Chapter 459 Sha Ruijin's Change of Mind
Sha Ruijin did not take Qi Tongwei's attitude into consideration. In his eyes, the land was not owned by Li Dakang personally, and there was nothing wrong with using state (collective) property for personal benefit. If he were in Li Dakang's shoes, he would have agreed.
So he took out his address book, found Li Dakang's number, and dialed it.
Seeing that it was Sha Ruijin calling, Li Dakang was a little confused. He didn't know what he wanted to talk to him about. Although he had doubts, he still answered the phone immediately.
"Hello, are you Comrade Li Dakang? I am Sha Ruijin." Sha Ruijin stated his identity.
"It's me, Director Sha. What do you want to talk to me about?" Li Dakang is a thoughtful man. He is familiar with the information of all officials at the ministerial level and above across the country.
While answering Sha Ruijin's words, he instantly went over Sha Ruijin's information in his mind and concluded that it was not advisable to get too close to this person.
In Li Dakang's view, Sha Ruijin and Gao Yuliang failed in their fight and ended up in a cold government office. Although it was still at the ministerial level, the power and influence of this ministerial level was extremely low.
In addition, Sha Ruijin was defeated by Qi Tongwei's teacher Gao Yuliang, who is also Qi Tongwei's political enemy to a certain extent. He cannot offend Qi Tongwei for the sake of Sha Ruijin, whose future is uncertain.
Therefore, I didn't show much enthusiasm, just asked routine questions.
Sha Ruijin didn't know that in just a short while, Li Dakang had already gone through his information and concluded that it was not appropriate for him to have too close contact with him.
Sha Ruijin, who was unaware of Li Dakang's attitude, was still seriously explaining Chen Yanshi's words.
Li Dakang knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. Chen Yanshi had raised this issue long before the court trial, demanding that the government give a piece of land to the workers to build a new wind power plant.
In this regard, Qi Tongwei gave clear instructions that land is an asset belonging to the state and no one may give state assets to a certain individual or group free of charge for any reason.
If Qi Tongwei was not there, Li Dakang would not mind doing Sha Ruijin a favor, since it was not his stuff anyway. But with Qi Tongwei around, he could not do that.
Even though Sha Ruijin and Qi Tongwei are both at the ministerial level, their status is completely different. There is no reason to offend Qi Tongwei for Sha Ruijin.
Of course, our comrade Li Dakang would not openly offend Sha Ruijin, and he immediately said, "Director Sha, if you are talking about other matters, or Mr. Chen's personal affairs, I will definitely do my best.
This is ultimately a matter for some workers who hold shares, and they are not ordinary workers.”
Li Dakang then briefly recounted the cause and effect of the incident.
“Director Sha, since you asked, I should help you with this, but this is not Mr. Chen’s personal matter, and I don’t have the right to directly allocate the land to them.
How about this? I'll give the Guangming District Government a heads-up. If they listen to me and help solve the land issue, we'll all be happy. If the Guangming District Government refuses to implement it, don't blame me."
Thinking of Sha Ruijin's background, Li Dakang did not refuse outright in the end, but gave an uncertain answer.
Of course, based on his understanding of Sun Liancheng, the other party would definitely not help.
In this way, he would not have to worry about offending Qi Tongwei by approving land to Chen Yanshi and others, and he would not have to offend Sha Ruijin by using the excuse that Sun Liancheng would not help. He could be said to have mastered the "non-stick pan" strategy to perfection.
Sha Ruijin has been in officialdom for his entire life, so how could he not see through Li Dakang's intentions? He neither wanted to help nor to offend him.
Although Sha Ruijin was not very satisfied with Li Dakang's answer, he was not Li Dakang's superior and had no way to force him to execute it. He could only pretend to be satisfied and thank Li Dakang for his help.
After that, the two of them exchanged some pleasantries and hung up the phone.
A few minutes later, Sha Ruijin called Chen Yanshi back.
"Uncle Chen, Li Dakang has informed the Guangming District Government. Please let the workers go and connect with the Guangming District Government." Although he knew that this would most likely not work, Sha Ruijin could not say it openly, otherwise he would appear incompetent.
This incident also made Sha Ruijin realize clearly that his face seemed to be worthless, and it also made him realize that his career seemed to have reached its peak.
In fact, he should have understood it long ago. He was just deceiving himself before.
Sha Ruijin was in a very bad mood. There was nothing he couldn't accomplish before, but Li Dakang's behavior today made him realize that he was no longer the provincial party secretary of the past.
It can be said that Li Dakang made him wake up from his past dreams and begin to accept the fact that his official career was over.
After confirming that his official career was over, Sha Ruijin relaxed his vigilance. It was from this moment on that our Secretary Sha began to embark on the road of corruption.
On the other side, after receiving a call from Sha Ruijin, Chen Yanshi went to the Guangming District Government to find Sun Liancheng in a high-spirited manner. However, when Sun Liancheng went to the Guangming Peak project site, they did not see him.
Under Sun Liancheng's personal supervision, the Guangming Peak project progressed very quickly.
"This Li Dakang has really taken the 'non-stick pan' to the extreme." Sun Liancheng muttered after hanging up the phone.
Just now, Li Dakang told him on the phone that the workers of Dafeng Factory wanted land and asked him to solve it, but this time he did not explicitly ask Sun Liancheng to allocate the land.
This call did not affect Sun Liancheng's mood, and he did not take it to heart. Instead, he directly asked Wang Dalu: "Boss Wang, when can our project be completed?"
Wang Dalu said without hesitation: "Mayor Sun, the first phase of the project will be completed in July this year, the second phase will be completed before the end of the year, and the entire project is expected to be completed in August next year."
Sun Liancheng nodded with satisfaction and affirmed Wang Dalu's construction progress.
In fact, Wang Dalu was not included in the project at the beginning, mainly because Li Dakang deliberately did not let Wang Dalu win the bid in order to avoid suspicion. However, Sun Liancheng did not listen to him. Considering the conditions and qualifications of several companies, he finally chose the Continental Group with the best cost-effectiveness.
Sun Liancheng doesn't care about Li Dakang's opinion. As the person in charge of the Guangming Peak project, what he cares about is how to maximize the project's profits.
"Boss Wang, there is no problem with the project progress, but the quality of the project must be guaranteed.
I'll be frank with you. Once you find something unqualified, you must stop work and make corrections. Don't come to me to beg for mercy because of the losses at that time." Sun Liancheng said solemnly.
Wang Dalu quickly replied: "Mayor Sun, don't worry, I will personally monitor it and will not allow any unqualified areas to appear."
Wang Dalu is very grateful to Sun Liancheng. If it weren't for him, he would have nothing to do with the Guangming Peak project. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Dakang not only refused to help but also hinted to him not to compete for this project.
He pretended not to understand and eventually won the Bright Peak project with the best conditions.
Wang Dalu is not the kind of person who pursues a single deal. He attaches great importance to the Guangming Peak project, hoping to become famous overnight and let Sun Liancheng see his abilities.
He is very optimistic about Sun Liancheng's future. He believes that as long as this project is done well, there will be more opportunities in the future. The Guangming Peak project cannot be messed up in pursuit of extreme profits. Once the reputation is ruined, there will be no next chance.
After inspecting the Guangming Peak project, Sun Liancheng rejected Wang Dalu's request to have dinner together and went to inspect other places. Chen Yanshi and Zheng Xipo sat in the reception room, waiting for his return.