The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi looked at Gu Jia: "President Gu, are you from Yizhou?"

"Yesterday, the company held a board meeting and expressed interest in Chunyang's project. We will invite experts to conduct an evaluation. If the evaluation is successful, I will lead a negotiation team to negotiate with you and finalize the details of the cooperation."

I came down from Yizhou early this morning to tell you this news.

"You could have just made a phone call. Why did you come all this way just to tell me this?"

Gu Jia picked up her coffee, took a sip, and put the cup down: "Of course not. I came here in advance to check out the chances of the expert evaluation being approved."

Gu Jia looked at Chen Shi: "This week, I'd like to trouble County Chief Chen to accompany me on a trip through the towns and villages that this highway passes through."

Chen Shi nodded: "No problem, Jiajia Group is welcome to invest."

"I want to go to the Greater Bay Area first, select 100 acres of land, and develop a commercial district there later."

Chen Shi asked, "Shall we go now?"

"Time is money, we can't waste it, let's go now."

Chen Shi called Xie Shanquan to his office: "Xiao Xie, tell Yang Bin to drive to the door and wait for me. You're coming with me to inspect the Greater Bay Area."

Xie Shanquan asked, "Should we notify the relevant leaders of Zhongshan Subdistrict Office in advance?"

"No need, we'll go now."

Xie Shanquan took out his phone and called Yang Bin, asking him to drive his car to the door and wait.

Chen Shi and Gu Jia arrived at the door, with Xie Shanquan following behind. Yang Bin drove up and stopped. Xie Shanquan jogged forward and opened the door.

Chen Shi said, "President Gu, please."

"I drove here, you lead the way."

Chen Shi got into the car. When dealing with Gu Jia, especially in Chunyang County, he had to keep his distance, otherwise people would use it against him.

Gu Jia was once Li Kunyi's lover. This relationship will be exposed sooner or later. Wherever she goes, she has to take Xie Shanquan with her. Without others around, it will be difficult to explain the situation clearly between a man and a woman alone.

Yang Bin was driving, keeping a close eye on Gu Jia's car to see if it was following.

Upon arriving at Da Wan Di, Chen Shi said, "Yang Bin, stop the car."

Xie Shanquan got out of the passenger seat and opened the door for Chen Shi.

Gu Jia also got out of the car, and Chen Shi said, "President Gu, this is the Greater Bay Area."

Gu Jia gazed into the distance: "I never imagined that Chunyang County would have such a flat area, suitable for developing a development zone."

"Take a look, where should we choose for 100 acres of land?"

The area around Dawandi is still quite desolate. There is only one main road leading from the county town to here. Gu Jia wants to develop a commercial district, and she has set her sights on the teachers and students of three high schools as her target consumer group.

The housing complex is mainly being built to sell to teachers.

Gu Jia looked towards the Sixth Middle School in the distance: "How many teachers are there at the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Middle Schools?"

Chen Shi thought for a moment: "On average, a school has two to three hundred faculty and staff members. Three high schools have nearly a thousand faculty and staff members."

Gu Jia then asked, "How many students are currently enrolled?"

"One high school has four or five thousand students, and three high schools have more than ten thousand students."

Students are a high-spending group. Once the development zone is completed and companies move in, the commercial area will be overcrowded, making it a sure-fire way to make money.

Gu Jia was familiar with the terrain of Chunyang. If Chunyang wanted to develop, it could only develop here. The old town was blocked by mountains and there was no more land available for development.

The old town has many slums, and demolition is a major problem that Chunyang County simply cannot solve with its financial resources.

"Let's take a look around the three high schools," Gu Jia said as she got into the car and followed Chen Shi's private vehicle.

Xie Shanquan listened carefully to Gu Jia and Chen Shi's conversation and guessed that Gu Jia was a big boss who had come to Chunyang to invest.

When the car reached the vicinity of No. 6 Middle School, Chen Shi asked Yang Bin to stop the car and get out. Gu Jia got out of the car and said, "County Chief Chen, I'll drive ahead and find a suitable place to stop. You all follow."

Chen Shi nodded, knowing what Gu Jia wanted to do: she wanted to find an area with three high schools concentrated in one area, which could cover all three high schools.

The land near the three high schools is planned to be used for commercial purposes in the future.

Gu Jia drove in front, and Yang Bin followed behind. Gu Jia drove around the three high schools, got off the main road, drove to an open space, and stopped.

The group got out of the car. Gu Jia was very satisfied with the open space. The closest to the three high schools was No. 6 High School, about 600 or 700 meters away, and the furthest was No. 7 High School, about one kilometer away.

Gu Jia looked at Chen Shi: "County Chief Chen, we plan to take this vacant land as the core, and build a commercial district with 100 acres of land. Next to the commercial district, we will build a residential area and sell the houses to the teachers of the three high schools, so they won't have to go to the city center."

Chen Shi nodded: "This is negotiable."

Gu Jia looked at it for a while longer and then said, "Let's go back."

Chen Shi checked the time; it was past five o'clock. "President Gu, now that you're in Chunyang, I want to be a good host and take you to have some fish soup."

"The fish soup is too fishy, ​​I won't drink it."

"This fish soup is different; it has no fishy smell at all. The chef retired from the provincial party committee's guesthouse, and many provincial leaders like to drink his fish soup."

He's a local from Chunyang. He's getting old and missed his hometown, so he came back and opened a farmhouse restaurant, which is how we got to enjoy his food.

Chen Shi's words piqued Gu Jia's interest, and she wanted to see just how delicious the fish soup was.

"Chen County Magistrate, you're not trying to fool me, are you?"

"Whether it's a scam or not, you'll know once you drink it."

Chen Shi got into the car and, with Gu Jia in tow, headed towards Lao Huang's farmhouse.

When Chen Shi ate out, he usually didn't bring Xie Shanquan. Instead of waiting for the leader to speak, Xie Shanquan would say, "County Chief Chen, I'll get off up ahead. There's a bus over there that can take me to my neighborhood."

Chen Shi said, "I haven't finished get off work yet, let's go over and have dinner together."

Xie Shanquan was surprised. This was the first time Chen Shi had taken him out to eat. He quickly realized that Gu Jia was the female boss and Chen Shi needed to avoid suspicion.

Arriving at Lao Huang's farmhouse, the food is still the same, but there are far fewer people.

Liu Youguang used to come here often, and the county leaders would come with him.

Seeing that even government officials were coming, residents followed suit and came here as well, making the place overcrowded and booming, requiring advance reservations for private rooms.

After Liu Youguang was transferred, Zhang Xiangdong didn't like coming here, and other county leaders also didn't like coming here, so the number of people gradually decreased.

Gu Jia got out of the car: "The environment is nice, very quiet."

"This place used to be very crowded, and you had to make a reservation in advance. Now it's less crowded and quieter, so you don't need to make a reservation in advance."

When Old Huang saw Chen Shi arrive, he greeted him with a broad smile: "County Magistrate Chen, please come in."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Old Huang, it's been a long time since I've had fish soup. I brought a friend to try it today."

Old Huang led Chen Shi and the other two to a private room. Chen Shi said, "Same as always, let's start with a bowl of fish soup."

Chen Shi glanced at Xie Shanquan, who was ordering from the menu. He was in a dilemma; Chen Shi liked spicy food, but he didn't know Gu Jia's taste.

You can order either spicy or non-spicy dishes; there's something for everyone.

Gu Jia glanced at Chen Shi. He was being too cautious. To avoid suspicion, he even brought his secretary to the dinner party.

Chen Shi smiled. There was no other way; in a small place like Chunyang, every move he made would be magnified, and he couldn't afford to give his political enemies any leverage.

Have you forgotten that you are Li Kunyi's lover, a sensitive figure, and that we cannot have any romantic relationship with you?