On Thursday evening, Chen Guangda, from Guangda Construction Company, which won the bid for the second phase of the Meilin Village project, was waiting at the back door of a restaurant in Huangyuan County. Soon a black Audi sedan stopped, and Chen Guangda walked over quickly.

He stepped forward and opened the car door, and a dignified middle-aged man stepped out of the car.

"Minister Qidong, welcome, welcome."

"Guangda, congratulations! I heard your Guangda Construction Company won the bid for the central town project." The visitor was Wang Qidong, the Minister of the Organization Department of Huangyuan County Party Committee. As Wang Qidong spoke, his gaze towards Chen Guangda held a hint of scrutiny.

Chen Guangda is considered one of his people; the two are related by marriage, as he is his cousin's husband. However, this relationship is quite distant, but Chen Guangda himself is quite capable.

Starting as a teacher, Chen Guangda went into business, working his way up from a construction contractor to a well-known private construction company in the county. His abilities played a significant role in this success.

Of course, out of consideration for their kinship, and because Chen Guangda was very adept at interpersonal relationships, he would sometimes take care of him and prevent others from taking advantage of him.

Simply put, the connection between the two in terms of interests was relatively loose. Chen Guangda received very few government projects; most of his projects were private, relying on his strong commercial capabilities.

Even so, in Huangyuan County, without his background, Chen Guangda's business wouldn't have grown so large.

If you don't have any powerful connections, no matter how big your business becomes, others will always find a reason to cause trouble.

"Thank you, Minister Qidong. I'm really lucky this time. I never expected to get a project in the central town," Chen Guangda quickly said.

Wang Qidong gave Chen Guangda a deep look, nodded, and walked into the restaurant, saying, "Let's go inside and talk."

Chen Guangda's ability to secure the project in the central town was beyond his expectations. The second phase of the central town project was not small, and he had heard that the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee had personally intervened to make arrangements.

When he was registering for the construction project, he thought that if Chen Guangda came to him for help, he would give Chen Guangda a warning, because he couldn't possibly go head-to-head with the deputy director of the city.

It's not that we can't afford to offend them, but rather that it's unnecessary to pay such a high price for Chen Guangda's project.

As a result, Chen Guangda never showed up, and he assumed that Guangda Construction would definitely not win the bid.

Yesterday afternoon, I was surprised to hear that Guangda Construction had won the bid. How did this happen? With Deputy Director Chang intervening, Guangda Construction won the bid, which gave him a headache. He was also eager to find out what was going on.

That's why Chen Guangda invited him to come today.