Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Forced To Posture Again

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

“Yes . That place is located in the development zone of the old town . Right now, there are only such commercial buildings such as CBD . We are prepared to build a large integrated catering restaurant . ” General Manager Cheng said with full confidence .

“Good idea . It not only provides jobs, but also attracts more people . ” Director-general Zhang nodded approvingly .

“Exactly . There’s only a small food street currently, but none of the restaurants can decisively attract more people . If we can get that land, there will be one . ” General Manager Cheng pointed at the piece of land where Yuan Zhou’s restaurant lay and said .

“There are only 8 stores in all in that land . It’s still a little small, but likewise not bad . ” Director-general Zhang looked at the layout plan of General Manager Cheng carefully .

“Because my company has obtained four stores through purchasing them previously . ” General Manager Cheng smiled and pointed at the current position where his restaurant Masterwork Nonsuch lay .

“I see . Then, it’s big enough . ” Director-general Zhang nodded his head . The approval seemed to be almost done .

“Yes . So I will have to please bother you to approve my request, Director-general Zhang . ” Seeing his purpose about to be realized, General Manager just sat there still and remained calm .

“For me, there’s no problem . But I still have to check if there are any residential buildings there . ” Director-general Zhang was fairly serious and careful when it came to work .

“Don’t worry . It’s all commercial land . ” With a gleam of certainty to get it in his eyes, General Manager Cheng said peacefully on the surface .

“I know . It’s just that the position of No . 14 of Taoxi Road seems a little familiar . ” Director-general Zhang nodded first and the muttered to himself in a low voice .

He found the documents including the 3D map about Taoxi Road on the computer and then started to carefully check the several stores requested by General Manager Cheng .

“There’s surprisingly a closed store . It seems that the place really does not have many visitors . ” Director-general Zhang shook his head and said .

“Yes . That’s why we want to build our restaurant there . ” General Manager Cheng said confidently .

“Haha . Ok, I see . ” Director-general Zhang nodded .

He picked up the fixed phone and started to make a phone call . Naturally, he needed to ask the tax bureau for the detailed information of stores, as they knew about the taxes better than others .

If he approved the request without a thorough investigation now and a problem popped up later, he would be in big trouble .

On the contrary, General Manager Cheng got relieved when he saw Director-general Zhang starting to call somebody .

“It’s finally confirmed . ” General Manager Cheng murmured in a low voice .

Although this Director-general Zhang was old-fashioned and inflexible when it came to work and wouldn’t approve his request directly, no one could ever stop Yuan Zhou’s restaurant from vanishing after he investigated clearly .

General Manager Cheng had already investigated Yuan Zhou . He didn’t have a strong background nor did he know anybody who had the capability to affect this matter .

“Division Chief Lin, how are you doing recently?” Once the phone was put through, Director-general Zhang uttered and greeted .

“Hi, Director-general Zhang . Are you calling to ask about information again?” Habitually, Division Chief Lin revealed a genial smile on his face .

“Yeah . How’s the situation concerning the Taoxi Road area?” Director-general Zhang asked frankly .

“You should find an institute like the Americans CIA in your bureau . Then you can get whatever you want to know . ” Division Chief Lin joked with him smilingly .

After that, he covered the phone and signaled his assistant to fetch documents about Taoxi Road for him .

“That’s really a good idea . Why don’t you apply for that and see if you can succeed? If you do, I won’t need you to be my spy anymore . ” Director-general Zhang also started to joke with him .

“That’s your own business, so it’s better for you to do it yourself . ” Division Chief Lin took the phone and continued to joke .

“I don’t have that ability . So you have to continue to be my spy . ” Director-general Zhang laughed and said .

“I know, I know . You old fellow always pushing me to work for you . ” Division Chief Li said angrily . However, he didn’t slow down his actions and continued to check the records .

Judging from their conversations, one could tell Division Chief Lin and Director-general Zhang were quite acquainted with each other . Actually, they had been classmates in the university, therefore they could joke around like that .

“Tell me something about the places from No . 10 to No . 14 of Taoxi Road . ” Director-general Zhang uttered and urged him .

“I’m checking . Wait, which place did you say?” Division Chief Lin was originally searching for the place according to the street number when he heard the familiar place . Then he asked with puzzlement .

“No . 10 to 14 of Taoxi Road . ” Without thinking more, Director-general Zhang repeated again .

“No . 14 of Taoxi Road? No, you can’t move that place . ” Division Chief Lin instantly became excited .

“What? Is that place your son?” Director-general Zhang was surprised with the excited tone of Division Chief Lin .

“It’s more intimate than my son . Do not ever think of moving it . ” Division Chief Lin said in a resolute tone .

“What? Is there really an inside story?” Only then did Director-general Zhang start to knit his brows .

“Are you asking me about that because somebody wants to purchase that land? They can take wherever they like except that area . ” Division Chief Lin picked up the phone and said in a serious tone .

“Even if you approve it, I will try my best to stop it . ” Division Chief Lin thought for a while and added .

“I’m asking you about that . It’s of no use if you can only show your resolution but don’t come to the point . ” Director-general Zhang said speechlessly .

“General Manager Cheng, see?” Niu Li anxiously signaled General Manager Cheng to look at the changing expressions of Director-general Zhang .

“No problem . ” General Manager Cheng nodded positively .

“Ok . ” Niu Li stood back securely and meanwhile became happy inwardly .

“I’m so sorry, Boss Yuan . It’s you who won’t cooperate with us . You can’t blame us . ” Thinking of Yuan Zhou’s astonished expression when his restaurant was purchased, Niu Li couldn’t help saying inwardly .

“Leaving others aside, the taxes paid by the stores No . 13 and 14 of Taoxi Road are within the first three positions of our municipality . Do you think we can approve the request?” Division Chief Lin threw out a heavy bomb .

“Really?” Director-general Zhang became astounded and couldn’t believe that .

Although the stores of the municipality didn’t include companies, the amount of the first three positions were quite terrifying already .

Let alone they were only two tiny stores .

“I’m telling you the truth . ” Division Chief Lin said positively .

“That place is no more than 100 square meters . What business is it? Gambling?” Director-general Zhang looked carefully at the two places and then brought out his judgement .

“Humph . That’s because you don’t know the restaurant operated by Little Yuan . If not because of business hours being too short, he will easily pay the most taxes and get the first position . ” Speaking of the business hours of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, Division Chief Lin also gnashed his teeth .

Occasionally, he also went there with Vice Division Chief Li for meals .

However, that didn’t mean they could be able to eat there every time they went there .

“Do you mean it’s also an eatery, the kind that serves delicious food?” Director-general Zhang sank into deep thought in silence for a while and then asked .

“Correct . ” Division Chief Li nodded cleanly .

“How much taxes can they pay every month? You tell me so that I refuse them . ” Director-general Zhang said under his breath . This time, General Manager Cheng and his people didn’t hear him . After all, it was impolite to stare at others talking when on the phone .

“As you know, the higher the turnover is, the more the taxes are . So . . . ” If it wasn’t because he had no beard, Division Chief Lin would have stroked his beard blissfully .

“Hiss, got it . ” After Director-general Zhang heard that, he couldn’t help hissing and then nodded his head .

Hearing Director-general Zhang hanging up the phone with a sound of “Pa”, General Manager Cheng and his people turned their heads and looked at him with certainty .

“I’m sorry . I can’t approve you getting the land . ” As soon as Director-general Zhang spoke, he refused them .

“Could you please tell me why? I think we are quite qualified and can bring huge business and glory to Taoxi Road . ” Once General Manager Cheng heard the refusal, he couldn’t believe it at the beginning . Only then did he ask calmly .

“I’m speaking seriously . Why don’t you look at this place? The Fuqing Road also meets your requirements and comparatively, it’s more prosperous . ” Director-general Zhang took out another document and said .

“Based on our integrated business planning, we need that place at Taoxi Road . ” General Manager Cheng shook his head .

“I really can’t approve it . I don’t have the authority nor do the others have it . ” Director-general Zhang took the documents back and said that .

“Can you tell me the reason?” General Manager Cheng kept silent for a little while and uttered to ask .

“The stores No . 13 and 14 of Taoxi Road pay very high taxes . It’s a store that has substantial value . ” Director-general Zhang said directly, not intending to conceal anything .

“So it’s that reason, right? We can also do that . Director-general Zhang, you also know the power of my company . ” On hearing that reason, General Manager Cheng got relieved and slightly leaned backwards against the chair .

“The taxes that they pay every month almost reaches 10 million . Can you?”