Chapter 2060: Chapter 1963: All Belong to One Person
Jiang Weide was nearly bursting with anger.
It was on a newspaper he purchased by chance in the morning that he saw the major event in Fucheng, and learned that the red tape document for Fucheng’s municipal planning had already been issued.
After seeing this news, Jiang Weide felt overjoyed. However, as he continued reading and finished the entire report, he discovered significant discrepancies from what he had expected.
"In the future, the whole of Fucheng will fully step into a fast-paced era, with the subway running through its entirety... Erfang Street will be the terminal of Line 1. In the future, we will only need forty minutes to travel from the south to the north of the city. A five-hundred-meter walk will take us into the Sanfang Street Gallery to appreciate the ancient civilization of the Han Dynasty tombs."
Seeing this passage, Jiang Weide thought he had read it wrong. He widened his eyes and once again focused on the image below the news article.
This was an initial concept map related to the major subway lines passing through various locations and station establishments throughout Fucheng. After seeing Line 1, Jiang Weide impatiently began searching along the entire subway line for Sanfang Street.
However, after seeing the name of the last station, Jiang Weide still could not see the Sanfang Street that his good father-in-law mentioned. Instead, Erfang Street, blatantly named as the terminal station, was printed on the newspaper in large, bold red letters, clearly visible, and seemingly mocking his flights of fancy.
Jiang Weide was utterly perplexed. He hurriedly took out his phone to call his father-in-law.
He hoped that Zhang Lihua could tell him that the news was just a reporter’s nonsense and that the facts were not so.
But his hope was quickly shattered.
Zhang Lihua told him the news was true; the plan had been changed because a Thousand-Year Ancient Tomb was discovered near Anmin Alley, so the subway line had to give way to the Han Tombs.
Jiang Weide was almost driven insane. He suddenly recalled that during his time at Anmin Alley, he had inadvertently overheard some people discussing an old man whose family had been pickling cabbage for decades in a jar, claiming it was a Han Dynasty antique. He heard that the Cultural Relics Bureau had purchased it, compensating the old man with over a hundred thousand.
Upon hearing this news, Jiang Weide scoffed at it. He thought to himself that this rumor was simply ridiculous. Han Dynasty antiques are priceless treasures, so if this story were true, the Cultural Relics Bureau should have paid the old man millions. Paying just over a hundred thousand was an outright exploitation of someone’s ignorance of cultural relics.
At the time, Jiang Weide believed this was just some bored individuals fabricating stories, so he didn’t pay any attention. But now, recalling what Zhang Lihua had said, he realized that the story about acquiring the pickling jar was probably true.
Moreover, it was only now that Jiang Weide abruptly recalled that during his property acquisitions around Anmin Alley, he indeed saw some strange people coming and going. He even noticed a woman loitering around a neighborhood, seemingly casing the place like a thief.
Reflecting on it now, Jiang Weide vaguely remembered that he had seen the woman somewhere before. She looked very familiar.
"Weide, I found out why Director Hu accepted Zhang Zhiwei. Indeed, someone intervened; this person’s name is apparently Huo Sining. She’s some kind of celebrity, and I suppose she even performed Magic at the Spring Festival Gala. How strange, how could Zhang Zhiwei know such a celebrity? I heard this Huo Sining is even married to someone in the government."
As Jiang Weide was pondering where he had seen that woman before, his wife Zhang Xiaohui suddenly ran in and shouted at Jiang Weide.
"Huo Sining?!"
A woman’s face suddenly appeared in Jiang Weide’s mind.
Yes, he remembered where he had seen that woman. It was on television; she was Huo Sining, who made headlines during the recent Beast Head event, basking in glory.
What is the relationship between this woman and the Zhang Family? Why would she appear in Anmin Alley, and what was she doing wandering around that neighborhood?
Jiang Weide squinted his eyes, vaguely sensing that there was more to this than met the eye. He rushed into his study and began searching online.
Soon, the information on this Huo Sining appeared before Jiang Weide.
Magician, gamble expert, Treasure Appraiser, archaeological geomancy expert, skilled in Dragon Vein Seeking...
Seeing the words "archaeological geomancy," Jiang Weide’s eyes darkened. The mental image of Huo Sining strolling around the community in Anmin Alley reemerged in his mind.
For some reason, he had a strong intuition that the reason his and Zhang Lihua’s plan had encountered such a significant change at this critical moment was most likely related to this woman named Huo.
Thinking this way, a sinister light appeared in Jiang Weide’s eyes.
Blocking someone’s financial path is like killing their parents. Huo Sining didn’t realize that just because she lingered a bit longer in Anmin Alley, she had attracted Jiang Weide’s attention.
However, even if she was noticed, Huo Sining truthfully didn’t care. Even ten people like Jiang Weide wouldn’t be a problem for her.
With the municipal planning red tape already issued, it’s as good as settled. The Cultural Relics Bureau naturally acted the fastest, starting to organize the relocation of residents near Anmin Alley on the same day the document was issued.
To expedite the archaeological excavation work of the Han Tomb, the Cultural Relics Bureau’s work efficiency was unprecedentedly high.
Nonetheless, when notifying the residents to relocate and discussing demolition compensation, the Cultural Relics Bureau was surprised to find that most of the house owners in this area of Anmin Alley had the same name.
This person was named Jiang Weide.
Even several vacant lots in Anmin Alley were owned by this Jiang Weide.
This discovery immediately made the Cultural Relics Bureau feel a bit strange and subtle.
However, they were not the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and they didn’t have the authority to investigate individuals, and they also vaguely heard that this Jiang Weide was a nouveau riche. Perhaps he bought these lots to transition into real estate investment.
If the land acquisition was for commercial purposes, then these displaced residents should receive a substantial compensation package;
Unfortunately, the Cultural Relics Bureau was notoriously stingy, and since the land acquisition was for the archaeological excavation of the Han Tomb, hoping for generous compensation from the bureau was impossible.
Therefore, the compensation those being relocated could receive would be equivalent funding based on the market value and area, allowing the homeowners to choose to buy commercial housing or follow the Fucheng City Government’s arrangement to purchase resettlement housing. The Fucheng City Government dictated that each displaced household could be allotted one resettlement home purchase per person.
