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Wang Qiang and his men occupied the largest prefabricated meeting room on the construction site and used it as a temporary office for the joint inspection team.

Law enforcement officers brought in new tables and chairs and even put up a cordon at the entrance, seemingly intending to stay permanently. The people on the construction site were panicked. The machines stopped, and the workers huddled together in twos and threes, seeing this scene, all feeling that the project was truly doomed.

Chen Ping seemed not to notice any of this.

Instead of arguing with Wang Qiang in the temporary office, he walked slowly to the construction site canteen with his hands behind his back.

He found Old Li, the canteen manager, and calmly gave the order: "Old Li, from today onwards, the meals for everyone in the joint inspection team will be in accordance with the reception standards of our command headquarters."

Old Li was stunned for a moment.

"Every meal must include fish and meat, prepared in various ways, with plenty of fruit and drinks." Chen Pingfang looked at Lao Li and said, word by word, "We must ensure that Director Wang and the others eat and drink well so that we can better cooperate with the inspection. The money will come from the command center's account."

The cafeteria manager and the kitchen helpers were dumbfounded, completely baffled as to what Director Chen was up to. This wasn't an inspection; it was like they'd invited a bunch of big shots.

Wang Qiang and his colleagues soon began to enjoy good treatment.

At lunchtime, hot meals were delivered to the temporary office by a designated person. There were four dishes and a soup, including braised pork, steamed sea bass, a plate of green vegetables, and egg drop soup. This was even better than the meals in the city government canteen.

While the inspection team was eating, everyone had a smug smile on their face. They privately said that Chen Pingfang was afraid and was trying to bribe them with good food.

Wang Qiang was even more smug. After the meal, he leaned back in his chair, picking his teeth, and said to his men, "See? He's out of options. We should just stay put, eat and drink well, and investigate slowly. Every day his construction site is shut down, he loses money. Sooner or later, the problems will come out on their own."

At 2 p.m., the inspection team had just finished eating and drinking and were preparing to split up to find fault at the construction site when the site's loudspeaker suddenly blared.

"All work area leaders and key technical personnel are requested to come to the conference room on the second floor of the command center within fifteen minutes for an emergency all-staff meeting."

It was Chen Pingfang's voice.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was very serious. Everyone thought Chen Pingfang was about to announce how to deal with the situation, or that he simply couldn't withstand the pressure and was going to admit defeat.

Chen Ping stood at the front of the stage, his gaze sweeping over the people below. His voice was not loud, but it was very clear:

"Comrades, in order to support and cooperate with the guidance of the municipal joint inspection team, I have decided that from now on, all procedures of the Jinshuiwan project, whether it is structural acceptance or signing a hot work permit, must be submitted to Director Wang Qiang or an expert designated by him for final review and signature after being approved within our command headquarters."

"Without the inspection team leader's signature, no further work is permitted to begin!"

As soon as these words were spoken, an uproar erupted below.

Chen Ping's team and the foremen were all dumbfounded. They looked at each other, wondering if this meant handing over all power. Wasn't this letting outsiders manage insiders?

As soon as the meeting ended, Lao Zhang, the head of the third work area, carrying a thick stack of blueprints and application forms, was the first to react and ran to the inspection team's temporary office.

With a bang, Old Zhang pushed open the door, slammed the documents on Wang Qiang's desk, and said with exceptional respect, "Director Wang, hello, hello! This is the next construction plan for the foundation pit support in our Third Construction Zone, along with applications for fifty-three hot work sites. Director Chen specifically instructed in the meeting just now that we can only start work after you sign off on it. Hundreds of our colleagues on the construction site are waiting for your approval!"

Wang Qiang was taken aback by this sudden show of respect. He frowned, and in order to save face as an expert and maintain the authority of the inspection team, he picked up a pen and impatiently signed his name on a hot work application.

But as soon as he finished signing, the heads of the first and second work areas also squeezed in with the same thick stack of documents, and obediently lined up in a long queue at the door.

"Director Wang, could you please take a look at our scaffolding erection plan for our work area?"

"Director Wang, this is the tower crane operation route map for our Fifth Construction Section. Please approve it!"

Wang Qiang then realized something was wrong.

There are countless approval processes to go through on the construction site, from a small safety inspection record to a large construction plan for a retaining wall. The fifty-odd people he brought are too busy to even sit here and look at all the professional drawings and documents, let alone nitpick on the site.

His planned surprise inspection turned into an endless stream of document approvals.

Wang Qiang's expression began to darken.

Just as he was surrounded by documents and didn't know what to do, the project's chief engineer, a white-haired expert in his fifties, walked in with a serious expression, holding a final plan for the core area's load-bearing beam pouring.

He spread the document out in front of Wang Qiang and said in a very sincere tone, "Director Wang, this is the confirmation document for the pouring of the load-bearing beam structure of the core tube of the main building of our Jinshuiwan No. 1 plot. This is the most critical permanent project. Director Chen specifically instructed that such a major matter, which is related to the quality of the project for hundreds of years to come, must be personally signed and approved by an experienced leader like you so that we subordinates can feel at ease."

The chief engineer paused, adjusted his glasses, and added the most crucial sentence:

"This document will be permanently archived in the Municipal Construction Archives. If any quality issues arise in the future, our command center and your inspection team will be jointly responsible. This is not only being responsible for the project, but also for the people of Yunzhou."

The words "share responsibility" made Wang Qiang's mind go blank.

He looked up abruptly, staring at the chief engineer's sincere face, then at the mountain of documents piled up in front of him, some already signed, others waiting for his signature. Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

He finally understood what Chen Pingfang was trying to do!

This isn't letting him inspect; it's binding him tightly to the project!

Once the agreement is signed, Wang Qiang and the joint inspection team will be held primarily responsible for any problems that arise with the project. It's all in black and white; there's no way they can deny it!

Refuse to sign? That's even simpler. The responsibility for the project's suspension will fall entirely on him; he's the one who's hindering the progress of this key provincial project!

He was silently cornered by Chen Ping, unable to move.

Wang Qiang's hand holding the pen began to tremble slightly. The pen seemed to weigh a ton, and he couldn't bring himself to put it down.

The news that Director Wang had been "invited" to serve as the "chief approver" of the project quickly spread throughout the command center and the construction site.

The employees who had just been frowning were now chuckling quietly in the office, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Chen Ping's office. No one had expected that a crisis that seemed doomed would be so easily resolved by Director Chen with such a simple move.