Chapter 348: 348 Planning Problems (2nd Update)

Director Wang indeed didn’t mind his brother’s reaction, “Since you have this plan, then, shall we ask President Feng?”

Wang Haifeng didn’t decline either, took out his mobile phone, directly dialed President Feng’s number, and even turned on the speakerphone.

President Feng was also having a meal, after listening to him, he crisply stated, “Since you have this idea, then try communicating with the other party. I’ve long said you can find someone to assist with management, but… you must remember to emphasize the three points I mentioned.”

After Wang Haifeng agreed, he spread his hands towards the other three, “There, mission accomplished, Boss Feng has agreed.”

Madame Wang rolled her eyes disapprovingly, “Then you just appoint my third brother as the subcontractor.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Haifeng’s face fell, and with a slap, he threw down his chopsticks, “If you want to be the subcontractor, I will definitely talk to President Feng. The question is, will you go? Your third brother, your third brother… It’s not you making the money, he earns a bit, your husband encounters a huge misfortune, and you’re pleased about it?”

Madame Wang, on hearing this, dared not utter a word, she was actually very compliant with her husband except when she was jealous.

Seeing this, Director Wang and his wife didn’t know what more to say, but they couldn’t help but doubt in their hearts: Haifeng, is he… possessed?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Wang Haifeng himself believed that he had considered his family’s situation a lot; it was not his own money he was spending, and achieving all this had not been easy.

However, the next day, when the representative waving the banner of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau heard about the general contracting offer, his expression turned sour, “We were hoping to secure the design as well… in light of Director Wang’s face, we can step back and design jointly with Si Jifeng.”

Joint design… wasn’t that nonsense? As soon as you guys get involved in the design, there will be all sorts of tricks. Could Si Jifeng hold you back?

Wang Haifeng was fuming inside, but he still patiently explained, “These are the conditions I fought for with President Feng… It’s not that I don’t give you face, it’s an individual’s requirement, consider my position.”

“Yes, it’s an individual’s requirement,” the man nodded with a smile, “For Manager Wang’s sake, we will step back one more time, definitely general contracting… we could leave a little for Sheng Tang.”

Finally, Wang Haifeng choked, he rarely ever endured things quietly, “Then it seems we can’t come to an agreement… I’ve already said all the nice things I could.”

Yes, his brother wanted to progress, didn’t want to provoke people, but they were too much, provocation it was.

It was as if without you, my brother couldn’t progress, as though you guys were some direct bosses.

Once he erupted, the other party, instead of getting angry, just smiled and said, “Manager Wang, give it some more thought.”

Wang Haifeng knew this was a bad sign, he made vague excuses and left, then immediately called President Feng as soon as he stepped out the door.

The counterattack came swiftly; that very afternoon, a Santana with “Planning” sprayed on it, arrived at the entrance of the desolate mountain, honking its horn incessantly.

Gatekeeper A: Holy crap, the Planning Bureau’s car, what do we do?

Gatekeeper B: What to do? Cool as a cucumber! We’re private property, if they dare barge in, just stop them, maybe we’ll get another five hundred.

Gatekeeper A: Cut it out, what are you dreaming of? Boss Feng last time was boosting morale, this time… I think we’ll get at most two hundred.

Gatekeeper B: Two hundred is better than nothing, right? If we get scared by the Planning Bureau, that’s all gone, our jobs might not even be safe.

As they chatted inside, seeing that no one was opening the gate, two people got out of the car.

One of them, a tall and burly middle-aged man, shouted towards the distance, “Stop all of you, stop! Who gave you permission to build the road?”

Regrettably, nobody paid any attention to them—the mountain under contract, building a road, who had a say?

The two gatekeepers, cigarettes in mouths, watched with amusement as if observing monkeys performing.

But those two eventually made contact with President Feng, and President Feng instructed the gatekeepers: if their documents checked out, let them through!

When they reached the villa, it was Li Xiaobin who received them, President Feng did not appear at all.

The two of them were extremely unfriendly, opening by asking if the road building had been reported for planning or not.

Li Xiaobin was extremely inexperienced with such matters, fortunately, she had been working as a personal assistant recently, so she was quite clear on related issues, and she calmly replied: This is our contracted area, the hard target is the forest coverage rate.

To plant trees, don’t we need to bring in seedlings, equipment, and supplies? Isn’t building a road normal?

This is state land! The Planning Bureau people stated: for building a road, you need to file a report, it’s not that we won’t approve it.

Due to her own experiences, Li Xiaotong had always been somewhat dissatisfied with self-important state officials. Hearing this, she got a bit choked up, “Whether we file a report or not, you still need to approve, so if we report it… will you reimburse the costs of the road construction?”

“This young comrade, watch how you speak,” a slightly balding man, amiably admonishing her—probably because she was good-looking, “National requirements are standard, for easier management.”

“Anyway, the road is already built, and we can’t interrupt,” Li Xiaobin said dismissively, “Now you know… actually, we’ve already talked to the township.”

The two men were well aware that this little matter couldn’t really tie the hands of the other party—being known by the township was enough.

They came here, not for this issue, and then they stated: We heard that you are planning to build a wall? This must be reported.

The reason is simple, the road inside the desolate mountain doesn’t really matter, it’s for personal use and also a symbol of civilized development; no country would think a road shouldn’t exist.

But a surrounding wall is not a good thing; it symbolizes closure and suggests backwardness.

Seeing a wall built on a barren hill from afar disrupts the view and intrudes on the landscape; urban planning authorities have the right to stop such activity.

Li Xiaobin was clueless and mentioned that they had even notified the town authorities.

The town authorities have no jurisdiction over this! The two men made it clear right away that for such a large piece of land, their qualifications fell short, and only our approval would suffice!

Li Xiaobin, indeed, was not adept at these matters, so she nodded and said, “Hmm, I understand; I’ll discuss it with President Feng.”

As a result of her response, the tall and stout man became more spirited. “Our visit here is to perform the notification procedure. Since you’re informed, just sign here,” he said.

That was the truth; if it hadn’t been for the recent tightening of such matters from higher up, they wouldn’t have even bothered to knock on the door but would simply have made a phone call to consider it a notification.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaotong was first surprised, then decisively shook her head. “I don’t have the authority to sign, nor do I understand the procedure you mentioned.”

The tall and stout man asked gravely, “Where is Boss Feng?”

Li Xiaotong continued to shake her head, answering expressionlessly, “I don’t know; our boss is busy with many things, I suggest you go find Wang Haifeng, Manager Wang.”

However, the tall and stout man knew that Wang Haifeng might be wearing the title of a manager, but that was just nonsense—you don’t even have a company, so what manager are you talking about?

This was also why it was necessary to find Feng Jun; without a company, they couldn’t exert pressure by other means and could only go straight to the contractor.

What made him even angrier was, “When we entered just now, it was Boss Feng who gave the approval to let us in, and now you’re telling me… you don’t know where he is?”

“Really don’t know,” Li Xiaotong answered solemnly, “he’s got his mobile phone, who knows where he might be?”

Feng Jun was actually in the backyard, but he didn’t want to meet them, and Li Xiaotong was more than happy to see them take the loss.

Back when she ran a beauty salon and was dealing with the paperwork, she had to visit the handling agent more than a dozen times. Now it was her turn to see the tables turned.

The tall and burly man’s face grew darker, “What’s Feng Jun’s phone number?”

He was no longer using ‘Boss Feng’ and went straight to using the given name; there was no basic courtesy left.

Li Xiaobin slowly shook her head, “I’m sorry, I’m not at liberty to give you his number. I suggest you go find Manager Wang.”

The tall and burly man’s eyes bulged with anger, and the bald man reached out his hand to stop him, giving him a look.

Then, the two men stood up and the bald man said in a deep voice, “We have performed the oral notification. We hope you pass the message to Boss Feng to come to the district office to handle the related affairs as soon as possible.”

The two men walked out the door, got into a Santana. The tall and stout man was still indignant, “What a flamboyant trickster.”

The bald man just chuckled indifferently, “After all, she’s a billionaire’s mistress; she shouldn’t be too shabby. Why be so serious with her? With so many workers around… if things turned sour… would you be able to walk out?”

The tall and burly man huffed, “It’s obvious she’s brushing us off. What nonsense…”

While they grumbled, Li Xiaotong went to the backyard to report to Feng Jun.

Feng Jun blinked, feeling puzzled, “Urban Planning Bureau… Do they even manage barren hills apart from town planning?”

In his memory, for infrastructure development on barren hills, town approval was sufficient.

“Who cares about that,” Gazi muttered gruffly, “They say their piece, we do our thing. Building a wall on our own land isn’t illegal!”

Feng Jun grinned at this then nodded, “You have a point.”

Both of them had come from a small county and knew that many folks operated with that logic: the government does their thing, and I do mine. Even in county towns, if someone wanted to build a house on their own land, the Planning Bureau could hardly intervene.

In plain terms, if it wasn’t on a main street or particularly obtrusive, it was all negotiable.

The matter Feng Jun was dealing with was also something that could only happen in Zhengyang. In the barren hills of Chaoyang, Gazi would dare to pick up a stick and chase people away.

Li Xiaobin deeply agreed, “It’s the same in many industries. You apply, they refuse to approve. But once you start your business, it’s up and running… It’s really all about keeping people on a leash.”

Feng Jun glanced at her coolly: what you’re referring to, isn’t it those special entertainment establishments?

But such thoughts were momentary; in Gazi’s presence, he couldn’t bring up Li Xiaobin’s past.

Regardless, Gazi’s remark made Feng Jun come to a realization; with some people and some matters, reasoning was futile—was this a sign that the older you get in the underworld, the more timid you become?

The next day, someone delivered a notice, which was directly left at Men Gang; they didn’t even come up the hill again.

Interestingly, the notice was signed by the District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and the Tourism Bureau, yet it was a deputy director of the Baixing Police Station who had accompanied them.