Chapter 705: Chapter 483: A Gathering of Talents
Nine days had passed, and there was still no action from Mr. Han and his wife, the Port Director.
The day before yesterday morning, they went to see Big Commander Ling with the bank receipt and the recently re-issued procedures. Seeing that the fine had been paid and the sand dredging ship’s paperwork was now in order, Commander Ling, along with the military transfer official Hu, didn’t even ask how they managed to re-arrange the procedures so quickly and allowed the ship, which had been detained for ten days, to leave without much fuss.
Considering that Mr. Han might play so tricks, they didn’t start working yesterday.
anwhile, a few other sand dredging bosses, perhaps feeling the loss from their ships being detained for days, paid the fines and hurried to resu work as soon as their paperwork was sorted.
It is worth ntioning that three more sand dredging ships arrived upstream the day before yesterday.
Now, along with the previously detained seven, they are dredging on the river, careful not to get too close to Sanhe. So dredge at the boundaries of the developnt zone and Changzhou, so in the urban area adjacent to Gaoru Waters, and a few in Dongqi Waters.
Port Supervision seems blind to this, or perhaps they chose to ignore, as they haven’t intervened until now.
The police have also been quiet.
Then again, the police don’t have boats, so even if they wanted to, they couldn’t really interfere.
As for the Water Resources Supervision Enforcent Team, they lack not only boats but seem virtually invisible.
Could it really be like what my brother-in-law and Director Liu ntioned last ti; another leadership group formation, another joint announcent issued, rely loud thunder, but small raindrops...
Qiu Zhiming sat in the small pier office, waiting for news from Sanhe while advising, "Brother Zhang, Xing Chang, careful sailing ensures a long-lasting ship. There are plenty of days to make money ahead, we mustn’t rush this mont."
"The procedures cost so much, and those guys on the river are stealing our business, how can I not be anxious?"
Seeing others’ sand continuously transported from ship to pier, and then quickly taken away by small stone dealers, Zhang Zhenglong was extrely anxious.
Wang Xingchang didn’t want to just sit and wait either, looking up he said: "How about I do what Director Liu suggested and go further away to dredge?"
Zhang Zhenglong stubbed out his cigarette and asked, "To the Dongqi side?"
"Well, Dongqi isn’t under the jurisdiction of Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau; as long as Port Supervision can’t touch us, police and water authorities can’t make any trouble for us either, considering they don’t have boats."
"It’s dozens of kiloters away, think about how much extra transportation costs that would be!"
"A bit more transport cost is nothing; we won’t make a loss, it’s just a matter of how much less we’ll earn."
"Alright, notify Old Guan to start working. I’ll go find a ship to transport the sand."
...
Once the two partners decided to act, Qiu Zhiming could not stop them.
Mr. Han and his wife had still not made a move, and it seed as long as the dredging was not done under their watch, they probably wouldn’t cause any more trouble. Qiu Zhiming sowhat regretted having soone write so many complaint letters.
Firstly, there’s no need to offend the Han couple gravely if it can be avoided, secondly, crafting those complaint narratives was truly draining.
Initially, he even considered inquiring thoroughly to see if Mr. Han had been involved in any scandals.
However, after making inquiries, it turned out that Mr. Han’s family were shipn with no real permanent ho, making it impossible to dig into past misdeeds.
As for his work history, since Mr. Han had always been on the river, many from the Linghai Police Bureau, despite his current role as the head of Linghai Developnt Zone Branch, weren’t familiar with him.
People were sent to inquire at Bailong Port, arriving in the afternoon.
Bailong Port Passenger Pier was desolate, with hardly a soul in sight; probing in such a manner could scare off the quarry and arouse Mr. Han’s suspicions...
Anyway, the content of the complaints was completely fabricated!
Qiu Zhiming was pondering whether those departnts would believe the reports when the nephew responsible for "report writing" suddenly called.
"Xiao Hua, what’s up?"
"Uncle, I found out where Li Guangming is. He resigned and has been staying in Binjiang; I’m on my way to find him!"
"Which Li Guangming?"
"The police station chief who was double-ruled by the Disciplinary Committee due to his clash with that scoundrel Mr. Han’s internal strife; he definitely knows about Mr. Han."
Qiu Zhiming realized, asking without thinking: "Do you know where he lives? Can you contact him?"
Over the phone, the excited nephew said, "I haven’t reached him yet, but I can wait outside his house. He has suffered so much because of Mr. Han, he surely hates Mr. Han even more than we do and will definitely help us."
"What help is he providing us?"
"Uncle, my apologies, I misspoke. It’s helping , not you. Ultimately, it’s helping himself as I’m also seeking revenge for him."
Mr. Han currently being inactive doesn’t an it will stay this way.
If we could gather so solid information through Mr. Li, it may be useful in the future.
After weighing his options, Qiu Zhiming stated, "Alright, go try your luck and see if you can et him."
"Uncle, the money you gave
is nearly spent; these last few days I’ve been treating people to als and giving out gifts, and it’s not enough."
"Understood, go handle your business, I’ll give you another five thousand later."
...
anwhile, at the small eting room on the sixth floor of the City Committee, Director Chen of the Binjiang City Police Departnt and Director Cai from the Water Resources Bureau were reporting to Secretary Lu, Mayor Wang, and Vice Mayor Song, who was in charge of water resources.
Upon hearing from the Water Police Station and the Linghai Police Departnt leaders about the commotion caused by the "Salted Fish" from the frontier Yanjiang Police Station, Director Chen was genuinely shocked.
As expected, after hearing the Water Resources Bureau’s report on the risks of sand dredging and getting details about the proposed joint initiative for a special action plan, observing the list of law enforcent vessels participating in the special action, the city leadership was equally astonished.
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