Ji Yang was arranging the exhibition hall here when Gao Minghui and others had already arrived at Chunshui County.
This time, Gao Minghui and his group moved quickly, and moreover, they brought many people from various departments in the city, intending to settle the matter in a short time.
In Gao Minghui’s view, this matter was not difficult at all. It was all about interests. As long as enough benefits were provided, even if those people had a good relationship with Ji Yang, it was just because Ji Yang had taken care of them in the past, and he could still win them over. Newest update provided by n0velfire.net
Cao Songxin and the others naturally welcomed them immediately.
"Where are they?" Facing Cao Songxin, Gao Minghui asked sternly.
Knowing he was inquiring about a few business owners, Cao Songxin had already received a phone call earlier, saying, "They went to inspect the site in Xincheng and haven’t come back yet."
One of the bureau directors frowned and said, "Mayor Gao’s notice was given to you in advance, wasn’t it? Haven’t you informed them?"
"We did inform them. We sent someone to notify them immediately."
"If you did inform them, how come they still haven’t arrived after such a long time?"
Cao Songxin felt somewhat embarrassed and said, "Well, this..."
He wanted to explain but felt that no matter what he said, it would be pointless.
Indeed, while notifying them, they had also mentioned the personal visit by Vice Mayor Gao, to make them hurry back. However, those people did not return in time.
Gao Minghui, who had been in bureaucratic circles for a long time, now understood the situation and his expression turned unsightly, thinking to himself that as a vice mayor, these people were not giving him face.
However, he quickly concealed his expression and smiled, "It’s alright. Inspection is an important thing. We can go over and check out the situation in Xincheng together."
After speaking, he asked Cao Songxin and others to lead the way, as everyone was going to take a look.
But as everyone started on their journey, they soon realized that climbing mountains was not something those accustomed to office life could manage without a road.
After trekking for a while, Gao Minghui regretted it; he truly could not manage climbing the mountain anymore.
Fortunately, several cadres were perceptive. Seeing the situation, they started persuading, "Vice Mayor Gao, look at these complex mountain roads, full of all kinds of pathways. If we go over and they have already taken another road back, it wouldn’t be polite to make them wait. Shall we return to the county and wait for them instead?"
After hearing this, Gao Minghui pretended to ponder and then nodded slightly, "You might be right, there’s a good chance of that happening." Cao Songxin, is there more than one fork in the road?"
Cao Songxin was also not accustomed to this kind of route, and he was considering not climbing any further. Hearing this, he said, "Mayor Gao, the road conditions here are complex, full of various forks. Many are paths made by farmers in the mountains, an inattentive moment and one might end up on another route."
"So it’s possible that the people inspecting took another route?"
"It’s very likely. Having received the notice, they should be on their way back. I’m also worried we might have missed them."
"Ah, that was an oversight on my part. I was only thinking of meeting them and didn’t consider that they might return by another route. Let’s do this: reception is important, so we should go back to the town and wait for them."
"Mayor Gao is right. The overall situation is what counts."
"I also think they must have taken a wrong path. Otherwise, they would have returned to the town by now."
"Yes, it’s better to go back and wait to avoid missing them."
Everyone unanimously agreed on returning.
Thus, Gao Minghui nodded, "Alright, we can’t keep them waiting long. Let’s go back."