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Beep...beep...

The busy tone of the disconnected phone rang in the quiet command center.

Guo Xiaojun and everyone in the office looked at Chen Pingfang, their faces growing increasingly grim.

A few seconds later, Guo Xiaojun was the first to break down, his voice trembling: "Director, you...you hung up so suddenly!"

He strode to Chen Pingfang's desk, braced his hands on the surface, and trembled with excitement.

"Zhao Decai is blatantly extorting us, but he holds our lives in his hands! We're our only chance to survive! If you kill yourself... you'll cut off our escape route!"

"Yes, Director, it's just a matter of softening your stance. Let's get the materials in first!"

"It's all over, completely over..."

The others chimed in, all agreeing that Chen Pingfang had acted too impulsively and driven the project to the brink of collapse.

Chen Pingfang remained leaning back in his large chair, calmly watching them. Only after the office quieted down did he slowly speak.

"You think Zhao Decai came to offer help in a time of need?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it stunned everyone.

"He came to hand over the knife."

Chen Ping bluntly stated: "The price will be doubled, and the entire transaction will be settled in cash. Have you considered that such a large sum of money is simply impossible for our project's finance department to handle? If we secretly raise the money to accept it, this account will become a tainted mess that can never be exposed, leaving a fatal stain on our finances."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

"At that time, Zhao Decai can take this evidence to the city, the province, or the discipline inspection commission to report us for embezzling public funds and violating financial regulations. Not only will our project be suspended, but we'll also be imprisoned. We won't even know how we died."

Chen Pingfang looked at Guo Xiaojun and said, word by word, "If you eat his food, you have to listen to him. We learned this the hard way from Wang Qiang once; we can't afford to make the same mistake twice."

Guo Xiaojun and the others broke out in a cold sweat, their backs instantly soaked. They were only focused on the immediate material crisis, failing to see the far more deadly trap lurking behind them. Zhao Decai didn't want money; he wanted everyone's lives.

But once the dangers were understood, new problems arose.

"Then...what do we do?" Guo Xiaojun's voice was terribly hoarse. "Director, the inventory really only lasts for two days! The core tube pouring can't stop!"

The command post was deathly silent once again.

Just then, under everyone's gaze, Chen Ping picked up the black personal cell phone on the table and calmly dialed a number.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at him, wondering who he was calling.

The call was answered almost instantly.

Chen Pingfang's tone changed from cold to gentle and firm: "President Huang, I am Chen Pingfang."

A decisive female voice came from the other end of the phone, without any unnecessary words: "I've heard about the situation. What do you need me to do?"

Huang Qianshu!

Guo Xiaojun and the others were shocked, and then they were puzzled. How did President Huang know so quickly?

Chen Pingfang said directly, "I need a large fleet of vehicles to transport the batch of building materials we ordered a long time ago from the neighboring city to Yunzhou as quickly as possible."

What? It was booked a long time ago?

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this. How come they, the core members of the project, knew nothing about it?

Huang Qianshu on the other end of the phone did not hesitate.

"No problem. Tianxing Group's logistics center in the neighboring city is on standby at any time. A transport fleet of 300 heavy trucks can be assembled and set off within two hours. I will handle all the checkpoints on the road from the neighboring city to Yunzhou."

Three hundred vehicles set off within two hours, and she handled the checkpoints along the way.

These words were clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone in the command center through the receiver.

Guo Xiaojun and the others were stunned.

They had considered the possibility that Chen Pingfang might have powerful backers, but they hadn't expected the support to be this strong! What does three hundred heavy trucks mean? That's practically enough to empty out a large building materials market! Tianxing Group's execution capabilities are terrifying!

After receiving Huang Qianshu's promise, Chen Ping thanked her and hung up the phone.

Cheers erupted in the command center.

"Great! We're saved!"

"My God, three hundred vehicles! That's enough to last us for half a month!"

"The director is amazing! His connections... are simply incredible!"

Guo Xiaojun was so excited that his face turned red. He looked at Chen Pingfang with eyes full of admiration. He felt that his old classmate was hiding a secret that he would never be able to see through.

However, Chen Ping simply waved his hand gently at the excited crowd.

His expression turned serious again, interrupting everyone's cheers.

"Three hundred vehicles can indeed solve our urgent problem."

His voice instantly silenced the office.

"But have you considered that transporting goods from neighboring cities across borders will cost at least 30% more in freight than sourcing locally? Moreover, the journey is long, and any problem in any link of the chain can cause huge uncertainties. This can only be a delaying tactic."

The person who was just excited suddenly froze.

The smiles on everyone's faces froze.

Guo Xiaojun's excited expression froze. He looked at Chen Pingfang in confusion and asked cautiously, "Director, this...this is the best we can think of. If this is just a delaying tactic, then...what is our real main attack?"

All eyes were once again focused on Chen Pingfang.

They suddenly realized that the situation was far more complex than they had imagined. Director Chen's plan went beyond this.

Chen Ping did not answer directly.

He turned around and walked to the huge map of Yunzhou City on the wall.

Everyone's eyes followed his movements.

He picked up a blue marker and did not stop on the land route connecting Yunzhou and the neighboring city.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he drew a heavy stroke on the blue curve on the map that ran through the entire Yunzhou city area and was usually inconspicuous.

"The land routes were blocked because Zhao Decai had been operating in Yunzhou for many years and controlled the supply and transportation of sand, gravel, and cement."

Chen Pingfang's voice was steady and clear.

"But no matter how skilled he is, he can't reach his hands into the water."

He used the blue nib of his pen to heavily mark the blue river on the map—the Yunjiang River.

"The convoy of 300 heavy trucks from the neighboring city is just a smokescreen."

Chen Ping turned around, looked at everyone, and announced his plan, word by word:

"It was sent out to attract the attention of Zhao Decai and Zhou Wenyuan! To make them think that we were desperate and would do anything to force our way in by land."

"Our true lifeline is here!"

"Borrow boats to go to sea, take the waterway! Bypass all their land blockades, and directly transport the building materials we've stored at the upstream province's reserve base to our project's temporary dock on the riverbank via inland waterway!"

The entire command post was completely silent.

Everyone was stunned by the plan and couldn't quite process it for a moment.

Using land routes as a cover, the real killer move is the waterway!

This scale and boldness are simply unbelievable!

After a brief silence, Guo Xiaojun was the first to react.

Overwhelmed with excitement and admiration, his body trembled slightly. The look in his eyes as he gazed at Chen Pingfang had transformed from respect into near-fanatical worship.

This is a truly ambitious move! A decisive blow!

"Director... I understand!" Guo Xiaojun nodded heavily, his eyes shining. All his previous anxiety and unease vanished, replaced by soaring fighting spirit.

"I'll immediately arrange for people to survey the riverbank and find the most suitable location to build a temporary dock! At the same time, I'll contact the inland waterway shipping companies in the province right away!"

Chen Ping nodded in satisfaction.

He looked at the team before him, whose fighting spirit had been rekindled, and calmly issued new instructions.

The entire command center instantly transformed into a sophisticated war machine, fully fueled and reactivated, operating at high speed around the new core objective of "opening up waterways."