Chapter 530

Therefore, seeing Su Xinghui arrive, Xu Xiaoming dared not be negligent. He hurriedly came out from inside to greet him and said with a smile, "Xinghui, what brings you here today?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Brother Xiaoming, I don't visit without a reason. I'm here to buy a storefront."

Xu Xiaoming laughed, "That's easy to handle. Come, let's go inside to talk."

Xu Xiaoming led Su Xinghui and his family to the back office, had them sit down, brewed tea for them, and then called Xu Haimin.

After finishing the call, he sat down and said, "My dad will be here right away."

Su Xinghui said, "Why make Uncle Xu come? It's just a small matter. We'll buy the storefront, pay the money, and that's it."

Xu Xiaoming said, "It's fine. If Xiaoguang hadn't gone out of town, I would have called him over too. You classmates haven't seen each other in a long time, right?"

Su Xinghui said, "Xiaoguang went out of town again? Where did he go?"

Xu Xiaoming said, "He went to Yulin City. Our Haimin Construction Company took on the construction project for the Yulin City Industrial and Commercial Bank office building, and he went there to be the project manager."

Su Xinghui smiled, "That's a good thing! Your construction company has started taking on projects in the city. It would be awesome if you could march into Jiangcheng someday."

Xu Xiaoming laughed, "That day will surely come. Over the past two years, our construction company's strength has grown quite rapidly, especially after absorbing many skilled workers and adding quite a bit of construction machinery. Aren't we able to take on projects in Yulin City now? In a few more years, who knows, we might be able to go to Jiangcheng."

While they were talking, Xu Haimin rushed over. As soon as he saw Su Xinghui, he smiled and said, "Xinghui, you're buying a storefront too?"

Su Xinghui smiled, "Yes, I'm quite optimistic about the prospects of this commercial street, so I'm planning to buy two units. This is my mother, this is my brother-in-law, and this is my sister."

Xu Haimin greeted Su Xinghui's family one by one, then pulled Su Xinghui aside and said, "Xinghui, come, I have a few words to say to you."

Su Xinghui followed Xu Haimin to another office. Xu Haimin whispered, "Xinghui, I heard from your cousin that there is still 30% of your share in his stake. Why are you buying a storefront? If you want one, I'll just save two for you."

Su Xinghui smiled, "Uncle Xu, one thing is one thing. Shares are shares, and buying a storefront is buying a storefront. For this purchase, I must pay the money."

Xu Haimin laughed, "Xinghui, you have shares in Hongtu Company; will you ever worry about money in the future? Do you still need to buy a storefront?"

Su Xinghui said, "I'm buying this storefront mainly to put my parents' minds at ease. They don't know about the Hongtu Company shares; they can't see or touch them. Only with a storefront sitting there will they feel at ease. Besides, one of them is being bought by my sister. If I think about it, with a storefront like this, they won't have to worry about their future life."

Xu Haimin then nodded and said, "What you say is true. Alright then, I'll have Xiaoming give you a bigger discount."

Su Xinghui smiled, "The discount shouldn't be too large, or what if the Discipline Inspection Commission comes to investigate me later?"

Although Su Xinghui said this with a smile, Xu Haimin knew he wasn't fear-mongering. In the early nineties, such things were still quite common. Besides, Su Xinghui wouldn't have to worry too much about money in the future, so a larger discount wouldn't have much significance at this point.

Thus, Xu Haimin nodded and said, "Alright, let's give you a 10% discount."

Su Xinghui nodded, "That's fine. Thank you, Uncle Xu."

Xu Haimin remembered another matter and said to Su Xinghui, "By the way, Xinghui, the project for the reconstruction of the dry embankment has also gone to tender, and our Haimin Construction has won this project as well."

Su Xinghui said, "That's a good thing. I'm at ease with you doing this project."

Xu Haimin frowned again and said, "However, there is one thing I must tell you."

Seeing Xu Haimin's solemn tone, Su Xinghui asked, "What is it, Uncle Xu?"

Xu Haimin said, "It's about the new Deputy County Magistrate Jia. A few days ago, he called me to his office and introduced a distant nephew of his, saying that this nephew is also in the construction business and has an engineering team, and he wants to have his nephew affiliate with our Haimin Construction."

Affiliation? Su Xinghui's brow furrowed as well. He naturally knew what this affiliation meant. In reality, it was Jia Hequn wanting his nephew to eat off Xu Haimin's plate, wanting Xu Haimin to give his nephew some projects to do.

Su Xinghui did not have a good impression of Jia Hequn. The last time he went to Meng Hu Ling, he brought Xiong Ruisong and Qiao Dashu along, wanting to build highly polluting enterprises in Meng Hu Ling. Su Xinghui felt that this person at least lacked environmental awareness and a sense of the big picture.

This time, he had stirred up such a situation again, and Su Xinghui felt that this person was likely trying to use Xu Haimin to make a profit.

Now, all projects in Shangjun County implemented a bidding system. Unless it was a construction company with considerable strength, it was impossible to get any major projects. Jia Hequn's nephew only had one engineering team, making it even more impossible to get projects. The only way he could do engineering work was to affiliate under the name of a construction company that could secure projects.

Su Xinghui asked, "Uncle Xu, how did you reply to him?"

Xu Haimin said, "I haven't replied yet. I said that the project hasn't started yet and that the company has other shareholders, so I need to discuss it."

Su Xinghui said, "Then you definitely don't want to, right?"

Xu Haimin said with a bitter face, "Of course I don't want to! My construction company has never affiliated with any engineering team until now. If an engineering team joined our company, that would be fine; at least they would be skilled workers. Affiliated engineering teams are hard to manage, and if things go wrong, it will smash our company's reputation. It's not worth the loss!"

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Xu, your approach is correct. You shouldn't accept the affiliation."

Xu Haimin said, "But that is Deputy County Magistrate Jia, and I find it hard to refuse him directly."

Although Jia Hequn was only an Executive Deputy County Magistrate, he was in charge of the county's finances. Xu Haimin had to seek his signature for many project payments. Of course, Xu Haimin found it hard to refuse him directly; if he offended him and Jia blocked him later, it would be bad.

Su Xinghui also knew why Xu Haimin told him this. He could only tell Su Xinghui about this; who else could he tell? His relationship with Zhang Kaishan hadn't reached that point yet. Besides, it wouldn't be appropriate to let Zhang Kaishan pressure Jia Hequn, as it would create conflict between county leaders, and he would end up pleasing neither side.

Even if Zhang Kaishan could temporarily suppress Jia Hequn, Jia Hequn was, after all, in charge of financial work. What would happen when he needed his signature later? What if Jia Hequn insisted on blocking him? He couldn't go to Zhang Kaishan for the rest of his life, could he?

Xu Haimin could only turn to Su Xinghui for a solution. Firstly, his relationship with Su Xinghui was close enough; secondly, Su Xinghui had wisdom; and thirdly, Su Xinghui's background was solid enough.

However, this matter was truly troublesome. Just as Xu Haimin worried, Jia Hequn was directly in charge of financial work and often needed to sign off on things. It wasn't realistic to ask Zhang Kaishan or even Ji Tao to pressure him every time.

Xu Haimin couldn't afford to drag it out either. The projects he was doing in the county involved millions in payments. If they were dragged out for a few months or even a year or two, it wouldn't be strange for his construction company to be dragged down. How many construction companies had been dragged down by project payments?

Jia Hequn didn't even need to deliberately drag Xu Haimin down. There were plenty of places in a county that needed money. As long as he paid other necessary expenses first, there would be no money left to pay Xu Haimin. He had plenty of reasons to drag Xu Haimin along. ===== CHAPTER 532 =====