Yuan Fangguo spent the entire afternoon thinking in the huge conference room. When he was about to get off work, he called Secretary Li Guodong on his landline.
This was the first time he made an appointment with Li Guodong outside of working hours.
Li Guodong was not surprised to receive his call. What was really surprising was that he was planning to treat Li Guodong to dinner.
Li Guodong originally wanted to decline, but after thinking about it carefully, this seemed to be the first time Yuan Fangguo had asked him to dinner, and he didn't want to lose face for him.
"Just invite me?" Li Guodong asked with a smile.
"Secretary, please decide." Yuan Fangguo followed the situation and kicked the ball to Li Guodong like practicing Tai Chi.
"Well, let's invite the district chief along too. The three of us know each other well, so we can have a good chat."
"Okay, then I'll call the district chief now. We won't have dinner in Jiangliu District tonight. I'll take you to a nice place."
"What good place?" Li Guodong asked happily.
"I'll keep this secret for now. I'll come and pick you and the district chief up later." After saying that, Yuan Fangguo hung up the phone.
After ending the call with Li Guodong, Yuan Fangguo quickly called the district mayor Zhang Jun. When Li Guodong was the district mayor, Zhang Jun was the executive deputy district mayor. Now that Li Guodong has become a senior district official, Zhang Jun has also become the district mayor. The two have been partners for many years and can understand each other very well.
Since Li Guodong wants to go, Zhang Jun naturally has to go too.
At around 6:10 in the evening, Yuan Fangguo drove his car in front of the district committee.
Li Guodong and Zhang Jun both walked out with serious faces, and their expressions made Yuan Fangguo feel very strange.
However, he did not ask any more questions. After meeting the two leaders, he went straight to a farm house in the suburbs.
Compared with hotels and restaurants in the city, farmhouses in the suburbs are more private. Moreover, this farmhouse is not under the jurisdiction of Jiangliu District, so Li Guodong and Zhang Jun don't have to hide it deliberately.
The food served in the farm stay is naturally farm-style food, with live chickens killed on the spot and live fish made to order. Not only that, you can even get wild boar and pheasant meat here.
On the way here just now, Li Guodong and Zhang Jun were discussing the mess at Hongsheng Group.
Qi Bing, the former CEO of Hongsheng Group, absconded with money along with a few of his confidants. This mess took Li Guodong and Zhang Jun many days to clean up. They finally contained the fire. As a result, a newly developed real estate project of Hongsheng Group has been left unfinished, and the district government is unable to inject capital into it again. Li Guodong and Zhang Jun learned the news in the afternoon. They originally went to the banquet happily, but now they are both furious.
While the dishes were being served, Li Guodong and Zhang Jun continued their discussion.
"Hongsheng Group can no longer be retained." Li Guodong said after taking a sip of tea.
Zhang Jun also holds the same opinion. As an enterprise under the district's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Hongsheng Group not only fails to bring in taxes and profits to the district, but instead encounters problems one after another. No other leader would allow such an enterprise to continue to exist.
Taking advantage of Yuan Fangguo's inattention, Li Guodong winked at Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun suddenly understood.
"Mr. Yuan, are you interested in getting involved in real estate?"
Yuan Fangguo shook his head. "I'm not interested in this for now. Tonight I mainly want to report our other plan to the two leaders."
"There's no rush. In fact, I think with your abilities, you can definitely make a lot of money if you get involved in real estate." Zhang Jun said with a smile.
Yuan Fangguo smiled and said, "It's called an open bidding now, but we all know the tricks going on behind the scenes, and I don't want to get involved in these things."
"We can't control other places, but the bidding and tendering in our Jiangliu District must be fair, just and open. We will do our best to support you." Li Guodong said seriously.
The secretary and the district head expressed their opinions one after another. Yuan Fangguo felt similar to Li Guodong in the afternoon and did not want to lose face.
He took a sip of tea and said slowly, "I wonder if the secretary and the district chief have any good opinions or suggestions?"
"Hongsheng Group, you should know that the company that made you bear the losses before has now become a cancer under our district's "government". It has no vitality. The secretary told me that he hopes you can take over Hongsheng Group, which can be regarded as helping us get rid of the cancer." Zhang Jun said quickly.
"This seems simple, but what about the interests behind it? I am also a scared person and don't have the courage to offend anyone," said Yuan Fangguo.
"Don't worry about this, Xiao Yuan. Before you take over, we will definitely get rid of all the related people. The main reason why we don't want Hongsheng Company to go bankrupt is that once it goes bankrupt, dozens of employees of the company will have no way out. This is somewhat contrary to the word 'stability' advocated by the current society." Li Guodong said.
"Since both the secretary and the district mayor have expressed their opinions, it would be very immature for me to refuse. Okay, I'll take over Hongsheng Group."
Seeing that Yuan Fangguo was willing to take over Hongsheng Group, Li Guodong and Zhang Jun couldn't help but nodded and smiled knowingly.
After talking about taking over Hongsheng Group, it’s time to talk about my own business.
Yuan Fangguo also reported to Li Guodong and Zhang Jun his idea of building a trading and wholesale market in Jiangliu District.
He reported to Li Guodong and Zhang Jun, mainly to obtain their support in terms of land and funds.
When Li Guodong heard this, his eyes lit up. This was somewhat similar to the goal he proposed at the private entrepreneurs' symposium at the beginning of the year. The "Plan" mentioned that in the first five-year plan, there should be an enterprise with an output value of over 100 million yuan every year. In a disguised sense, this wholesale trading market can also be regarded as one of them.
"That's a great idea. Once the wholesale market is successful, how many merchants from other places will come to our Jiangliu District every day? Wouldn't that boost accommodation, catering, and tourism?"
Zhang Jun also supported Yuan Fangguo's idea and nodded in agreement with Li Guodong.
"Are you short of land?" Li Guodong asked directly without waiting for Yuan Fangguo to answer.
Yuan Fangguo nodded and said, "Not only do we lack land, we also lack bank loans."
"How much is the loan from the bank?"
"100-1.5 billion."
"Lao Zhang, please contact several banks in the district and ask them to support this matter," Li Guodong decided.
Yuan Fangguo interjected, "Our company also provides relevant guarantees and mortgages."
Li Guodong nodded, looking relieved and said, "Well, the necessary procedures must be followed."
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