Feng Yu was speechless. Li Mingde was at least 50 years old, and he was still acting like a kid.
With the Aviation Factory's shares, the Feng Family would become the biggest shareholder of the Machinery Company. This made Li Mingde very nervous. He suddenly remembered that Feng Yu and that Hong Kong's Fu Guangzheng were close. He had heard that the Wind and rain brand humidifiers were being exported overseas by Fu Guangzheng's family.
If Fu Guangzheng also publicly supported Feng Yu or Feng Xingtai, then he would no longer be the leader of the Machinery Company. He must get the City Government to support him. He must secure his position!
This was the first time Li Mingde felt that the restructuring of the Machinery Company was a mistake. Why should a state-owned enterprise be changed to a shareholding company? Although there were no state-owned enterprises in Bing City, there were many state-owned enterprises in the southern coastal cities that were changed to private companies. All the leaders appointed by the state-owned enterprises were replaced by the private companies.
In a shareholding company, the one who could get more than half of the shareholders' support would be the one in charge!
Li Mingde was now the boss of a state-owned enterprise. If his position was replaced by someone from the Feng Family, then where could he be transferred to?
Although there were many state-owned enterprises in Bing City, the good positions were all gone. Everyone was envious of his position. He had the chance to be transferred to the City's Agriculture Department as the Secretary, but he gave up. Now, even if he wanted to be transferred, there must be someone willing to give him the position.
Li Mingde could see himself in his old age. He would be a Deputy Party Secretary of a state-owned enterprise that was about to go bankrupt. He would not have any power or benefits. He might not even have a secretary, a bus, etc.
He must not let this happen. The only person who could help him now was his old leader, Deputy Mayor Xu.
Although Deputy Mayor Xu was about to retire, he was still in his current position. He was also a senior in Bing City and had a lot of authority. Even the Mayor would give him some face during government meetings.
As for Deputy Mayor Zhang Ruiqiang, who was in charge of the state-owned enterprise restructuring, economy, investment, etc., Li Mingde did not even look for him. Everyone knew that Feng Yu often visited Zhang Ruiqiang's office. Even if Li Mingde looked for Zhang Ruiqiang, he might not be on the side of the City Government. Li Mingde had even speculated that it was Zhang Ruiqiang's idea for the Aviation Factory to work with Feng Yu!
At 1: 30 pm, Feng Yu appeared at the entrance of the City Hall on time. Li Mingde had already arrived before 1 pm. He had been waiting anxiously! Li Mingde stood at the window. When he saw Feng Yu enter the City Hall, he was relieved. He was afraid that Feng Yu would find an excuse not to come.
"Mayor Xu, you see, Feng Yu is such a person. He can't even do basic punctuality. He's simply too arrogant. He knew that you were waiting for him, but he still came so late on purpose. He's just a young man, why is he putting on airs? "Li Mingde took the opportunity to fan the flames in front of Deputy Mayor Xu.
Deputy Mayor Xu frowned and said, "I'm not so old that I can't see the time on my watch. It's half past one now."
Although he was reprimanded by Deputy Mayor Xu, Li Mingde was very happy. Deputy Mayor Xu might have scolded Feng Yu verbally, but in his heart, he was unhappy with Feng Yu. He knew Deputy Mayor Xu very well!
Both of them waited for another 5 minutes, but the secretary did not report that Feng Yu had arrived. Why does it take so long to reach Deputy Mayor Xu's office from the first floor to the third floor?
Deputy Mayor Xu's secretary was sent out to look for Feng Yu. A few minutes later, he came back to report that Feng Yu was in Deputy Mayor Zhang's office.
Seeing Deputy Mayor Xu's unhappy expression, Li Mingde took the opportunity to instigate: "Mayor Xu, this Feng Yu is too arrogant. He is obviously trying to show off his power to us. He thinks that with Deputy Mayor Zhang's backing, he can look down on you!"
Zhang Ruiqiang had just been promoted to Bing City's Executive Deputy Mayor in March and entered the City's Standing Committee. In Bing City, this Deputy Provincial City, his rank was changed to Main Department. This was a big jump. There were rumors that it was because of the support from the Provincial Government. This position was also contested by Deputy Mayor Xu.
Deputy Mayor Xu had enjoyed the treatment of a Main Department Head for many years. He wanted to be promoted to a Main Department Head before his retirement. But in the end, the higher-ups told him that he was too old and asked him to retire after this term!
Zhang Ruiqiang was promoted from the lowest ranking Deputy Mayor to the No. 2 leader in the City Government. Deputy Mayor Xu was being trampled by a "young man" in his 40s. How could he not be angry?
As soon as Li Mingde finished his provocative words, Deputy Mayor Xu said sternly, "Enough! Wait for Feng Yu to come over first! "
Li Mingde shrunk his neck. He felt that his leader had seen through him. But in his heart, he was overjoyed. This time, Deputy Mayor Xu would surely support him. He must make Feng Yu hand over the Aviation Factory's shares!
Deputy Mayor Xu had invited Hou Haitao from the Aviation Factory over, but Hou Haitao used the excuse of going to Beijing for a meeting and slipped away. This old fox!
Since he could not deal with the old fox, he might as well scare the young one!
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"Mayor Zhang, we really need to improve the conditions of the city's police officers. We should also change the police's mode of transportation. There are even those old scooters that were produced more than ten years ago. (It's a three-wheeled motorcycle with a seat on the side, the one Yu Wei rode in the TV series Let's Get Married). If the City Government were to purchase the Songjiang Motorcycles produced by our Machinery Company's motorcycle factory, I will give you a discount. 10,000 RMB per unit? "
Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu speechlessly. He knew that Li Mingde had asked Deputy Mayor Xu for support and invited Feng Yu over was to buy back the Aviation Factory's shares. Zhang Ruiqiang had thought that Feng Yu was here to ask him for support. He was still thinking of ways to reject him. After all, Li Mingde was doing this for the City Government's benefit, and he could not support Feng Yu.
But he did not expect that Feng Yu did not mention anything about this. Instead, he was trying to promote motorcycles to him! Was this kid fearless or was he too naive?
The City's economy had improved greatly in the past two years. The factories had imported second-hand machinery and advanced technologies from the Soviet Union. Although the City Government's finances were tight last year, there was an increase in profits this year. Also, the Provincial Government had brought in a lot of money for the City Government when they confiscated the money from those mafia bosses.
In the next few years, the City's economy will be improving. Even if the City Government did not do anything, Bing City would still be one of the top cities in China. Zhang Ruiqiang was now the Executive Deputy Mayor of the City's economy.
The City Government had plans to upgrade the equipment of the Police. Last year, the Provincial Government had confiscated the money, and if the City Government did not help the Police, the Provincial Government would not be happy!
Zhang Ruiqiang felt that equipping the Police with motorcycles was a good idea. Not only the Police would have better transportation, but it would also be more convenient for them to maintain the traffic. The Provincial Government would also be pleased with the Police, and it would also improve the City's image. This was killing many birds with one stone!
Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu seriously: "I will consider this. You are here at the City Government today. Do you have anything else to say to me?"
"Oh, Leader, you are asking me to leave? Fine. I also have something on. Give me a call after you have considered. "Feng Yu turned and left. He did not mention anything about Deputy Mayor Xu calling him over.
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