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The city chief took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and then said, "President Cao, there's a matter of first come, first served. They haven't finished eating, so we can't just ask them to leave. You can go eat in another private room."

Cao Chuandong raised an eyebrow and retorted, "Oh, Mr. Mayor, are you saying you're unwilling to work on the other party's mindset? Do you believe that if my electronics factory shuts down, those thousands of workers will have no food to eat?"

It was a threat, a blatant threat.

The city chief grew even more furious, but still managed to suppress his anger and asked slowly, "Who's eating in the private room?"

If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't dare to confront Cao Chuandong like this.

And if an ordinary person did confront Cao Chuandong, Cao's men would likely have already chased them off, and Cao wouldn't be calling himself.

"Heh, speaking of which, these two have quite the background. One is Jiang Yuheng, the son of the chairman of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce. The other is Xu Yang, the owner of 'River Picking.' I believe that considering the livelihoods of those thousands of workers, you will certainly handle the situation well," Cao Chuandong threatened once again.

The son of Jiang Zhen, the chairman of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Yuheng!

The owner of 'River Picking,' Xu Yang!

The city chief was taken aback.

At the same time, he cursed Cao Chuandong thoroughly in his mind.

If I drive these two away for your sake, what would they think of me?

However, he still decided to communicate with them to understand his predicament, so he said, "Pass the phone to them."
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Cao Chuandong looked at Xu Yang and Jiang Yuheng triumphantly, "Mr. Mayor, the phone's on speaker, just speak directly."

Xu Yang and Jiang Yuheng both proactively said, "Hello, Mr. Mayor."

The city chief replied, "Hello."

Xu Yang said, "Mr. Mayor, this is Xu Yang. You are fully aware of the situation, and I understand the difficulties you face. I won't say much more, but I would like to ask you to call my company, Yang Xin Investment, and ask for the general manager, Ma Yangrong. Once you've made this call and spoken with Manager Ma, you shouldn't find it difficult to deal with this matter."

The city chief was puzzled, "This is...?"

Xu Yang said, "Mr. Mayor, I can guarantee on my reputation that making this call will benefit you, me, and River City. After that, you won't find this issue so difficult to handle."

After a moment's hesitation, the city chief said, "Alright, I'll make the call right away."

Having said that, he hung up the phone.

Cao Chuandong furrowed his brow and turned to Xu Yang, "What are you up to, kid?"

Xu Yang just smiled faintly, "Nothing much. You should find out soon enough."

Cao Chuandong snorted coldly, "Playing mysterious, I don't believe the city chief would side with you over the livelihoods of thousands of people."

Xu Yang laughed, "The city chief will certainly care, but whether he'll help you is another matter."

Then, he went back to dining with Jiang Yuheng.

Jiang Yuheng, looking somewhat doubtful, asked, "Xu Yang, what are you doing? Why have the city chief call your Yang Xin Investment's general manager?"

Xu Yang played coy, "It's not appropriate to discuss that now. I'll tell you later."

The hooligans looked from Xu Yang and Jiang Yuheng eating to Cao Chuandong with wide eyes.

Cao Chuandong's expression was dark.

These two were utterly ignoring him.

If they were ordinary people, he would have his men throw them out.

But with these two, he truly dared not lay a hand on them.

Otherwise, it would cause trouble, and even the city chief wouldn't protect him.

He dialed the city chief's number again and found it engaged, likely talking with the general manager of Yang Xin Investment.

Cao Chuandong also became somewhat doubtful and uncertain, clueless about what Xu Yang was up to.

He called several times before he finally got through to the city chief.

As soon as the call connected, Cao Chuandong went straight to the point, "I'm saying, Mayor, what do you mean by this? I'm waiting to eat, and you're actually on the phone with someone else for such a long time. Aren't you taking me too lightly?"

He addressed the top official of the municipal government with a tone full of confrontation.

One could imagine how arrogant Cao Chuandong usually was and how many bad deeds he had done.

In fact, that was indeed the case; relying on the fact that he was in charge of the livelihood of ten thousand people, the municipal government hesitated to act against him, and he had committed numerous illegal acts.

Because the municipal government hadn't acted against him for those deeds, his arrogance had grown even more.

That's why he dared to challenge the Mayor like this.

This was just a phone call. If the Mayor had been in front of him, he would have dared to point at the Mayor's nose and scold him.

"Director Cao, I am very busy at the moment. You can sort out your dining issue on your own. I suggest you change your private room," the Mayor said.

After speaking, the Mayor hung up the phone.

Just now, he had been in contact with Ma Yangrong, the general manager of Yang Xin Investments.

Ma Yangrong had said he wanted to acquire Qiming Electronics Factory and hire the workers of Dongwang Electronics Factory.

By then, Cao Chuandong would no longer be able to leverage this hold over the municipal government.

Moreover, he had mentioned that he had already contacted the owner of Qiming Electronics Factory, and the latter was willing to sell their shares.

However, they wanted the Mayor to act as the intermediary and sign the agreement as soon as possible.

The Mayor was naturally more than happy to oblige.

This was exactly what he had been yearning for.

Once Yang Xin Investments acquired Qiming Electronics Factory and resolved the employment issues of the tens of thousands of workers from Dongwang Electronics Factory, Cao Chuandong wouldn't be able to do much. Then it would be possible to prosecute Cao Chuandong according to the law.

The malignant tumor that was Cao Chuandong could finally be removed.

Therefore, he needed to focus on this matter to get the contract signed between both parties as soon as possible. He had no time to entertain Cao Chuandong.

"What, how dare he not help me, even suggesting that I change the private room and daring to hang up on me; this is outrageous!"

Cao Chuandong was furious and immediately redialed, but the Mayor's phone was in use again.

"Fine fine fine, I'll shut down the factory and then see what you can do," Cao Chuandong gritted his teeth and immediately dialed his assistant's number. "Shut down this afternoon."

The assistant protested in distress, "Director Cao, we're shutting down again? We have already stopped production several times this month. If we shut down again, we won't be able to meet the delivery times for those orders."

He knew, of course, that Cao Chuandong was probably using this as a threat to the people in the municipal government once again.

Every time there was a shutdown, it was because Cao Chuandong had a request that the municipal officials would not fulfill, so he would shut down operations.

As soon as there was a shutdown, the municipal government would agree to his terms.

This tactic had proven infallible time after time.

"What does it matter? It's only a half-day shutdown, and maybe it won't even take half a day. When the Mayor calls me, groveling for help, I'll resume operations. If need be, we'll just schedule some overtime on the weekend, and we can resolve the delivery issue, can't we?" Cao Chuandong replied nonchalantly.

"Alright then." It was only then that the assistant realized that the Mayor was the one being coerced by Cao Chuandong.

In the entire Jiang City, probably only Cao Chuandong dared to coerce the Mayor.

Being a close confidant of Cao Chuandong's, he naturally followed Cao Chuandong's orders.

Even if he wasn't a confidant, since his salary came from Cao Chuandong, he had to heed his commands.

Who Cao Chuandong was coercing was none of his business.

Seeing Cao Chuandong put down his phone, Xu Yang spoke up, "Director Cao, we are having a meal here. Please leave our private room and do not disturb our meal."

"You—" Cao Chuandong, gritting his teeth in anger, conceded, "Fine fine fine, you're awesome. I'll let you have this private room today. I hope you stay this awesome, otherwise, I'll make you regret it!"

Having said that, Cao Chuandong left.