“Say it again!”
Shen Jiucheng seemed to have misheard, and could hardly believe his ears.
Shen Jiande said, “Mayor Zhao did not deny it. Family head, what’s going on? This rumour is very unfavourable to our Shen family, is someone targeting our Shen family?”
Over here, Shen Jiucheng no longer had the heart to listen to what Shen Jiande actually said, his mind was full of what Shen Jiande had just said, that Mayor Zhao hadn’t denied it!
This …… how is it possible?!
Shen Jiucheng really can’t believe it, admittedly, there was not too much in-depth communication between the Shen family and Mayor Zhao, at that time Shen Jiucheng thought that Mayor Zhao was trying to avoid suspicion and would not get too close to the Shen family, at least superficially.
The fact is that the Mayor is a cadre of the Tong family, so even if the Shen family does not do anything, he will definitely take care of the Shen family.
This was indeed the case.
In the past two years, the reason why the Shen family has been able to develop so rapidly and few people have been looking for trouble in the official circles, and even fewer officials have dared to come to the Shen Group to ask for favours, is because Mayor Zhao is secretly taking care of them.
So Shen Jiucheng also put his heart back into his stomach and took the opportunity to accelerate the development of the Shen family, which is why the Shen family entered the real estate market, such as this piece of land in Xiwan, which is the latest target of the Shen family, the location and size of that piece of land are very suitable, especially in a second-tier city like Lanjiang, the house will not be worried about selling once it is built.
But what Shen Jiucheng could never have imagined was that there were now rumours that there was no relationship between the Shen family and the Tong family, and that Mayor Zhao had not denied it!
Not denying it, even if he didn’t confirm it himself, was enough to say too much.
This means that Mayor Zhao, in his official capacity, has disguisedly stated to the public that there is really no relationship between the Shen family and the Tong family, which is really too serious and D*mning!
“This is really ……”
Shen Jiucheng was like an ant on a hot pot, his whole body became anxious beyond measure.
If the rumor that the Shen family and the Tong family had no relationship really spread, then the blow to the Shen family would really be too great.
Shen Jiucheng knew better than anyone else why the Shen family had dared to enter the real estate market in the past two years. If you think you have the money to enter the real estate market, someone will teach you how to behave in a minute!
The Shen family dared to enter the real estate market because of the relationship with the Tong family and the relationship with Mayor Zhao.
But now, it seems that this layer of relationship is going to be lost.
That ……
Those competitors that Shen’s group had offended by entering the real estate market in the past two years, as well as those officials who had long coveted Shen’s group, how would they deal with Shen’s group?
The fact that the tender failed for no reason, not even an explanation, is a sign of things to come, I’m afraid!
Then, what kind of encounter would await the Shen family next?
When he thought of this, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Shen Jiucheng’s back.
“No, this can’t go on, otherwise, the Shen family will definitely be in big trouble.” Shen Jucheng could not sit still, he hurriedly picked up his mobile phone and was about to go out, however, before he had even stepped out of the house, he suddenly received another call from his secretary.
“Chairman, just now we received another call from the bank, they said that our loan will soon be due and came to remind us in advance so that we can be prepared to repay it.” The secretary said.
“Which bank?” Shen Jiucheng asked.
“Lanjiang Development Bank.” The secretary said.
When Shen Jiucheng heard this, his heart thumped, trouble was coming.
He realised that his hunch was correct, trouble was really coming, and, this was definitely just the beginning, trouble was more than that!
We can’t wait any longer!
Shen Jiucheng said in a dark voice, “If anyone calls to collect the loan again, just tell them that I, Shen’s Group, will definitely pay back the loan as scheduled!”
The secretary answered yes, but then asked, “But Chairman, we still have to bid for the land in West Bay, if we pay back the banks, we won’t be able to bid for it.”
“I know about that!”
Shen Jiucheng was a bit annoyed and said impatiently, “Just do as I say and do your job!”
The secretary hurriedly responded, “Yes, Chairman.”
Shen Jiucheng hung up the phone and hurriedly headed out.
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City Hall Compound.
Shen Jiucheng came over in a hurry. In the past, if he wanted to come to the city government, he would drive his car in directly, but today he asked his driver to park his car outside the compound and entered the city government compound on foot himself.
However, Shen Jiucheng did not immediately go to look for Mayor Zhao, but came to the city office first.
“Director Chang, is Mayor Zhao here?” Shen Jiucheng was looking for the office director, who was also Mayor Zhao’s great housekeeper.
“Mr. Shen, what a bad time for you to come, Mayor Zhao has gone down for an inspection.” Director Chang shook his head.
Shen Jiucheng hurriedly asked, “Then …… when will Mayor Zhao return?”
Director Chang shook his head and said, “It’s hard to say, maybe I can come back before work, but maybe it may take two or three days, it depends on how the inspection is going.”
Shen Jiucheng was anxious: “Two or three days? Director Chang, where has Mayor Zhao gone to inspect?”
Director Chang said, “Mr. Shen, I’m sorry, I can’t tell you that.”
Shen Jiucheng immediately realised that he had been presumptuous and hastily explained, “Don’t misunderstand, Director Chang, I was in a hurry to find Mayor Zhao, so I spoke out of turn.
Director Chang nodded his head and said, “No problem.”
“Then, thank you, Director Chang.” Shen Jiucheng said politely.
“It’s alright.” Director Chang smiled.
When Shen Jiucheng saw his attitude, he smiled bitterly and got up to say goodbye, but in his heart he understood that it seemed that the rumours were not empty, and this could be seen from Director Chang’s attitude.
This is because director Chang is not only the director of the government office, but also the beloved of mayor Zhao, his attitude, to a large extent, can represent the attitude of mayor Zhao.
“What the hell is going on here?!” Walking out of the municipal compound, Shen Jiucheng was anxious, but even more puzzled, why would this rumor appear for no reason?
When he thought of the terrible consequences this rumor might cause, Shen Jiucheng felt his scalp tingling just thinking about it.
Don’t look at what he said to his secretary, but he knew in his own heart that if the Shen Group paid back the bank loan, it would definitely not be able to compete for the land in West Bay again.
And more importantly, if the loan from the Lanjiang Development Bank was repaid, what about the other banks? They would definitely come for the debt as well, and by then, the Shen Group would be in huge trouble.
In the past two years, Shen’s Group has been developing too fast, because of the smooth wind and water, so Shen Jiucheng has spread his stall bigger, now there are three properties that are under construction at the same time, and Shen’s Group has invested nearly one billion dollars into them, once all the banks come to demand debts, Shen’s Group’s capital chain will definitely have a big problem, then, I’m afraid half of Shen’s Group will be cut off by the banks!
This is not to mention the chain reaction that may be triggered, if a panic is caused by the breakage of the capital chain, then the entire Shen Group may collapse!
At the thought of this, Shen Jiucheng couldn’t help but shiver.
However, there was nothing he could do about it now, because he had no idea how it had happened, how the rumour had actually come about, it didn’t matter now, the most crucial thing was, why had Mayor Zhao actually not denied it?
If Mayor Zhao had categorically denied the rumors, then Shen’s group would still be as stable as a mountain, but now ……
After running around outside for an afternoon without any half-hearted gains, Shen Jiucheng returned home in the evening with a gloomy face.
“Old Shen is back, the meal is ready, wash your hands and eat.” Shen’s mother said with a smile.
“No, I’m not hungry.” Shen Jucheng said sullenly and sat down on the sofa.
Shen’s mother froze for a moment, “What’s wrong? Is something wrong?”
Shen Jiucheng shook his head, “Nothing.”
Shen’s mother said, “Old Shen, you can’t hide this from me, what’s going on?”
Shen Jucheng let out a soft sigh, “Something happened to the company ……”
He told what had happened today and what he had heard, and said sullenly, “This must be someone who wants the Shen family to be unlucky, so they are secretly playing a black hand, abominable!”
“How could that be?” Shen’s mother also froze, “Old Shen, how could Mayor Zhao not deny it? Xiaolei and Jingyi even went to his house together to pay him a visit, he ……”
“I guess, the problem lies with this Mayor Zhao!” Shen Jiucheng hummed, “I’m afraid that Shen’s group has grown too fast in the past two years, making certain people red in the eyes!”
“The problem might be with ourselves?!” Just then, a voice suddenly came, and Mr. and Mrs. Shen Jiucheng turned their heads to find their daughter coming down from upstairs.
Shen Jiucheng frowned: “What did you say?”
Shen Jingyi sighed lightly, “Dad, you always suspect this and that, have you ever thought about your own problems, maybe you should look for the reasons from yourself?”
Shen Jiucheng frowned, “What reasons are you looking for? Did I put out the rumours?”
Shen Jingyi shook her head and said, “Dad, haven’t you noticed that you seem to be a different person from before, always thinking that people are trying to take advantage of you and looking at something you have, but in reality, if it wasn’t for the Tong family’s relationship, would the Shen Group be able to develop so fast? Now what this rumour says is not a lie either, we have nothing to do with the Tong family itself, so why are you so nervous?!”
Shen’s mother said, “Jing Yi, what are you talking about, how can our family have no relationship with the Tong family? Isn’t your relationship with Xiaolei enough?”
Shen Jingyi said, “But that’s between the two of us, what does it have to do with the two families? Besides, isn’t what my father did just telling Zhang Lei that our two families have nothing to do with each other?”