Making a Call

When Zhang Jingkuan heard Ye Yuan speaking to him in that tone and listened to what Ye Yuan had to say,

he more or less understood the situation. He had never expected his own subordinates to dig such a huge hole for him.

"Xiao Yuan, don't get worked up. Let me investigate this first. I'll definitely give you a satisfactory answer. How does that sound?"

Zhang Jingkuan's top priority now was to calm Ye Yuan down before he truly flew into a rage.

Others might not know, but Zhang Jingkuan knew all too well about Ye Yuan's relationship with the Xu Family.

If he mishandled this and it reached the Xu Family's ears,

never mind how the matter might develop—whether he could remain in Pinghai County would be hard to say.

Even setting aside the Xu Family, he still had an important matter to ask this young master for help with.

The underwater museum project that had never received approval had finally shown some slight improvement through his family's efforts and his own maneuvering.

At a time like this, he should have been trying to placate Ye Yuan. How could he possibly offend him?

Without Ye Yuan, this project would be nothing more than a joke.

So if he wanted the project to come to fruition, there was no getting around Ye Yuan.

After putting down the phone, the smile on Zhang Jingkuan's face gradually faded.

He could already imagine that there were things involved that he would not want to see.

He picked up the phone to call Li Chengxiong, since public security was under Li Chengxiong's responsibility.

But after dialing half the number, he quickly deleted it.

After giving it some thought, he called a subordinate whom a friend had introduced to him some time ago.

This man