"Are you Chen Feng?"
Chen Minhao glared fiercely at Chen Feng.
"I am."
Chen Feng calmly met Chen Minhao's gaze.
He had sent Chen Minhao's brother, Chen Changhao, to prison for life, acting for the people and the country. He wasn't afraid of anyone coming to question him.
"I don't want to say much about my brother's affairs. He underestimated you and met with misfortune in a shallow ditch; it was his own doing. I'm here this time to tell you that we've decided not to demolish the land where the martial arts school in the suburbs of Lianhua Town is located. If you dare to forcibly demolish it, hundreds of our martial arts school students will cause trouble in Jiangcheng. If Jiangcheng doesn't handle it, we'll go to the provincial capital. Do you understand?"
Chen Minhao continued to glare fiercely at Chen Feng.
"I understand. If you don't want to demolish it, then we won't,"
Chen Feng replied calmly.
As the deputy town mayor in charge of Lianhua Town's economy, he knew that the land of the martial arts school in the suburbs of Lianhua Town was intended for highway construction and demolition. Originally, the demolition contract had been signed. However, when Chen Minhao learned that his brother was the one he sent to prison for life, he naturally tore up the contract as the first order of business.
If it were some other demolition project, it would indeed be difficult.
For a road construction demolition project, it was easy. If the other party disagreed, they could simply go around it, which would only cost a little more money.
No, strictly speaking, it wasn't even much more money.
The increased material costs from rerouting were about the same as the demolition costs, but the road wouldn't be as smooth.
In the past, when building highways, people favored vanity projects, preferring highways that were wide and straight. Later, with economic development, people gradually abandoned this naive idea. As long as the highway didn't have a 360-degree bend, it wasn't a big problem.
This also reflected that modern people had a business sense! For economic development, anything could be adapted.
"What do you mean?"
Chen Minhao was stunned.
Damn it, why wasn't this as expected?
In his imagination, Deputy Town Mayor Chen should have been flustered, right?
Why did he so easily say, "Then we won't demolish it"?
"The meaning is very simple. If you don't want to demolish it, then we won't. Since you've come to my door today, you must know the policy from above. The policy from above is that forced demolition is absolutely forbidden. So, if you firmly disagree with the demolition, then we'll go along with you."
Chen Feng replied calmly.
"If the Lianhua Town martial arts school land refuses to be demolished, how will the highway be built?"
Chen Minhao asked tentatively.
"That's not a problem you need to worry about. I've already contacted the highway authorities and told them that your martial arts school land won't be demolished, and the planning map just needs to be revised."
Chen Feng continued calmly.
"Chen Feng, what's the point of trying to scare me?"
"I'm sorry, I have no intention of scaring you at all. You've misinterpreted the situation."
Chen Feng replied with a smile.
"I've misinterpreted the situation?"
"Of course, you have! Did you think that the highway had to pass through your martial arts school and would beg you to demolish it? Actually, no. If your martial arts school disagrees, we'll just go around it."
"Go around it? Won't that make it bend?"
"It will bend, but who told you that a road can't be used if it bends?"
"A bent road isn't aesthetically pleasing,"
Chen Minhao replied, looking confused.
"Chen Minhao, I said you've misinterpreted the situation, and you're still stubborn. In the past, highway construction really emphasized being straight and narrow. It's different now; as long as it's not too bent, it's fine."
"Okay, I'll go with what you say. The highway can bend, but won't taking a bent road instead of a straight one cost more in materials?"
Chen Minhao retorted.
"It will cost more in materials, but it's still less than the extra costs incurred from you raising the price arbitrarily and refusing demolition, forcing us to change the plan from straight to bent."
"..."
Chen Minhao was dumbfounded.
Damn it,
He thought he could corner Chen Feng and humiliate him, and even get demolition fees by negotiating. Who knew that Chen Feng had resolved it all with a few words?
"Alright, you can leave. Don't worry about Lianhua Town forcibly demolishing your martial arts school land."
Chen Feng said, suppressing a smile.
Seeing Chen Minhao's expression of lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot was hilarious.
"Um, Deputy Town Mayor Chen, I was just joking."
Seeing that the situation was not going as planned, Chen Minhao quickly backed down.
"You were joking, but I wasn't. The maps for the highway have already been revised, and it's a done deal."
Chen Feng said calmly.
"Good, very good. No wonder my brother fell into your hands. You've got some skills, but you wait. You not only harmed my brother but also caused me to lose so much money. I won't let you go."
After a harsh parting remark, Chen Minhao left the Lianhua Town office with the martial arts school students.
"Chen Feng, are you alright?"
About five minutes after Chen Minhao and his group left, Cheng Lu rushed over, looking anxious.
It turned out that Cheng Lu was organizing information about the women in the town in the office of the women's director of Lianhua Town. If she hadn't heard colleagues discussing how a group of martial artists had surrounded the deputy town mayor's office, she wouldn't have known about this.
"Do I look like I'm not alright?"
Chen Feng replied with a smile.
"Chen Feng, although nothing has happened now, Chen Minhao is the principal of the martial arts school. If he really beats you up, you won't be able to defend yourself. My suggestion is that you go to Jiangcheng and hide for a few days, then come back after Chen Minhao's anger has subsided."
Cheng Lu said with a look of concern.
"This is a society governed by law. Even if Chen Minhao had ten thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to come and beat me. His fists might be powerful, but the handcuffs of the Lianhua Town police station are not just for show."
Chen Feng said calmly.
"It is indeed a society governed by law, but Chen Minhao could still secretly beat you. He could find an alley with no people or surveillance, put a sack over your head, and beat you up, and it would be as if nothing happened."
Cheng Lu still looked worried.
The thought of Chen Feng's handsome face being disfigured was too dreadful.
Furthermore, in rural towns, it was different from cities.
In cities, the police could quickly arrive at the scene to stop fights, and there were also many patrol police.
In towns, there were only so many police officers, and most of them stayed in the office and didn't come out. Fights and brawls were very frequent.
"Miss Cheng, don't worry. I practiced martial arts in college. I'm not afraid of a mere martial arts school principal."
Chen Feng comforted Cheng Lu.
"You're an amateur, and he's a professional. Are you sure you can handle him?"
Cheng Lu asked with a hint of doubt.
"True skill doesn't distinguish between amateur and professional; it depends only on talent and physical strength. Clearly, in both aspects, I am superior to Chen Minhao."
Chen Feng said, demonstrating some traditional martial arts routines he had learned in college.
Seeing this, Cheng Lu's worries instantly vanished.
She admired and liked Chen Feng even more.
What the ancients called being both cultured and martial was exactly what Chen Feng embodied.
And so, several days passed without incident.
Suddenly, bad news came regarding the land exchange. Lianhua Town had been negotiating with two other towns to exchange the land in Lianhua Town's industrial zone for land bordering Mingshan Town. Unexpectedly, Mayor Liao and Mayor Zheng suddenly went back on their word, saying they wouldn't exchange it anymore.