After leaving the development zone, Li Rui visited a few towns in the County. These towns are located in the plains and are not far from the County. They either have developed agriculture or traditional handicrafts. For example, there is a town called Muyi Town in the west of the city. Every family in the town is making all kinds of antique boxes, such as official leather cases, mirror cases, treasure boxes, wedding boxes, incense boxes, etc. Because of its long history and exquisite craftsmanship, its products are selling well. Not only are they popular in the country, but they are also sold overseas. It is said that the Royal Family of the Ming and Qing Dynasties bought their antique boxes from this town.
But Muyi Town's handicrafts cannot cover the County's poor investment environment and lack of resources. On the way back to the city after work, Li Rui was frowning. He did not expect to face another problem when he had just solved Ji Chengsheng's problem. If Ji Chengsheng's problem can be solved with some effort, then Li Rui's problem might not be solved even if all the leaders in the Agency put in all their effort. Seems like he still needs to come up with a plan to attract more investors in Shuanghe City.
After returning to the city, Li Rui rushed to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant's private room, "Fairy Couple", and found that Ling Shuyao had already arrived. This beautiful district chief must have rushed over right after work. She was still wearing her work attire — a white shirt underneath, a dark blue suit jacket, a pair of women's trousers of the same design and color, and a pair of mid-heeled shoes. Her slender feet revealed flesh-colored stockings. It was the standard attire of a female official. There was no makeup on her face, but she used an eyebrow pencil. Her eyebrows were delicate, but there was a certain weight to them, which added a bit of dignity to her. Her medium-length hair was combed into a ponytail, which made her look very capable and neat.
The two of them looked at each other. Li Rui laughed out loud. Yi Ren glared at him hatefully before a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"I am late, and I will accept the punishment for making you wait for so long!"
Li Rui sat down beside Ling Shuyao and started to flirt with her.
Ling Shuyao pouted. "Who is in the mood to punish you? Hurry up and order the dishes. I am starving."
"I don't believe you. Let me feel if your stomach is flat."
A certain person said shamelessly as Lu Shan's claw reached for her stomach.
"Slap!" Ling Shuyao slapped the dog's paw back and scolded, "Don't be so annoying. This is not the place to mess around."
Li Rui chuckled, rubbed the back of his hand, and turned to the door to call the waiter.
Ten minutes later, the cold dishes were served on the table. The two of them didn't order any wine. Instead, they ordered a pot of flower tea as wine and chatted while tasting the cold dishes.
"I say, darling, can you tell me now? What did you think of for me?"
The reason why Li Rui came back to the city to have dinner with Ling Shuyao tonight was because of her idea. Although he had a good relationship with her and liked to hang out with her, he didn't have any feelings for her tonight.
Ling Shuyao seemed to want to keep him in suspense. She didn't answer him and slowly tasted the cold jellyfish with grapefruit juice in front of her. There was a playful smile on her pretty face.
Li Rui saw that she didn't answer, but he didn't take it to heart. He continued, "I have an idea. Let's see if there are any other public construction projects in Shuanghe County, such as municipal buildings or roads. If there are, we can snatch them and give them to Ji Chengsheng."
Ling Shuyao pursed her lips and said, "Do you think that Ji Chengsheng hasn't been scammed enough?"
Li Ruiqi asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Ling Shuyao said, "Don't you know that public construction projects are usually funded by the construction company first? Even if the government funds, it will only be a small portion. They will only pay after the construction has been completed and the project has passed the inspection. According to your plan, if you can really find a project with a profit of ten million and give it to Ji Chengsheng, Ji Chengsheng will need to invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in advance to earn ten million. Based on the current financial situation of Shuanghe County, you can't even fork out ten million. How can you fork out tens of millions or even hundreds of millions? Therefore, according to your plan, Ji Chengsheng will lose even more. He will probably hate you to death in the end! "
Li Rui was puzzled. He secretly thanked his lucky stars and said, "Luckily, I was just thinking about it and didn't actually do it. Otherwise, he would have been scammed to death. Oh right, after talking for so long, what is your good idea? "
Ling Shuyao didn't answer directly. Instead, she asked, "What is the most expensive and valuable thing in the city right now?"
Li Rui thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about land?"
Ling Shuyao nodded gently and said, "After you go to work tomorrow, go to the county's Bureau of Land and Resources and ask if there is any land up for auction in Shuanghe County. If there is and the total price is just right to compensate Ji Chengsheng, then you can go to the county magistrate and ask him to think of a way to give it to Ji Chengsheng directly. This is the only way I can think of. "
Li Rui frowned and said, "But the land has already been officially sold. Can we still give it to Ji Chengsheng in private? Wouldn't that be against the procedures and laws? "
Ling Shuyao said indifferently, "So what if it's against the rules? Isn't it even more against the spirit of the contract if the government doesn't pay back the money it owes? Since it owes money, it has to be paid back. If there is no money on the books, it is reasonable to use land as payment. No one can say anything about it. Besides, which local government doesn't have land finance? They use land to make money. Using the same logic, it is not a problem to use land as payment. Of course, for the sake of saving face, you can find two companies to accompany Ji Chengsheng through the motions. In any case, Ji Chengsheng will get the land in the end. "
Li Rui thought for a while and nodded. "Yes, that is a good idea. But I don't know if there is such land in the county, and I don't know if Ji Chengsheng will accept it."
Ling Shuyao said, "If there isn't such land, then we can only wait until Shuanghe County has money on the books. Don't be anxious about this. Ji Chengsheng has already waited for two years. Why would you be afraid to wait any longer? It has nothing to do with you, so don't take it to heart. You are not going to Shuanghe County to collect debts on behalf of others. You have to be clear about your priorities. "
Li Rui smiled and picked up his teacup. "After listening to your words, my mood immediately brightened. Come beautiful, let me toast you. Thank you for giving me ideas and enlightening me. "
The meal lasted until eight o 'clock. After the meal, the two coincidentally did not mention anything about the meal and went home separately.
"Stinky baby, did you miss daddy?"
When they returned to their home in the Cloud Lake Immortal Abode, Li Rui immediately picked up his son, Bowen, and gave him a good hug. "Stinky baby" was a nickname that He Suli and Qingman gave their son. They were used to it and did not feel awkward.
Little Bowen was already three years old. He could speak some simple words and was very handsome. He had a lively personality and liked to jump around and play. He was the Li and Lu family's most cherished baby. He had not seen his father for a few days and was somewhat shy. After hearing his father's question, he only shook his head and did not say anything.
"You don't miss him? Why not? "
Qingman laughed and said, "You didn't bring him anything good to eat. Why would he miss you?"
That being said, after a short period of time, Li Rui and Little Bowen regained their father-son relationship. The father and son played happily on the floor. Qingman looked at her son riding on her husband's back with a smile on her beautiful face.
At this moment, Li Rui's phone suddenly rang. Qingman picked it up from the coffee table and looked at the caller ID. She walked over and handed it to Li Rui. "It's Brother Hanlin!"
Compared to Li Rui, Ceng Hanlin's career in the past few years had been more ordinary. He had always stayed at the level of Deputy Divisional Director, and his position was still the director of the City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department No. 1. However, he had no ambition and was always satisfied with the current situation. Therefore, he had been very comfortable in the past few years. At least, he had never been sullen and dissatisfied because of his lack of progress.
Li Rui maintained his position on the floor and let his son lie on his back as he answered Zeng Hanlin's call.
Little Bowen saw that he had stopped and was very unhappy. He pressed his hand on his back and said, "Go, go, go …"
Qingman laughed and picked him up. She held him in her arms and said softly, "Naughty baby, daddy is calling. Business is more important. I'll play with you after the call."
Li Rui took advantage of the situation to get up and sit on the ground. He listened attentively to Ceng Hanlin's words, "Brother, Li Ming will be released from prison this Saturday. Should we go pick him up and celebrate with him?"
Compared to Zeng Hanlin and Li Rui's life, Li Ming's life had been terrible. He had been eating prison food in the city's second prison. Fortunately, Song Chaoyang had found someone to be merciful to Li Ming when he was sentenced. He was only sentenced to four years. In addition, he had good performance in prison and his sentence was reduced twice. That was why he was released so quickly. Otherwise, he would have to stay in prison for a few more years. But even so, his official life had been completely extinguished. Even if he was released this time, he would not be able to progress in his official career. He was even lucky that his old friends like Zeng Hanlin and Li Rui still remembered him and did not forget their friendship. Otherwise, his life would have fallen into the abyss.
When Li Rui heard that Li Ming was going to be released from prison, he thought of his glorious past and could not help but sigh. He said, "Of course. Let's set a time on Saturday morning to pick him up from prison. Have you called sister-in-law? Is she going? "
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