Reborn as a Noble's Son

These people should all be local residents. This is one of the most common methods developers use—win over and employ a group of semi-underground characters locally to carry out the demolition. These people are very familiar with the surroundings, they can be called fellow villagers. Generally, under the pressure of threats and intimidation, as long as the conditions are not overly harsh, most people will choose to sign the demolition agreement.

Jia Lao Liu hesitated for a moment, seeming to overcome the fear in his heart, and said to the man, “San Bao, we are all neighbors, so don’t be too ruthless. Your people injured Da Liu and others. How do you explain that? Demolishing houses are fine, but you should be reasonable. Da Liu’s family has how many mouths to feed, why only consider sixty square meters?”

“Bullshit! Jia Lao Liu, Da Liu’s houses are all built by himself and they are illegal constructions. Compensation cannot be calculated by their area, this is the government’s regulation.” San Bao seemed very righteous.

Upon hearing this, Nie Zhenbang already understood. The people in the shanty town, the houses here were constructed decades ago. Generally, families that have two houses are considered pretty good. At that time, the living conditions were considered abundant, but over the years, many families have added a dozen members, and now the houses are not enough.

In this case, they naturally try their best to construct some sheds, hence the name “shanty town” came from. The city actually introduced policies for illegal buildings, apart from supplementing the cost, the compensation is strictly prohibited to be calculated by area. However, this regulation is in reference to the shanties built after March of this year. It does not include any construction prior to that. Unexpectedly, these developers have taken advantage of this loophole.

“True, there is such a regulation. But this regulation only applies to shanties newly built after March this year. The ones built half a year prior to that are compensated on a half-area basis. Those beyond half a year, are compensated fully. This house of Da Liu’s, does it belong to the new ones or the old ones?” Nie Zhenbang suddenly spoke up.

As soon as he finished speaking, San Bao’s face changed. Jia Lao Liu and the others all said: “The boss is right. We knew about this clause and therefore were unwilling to sign the contract. Da Liu’s family has old and young members and has more than a dozen people. Those sheds were built years ago and the area exceeds two hundred square meters. However, they stubbornly only recognize sixty square meters. Isn’t this bullying?”

The so-called policy from above, countermeasure from below. Unexpectedly, these developers acted in such a way, holding the redheaded documents of the city committee and city government. The uninformed public might indeed be intimidated by them.

After hesitating for a moment, Nie Zhenbang said to Huang Xuyang on the side: “Xuyang, call Li Guohua and have all the bosses of these projects come to the Guicheng Committee and District Government. Today, we will hold an on-site office meeting here at Guicheng District.”

Nie Zhenbang’s words, you could say, threw a stone at a thousand layers of waves. For a while, both sides of the standoff were stunned. San Bao and the others were as pale as paper, fearing that Mayor Nie might investigate them for something. For all these people, though they are not exactly gangsters, they are not exactly decent people either. The inherent fear of the government is ingrained in them.

Jia Lao Liu and others, however, were exhilarated. With this, they see hope. They see hope for the new house.

This is exactly Nie Zhenbang’s intention. This kind of thing spreads among the common people the fastest and most widely. Television broadcasts might not convince them, but things that really happen around them would surely let them believe without doubt.

Waving his hand, Nie Zhenbang laughed and said: “Fellow neighbors, urban renewal is a key project of the city. It relies on everyone’s support and cooperation. But it should not damage everyone’s interests. Here, I assure you all, the city committee and city government will give you a satisfying result.”

The office building of the Guicheng Committee and District Government, in the same yard, is divided into two separate buildings. The left one is for the District Committee and the right one is for the District Government.

When Nie Zhenbang arrived here, the persons in charge of the six real estate projects and the relevant leaders of the Guicheng Committee and District Government had already been waiting here.

Li Guohua and Zhou Chen were sitting here imposingly. Walking into the office, Nie Zhenbang directly sat in the main seat, scanned the crowd, and started: “Comrades, bosses, this time I came here on a sudden whim, but I did not expect to see such a bad scene. Certain companies, under the name of the city committee and city government, taking the spirit of the red-headed documents out of context, are suspected of embezzling people’s compensation areas and properties. Such behavior is extremely bad. Here, I won’t name names, I hope that the relevant companies, if they have such matters, will handle them properly.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chen immediately complained: “Mayor Nie, while ensuring the interests of the people, you should also take into account the difficulties of us developers. After the urban renewal started, these people started building illegal constructions rampantly. In our project at the Royal Scenery Lanh Lake, there were even illegal constructions exceeding several thousand square meters. Our demolition work also cannot proceed smoothly. Sometimes, we are forced to take some measures.”

As expected, it was Zhou Chen who took the lead. Nie Zhenbang sneered in his heart. It was foreseen that Zhou Chen would stand out. Not provoking the rich and the officials, these enterprises appear untouchable from the outside. But in front of him, they dare not be presumptuous. Only Zhou Chen is suitable, his background has destined that Zhou Chen fundamentally holds no fear towards him. He, as the boss of the biggest real estate project, speaking on behalf of these developers, is only natural.

As soon as he finished speaking, it indeed caused resonance with other developers. With someone taking the lead, these bosses further expressed their grievances, talking about how many illegal constructions there are in their own projects and so on.

Nie Zhenbang, however, couldn’t have been clearer to these tricks. This is a typical trick of shifting the blame and changing the concept. The intention of Zhou Chen and Li Guohua is not hard to guess. They throw the responsibility onto him and run off with the political achievements. They indeed play a smart game. But Nie Zhenbang wasn’t fooled.

Immediately, Nie Zhenbang laughed lightly, and said: “My purpose for this trip is just for this matter. Since it is an on-site office meeting, I think we should have a field visit. Let’s first go to President Zhou’s building site.” (