Chapter 43
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Luo Rongmin and the city leaders stopped for half an hour when inspecting the Ginkgo Blossom Garden. Chen Li was still early and could go to the library to read books in the afternoon, so he didn't care about talking nonsense with Qian Wanliduo, who was obviously overly excited, and secretly rode his bicycle out of the Ginkgo Blossom Garden.
The old factory building and Jiangxiu Street between Ginkgo Blossom Garden and Zhongyuan University of the country are not far away, but from the south gate of Ginkgo Blossom Garden and following the small road, it takes some effort to reach the north gate of Zhongxiu Road.
The Central Yuan University Library is built near the North Gate. Because this university is relatively concentrated, in order to reflect an open and inclusive educational and learning environment, students from several nearby schools can enter the CUHK library with their student ID cards to borrow. After 2 o'clock, the library may not have a free space, so Chen Li rode his car very quickly and arrived at the library at exactly 2 o'clock.
Because of his diligence on weekdays, Chen Li was familiar with the teacher who checked the student ID at the door. After saying hello, Chen Li went directly to the third floor. It is an economic library area and Chen Li's base. He likes to spend time here when he is free.
There were already many people in the library at this time. Chen Li searched several books such as "The Wealth of Nations" from the bookshelf to look at it. Although "The Wealth of Nations" is an old work centuries ago, it has made a very systematic discussion on the entire national economic movement process, and abandoned its limitations, and there are still many advantages.
Chen Li found a seat in the corner of the reading room and sat down. Opposite was a decadent boy with messy hair and big-framed glasses. He was secretly gnawing instant noodles while reading books and taking notes.
There are quite a few students like this in the library.
Chen Li quickly became immersed in the book. I don’t know how long it took, someone sat down beside him. Chen Li was about to move the excess book to him, but he looked up and saw that Shen Tong was sitting next to him holding a stack of magazines, pressing her head with a smile, and asked in a low voice: “Why do you read magazines and come to the library?”
"It's quiet here, and I'm tired of reading, and I have someone to lean on." Shen Tong smiled and leaned on Chen Li's shoulder and made a stance of relying on him.
At this time, the decadent boy opposite who had been focusing on reading books suddenly looked up and saw Shen Tong's face. After looking at it for a while, he forgot to avoid his eyes as if he was stupid. When Shen Tong couldn't help laughing, he realized that he was rude, and he blushed and held the book and walked away in a mess.
Seeing the reaction of the boy opposite, Chen Li was funny. Shen Tong's face and facial features were so beautiful. Sometimes he couldn't help but stare at him for a few more times.
After the small episode, the two sat in the corner of the reading room like lovers, basking in the warm sunshine from the window. Looking at the book, Shen Tong sometimes got tired of reading the magazines in her hand, and her chin would playfully pillow on Chen Li's arm. She read "The Wealth of Nations" with Chen Li for a while. After reading it for a while, she felt it was too obscure, so she took her head back to read her fashion magazine.
When Shen Tong put his chin on Chen Li's arm for the fifth time, someone pushed Chen Li's shoulder behind him.
Chen Li looked back and saw a handsome young man with a white face. Although he had a smile on his face, he said to him with a slight arrogant look:
"Student, help me get a seat."
There were not many people in the reading room at this moment. Chen Li saw that there were empty spaces, frowned slightly and asked, "There are locations everywhere, do you have to sit here?"
"Class, she is my girlfriend..." The young man patiently pointed at Chen Tong and said, hoping that Chen Li, who was covered in shabby appearance, could be sensible and move out of the way.
"What a coincidence, she is also my girlfriend!" Chen Li said with a smile.
Chen Li and Chen Tong were so intimate. The young man looked behind for a while, but in fact he couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart, so he came over, hoping to make Chen Li retreat. Unexpectedly, this kid showed his sharpness and couldn't help but question Chen Tong in anger: "Chen Tong... who is he?"
"He, my boyfriend!" Chen Tong raised his little face as big as a palm, and looked at Liu Meikai with curiosity. It seemed that Liu Mukai's question was very idiotic. He was deliberately snuggling into Chen Li's arms.
At this moment, the students in the reading room were attracted by the movements here, looking at Liu Mukai like a psychopath.
Liu Mukai's white face suddenly turned red.
"Student, this is a library, no noise is allowed. If you have any problems, go out to solve the problem..." Seeing the noise here, the teacher on duty sitting at the door of the reading room shouted loudly.
Liu Mukai walked out of the reading room in a mess.
Chen Li saw Liu Mukai leaving with ruthlessness, frowned slightly, and asked Chen Tong in a low voice: "Is this kid Liu Mukai?"
"Well," Chen Tong had never told Chen Li about this, but knew that some things were so popular in school. Chen Li must have heard them from others. He stretched his body and said boredly, "My mother insisted on dating me and the mayor's nephew, and she wanted to kill me into pieces and sell it to his house now. I was so annoyed. I was in no mood to read books. You can go shopping with me..."
Chen Li was forced to helplessly and was pulled downstairs by Chen Tong to walk outside the library, but he didn't notice that Liu Mukai stood outside the library and did not leave. He stood in the shade of the tree behind the corridor, staring at Chen Tong's back who was intimately hugging Chen Li's arms, and his teeth were biting, and the veins on his cheeks were about to collapse.
"Mu Kai, what are you looking at?" At this time, a boy came over from behind and saw Liu Mukai staring at Chen Li's back and asked curiously, "Mu Kai, do you know Chen Li too?"
"His name is Chen Li?" Liu Mukai turned around and saw that the boy had a familiar face. He should be a student cadre of the school student union like him, but he didn't remember what the person's name was. Unexpectedly, this person actually knew the guy who came with Chen Tong.
"Well, we are from our dormitory, of course we know each other." The boy said.
"Just know each other..." Liu Mukai said gritting his teeth.
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Chen Li was directly pulled by Chen Tong to Delong Building, the largest shopping mall in Shangdu.
Fortunately, Shen Tong is interested in choosing underwear today. The underwear in Delong Building starts at 1,000 yuan. There are a wide variety of beauties who choose underwear, sitting there blankly. Even if she accompanied Chen Tong until six o'clock, she would not feel bored.
At five o'clock, Chen Li was still raising his head and watching a beautiful woman in an underwear store, with her pockets buzzing. He just went to the library to read a book, and his phone was turned into vibration mode and quickly picked it up. Zhang Haoran's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Chen Li, your sister-in-law and Dongdong have moved to Shangdu City these two days, and they are still muttering to take you home for dinner. If you are fine, come to my place to have dinner!"
Chen Li was surprised in his heart that Zhang Haoran should have accompanied Luo Rongmin to inspect. Why is he idle now and he still has to take him over to have a meal? It’s not convenient to ask anything on the phone. He smiled and said, “That’s good. Chen Tong and I are shopping. We’re worried about where to have a meal tonight. Let’s go there together.”
Zhang Haoran smiled and said, "Chen Tong? Is Chen Liqing's daughter?"
"Yes, it's my cousin. You've seen my grandfather when he came here." Chen Li said.
Chen Li and Chen Tong took a bus to the city government’s family building and got off at the community gate. They happened to see Zhang Haoran’s wife Xu Jie walking back from outside with a bag of dishes.
Xu Jie was originally a teacher at Shangdu No. 2 Experimental Primary School. She also had elders in the family who worked in the provincial department and had a tacit understanding with Luo Rongmin. It was Luo Rongmin who was a matchmaker when Zhang Haoran met and got married.
A few years ago, Zhang Haoran followed Luo Rong to another province to go to the polls. Xu Jie took her child to work and go to school. Unexpectedly, Zhang Haoran was transferred back. At this time, Xu Jie was worried that transferring to school at this time would affect the child's study, so she decided to wait until the child finished the semester before transferring to school. Xu Jie had to work harder now, and her husband and son took care of her.
Xu Jie knew Chen Li's father's kindness to Zhang Haoran back then. Every Spring Festival, even if Zhang Haoran didn't have time to go back to her hometown in Qingquan, she would take her children to visit Chen Li's house. Over the years, the two families were more intimate than relatives.
When Xu Jie saw Chen Li, Chen Tong was very happy and led her home.
Chen Li and Chen Tong walked into the room and saw Zhang Haoran sitting on the sofa in the living room, leaning on the coffee table to write a manuscript.
When Zhang Haoran saw Chen Li and Chen Tong come in, he stood up to greet him.
"Today, you accompanied Uncle Luo to inspect the work, but no one arranged a dinner party? Uncle Luo is so honest and you are your subordinates, so there is no oil in your stomach." Chen Li joked.
"...Oh," Zhang Haoran smiled bitterly and told Chen Li the reason. "In the afternoon, he was blocked by the laid-off workers from the National Cotton Factory gathered at the intersection. He persuaded him and it took an hour to disband. The next itinerary did not continue. Where can I have a dinner party? It is rare to come back early to rest."
Chen Li didn't expect that the National Cotton Factory was in trouble again. When he sat on the sofa, he saw the manuscript written by Zhang Haoran, which happened to be the planning adjustment proposal report for the Yanming Lake University Town area. He smiled and said, "You are all writing this proposal, and you are still rushing my uncle to put it on the shelves today? You are too mean, you want my uncle to be the first to help you attract firepower!"
"Who transferred the verbal to Chen Liqing today?" Zhang Haoran smiled and picked up a book, making a gesture to snatch it over.
Chen Li smiled and avoided.
Chen Tong helped Xu Jie go to the kitchen to work hard. Chen Li sat on the sofa and picked up the manuscript Zhang Haoran placed on the coffee table and looked it out.
The manuscript written by Zhang Haoran was naturally reflected in Luo Rongmin's intention. After careful look, Chen Li actually found that this manuscript written by some people was written. The manuscript that Zhang Haoran was just revising just now actually has many aspects that match what my uncle said today. However, as a technical official of the Construction and Planning Bureau, my uncle should speak more professionally and thoroughly. I thought to myself, no wonder Luo Rongmin was so fascinated when he was talking about these things on the spot.
Chen Li thought to himself that when he saw that he had inserted all the willows into shade today, he was not very sure, so he asked Chen Haoran directly: "Uncle Luo, what do you think of my uncle? You don't mistakenly think that you deliberately leaked his truth to my uncle, right?"
"Mayor Luo is not as deep as you think. Today, after listening to Chen Liqing's speech, I really thought that Chen Liqing could issue a more professional and comprehensive proposal," Zhang Haoran said, "However, the biggest difficulty now is not the planning and adjustment proposal..."
"The city and district have no money in finance!" Chen Li said.
"You are so clear!" Zhang Haoran said with a smile.
"I have been in Jinyuan for two or three months. If I still can't understand it, it's not a waste of time," Chen Li studied the surrounding area of Yanming Lake for a long time. Many plans have been proposed, but the construction is extremely lagging. In the end, it means that the finances are not rich. He said, "My uncle-in-law's proposal really needs to regard Yanming Lake as the core city business card of Shangdu City. Polluted small factories demolition, roads and green land construction, and this small area, the finance department will take at least 100 million or 200 million yuan to be enough. Now the city and Jinshui District governments are probably not that abundant..."
"Yes, Mayor Luo wants to do this. After all, he still needs to do something. But today we are stuck on the road by laid-off workers. The city can't even get the laid-off resettlement funds. How could the finance department pay 200 million yuan?" Zhang Haoran smiled helplessly.
Zhang Haoran has been transferred to Shangdu City for so long and has encountered so many difficulties. He can't usually talk to others outside, or even say more to his lover. Instead, he doesn't have so much concern when talking to Chen Li, nor does he treat Chen Lizhen as a young boy who has not entered society.
Chen Li heard extremely critical information and thought, did Luo Rongmin really want to regard Yanming Lake as his first fire? It is possible to think about it. After all, the planning of Shangdong New District is too big. Only after Luo Rongmin truly serves as mayor or even secretary of the municipal party committee can he have the ability to promote it substantively. The Yanming Lake area is easy to become a benchmark.
However, Chen Li was by his grandfather at this time and knew what the officialdom looked like. Especially now, there are rumors in Shangdu that Luo Rongmin would take over the mayor's position. Even if the current mayor is about to step down from the second line, he will not feel comfortable. With reasonable rules, Luo Rongmin will never be able to live a comfortable life during this period.
Chen Li was thinking about something, and two men and women were talking outside, as if he was standing at the door and was not sure if there was anyone in the room.
Chen Li listened to the familiar voice. At this time, Chen Tong also listened to the sound and ran over from the kitchen. She stared at the door in confusion. Before anyone outside knocked on the door, she ran over and opened the door. She saw that her parents were standing in the aisle and talking.
"Dad, mom, why did you come here to have a meal?"
"..." Shen Jianhong was holding two bottles of Wuliangye in her hand. When she saw her daughter Chen Tong being a guest at Zhang Haoran's house, her eyes widened. She looked at Chen Li, and she was also there. No matter how sophisticated she was, her face turned red at this moment. Chen Liqing almost turned her head and went downstairs.
Seeing this scene, Chen Li knew that his aunt forced his uncle to come to Zhang Haoran's house to contact him with gifts. Unexpectedly, he bumped into him and Chen Tong to have dinner at Zhang Haoran's house. No matter how thick the face was, he would feel embarrassed at this time.
"Sister Jianhong, Liqing, you guys smell it. You know we'll treat you to dinner today!" Zhang Haoran smiled and greeted Chen Liqing, who was so embarrassed that he was about to get into the room. In order to resolve Chen Liqing's embarrassment, Zhang Haoran said, "I was just talking to Chen Li about the adjustment of the Yanming Lake plan you were talking about today, and I was thinking about calling you to come over for dinner and talk about this. You are all here, come in and sit in."
Shen Jianhong lost all momentum and pulled Chen Tong to help Xu Jie get busy with the kitchen, allowing Chen Liqing and Chen Li to chat with Zhang Haoran in the living room...
Waiting for Xu Jie, Shen Jianhong and Chen Tong to fry a few dishes, put them on the table, and greeted Zhang Haoran and the others for dinner. At this time, someone knocked on the door outside again.
Chen Tong ran over to open the door. Before he could open the door, Luo Rongmin's cheerful voice came from outside: "Haoran, your food is so delicious. I smelled it when I passed by the bottom of the building. You treat me today, and I'll come over to have a meal..."
Shen Jianhong and Chen Liqing stood there with caution. When they saw Luo Rongmin walking in, they were a little at a loss. Luo Rongmin saw that the food was ready, he sat on the table and asked everyone to sit over.
Others think that Luo Rongmin is superior, but Luo Rongmin treats Zhang Haoran just like his nephew. His lover has been on business trips in Beijing during this period. As long as he doesn't work overtime in the city, he will go to Zhang Haoran's house for free, or pull Zhang Haoran to eat whatever he wants in the cafeteria. He just saw Zhang Haoran and Chen Liqing on the second floor outside and Chen Li sitting in the living room talking.
"Uncle Luo, do you want to drink?" Chen Li took out the Wuliangye brought by his aunt and asked Luo Rongmin for his opinion.
Chen Li thought that Zhang Haoran would not accept gifts from others easily, and would probably be wary of someone like his aunt who had special purpose, but he could finally push the two bottles of wine. He thought he could just drink it on the dining table.
"I know Chen Li can drink, Li Qing can drink some?" Luo Rongmin asked Chen Li Qing.
Chen Liqing didn't drink much, so Shen Jianhong pushed him and said, "You'll have some drinks with Mayor Luo today."
Everyone sat down to drink, but Xu Jie didn't know what, so she talked about the fact that the staff of the National Cotton Factory blocked the road.
Chen Liqing and Shen Jianhong knew about this, and they also knew that this incident made Luo Rongmin very unhappy in the afternoon. Then they finished their inspection early and returned home. Xu Jie and Luo Rongmin were so close to each other like their niece. They could speak casually, but they were not convenient for them to talk casually.
Luo Rongmin was silent for a while and looked at Chen Li: "You kid, you have always seen you get together with Jinyuan's Fatty Qian. Do you know that Qian Wanli used to be the deputy director of the National Cotton Factory?"
"I only found out recently." Chen Li nodded and said.
"For the matter of Guo Cotton Factory, Jinshui District has contacted Jinyuan International, hoping that Jinyuan International can take over the restructuring of Guo cotton factory. However, Jinyuan International's situation was not good at that time, and there was no conclusion on this matter," Luo Rongmin asked, "Now Jinyuan's situation has improved. Do you think Qian Wanli may take over this matter?"
Regarding such a big thing, Luo Rongmin actually asked Chen Li what a child meant. Shen Jianhong felt it was very puzzled, but there was no room for her to interrupt at this time.
Chen Li knew that Luo Rongmin asked him because he was afraid that he would directly ask Qian Wanli to mention this matter. The two sides had no buffering steps, so they would just talk directly. Qian Wanli agreed, but if they didn't agree, the relationship between the two parties would immediately collapse again.
Chen Li thought for a while and said, "Mr. Qian, I didn't listen to him talking about the specific ideas of the National Cotton Factory. I'll talk about my feelings."
"Yes." Luo Rongmin nodded, knowing that Chen Li looked young, but he had a lot of ideas since he was a child. Moreover, he deliberately led Qian Wanli to him two or three times before, and he would not have been for no reason. He should have known Qian Wanli's mentality at this time.
"Qian Wanli is not interested in cotton textile industry now, and its main business is still in real estate development. Guo Cotton Factory and Ginkgo Flower Garden are next to each other. Qian Wanli is happy to take over the land of Guo Cotton Factory, but the problem is that Guo Cotton Factory is industrial land. If you want to transfer to residential land, the land difference must be at least 30 to 40 million yuan. Now Jinyuan may have to consider building the second phase of Ginkgo Phase II project, and he can't afford so much money. Second, Guo Cotton Factory switches to residential land to develop real estate, and the remaining hundreds of employees must be laid off and diverted. Qian Wanli came from Guo Cotton Factory, but he is also shameless. I think that even if the Guo Cotton Factory has money to make in this transaction, he will not think about bearing this infamous unless there are other compromises to imagine..." Chen Li said.
After hearing Chen Li explain the order so clearly, Luo Rongmin also knew that the hope of solving the problem of the National Cotton Factory could not be placed on Jinyuan International. He was inevitably a little overwhelmed. After drinking, he went back to his residence first, and did not let Zhang Haoran and Chen Liqing go downstairs.
"If you have the chance, you can test Qian Wanli's attitude. After all, it is not appropriate for us to directly mention it." Zhang Haoran knew Luo Rongmin's thoughts. It was difficult to open the deadline in the Shangdu City work in the past few months. At this time, he couldn't help but ask Chen Li to test Qian Wanli's opinion again.
"Okay." Chen Li nodded. Seeing that it was quite late, he said goodbye to his aunt, uncle-in-law and Chen Tong.
Chapter completed!