Chapter 288

A few days later.

The impact of this incident is growing, with workers displaying banners and causing trouble in front of the city hall every day, demanding that the government step in and compensate them for the wages owed to them!

The incident caused a great uproar and had a very negative impact; even reporters from the city's television station came to interview them.

The city hall leaders were worried that if things continued to escalate like this, they would get out of control.

If this leads to provincial leaders sending people down to investigate, then the responsibility will fall on their shoulders.

At that point, not only will his performance be poor, but he might even lose his official position.

Therefore, the leaders of Pingdong City Hall ordered the director of the development office to quell the matter at the lowest cost and as quickly as possible, and not to let the negative impact expand further.

Just when everyone in the city hall was at a loss, Thunder Army appeared like a lifeline.

He offered to take over the mess.

However, the prerequisite is that the development office must sue to invalidate the winning bid contract previously signed with the Fujian developer and re-grant him the commercial use rights of the land for development.

When the director of the development office first heard Lei Tingjun's suggestion, his face stiffened; he disagreed.

Although the Fujianese developer had already paid for the land when the contract was signed earlier.

But the director of the development office was also greedy. Seeing that a sucker was willing to take over, he wanted to take this opportunity to make another quick buck.

Fortunately, in 1989, at the turn of 1990, the cost of government land approval was not high, and it was a time when the country was strongly supporting and promoting large-scale commercial and economic development. Many land contract terms even included some preferential and assistance provisions supported by the government.

Lei Tingjun's request was that, because the target developer had absconded with debts, the development office should, in the official name of the government, void the winning bid contract of the Fujian developer and then transfer all the preferential terms to him intact so that he could take over this unfinished project.

However, the director of the development office consistently disagreed, and kept pushing Lei Tingjun back and forth, playing a game of cat and mouse.

He wanted Lei Tingjun to be the sucker and take on this mess that no one else dared to handle, but he also wanted to make a fortune off Lei Tingjun.

Haha, he thought Lei Tingjun was that Fujian businessman, so easy to manipulate?

There was no other way but to try diplomacy first and then resort to force. Lei Tingjun had been coming to the development office for three consecutive days to engage in verbal sparring with the director.

Seeing that the other party kept giving bureaucratic jargon and refused to give a clear answer.

Lei Tingjun had no choice but to pull out his trump card, which he had prepared long ago.

It seems that when dealing with anyone, they won't back down until they're faced with dire consequences, and they won't bow down unless their own interests are involved.

Lei Tingjun simply said, "Director, may I speak with you privately?"

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" This director was very cunning.

He wanted to stall Lei Tingjun and give him some hope, but he didn't want to let Lei Tingjun off so easily. He also wanted to use this incident to demonstrate his ability to handle the emergency crisis and gain merit.

Even if he doesn't achieve merit, he can still make amends by doing something good, so that his superiors won't criticize him for this matter.

If this matter is resolved in just one or two days, wouldn't it seem like it was completely without difficulty?

It's necessary to drag it out for ten days or half a month so that the higher-ups can see how much effort he has put into this matter.

They poured their hearts and souls into it, sparing no effort.

These bureaucratic tactics and shady unspoken rules are tricks commonly used by seasoned veterans.

However, it was ineffective against the Thunder Army.

He's here to break these unspoken rules!

After all the office staff left, only Lei Tingjun and the director of the development office were left inside for a private conversation.

The secretaries and staff of the development office waited in the lobby outside, whispering amongst themselves.

"Do you think Lei Tingjun really has the ability to take on such a huge unfinished project?"

"Yes, even when our city leaders invited the CEO of the famous Fangyuan Construction Company, he was unwilling to take over the project."

"I heard he only has one building materials transportation team under his command. Can he handle that?"

The secretary had been dealing with Lei Tingjun a lot these past few days and admired him from the bottom of his heart. He said to his colleagues, "Don't underestimate this man. The other day I went with him to the West District development site and saw those troublemaking workers. They all respected him. Nobody else could control those troublemaking workers, but Lei Tingjun could."

"But given our director's style of doing things, how could we just hand this project over to him for nothing? We'd have to skin him alive, wouldn't we?"

"That's not necessarily true, we'll see!"

The secretary knew their director well; he seemed all smiles on the surface, but was actually a ruthless and greedy man.

Whenever a large project came into his hands, every contractor who signed a contract with his development office would 'pay him tribute'.

Of course, the secretary also realized that their director still meant the same thing this time.

If Lei Tingjun doesn't hand over the 'offerings', even if he drags this unfinished project into a desolate wasteland, it won't benefit Lei Tingjun for nothing.

There are some people who, if they can't have something, will destroy what others have.

While everyone outside was discussing it...

Half an hour later, Lei Tingjun pushed open the door.

The director of the development office looked grim, but still stood up with a stiff smile, reached out to Lei Tingjun, and said meaningfully, "Then this matter is entrusted to you, Comrade Lei Tingjun. I hope you will not let down the leaders' trust."

Lei Tingjun smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Thank you for your trust, leader. I, Lei Tingjun, will definitely do my best."

The director reluctantly announced, "Secretary Li, go and summon all the relevant personnel from the Development Office for a meeting to draft the contract. Tomorrow, Comrade Lei Tingjun will come to sign the contract on behalf of Lei Ting Company."

Lei Tingjun turned around and faced everyone in the hall, saying, "From now on, we will all be colleagues, and I hope you will take good care of me."

The happiest person, unexpectedly, was the secretary.

He walked over excitedly and extended his hand to Lei Tingjun: "Congratulations, Comrade Lei Tingjun!"

Lei Tingjun smiled, shook hands with the other party, nodded, and left.

As he walked out of the city hall development office building, Lei Tingjun turned back with a cold expression and raised an eyebrow.

Even when treated with courtesy, people don't give you face.

They wouldn't stop until Lei Tingjun used some ruthless methods.

This incident taught Lei Tingjun another lesson.

That is, we must not be lenient with these parasites within the system!