It was already 2:30 pm when Ji Feng and Zhang Lei got on the plane. At this point, half a day had also pa*sed since they had left the Shen family.
“Dingdong!”
Zhang Lei’s mobile phone suddenly rang, he took it out and looked at it, before shaking his head slightly and putting it back again.
“Who’s text message?” Ji Feng asked.
“It’s from Jingyi, says she’s going back in a few days.” Zhang Lei said.
Ji Feng frowned and said, “Don’t mess with Jingyi, this matter has nothing to do with her from start to finish.”
He didn’t want to put Zhang Lei at odds with the Shen family because of the matter of borrowing the martial arts heart method, as he said before, whether Shen Jiucheng was willing to borrow the martial arts heart method or not, that was someone’s freedom, besides, Ji Feng knew very well that to take such a risk to borrow the martial arts heart method, if it was him, I’m afraid he would have to hesitate.
Although Shen Jiucheng’s approach made him a little helpless, it was not enough to be angry.
Zhang Lei said, “Of course I know this, madman, you shouldn’t ask about this, since Jing Yi’s father is not willing to borrow it, let’s pretend that this never happened and you can think of another way.”
Ji Feng nodded and smiled, “That’s right.”
He was unaware, however, that this guy Zhang Lei had actually had the wind let out in private.
……
Shen family.
Because Zhang Lei and Ji Feng had already left, they simply ate something at noon. The family’s nanny had planned to cook a large table of dishes as usual, but Shen’s mother was not in that mood.
This made Shen Jiucheng’s heart also a little unhappy, his daughter throwing childish tantrums is just fine, even his wife actually did not understand him, he casually picked up half a bowl of rice and intended to go to the office.
“Dangling ……”
Just as Shen Jiucheng was about to leave, his mobile phone suddenly rang, the call was from his secretary, as soon as he picked up the phone, he heard the secretary’s anxious voice coming from him, “Chairman, it’s not good, just now the bidding office came with a notice saying that our tender was not qualified and needed to be redone.”
“The tender?”
Shen Jiucheng froze for a moment and then responded, “You’re talking about the land in Xiwan?”
The secretary said, “Yes, Chairman.”
“The tender is unqualified?!”
Shen Jiucheng’s brow immediately wrinkled, how could this be possible, when the tender was first made, it was strictly in accordance with the prescribed format, and special talents were hired to make it, so how could it fail?
He immediately asked, “Did they say what was not up to scratch?”
The secretary said, “No. I also asked, but the person who called to inform me only said that it was not qualified.”
Shen Jiucheng pondered for a moment and said, “I know, I will handle this matter.”
After hanging up the phone, Shen Jiucheng immediately called up a phone number and dialed it. A moment later the phone was connected and he immediately said with a smile, “Director Huang, this is Shen Jiucheng, there is something I want to consult you about.”
“So it’s Mr. Shen, please speak.” A man’s voice came over the phone.
Shen Jiucheng froze for a moment, Director Huang’s tone of voice was not quite right, ah, you know, he and the director of the bidding office Huang is an acquaintance, we just drink and eat together quite a few times, of course, in the last two years Shen Jiucheng no longer need to be so personally entertaining, if there are any problems in the bidding, Director Huang will take the initiative to call, or directly send someone over to explain the situation.
But now, it sounds as if Director Huang heard his words before he knew he was the one who made the call.
That was absolutely impossible!
Shen Jiucheng shook his head, this trace of doubt flashed through his mind, then he smiled and said, “Director Huang, it’s like this, just now I received a call from my secretary, saying that the tender for our Shen Group’s land in Xiwan was not qualified, what’s going on?”
Director Huang said, “Oh? Is that so? I’m not too sure about this matter, the specific work is handled by a special person, let me ask about it for you, okay?”
Shen Jiucheng smiled and said, “That’s good, then I’ll trouble you.”
“Good.”
Director Huang said, and then hung up the phone.
Shen Jiucheng listened to the busy tone on the phone and couldn’t help but frown, “This old Huang ……”
He made a polite remark, but he didn’t expect Director Huang to accept it frankly. And there were no extra words, he just said one good word and hung up the phone.
However, Shen Jiucheng did not take it to heart, just sat on the sofa and waited, and also casually picked up a copy of today’s newspaper and read it.
However, Shen Jiucheng originally thought that he would have news soon, but he waited for more than half an hour, but did not wait for Director Huang’s call.
Frowning, he picked up his mobile phone again and dialled Director Huang’s number, “Director Huang, have you asked what’s going on?”
“Mr. Shen, sorry, I’m rather busy with the work at hand right now, so I’ll ask for you before the end of the day.” Director Huang said.
“Director Huang, I know you are busy with work, but the bidding will start next week, if we don’t find out what is wrong as soon as possible, I am afraid it will affect my group’s bidding next week ah.” Shen Jiucheng was a little upset in his heart, but still said with a smile, “So, can you please ask about the situation as soon as possible?”
“Mr. Shen, it’s not that I don’t help, although this bidding office of mine is not a big place, it is responsible for the bidding work of the whole city, so it’s simply too busy.” Director Huang said, “If Mr. Shen is in a hurry, he can go directly to the service hall to respond to the situation, okay?”
“Director Huang, this can be ……”
“I still have work to do here, that’s all.” Director Huang didn’t even wait for Shen Jucheng to finish his sentence before hanging up the phone.
Shen Jucheng’s face instantly darkened, especially when he listened to the busy tone on the phone, which was now surprisingly so harsh.
“Bureaucrat!”
Shen Jucheng couldn’t help but coldly snort in anger, “Good for you, surnamed Huang, not a big official, but not a small one, how dare you put up a show in front of me! I’d like to see if you can still put on a show like this when the city’s leader personally asks about it!”
After saying that, he immediately called up another phone number, which was a deputy mayor in charge of construction in the city, who had a pretty good relationship with the Shen family.
“Mayor Niu, this is Shen Jiucheng, I won’t bother you, right? It’s like this, there’s something I want to ask you for help ah ……” Shen Jiucheng smilingly told the matter.
“This matter ah ……”
The person on the phone pondered for a moment and said, “Mr. Shen, according to normal procedures, what Director Huang did was not wrong, he also acted according to the rules, you have questions, you can go to the appropriate department to ask questions, I have a meeting here, we will contact later, okay?”
Shen Jiucheng froze for a moment.
“Then that’s it for now, I’ll hang up!” The phone was hung up.
“This ……”
Shen Jucheng froze a little. He hadn’t expected this result and felt strange in his heart.
After all, he did not have a good personal relationship with Director Huang, he was at most a friend at the drinking table, but his relationship with Vice Mayor Niu was much better than Director Huang’s. He did not expect that Vice Mayor Niu would react in such a nonchalant manner, completely acting as if he was doing official business!
“What the hell!”
Shen Jiucheng couldn’t help but curse, with a wave of anger in his eyes, since he had taken over as the chairman of Shen’s group, when had he ever been rejected like this? The nonchalant attitude of Director Huang and Vice Mayor Niu had caused him to run into the dust.
With a heavy cold snort, Shen Jiucheng immediately gave his secretary a call, “Go to the Tender Office personally and ask those officials where our bids failed!”
After instructing his secretary, his face was still very unpleasant, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he picked up the phone and dialed another number, “Jiande, it’s me, ask around for me, did the Shen family offend Niu Wenlu and Huang Construction anywhere, give me a reply as soon as possible.”
“Pah!”
Putting the phone down on the coffee table, Shen Jiucheng sank his face, and was not in the mood to read the newspaper, sitting there without saying a word.
The person he had just called was called Shen Jiande, a member of the Shen family in the official circles of Lanjiang City, although his position was not very high, but he had a promising future, and was also someone the Shen family focused on cultivating to go on the career path.
Now this strange attitude of Vice Mayor Niu and Director Huang made Shen Jiucheng feel that something was wrong, so he asked Shen Jiande to inquire about the situation.
“Dangling ……”
Just over ten minutes later, the phone suddenly rang, and Shen Jiucheng immediately picked up the phone, “Jiande, what’s the word?”
A man’s voice came from the other end of the phone, “Family head, I haven’t inquired about what you said about Vice Mayor Niu and Director Huang, however, I have heard a rumour that I don’t think is right.”
Shen Jiucheng immediately asked, “What rumour?!”
Shen Jiande said, “Just now I called a friend in the city government office and he told me that there is a rumour circulating in the official circles of Lanjiang City that our family actually has no relationship at all with the Tong family in Yanjing, and that all those previous news were just our family boasting about themselves and were putting gold on their own faces… …”
“What?!”
Shen Jiucheng stood up in a flash, “What did you say?!”
Shen Jiande hesitated for a moment before saying, “There are also people who say that this is simply our family pulling on the skin of a tiger, and that no one from the Tong family has ever heard of our family ……”
“Nonsense!”
Shen Jiucheng snorted angrily, almost roaring, “Who made this rumor, this is clearly deliberately pouring sewage on my Shen family, it’s simply abominable!”
Shen Jiande said carefully, “Family master, I heard from that friend that this news, now it’s spread all over the top of Lanjiang City, everyone is saying so.”
“BullSh*t!”
Shen Jiucheng cursed furiously, “Everyone saying so means it’s true? Everyone knows that Mayor Zhao is on the Tong family line, these rumour-mongers, aren’t they afraid that Mayor Zhao will find them in trouble?”
Shen Jiande was silent for a moment before he said, “That friend of mine said that a leader specifically asked Mayor Zhao about the truth of this rumor, and Mayor Zhao he ……”
“What did he say?” Shen Jiucheng asked in a deep voice.
“He didn’t deny it.”
“What?”
Shen Jucheng was frozen.
