Ji Feng and Zhang Lei got on the plane. It was already 2.30 in the afternoon. At this moment, half a day had already pa.s.sed since they left the Shen family.

"Ding dong!"

"Whose text message?" Ji Feng asked.

"It was sent by Jingyi. She said she'll be back in a few days." Zhang Lei said.

Ji Feng frowned, "Don't get into an argument with Jingyi. This matter has nothing to do with her."

He did not want Zhang Lei to get into a conflict with the Shen family because of the matter of borrowing martial arts mantra. Just as he had said before, regardless of whether Shen Jiucheng was willing to borrow martial arts mantra or not, it was still Shen Jiucheng's freedom. Furthermore, Ji Feng was very clear on the fact that if he was the one borrowing martial arts mantra, he would not hesitate to do so.

Even though Shen Jiucheng's actions left him feeling a little helpless, he wasn't as angry as he thought.

Zhang Lei said, "Of course I know that. Lunatic, you don't need to ask about this matter. Since Jingyi's father isn't willing to lend it to you, then just pretend that it never happened. You can think of another way."

What he didn't know was that Zhang Lei had already secretly let people know.

The Shen family.

Since Zhang Lei and Ji Feng had already left, they only ate a little at noon. Originally, the nanny had planned to cook a big table of food as usual, but Shen Jingbin's mother wasn't in the mood to do so.

It was one thing for his daughter to be so childish, but even his wife did not understand him. He casually scooped up half a bowl of rice and planned to go to the company.

"Clank …"

"Bid?"

Shen Jiucheng was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "You're talking about that piece of land in the West Bay?"

The secretary said, "Yes, Chairman."

"The tender is not qualified?!"

Shen Jicheng immediately frowned, how could that be, when he was making the bid, that was in accordance with the strict rules, and it was even done by a special person, how could he not pa.s.s?

The secretary said, "No. I asked, but the caller only said it was a failure. "

Shen Jicheng thought about it for a moment and said, "I got it, I'll handle this matter."

"So it's Director Shen, please speak." A man's voice came over the phone.

One must know that he was already familiar with this director Huang of the recruitment office. Everyone had already drunk and ate together quite a few times, but of course, Shen Jiucheng didn't need to do it in person for the past two years. If there was any problem with the bidding, Chairman Huang would either take the initiative to call him or send someone directly to explain the situation.

This was absolutely impossible!

Shen Jicheng shook his head, a trace of doubt flashed through his mind, then he smiled and said: "Director Huang, it's like this, just now I received a call from my secretary, saying that our Shen Corporation's bidding for that land in the West Bay was not up to standard, what's going on?"

Director Huang said, "Oh?" Is that so? I'm not sure about this yet, but the specific work is done by someone else. I'll ask around for you, okay? "

"Alright."

Director Huang said and hung up the phone.

He did not expect Director Huang to accept the offer so calmly. Furthermore, he did not say any superfluous words. He only said one good word and hung up the phone.

However, Shen Jicheng didn't take it to heart. He just sat on the sofa and waited. He even picked up a newspaper from today and started to read.

However, Shen Jicheng had originally thought that he would have news soon, but in the end, more than half an hour had pa.s.sed and he still hadn't received a call from Chairman Huang.

He frowned and picked up his cell phone once again and dialed Chairman Huang's number. "Director Huang, are you clear on what happened?"

"Chairman Huang, I know you are busy with work, but the tender is going to start next week. If we don't find out as soon as possible where the problem is, it might affect our company's bid for next week." Shen Jicheng was a little unhappy in his heart, but he still said smilingly, "So, can I trouble you to ask about the situation as soon as possible?"

"Chief Shen, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that my Bid Office may not be big, but I'm in charge of bidding for the entire city, I'm too busy to help." Director Huang said, "If Chief Shen is anxious, you can go to the service hall to report the situation, alright?"

"Director Huang, this is …"

Shen Jicheng's face immediately turned black, especially when he heard the busy tone on the phone.

"A bureaucrat!"

Shen Jicheng couldn't help snorting angrily, "Good man, you're surnamed Huang, not only are you not a proper officer, but you're actually putting on a show in front of me!" I would like to see if the city leaders can still put on such airs by personally asking them! "

After saying that, he immediately dialed a number. This was a deputy mayor that was in charge of construction in the city, and his relations.h.i.+p with the Shen family was pretty good.

"Mayor Niu, I'm Shen Jiucheng. I won't disturb you, right? "It's like this, there's something I need your help with …" Shen Jiucheng smiled as he explained the situation.

The person paused for a moment and said: "Chief Shen, according to the normal procedures, Chairman Huang did not do anything wrong. The person paused for a moment before saying:" Chief Shen, according to the normal procedures, Chairman Huang did nothing wrong.

"Then that's it for now. I'll hang up first!" The call ended.

"This …"

It was one thing for him to have that kind of reaction when he called Chairman Huang. After all, he wasn't really on good terms with Chairman Huang, at most, he was just a friend at a wine table, but he had a much better relations.h.i.+p with Deputy Mayor than Chairman Huang. He had never thought that Vice-Mayor Niu would have such a neither cold nor hot reaction.

"What the h.e.l.l!"

With a cold snort, Shen Jiucheng immediately gave his secretary a call, "Go to the Bid Office personally and ask those officials where our proposal is not qualified!"

"Pah!"

Throwing the phone on the tea table, Shen Jiucheng had a sullen face and was no longer in the mood to read the newspaper. He just sat there without saying a word.

The person he just called was called Shen Jiande. He was a member of the Shen family in Langjiang city. Although his position was not very high, he had a very promising future and was also someone the Shen family focused on training to walk the path of an official.

With the strange att.i.tudes of Vice-Mayor Niu and Chairman Huang, Shen Jiancheng felt that something was amiss. Therefore, he sent Shen Jiande over to investigate the situation.

"Clank …"

Just over ten minutes later, the phone rang. Shen Jiucheng immediately picked up the call, "Jiande, what do you mean?"

A man's voice came from the other side of the phone, "Patriarch, I haven't heard anything about Vice-Mayor Niu and Chairman Huang. However, I have heard a rumor and I feel that something is amiss."

Shen Jicheng immediately asked, "What rumor?!"

Shen Jiande said, "I just called a friend at the office of the munic.i.p.al government and he told me that there's a rumor circulating in the government that our family is not related to the Tong family in Beijing at all. The previous news was just our own boasting on our own account …"

"What?!"

Shen Jicheng stood up abruptly, "What did you say?!"

Shen Jiande hesitated for a moment before saying, "Some people even said that they were using the tiger skin as a flag. No one from the Tong Family has ever heard of our family …"

"Nonsense!"

Shen Jiande said carefully, "Patriarch, I heard from my friend that the news has spread throughout the upper echelons of Lanjiang City. Everyone has said so."

"Bulls.h.i.+t!"

Shen Jiucheng scolded angrily, "Is what everyone said true? Everyone knows that Mayor Zhao is from the Tong Family. Aren't they afraid that Mayor Zhao will cause trouble for them? "

Shen Jiande was silent for a moment before he said, "My friend said that a leader specifically asked Mayor Zhao if the rumor was true or false. Mayor Zhao, he …"

"What did he say?" Shen Jiucheng asked solemnly.

"He didn't deny it."

"What?"

Shen Jiucheng was dumbfounded.