Chapter 56: Unexpected Encounter on a Rainy Night

  Tossing and turning in bed, Zhang Qingyun gradually calmed down. As his mood stabilized, he couldn't help but find it a bit amusing. He thought to himself that having experienced big scenes in his past life, today's encounter had almost thrown him into disarray. It seemed that the struggles of officialdom were indeed not something that could be compared to those of the business world - this was a world of cutthroat competition, where one misstep could lead to eternal damnation.

  As soon as he thought of this, he felt a bit embarrassed, and Lijiang seemed to be calmer than himself. But what he didn't know was that Lijiang was also extremely nervous, it's just that when he saw Zhang Qingyun still calm and composed, he was inspired. Besides, he was the leader, things had come to this point, he couldn't avoid them, and could only grit his teeth and face them head-on.

  Wu De's indeed too old and cunning, Zhang Qingyun has personally experienced it this time. His judgment is not far from Huang Songshan's, thinking that Wu De's move is just a borrowed momentum. However, the way he borrowed the momentum was indeed clever, almost in the blink of an eye, making the two big shots of Yongping exhausted, while he himself got away cleanly.

  Because no matter what, the road bridge company stopped work, the government's inaction is not his doing, and he also publicly scolded the deputy director of the government office for attitude towards work. Zhang Qingyun was also an eyewitness to this. However, Wu De's handling of the Gao Jianyu Bridge incident obviously shows that he knows about it, otherwise he wouldn't be "operating" at this time. This also reflects his extensive reach in Yongping and his grasp of Yongping affairs. It seems that any wind or grass movement within the entire county of Yongping cannot escape his eyes.

  "What's the inside story with Gao Jianyu Bridge?" Zhang Qingyun thought to himself, but due to his lack of understanding of the situation, he couldn't think of any leads for the time being and could only pin his hopes on tomorrow's field investigation.

  "Qingyun, what happened today? I saw that your face didn't look good when you came back." Geng Shuang quietly walked into the room and said softly.

  "It's nothing, don't worry about it, just a minor issue at work."

  Geng Shuang furrowed his brow and lay down on the bed, saying with a gentle tone: "You said it's nothing, but just by looking at your face, I know it's not a small matter. Uncle and Aunt are both worried!"

  Zhang Qingyun's face changed, and she silently scolded herself for being muddled. She shouldn't have brought her work emotions back home, making her family worry.

  "Hehe, don't worry! I've already communicated with Uncle and Aunt on that side, nothing will happen. But what I'm worried about is, has Wu Zhiqiang been bothering you?"

  Zhang Qingyun looked deeply at Geng Shuang, thinking that this girl was too considerate. Seeing Geng Shuang's worried face, his heart softened and he immediately wrapped her in his arms.

  "Frost, are you familiar with the Tianhe Road Bridge Company? The one in charge of the Gaobiao Bridge on Tianhe Road." After a long while, Zhang Qingyun spoke up lightly.

  "Is there a problem with the project on the other side of Gao Jianyu?" Geng Shuang was also startled, and hastily sat up straight, saying: "This matter won't involve you, will it?" Immediately afterwards, he furrowed his brow, shaking his head to himself, "It shouldn't be, this is a major project, the Yongping County Committee and Government are directly responsible."

  "Pfft!" Zhang Qingyun couldn't help but laugh, the woman's feminist ideology was indeed severe. As soon as she revealed a little, she first thought of it as a matter of responsibility. However, seeing Geng Shuang's serious expression, Zhang Qingyun was still very moved in her heart. After all, Geng Shuang wasn't an official, and she couldn't use the organizational approach to demand things from her.

  "Tianhe Road Bridge section chief, I know him, he used to go to Xia'er Mountain Villa frequently, a person from Wude City, heard that his background is very deep. Isn't Tianhe Road Bridge a subsidiary of Jiangnan Construction Group? Have you heard of Jiangnan Construction Group?" asked Geng Shuang.

  Zhang Qingyun nodded, Jiangnan Construction Group is a well-known enterprise in Jiangnan Province and also a national leading enterprise. It has a great reputation in the region of Jiangnan. All major government projects are basically won by them. The background is clear to anyone with discerning eyes. A small county like Yongping would probably be ignored by others.

  Zhang Qingyun was lost in thought when the phone in his pocket started vibrating again. He took it out and saw that it was Wu Xue's call, so he quickly pressed the answer button.

  "Director Zhang? I'm Wu Xueshu, you haven't rested yet, have you?" Wu Xueshu said politely.

  "Is that it? Is your meeting over already? Do I need to take care of something?"

  "No, no, I just called to ask, why didn't you attend the meeting today?"

  Zhang Qingyun smiled and knew that Wu Xue must have something to discuss with him, but was too embarrassed to speak up, so he came up with a roundabout way of saying it. Had Lei Gang scolded him again today?

  "Wu, let's not beat around the bush. Whatever you want to say, just say it straight out. Do you still need to be polite with me?" Zhang Qingyun said.

  Wu Xue couldn't help but laugh and said: "Still, your younger brother is more straightforward. Honestly speaking, thanks for what happened last time."

  "If it weren't for your mediation, I might not have had the chance to talk to you today. Today, I've already done an inspection with County Magistrate Li, and our leader is very magnanimous, not only did he not pursue responsibility, but also helped me raise a large sum of funds. The funding issue for the Gaojiayan Bridge can be considered resolved."

  Wu Xue's words are very sincere and true. It seems that today's meeting was not too harsh on him, judging from his tone of voice, he seemed to be in high spirits.

  Zhang Qingyun smiled, thinking that Wu Xue's line should be considered stable, but at the cost of getting only one Wu Xue, the price was not small. Moreover, regarding the Gaotai Bridge matter, it's probably not something that can be solved with just money.

  "Qingyun, actually there's something else I wanted to tell you. You also know that the atmosphere at the meeting was quite tense just now, so I didn't dare report directly to County Magistrate Li. But this matter isn't small either, if we drag it out for too long, it will definitely cause trouble. What do you think..." Wu Xue said hesitantly.

  Zhang Qingyun's face changed, and he immediately became vigilant, hastily standing up and saying:

  "What's going on? Has your Ministry of Finance messed up again?"

  "No, no!" Wu Xue Shu hastily explained, "It's just that the state capital office has some issues on their side. The Sanjiang Hydropower Station and the Dam Cement Factory have been looking for them to make trouble recently, saying that the Sanjiang Police Station and the Dam Police Station were withdrawn by the Public Security Bureau, and their large factory buildings suddenly lost security guarantees. This is all because of the incidents."

  Zhang Qingyun's heart skipped a beat as he immediately understood that Chen Yunshan was behind this. He quickly asked for details.

  Through Wu Xue's explanation, Zhang Qingyun finally understood what was going on. It turned out that Sanjiang Hydropower Station and Dam Cement Factory were both state-owned enterprises before 1998, when they were sold to a private boss in Donghai during the reform of state-owned enterprises.

  At that time, the county committee and government had an agreement with the buyer when handling state-owned assets. In order to achieve a smooth transition of production and operation for these two enterprises, the county committee and government would retain some necessary support within five years, among which security protection was a very important item. Now the public security bureau has withdrawn the police stations from these two households, so there is no way to talk about security protection. In the past month, thefts have occurred continuously in the two enterprises, with total losses exceeding 1 million yuan. With such a big incident happening, they naturally went to find the state-owned assets management office to make trouble.

  "Why did the Public Security Bureau withdraw these two police stations? Doesn't Chen Yunshan know about this agreement? Isn't he undermining the county committee and government?" Zhang Qingyun said with some annoyance, Chen Yunshan's move was too ruthless. The Sanjiang Hydropower Station and Dam Cement Factory are important sources of tax revenue for the county. If things get out of hand, the financial losses will be immeasurable. This is indeed a big deal."

  "Who said they didn't know? But this morning I called the SASAC and the Public Security Bureau to communicate, they took out a document from the Provincial Public Security Department, I don't remember the name, anyway, from their tone, they were also responding to the spirit of the superior file, what can we do to communicate?"

  "First send me that document to take a look! I'll give you my response tomorrow." Zhang Qingyun's head was also somewhat big, but now it's urgent and useless, still need to figure out the problem before making a decision.

  It's frustrating, still being suppressed by others, Nanhua is also a man, wanting to rise up for once!