In the afternoon, Sun Jinbao was considering whether or not to tell his good friend Zhao Enping about what had happened that morning.
Suddenly, his phone rang, interrupting his thoughts.
He picked up his phone and saw that it was the construction site project manager calling. He answered the call.
"Hey, what's up?"
The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Boss, something bad has happened. The fire department has stopped our construction site. They said our fire pipe materials are substandard."
Sun Jinbao became anxious upon hearing this. This was no small matter; if the construction period was delayed, the losses would be enormous.
"I'm coming right away."
Upon arriving at the construction site, Sun Jinbao saw several firefighters standing there, with fire pipes scattered and broken beside them. He walked over, smiling apologetically, and said, "Comrade, what happened here? We will definitely rectify it according to regulations."
The firefighter solemnly produced the inspection report: "This batch of your pipe materials is seriously substandard and poses a great safety hazard. You must replace them all with qualified products and redo the installation. I even suspect that the fire pipes you installed before were also substandard."
Sun Jinbao took the report and looked at it carefully. He frowned and thought that the supplier must have been up to something, passing off inferior goods as superior ones.
At this moment, the project manager leaned over and said, "Boss, how about we try to find some connections to pull some strings?"
"We'll talk about this later."
Sun Jinbao picked up some leftover fire pipes from the ground and compared them with the fire pipes delivered that morning. He found that the original fire pipes were much thicker than the newly delivered ones.
Sun Jinbao glared at the project manager: "What are you good for? You didn't even check the materials the supplier delivered? Tell all the workers to stop work and stand by. I'm going to the supplier right now to demand an explanation."
After saying that, Sun Jinbao stormed off to the supplier's company, determined to resolve the matter as soon as possible and minimize the losses.
When he arrived at the supplier's office, he immediately questioned Mr. Xu: "Mr. Xu, the fire pipes you delivered before were all qualified products, why are the ones delivered today all defective? If you don't give me an explanation today, we'll see you in court."
Old Xu handed him a cigarette, looking helpless. "Mr. Sun, don't blame me for this. It wasn't my intention to send you substandard materials this morning. I was forced to. You should think about whether you've offended anyone. To be precise, I've been dragged down by you."
Sun Jinbao narrowed his eyes: "You mean, someone deliberately made you send me substandard materials?"
Old Xu nodded. "The other party is quite powerful. They found my substandard materials in a hidden warehouse and threatened to confiscate them and impose a hefty fine if I didn't cooperate. You know I'm a small business owner and can't afford any trouble."
Sun Jinbao hadn't expected Chen Ze to be so ruthless, and he patted Lao Xu on the shoulder.
"Old Xu, I don't blame you this time. I didn't offend anyone. I was just implicated by a friend. Send the genuine materials to the construction site immediately and replace the defective materials with them. I'll take care of this right away."
Old Xu nodded, inwardly cursing that he hadn't offended anyone but was still caught in the crossfire.
After leaving Lao Xu's company, Sun Jinbao called Chen Ze while driving.
"Hey, Mr. Chen, are you free tonight? How about we grab a casual dinner together?"
The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Sure, you can decide where we're going to eat. Just call me when it's time."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Ze shook his head with a smile and muttered to himself, "I thought he was going to hold out for three days! He gave in after just one day."
In the evening, Sun Jinbao chose a private restaurant.
Chen Ze arrived on time, and upon seeing Sun Jinbao, a smug smile appeared on his lips.
After the two were seated, Sun Jinbao got straight to the point: "President Chen, were you behind the scenes handling things at the construction site today?"
Chen Ze leisurely took a sip of tea. "President Sun, you're quite clever. If you had agreed to cooperate with me earlier, none of this would have happened."
Sun Jinbao took a deep breath. "President Chen, how do you want me to cooperate?"
Chen Ze told him his plan: "I will fabricate a government project, and then I will take the lead in bringing you in. You can then bring Zhao Enping in to invest his money. As for the rest, you can just watch the show and pretend to be clueless."
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Tell me what to do, and I'll do it your way."
“Very good. Go talk to him tomorrow and tell him that a young master will take you to get a government project. Once he is interested, send me a message,” Chen Ze instructed.
"good."
The two ate and chatted for nearly two hours before parting ways.
Chen Ze returned to the villa by car. As soon as he entered the hall, Wang Siyu stepped forward and asked with concern, "Honey, have you eaten?"
Chen Ze took off his coat and said softly, "I've already eaten."
Liu Bingjie came over, took his coat, and hung it up in the bedroom.
Wang Siyu pulled him to sit on the sofa, saying, "Honey, the lease for the first to third floors of the Nanshan Building has expired, and this afternoon the owner came to me saying he wants to extend the lease..."
Chen Ze reached out to interrupt her from continuing.
"Siyu, all companies whose leases in Nanshan Building are expiring cannot continue to rent to us. Our company is going to form a group in the future, and all floors will be reserved for our own use. Make the companies whose leases are expiring move out tomorrow."
"Oh! I'll call them right away and tell them to move out tomorrow."
Wang Siyu then immediately called the owners of the relevant tenant companies and informed them that they must move out by tomorrow morning.
The next morning, Sun Jinbao knocked on Zhao Enping's door.
Zhao Enping stepped aside slightly to let Sun Jinbao into the house, and stared at his friend with a look of surprise, and couldn't help but ask, "Jinbao, don't you need to go to the company to handle some business today? That's really strange!"
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