Rong Jinxiu fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this Dad's idea?"
Rong Jinsheng smiled faintly. "I suggested it, and Dad agreed. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought them here to see you."
"This so-called 'support and cooperation'-what kind of support, and how are we supposed to cooperate?" Rong Jinxiu asked expressionlessly, already sensing what her younger brother had in mind.
"The restructuring and acquisition of Xinguang Factory are already at the center of a public outcry. If we don't take effective measures to calm things down, it'll only give Qu Hongying and Zhou Yi more ammunition. It could also bring Hou Xiangyang and Lan Kun into the fray personally. It might even attract Old Xiao's attention. After all, Huai Jinqi once served under him!"
Rong Jinsheng rarely involved himself in their Linhai businesses, mainly because he did not want to arouse his sister's suspicions. But the situation in Linhai was far from good, so at his father's explicit instruction, he had come to offer some frank advice, hoping his sister would be willing to listen.
Rong Jinxiu said nothing, but she knew her brother was absolutely right.
Over the past few days, Provincial Governor Lan Kun had twice summoned Executive Vice Mayor Guan Yifei and Huang Kun, director of the Development Zone Administrative Committee, to question them in detail about Xinguang Factory's restructuring and acquisition.
As for Provincial Party Committee Secretary Hou Xiangyang, he had yet to make any clear move. But no one could guarantee that the mounting public outcry would not prompt him to take measures detrimental to the Shanhai Group.
And then there was Huai Jinqi! If not for Old Xiao, that old bastard would have died ten times over by now! What if he threw caution to the wind and shamelessly went to see the