Chapter 2341 - 2341

Ah~~~

When Grand Master Zhang saw his eldest grandson, he really seemed to see the continuous prosperity of the family's future.

He was gradually getting older, and his influence locally was certainly enormous, but within the province, it was gradually diminishing.

Before his birthday, he had invited Old Secretary Wang Qichang, but he said he was going abroad to visit relatives, hehe... It was obvious he wasn't coming, not giving you face.

Of course, Zhang Taikang also knew Wang Qichang's influence within the province, which was indeed much stronger than his own.

The key issue was: back when Zhang Taikang was a deputy provincial, he ranked too far behind!

So, there's always a bigger fish.

You're a king in a small place, but in a big place, you might be nothing.

Back then, when Liu Zhizhong could invite Wang Taikang to sit in the live broadcast room, it made Zhang Taikang ponder for a long time.

And recently, he has received a lot of news, further realizing that the Zhang Family's dominance in Dongnan City might face some problems.

Such a rising star like Liu Zhizhong, having connections with the Wang Family, isn't that something? Isn't it also quite a threat to Zhang Xiaoyang?

Moreover, Zhang Qidong is Liu Zhizhong's mentor, and this executive vice mayor, might he have also aligned himself under the Wang Family?

And over at Zhang Qidong's municipal government side, the atmosphere with Xiong Wenwu and his team seems very harmonious!

At the City Committee Member meeting, Zhang Qidong and Xiong Wenwu were working in perfect harmony, aligning their efforts!

If these two outsider officials establish their foothold, it could threaten the Zhang Family's rule in Dongnan!

Subconsciously, Zhang Taikang felt a bit of urgency.

The eldest son, that is, Zhang Xiaoyang's father, is striving to climb to the provincial city position from Dongnan City's party secretary, even Zhang Taikang himself went to the provincial city to pull some strings!

In the end, the connections didn't work out, money was spent, things weren't done, and the money wasn't refunded.

Money or not, that's a small issue. At least in a family like Zhang's, money really isn't a problem. The pursuit in politics is the crucial matter.

So, Zhang Xiaoyang's father Zhang Weiyin didn't advance to the provincial level, he just served as Dongnan City's party secretary for seven whole years before retiring.

Zhang Weiyin was also quite frustrated, he didn't even stay at Zhang's Manor anymore, and directly moved abroad to settle.

Because Zhang Weiyin's first wife had passed away early, he later dated a few others but didn't marry.

Of course, Zhang Weiyin had many mistresses, which is one of the norms.

When he was about to retire, he met a young mistress who was 15 years younger, now settled abroad. The two got married, and as the wife moved, Zhang Weiyin simply relocated, no longer staying in the country.

Along the way, there were some Zhang Family businesses abroad that needed his attention. In reality, it was managed by him and his newlywed wife, with a professional foreign management team enlisted, expanding the business significantly. They had the money, acting as hands-off managers, and the management team took care of things properly. What is this called? It's called the power of capital, the art of making others work for you, hehe...

As for the Zhang Family's second son, who is also Zhang Xiaoyang's second uncle, Zhang Weihua, currently, he's serving as a specialized deputy party secretary in another city, then became the mayor, and is still the mayor now.

Originally, the plan was to make a transfer this year to come back to Dongnan City as the party secretary. This way, the record of three father-son being party secretaries in the same place could be achieved.

But who knew, in today's era, the real world changes quickly, and many things do not go as wished.

A while back, even Zhang Taikang, before the Chinese New Year, during the time when the provincial city's incumbent leaders visited retired provincial leaders, inquired a bit.

As a result, his second son Zhang Weihua, in the new wave of personnel adjustments, remained temporarily unmoved.

Meaning, staying put as the mayor, wanting to return to Dongnan City as party secretary is challenging.

And Xiong Wenwu, on the post of Dongnan City's mayor, has been performing well, with a great reputation above, likely to take the Dongnan's party secretary position, ah~~~

Zhang Taikang has interacted with Xiong Wenwu many times, knowing this guy is not someone aligned with the Zhang Family, cannot be roped in, and this is quite troublesome.

Of course, now, with the eldest grandson coming over, Zhang Taikang places his hopes for the entire family's future on him.

Zhang Xiaoyang came over to pay respects to his grandfather and serve tea, and the servants sensibly withdrew.

Zhang Taikang said with a smile, "Xiaoyang, what's the good news today, not working this afternoon?"

Zhang Xiaoyang smiled and said, "Grandpa, work is not that important, some things are more important than work."

"Oh?"

Zhang Taikang's brows furrowed slightly, his expression became much more serious, "What important thing is it, tell me about it."

Just then, Zhang Xiaoyang laid out the story of selling that batch of gold bars to Liu Zhizhong.

In the end, Zhang Xiaoyang naturally was very serious and earnest, saying, "Grandpa, there's a problem with our family's gold bars, so we have to go to the buyer for an explanation, we can't just let it slide. If it were someone else's gold bars, hehe, we should also investigate this matter thoroughly, we can't let people think they can fool our Old Zhang Family, can we?"

Zhang Taikang slightly smiled, nodded, "Hmm, the price of gold has dropped significantly again, hasn't it?"

"Uh..." Zhang Xiaoyang was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why his grandfather was deviating from the topic, talking about gold prices.

He of course stayed on topic, "Yes, it has dropped significantly."

"Anyway, regarding the fake gold bar incident, the Zhang Family didn't lose, and Liu Zhizhong, that young guy, didn't seem to lose either, he actually profited, right?"

"Well... in terms of loss, neither side really lost, and of course Liu Zhizhong's company benefited the most. But if it gets out that Old Zhang Family's gold bars are counterfeit, wouldn't that make us a laughing stock? So, Grandpa, shouldn't we find a way to investigate? If we do, I will immediately have Liu Zhizhong send over those adulterated gold bars that the bank won't accept."

Zhang Taikang waved his hand, "No need."

The words were decisive.

After speaking, he went back to drinking tea.

Zhang Xiaoyang was stunned.

What's going on?

I didn't even attend the meeting this afternoon and came back to talk about this matter, yet Grandpa doesn't seem to care?

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Xiaoyang still refilled his grandfather's tea.

Zhang Taikang, while skillfully shelling the carefully selected white sunflower seeds, said, "Xiaoyang, you are puzzled, right?"

Zhang Xiaoyang gave a bitter smile, nodded, and said nothing, but tacitly agreed.

"In fact, the matter with that batch of gold, including Liu Zhizhong's company finding adulterated gold bars when selling at a high position, has been going on for almost twenty days, right?"

"Yes!"

"Why hasn't there been any news in the Southeast official circles about the Zhang Family's fake gold bars being sold?"

"Why?"

Zhang Xiaoyang truly couldn't understand, so he could only naively ask.

Zhang Taikang said, "It shows that Liu Zhizhong's kid is still reliable and didn't dare to make it public!"