Chapter 2997

In the past few days, Xin Jing had received another round of phone bombardment. Countless people had called her, implying that she shouldn't be too serious. Serious about what? Although others didn't say it explicitly, Xin Jing knew that, of course, they wanted her not to be too serious about the bidding matter this time.

The bidding fraud this time involved quite a few companies, and behind these companies were not insignificant figures. For a time, Xin Jing was under considerable pressure.

However, Xin Jing had long been mentally prepared, so she didn't pay much attention to this pressure.

This day, Su Xinghui came to her office again. The two exchanged some recent situations and discussed what to do next. In any case, facing so many big figures, they couldn't be too reckless; they had to discuss a plan.

Of course, their common view was that these bid sections absolutely could not be given to these fraudulent companies. If they got them, the construction quality could not be guaranteed at all. They had to be responsible for the people of Baozhou City; after all, the houses they built were for people to live in.

In his previous life, Su Xinghui didn't know how many shoddy construction projects he had seen. Some houses started cracking on the walls just one month after being built. There was no choice but to use putty to repair these cracks. Some newly built houses looked like spider webs from the outside, as ugly as could be. More importantly, who could live in such houses with peace of mind?

In his previous life, Su Xinghui had also seen accidents on the internet where houses collapsed just after being built. Just imagine, could he let such things happen in Baozhou City? Not to mention whether they, as Vice Mayors, would be held responsible, their conscience alone wouldn't allow it.

And how were such shoddy projects created? From the current perspective, the source was the fraud in the bidding process. To commit fraud, they spent all their energy and financial resources on how to win the bid. This was not a small matter; it required bribery and handling competitors. These were not small expenses.

Some companies, in order to win the bid, even went so far as to use a bid price lower than the cost. Since it was lower than the cost, how could they make money? They naturally had to cut corners or ask the bidding party to increase the budget.

Generally speaking, making the bidding party increase the budget was a very difficult thing because a contract had to be signed after winning the bid, and one had to act according to the contract. Therefore, the only way was to cut corners.

Since they were cutting corners, could the quality of the house be guaranteed?

Furthermore, for a company like Huafu Real Estate, their technical strength was not strong, and their construction qualifications might have been obtained through fraud. Even if such a company didn't cut corners, they couldn't build good houses.

Anyway, these houses definitely couldn't be built by these unreliable companies. However, they also had to pay attention to their methods and try not to offend the people behind these companies too deeply. There was no way around it; the officialdom was such a society. If they offended everyone, they would find it difficult to move an inch.

While the two were discussing, the phone on Xin Jing's desk rang. She picked it up and said, "Hello, hello, this is Xin Jing!"

Immediately after, her expression became stern, and she said, "Hello, Governor Cheng!"

Su Xinghui immediately knew that the person calling Xin Jing was Cheng Huangong. He didn't know what instructions this Vice Governor Cheng had today.

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Xin Jing took this call for several minutes, constantly saying "Hmm, hmm." A few minutes later, she hung up.

Su Xinghui looked at Xin Jing. Xin Jing shook her head helplessly and said, "Sigh, this Governor Cheng asked me to look after a few real estate companies in the province and not let those real estate companies from outside the province take all the projects this time. He said that supporting excellent local enterprises is the bounden duty of the local government."

Cheng Huangong's words sounded high-sounding. Supporting excellent local enterprises was actually something every province would do, which was local protectionism. It was applicable in many places. For example, in many places in the former Hudong Province, in order to protect local tobacco and alcohol enterprises, they banned the sale of tobacco and alcohol from other places, and the slogan they used was also supporting excellent local enterprises.

Therefore, Cheng Huangong used this rhetoric, making it impossible for people to find fault. However, what constituted an excellent enterprise had to be discussed; this was a very vague concept.

Su Xinghui shook his head and laughed, "Presumably, in Governor Cheng's eyes, Huafu Real Estate Development Company is the excellent local enterprise."

This time, those companies that committed fraud in the bidding, including Huafu Real Estate Development Company, were all local enterprises of Yantai Province. And the companies with relatively strong strength, such as the Mi Group's real estate development company, Hongtu Real Estate Development Company, Fuqiang Real Estate Development Company, and Daye Real Estate Development Company, were all enterprises from other provinces.

Yantai Province's real estate industry hadn't been very hot before, and there were too many companies relying on connections to take projects. There were very few companies that truly rose through strength, so they hadn't cultivated enterprises that could be called industry leaders. It could be said that a group of "bears" were rising.

Therefore, it wasn't that Baozhou City didn't want to support local enterprises; it was truly that they didn't dare to hand over such large projects to these "bears."

Xin Jing said, "Yes, they ask us to support excellent local enterprises, but how many excellent enterprises are there in the province? Excellent enterprises that truly want to do things can't develop in Yantai Province either; they have all been squeezed out by companies like Huafu."

Su Xinghui said, "Governor Cheng has given an order, so what do you intend to do?"

A firm expression appeared on Xin Jing's face as she said, "I'll do what I have to do. I can't go against my conscience and hand over these projects to those fraudulent companies."

Su Xinghui nodded in appreciation and said, "Very good. Don't worry, I will always support you!"

Returning to his office from Xin Jing's office, Xia Song came in. He said to Su Xinghui, "Mayor Su, Director Liu Xin has been waiting for you for a while."

Su Xinghui said, "Then please ask her to come in."

Before long, Liu Xin entered Su Xinghui's office. Being alone with Su Xinghui, Liu Xin still felt a little uncomfortable. Every time she remembered that she had poured out her heart to Su Xinghui, whom she thought was unconscious, Liu Xin felt her face burning.

Su Xinghui said, "Director Liu, do you have anything to see me about?"

Liu Xin said, "Someone entrusted me to tell you a piece of news."

Su Xinghui said, "Oh, what news?"

Liu Xin lowered her voice and said, "A big leader in the province wants to deal with you."

Su Xinghui's expression didn't change. He asked calmly, "Oh, who is it that wants to deal with me? And who told you?"

Liu Xin said, "I can't say that."

Su Xinghui said, "Then you are spreading rumors. Do you know the consequences of spreading such rumors?"

Liu Xin became anxious: "Mayor Su, I really didn't spread rumors. I am willing to accept whatever punishment you give me, but you must be on guard against this matter. This matter is true."

In fact, Su Xinghui didn't need Liu Xin to say it; he knew who told her and who wanted to deal with him.