"What a clever move! Li Xiuyuan is truly remarkable. With just one simple trick, he'll make Wang Zhixing extremely grateful. Mayor Hou, things will be much harder for you to carry out your work at the town government from now on," Zhang Xingguo continued.

Hou Peng looked up upon hearing this: "Secretary, do you mean that Li Xiuyuan instigated this incident in order to win over Wang Zhixing?"

"Well, look, Wang Zhixing has been won over by Li Xiuyuan, hasn't he? He got four votes in the town party committee, and he's grateful to the town government. Besides, after this incident, I estimate that Wang Yongde and a few other families in Meilin Village will soon sign demolition contracts. It's killing two birds with one stone, and the whistleblower letter was all arranged perfectly. The methods are impressive," Zhang Xingguo said.

Hou Peng nodded in agreement, agreeing with Zhang Xingguo's guess. Li Xiuyuan was indeed very capable at such a young age.

He sold the person out and then made others count the money for him.

The key point is that this matter cannot be discussed yet. Regardless of whether Wang Zhixing could think of this, he should thank Li Xiuyuan, because no one knows whether Li Xiuyuan was behind the whistleblower letter; it's just speculation.

However, when Wang Zhixing was being investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission, Li Xiuyuan spoke up for him on his behalf. You should appreciate and acknowledge this favor.

Otherwise, if word gets out, who will help you in the future?

Part of their guess was correct. Wang Zhixing brought up the matter of demolishing Meilin Village in Li Xiuyuan's office at this time.

"Mayor Li, don't worry about Wang Yongde's demolition issue. I will definitely do my best to persuade him to sign the agreement as soon as possible. I'm going all out this time. Unless he doesn't acknowledge us as relatives, I will force him to sign the agreement." Wang Zhixing said to Li Xiuyuan.

This was partly to repay a favor to Li Xiuyuan, and partly because after the disciplinary committee's investigation, he dared not let Wang Yongde continue making trouble.

However, upon hearing Wang Zhixing's words, Li Xiuyuan's expression changed. He waved his hand at Wang Zhixing, signaling him not to speak, then got up, closed the office door, and sat back down, looking at Wang Zhixing and saying.

“Mayor Wang, listen to me. Wang Yongde will definitely sign the demolition contract, especially now that the company has won the bid. In order to keep the construction progress, they certainly won’t tolerate any holdouts delaying their project. Otherwise, who knows what might happen.”

As Li Xiuyuan spoke, Wang Zhixing's face also showed a hint of anger. The winning bidder, Guangda Construction, was the only company with a motive to report him, besides Li Xiuyuan.

Now that Li Xiuyuan is speaking up for him with the Discipline Inspection Commission and has cleared his name, that leaves Guangda Construction Company as the only remaining party.

Report yourself.

If I don't want Wang Yongde to sign the demolition contract, they might cause trouble.

"Mayor Li, there's something else I don't understand. Why did you insist on letting Guangda Construction win the bid?" Wang Zhixing asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuyuan explained, "Only Guangda Construction is suitable. I'll say it again: I judge things objectively, not personally. Of the five companies bidding, honestly speaking, besides Guangda Construction, only Huangyuan Construction is suitable. Zhengda Company is just a shell company; can it handle any project well? Who would believe that?"

“But Jinbao from Huangyuan Construction Company always delays his projects. I’m in charge of the Meilin Village project, so I’m under a lot of pressure. I also want to finish it as soon as possible to give the leaders an explanation. Mayor Wang, do you understand?”

"Understood, understood." Wang Zhixing nodded: "Then I'll lend a hand and get Wang Yongde to sign the demolition contract. It'll be a favor to Mayor Li."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "I understand your intentions, but this is not the right time. Think about it, the Discipline Inspection Commission came to investigate, and Wang Yongde signed the demolition contract right after. Doesn't that confirm the contents of the whistleblower's letter?"