting methods and mining methods are all strictly prohibited by the safety production regulations, and they have no labor protection measures during the production process, posing a serious threat to the workers' lives and health. Such a quarry cannot resume production."

Li Bokun sneered in his heart. *You're setting the bar too high, aren't you? You're too good at putting on an act, aren't you? Who believes you made the quarry stop production because of this? *

Li Bokun's self-restraint was truly not bad. He still smiled and said, "Then what must be done for the quarry to resume production?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's very simple. Operate according to the medium-deep hole blasting and step-mining in the safety production regulations, strictly follow the regulations, perform humidification and dust suppression on the production site, equip workers with necessary labor protection supplies, increase labor protection subsidies for workers, and give some necessary compensation to nearby residents. Then it should be able to resume production."

Li Bokun was furious in his heart. *You call this very simple? How much cost will this add to the quarry? Can this quarry still make money? If it can't earn enough to buy salt in a year, then why are they opening this quarry? It's labor-intensive and worrying. *

However, Li Bokun knew he couldn't flare up. Not to mention Su Xinghui's strong background, even if he were just an ordinary Township Party Secretary, Li Bokun couldn't do anything to him for the time being. After all, the quarry was on the land of Matou Township, and the township had natural jurisdiction over the quarry.

There was still over a month until the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, the quarry would need to apply for a resumption order. The first person who needed to sign and stamp this resumption order was the township government. As long as Su Xinghui refused to sign, the resumption order wouldn't be issued, and the quarry couldn't resume production.

Although Li Bokun was a powerful Party-affairs Deputy Secretary in Changshan County, the county's third-in-command, as long as Su Xinghui had a legitimate reason, Li Bokun couldn't remove Su Xinghui, and thus couldn't make the quarry resume production.

Li Bokun pondered for a long time and said, "How about this, Comrade Xinghui: my brother-in-law, Shen Dayou, said he wants to make friends with you and wants to invite you to a meal. See when you have time to go to the county seat to have a meal together."

Su Xinghui shook his head: "Secretary Li, I'm truly very busy right now and don't have time to eat. And this matter doesn't require a meal. Once the quarry completes its rectification and meets the conditions, I will immediately agree to let them resume production. If it doesn't meet the conditions, even if I ate the meal, it would be impossible to agree to let them resume production. I hope Secretary Li understands. I believe Secretary Li is a Party-spirited and principled leading cadre who will definitely understand me."

Li Bokun sat there and vented his anger for a while before barely squeezing out a smile: "Comrade Xinghui, my brother-in-law is willing to give you ten percent of the shares. What do you think?"

A hint of imperceptible mocking smile appeared on the corner of Su Xinghui's mouth: "Secretary Li, how much money do I need to take out for this ten percent of the shares?"

Li Bokun was overjoyed in his heart. *It seems he can't keep up the act once shares are mentioned. * He hurriedly said, "You don't need to take out any money. You just need to take care of them in Matou Township. Don't underestimate this ten percent of the shares; there's at least seventy or eighty thousand in pure profit every year."

Although Li Bokun was already considered to have some depth, he was, after all, just a county-level cadre. No matter how much depth he had, it was just that. This was already a naked offer, but his offer was still quite high. Seventy or eighty thousand in pure profit a year was a quite good income in this era.

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Li, 'no merit, no reward.' I don't want these shares."

Li Bokun grew anxious: "Do you think it's too little? If you think it's too little, it can be discussed. Fifteen percent, twenty percent—it's all negotiable."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Secretary Li, you don't need to say anymore. No matter how many shares you give me, I don't want them. I don't want to commit an error. I'll say it again: as long as the quarry finishes rectification according to the regulations, it can resume production immediately."

Li Bokun stood up abruptly. *Why is this person so impervious to reason? *

Just as Li Bokun was preparing to flare up, a pleasant shout came from outside: "Secretary Su, the investors are here!"

This shout came from Yin Hualong. Li Bokun and Su Xinghui looked toward the door together and saw a Land Rover off-road vehicle slowly driving into the township government courtyard, followed by a Land Cruiser. Su Xinghui hurriedly went out to meet them.

Yin Hualong followed the Land Rover in from the gate, directing the Land Rover to park in the courtyard. The Land Cruiser also drove in and parked in the courtyard, followed by several more cars, all parking in the courtyard. It seemed there were more cars behind, but the courtyard was already full, so they could only park outside.

Su Xinghui had already met the three people who got out of the lead Land Rover. They were Yu Ruizhi and his sister Yu Ruoqiu, and, of course, Lu Xiaoya.

Su Xinghui laughed: "Brother Yu, Ruoqiu, you're here! This must have been hard for you!"

Yu Ruoqiu pushed Lu Xiaoya toward his side and said, "The roads in your county are truly too hard to travel, but we have safely delivered Xiaoya to your side."

Su Xinghui smiled at Lu Xiaoya and said, "Xiaoya, you're here too."

Lu Xiaoya pointed to the people getting out of the cars one after another and said, "Many people have come."