rebirth against the times

On the afternoon of the seventh day of the lunar month, Bai Shuo had just returned to Muguang Group, and he came to his office with Nangong Ming, Liang Ying, Li Fei, and Zhu Zhu without stopping.

Yuan Xiaowen has been waiting here for a long time. Also present was a thin man wearing glasses. He was Wu Lei who also stayed here during the Spring Festival.

Bai Shuo found a seat at random, then motioned for everyone to sit down and said: "Okay, time is running out. Wu Lei, please introduce to everyone the situation during this period."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wu Lei began to report to everyone some recent situations in the new city.

It turned out that before leaving Muguang Group, Bai Shuo had met Wu Lei alone. It was on that day that Bai Shuo hoped that Wu Lei would stay in Xincheng during the Spring Festival, and while everyone was going home for the New Year, he would conduct a thorough investigation of the entire Xincheng project.

, Yuan Xiaowen and Liu Kui were also left to assist him. Yuan Xiaowen was mainly responsible for contact coordination and resource allocation, while Liu Kui was responsible for the personal safety of Wu Lei and others.

Since everyone has gone home to celebrate the New Year, only a few personnel are left behind in many places. Some even let go of all the people directly, handing over the company and the site to Bai Shuo's security company. This is for Wu Lei.

Investigation has brought great convenience.

After these days of visits and investigations, Wu Lei has reviewed the situation of almost every project and every construction site. Wu Lei already has very detailed information in his hands.

"Some of them are more cautious and just cut corners on some temporary projects or unimportant places, but some are more courageous and cut corners on the main projects and adopt extremely covert methods. If it hadn't been for Liu Kui's work this time,

Under protection, I can conduct in-depth investigations without any scruples, and it is difficult to find problems at all." Wu Lei said truthfully.

Bai Shuo: "What are the biggest problems among them?"

Wu Lei thought for a while and said: "The Dongheng Construction project has the most serious problems."

"How is that possible?!" Li Fei said in surprise: "Dongheng Construction is a long-established construction company. This time they are cooperating with us to build a commercial and residential real estate project. I have seen this project and they have done it very carefully. Even the project

The marketing centers of the future will all be super-standard.”

"That's true." Wu Lei adjusted his glasses and said, "Because Dongheng Construction is an old construction company, they know better how to cheat. They concentrated their resources on the project's marketing center to make it impossible to find faults, because this

It is the face of the entire project and the thing that everyone pays most direct attention to. But for the real main project of the project, they have serious problems of cutting corners. None of the cushion, steel bars, stirrups, concrete, and embedded parts are up to standard.

…”

"Haha, this is an attempt to hide the truth. First set up an image project, and then openly deceive it." Liang Ying sneered.

Zhu Zhu sighed: "It's unimaginable. Their marketing center was built so magnificently that it occupies five acres of land, like a luxurious castle. For this reason, it was shown to the outside world many times as an image project. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be

It’s actually the biggest shoddy project. What a joke..."

"Pa..." Bai Shuo slapped his palm on the armrest of the sofa: "This is called gold and jade, but the outside is ruined. Tear it down for me. Tear them all down. The city we are building will never allow shoddy projects like this.

Every company like Dongheng needs to be eliminated. We do not welcome such subcontractors who have no integrity and make shady money."

"Mr. Bai..." Seeing Bai Shuo's anger, Wu Lei seemed hesitant to speak.

"Well, go on..."

Wu Lei then recounted other important issues in the investigation. Finally, he said: "During this investigation, there is another strange thing that I think it is necessary to report to you."

Bai Shuo: "Something strange? Are you saying that there are still some aspects of these projects that have not been investigated clearly?"

"No, it's actually about one person."

"oh?!"

Wu Lei organized his thoughts and said: "During our investigation, we found that there is another person staying here like us during this holiday."

"who?!"

"Huang Shuai from Chint Company."

"Huang Shuai, what did he do when he stayed here? That kid is a troublemaker." Li Fei felt very strange.

"It's hard to say what he did. He doesn't seem to have done anything, but it seems that everything in our entire investigation has something to do with him."

According to Wu Lei, Chen Jian, the boss of Chint Company, and most of the employees went back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year this time, but Huang Shuai quietly stayed. When Wu Lei and his party were investigating everywhere, they could always find Huang Shuai.

, when some investigations encountered bottlenecks, it was Huang Shuai's actions that inspired Wu Lei, allowing the investigation to find new clues. In the investigation of Chint Company, although Huang Shuai did not interfere in anything, he did not even meet with him.

However, Wu Lei's investigation always progressed very slowly. He always felt that there was a hand in front of him that could predict their actions and erase all traces.

"So, this Huang Shuai has been secretly watching you?" Li Fei asked doubtfully.

Wu Lei paused and replied: "No, everything he says and does seems generous. He is more like a teammate who keeps pace with us. Sometimes I even have a feeling that everything Huang Shuai does seems to be...

He is deliberately guiding us, and whether we investigate or not is all under his influence."

Wu Lei's words surprised everyone, and Yuan Xiaowen added: "I have also paid attention to the movements of this Huang Shuai, and I feel that he seems to be doing the same thing as us. But for what purpose, I don't know.

Already."

Bai Shuo asked: "You mean that Huang Shuai is also investigating various projects?"

Yuan Xiaowen: "Yes. But investigation is just a means, and his purpose can only be seen through the application of the investigation results."

At this time, Bai Shuo looked at Li Fei: "This Huang Shuai is really a headache. Do you still remember that day when the subcontractors collectively made trouble and I asked you to investigate?"

Li Fei thought for a moment: "Of course I remember. I found out that the instigator behind that trouble was none other than Huang Shuai. I wrote the situation on a note for you."

"Yes, at that time he took advantage of the conflicts of interest between the subcontractors and us, as well as the conflicts between the subcontractors and the migrant workers, and relied on the good connections he had accumulated in the circle to instigate the subcontractors to lead the migrant workers into trouble.

. I feel that he deliberately wants to muddy the water and fish in troubled waters. But what his real purpose is, I am also a little unclear."

"I don't know why you don't ask him directly." At this time, Nangong Ming spoke: "This Huang Shuai may have his own purpose, but judging from the current situation, he doesn't have much ill will towards us. I think he

We can talk to him directly and test out his true purpose. As for our action arrangements, we don’t have to worry too much, and everything will go according to the original plan."

According to Nangong Ming's suggestion, after everyone discussed it, they made a detailed response plan for the dialogue and negotiation with the subcontractors the day after tomorrow.

The next day, there was still a lot of preparation work going on nervously, and Bai Shuo was also in the office thinking about the details of how to deal with the subcontractors.

Suddenly, Yuan Xiaowen's voice came from the intercom: "Mr. Bai, Huang Shuai from Chint Company is here and said he wants to see you."

Haha, I originally planned to meet this Huang Shuai when I had time, but I didn’t expect him to come to the door on his own. But for a proud and arrogant person like Huang Shuai, you still need to dampen his spirit first, otherwise we won’t be able to talk for a while.

I'm afraid it's hard to control the rhythm.

"Said I was on a conference call and asked him to wait for a while."

When Bai Shuo finished some more work, he looked at the time and more than half an hour had passed.

"Xiaowen, is Shuai Huang still there?"

"Still."

"How has he been doing during this time?"

"Well...he sat on the sofa and barely moved. He didn't even take a sip of coffee."

Bai Shuo was stunned for a moment and sat there for most of half an hour. Although it was not a difficult task, it was still a bit surprising.

"Let him in."

Soon, Huang Shuai, led by Yuan Xiaowen, came to Bai Shuo.

"Are you Huang Shuai?" Bai Shuo looked at the elegant and handsome man in his 30s in front of him.

"Yes, Mr. Bai, I am Huang Shuai. We have met before. Maybe I am too ordinary and you have no impression of me."

Bai Shuo asked again: "What do you want from me?"

Huang Shuai smiled: "I knew Mr. Bai wanted to see me, so I took the initiative to come over. Mr. Bai, what can I do for you?"

Bai Shuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled calmly and said, "I want to see you? I can see you..."

Huang Shuai said with a confident smile: "If Mr. Bai hadn't happened to want to see me, I don't think it would be so easy for a small role like me to meet you, Mr. Bai. At most, Li Fei would talk to me or refuse the job directly."

"Haha, you are not a small character. This new city project has caused such a big disturbance, and you played a big role in it, right?"

Huang Shuai lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and looked at Bai Shuo, and said, "I think I already know why Mr. Bai wants to see me."

Bai Shuo did not answer, but looked directly at Huang Shuai for a while with the same eyes.

"Yes, I just want to know what is your purpose behind all these conspiracies?"

Huang Shuai replied calmly: "Mr. Bai, I don't have any conspiracy. Everything I do is transparent and frank. I don't deliberately conceal anything or maliciously target anyone."

people."

Bai Shuo thought about this carefully, and it seemed that there was indeed nothing shady in what Huang Shuai did. Everything he had done and said could easily be investigated.

"Then what's the purpose of doing so many things and causing such a big disturbance?"

Huang Shuai thought for a while and said: "I can answer all your questions, Mr. Bai, and even tell you the truth about what I have done these days. But after telling you, I hope you can agree to my opinion."

"What happened?" Bai Shuo asked.

"In other words... I want to make a deal with Mr. Bai, a deal you may not be able to refuse."