g No.27 High School in China dumbfounded with a sudden pain.Wang Weiwei must have been laughing his head off behind the scenes.Time passed quickly in America, and the first month flew by without notic...Chapter 115: Land Reserve War

The middle-aged man in the Ferrari 360 Modena is named Liu Ping, who serves as Secretary to Vice Mayor Tao Changping. The driver, a young man in his twenties, is called Tao Chuhong, son of the chairman of Nanning Group.

Nanning Group was established in Zhejiang Province in 1987 and involves more than twenty fields such as real estate development, construction projects, surety investment, department stores, rare earth mining, manufacturing, etc. It is a large group that could be considered an aircraft carrier.

In December of 2001, Hu Zhun acknowledged in London while with his family that the accuracy rate for the list of China's richest people was only twenty percent in 2000. As for how accurate it was in 2001, he did not dare say; however, the list definitely missed out on many important figures. Relatively speaking, Nanning Group, which has a wide range and keeps a low profile, is one of them.

No one knows just how much power the Tao family holds, but being able to develop large real estate projects simultaneously in four prefecture-level cities in Southwestern China and Jiangsu-Zhejiang can tell you that this conglomerate combining politics, commerce, and public interest has a fairly powerful resource acquisition capability.

This time around, launching the restructuring plan of Sichuan Airlines is also one of the strategic factors leading to Nanning Group's westward expansion.

However, the Tao family's Nanning Group does not lack qualifications. Current Vice Mayor of Chengdu, Tao Changping, is Tao Chuhong's third uncle and a relatively outstanding figure in the Tao family's third generation.

Tao Chuhong, however, is not the most excellent among this fourth-generation batch. Instead, one of his aunt’s sons enjoys more favor, which is related to Tao Chuhong's rather dissolute character within the family, causing him much dissatisfaction. Although he was still in university, whether or not he would obtain a degree no longer mattered; he started gradually taking an important position within the family.

When Liu Ping mentioned that it belonged to Zeng Quaming, Tao Chuhong's expression changed: "Is one small Development and Reform Bureau Director so hard to handle"

Liu Ping knew what case Tao Chuhong referred to. It was about the recent lawsuit filed by Chengdu Municipal Development Planning Commission against the head of Chengdu Land Reserve Center, Zhang Zhaowei. This incident also involved an event that occurred in October 2001; the land reserve center announced a notice for demolishing houses around Nan District’s Furong Road under the name of "old city renovation" and with official documentation from the municipal government.

The residents being relocated believed that the purpose of the government's land acquisition was not public interest but rather commercial profit, resulting in unresolved disputes. After unsuccessful negotiations, the land reserve center proceeded to forcibly demolish properties, leading to a hotel manager climbing onto the roof and setting himself on fire as a protest. Although he was eventually rescued, injuries were already inflicted upon him. Regarding this incident, especially Zeng Quaming from the Western Development Office, strongly questioned the actions of the Land Reserve Center for using land reserve as a pretext for commercial demolition to gain large profits and blindly increasing fiscal revenues from land sales.

The Land Reserve Center strongly reacted to this, and some departments even joined forces to pressure the Development Planning Commission. This was quite an unusual phenomenon of opposition. However, the Land Reserve Center is merely a public institution that dared to go against the Development Planning Commission; it must have had support behind it.

Tao Chuhong knew that the director of the Land Reserve Center belonged to his third uncle Tao Changping's group. This time, Tao Changping reclaimed the land in the southern district precisely to provide support for Nanjing Group's westward advance. Nanjing Group planned to develop a new commercial and residential area along the Government River路段，力求打造蓉城另一個高檔社區，這對集團利益來說至關重要，也是其西部戰略的重要一環。

As a result, everything was stalled at Zeng Quanming’s level. This infuriated Tao Chuhong to no end; he didn't think much of Zeng Quanming merely as the deputy director of the Development Planning Commission and yet dared to challenge his third uncle.

"Zeng Quanming won't shed tears until he sees a coffin," Tao Chuhong commented.

Secretary Liu Ping frowned. "This time, Zeng Quanming could openly cause trouble because Zhang Zhaowei's side couldn't control the situation. The other party poured gasoline on themselves and threatened to light it up; they didn’t believe that it would actually happen until it did. Fortunately, they had fire extinguishing equipment prepared, so the situation was controlled without any casualties."

Tao Chuhong seemed to have no patience whatsoever, even in his Ferrari. His recklessness could be felt through Liu Ping’s heartbeat from all the high-speed accelerations during their journey. Yet, sometimes this kind of arrogance combined with his family background made him quite domineering; otherwise, he wouldn't have continuously defeated several well-connected young men who had underestimated him.

At that moment, Tao Chuhong tightly gripped the steering wheel and sharply raised his voice: "Is Zhang Zhaowei's head injured by a door To forcefully demolish buildings, they let someone pour gasoline over themselves and climb onto the roof; what are their subordinates doing I think we should first remove those underlings. However… I don't like people who use their lives as leverage. Since it has already caught fire, Zeng Quanming is going to report this no matter what; why bother putting out the fire"

Liu Ping glanced at Tao Chuhong and wondered if his disregard for life was sometimes too indifferent.

As Tao Chuhong looked at Zeng Quanming's car, a profound smile flashed in his eyes. He then said, "Let's take a detour to see this boastful Director Zeng…"

The next events left Liu Ping’s eyes wide with surprise.

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Su Can only found out at the dinner table that such an incident had recently occurred in Rongcheng. When faced with this matter, Yin Shuying was indignant on behalf of her family: "During the court mediation hearing, the headmaster's office claimed that the Development and Reform Commission's duty is to cooperate with the land resources department to manage the storage work for the pupils. What's more infuriating is that Old Cao from the Land Bureau also worked alongside Zhang Zhaowei from the Land Reserve Center, telling us that this was a joint document issued by both the Land Bureau and the Construction Bureau..."

"Joint document Bull**!" Ceng Quanming couldn't help but lash out angrily. "Back when I was at the Construction Commission, didn’t I already know about their tricks The law clearly states that land reserves can only be used for public interest. But they claim that a piece of Guan River land is being auctioned off as 'raw' land. In reality, several companies are engaging in share transfers behind the scenes. Such real estate developers selling land through such methods, others might not know about it, but I do If Nanning Group directly participates with an investment, then this wouldn’t be Tao Changping’s招商引資 (recruitment of investment), and there would be no tax reduction benefits. By transferring shares instead of directly selling the land, they bypass the land transaction tax."

As Ceng Quanming laughed coldly: "They almost caused a fatality, yet Tao Changping dared to go ahead with it. Nanning Group is truly bold as well. If this matter were to come to fruition, Tao Changping’s political achievements would look good, and they would gain substantial benefits. However, giving away land reserved for public interest without any compensation..."

Everyone at the table who knew Ceng Quanming's peculiar temper understood him very well. It left his sister-in-law Zeng Na's classmates speechless; they knew that her father was a high-ranking official in Rongcheng, but hadn’t expected it to be Ceng Quanming, whose name had been making headlines recently. Now overhearing him yelling at the dinner table made them hesitant to look at Zeng Na, who stuck out her tongue to them and kept quiet.

Although his younger brother-in-law now worked as a department manager in a Rongcheng private enterprise with 50 million yuan registered capital, he had toned down his flamboyant personality of old. With Ceng Quanming’s high status and Su Licheng's current position as the CEO of Dayong Construction, there wasn't much room for exaggeration on the younger brother-in-law’s part. He rarely took a side in such matters, despite his usual boasts about his extensive network; he knew this level of struggle was beyond him.

Since Su Can's rebirth, by acquiring vast amounts of information and knowledge, he had roughly understood what everyone at the dinner table was talking about. The concept of the Land Reserve Center originated in Shanghai back in 1996 when China’s first land reserve institution, "Shanghai Land Development Centre," was established there. Following that, similar institutions sprang up across the country. Currently, legal supervision of land reserves has certain difficulties, so such actions often aren’t restricted and are prone to corruption, becoming tools for interest groups like Nanning Group.

He’s also clashing with his father’s Dayong Construction in the aviation industry right now.

The door opened, five people entered carrying wine glasses and laughing loudly: "Old Ceng, a family dinner I heard from Director Cao's brother-in-law that you're here at the Danfeng Hall. You’re being quite mean, huh Afraid we'd disturb you"

Ceng Quanming saw who had come in; despite his earlier irritation, he raised his wine glass and stood up. The man before him was a deputy director of the provincial department, while Liu Ping from Mayor Tao Changping’s office followed closely behind. There were also three others, both male and female, whom Ceng Quanming didn't know, but their presence with these two indicated that they wouldn’t be low-level officials.

Even though it seemed the visitors had ill intentions, Ceng Quanming maintained his composure and said with a smile: "We just didn't feel like cooking at home, so we came here for some authentic family-style dishes. My nephew has returned from out of town today, so I thought this would be a good time to welcome him."

In Rongcheng’s customs, showing hospitality is the norm; hence, even though Su Can was Ceng Quanming's nephew-in-law, he referred to him as his own nephew. This habit had been ingrained since his days in Xiahai and was hard to change.

The atmosphere, though appearing amicable on the surface, was actually tense. Running a company as General Manager was indeed quite challenging; Su Licheng's face was now calm and smiling.

Liu Ping looked at Su Can and smiled, "Oh, this is Director Zeng’s nephew, truly a fine young man. Speaking of the younger generation, I also have someone to introduce to Director Zeng. This is Tao Chuhong, son of Mr. Tao Qian from Hangzhou Nanning Group."

Tao Chuhong was indeed noticeable because as soon as he entered with a glass of red wine cognac, different from the white liquor being poured for others, he stood by and looked at everyone with a half-smiling expression, swirling his highball glass in a carefree manner. His gaze lingered particularly on Su Can's sister, Zeng Na’s face and body, which everyone noticed but didn't comment on.

Only Zeng Na felt uncomfortable; she glared fiercely at Tao Chuhong twice, making him appear even more pleased with himself.

"So this is the son of Old Tao…" Zeng Quanming nodded as he looked at Tao Chuhong.

However, to everyone's surprise, Tao Chuhong did not reach out his hand for a handshake. Instead, he laughed mockingly at Zeng Quanming, "So this is Director Zeng…"

Hypocritical remarks made the people present feel extremely repulsed. Tao Chuhong then quickly extended his hand to shake hands with Zeng Quanming; after firmly shaking it, he used a very frivolous tone of voice and said, "I have long admired your reputation! By the way, Director Zeng, is the car from your Development Planning Committee a Buick I saw a Buick downstairs with sun-cracked windows. Do you want to check if it belongs to your committee"

"Ah!" Zeng Na wanted to exclaim in surprise but suppressed herself instantly. Seeing Tao Chuhong's frivolous expression, everyone was stunned and an anger began to spread.

Accompanying family members, shopping, buying mooncakes, going out early in the morning, returning only after dinner. Writing at the desk while the commotion beside him never stops, Su Can still sweats profusely as this chapter comes out.

The last two days were during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so updates were delayed. The plot is gradually unfolding and I aim to let Su Can continue his vulgar yet effective strategies.

Updating consistently has always been a problem; everyone agrees on this issue. As the story progresses, updates should speed up accordingly. Regardless of what's left of my time, I will seize every idle moment to update diligently. This is just to fill the gap and report back to everyone.at you said that day, at least what I said was a lie. We are friends who will never stand against each other; even if such a day comes, how could I provoke Miss Lin I would retreat."Lin Luoran’s eyes...