Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Hearing that both Mr. Hua and Mayor Liu Wenhua had spoken on behalf of the Japanese Council, Feng Sizhe turned his gaze to Du Shengzheng. He was waiting for the vice governor to speak and see what he thought.

Fortunately, Du Shengzheng didn't say anything, but just nodded towards Feng Sizhe, which obviously gave the initiative to Feng Sizhe himself.

Du Shengzheng did not put pressure on him immediately, which made Feng Sizhe feel a little relieved, because he knew that if Du Shengzheng spoke, he would veto him and would have offended him. Offending the future governor of a province would definitely not be a good thing for Feng Sizhe.

While Du Shengzheng was still silent, Feng Sizhe decided to tell the truth. "Oh, Mr. Hua, Mayor Liu, the situation is like this. The land has actually been reserved by someone."

"What?" Liu Wenhua jumped up when he heard Feng Sizhe answer him in this way. "Doesn't that piece of land still have no buyer? I have already seen this from the land use report you gave me for the development zone. Moreover, I just asked Director Fei, and he also said that there is still no buyer for this piece of land."

The fact that Fei Cai took Hua Lao and Du Shengzheng to inspect the depths of the development zone was a good move by Liu Wenhua. What he wanted was to let Hua Lao see the piece of land that no one had been interested in until now, and then Fei Cai would say that because the land was too large, there had been no suitable developer to take it. In this way, Hua Lao's statement that he wanted to buy the land would be justified, and he could even win the reputation of solving difficulties for the development zone and attracting investment. In fact, this was also what Liu Wenhua saw from the development zone report that Feng Sizhe gave him before. It can be said that he had already chosen this piece of land, and he could take it as soon as Feng Hua Lao came.

But now Feng Sizhe suddenly said that the land had been taken by someone else, which completely interrupted Liu Wenhua's plan. How could he not be furious?

"Yes, Mayor Liu, please don't be angry. The fact is that the land has been taken away by someone. It's just that the matter has just been completed, so Director Fei doesn't know about it. Of course, if Mayor Liu really doesn't believe me, then you can go to the financial statement of our Development Zone Management Committee and take a look. There is a land use fee of 100 million that has just been deposited there. This is not something I just made up." Feng Sizhe had already made preparations and took advantage of the time difference to complete the matter. His purpose was to stop Hua Lao and Liu Wenhua from working for the Japanese Council, because he was too I know about the Japanese Business Council. Before the Asian financial crisis, they might have had some assets, but during that crisis, they had already become a shell company. Even if they have the money to buy the land now, they only do it to make a profit from the price difference by reselling it. Feng Sizhe would never agree to seeing the Chinese people's money being earned by shameless Japanese businessmen. This was the strategy he started to think of after listening to Chen Ping's report, to lead another developer to take over the land first. This was a good move he had designed.

Feng Sizhe said that someone had already chosen the land, and the other party had even paid a down payment. This not only surprised Liu Wenhua, but also Elder Hua. He glanced at Feng Sizhe and confirmed that what he said was true, so he said, "Oh, then according to Mayor Feng, the other party only paid a down payment for the land and has not really bought it yet. You haven't signed a contract with them?"

"Well, that's true." Feng Sizhe nodded. The other party did pay part of the land use fee in advance, but because they were not in Haibei, they did not have time to sign any contract.

"Haha, that's easy. Just return the money they transferred to them. You can tell them that the land has been bought by someone else. Since you haven't signed any contract, there is no such thing as breach of contract, right?" Old Hua was determined to get this piece of land, so when he heard that Feng Sizhe had not signed any contract with the other party, he thought it was an opportunity.

Feng Sizhe had not expected that Mr. Hua would say this. If he rejected him now, wouldn't that be equivalent to breaking his promise? He couldn't do such a thing. "No, Mr. Hua, since I promised him and received the deposit, I can't go back on my word."

"What's there to regret, huh? The business world is like a battlefield. You can't regret it if there's no contract signed. If you want to blame someone, you should blame the person who paid the money for not getting here in time, right? I think everyone can understand this." Seeing that Feng Sizhe seemed to disagree, Old Hua spoke to Feng Sizhe in a persuasive tone. He really hoped to convince Feng Sizhe and get him to agree to sell the land with an excellent geographical location to the businessmen from the Provincial Japanese Overseas Chinese Council.

"But no matter what the situation is, people must keep their promises, otherwise how can they gain others' trust in the future?" Feng Sizhe did not agree with Mr. Hua's idea.

"But the business world values ​​profits more than promises. Do you understand? Comrade Feng Sizhe, as a government official, how can you compare your career with your personal promises?" When Mr. Hua heard that Feng Sizhe dared to argue with him, he became unhappy and his voice became louder.

When he first heard about Feng Sizhe, Hua Lao had a bad first impression of him, and it didn't get better after he came to Haibei City. If it weren't for the fact that what he wanted to do had to be approved by Feng Sizhe, and today he went to see the Haitian Economic Development Zone, which was indeed well built, if there were no such relationship and reasons here, how could Hua Lao discuss anything with Feng Sizhe? He thought that he had given the other party enough face by negotiating with him, but he didn't expect Feng Sizhe to disagree with his opinion, which was really a bit shameless.

When Mr. Hua said this, there was a hint of anger in his eyes, which made everyone else feel it. Liu Wenhua was naturally happy, as it was exactly what he wanted to see Mr. Hua deal with Feng Sizhe. Du Sheng was watching Mr. Hua get angry, and fearing that he would get sick from the anger, he quickly stood up and supported Mr. Hua, "Old leader, don't get angry first, we can sit down and talk about everything."

"There's no way to talk about this." Feng Sizhe became tough at this moment. "I've already promised someone and received their deposit. What do you want me to do? Am I going to be a mean person who goes back on his word? I can't do that. This is not the standard for a man."

Feng Sizhe also stood up, speaking in an attitude that made it impossible to talk. His shouting made Liu Wenhua feel that he had caught something, "Why? Mayor Feng, do you want to make Mr. Hua angry and sad? Ah? I have to tell you, Mr. Hua is the old mayor of our Haibei City, and he has made great contributions to the development of Haibei's economy. If you would rather offend him than return the money, you should think about it. This will hurt the heart of an old comrade. Ah?"

Liu Wenhua's purpose in saying this was obviously not to defend Mr. Hua, but to push Feng Sizhe down a path of no return. Aren't you Feng Sizhe awesome? Aren't you unyielding to anyone? Well, I'll push you to the forefront this time. I want to see how you can act next. If you don't sell the land, you'll offend Mr. Hua. You make your choice.

Liu Wenhua said this with great righteousness, and was thinking in his heart that if Feng Sizhe dared not back down this time, it would be most appropriate to have someone like Hua Laozhi take charge.

"Yes, I think what Mayor Liu said is right, Comrade Feng Sizhe, you should think about it carefully and don't make things difficult for Mr. Hua, okay?" Although Du Shengzheng also felt that what Mr. Hua did seemed a little inappropriate, he was his old leader after all, and he couldn't do such a thing as humiliating him in public. So he wanted Feng Sizhe to give in and give Hua Mian some face, so that everyone would be happy.

Seeing Du Shengzheng also speaking for Mr. Hua, Feng Sizhe said with a worried look on his face, "Governor Du, it's not that I don't respect Mr. Hua, nor that I don't give him face. In fact, I also know that Mr. Hua has put a lot of effort into the economic development of Haibei City. It's just that this matter is really difficult for me to handle."

"What's so difficult about it? You just don't want to give face to an old man like me." Seeing that Feng Sizhe's voice seemed not very loud and his confidence was not very strong when he spoke to Du Shengzheng, Old Hua questioned him as if he had found a way to kill Feng Sizhe.

"No, I really don't mean to give you face." Feng Sizhe explained to Mr. Hua in an awkward manner, "The person who wants to buy this land is really very influential, and I can't afford to offend him. That's why I agreed to the other party. Besides, we have the other party's money now, and I'm afraid I really can't regret it."

"Haha, who is so powerful in Haibei City that you, Mayor Feng, dare not give face? You might as well tell me." When Liu Wenhua heard Feng Sizhe making such an excuse, he laughed. He laughed at Feng Sizhe's naivety. Did he think that everyone present was a three-year-old child? Just saying that the other party is not to be trifled with, will they really not dare to ask? Not to mention that he is the mayor of Haibei City, there are very few people he dare not offend. Even if there are, with Hua Cai and Governor Du, is there anyone who will force them to retreat?

"Yes, who is it that you have to give face to? You tell me and I will talk to him." Hua Lao's voice sounded immediately afterwards. It was obvious that he did not believe what Feng Sizhe had just said and thought it was an excuse.

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