President Tan had been woken at five in the morning, and he was truly furious. But there was nothing he could do. He was certain someone had set him up, but saying that now was useless...
Seeing that the matter could not be cleared up anytime soon, President Tan said, "Keep investigating. I have a bidding meeting at nine-thirty and need to attend it. My family has a large business—I'm not going anywhere, am I?"
The handling officer from the Police Bureau directly refused.
By now, the other side's intentions were obvious. They wanted to use this incident to prevent him from attending the auction.
Seeing that things were going badly, he had someone notify Yang City. He said that he might not be able to attend today's auction and hoped to appoint someone else to bid on his behalf.
That was impossible! The organizers flatly refused. What kind of joke was that? Did he think this was an auction for private collectibles, where anonymous bidding was allowed?
In fact, Yang City's auction this time fell somewhere between a tender and an auction. It was not a simple price-driven auction; land development plans would also be considered, making it more like a negotiated bid.
If the bidders' prices were not too far apart, then a developer intending to build a cultural industrial park would naturally have an advantage over one planning to build a residential complex.
The city's positioning for this parcel of land was rather vague, which showed that it truly was not very sought-after. And the city did not dare ignore Yang Yuxin's influence. Otherwise, they would have simply held an auction—why bother with negotiated bidding?
Someone from Mulin Company had come to participate, and the organizers took it very seriously. They even knew that this company had