Liu Zhizhong understood these local powers, and the forces in the city and at the provincial level too well.

Each and every one of them, all for the same thing, it's nothing but interests. To put it bluntly, it's all for money!

Money from demolitions and relocations, money from project tenders, money from project construction, money from the commercialization of real estate land transfer fees... all for the sake of money, to earn even more money!

However, Liu Zhizhong's principle was: make the government and investors spend less money, accomplish bigger things, and earn more money!

Facing leaders with bigger backgrounds and higher ranks than himself, Liu Zhizhong never gave any of them any face.

He'd say to one leader, you want something, and the other leaders want it too. I'm stuck in the middle feeling troubled. Do we still want to carry on the revolutionary work? Why don't I just step down, and you all can discuss how to handle it?

Then, he'd deliver the ultimate blow: Mr. Wen, the head and major shareholder of the foreign investment medical health project, is my friend. If our side behaves too untidily, and he leaves in anger, the project will fall apart. Who loses out then? After all, when he promised to invest, it was because I assured him there would be no shady dealings, that everything would be open and fair.

This ultimate blow was used quite brilliantly. The leaders from Daxi City, Huayang City, and the Provincial City, every one of those who wanted to intervene, were left speechless, almost as if a single blow could knock down a whole crowd.

As a result, families like the Xiang Family, these local snake-like families, as well as many of their extended relations, really couldn't make much money from this medical health project and the surrounding projects.

Land acquisition was done according to national standards; project design was by an advanced foreign team invited by Wen Bao, and the construction was given to the Southern Group, which happens to be an industry of the Southern Xiang Family. Is there any need to mention the relationship with Liu Zhizhong? Local forces wanting a piece of the Southern Group's pie might find it a bit difficult, right?

Then, in real estate development, all bids and tenders were open and transparent, and the highest bidder won the land. Subsequent real estate development had to be supervised by a qualified foreign supervision company, and the housing quality had to reach a premium level. Cutting corners was simply not possible.

Alright then, Liu Zhizhong seemed to have offended all the officials and businessmen inside and out, top to bottom of Huayang City and Daxi City!

Once such grudges are sown, they are very difficult to resolve. After all, the entire project and surrounding projects, according to the final auctioned land, increased the local annual GDP by nearly 40 billion! That's an astonishing number!

In recent years, neither Daxi City nor Huayang City had any project with such an impressive GDP increase. This is an achievement, but also a good opportunity to feed on money.

Unfortunately, these leaders could only bask in Liu Zhizhong's light, scrape together some political achievements, but couldn't take a single penny!

If they want to gain political achievements, outwardly they can't help but get along with Liu Zhizhong. Deep down, they might be seething with hatred, but that's another matter, haha...

The major media, and leaders at all levels, highly praised the new developments in Daxi, giving plenty of face, but making those leaders who weren't getting benefits uncomfortable inside. As for Liu Zhizhong, it was simply a love-hate relationship!

Finally, local forces couldn't hold back anymore. Damn, are we going to let a foreign executive deputy mayor manipulate us just like that, with our Daxi Power and Huayang forces?

Think of a way!

Get him out!

Just like in Shanan County, as soon as the achievement began, he was directly transferred away!