Shen Huai didn't mind Sun Ya Lin going into the specific details of Mei Xi Steel Factory's production and financial operations.

  Sun Yalin's professional background can also provide relatively professional opinions on the production and operation of Mei Xi Steel Plant, which is also what Shen Hua needs.

  Not only were financial data made public to her, from the "daily clearing" meeting of the workshop team to the annual business target setting meeting of the factory, Shen Hua allowed Sun Yalin to participate.

  Shen Hua also completely unblocked her contact with frontline workers or management personnel such as Zhao Dong, and even set up training courses on the current development of European and American steel industry enterprises, asking her to teach employees...

  Only by letting her see more clearly, to see the most real side of Meixi Steel Plant's transformation, can she put down her guard and take a cooperative attitude.

  Sun Yalin stayed in Mei Xi town for seven days, which was far beyond her planned itinerary.

  It seems that she also deliberately made things difficult for Shen Huan, and when Sun Ya Lin was about to leave Donghua at the Zhuxi Hotel, she did not clearly express her attitude towards the loan of Meixi Steel Plant. She only asked Shen Huan to wait for her call and told Chen Dan, who was seeing her off, "This nephew of mine is really not a good thing..."

  Shen Huai jumped in anger, while Chen Dan just smiled gently in response.

  By the fourth day, Shen Hua received a call from Sun Ya Lin from the provincial city: "Sorry, I've tried my best..."

  As soon as Shen Hua heard Sun Ya Lin say this, his heart sank. If Yixin Bank really stopped this loan, the impact on Meixi Steel Factory would be too great. By the end of the year, he didn't know where to make up for the shortfall.

  Sun Yalin roughly heard Shen Hua's sigh of frustration and was also surprised that he didn't use Sophia's matter to blackmail her, so she burst out laughing:

  "Tomorrow, President Yao Ronghua will come to Donghua City to investigate the branch site selection. There is a one or two hour gap in his schedule, and I will arrange for him to visit Meixi Steel Factory. This is my greatest effort. If President Yao does not recognize your efforts, you will have to find financing from other sources to fill this gap. I think there should be no problem with the electric furnace steel workshop, and production on the open-hearth furnace side can stop tomorrow. Yao Ronghua is a person who attaches great importance to environmental protection."

  Shen Huai let out a sigh and didn't bother arguing with Sun Ya Lin:

  For a rich lady who spends tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands per month as pocket money, it is impossible to understand the importance of the work at Meixi Steel Factory where workers have only 400-500 yuan monthly salary for more than 900 employees.

  Shen Huai pondered Sun Yalin's words and came up with a different meaning, asking: "Does the site selection require the person in charge of the branch to come down personally for investigation? Did you waste your previous two trips?"

  Listening to Sun Ya Lin's silence on the other end of the phone, Shen Hua asked relentlessly: "Since we've cooperated this far, can't you reveal a little more to me?"

  "Who's working with this moron?"

  Sun Yalin was still tough on the phone, but next she still told Shen Hua about it.

  "A few old men decided to increase their investment in Yeshin Bank, on the condition that Yeshin Bank would focus on developing its business in Donghua City. Probably they also had the idea of returning to their hometown and taking care of it. Initially, there were three plans, one of which was to acquire the Tianheng Building as a whole and set up a branch. However, the Donghua City government had big problems with the loan issue at Meixi Steel Factory, so if Yeshin Bank really put its business focus on Donghua, it would bring great risks. So I vetoed this plan..."

  "Is it just that you privately disagree with this plan, or have you already formally submitted your proposal?" Shen Huan asked.

  "This matter involves a trade secret of Yeshang Bank..." Sun Ya Lin started selling suspense over the phone.

  "Consider it a favor I owe you." Shen Huai's tone softened.

  This is a crucial issue and he needs precise information:

  Yeshin Bank set up an ordinary prefecture-level branch in Donghua, unlike Yeshin Bank's overall acquisition of the Tianheng Building to establish a separate branch. The invested funds and resources are not on the same level; let alone it also involves the largest unfinished building project in Donghua City, the Tianheng Building.

  "If I were to formally submit the proposal, do you think President Yao Ronghua would still go to Donghua? Would he still be in the mood to visit Meixi Steel Factory?" Sun Yalin said.

  "Thank you," Shen Hua said.

  Sun Yalin fell silent on the phone for a long time.

  "What's wrong?" Shen Huan asked.

  "You seem like a different person now, did you ever say 'thank you' to me before?"

  "Is there?" Shen Huan said.

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  After talking to Sun Yalin, Shen Hua directly called Tan Qiping's office. The city was holding a meeting and Xiong Wenbin was also attending. Shen Hua didn't have the patience to wait in Meixi Town, so he drove directly to the city and waited for Tan Qiping and Xiong Wenbin to finish their meeting.

  The municipal party committee and government share an office building, and Shen Hua will leave this building in four months. However, the half-year stint as a secretary in this building was a previous life for Shen Hua, although memories were preserved, there wasn't any particularly deep feeling.

  The people working in the building recognized Shen Hua and had a cold expression, while others were mostly perfunctory or flattering smiles.

  Shen Hua waited in the reception room of the Municipal Party Committee Office for nearly half an hour before Tan Qiping's meeting ended.

  "What's the important thing that can't be said over the phone? I heard you were coming over and rushed to the meeting, only to realize when I got back to the office that there were still a few things that weren't made clear." Tan Qiping looked at Shen Hua as he entered the office, pointing to the sofa in the reception area by the window, wanting him to go sit down with Lao Xiong and talk.

  "It might be a good thing, but it's not certain yet, so I'm in a hurry to find Secretary Tan to make a decision," Shen Hua said. "The person in charge of Yeshin Bank Provincial Branch, Yao Ronghua, is coming to Donghua tomorrow, does Secretary Tan know the news?"

  "Hmm," Tan Qiping nodded and asked Xiong Wenbin uncertainly, "Is it true that Vice Mayor Liang Xiaolin, who is in charge of finance and foreign affairs, will be receiving us?"

  "The reception standard needs to be upgraded," Shen Hua said, "This time, Yeshin Bank is opening a branch in Donghua, and it may choose the Tianheng Building..."

  "I'm aware of this matter. When the representative from Yeshin Bank came to conduct research earlier, they requested information on some buildings in the city area from relevant departments, including Tianheng Building. However, as you're also aware, Tianheng Building is not yet ready for rental at present. I think the municipal government should have reminded Yeshin Bank about this..." Tan Qiping said.

  Xiong Wenbin was even more sensitive and asked: "Is Yixin Bank's choice of Tianheng Building as its address not for some other purpose?"

  Reminded by Xiong Wenbin, Tan Qiping also suddenly thought of another possibility, his interest greatly increased, and he involuntarily sat up straight to look at Shen Huai.

  Shen Huai nodded, confirming Xiong Wenbin's speculation, and said: "The overall purchase of Tianheng Building as an office in Donghua and property investment is currently a plan that Yeshin Bank is still weighing..."

  "Really?" Tan Qiping's eyes lit up when he heard the news, and he couldn't sit still. He stood up and walked around the office for two steps before asking Xiong Wenbin, "Do you have any information on Tianheng Building?"

  "The most complete information is still at the Municipal Steel Factory, and it needs to go through Gu Tong," said Xiong Wenbin. "There should be a copy of the information in the Municipal Construction Company, but Xia Youcai from the Municipal Construction Company is very cunning; I'll call the Municipal Planning Bureau to ask if they have any information, the Planning Bureau shouldn't be too sensitive..."

  "Alright, you call the Planning Bureau right away and try not to alert the Municipal Government." Tan Qiping knew that if he could personally resolve the leftover issues with the Tianheng Building, it would play a crucial role in his expansion in Donghua, so he couldn't help but feel anxious about this matter, and also had to ensure that he kept it from Gao Tianhe's ears for now.

  In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a wave of real estate fever for building high-rise buildings emerged in coastal cities. Donghua City was no exception. The heavy responsibility of investing in the first hundred-meter-high skyscraper fell on the city's steel factory, which had the best returns. Xiong Wenbin only participated in the preliminary planning of the Tianheng Building and was then transferred away from the city steel factory.

  The Tianheng Building broke ground in 1990, but just as the foundation was completed, the municipal steel factory fell into financial difficulties. Over the past three years, under pressure from the municipal government and other investors, the Tianheng Building was finally capped, but all subsequent work has come to a complete halt due to lack of funds, with construction suspended for ten months now.

  As the Hainan real estate bubble burst in mid-year, commercial properties in coastal cities were severely impacted, and the resumption of work on the Tianheng Building seemed to be a distant prospect. At night, the area around the Tianheng Building was pitch black, as if it was a large wound missing from Donghua City's body.

  But to complete the subsequent construction, at least another 100 million is needed.

  At this time, if the municipal steel plant is forced to withdraw 100 million yuan in funds to complete the construction of the Tianheng Building, it will undoubtedly accelerate the death of the municipal steel plant, which has a staff of over 8,000 people. As for Donghua City, its disposable municipal fiscal revenue this year is only 1.2 billion yuan, and everywhere there are voices crying out for help and claiming to be poor, so it is also impossible to withdraw 100 million yuan to fill this gap.

  The problem of the Tianheng Building is entirely left over by Wu Haifeng and Gao Tianhe, Tan Qiping does not need to take any responsibility. However, if Tan Qiping can solve the problem of the Tianheng Building personally, it will have a completely different significance.

  Apart from being able to slap Wu Haifeng and Gao Tianhe in the face, Tan Qiping's prestige among Donghua officials will also be greatly enhanced, and he can take advantage of the Tianheng Building issue to bring down a batch of people and replace them with another batch.

  "Tan Qiping asked, 'I heard from Xiong Wenbin that you and your French cousin don't seem to get along very well, so I didn't pay attention to this matter again,' 'How did the news leak out from her side?'"

  "No matter if it's the Sun family or the Song family, there are many ambitious people in our generation, so siblings don't get along very well. Another thing is that I've been naughty since I was young and not likable," Shen Hui wouldn't tell Tan Qiping about the previous rascal's messy affairs overseas, rubbing his nose and downplaying it, "This cousin of mine, this time coming back to China also wants to make a name for herself, to make her family look at her in a new light, so we can still talk about working together..."

  Tan Qiping burst out laughing. Although he wouldn't intentionally ask around to find out why Song Qiaosheng was cold towards this nephew, nor did he have any channels to inquire about Shen Hua's performance while studying abroad, but after Shen Hua returned to the country and in the past three years of his performance in Huaihai Province, he had still heard some rumors during this period.

  Tan Qiping doesn't think that young people being lustful, having a big temper, being somewhat arrogant and impulsive are major problems. The key is to pay attention to boundaries. At least after he came into contact with Shen Hua, he didn't feel that Shen Hua had crossed any boundaries.

  Xiong Wenbin went to make a phone call and find materials, but did not say that Tan Qiping wanted to see the materials. He was afraid that others would be too sensitive and associate it with something else, so he asked the Planning Bureau to send someone to deliver the materials to his office.

  Xiong Wenbin returned and gave a brief report to Tan Qiping, then said: "Yeshin Bank, if it can really buy the entire Tianheng Building, not only can it solve the problem of Tianheng Building, but also help the municipal steel factory to recover the funds invested in Tianheng Building in advance. Tomorrow's meeting is indeed something that Secretary Tan should attend personally..."

  Shen Hua again detailed the loan of Yexin Bank to Meixi Steel Factory, as well as the matchmaking by the municipal government at that time, to Tan Qiping and Xiong Wenbin. It was not about going over old accounts, but rather discussing how to cleverly cover up old accounts and facilitate Yexin Bank's overall acquisition of Tianheng Building, focusing on developing financial business in Donghua City.