Several days passed in the blink of an eye. At noon, Zhou Jing returned to the office after the meeting, and to his surprise there was someone waiting for him inside.
"Hey, you guys have finished your meeting." Cao Xuefeng smiled and threw a cigarette to Zhou Jing.
Zhou Jing took the cigarette without lighting it and put it on the desk casually. After having a meeting all morning, his throat was almost filled with smoke, so he had better drink some water first.
"Commander Cao, what brought you here? Do you want to trouble me?"
"That's what I'm saying. If you have nothing to do, I won't come and sit here with you."
"Come on, you don't have enough to do. You have time to chat with me. What, you've got it all done?"
"Ha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you, kid..."
Cao Xuefeng was in a good mood today, but it was not like this a few days ago. The unexpected situation of DH construction almost made him flip the table.
Of course, he wanted to thank Zhou Jing even more. The wine with Choi Sang-cheol and Lin Chang-ho was not in vain that day, and a very important message came from Li Zai-ho halfway through.
Previously, Lin Yuzhe and the others only asked a rough summary of the confession due to time constraints, but Li Zaihao had plenty of time.
Therefore, under his "gentle" persuasion, someone quickly revealed the real reason why the National Security Department was eyeing DH's construction.
Six months ago, a major safety accident occurred in an underground supermarket renovation project in Yeongdeungpo undertaken by the company. The accident resulted in the death of five people, including one Korean worker and the rest were foreign workers from Southeast Asia.
At that time, the Ministry of National Security had not yet been established, so DH Construction simply did not report it because it had backing.
Anyway, a few foreign workers just paid a small sum of money to get it done. As for the Koreans who were killed, traditional performing arts used unscrupulous means to force their families to reconcile privately.
A vicious accident was covered up like this, but half a year later, the National Security Department suddenly received a report from a reporter with a clear conscience.
So the National Security Department quickly launched an investigation, but the underground supermarket project had been completed, and they could only look for clues and evidence from construction workers at other DH Construction sites.
This naturally aroused the vigilance of DH. As a result, Sun Yi and Park Zaimin happened to be at gunpoint, and they took the blame for the National Security Department.
The reason why the confessor knew the inside story was because he was the one who led the people to threaten the families of the victims, and the whole story was clear.
I'll go. No wonder, Zhou Jing immediately reported the relevant situation to Cao Xuefeng, who was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat in the middle of the night.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the headquarters has arranged a progress payment for each construction unit. This is good. Something happened just after Cao Xuefeng approved the application report and signed it. Can you not make him angry?
Fortunately, Cao Xuefeng was so angry that he immediately contacted the Economic and Commercial Section of the Embassy to verify the situation with the National Security Department.
After receiving the confirmation reply, Cao Xuefeng notified Dalin Group overnight in the name of the headquarters that all payments due for DH Construction would be stopped immediately.
In addition, we interviewed the president of DH Construction because we questioned his subsequent ability to perform the contract and hoped that the other party would come to the scene to clarify it in person.
Unfortunately, this clarification meeting could not be realized. With such a detailed confession in hand, the National Security Agency and the Seoul District Prosecutors invited the president of DH Construction to have coffee the next day.
I don’t know how long I have been drinking coffee, but there is no way that DH Construction can continue with the building renovation project.
The company's legal affairs department handles issues such as contract termination and claims. Cao Xuefeng's top priority must be to activate the backup contractor immediately, as time and deadlines wait for no one.
"Okay, no kidding, Commander Zhou, these are the three proposed units reported by Dalin Group. You can take a look first." As he spoke, Cao Xuefeng took out a stack of information from his bag.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
When Zhou Jing took the information, he looked at Cao Xuefeng in confusion. It was said that this was not within his scope of responsibility, but why did the other party act as if he wanted to report to him? This made him confused about the situation for a moment.
"When such an emergency occurs, it is unrealistic to open the bidding again. After all, time is limited." Cao Xuefeng put away his smile and said seriously,
"So what the group company and Pudong Railway want to do is to have a special office to inquire about the bid negotiation process. In addition, Secretary Zhu has given clear instructions that you must participate. Do you understand?"
Got it, no wonder, Zhou Jing couldn't help but nodded.
The so-called bid negotiation usually involves finding several shortlisted suppliers to bid separately, then negotiating prices with them one by one, and finally determining who will win the bid based on price performance and other factors.
This model has a short process and high efficiency, but it has a big drawback, that is, it is not transparent enough, and there is really too much room for maneuver.
Therefore, in recent years, Sanshan Iron and Steel has rarely adopted the consultation and negotiation method internally. Unless under special circumstances, it can only be carried out with the approval of the group company, and public bidding is generally required.
It is obvious that this is a special situation. What a coincidence, Zhu Ziping and Xie Dongqing are not here. It is really inappropriate for Cao Xuefeng to independently operate this project to ask for bids. It is inevitable that he will be under the guidance of others.
Therefore, Zhou Jing's participation can play a supervisory role and is also a kind of protection for Cao Xuefeng himself.
Well, in this case, Zhou Jing stopped talking and turned to carefully read the manufacturer's information in his hand. Just looking at it, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Gaoyang JY Real Estate, President Li Zhengxun..." Zhou Jing murmured to himself.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Cao Xuefeng's heart tightened when he saw this, but fortunately Zhou Jing waved his hand and replied: "It's not a problem. It's just that President Li's name is very familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere."
"Hey, what do I mean?" Cao Xuefeng immediately felt relieved, "There are only a few Korean names that come and go. Isn't it normal for them to be familiar to each other?"
That's right, it makes sense, so Zhou Jing put the little doubts behind him, but he soon discovered a new problem.
"Old Cao, this JY Real Estate has just cooperated with Dalin. It's not like the other two who are long-term subcontractors of Dalin. What's going on? Are they related?"
There is an example of DH construction in the past. Zhou Jing is now scared by the related households. If DH construction comes second, it would be a big joke.
"I don't know." Cao Xuefeng shook his head, "This time there was no explanation or even hint from Dalin. Frankly speaking, I was skeptical at first, but it didn't look like it."
"oh?"
"Let's put it this way, our project is not a popular one. In addition, we took over the project halfway. After the first round of price negotiation, the other two companies obviously had little interest. But it was just for the sake of Dalin Group."
"But JY Real Estate is different. It is very sincere. It seems that it attaches great importance to this sub-project, and the quotation it gave is also quite competitive."
"That's it..." Zhou Jing fell into deep thought.
Yes, Cao Xuefeng's judgment makes sense. If it is an airborne relationship, who will actively take over this hot potato? Are there no other good projects?
How could it be possible? Zhou Jing was puzzled by this, but he couldn't find anything wrong with the other party based on the information.
"Forget it, don't make unwarranted guesses. Maybe they just want to cooperate with us." Zhou Jing returned the information to Cao Xuefeng angrily.
"Maybe." Cao Xuefeng took the information and put it back in his bag, "Anyway, I'm going to lead a team to inspect them on the spot tomorrow, and then I'll take a look."
"Um."
"Would you like to come together if you have time?"
"Sorry, I'm very busy. Besides, I don't understand these things. Just go and remember to send me a copy of the inspection report later."
"Yes, Commander Zhou."
"roll..."
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As dusk approached, Zhou Jing returned to his apartment from get off work and was startled as soon as he entered the door.
Good guy, what's going on? The whole living room is divided into two and the floor is full of things.
On one side is a dazzling array of boutique clothes and cosmetics, on the other side... albums and peripherals of idol stars?
There was an open new suitcase in the middle, which told Zhou Jing that the owner of the suitcase was worrying about how to stuff all the stuff on the ground into it, but the difficulty was not that high.
"Wen Qian, Wen Qian..."
Zhou Jing shouted loudly, but the only answer he received was silence.
"This girl, alas..." Zhou Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Tomorrow Zhou Wenqian will leave to return to China. Jessica and Goo Hara specially took her shopping today. They called it a rare trip and they couldn't leave empty-handed.
Damn it, are you returning empty-handed? Maybe you have moved all the shopping malls home. Zhou Jing bent down and took a closer look.
BLANC&ECLARE
Yeah, it turns out it’s my own, so I don’t feel bad anymore, haha...
Zhou Jing crossed the "mountain and the sea" and came to sit on the sofa. He boiled water and made tea while lighting a cigarette, and then he thought silently.
Compared with the tedious work during the day, he had more difficult problems, and the culprit was Pei Xiuzhi.,
Time went back to that late night a few days ago. After Xiu Zhi introduced her merciless invitation, she looked at Zhou Jing expectantly, but she didn't know that Zhou Jing's claws were already numb.
Honor Society, a high-donation charity group.
The cause of the matter can be traced back to New Year's Day. Suzy has been doing charity in a secret way for many years. Unexpectedly, she and Zhou Jing's hot search made this matter public.
Why hide it? Especially Fang Xue'e's situation deeply touched Xiuzhi, prompting her to make a decision.
She continued to donate 100 million won to the "Gwangju Common Fund" in her own name, hoping to help children suffering from cancer and other diseases for treatment. This charity also made Suzy join a high-donation charity group and become one of them.
The nation’s first love, the Gwangju Joint Fundraising Association, which has so much appeal, is naturally overjoyed. For this reason, they will hold a signing and donation ceremony in Seoul, which is also a charity dinner to a certain extent.
It goes without saying that Suzy is the protagonist, but the fundraiser came to her and asked her if she could invite national hero Zhou Kyung to attend the meeting.
To put it bluntly, the two of them worked together for charity in Gwangju on New Year's Day and everyone in the Republic of Korea knew that the fundraiser also wanted to use Zhou Jing's name to further expand its influence.
This is a good thing. Indeed, the key point is that Zhou Jing would not dare to agree easily, because it means that he and Xiu Zhi will attend public events openly. Guess how the crystal in the magic city will react.
It was so troublesome. Zhou Jing still couldn't think of a solution after smoking a cigarette. Then there was the sound of the door opening.
Zhou Jing thought it was Zhou Wenqian who was finally willing to go home after spending time outside. He never wanted to look up...
"Xiujing? Why are you back?"
"Yeah, can I not come back? If it's later, you'll have to be Xiuzhixi's male companion, huh..."