Chapter 514

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"It's possible, it's possible."

Bureau Chief Cheng set down the documents in his hand, stroked his chin, and pondered for a moment, then looked at Guo Mingyuan and said with a serious face: "However, regarding the specific situation over there, I still need to go back and confirm again — for example, whether the surrounding area involves residential zones, whether it complies with commercial planning, and so on. These detailed tasks cannot be careless. Although our work is to support local commercial development, we must also take people's livelihood into account and cannot leave any hidden dangers."

"Bureau Chief Cheng, please rest assured on this point."

Guo Mingyuan smiled, a flash of determination in his eyes, yet his tone remained calm as he said: "We have already conducted a very detailed investigation beforehand. That area is all commercial land, and the relevant investigation report and planning document also state this. You can take a look."

"Is that so... then there's no problem."

Bureau Chief Cheng opened the documents and quickly flipped through them, first nodding quite readily.

But suddenly, he seemed to recall something, stroked his chin, and muttered softly: "However, this Garden Road No. 55 location... why does it sound a bit familiar? It seems like I heard someone mention it a while ago, but I can't quite remember right now."

Bureau Chief Cheng stood up, walked to the private room's window, picked up his mobile phone, and started making a call.

The specific information and operating conditions of the shops — naturally, the grassroots Street Office knows best.

After all, they deal with merchants every day; asking the Street Office Director is the most appropriate for this kind of matter.

Although he already had a preliminary intention to agree with the planning document Guo Mingyuan presented, Bureau Chief Cheng has always been extremely cautious in his work, and absolutely would not slap his head and decide before completely figuring out the situation.

If there is any problem in this, once the approval documents come down later, that would be a troublesome matter.

Watching Bureau Chief Cheng walk to the window and start making a call, Guo Mingyuan picked up the teacup on the table, took a light sip of tea, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

He knew Bureau Chief Cheng's work style — cautious, yes, but as long as the investigation results meet requirements, he would absolutely not deliberately stall the process in the intermediate links.

Although Bureau Chief Cheng didn't directly agree to approve right now, he felt that probably once Bureau Chief Cheng finished the call, this matter would basically be settled.

Regarding Lu Feng, the boss of Lu Family Restaurant, Guo Mingyuan had also investigated.

The result he investigated was that Lu Feng was merely an ordinary young man who became popular relying on culinary skill; his deceased parents were merely the previous bosses of that restaurant — no background, no backing.

"This should be settled now."

Guo Mingyuan turned his head and said in a lowered voice to Zhou Li sitting to the side, his tone carrying a hint of absolute confidence.

Zhou Li's face also couldn't help but show some excitement; the fists under the table clenched tightly.

If this matter really succeeds, completely removing Lu Family Restaurant — this biggest competitor — from Food Street.

Then after their planned chain high-end restaurant opens, they can monopolize the core customer flow there.

At that time, relying on their restaurant's scale effect and high-quality service, all of Food Street's current foot traffic would become theirs.

If the new store can successfully become an instant hit, the benefits she, as the project's initiator, could share from it would definitely not be small.

Zhou Li couldn't help but look at Guo Mingyuan with a face full of admiration, thinking secretly in her heart.

As expected, General Manager Guo considers things more thoroughly than herself; the normal acquisition process won't work on Lu Feng, so use the government's commercial planning adjustment to apply pressure on him.

This way it's both justified and legitimate, and they don't have to pay Lu Feng that outrageous acquisition fee.

Bureau Chief Cheng on that side had already dialed through to Director Cao of the Garden Road Sub-district Office.

The moment the call connected, Bureau Chief Cheng laughed and opened with pleasantries: "Director Cao, how have things been recently?"

"Yo, Bureau Chief Cheng?"

Director Cao's voice on the other end sounded a bit surprised, then asked quite politely: "Bureau Chief Cheng, aren't you resting today? This is... you're not here to spot-check my work, are you?"

"Hahaha, spot-check is out of the question — just a small matter I want to ask you about to understand the situation."

Bureau Chief Cheng laughed heartily twice, then directly asked: "Recently, how is the operating situation around Garden Road on your side?"

"Bureau Chief Cheng, your sudden questioning caught me a bit off guard! I'm at home right now, don't have detailed materials on hand, how can I report to you?"

Director Cao laughed helplessly, then continued: "How about you wait a moment, I'll go to the unit now, pull up the materials, and call you back."

"No need to make it that troublesome, still making you run a trip on the weekend."

Bureau Chief Cheng smiled and said: "Just briefly tell me the situation of those few shops from Garden Road Food Street No. 48 to No. 55; when work resumes I'll ask you for detailed materials specifically."

He knew clearly that today was originally a rest day.

If he made Director Cao run a trip to the unit specially for this small matter, he would feel a bit sorry too.

And the purpose of his call today was only to do a preliminary understanding of those few shops in Guo Mingyuan's planning document.

There are still more meticulous investigation procedures to follow later, so there's no need to make Director Cao run a trip on the weekend again.

"Wait, Bureau Chief, which shops did you just say?"

Upon hearing the locations Bureau Chief Cheng mentioned, Director Cao immediately frowned.

"Garden Road No. 48 to No. 55 — that's those eight shops in the middle section of your Food Street."

Bureau Chief Cheng didn't think much of it, assuming Director Cao simply hadn't heard clearly, and directly repeated the specific location range once more.

"Bureau Chief, why did you specially call me today to ask about these few shops?"

Director Cao instantly felt something was off; his originally relaxed tone turned heavy: "Is there some new planning from above? Or do these few shops need rectification... ah, no, these few shops' operating conditions are all quite normal, I haven't received any complaint feedback on this side..."

"What are you guessing wildly for — but telling you doesn't hurt either. This isn't a planning from above; I have a project here, preliminary planning is to land on the location of these few shops. I'm just asking you to understand the actual situation first, then decide whether to push forward."

Bureau Chief Cheng didn't reveal too much about Guo Mingyuan and the others' commercial project, just glossed over it lightly, not wanting too much information to spread out prematurely.

"Bureau Chief, other places you can move however you want, our Street Office will fully cooperate!"

Upon hearing Bureau Chief Cheng say this, Director Cao's tone instantly became agitated: "But this Garden Road No. 55 location, you absolutely cannot move! I disagree!"