Li Yuanlang solemnly said: "I am very grateful to Governor Lian for his heartfelt words. The reason why I blocked the Liao Group's acquisition of Yuehua was because of the complex background of the Liao Group."

"I asked comrades from the Municipal Public Security Bureau to search the Liao family villa. In fact, I wanted to anger Liao Youzhi and make him retreat and give up the idea of ​​acquisition."

"I know that nothing can be found in the Liao family villa. They know that we are aware of something, and they will not be stupid enough to hide the secret there."

"Only by knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and disrupting its position, may there be a chance to win in the chaos."

Lian Mingyu carefully savored Li Yuanlang's impassioned words and responded according to his own understanding: "Shen Fang and I have talked about the things you mentioned, but we don't have any solid evidence yet."

"Moreover, there is a Gulf Business Association behind the Liao Group. Don't underestimate them. Due to Ruozhou's special geographical location, you cannot avoid dealing with Gulf businessmen."

"Many Gulf businessmen watched this acquisition with wide eyes. What they were concerned about was not whether the Liao Group could successfully acquire Yuehua, but whether our policy towards Gulf businessmen had changed."

"Because many Gulf businessmen have invested heavily in the mainland, they have formed industries of a certain scale over the years. They are worried that once there are changes, the impact on their business will be trivial, and the industries they have finally established will be in vain. It’s a catastrophe.”

"Yuen Long, there is one more thing you need to think clearly. Duan Company has successfully settled in Ruozhou, and with Shao Bonian under your banner, the business will definitely get better and better."

"When the time comes, he will make a lot of money, but you will have the reputation of being a smuggler. Is it worth it?"

"I've said it all for this reason. You have to weigh the pros and cons and think it over thoroughly. The decision is in your hands. Whether you choose one path and go to the dark side, or listen to others' advice and turn back in time, it all depends on you."

After saying that, Lian Mingyu raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "I still have something to do, so let's take a step first."

Moving his chair back, Lian Mingyu stood up and strode out of the room without looking back.

Li Yuanlang was left alone, sitting quietly on the chair, motionless for a long time.

Without even spending the night in Minchuan City, Li Yuanlang took the bus back to Ruozhou overnight.

He said nothing on the way, thinking about the problem all the time in his mind.

It was already midnight when he returned to his residence, and Li Yuanlang was not sleepy at all.

Make some longan tea and sit on the balcony on the second floor.

It was very cold in Ruozhou at night, but Li Yuanlang couldn't feel the chill.

Wearing a coat and holding a teacup in his hand, he was pacing back and forth on the balcony.

Strangely, the lights on the building opposite turned on. After a closer look, Huang Zhongli was standing in front of the window, waving to him.

He also gestured like he was making a phone call.

Li Yuanlang took out his mobile phone, and Huang Zhongli's call happened to come in.

"Are you having insomnia again?" Huang Zhongli asked.

"I just came back from the province and I can't sleep. If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you won't have insomnia too."

"I woke up suddenly and wanted to talk to someone for a while."

Li Yuanlang understood, "Come here, we are not sleepy anyway, let's chat to relieve our boredom."

It took less than ten minutes before Huang Zhongli knocked on the door and came in.

Li Yuanlang let him into the sofa in the living room and poured him a cup of longan tea.

"This tea tastes good. Drinking some will help you sleep."

Huang Zhongli said thank you, picked up the tea cup, tasted it, and praised: "It's slightly sweet and delicious. Did the person named Mu Shixue prepare it for you?"

"You even know about this. It's probably spread all over the city and everyone knows about it."

"It doesn't matter if you spread the word. If you don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. Why care about what you say."

Li Yuanlang shook his head, "Rumors are not terrible. What is terrible is that some people regard the messages as the real facts."

"You mean the report letter?"

Li Yuanlang was noncommittal.

Huang Zhongli said: "Judging from the content of this anonymous reporting letter, it is very likely that it came from the Liao Group. But what I am confused about is, will the Liao Group do this?"

"In this way, I will completely offend you. As a businessman, the Liao Group is focused on maximizing profits."

"You are the secretary of the Ruozhou Municipal Party Committee and the first responsible person. If you don't make a decision, the Liao Group's acquisition of the Yuehua Group will be empty talk."

"What I'm most worried about is that someone is using the Liao Group's mouth to do something secretly. This letter of unknown origin is the best evidence."

Regarding Huang Zhongli's straightforward analysis, Li Yuanlang strongly agreed. This was also the reason why he couldn't sleep.

Although the whistleblower used the pseudonym "Integrity People", his tone and content were not exactly the information that the public should have.

It was most likely written by someone who fully understood the ins and outs of this matter.

Ordinary people, including low-level cadres, simply don’t know such details.

So Li Yuanlang concluded that this person or several people were among Ruozhou's leaders.

Who could it be?

While thinking, a person's appearance suddenly appeared in Li Yuanlang's mind.

So he asked Huang Zhongli, "How much do you know about Xiao Kaifeng?"

"Deputy Mayor Xiao!" Huang Zhongli was startled at first, and then shook his head slightly. He didn't mean that he didn't understand Xiao Kaifeng, but he thought it was unlikely.

"Secretary Li, why do you doubt Xiao Kaifeng?"

"Xiao Kaifeng came to me specifically and mentioned that the Liao Group requested renewed negotiations, but I denied it on the spot."

Huang Zhongli suddenly realized, "That's right. Secretary Li, I don't know much about Xiao Kaifeng. He had a bad relationship with Wang Xiaojiang before and had many direct quarrels."

"According to the information I have received, Xiao Kaifeng does not have much contact with the Liao Group, but he has had a close relationship with Gu Xiuan for a while and is a guest of the Gu family."

"Later, for some unknown reason, I suddenly stopped interacting with Gu Xiu'an. I still wonder to this day. If there was any unpleasantness between them, if there was no way to hide it, there would definitely be rumors."

"But no, no one understands why they turned from hot to cold."

Huang Zhongli took this as a reason and believed that Xiao Kaifeng had no motive.

Li Yuanlang's head was in a mess, so he took a few sips of longan tea to calm it down.

Huang Zhongli also moistened his throat and asked: "Secretary Li, leaving aside the source of the report letter, how do you consider the acquisition cooperation with Duan Company?"

Li Yuanlang sighed, "Du'an Company was founded when I was working in Daiding County and promoted investment from three parties. After several years of healthy development, it has reached a certain scale."

"The report letter said that I had hidden shares in it, and Shao Zizi was just a senior wage earner working for me."

Li Yuanlang sneered, "I am aboveboard, and I also believe that the organization will investigate clearly as soon as possible and return the truth."

"The obstruction from people with ulterior motives will arouse my fighting spirit. I have decided that tomorrow's signing ceremony will go ahead as usual, and I will still attend as planned."

Li Yuanlang said, raised his wrist to look at the time, and added: "It's not tomorrow, but today."

After saying that, he yawned.

Huang Zhongli also looked at his watch and said in surprise: "Hey, it's already past midnight as we chatted. Secretary Li, go to bed early and don't delay attending the signing ceremony. I'll take my leave."

A few minutes later, Li Yuanlang slowly walked to the balcony, looked at the back of Huang Zhongli returning home, and fell into deep thought...

The signing ceremony is scheduled for ten o'clock in the morning.

Li Yuanlang, Zou Shengxuan and relevant city leaders arrived at the Ruozhou International Conference Center early.

The conference hall on the second floor has been tidied up long ago.

There is a long table on the stage, on which the computer is typing and scrolling, with the words "signing ceremony of the letter of intent for cooperation between the Ruozhou Municipal Government and Du'an Clean Energy Company".

As soon as Li Yuanlang and Zou Shengxuan came in, deputy mayor Han Duan hurriedly came forward to greet him and said anxiously: "Secretary Li, Mayor Zou, and Mr. Shao couldn't get in touch. They turned off their mobile phones and sent people to look for them. The hotel informed them that they

I checked out of the room at half past eight."

"What's going on?" Zou Shengxuan asked in surprise.

Han Duan looked bitter, spread his hands and said, "I sent people to search everywhere, but there is no news yet."

Li Yuanlang called Tian Nanye and said: "Hurry up and call all the surveillance cameras out of the city to see if there is any convoy of Mr. Shao's group."

Tian Nanye took the order and turned around to do it.

What happened to Shao Laizi?

It's so unbelievable that he didn't even say hello when things came to a close.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Li Yuanlang, Zou Shengxuan, and the others all showed eager expressions.

Li Yuanlang tried to call Shao Zizi's cell phone, but still heard the power-off notification sound.

Ten minutes later, Tian Nanye came over panting and reported: "We called the expressway out of the city surveillance, which showed that Mr. Shao's motorcade had left Ruozhou an hour ago, and the direction seems to be Hehe City."

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Chapter completed!