After picking up Sun Xianjin from the airport, Li Ye went straight to Jin Peng's residence.
The moment Jin Peng saw Sun Xianjin, he smiled and said, "Brother Yingjie, I've been waiting all these days, and at last the man himself has arrived. If you'd taken any longer, I wouldn't have known how to explain things to your sister-in-law. She's been dreaming of becoming a strong businesswoman."
Hearing Jin Peng's words, Sun Xianjin felt a warmth rise in his chest, both grateful and comforted.
The current Jin Peng was no longer that small-time peddler who had hauled a flatbed cart to deliver grain and vegetables to their little group of eight. He was now a big boss who dealt in businesses worth hundreds of millions at the drop of a hat. Cui Jinghao had searched for so long and still failed to find his way to Jin Peng's door.
Yet even a boss of this stature remained so humble when they met. He truly regarded Fu Yingjie as one of his own!
So Fu Yingjie hurriedly said, "Brother Peng, this time I failed to handle things properly. You and Li Ye were the ones helping me, yet I dragged my feet and held things up."
"Ah, how could that be called holding things up? Good things take time. Sit down first, have a drink, warm yourself up."
Jin Peng ushered Sun Xianjin into a seat, then asked Fu Yingjie, "Yingjie, since your provincial department sent you here, there should be a conclusion regarding your sister-in-law's project, right?"
Fu Yingjie said, "Yes. Before our top leader left, he gave me a death order: I had to bring this hundred-million-dollar project to Dongshan. Brother Peng, you know I'm an honest man, so let me ask you—does it really have one hundred million