Li Lin understood instantly and realized that he made a mistake and shouldn't have said this at this time. But since he said it, he didn't regret it. It just happened to expose the problem of Zhao's real estate and completely cut off his way out of taking on the ancient city renovation project.

He returned to normal and turned to look at Xu Yillong, deciding not to dwell on the topic for the time being and to discuss it in detail later when he and Qian Lingyun were alone.

Qian Lingyun quickly made amends, "Boss Xu, County Magistrate Li is right. Zhao's enterprise has a stain and is not suitable for contracting such an important government project. But that is already in the past. The culprit Zhao Chengqiang has been brought to justice. Now the head of Zhao's real estate is Zhao Chengyi. We can no longer look at new problems with the old perspective. As for the shooting case that County Magistrate Li mentioned, it is still under investigation. If it is indeed related to Zhao Chengyi, he will be punished accordingly, but it is a different matter from the project."

Facing Qian Lingyun's explanation, Xu Yilong took a sip of tea slowly and said with a smile, "Secretary Qian, there's no need to beat around the bush. I know Zhao Chengyi, the CEO of a listed company in Beijing! In our circle, he doesn't even have the qualifications to sit at the table, so it's meaningless for you to mention him to me!"

"I actually found out everything when I came here. Zhao Chengyi asked Governor Zhao to give you a heads up, so you feel embarrassed. But let me remind you that Secretary Wang's family and I are old friends. Zhao Chengyi and Governor Zhao don't have a special relationship. To put it nicely, they are friends. To put it bluntly, it's just a conflict of interest!"

After saying that, Xu Yillong looked at Qian Lingyun and laughed.

He had made it very clear that as long as you, Qian Lingyun, rejected Zhao Chengyi and explained it well, Governor Zhao would not be angry because the relationship between them was just a formality and there was no need to make trouble with your subordinate over it.

But if you, Qian Lingyun, reject me, Xu Yilong, do you think Secretary Wang will blame you for it?

That's the man I call uncle!

Although it is the same greeting, the value of a greeting from a provincial party secretary and a provincial governor is different.

The smile on Qian Lingyun's face faded a lot. He was speechless and tactically picked up the teacup and took two sips.

Because there were only three of them in the room, they spoke more directly. The relationship between them and who was greeting whom were all made clear.

Often the clearer something is, the more difficult it is to refute.

If you criticize Zhao Chengyi, you will offend Governor Zhao. If you express disdain for Xu Yilong, you will slap Secretary Wang in the face.

He suddenly looked up at the clock, wow...it's half past twelve!

Qian Lingyun smiled at Xu Yilong and said, "Boss Xu, let's eat first and continue chatting later!"