Without wasting another moment, Chen Lin drove to Yicheng's new district with Chen Shuting and her group.
Inside the Yicheng Construction Group's imposing headquarters, the two parties formally signed a contract granting the company full authority over the project.
Looking at the astronomical figure on the contract, Chen Lin felt no ripple of emotion.
What he needed to do now was use money to bulldoze the fastest path forward!
After signing the contract, Chen Lin rushed straight back to Chen Family Village.
Without even stopping to catch his breath, he took his second uncle, Chen Guofu, to see the village Party secretary, Chen Guoguang.
"Secretary, sorry for the trouble, but please call Li Youtian from Mang Village right now. Tell him to bring the official seal and come sign the contract!"
Before long, a battered Wuling Hongguang rattled up to the entrance of the Chen Family Village committee office, its engine roaring like a tractor.
The door opened, and a slightly overweight man in his fifties climbed out of the driver's seat, his belly jutting out.
Behind him came a young man with dyed blond hair and a cigarette hanging from his mouth, walking with a swagger.
They were none other than Mang Village's Party secretary, Li Youtian, and his son, Li Hongwei, who spent his days loafing around town.
The two swaggered into the village committee office.
Li Youtian plopped into a chair and crossed his legs, looking as though he had Chen Lin right where he wanted him.
Chen Lin couldn't be bothered to waste words on someone like him. He tossed two printed copies of the contract onto the table.
"Secretary Li, take a look at the contract."
Li Youtian picked it up, and his son Li Hongwei leaned over to read it too.
The terms were